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BM LINX

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It's not easy to carve out a niche for yourself and attract a loyal following in the ever-crowded music scene of New York City. Less than a year after formation, that's exactly what BM LINX has managed to do with their infectious style of beat-driven electro rock.
The idea for the group, started by Tony Diodore and Jonathan Murray in 2005, was to create a band that would combine the energy of downtown nightlife with the musicianship of a live performing rock band. After producing an album's worth of material on a minimal budget and with just a few parts, an edgy, homegrown sound emerged with a message that goes well beyond the usual lap dance party tracks most DJs tend to drop.
Rounding out the band with the addition of Andrew Griffiths, BM LINX began rehearsing an EP's worth of material, gradually perfecting their high-energy live show. At the same time, a few early recordings with limited circulation were met with amazing response. While the anthemic "The Guest List" played well to fellow NYC club kids, "Understanding Orange" caught the attention of up and coming DJ/producer Samio, whose remix of the song found its way into the sets of superstar DJs such as Deep Dish and Ti..sto during the 2006 Winter Music Conference in South Beach.
The recently self-released debut album, "The Portable Genius", reveals just how far the group has come in so little time. From "American Royalty" to "Freezing", the record showcases BM LINX's rare ability to balance upbeat and melancholy themes with acoustic and electronic elements for an all-encompassing approach to producing truly electronic rock 'n roll. Along with 10 original titles, the cover of Sonic Youth’s "100%" and bonus remixes of "Understanding Orange", ”The Portable Genius” honorably showcases both the rapidly developing forefront of modern music as well as the current state of DIY production.
“Understanding Orange” was recently featured on the CBS affiliate station KITS Live 105 in San Francisco, a market 4 station, on the Sunday evening program, Soundcheck, featuring emerging artists. The band was also recently featured as a showcasing artist at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas.

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Member Since: 11/20/2005
Band Website: bmlinx.com
Band Members:Management : Babatunde Williams
Booking : Steve Goodgold : Chaotica Agency

Photos by Robert Brooke

Tony Diodore (vox, guitar, production)
Jonathan Murray (bass)
Andrew Griffiths (drums)
Influences: Darker synthpop, electro, current EDM (esp. Ed Banger stuff), The Cure, Zepplin, AC/DC, Sabbath, some punk (no bubblegum), Some metal but nothing really new - old Metallica, Sepultura, Fudge Tunnel etc., Musicians and bands that don't blow smoke and really bring it. The Stooges, Nirvana.... Hendrix, and the ultimate, humble guitar hero: Leo Kottke.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Free Understanding Orange ringtone

Understanding Orange is now available as a FREE mp3 ringtone.Click the link to send to your phone...>..>..>Understanding Orange        ..>Drop us a line to let us kn...
Posted by BM LINX on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:54:00 PST

Hidden Palms

Understanding Orange is currently being used in the spots for the new CW network summer drama, Hidden Palms. We'll post the trailer when it's available. Score;)
Posted by BM LINX on Fri, 18 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

Mixmag Russia - a review

We noticed a new review of our music posted on the Russian Mixmag website, and we were totally freaked out that something so large would pick up on us so quickly, especially something so far away (but...
Posted by BM LINX on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:59:00 PST

New Site Launched

Our new website is up. Click on the logo to check it out. Many thanks to Chip at Locind Media Designs for the hard work and input....
Posted by BM LINX on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:56:00 PST

SXSW 2007

SXSW 2007. One word: DAMN. We flew out of NYC early Friday morning and just missed the ice storm that left so many east coast musicians stuck in the cold. Riding on karma and some luck, we rolled into...
Posted by BM LINX on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:12:00 PST

BM LINX Videos

BM LINX channel on youtube is where you will find yourself spending a huge portion of your life. Just live videos so far, and one of us jumping in a pile of trash at 4am. Soon to come, a best of 2006....
Posted by BM LINX on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:16:00 PST

Purevolume

Click the link below to check out music from our record that's not posted on the myspace page. ...
Posted by BM LINX on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:47:00 PST

Free Downloads

Evey now and again we'll update this post with some new material. Mostly live stuff, but we may post some unreleased material, too. Right click and download (mac users control click).Here is The Guest...
Posted by BM LINX on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:02:00 PST

Understanding The Portable Genius

I get asked all the time what all this stuff is about, so I thought I might share with you a brief summary of what the hell was going through my head as I wrote it. It was all done in my apartment in ...
Posted by BM LINX on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:21:00 PST

The Pill and Boston Marriot

Boston throws a pretty sick party, complete with $2 PBR. The Marriot in Copley Square was none too happy about our inviting the ENTIRE party back after last call though. Pussies. Anyway, thanks to all...
Posted by BM LINX on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:30:00 PST