---- Heavily influenced by the sound, fury and
Dada-inspired artistic sensibilities and cut-up
techniques of electronica pioneers such as
Cabaret Voltaire, Tackhead and
Meat Beat Manifesto, 3kStatic is
an electronica collective founded in 1999.
As of 2008, 3kStatic records for the
dPulse
Recordings,
Cargo Records Germany and INgrooves labels, with
their releases distributed by ONE Digital, Sony
BMG Germany and others. An upcoming single is
also slated for release on Mixology, the home
label of legendary DJ Mark Lewis.
Earlier in the evolution of digital music,
3kStatic logged more than 225,000 downloads on
the former MP3.com, and were named 2003 Artist
of the Year by the Mixdown, a weekly broadcast
of Vanderbilt University radio station WRVU FM
(Nashville, Tennessee).
The group's recorded output has been featured on
the past several seasons on the soundtrack of
MTV's Real World and Road Rules,
and has also being licensed for various
television commercials and independent films.
Notable licensees of the band's music include
Pontiac, Hypnotiq Vodka, PHisoderm, The
Cleveland Clinic, Edmunds.com, TheKnot.com, and
many others.
Their 2004 album Perversion: for
Profit; uses audio sampled from the 1965
propaganda film Perversion for Profit, an
anti-pornography diatribe hosted by George
Putnam and also garnered favorable reviews
especially in Germany, where the band's often
aggressive political comment was seen as a
throwback to the earlier days of post-punk
electronic and industrial music.
In addition to the ardently activist statements
that have become a centerpiece of the band's
output, the band has been said to fuse an
"eclectic, Dadaist soundscape" into their sound,
which incorporates elements of art rock, trip
hop, funk and house into an often densely
produced collage reminiscent of Dada art. Due to
this clash of sounds and activist stance, their
work has been described as "anarchist disco" and
"post-industrial house"
Although their recordings could be considered
album-oriented electronica, their college and
independent radio singles include 'Drumbeat
Litany', 'All The Way Alive', 'Brutal
Realities', 'Shattered' and 'The Music' -
which charted #1 on various underground
dance charts in late 2004. Additional charting
tracks include 'Second Coming (Create Their Own
Past)', 'Brilliant Disguise' and the (2007
remaster) of 'End of The Reel' which features
Drumfire of Om Records artists Afro-Mystik.
In 2006, the band embarked on a more vigorous
series of live dates, appearing at the legendary
New York rock venue The Knitting Factory,
electronic music festival events in Michigan and
Tennessee and many others. Members of the band
also began hosting and programming the weekly
electronic music broadcast
CounterprogamFM airing on The Electric
Circus program of the Columbus, Ohio-based
radio network RadioU.
The dPulse label recently released of a 'best
of' compilation titled Other Ideals: (The
Best of 3kStatic 1999-2007). The
compilation spans the first eight years of the
band's releases, and follows up the band's 2006
release Where's Our Piece of the Groovy
World?' which charted in the Top 25 on
the iTunes Music Store in Europe for ten
consecutive weeks, including #1 (Dance) on the
iTunes (Spain) chart. That album includes guests
artists Joy Askew, Annette Strean
of Venus Hum, Pete Miser,
Robert Bond and funk legend and Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame inductee George
Clinton.
On its own, the Other Ideals:
compilation went on to chart Top 5 at the eMusic
download service, and became the band's first
entry on the iTunes Japan Top 100 Album
Sales chart. 3kStatic regularly appears on
the Top Artists charts at Rhapsody, where
'Other Ideals:' climbed to #19 on
the album sales charts in the Industrial/Dance
and IDM/Leftfield genres.
The band's recent European album release
The Great Republic (Cargo Records
Germany) was selected as one of the label's Top
10 releases of 2006, and a recent single was
selected for inclusion on the 'Songs of The
Times' website curated by protest rock
legend Neil Young.
