State of the Union (band)

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1 Band Profile
2 Discography
3 Compilations
4 External links

[edit] Band Profile

State of the Union is a Los Angeles-based band which produces electronic dance music incorporating elements of futurepop and trance music genres. The band is led by Johann Sebastian, who provides vocals for the songs. Other members include Hector Del (synthesizer/keyboard), Jose Montesdeca (synthesizer/keyboard), and Jimmy Nimra (drums).

State of the Union's first three CDs were originally published under the record label WTII Records. Now, "Timerunner" and "Inpendum" are published by Infacted Recordings, along with their fourth disc, Black City Lights V 2.0.

[edit] Discography

Black City Lights

Black City Lights was a full album released on May 13, 2002. Its tracks are "Enemy of the State," "Black City Lights," "Romancing the Stone," "Citizen," "Vicious Sentiment," "Firewall," "Mankind," "Children of the Night," "World Chaos," and "Walk in my Shoes."

Timerunner

Timerunner was a single released on February 23, 2004. Its tracks are "Al Principio," "Timerunner (Original Version)," "Experiment I," "Experiment II," "Children of the Night (Resident Evil Mix)," "Experiment III," "Timerunner (Radio Edit)," and "Timerunner (Quantum State Remix by Koito)."

Inpendum

Inpendum was a full album released on March 29, 2004. Its tracks are "Inpendum," "Escape," "Timerunner," "Nara," "Unforgiving Time," "Suffer the Fallen," "Makina Mata," "Hypnosis," "Afterlife," "The Search," "Lights in the Abyss," "Rupture," and "Barrenlands."

Black City Lights V 2.0

Black City Lights V 2.0 was released on June 27, 2005. It is a remake of State of the Union's first album, Black City Lights. The instrumentation and vocals have been altered in six songs, the track ordering was changed, and an additional track was added. The tracks on this album are "Enemy of the State," "Black City Lights," "Citizen," "Romancing the Stone," "Vicious Sentiment," "Firewall," "Children of the Night," "World Chaos," "Walk in my Shoes," "Mankind," and "Romancing the Stone (Original Piano Version)."

[edit] Compilations

State of the Union has contributed to two compilation CDs published by WTII Records. The song "Enemy of the State" appears on the album The Resurrection and the song "Makina Mata" appears on the album The Resurrection 2.

The band has also contributed to several compilations published by Infacted Recordings. State of the Union created the song "Fall From Grace" for the album Infacted Vol. 1 and "Honour (Spanish Version)" for the album Infacted Vol. 2. They contributed "Children of the Night (Resident Evil Remix)" to the album Infactious Vol. 1. State of the Union was one of four bands featured on the album Infact1on Vol. 1, which included the tracks "The Sphynx's Answer," "Fall From Grace," "Fallen Angels," "Blindfold, and "The Color Of My Skin."

For Bruderschaft's Forever EP, State of the Union produced the "Darkness Pulls Me Under" remix. They also created a remix of the song "White Wall" by Lights of Euphoria for their album Gegen Den Strom.

"Citizen" appeared on the compilation Strangelove Vol. 6, published by the music label "Orkus."