Psykosonik
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- For the album by this group, see Psykosonik (album).
| Psykosonik | ||
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 Psykosonik members Daniel Lenz and Paul Sebastien
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Techno | |
| Years active | 1992–1997 | |
| Label(s) | Polystar, TVT, Wax Trax! | |
| Members | ||
| Paul Sebastien, Daniel Lenz | ||
| Former members | ||
| Theodore Beale, Michael Minerk | ||
Psykosonik was an American techno music group.
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[edit] History
Their first album, Psykosonik, was a hard-hitting techno album with cyberpunk-esque lyrics.
Their follow-up album, Unlearn, had a completely different sound. The DJ/techno stylings, aggressive vocals, and sampled guitar riffs were replaced by lush electronic sound scapes and mellow vocals. About half the tracks were instrumentals. The lyrics continued to focus on cyberpunk and extropian themes: Virtual Reality, AI, cybernetics, life extension, and science.
The band's third album, Spiritual Machine, was completed by 1997 but was never released by the band's label, Wax Trax! Records, who were by this time owned by TVT Records. The experience led to the subsequent disbanding of Psykosonik.
Daniel Lenz went on to produce a single album under the band name Hednoize with a new vocalist, Brent Daniels (aka Free). The album saw a bit of a departure for Lenz in regards to the sound and feel of Unlearn. Opting for a more industrial sound, the album was a hard hitting debut. Unfortunately, label support was minimal, involving mainly a website and a handful of LA club shows.
Paul Sebastien went on to found Basic Pleasure Model, teaming with Wideband Network founder Caesar Filori.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Members
- Paul Sebastien (1992–1997) – vocals, composition, engineering, lyrics, mixing, production
- Daniel Lenz (1992–1997) – composition, engineering, lyrics, mixing, production
[edit] Former members
- Theodore Beale (1992–1993) – composition, lyrics
- Michael Minerk (1992–1993)
[edit] Studio contributors
- Doug Schwartz (1993) – mastering
- David Sears (1993) – engineering, mixing
- Brent Daniels (1995) – additional programming
- Tom Garneau (1995) – engineering, mixing
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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| Psykosonik | US: 1993-02-02 Japan: 1993-11-01 |
US: Wax Trax!/TVT Japan: Polystar |
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| Unlearn | 1995-11-06 | Wax Trax!/TVT | |
| Spiritual Machine | n/a | Unreleased album. | Wax Trax!/TVT |
[edit] Singles
| Song | Release date | Album | Notes | Label |
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| "Silicon Jesus" | 1993-05-25 | Psykosonik | Released as four-track vinyl and six-track CD. | Wax Trax!/TVT |
| "Welcome To My Mind" | 1993-11-23 | Psykosonik | Released as five-track vinyl and seven-track CD. | Wax Trax!/TVT |
| "Unlearn" | 1995-08-08 | Unlearn | Released as five-track vinyl and ten-track CD. | Wax Trax!/TVT |
[edit] External links
- Psykosonik at Discogs
- Psykosonik at Last.fm
- Psykosonik at MusicBrainz
- Daniel Lenz on MySpace
- Paul Sebastian on MySpace
- Basic Pleasure Model on Myspace
[edit] See also
- Hednoize
- Basic Pleasure Model