3kStatic embarked on an aggressive live schedule
in 2007, appearing in at Winter Music
Conference (Remix HotelMiami, FL) and a
series of dates including Philadelphia,
Allentown, PA., New York City, Atlanta, GA., and
Chicago. A live recording of a set from the
Philadelphia dates was released on the dPulse
label. At Remix Hotel events at Winter Music
Conference and at SAE Institute in New York,
3kStatic performed on the Microsoft Sound Stage
courtesy of Sony.
3kStatic also was invited to the Cornerstone and
Popkomm
music festivals in 2007.
Following their 2006 double album Where's
Our Piece of the Groovy World? , which
was a GRAMMY® Award entry in the 'Best
Electronic/Dance Album' category, the
digital and compact disc release Voodoo
Science - also a double album - features
guests artists including members, former
members, live players and producers of
Petra, Pop Will Eat Itself,
Public Enemy, Skinny Puppy, The
Orchestra / ELO Part II,Thompson
Twins, Cabaret Voltaire, Hula
and others.
An advance EP of tracks taken from Voodoo
Science and released in November 2007,
Worked Over Nasty: Singles rose to
#7 on the Leftfield genre charts at eMusic, and
includes tracks that simultaneously occupied the
#1, #2 and #3 chart positions on the Downtempo
charts at music retailer Play It Tonight in
early December of 2007.
The album's title track, released 12.18.07, also
quickly rose to #1 at Play It Tonight, #4 on
eMusic and was selected as a featured track at
dance/dj retailer AudioJelly.
During the recording of Voodoo
Science, the band announced the addition
of producer Kerwin Young to its ranks. A member
of Public Enemy's Bomb Squad production team,
Young produced numerous entries in the Public
Enemy catalog. He also produced albums for
Professor Griff, who also appears on
Voodoo Science.
During this time the band also became the first
artist accepted into the AMP Alliance, a music
industry trade group spearheaded by Microsoft
Corporation, and also began work with SlamJAMZ
video producer C-Doc on new music video
projects.
The 3kStatic track 'Rail' also appears on the
soundtrack of Liquid Vinyl, a
documentary of rave music culture that features
noted DJs Carl Cox, Mark Lewis and others. The
film is scheduled for release in 2008.
The single 'Counterprogramming' featuring
legendary rock vocalist Greg X. Volz
(Petra) and remixed by Rom DiPrisco
(Skinny Puppy, Richard 'Humpty'
Vission) was be released January 15, 2008.
The singles 'Ma-Ma-Ma Belle feat. Parthenon
Huxley will be released on 12" vinyl March
2008. The single 'Council Housed and Violent'
feat. vileevils will follow.
The 3kStatic album Voodoo Science
was released in the US January 29, 2008 and was
released in Europe via Cargo Records Germany
March 14, 2008.
3kStatic (presented by Sony Creative Software
and Microsoft) returned to Winter Music
Conference/Remix Hotel in 2008, with a
celeb-filled set March 29. 3kStatic was joined
by Parthenon Huxley.
3kStatic will appear at the Nophest Festival,
Atlanta, Georgia on April 18.
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3kStatic currently records for the dPulse
Recordings and INgrooves labels
• US/Canada/Japan Retail Distribution via
Synergy Distribution
• Europe retail distribution via Neo (Sony
BMG /Cargo Records Germany)
• Llicensing representation: INgrooves,
Harry Fox Agency
• 3kStatic tracks are published by
Isolation Network (BMI) and Ton 4 Music
(AKM)
• Press Relations and media: Chateu du Pop
(Europe) and Ariel Publicity [ US ],
Vision Music (UK), Capture (Italy)
• Artist relations: Blazen Media
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CATALOG: Since its inception in 1999,
3kStatic has produced and released hundreds of
original tracks, with releases (and member solo
releases) on a constellation of dance and
electronica labels, including: dPulse; Sony BMG;
Ingrooves; Climax, CP Recordings, 3Beat/Polotik,
System Recordings; Global Underground; Basiclux;
Ministry of Sound; Cargo Records (Germany) and
assorted compilations.
