Autolux
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| AUTOLUX | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, Ca., USA |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Labels | DMZ/Epic, Full Time Hobby |
| Members | Eugene Goreshter Carla Azar Greg Edwards |
Autolux is an American band from Los Angeles, Ca. comprised of Eugene Goreshter (lead vocals,bass), Greg Edwards (guitar, vocals), and Carla Azar (drums, vocals). Although classified as a rock band, their music is deeply influenced by a variety of styles.
They are signed to DMZ/Epic in the U.S. and Full Time Hobby in the UK.
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[edit] History
Autolux formed in 2000 in Los Angeles. Goreshter and Azar met while scoring Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo's play Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Azar met Edwards when her former band, Ednaswap, toured with Edwards' former band Failure. In August of 2000, Autolux made their debut, playing two shows at the Silverlake Lounge. On March 1st, 2001, the band released a self-produced EP entitled Demonstration. It contained five songs recorded on an 8 track in their rehearsal space.
Autolux signed with DMZ, a label created by legendary producer T-Bone Burnett and the Coen Brothers. Burnett was a friend of Azar's, she having played for him in the past. Impressed with band's live show, he approached them after a show and said that he would start his own label and sign them.
In May of 2002, Azar fell from a stage after Autolux had opened for Elvis Costello. Her elbow was shattered. However, due to an experimental surgery involving 8 titanium screws, she made a full and complete recovery.
In November 2002, Autolux entered the studio. Breaking in December, they finished primary recording in January 2003. In contrast with the 8-track recording method employed during the making of "Demonstration", T-Bone Burnett wished to capture the band's live sound on the album. Following the initial recording, the band began to mix and record overdubs to flesh out the songs. Throughout 2003, the album would be mixed numerous times. Dave Sardy, former front-man of Barkmarket, ended up creating the final mix of "Future Perfect".
October 26th, 2004 saw the release of the band's debut full length, Future Perfect. The album was met with high critical praise and the band kicked off 2005 with a 30 date engagement with the The Secret Machines. Throughout the rest of 2005, Autolux continued to play and/or tour with a number of bands, including Clinic, Broadcast, The White Stripes, Shellac, and Beck. In April, the band played Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Soon after, they played All Tomorrow's Parties Music Festival in England curated by auteur Vincent Gallo. Autolux was asked to open for Nine Inch Nails on the NIN With Teeth tour. After touring with NIN in September and October, the band would end the year by headlining two dates in the Midwest, and then in December opening for The Queens of the Stone Age two nights at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
In January of 2006, Autolux played on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. In February 2006, the band wrote a piece for The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, which would be a part of an exhibit called Sonic Scenery.
[edit] Future
Autolux has been approached to do cover of a Joy Division song for the soundtrack to the film Control, a bio-pic about Ian Curtis, deceased frontman of Joy Division. They recorded a song for the Sonic Scenery exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, titled Tears for an Inhaler and also collaborated with James Lavelle on the forth-coming U.N.K.L.E record, entitled "The Future Is Unwritten", expected to be released in the summer of 2006. Autolux will enter the studio around August 1st with producer John Goodmanson to finish recording their second album.
[edit] Recordings
[edit] Demonstration (March 1st, 2001)
Produced, recorded and mixed by Autolux.
Track List
- Turnstile Blues
- Angry Candy
- Underorbit
- Sugarless
- Future Perfect
[edit] Future Perfect (October 26th, 2004)
Produced by T-Bone Burnett. Recorded by Mike Piersante, except Asleep at the Trigger; Recorded by Greg Edwards at Space 23. Mixed by Dave Sardy. Mastered by Stephen Marcussen.
Track List
- 1. Turnstile Blues (5:40)
- 2. Angry Candy (4:45)
- 3. Subzero Fun (3:56)
- 4. Sugarless (5:22)
- 5. Blanket (4:49)
- 6. Great Days For The Passenger Element (5:20)
- 7. Robots in the Garden (2:05)
- 8. Here Comes Everybody (5:17)
- 9. Asleep at the Trigger (4:45)
- 10. Plantlife (4:12)
- 11. Capital Kind of Strain (5:42)
