Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy

"If you knew what we know you would know what you need.
We know what you need; you need what we know!" - Mr E. M'Dia
Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy
presents
the 11th Anniversary Edition
of
"Songs From The Hot Zone"
(c)1997 Hot Zone Partnership Group
Executive Producer: R. Morgan - Produced by: Huge & Strange & SUNZ - CoProducers: J. Gorden, M. Woody, R. Boyle, S. Street - Assoc. Producers: G. Pond, Valentino V. - Engineers: Geoff Linder, Robert Geller & SUNZ
Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy
@ Norse Auditorium, SF, 12/2/95
"Why Aren't You Satisfied"
Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy
@ La Vals, Berkeley, 8/11/95
"Mirror People | Time Running OUT"
Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy
@ Venue 9, San Francisco, 6/29/96
"S.P.Q.A."
Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy
Studio Video 1995
"KILL"
(Sunz of Alien Teknowledgy) are very happy to announce that S.P.Q.A. has been added to the "Living With War Today" website run by Neil Young and Co.
http://neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html
This link will take you to a page with over 2500 songs that have been submitted to protest this fucking war and the criminals responsible for it.
And now, back to our story.
The (Sunz of Alien Technology) is the techno-savvy San Francisco media group and rock outfit whose concoction of power riff music, neowave video and hi energy performance is turning jaded post-grunge hipsters into silicon based pop heads.
Born from a group of six or seven Bay Area transplants, the (Sunz of Alien Technology) roster reads more like a Silicon Valley headhunter list than a band biography. The group includes two multimedia artists, a digital video editor, a staging producer, and a sound engineer.
Formed in 1995, the (Sunz) were playing with alien themes mixed with cyber culture long before the current craze sweeping the nation in the movies and on television. Their songs, the stage performance, even the band's look are references to conspiracies, government secrets, and corporate espionage. Part of the band's mystique is figuring out where the references end and the satire begins.
In true conspiratorial form, the band denies all the above and simply state: "The group believes that we all are descendants of the 'media generation' whose figureheads are defined in 3 second sound bites and two second web site hits". Their fans, however, are definitely in on the "conspiracy" -showing up in FBI outfits, CIA baseball caps and alien masks.
Embracing the wave of computerized entertainment and technology, the band has refused to take the standard route to success. Not only is their approach to pop music unconventional, they even have shunned a proper name, preferring to use three symbols to represent the pronunciation of 'sun', 'alien' and 'technology'.
The band so far only communicates to the press via their representatives. According to band spokes model Xaviar Privilege, the reason for the symbolic spelling of the band's name is not a jab at Prince's former adaptation of a symbol.
"For instant international recognition without the need for tedious skills like reading, a symbol is the wave of the future", says Xaviar. The three symbols are infused in everything surrounding the band, from projected imagery during performances to the home page of their groundbreaking stereoscopic 3D website, since retired.
"The group began as a way for the (Sunz) to express their creativity in a style traditional media would not allow", says Xaviar via a chat room interview. "However, corporate clients who know about the (Sunz) alter egos have been very impressed and supportive." All images of the group are digitally altered, appearances in their videos are kept to quick edits that leave the viewer curious, and live shows are in masks and sunglasses."I find the mystery very sexy", says Xaviar, and quoting one of the lyrics of the song 'Embargo', "We wear masks, the masks are us."
Live shows are billed as 'corporate product demonstrations' and play out like a hit on a demented Web site. Their CD release party at the Anon Salon in San Francisco (a monthly invite only party for the digital elite) was the hottest 'meatspace' event all summer. Armed with video projectors, monitors, synths of all vintages and their trademark masks, the live group dove into a powerful sets of catchy, yet disturbing songs.
Watch "Abductee Outreach Program" from Anon Salon, 1996
Their CD, Songs from the Hot Zone, is peppered with original rock numbers, haunting ballads, and riff driven thrashers. The group produces and engineers CD's, directs and edits videos, develops software, and designs websites in state of the art facilities using the top talent in Silicon Valley: themselves.
A source close to the group said, "These guys are either ready for an IPO or a major acquisition! Only time will tell."
With their growing presence in the music scene and their sharp, almost abrasive attitude, the (Sunz) are leading the pack as entertainment charges into new millenium.
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