3KSTATIC ALBUM AND EP RELEASES 2003-2008
VOODOO SCIENCE (SINGLE) (2008 dPulse/Cargo
Records) COUNCIL HOUSED AND VIOLENT FEAT. VILEEVILS
(SINGLE) (2008 dPulse/Cargo Records) MA-MA-MA BELLE FEAT. PARTHENON HUXLEY (12
"SINGLE) (2008 dPulse/Cargo Records) COUNTERPROGAMMING FEAT. GREG X. VOLZ (SINGLE)
(2008 dPulse/INgrooves) VOODOO SCIENCE (SINGLE) (2008
dPulse/INgrooves) WORKED OVER NASTY: SINGLES (2007
dPulse/INgrooves) PULLED BACKWARD (UNRELEASED TRACKS 2001-2004)
(2007 dPulse/INgrooves) REAL OVER VIRTUAL, VOL 1 (UNRELEASED TRACKS
1999-2003) (2007 dPulse/INgrooves) LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA (2007
dPulse/INgrooves) OTHER IDEALS: THE BEST OF 3KSTATIC
(1999-2007) (2007 dPulse/INgrooves)
WHERE'S OUR PIECE OF THE GROOVY WORLD? (2006
dPulse/INgrooves/Neo) *
CUT UP // LIBERATE (2005 -2006
dPulse/INgrooves) MONUMENT (EP) (2005
dPulse/INgrooves)
THE GREAT REPUBLIC (2005 dPulse/Cargo
Records Germany)•• PERVERSION: FOR PROFIT (2004-2005
dPulse/Sony BMG/Cargo Records Germany) NTZ: DELUSIONAL SOUND APPRECIATION (2003
INGrooves)
ATOMIC SECRETS (2003 INgrooves)
CONSPIRACY (2003 INgrooves).
ONLINE DISTRIBUTION: 3kStatic singles and
album releases are currently available on all
major digital music retailers worldwide video
distributors INgrooves/One Digital/AWAL and NEO
MCC.
With over 11,000 units sold*, the 2004-2005 CD
and digital release Perversion: For Profit
is the best-selling 3kStatic album to date,
while the double album Where's Our Piece of
the Groovy World? is the best chart
performer - hitting Top 10 across Europe upon
release, including #1 (iTunes Spain). Where's
Our Piece of the Groovy World? remained in
the Top 20 in Spain, Belgium, Italy and
Switzerland since entry in August 2006. The
previous top-charting release was Atomic
Secrets, which hit #17 (Summer 2004) on
the iTunes Germany Top 100 Electronic Album
Sales chart.
3kStatic 2008 catalog unit sales (all formats)
totalled 20,954.
PHYSICAL DISRIBUTION: All 3kStatic CD and
vinyl releases are available via dPulse
Recordings. Where's Our Piece of the Groovy
World?, Perversion: For Profit
and Cut Up//Liberate are
distributed in the US, UK and Japan by
Synergy Distribution. Perversion: For
Profit, The Great Republic and
Voodoo Science are available in
Continental Europe via Neo, Cargo Records
Germany and Sony BMG.
RADIO/AIRPLAY: College, DJ and indie FM
radio airplay has been consistent since the
release of the 2003 single 'One of Us'.
Indie radio and DJ chart milestone singles:
Voodoo Science (LP) #3 eMusic, #3
Juno, #31 AudioJelly, #1
PlayItTonight, #12 Rhapsody
(February-March 2008) Council Housed and Violent feat. vileevils -
#1 PlayDigital (February-March 2008 4 weeks
#1)
Showdown feat. Parthenon Huxley #1
PlayitTonight (January-April 2008 - 9
weeks #1)
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle feat. Parthenon Huxley - #5
eMusic, #3 Juno (February
2008)
Counterpgramming feat. Greg X. Volz - #1
eMusic, #1 PlayItTonight (January
2008) #5 DJtunes (March 2008)
How Underground (Do You Really Want To Be?) #6
PlayItTonight (December 2007)
Shot Noise #5 PlayItTonight (November
2007)
Voodoo Science (Single) #1 PlayItTonight,
#3 eMusic (December 2007)
The Big Space (Datguy Remix) - #14, Release
Promo DJ Chart (December 2007)
Second Coming (Create Their Own Past) (Joel
Armstrong Mix) - Peak Position - #4 -
Electric Circus (Dance Chart) (September 2006).
