Artist description Take a seat in the autodrone for a retro-futuristic glide through the world of tomorrow. From the clangy 'Robot Parade', to the poppy 'Bubbleboy', through the pulsing 'Automat', to the brooding 'Out of Space', I SATELLITE blends electronics and emotion at every turn; creating a streamlined view of the world of tomorrow reminiscent of 70s Kraftwerk & 80s New Wave...

Music Style Electronic Psychedelic Robotic Synthetic Pop Music

Musical Influences Japan, John Foxx, Human League, Depeche Mode, Rational Youth, Kraftwerk, Alphaville, Men Without Hats, Roxy Music, The Church, House of Love, A Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, Trans-X, Yazoo, The Cars, Velvet Underground, Big Star, David Bowie, Clan of Xymox, Xymox, Pieter Nooten, Michael Brook, Enya, Clannad, Visage, Erasure, Saga, Red Rider, Devo, Gary Numan, New Order, The The, Eurythmics, Joy Electric, Norway, Norway2, Norwya3, Soviet, Travelogue, Alpinestars, Legowelt, Le Car, Vangelis, OMD, YMO, ELO, REM, U2, The Smiths, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Thompson Twins, Freur, Tin Tin, Duran Duran, Psychedelic Furs, Buggles, Jane Siberry, Howard Jones, Waterboys, M+M, Martha & the Muffins, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Aztec Camera, Icicle Works, Wang Chung (early), Love & Rockets, Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, This Mortal Coil, Modern English, Heaven 17, The Stranglers, The Police, Killing Joke, The Doors, The Monks, Stone Roses, Sisters of Mercy, Jesus and Mary Chain, David Sylvian, Railway Children, Field Mice, Chapterhouse, Blue Nile, 9 React, Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Marty Willson-Piper, Guy Chadwick, Leonard Cohen, The Fixx, Felt, Denim, Pulsars, Ladytron, Simple Minds, ABBA, Giorgio Moroder, Hot Butter, The Cure, Al Stewart, BoneyM, Alarm, NEU!, Ultravox!, Adult, Cosmicity, DE/VISION, Camouflage, Rainbow Rider, Dance House Children, DBA, Billy Idol, My Bloody Valentine, Sista Mannen På Jorden, Vince Clarke, A-ha, The 3 O'Clock, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk, BlancMange, Bob Welch, Seven Red Seven, Miss Kitten & the Hacker, Fischerspooner, Felix Da Housecat, Artist Unknown, The Faint, Anything Box, Sven Vath, Komputer, Echoing Green, Wire Train, Talking Heads, China Crisis, Cactus World News, Les Rhythmes Digitales, Rainbow Rider, Painted Orange, PlastiqMusiq, Plastiq Musiq, Disco, Glam, New Wave, Robots, Dr. Who, Brazil, Dark City, Alphaville, Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Day the Earth Stood Still, La Cite Des Enfants Perdus, smoking spacemen, analog synths & infinite guitars...

Similar Artists Human League Roxy Music Erasure Yaz John Foxx Rational Youth Men Without hats Japan Bowie Simple Minds Visage Gary Numan Electro Clash Synthpop Kraftwerk Ladytron OMD Fischerspooner Flock Of Seagulls

Artist History Those who enjoy the sound of early analog electronic artists of the 70's & 80's (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Human League, Japan, New Order, Rational Youth, John Foxx, Men Without Hats, Depeche Mode, Erasure & Ultravox), or who enjoy the emerging electroclash/future-pop/nu-wave/electro-pop artists (Miss Kittin, Artist Unknown, Le Car, Fischerspooner, Legowelt, Adult, & Ladytron) will enjoy the music of I SATELLITE.

Group Members Rod MacQuarrie | Omeganaut

Instruments Roland System-700 Modular, Roland System-100, ARP 2600 Modular, Octave-Plateau Voyetra-8, Octave Cat, Memorymoog, Oberheim SEM, Oberheim OBX, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Roland Jupiter-4, Roland Jupiter-8, Roland SH-5, Roland SH-1, Minimoog, SE MidiMini, Korg Mono/Poly, ARP Odyssey, ARP 1613 Sequencer, Yamaha CS-15, Linn LM-1, Linndrum, Roland CR-78, Roland TR-606, Roland TR-808, Roland MC4b, Simmons Claptrap, Pearl Syncussion, Pearl SC40, Akai MPC3000, Waldorf Microwave, Korg EX8000, Roland JD800, MiniKorg, Sixtrak, Garfield Dr. Click & Minidoc, Tama Techstar 305 & 306, Tama TSQ-1000 sequencer, Roland Juno-60, Roland SH-101, Roland CMU-810, ideas as OP-8's, etc. etc. (I SATELLITE do not use computers or other artist's samples)

Albums AUTO:MATIC (2003); AUTO: EP (2003)

Press Reviews "Brilliant!!" Bernhard Lloyd - ALPHAVILLE ------- "I SATELLITE plays the simple analog synthpop that we remember from the golden days of synth music, full of sweet synth swirls, highly addictive choruses and a slight quirky sensibility in lyricism." Jason Baker - Synthpop.net ------- "I SATELLITE's loping "Bubbleboy" mirror(s) the output of synth-pop progenitors like Soft Cell and Depeche Mode" Phantom Tollbooth ------- "A throwback to 70s Kraftwerk and very early 80s New Wave music. A well-done homage to a time when electronic music was just starting to blossom..." Horst Schneider - Synthpop.de ------- "I Satellite orbits the earth mixing synthesized cosmic concoctions that are sure to bring you under his solar spell. So just sit back, relax and let this space boy take you on a journey through the cosmos that you will never forget. Don’t burn it, buy it." Rix Roundtree-Harrison - Electrogarden.com.

Additional Info Our Linn LM-1 belonged to Ric Ocasek of the Cars. Our System-700 was used to create the classic Cold War/Night Life album by Canadian synthpop pioneers Rational Youth.

Location Portage, MI - USA

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