Projects in brief:
Alien 6 Productions - music production team
tenek - dark electronica with Pete Steer
Alien 6 - funky house / dance with Pete Steer, Laura Cyganik and Eddie C
Mesh - live keys and vox
Anirave LLC - the 'Hope' anime/DDR project
John Costello - 1978-83 covers project and original material
Black Toast Music - production music
Samplebase - inspiration on demand!
Tik and Tok - electro duo - co production
The Nine - now defunct dark electronica project
Hi there! This profile is an extension of my personal profile where I can share with you what else I get up to besides my main project Alien Six and writing production music for US publisher Black Toast Music in genres such as Drum 'n' Bass, House and Electroclash. Some of which have been used on shows such as 'Access Hollywood', 'Without a Trace' and various releases of Konami's Dance Dance Revolution games.
In 1990 I started a project called GLASSHOUSE with Ian Davies which spawned 4 demo tapes, 'A New Direction', 'Secret Life', 'The Real World' and 'Like an Alien'. I might even upload a couple of tracks at some point for a laugh! The highlight of this project was when we were asked to support Gary Numan on 2 tours in '91 and '92.
Pete Steer left the band in '96 after contributing with songwriting and guitar for 3 years. It was decided to continue but with a different name and attitude towards our song writing. Glasshouse became The Nine and in '97 signed to underground synthpop label A Different Drum releasing several singles and 2 albums, 'Native Anger' in '98 and 'Dreamland' in 2000. Both albums are available for download on iTunes. During that period I also had the opportunity to remix a track for 80's artist Alphaville called 'Soul Messiah'. Best known for their 1984 hit 'Big in Japan'.
In 2002 I decided to venture off and start a solo project called Aliensix13. For once I was writing music to no particular agenda and the result of which is 'Establishing Alpha', released on ADD in 2004. Also available on iTunes. From this release came 'C Squared' and 'Mello' which were used by Konami for their X-Box release of Dance Dance Revolutions Ultramix 2.
After the release of 'Establishing Alpha' I met up again with Pete Steer and we formed the latest project Alien Six. In early 2005 Laura Cyganik joined the team to contribute as vocalist and songwriter.
The fruits of this project can be heard on the Alien Six profile or the website www.alien6.netAlso as Alien Six we have recently remixed Mesh's single, 'Crash' and co-produced the 'Slightly Deranged' EP for Tik and Tok.
In March 07 I was flown over to Arizona to head an album project aimed at the Anime and DDR audiences. The result of my visit is, 'Hope', which is available through Anirave Music LLC.
If you're a particular fan of electronic music between '78 and '83 you may like to check out John Costello's profile. For a long time John has always wanted to create his own interpretations of some of his favourite music from that 5 year span. He approached me to help him achieve this and the results can be heard on his profile - here. You can also find his own original work - here.
I've recently started a new project with Peter Steer called tenek, writing a darker brand of electronic music. Check it out!
I'm currently also writing soundblocks for this new product...
Here are just some of the productions that have used my music...
