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fixate

About Me

Bio
Band bios are shit. Here's the important bits:

Been writing electronic music of some kind or another for almost 10 years now. Style influences range from industrial to synthpop to trip hop to IDM. Shows in the Reading area coming soon.

Discography

Hues, Vol. 1 now available!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/07/2005
Band Website: http://fixatemusic.blogspot.com
Band Members:
Steve - Programming, Synth, Guitar, Vocals, Graphics
Influences: A lot of stuff, and it's constantly expanding.

So to save time, here's a list of bands I've been listening to in heavy rotation lately:
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Autechre
The Prodigy
Boards of Canada
Daft Punk
IAMX
Radiohead/Thom Yorke
Sounds Like: You tell me.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Left Brain / Right Brain

This week, I read this article about left/right brain function: http://www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/blog/?p=88I used the article to change the method in which I work a bit.  It seems to agree with me...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:51:00 GMT

More ramblings, and Upcoming Show!

Well it looks like we've worked out the whole performance thing.  Probably in the coming months, we'll be setting up a show at the Goggleworks, probably 2.5 to 3 hours long, with three bands.  In time...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Local folks, need some input

A couple fellow musicians and I are trying to work out some live performances in the coming months.  Problem is, the only venue here(Silo) isn't really setup for the kind of performances we'd be doing...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Hues, Vol. 1, and beyond

It's about time to close this chapter.  I have 5 or 6 songs now written for the first Hues EP.  They just need some post-production polish, and vocals.  It's looking like 2-3 vocal tracks, with the re...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:26:00 GMT

052309

http://soundcloud.com/fixate/052309-1 052309  by  fixate Getting somewhere.
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Clusterfuck...

...my brain that is.Yes, I am still around, and yes, I am aware I have not posted anything musical since probably before Christmas.  Trust me, it sucks from this end too.Things should be changing in t...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

changing gears.

I'm done making promises that I can't keep. Well, okay, I didn't really promise anything, but still. Basically, I'm through thinking ahead. Whenever I do, or post about any of my plans for this projec...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:16:00 GMT

New EP news.

I thought up this idea for a series of EPs following my next full length album.  But now I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to just run with it now.  So:Obviously, the theme to this u...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Candidates + Other bullshit

No, not a political post (GObama!).  Here are some candidates for a cover song I'm thinking of now.  And a couple I've been thinking of for a while.  Won't do all of them I doubt, but o...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Depeche Mode cover?

I'm going to cover Personal Jesus. just kidding. I'm going to cover Enjoy the Silence. just kidding. Yea, those have been done to death. I am seriously considering a DM cover to get things mo...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:02:00 GMT