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Member Since: 5/22/2004
Band Website: absynthesis.com
Band Members:
Sound artist and producer-DJ Levon Louis is the only permanent member of Absynthesis... hailed "a driving force" by The Austin Chronicle and up for music awards in Houston including "Best DJ", "Best Electronica" and "Keyboardist of the Year"
The spawn of a cabaret costume designer and 80's new-wave rocker, Levon often slept in an open guitar case as a baby and appeared on his first published recording at age 4...
He watched his father's new wave band open for Duran Duran in 1984, the same year Levon appeared in Newsweek Magazine as a featured break-dancer...
Using whatever gear dad had around the house, including turntables, multi-track tape decks, synths, guitars, and a C-64 computer Levon was an early adopter of electronic music and already a DJ before he could drive a car...
He perforemd at dozens of raves during the 1990s with his live p.a. outfit, "Lunatex", releasing a full-length album, topping the charts on mp3.com and appearing on Xbox video games...
In 2000, he began working with Oscar/Emmy winner and X-Files sound creator Michael Kimball to learn the complex art of sound effects design for motion pictures...
Today Levon is a Hollywood-trained sound effects creator who shares multiple BAFTA (British Academy Award) nominations for his works in film and video game productions.
In addition to Absynthesis is the creator of Mushroom Lounge Recordings as well as a regular contributer to the electronica outfits Dead P.A. and Phase Theory.
His music is spreading like fire and catching on with fans of alternative electronica everywhere...
Influences: With obvious 80's flare and touching on sounds from synth-pop to techno, rave, new wave, and industrial there is something fresh yet familiar about Absynthesis music.
Levon Louis sites Depeche Mode, Eon, Future Sound of London, Karftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Lords of Acid, and The Cure among his influences for the project.
From ravers to rivetheads, lovers of electronic music and club culture generally agree on Absynthesis for daydreaming, casual sex, and/or hardcore dance floor rocketfuel.
Sounds Like:
Hard to resist as fuel for the dance-floor or to connect with emotionally, Absynthesis has been describerd as "a sound that bridges the gap between nostalgia and cutting edge..."
Absynthesis music is most frequently compared to VNV Nation, Depeche Mode, Covenant, Nine Inch Nails, Fischerspooner, and Rob Dougan.
Record Label: Next-Gen Records
Type of Label: Indie
