| Justin Lassen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Justin L Lassen |
| Also known as | DDH (Digital Dirt Heads), EMT (Empire of Modern Thought), Omnicron, Innerplaid |
| Born | August 27, 1981 Denver, Colorado |
| Origin | Denver, Colorado |
| Genres | Electronic music, Romantic Music, Dirtwave, Hard Rock, Pop, Classical, IDM |
| Occupations | Record producer, Composer, musician, songwriter, remixer, businessman |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Drums, Orchestral Strings, Vocals, Synthesizer, electronics, laptop, Softsynth, drum machine, computer, sampler, piano |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Nihil Records |
| Associated acts | David Bowie, Madonna, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Apocalyptica, Lenny Kravitz, Garbage, Second Coming, Evanescence, Robert Miles |
Justin Lassen, born August 27, 1981 in Denver, Colorado,[1] is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer who has worked in the film and game (as well as other) industries.[2]
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One of Lassen's earliest forays into the (public) musical world was Omnicron—an electronica project. It started in November 1996 after Lassen got his first Yamaha keyboard.[3] He released 11 full-length albums through the old MP3.com over the course of Omnicron's existence.[4]
Digital Dirt Heads, an industrial rock project, has been around since at least 1999.[5] Digital Dirt Heads is Justin Lassen, although there have been other band members who joined up (briefly) with Lassen back in 2001, when he was contemplating doing live shows with DDH.[6] Digital Dirt Heads' most recent claim to fame was the inclusion of "The Human Condition" on the Midnight Meat Train soundtrack, produced and remixed by Lassen, which was released July 22, 2008 through Lakeshore Records.[7]
Justin Lassen has produced several remixes under the moniker "Empire of Modern Thought," including Madonna, Garbage, Blue Man Group, Fisher, Lenny Kravitz, Robert Miles, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Majandra, Avril Lavigne and many others.[8]
In 2003, Lassen released his dark chamber symphonic suite "And Now We See But Through A Glass Darkly." Since 2003, this dark chamber symphonic suite has racked up over 5.5 million downloads.[9] Lassen has announced that there will be a physical CD release for this work, featuring premium packaging and remastered tracks.[4]
Lassen released Synaesthesia—musical tracks he composed that were inspired by the work of several CG artists—in 2006.[10] Since then, the project has gained such popularity that he has done four different synaesthesia releases in all.[4] Lassen released Synaesthesia as a physical CD release, completely remastered, in 2010.[11]
In 2008, Lakeshore Records requested Lassen to do an "inspired by" soundtrack to Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train.[12] It features 14 tracks produced and remixed by Lassen.