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About Me


"A new brand of electro-rock that is generally angry and aggressive"
sideline magazine
Since 2003 utopia:banished have released three records (NANO; INNOCENT pt.II and DIRTWARD), were featured on AENTITAINMENTs Vinyl-Compilation WHITELINE Vol.I, produced remixes for several artists, composed the score for a shortfilm as well as for the theatre-play "Irrlichter".
"The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before"
hardwired magazine
In 2007 utopia:banished evolved to a band of four. The straight, hard and aggressive live-sound of this full force rock band includes Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Synthesizer and Sampler. It is what hardwired magazine called "The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before".
The story began around the turn of this century.
Utopia:banished is the brainchild of one person. Fed up with bands he played in before and unable to find soulmates to translate his ideas into music, Chris started off alone with a guitar, a synth and a computer. The attempt of combining electronics with songwriting and rock music wasn't new. "I started to explore all the great music I have missed in the 90s. Industrial, Drum n Bass, TripHop and so on... I was just a little late."
Equiped with solid musical ability and not ready to get along with other musicians who joined (and left) the project started as a selfish egotrip: building a unique universe of sounds, noises and feelings from scratch. Within this space the vocals of the selfdeclared "lyrical war correspondent" range from vulnerable honesty to brutally screaming anger. "The music is disturbing, noisy and constantly evolving. It features elements of uncertainty and it's something not to be practised at cocktail-parties. It's an attempt of leaving. A decomposition of preformated structures in an amusing way."
Until 2008 utopia:banished have released three records (NANO in 2003; INNOCENT pt.II in 2004 and DIRTWARD in 2006) and were featured on AENTITAINMENTs Vinyl-Compilation WHITELINE Vol.I. They did remixes for several artists and composed the score for a short-film. utopia:banished also made a track for the theatre play "Irrlichter" - a bandpractise to take the songs of the DIRTWARD-album to the stage.
In 2007 utopia:banished evolved to a live-band with four professional musicians. the hard and unconventional live-sound of a fully equipped electronic setup with a full force rock band is - once again - nothing new in theory. but after all it still is what hardwired magazine wrote about the band: "The act that sounds like nothing you've ever heard before".

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/07/2007
Band Website: http://www.utopia-banished.net
Band Members: Benny (drums), Michael (bass), Constantin (sampler & synths), Chris (voice, guitars & programming)
Influences: Travelling, Jack Kerouac, David Lynch, Charles Bukowski, Howard Hughes, Bill Hicks, Henry Rollins, Fernando Pessoa, David Fincher, Chuck D., Edward R. Murrow, Henry David Thoreau, Terry Gilliam, Hunter S. Thompson, Malcolm X, Bertolt Brecht, Mark Danielewski, Paul Auster...
Sounds Like: THE WEEPING OF A STARLET AFTER A PLASTIC SURGERY THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY WRONG.

"Loaded with aggression, Chris takes full-on rock chords, electronic elements and impassioned vocal delivery to form a new brand of electro-rock that is generally angry and aggressive but occasionally offers the odd respite in the form of a gentler interlude" (sideline.com)

"Suddenly, everything turns inside out and the frenzy folds inwards, what was once explicit is now merely hinted at, the clarity is blurred, leaving room for interpretation and active input by the listener" (Tokafi)

"...like a hardcore version of early Nine Inch Nails and if I never been involved by their music, instead, Utopia:Banished sound make me feel a lot more tension" (Chain DLK)

dirtward:

ALBUM CD
AENTITAINMENT 2006



innocent pt.II
EP CD
AENTITAINMENT 2004

nano
EP CD
2001
Record Label: AENTITAINMENT
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Make a fanpage on/for yourself!

You know, I just don't get it... How many more girls (mostly) and guys (a few) must pimp their myspace-profile with a hilarious soul-striptease? I'm so deep. You can't see inside me. Can...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 01:12:00 GMT

close to your heart.

yeah! put us close to your heart with our new shirts, girlie-shirts and overly-comfy hoodies! 100% sweatshop-free and - once again: endlessly comfortable! all clothes by continental clothing.
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:57:00 GMT

Objekts No.6 with a feature

Aentitainment put out Objekts No.6. Well written, nice pictures...Maybe there's something that gets you. [objekts.aentitainment.com]
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:57:00 GMT

Appendix No.2

Oh how I wish to be part of a movement. Part of a scene... Part of anything that happens right now. How much easier would life be if I could adopt the codes, the fashion, the walk, the talk, the behav...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:33:00 GMT

turn up your radio!

we're on last.fm now. needless to say more:last.fm/music/Utopia:Banished
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:41:00 GMT

connexion bizarre on Dirtward

the guys from the glorious connexion bizarre webzine dropped some lines about the DIRTWARD Album, so here you go:http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_dirtward_ub.htm
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:39:00 GMT

joining myspace / set some things straight

First things first: I can't remember why I chose the name utopia:banished for the music or the mood I'm in when I make music. I forgot it, ok? So please quit asking.I'd like people to understand utopi...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:47:00 GMT