Artist description 3 Piece band combining drum loops, samples, keyboard lines, live drums, distorted electric bass and female vocals.

Music Style An Electronic blend of Trip Hop, Big Beat, Break Beat, Drum and Bass and Pop.

Musical Influences Curve, Meat Beat Manifesto, Bjork, Crystal Method, and countless others (see below).

Similar Artists Curve, Bjork, Meat Beat Manifesto, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Lunatic Calm, Prodigy, Boom Boom Satellites, Depeche Mode, Gus Gus, Nine Inch Nails, Fluke, Propellerheads, Cirrus, Junkie XL

Artist History Electrostatic is a 3 piece Breakbeat/Electronica band from Los Angeles that was voted THE BEST ELECTRONIC ARTISTS OF 1999 ON MP3.COM. Electrostatic has had over 400,000 downloads and streams from their MP3.com site, and has sold hundreds of copies of their 3 CD releases on MP3.com. Electrostatic can also be found on the Variable 02, and Variable 03 compilations released on LOUiPiMPS (LPS) Records with national distribution. Electrostatic's music has also been heard on several TV shows like INVERT TV on the Fox Sports Network, LIVE THROUGH THIS on MTV, and THE YOUNG AMERICANS on the WB Network. Electrostatic's song "Replica" will be used in the ending credits of a new Tri-Mark Pictures movie called X-Change starring Stephen Baldwin, and their song "Reflection" will be used in a new horror movie called "Valentine" from Warner Bros. pictures. Electrostatic has played several high profile shows like The Vans Warped Tour in Anaheim, CA, the NXNW Music Conference in Portland Oregon, and also the world famous Roxy theater, Whisky A Go-Go and Johnny Depp's Viper Room in Los Angele

Group Members Kaoru - vocals, Mike - bass guitar, keyboards and programming, Rob - Drums and programming.

Instruments Waldorf Micro-Q, Waldorf Microwave XT, Roland JP8000, AKAI AX60, Akai MPC2000 XL, Yamaha DTXPRESS Electronic Drums, EMU Darwin, EMU Emax2, Roland SPD-11, Event p20/20's, Mackie 1604-VLZ, Mackie M*1400i Power Amp, Mackie C300i Speakers, Lexicon MX 500, DBX 166XL, AKG D112 Mic, Shure KSM32 SL Mic, Shure Beta-52 Mic, Ibanez and Fender Basses, GK and Marshall Amps, PC, Cubase 5.0 VST/32, Rebirth RB338 2.0, Event/Echo Gina Sound Cards, Yamaha 2416 DSP Factory, DW Drums & Hardware, Zildjian Cymbals.

Albums 1.Electrostatic 2.Remixed 3. Duality - CD Single 4. Awake Alone

Press Reviews Electrostatic "Awake Alone" (Louipimps Records) This is a hugely impressive breakbeat album from a band who used to be only known on the net, being voted best electronic act on mp3.com a couple of years ago. But now this album proves their ability in the beats and breaks department, their pedigree being underlined by the fact that their tracks have been licensed for use in the new Matrix film. The tracks here are full of driving rhythms and subtle female vox, with the only drawback being that a third of the nine tracks on here are remixes of other tracks. It’s quite telling that it’s one of the few albums I reviewed this month that everyone in the office commented on being great, and it’s only the doubling up of the remixes that stops this one being our Album of the month. 9/10 Lisa McGee (Future Music - UK)

Additional Info Electrostatic is very much a live band. They strive to perform a live show that has the energy of a rock band, not just two guys behind some equipment turning knobs like most electronic shows.

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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