The Mystic Underground
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The Mystic Underground | |
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Genre(s) | Synthpop |
Years active | 1999–present |
The Mystic Underground is an electronic dance/pop band from New York. Their primary focus is writing synthesizer based songs using their varied influences encompassing post-punk, synthpop, and techno.
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[edit] History
The Mystic Underground's core members consist of songwriter/vocalist Vladimir Valette and keyboardist/programmer Benedetto Socci. The band had a past third member, Katerina Vlasiadis, who left the band due to creative differences.
Since 2000, the band has various several singles including "The Wanderers", "Mary's Dead" and "April Fool's Day". Valette also appears on the track, "China Blue" from the album "Exploding Plastic Inevitable" by Count To Infinity. The band also released their debut LP, The Nameless and The Faceless through their Stereosonic imprint in 2004.
Currently, the band has released their second album, It Really Shouldn't Be This Hard, in August 2008 as a digital download with the physical version following in April 2008.
[edit] Members
- Vladimir Valette
- Benedetto Socci
[edit] Discography
- The Wanderers EP (2002)
- April Fool's Day Single (2003)
- The Nameless and the Faceless (2004)
- Under the Clearest Moon EP (2006)
- Madeleine Single (2007)
- It Really Shouldn't Be This Hard (2008)