Kasson Crooker
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| Also known as | DJ HMX Symbion Project Komputer Kontroller Cosmonaut Zero |
| Origin | United States |
| Label(s) | Ninthwave Records |
| Associated acts | Splashdown Freezepop Rance Warlock |
Kasson Crooker is the artist behind Symbion Project, DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, Rance Warlock and Cosmonaut Zero. He is also part of the synthpop group Freezepop as The Duke of Pannenkoeken, formerly The Duke of Candied Apples (and briefly The Duke of Belgian Waffles). His main solo project is Symbion Project, with three releases, the "Red" album, released in 1998, "Immortal Game," released on Ninthwave Records in 2003, and "Wound Up by God or the Devil", released in December 2006. His past bands include the dreampop band Sirensong and the more well-known Splashdown, whose albums include "Stars and Garters", the "Halfworld" EP, the "Redshift" EP, and the unreleased full-length albums "Blueshift" (which was completed for but never released by Capitol Records) and "Possibilities" (an album of remixes and demos). Crooker is also the Audio Director at video game developer Harmonix, and the music of Symbion Project and/or Freezepop has been featured in the Harmonix PlayStation 2 games FreQuency, Amplitude, the Karaoke Revolution series, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2, Phase, Rock Band; the InCog-developed Downhill Domination; and one of the North American Dance Dance Revolution games developed by Konami, which publishes Karaoke Revolution. He and Eric Brosius took home the 2006 Game Developers Choice Award for Best Audio for their work on Guitar Hero, and the pair was also cited as one of the two finalists for the Innovation Award.
