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OF TANZ VICTIMSSince no one has never seen Of Tanz Victims faces, and their true identities are a vague mishmash of fact and fiction, this page is designed to present the rumors that have been circulating for years about OTV as well as different hypotheses about who they might be and why they have been hiding behind masks and paper bags.It is extremely strange, and rather incredible, that not much is known about OTV since they were the precursors of every modern musical movement since the 1980’s and have attained the status of cult legend. To understand how and why this has happened, we must examine the known facts and the rumors.ORIGINSRumor: The band is composed of Russian immigrants that came to Montreal in the early 1980’s.On several occasions, in interviews, the band claimed that they were Russian immigrants, but never gave the reasons for leaving Russia. Why did they pick Montreal? Because it was easier to immigrate to Canada than the States before the fall of the Iron Curtain? Did they have family here? Were they political refugees being sought by the KGB? Were they, in fact, Russian spies and part of the KGB, using their anonymity as a ploy to gain information?
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Member Since: 14/10/2006
Band Website: http://www.last.fm/music/Of+Tanz+Victims
Band Members: The members of OTV are:Robert de la Carignan - GuitarRumor: He is currently a conceptual artist living in an abandoned power plant.It is said that Robert de la Carignan is half French, half Russian. Where does the name de la Carignan come from? Was his father a member of the French nobility? Is Carignan perhaps the first town he lived in when coming to Quebec?Certain paintings signed “de la Carignan” have been discovered in private collections. Some say that the famous “La première fusée à décoller en Afrique” is attributed to de la Carignan (is this the same de la Carignan that was a member of OTV?)Roy Batty - SynthesizerPseudonym obviously taken from Blade Runner. Philip K. Dick quotations appear often on Of Tanz Victims’ album sleeves.Rumor: Roy Batty is in fact Don Wooty, the Belgian sociologist who wrote an essay entitled “The Impact of Italian Sports Cars and Secret Societies on Modern Politics”.I have not read Wooty’s essay, but I have heard that its subject deeply rooted in occultism and secret societies, i.e. the Templars, the Illuminati, the Masons, the Cult of the Yellow Hand, with ties to the famous German philosopher/writer/sociologist Theodore Adorno (the same Theodore Adorno that was working for the American government on the MK Ultra project). It has similarities to the works of Robert Anton Wilson, not surprising for a member of Of Tanz Victims, who were obviously linked to the occult, conspiracy theories, etc.Sat W. Ford – Drum and Bass and LoopsRumor: His real name is Stephen Faulkner. His father may have been in the KGB and defected to Canada, and got his nickname that he used to drive a black Ford GT40 with the kabbalistic symbol of the Tree of Life painted on the hood.Rumor: Ford worked as a sound engineer for the Cirque du Soleil in the early 1990’s but died in a car crash on the freeway around San JoseRumor: He was the illegitimate child of William Faulkner
Influences: The KLF, Berio, Kiss, PTV, Moby, Current93, Juan Esquivel, The Residents, The Orb, Juan Atkins, Miles Davis, Iannis Xenakis, Carl Craig, Bent, Stereolab, X, Foetus, Pacific231, Ammon, Soft Cell, The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Laibach, David Kristian, Squarepusher, Agoria, Trentemoller, Brigitte Bardot, Death in June, Nitzer Ebb, The Virgin Prunes, Lustmord, Bonobo, SPK, Lowfish, Sisters of Mercy, Autechre, Bola, Ladytron, Deadbeat, Bob Villa, 23 Skidoo, Jacques Brel, Danger Mouse, Kraftwerk, Beck, Fatboy Slim, Slayer, Jeff Planet Aphex Twin, RJD2, Skalpel, Nina Simone, Elektor, 777, Killing Joke, Venom, KMFDM,
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Record Label: Bunker-Canada
Type of Label: Indie

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