18 weeks in Top 20. Temple (J-Punch solo track) (Peak
Position - #2 US - MusicChoice Dance
Chart)
See What I've Done (featuring J-Punch) (Peak
Position: #41, Balance Record Pool - 2006) Shattered (Hook The Captain Mix) (Peak
position: #8 US - February 2006, #15
Portugal) The Music (Peak Position: #1 US (4 weeks-
2004), #10 UK Secret Society - Peak Position - #9 -
2004) All The Way Alive (Peak Position - #2 -
2004) Drumbeat Litany (Pacific Mile Remix)
(PeakPosition - #3 US, #12 UK - 2003)
LICENSING : For the past several seasons,
the music of 3kStatic has been featured on the
MTV reality series 'The Real World' and
'Road Rules'. In addition,
Nokia, Hpnotiq Liquers,
PHisoderm, Edmunds.com, The
Cleveland Clinic and Pontiac. have
all licensed 3kStatic music for commercial use.
3kStatic works have also appeared on the
soundtracks of several indepenednt films, most
notably the highly acclaimed comedy
'Townies' and the new dance music history
documentary Liquid Vinyl.
PRESS:Where's Our Piece of the Groovy
World? has been reviewed in numerous online
and print outlets, and recent 3kStatic
interviews appear in 1340 and
Exclusive Magazine. Perversion: For
Profit was also reviewed extensively in the
German press, including Partysan,
de:bug, Die Terz and others.
Recent media coverage for 3kStaticalso includes
The Hollywood Reporter (05.03),
Billboard (01.04), TechTV (03.04),
CNN (03.04), Cazawa (03.03).
3kStatic is represented for press and media by
Ariel Hyatt, Ariel Publicity, NY (US) and
Constanze Pfeiffer, Chateau du Pop (Germany).
More
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Where's
Our Piece Of The Groovy World? is a 22-song
double-disc offering by 3K Static that offers
almost everything modern dance music has to
offer, thus lying in the fringe between
frivolous club music and moody rock-influenced
experimental electronic
music.
Owning
this album is more like owning a painting or a
piece of art than a typical album. There are
many different angles to see it from; strictly
musically, artistically, a political statement,
or simply as a huge blanket of sound to fill the
background of parties, dinners and long drives.
A major bonus is that unlike some other bands in
this genre, 3kStatic performs regularly, and
with dates across the US and Europe in small
intimate venues, it could make for an intense
experience.
In
a music culture often dominated by the nameless,
faceless legions of acts in search of the "Next
Big Hit" - but with nothing in particular to say
- comes Where's Our Piece of the Groovy World?,
the brand new double album from dPulse
Recordings/INgrooves/Neo artists 3kStatic.
Featuring nearly two dozen guest artists, remix
producers and collaborators from across the
music spectrum - and drawing on the influence of
Dadaist art and electronic music pioneers like
Cabaret Voltaire, Meat Beat Manifesto and
Tackhead - Where's Our Piece of the Groovy
World? is anything but typical radio fare.
Incorporating organic elements of funk, house,
trip-hop and orchestral rock, 3kStatic follows
up the success of the 2004-2005 discs
Perversion: For Profit (digital sales over
11,000 units), The Great Republic and Cut Up //
Liberate (featuring original album art by
Richard H. Kirk) with a definitive 22-track
statement that reasserts the message - and the
means to put that message
across.
3kStatic
