Artist description I make danceable electronic music that's a little off center...

Music Style Melodic-psychadelic-deep-progressive-trance/house.

Musical Influences Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Oliver Lieb, DJ Phatt Albert, Paul Van Dyk, BT, Rabbit in the Moon, Oakey, Timo Maas, Madoka, James Holden, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, Max Graham, Hybrid, Chimera, DJ Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Main Element, Adam Dived and Tone Depth

Similar Artists Hopefully a mix between: James Holden, BT, Max Graham, and Main Element

Artist History I started out as a session guitarist doing work for music producers and television. In 1999, my brother and I created a small project studio dedicated to producing blues, rock and hip-hop projects. I soon fell in love with electronic dance music and found that it was that genre of music that I enjoyed creating the most. I have been actively producing electronica (primarily progressive and melodic trance/house) ever since...

Group Members Mark Chu: HypnotiK. -Special thanks to my lovely manager/promoter, Josephine Yang. -Artwork on this site courtesy of: Jonathan Oh, Matt Fellows and Squid NY...

Instruments Emagic Logic Audio Platinum v5, Pentium III 800mhz with 832mb ram, Access Virus 2.8, Yamaha CS2x, Emagic EXS24, TC Works Mercury 1, Steinberg Model-E, Waldorf PPG Wave 2.v, Native Instruments B4, FM7, Battery & Pro-52, Steinberg Wavelab v3.01, Fruityloops Pro v3, Mackie 1402 Vlz mixer, Alesis SR-16, Event/Echo Layla, Event 20/20p monitors, Midiman Midisport USB 4x4, Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro headphones, Waves, TC Works, & Arboretum Plugins, Fulltone Fulldrive 2, Fulltone Clyde, AKG, Rode and Shure microphones, Digitech Talker, 2 Technics SL1200M3Ds, Pioneer DJM-500 Mixer, Stanton Trackmaster II RS Cartridges, and other effects and tools too Lo-Fi to actually mention...

Press Reviews 1st "featured artist" in the melodic trance genre at mp3.com for "Christine 2.0."/ Featured artist in "Deep House" genre at mp3.com twice for "Bionic." / Featured artist in melodic trance genre at mp3.com for "One Solution (HypnotiK Remix)."/ Featured artist twice in Eurodance genre at mp3.com for "Christine 3.00 (Fantasy Remix)."/Featured artist in Eurodance genre at mp3.com for "The Morning After."/ -Quoted from Marco @ electronica online: "Check out this awesome trance tune created by Hypnotik. Considering this guy isn't mainstream yet, this tune really has potential. This is 'The Morning After'..." (electronicaONLINE)./ -quoted from melanie at www.listen.com: (HypnotiK) "Gloomy dance tracks follow strict Techno guidelines with slight influences from Jungle and Trance. Curled acid lines accost chiming synths and mid-tempo beats."

Additional Info Producer, performer, and engineer for west coast Rap group: S.E.D. / Currently producing songs for Baby Rock courtesy of SM Records in Korea/ -PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP ME AN E-MAIL WITH ANY COMMENTS (NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE), AND I'LL TRY TO ANSWER EVERY ONE.

Location Pico Rivera, California - USA

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