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Illegal King

DEEP-NRG RETROELECTRIC®

About Me

Where has dance music and synthpop travelled in the last decade or two? Where are the hooks and riffs of late 70s and early 80s dance floor legends? Why does todays dance music and electronica sound like so much all-too-easily programmed noise, devoid of structures and spirit? And where is the memorable live performance?These are questions asked by International musicians K and A. The answers are to be found in the formation of Buffalo, NY- born / Amsterdam-based electronic project, Illegal King.Formed in early 2006, but nurtured for a decade or two, Illegal King (IK) is based not in the limited possiblities of the latest loop-based composition tool, but in the desire to create pop music in a different way. As founding members of a more conventional band (www.myspace.com/huronsound) and experienced in countless instruments, K and A felt that there was clearly a gap in all the myriad dance and electronic genres they could and wanted to fill. Their long time love of synthesizers, drum machines and gadgets and familarity with early pioneers of electronic pop and gay disco gave birth to a sound that is equal parts bright and optimistic, dark and layered.With their own studio in place, white label tracks already played to hip-swaying acclaim on Amsterdams underground dancefloors and a growing number of DJ fans, Illegal King is poised to rewrite...or renew what dance music was and can be... If you've read this far, THANK YOU. Illegal King is looking for like-minded creative partners to mix/remix our tracks as well as a label partner for distribution...If you are interested in discussing this further, you can reach us directly by email: [email protected]

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Member Since: 4/2/2006
Band Website: illegalking.com
Band Members: K- Voice, Synths, Piano, Noise / A- Instruments, Voice, Programming, Noise
Influences: In no particular order... Bobby Orlando, Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, Human League, Heaven 17, Soft Cel, New Order, Divine, Fad Gadget, Kraftwerk, Can, Elektron, Pet Shop Boys, Chic, Cameo, The Beatles, Art Of Noise, Blancmange, Dead Or Alive, Erasure, Tangerine Dream, The Beloved, Propaganda, Sylvester, Rick James, Fashion (the band), Richard Barbieri, Gary Numan, The Twin, Devo, Vince Clarke, Duran Duran, Icehouse, Gareth Jones, Flash & The Pan, Visage,The System, Nick Rhodes, Telex, New Musik, John Foxx, Depeche Mode, Japan, The Normal, YMO, Boy George, Alan Wilder, Talk Talk, Massive Attack, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, William Orbit, Moby, Underground, 808 State, Air...
Sounds Like: What we call DEEP-NRG RETROELECTRIC®...DISCOLECTRO®... Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Korg MS20, Roland TR909, Roland TR606, Korg MonoPoly, Roland Juno 6, Korg Triton, Nord Lead 2, Yamaha Pianos, Korg MS2000, Roland JP8000, Yamaha DX7, Oberheim OBX8, Casiotone, Akai MPC1000, Elektron Machinedrum, Linn Drumm, Native Instruments, Universal Audio, Focusrite, Neumann, Gretsch Tennessee Rose, Epiphone Riviera, Fender Telecaster....
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500

Galaxy 500, Fiat 500, 500 Miles, 500 Friends...Thank you to all of those who have added us or requested to join us. We are honored that wer have reached this landmark the old-fashioned way...one frien...
Posted by Illegal King on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:18:00 PST

LOVE LIES and BLACKFRIARS vs. SYLVESTER are READY!

Worked late in the studio tonight and LOVE LIES and BLACKFRIARS vs. SYLVESTER are ready for the final mix and remix... Interested, talented and professional artists should contact Illegal King for con...
Posted by Illegal King on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:18:00 PST

HOW DO WE FIND ILLEGAL KING FRIENDS?

IT IS CLEAR THAT MANY BANDS USE SOME SORT OF MASS FRIEND-FINDING PROGRAM TO GET AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE TO BOOST THEIR POPULARITY- FRANKLY, WE THINK THAT IS A DISGRACE... WE FIND OUR FRIENDS ONE B...
Posted by Illegal King on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST

TO CELEBRATE 100+ FRIENDS!

Well, we felt that Illegal King was in need of a celebration... Last friday we hit 100 friends..and now have exceeded that mark. The special friend knows who she is... and today we reached 500 views o...
Posted by Illegal King on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:29:00 PST

Myspace... nice, very nice...

While we got on myspace a couple of months ago, we didn't have time to be active until just a week or so ago and since then have been joined by all sorts of interesting and talented "friends", opening...
Posted by Illegal King on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:28:00 PST

New Designs from Stylorouge

Mark Higgenbottam of Stylorouge brings his talent to Illegal King with the preview of the new 12" sleeves for IK. While only a first round, the designs are set to be some of Mark's more interesting wo...
Posted by Illegal King on Mon, 08 May 2006 08:06:00 PST

Illegal King debut!

After some hard work and some last minute sweat in the Como Park Studios, Illegal King released 2 very special limited tracks for live play at Roborock Night in Amsterdam, NL. DJ Re-Flex joined Illega...
Posted by Illegal King on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:05:00 PST