Music Style Technopop, synthesizer progressive rock

Musical Influences Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Jeff Lynne, with a little Queen, Erasure and The Police

Similar Artists Post-1981 Electric Light Orchestra, Depeche Mode, Erasure

Artist History In 1997 I began to tinker with writing music. After I had written a few bits without much thought to what I'd do with them, I figured I wanted to do something that had a very consistent, recognizable sound. In mid-1999 I found a decent wavetable synthesizer and -- not knowing the guitar, otherwise I'd have included one -- I went to work. It came out a little better than I expected.

Group Members Kristofer Straub: songwriting, lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer, MIDI.

Instruments MIDI, a wavetable synthesizer, and enough keyboards to float a battleship full of keyboards.

Albums machines that think? (released 2000) // Digital Nothing (tentatively 2001)

Press Reviews "Symptom: Grunge-induced synthesizer withdrawal; feelings of loss because the '80s are gone. Cure: Heavy keyboard backing; syrupy sweet melodies." -- Listen.com review" // [Solid State] makes you feel guilty for leaving after only 30 minutes." -- Riffage.com listener review // Quantum Mechanic was in the top 10 on the mp3.com Progressive Rock charts for over a week! Solid State hit #10 on the Experimental/Post Rock charts!

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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