Member Since: 7/7/2004
Band Website: slowEarth.com
Band Members: Zach Solem - Main Vox & Programming & Production
Ben Thomas - Synths & Programming & Production
Joe Price - Guitars & Vox
Richard Farmer - Drums
Additional SlowEarthittez:
Rik Robinson - bass [cage / early slowearth era]
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Jeremy Slotin - drums 1998-2001
Troy Manning - additional programming and engineering
Mike Allen - emergency live drums 2002-2005
Jonathan Smiley & Smilestyles Crew - video and media
Jonathan Williams - live lighting
z_marr - crowd-control/buddy/transporter/badass
Pass on the slowEarth virus
Influences: Between the 4 of us, we Bring it with:
Meat Beat Manifesto, Killing Joke, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, The Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Radiohead, Machines of Loving Grace, Die Warzau, Aphex Twin, Tricky, Dieselboy, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk, Amish Rake Fight, Front Line Assembly, Underworld, KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Tool, Mr. Bungle, Primal Scream, Faith No More, Blur, Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Beastie Boys, James Brown, Boards of Canada, Air, Fugazi, NIN, Bad Religion, Lovage, Parliament, Cheap Trick, Social Distortion, Pigface, Delerium, Sister Machine Gun, The Cure, ELO, Steely Dan, Pixies, Vast, Diesel Boy, Beck, David Bowie, Rick James, Tears for Fears, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, O.M.D., Thievery Corporation, Yes, Tangerine Dream, Bach, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Fear, Sneaker Pimps, Prodigy, Crystal Method, Devo, Fear Factory, Deepsky, Consolidated, Black Sabbath, Christ Analog, Filter, Kraftwerk, Underworld, Fantomas, Synaesthasia, Tomita, Queens of the Stone Age, Pop Will Eat Itself, Girls Against Boys, Circle of Dust, Prong, Prick, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Faint, Propellorheads, Chemical Brothers, Dead Can Dance, Ministry, Squarepusher, Underground, Electro, Rock, Techno, Trip-Hop, Alternative, Electronic, Progressive, Electronica, Experimental, Breakbeat, Breaks, Tech Step, Rage, Junglist, IDM, New Wave, Synth Pop, Synthpop, Industrial, Trip Hop, Noize, Atmosphere, Noise, Prog, Punk, Groove, Indie, Hardcore, Euro, Heavy, Downtempo, Jungle, Drum n Bass, Ambient, Hypnotic, and on and on and on.....
Sounds Like: Your heart thumping and your bootie shakin'!
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"SlowEarth has cobbled together bits of assorted electronica with big beat and drum n bass elements prevalent and added an electro-pop rock veneer. Hints of Prodigy intermingle with Massive Attack. Throw in lyrics infused with sex and some of the raw feel of early Nine Inch Nails, and you have a collection of songs that seems conducive to coaxing the clothes off the object of your desire..."
- Jonathan Putnan - Southeast Performer
"Known for providing listeners with dance grooves, Atlanta's SlowEarth does not disappoint with its most recent release, Beautiful Machines."
- Aysha - Prick Magazine
"While the electronic influences prevail, slowEarth throws in enough rock dynamics to keep things interesting, creating a chocolate-and-peanut-butter effect: two great tastes that taste great together."
- Kevin Forest Moreau - Sunday Paper
"slowEarth is an engaging and often hypnotic band of rockers with an air of mystery who aren't afraid to venture over into prog and trip-hop territory."
- Lee Smith - Creative Loafing
"slowEarth updates synth-pop with modern rock and dance music idioms for the new millennium."
- Shane Harrison - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"I absolutely love this stuff - it's very techno-popish, and shows a great mastery of electronic music. "
- Steve Craig - WNNX Atlanta
"slowEarth, a promising live act with electronic leanings, who could be the next 'it' band for Atlanta's progressive hipsters."
- Roni Sarig - Creative Loafing
"slow Earth manage to seep themselves in 1980s New Romantic Synth-Pop and sound contemporary at the same time, incorporating everything rhythm-wise from disco to techno. The band is careful not to get into a rhythm rut, and use wah-wah pedals over the layered rhythms and heavy dubs to help propel the music, which, by the way, they refer to as Electro Phreak Rock."
- Linda Ryan - Listen.com
"In a musical climate where everything seems to sound more and more the same, slowEarth offer a refreshing change of pace...front man Zach Solem combines Ed Kowalczyk charisma, with Trent Reznor intensity and comes out with a style all his own, a live show not to be missed..."
- Jay Harren - Music Director/Host 99X Sunday School - WNNX Atlanta
"somewhere between Tricky, Gary Numan, and Nine Inch Nails lies a very slowEarth."
- Jonathan Williams - Music Editor - PRICK Magazine
"Mixing live instruments with sampled beats and noises, they had the audience swimming in an eclectic pool of sound waves. Melodic songwriting was balanced by adventurous experimentation and occasional punk-like outbursts of volume and energy. It's obvious that these guys are exploring the cutting edge, and that's always refreshing."
- chico - atlantamusicscene.com
"Pure and tribal with a dangerous energy."
- performance magazine
"What kind of music is slowEarth? It is, quite simply, the type of music that you've been looking for- for any of your varying moods. The lyrics and sounds are passionate and clear. slowEarth is not bound by any one musical genre...they've created an addictive sound."
- derrick peavey - university signal
"An energetic performance that combined the fast-paced jungle rhythms of the rave scene with funked-up bass and edgy guitar, as well as Solem's philosophical take on things."
- jonathan williams - the scene
Type of Label: Indie