Music Style Darksteppa Electro-punks

Musical Influences … Angelo Badalamenti ... Aphex Twin ... Atari Teenage Riot ... Beck ... Big Black ... Brian Eno ... Candungo Burro ... Dead Kennedys ... Die Krupps ... Die Parker ... Elastica ... Fear Factory ... Front 242 ... Frontline Assembly ... GG Allin ... God Is My Co-Pilot ... Iggy Pop ... Infinity ... Ken Ishii ... King Missile ... KMFDM ... Les Rythmes Digitales ... Machine Head ... Madness ... Melt Banana ... Merzebow ... Ministry ... Mr Bungle ... My Dying Bride ... Napalm Death ... Ocean Machine ... Ozric Tentacles ... Pantera ... Physicist ... Primus ... Prong ... Red Hot Chili Peppers ... Ren and Stimpy ... Santas Buggerboyz ... Senser ... Skinny Puppy ... Slayer ... Slipknot ... Squarepusher ... Strapping Young Lad ... The Breeders ... The Prodigy ... Tool ... Ultraviolence ... Urusie Yatsura ...

Similar Artists Aphex Twin, Atari Teenage Riot, Die Parker, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Ken Ishii, King Missile, KMFDM, Merzebow, Ministry, Mr Bungle, Slipknot, Squarepusher, Strapping Young Lad, The Prodigy

Artist History DJ Shazbut formed in 1998 as one part of a group of like-minded musicians and friends who spent a heavily psychoactive summer writing, performaing and experimenting with music and sound. The bands two members - DJ Gammon40 and Elie Shazbut - enjoy crossing musical boundaries and respecting no rules or limits on music and performance. The first two years of DJ Shazbut's existence was spent writing primarily electronic music using a variety of analogue and digital gear, and performing live sets which left listeners confused with ringing eardrums - "We just got sick of people in the audience having conversations and ignoring the band" remarked Elie "I just threw up the faders on the mixing desk until they couldn't hear each other". After burning out the electronic noise assault edge, Elie and Gammon40 integrated their instruments of choice - guitar and bass - into the music. "It wasn't because Gam had broken all our gear" Elie pointed out in reference to Gammon40's habit of smashing equipment during sets. By now, the bands live sound and style had changed into diametric opposites of pure anger noise and odd guitar tunes about the eccentric or mundane aspects of life. The band released three low budget self-produced tapes - "The Speculative Eyesight EP", "Mental Advisory" and "KRAKK" which were re-released on MP3.com in a somewhat cut down form (MP3.com didn't allow their copyright-unfriendly tracks to be included on the site) soon after.The band started to build up their own recording studio, financed by working whatever jobs they could find and from any cash they could make from playing live - "Giggings great, but shit when you're trying to do it for cash. They only ever cover their own expenses". The bands live sets continued to become more eclectic and orchestrated, with occasional bursts of their trademark impromptu noise jams and soundscapes. By this point, DJ Shazbut had built the reputation of being "electropunks", combining the nihilism of early 80's punk and the hard-hitting electronic beats of artists like The Prodigy, without being similar to either. In November 2000, the band made their fifth official release called "Pop Culture Is." via MP3.com - "We wanted to make a pop album" remarks Gammon40, grinning "Well, its pop for us anyway" concludes Elie. The album was a big change for the bands sound, in that the production was well thought out, and more time had been spent on the recording. "We used to be a hell of a lot more spontaneous, but this album was really premeditated and deliberate for us." commented Elie on what the bands frame of mind for the album was. The formula, although twisted and still very eccentric, seems to have worked for the band. The album sells consistently, and the tracks are played on a large number of radio stations on MP3.com - Elie summed up the mood of the compilation by saying "Its really cool how people say stuff like Margarets Horse is one of the dumbest tracks they've heard but they can't help loving it all the same. Gam has this talent for writing simple tunes that just eat your head".Spring 2001 saw the release of "Outrageous Wavey Things" - an EP of drum n' bass tracks, backed up by three remixes. "The Shizit rule major ass! I want to do an entire speedcore metal remix album, but without all that techno-bollocks like what was on [Fear Factory's] Remanufacture" spat Elie "I'm sick of remix albums being full of token mish-mashes of styles which just don't work properly. I fucking love the Chosen Few Flashpoint remix though". Gammon40 didn't want to uncover his musical plans with DJ Shazbut however. "Its weird how we work because we like, write our own things and then we screw each others work up until we both think its fucked up enough" finishes Elie. When asked if the band work together well as a unit, Elie jumped "Behind the scenes, its different. We don't write together very much, but it keeps us working against each other to make something more diverse. Live, its different. You have to work together, and thats part of the buzz".

Group Members ELiE SHaZBuT (guitar, bass, synths, programming, engineering) .. DJ GaMMoN40 (vocals, guitar, bass, synths, programming)

Instruments [SYNTHS - Yamaha CS1x digital synth - Roland SH-3A vintage analogue monosynth - Yamaha CS-01 analogue monosynth ] .. [SAMPLERS - Yamaha A4000] .. [GUITARS - Ibanez RG-270 guitar - Epiphone Les Paul Junior guitar - Ibanez Soundgear SR-800 bass - BC Rich Mockingbird guitar]

Albums Pop Culture Is (2000) .. Outrageous Wavey Things (2001)

Location Lincoln, Lincolnshire - United Kingdom

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