Artist description WE ALL COME FROM VARIOUS MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS. DAN SPENT MANY YEARS PLAYING ROCK AND PLAYING IN ROCK COVER BANDS. DAWN FIRST BEGAN SINGING GOSPEL, THEN STANDARDS AND ROCK. JACOB'S EXPERIENCE WAS IN SCHOOL PROJECTS AND JOEL STUDIED CLASSICAL PIANO IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. DESPITE OUR DIVERSITY, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME FOUNDNESS FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH A DARK UNDERLYING ELEMENT. WE HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO DEPECHE MODE/ST. ETIENNE/DELERIUM/ GARBAGE AND MADONNA.

Music Style electronic/dance/ambient/synth pop

Musical Influences Depeche Mode/Delerium/St Etienne

Similar Artists Depeche Mode/Delerium/St Etienne

Artist History ELEKTRONIKA BEGAN AS A SPECIALTY COVER BAND IN THE SEATTLE/TACOMA AREA IN 1999. THE IDEA BEGAN BY REMIXING NEW WAVE SONGS OF THE 80’S FROM OUR INFLUENCES SUCH AS: DEPECHE MODE, NEW ORDER, LORDS OF ACID, ERASURE, THE PET SHOP BOYS, THE EURYTHMICS AND THE SMITHS AND MEDLEY THEM INTO CONTEMPORARY DANCE FAVORITES BY SUCH ARTISTS AS: AMBER, THE SNEAKER PIMPS, ACE OF BASE AND DELERIUM. WE SPENT MONTHS MAKING A SET LIST WITH WORKABLE MEDLIES OF COMPLIMENTARY SONGS. AFTER A YEAR OF PLAYING COVERS, WE REALIZED THAT WE ENJOYED DISSECTING SONG PARTS AND INVENTING WAYS TO TRANSIT SMOOTHLY INTO OTHER SONGS USING BEAT LOOPS, KEYBOARD RIFFS AND POWERFUL VOCAL MELODIES SO MUCH THAT WE BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH WRITING OUR OWN MATERIAL. AT FIRST, WE JUST RECORDED BITS AND PIECES FOR IDEAS THAT WOULD LATER BECAME OUR SONGS. THEN IN JUNE OF 2000 WE DECIDED TO ACTIVELY BEGIN WRITING AND RECORDING. WITHIN A YEAR, WE HAD OUR FIRST ORIGINAL CD!

Group Members DAN HOYER-Keyboards/Guitar/bass/producer/composer DAWN WOOD-Vocalist/Samples/Percussion/Lyricist JACOB ANDERSON-Keyboards/Vocalist/Guitar/Haunting Harmonies JOEL NJUS-Keyboards

Instruments keyboards/guitar/sampler/voice

Albums Self titles debut: Elektronika/currently records 2nd CD

Press Reviews "Cool'80s sounding production qualities, especially the drum machine,vocals and lyrics are good, my favorite song - "RAIN", the most amusing song - "POSITRONIC" (the vocal filtering), the record label that features your style - DIFFERENT DRUM. Thanks for giving me the opportunity of hearing your music!" Randy Schläger/KNHC 89.5 FM Powermix http://www.mypowermix.com __________________________________________________ "Your voice (Dawn) is really well developed, it reminds me a lot of Sarah Cracknell (a la St. Etienne). Not to pigeon-hole you into cutting a cover, but you guys could probably easily crack into the pop / pop-dance market (if that's what you want) by covering one of their songs, especially "He's On The Phone","Hug My Soul", or one of their other sleeper hits...anyway, great job!" DJ Dustin James Your Friday Night Party Zone Host (C89.5 Seattle) www.fridaynightpartyzone.com ________________________________________________ "Washington's danceable Elektronika are actually four musicians who are undescribabely hot. In fact, they're what my local radio DJ would call "slammin". "Ethereal" starts everything off on a gentle, groovin vibe, while "Gloss" slows the pace a bit to show that even electronic gods have hearts, too. Vocalist Dawn Wood has a beautiful voice that, though it fits the style, is definitely deserving of a side-venture into the adult contemporary genre. "Can You Hear Me" soars. Male-fronted "I'll Remember You" reminds me of good ole '80s New Wave, and brings a smile to my young but retro-happy face. With some work and a more aggressive electronic approach, they'll have everyone dancing coast to coast." ---Jeanne, 11/01 Score Magazine www.scorerocks.com _________________________________________________ "thanks for the CD! i enjoyed listening keep making music and enjoy 2002! good luck! peace & love" Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode collaborator/producer) http://www.garethjones.com

Additional Info check out www.unsignedwar.com to see Elektronika wins in electronic genre

Location seattle, wa - USA

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