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About Me

Circumflex has gone through many phases. It began as an experimental sci-fi influenced electro/electronic band in 1999 with Steven Souza (Circumsteven Souzaflex) and Adam Trelatsky (Adamflex Circumtrelatsky). The band recorded one song and wrote several others, but due to artistic differences between Steven and Adam, it disbanded mid 2000. Roughly two years later in the summer of 2002 Circumflex reuinited with similar musical intentions. All new songs were written except the famous "Life Sim 5.0" which is the only origional Circumflex song existing today. Adam incorporated the bass guitar and the sound was still more electro and was certainly not Synth Pop. The group played their first show at The Mainzer in Merced (the main hall still not 100% finished at that point). The group disbanded after this show again with plans of reuiniting, as Adam was en route to Holland for one year. When Adam returned from Holland in 2003, the project was once again reuinited and the music took a turn in a different direction. Three new songs were written: "Terror", "Artificial", and "Mad Scientist". The Circumflex Demo released at that time contained "Terror", the origional recording of "Life Sim 5.0" (from 2000), their cover of "Disarm" by the Smashing Pumpkins, and "Artificial" at the end. "Artificial" and "Mad Scientist" paved the way for the new synth pop sound of Circumflex. Late 2003, Steven decided that Synth Pop didn't interest him and left Circumflex for good. Adam decided to attempt to keep the project alive as a solo endeavor, and began searching for musicians to assist him as live support. Late June of 2004 he finally recruited Jenna Vanderbeek to assist him live, and they played their first show with the new lineup July 7th, 2004 with Mankind is Obsolete and TV in Fresno. The project continued with this live ensemble and Adam running things in the studio, then expanded to a new live member when Adam finished building Charles 2.0 in October 2004. Charles played his first show with Circumflex in November of 2004. This was the existence of Circumflex until July 7th, 2005 when Circumflex played their last show as a group. Now Circumflex only exists as a studio project until Adam can find new members with which to share his creative visions.

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Member Since: 11/16/2004
Band Website: circumflex.host.sk/
Band Members: Circumflex is Adam A. Tronic in the studio, and currently has no live members.
Influences: SPOCK, ABBA, Information Society, Erasure, VNV Nation, Robert Miles, Kraftwerk.
Sounds Like: Cheesy synth pop meets your favorite sci-fi novel.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW?!?!??!?!

Well, the problems with "Creation" and "Mad Scientist" not playing were pissing me off, so I deleted them and uploaded them again EXCEPT (!) I put up different versions. I put up older versions instea...
Posted by Circumflex on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:28:00 PST

Circumflex disbanded

Goodbye everyone. Circumflex has officially broken up. Due to a large combination of factors we've disbanded. Our last show was Thursday July 7th at the Mainzer and the rediculously awful turnout rem...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

Charles is Alive!!! I rebuilt and upgraded Charles today. Now he's more energy efficient, faster, and a much better dancer. Charles 2.0 is no more. I have christened him on this day, CHARLES 2.5!!! ...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Show change

Sorry to all you fans in Fresno, but we aren't going to be playing on the 16th of July with TV and Unavox. Taking our place is Eximro, an AWESOME electronic act from Merced. The main programmer is a f...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Square again

Jenna has rejoined Circumflex and will be playing at our next show. This will increase the circumquality of our performance by up to 56%.
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

It's official - Circumflex is once again in pieces

Due to personality conflicts, Jenna Van Der Beek is no longer a member of Circumflex. I am talking to my friend Josh about possibly taking her place, but obviously we won't be having any live shows un...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

CIRCUMFLEX MERCHANDISE!!!!

Circumflex merchandise is now available!!! You can get fun an exciting things like Circumflex T-shirts, magnets, buttons, teddy bears, coffee mugs, mouse pads, license plate frames, and biersteins! Vi...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New songs on the way!!

I've been recording lately again. I borrowed a spiffy condensor mic from my roomie Shaun, so new, better quality mixes of old songs are on the way, and I might post some new ones. I am not sure yet. I...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Charles is sick

Those of you who went to the Java Wava show last month may have noticed that Charles stopped moving after about 15 minutes, and those who went to the Madera show at the Royal 8 probably noticed that C...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

New song uploaded

I just uploaded the song "God", which is our most controversial song. I'm not sure why I didn't post it before, so I hope you all will give it a listen and like it. It's a bit more serious, and it's n...
Posted by Circumflex on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST