Artist description hypefactor — a pop band. The people: veteran songwriter F.J. DeSanto and recording engineer Brandt Gassman. The place: downtown Manhattan. The sound: British pop, Chicago dance and New York machine rock. NewOrder, The Smiths and Wax Trax. The release: The Distracted Lover EP, available fall 2002 on Tinman Records with live dates to follow. Interested? www.hypefactor.com

Music Style Electronic/Industrial, Brit Pop

Musical Influences New Order, The Smiths, Primal Scream, Wax Trax, Chemlab, Gustavo Cerati, Curve, Depeche Mode, Die Warzau, Gavin Friday, Garbage, U2, Lead Into Gold, Revenge

Similar Artists New Order, Monaco, Johnny Marr, Primal Scream

Group Members F.J. DeSanto, Brandt Gassman

Instruments F.J. DeSanto: Gibson Thunderbird bass, Kurzweil K2000 synthesizer; Brandt Gassman: Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar, Theremin

Albums The Distracted Lover EP

Press Reviews To come.

Additional Info CD features guest appearances by Robin Emmet, Ash Venezia and Michael Hess from The Aggression, and Peter Riley from Saintface

Location New York, New York - USA

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