Artist description We are Mark Newton and Andy Jonah, a control freak and a fat boy respectively. We are obsessive techno-junkies with a compulsive synthesiser fetish.

Music Style Trance, hardcore, experimental etc.

Musical Influences Tangerine Dream, JMJ, Kraftwerk, Ultravox, OMD, Depeche Mode, Bill Nelson, Mark Shreeve, Gary Numan, Astral Projection, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Enigma, FSOL, Art of noise, Front 242. Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Sisters of mercy, Rammstein, Cradle of filth.. Oh the list is endless!

Similar Artists Apparently Mark sings a bit like Phil Oakey and Andy does a very creditable impression of Prince Charles singing Bela Lugosi's dead.

Artist History We were both born in 1965 (although not simultaneously) and quickly grew to an extended adolescence. We discovered synthesisers in 1979 and after years of practise and study have finally learned how to switch them on. It's all been downhill from there as our social lives collapse and we remain locked in a little room staring at a variety of keyboards trying to get the noises in our heads to come out.

Group Members Mark Newton Andy Jonah

Instruments Analog and digital synths, sequencers, samplers, micro-composers, bass and lead guitar, pc and six milk bottles and a tuning fork.

Albums With both hands - An apple, an orange and a ball of string

Additional Info We offer recording facilities for musicians in the Swansea area, either in house or live. We also provide CD mastering and duplication. When we can find the time we will be setting up our own web-site, featuring both music and animation. So watch this space! Till then you can e-mail us at forbidden_studios@hotmail.com

Location Swansea, South Wales - United Kingdom

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