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Post-Prodigy industrial pop? Broken robot funk? Depeche Mode being mugged by the Aphex Twin in a dark alleyway? Take your pick. Mesh the emotional vocal melodies and song structures of 80s alterna-electro-pop with abstract concussion beats and miscellaneous noise, and you might have a vague idea of [ cell 7 ]. Scientific synth bleeps, the occasional orchestral instrument and some sharp but rusty machine guitars complete the picture. Standing primarily in the darker side of the musical spectrum, [ cell 7 ] has an aggressive, industrial edge that is offset by a highly melodic and atmospheric sensibility. The themes are not necessary melancholic or negative, just introspective and sometimes a little ambiguous to the listener. The rhythms are fractured, complex: never conventional but always danceable. Sometimes entering distorted cyber-breakbeat territory, other times offering a stuttering IDM skeleton to a track. Lush layers of organic and synthetic instrumentation sit within the track, with potent yet textural vocals above. Strains of Dave Gahan, Trent Reznor and David Bowie are traceable in Nick's tones, but there is also a dirty edge that implies a few 90s Seattle influences. Bleeding, metallic guitar is not used in the traditional rock sense - more as an impact device to tear through the mix. Paul and Nick have been friends since the age of 5, growing up in the hills of Perth, Western Australia. Both received classical training, Paul on piano and Nick with violin and viola. The obligatory teen rebellion against this led to equal parts rave, techno, electro, goth, alt-metal, pop and noise influences - these were meshed together to create the new sound of [ cell 7 ]. West Australian Music Industry [WAMI] award winners 3 years in a row, [ cell 7 ] have contributed tracks to a number of compilation records, featured on TV soundtracks and were commissioned to create theme music for short films and events. A limited edition mini-album was released, selling out in under 72 hours. Now splitting their time between Perth and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the band has finally released their debut full-length CD, re:COGNITION. Nick and Paul have worked for years in spectacularly pedantic style: tweaking, remixing, refining then discarding and starting again, then losing half the work in hard-drive supernovas. RE:COGNITION is a mix of reinvented song fragments completed with the latest production technologies and their own personal maturity. The music possesses an almost Vernian steampunk appreciation - visions of velvet, absinthe and arcane machinery sit alongside sci-fi digital precision/corrosion and a sense of melancholic optimism. RE:COGNITION shows [ cell 7 ] as a band with the perfect blend of past and future. ::links:: [ cell 7 ] on Purevolume [ cell 7 ] on MySpace [ cell 7 ] on Twitter [ Nick ] as a PureVolume listener [ Nick ] as a Last.Fm listener License this music for commercial use through Pump Audio. ]]> Virb 2.0 (@cell7) en http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7111965 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:09:27 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7111965 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7097885 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:43 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7097885 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7096731 http://blip.fm/~ig3i1]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:18:20 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7096731 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7091829 http://lnk.ms/3fVRr]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:44:11 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7091829 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7044043 http://lnk.ms/52d1Y]]> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:29:06 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7044043 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7016782 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:22:29 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/7016782 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6911087 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:35:41 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6911087 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6885345 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:07:03 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6885345 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6821277 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emRUahy2uE]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:53:42 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6821277 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6672392 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:28:03 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6672392 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6564495 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:27:48 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6564495 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6439998 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:02:34 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6439998 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6439997 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:02:33 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6439997 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6181457 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:47:32 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6181457 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6098622 http://bit.ly/4hLXj]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:27:14 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6098622 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6047456 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:28:13 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/6047456 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5927087 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:51 -0800 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5927087 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5804481 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:06:59 -0700 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5804481 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5804479 http://vimeo.com/7199178 - this is so awesome that it is painful.]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:06:59 -0700 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5804479 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5679757 http://lnk.ms/3zb6P]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:47:11 -0700 http://virb.com/cell7/posts/status/5679757