Darrin Huss

Darrin Huss
Background information
Birth name Darrin Campbell Huss
Born 30 December 1965
Cooksville, Ontario, Canada
Genres Electronica
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, keyboard, programming
Years active 1982-present
Labels Diventa, Metropolis Records, Psyche Enterprises
Website darrin-campbell-huss.com

Darrin C Huss is the vocalist and lyricist of the Canadian dark synthpop band Psyche.[1]

His band has released 11 official albums, 3 EPs, and 5 compilations of their work to date

Together with Niels Hesse, and Marco Drewes, Darrin formed Lounge in 2001, and released a mini-album entitled "Everyday on the label Novatune. Later in 2006 the album was released with added tracks and mixes with "Elegance" as the title on digipak CD, and also digitally.

In 2007 a solo EP entitled "Radio Melancholia" was released digitally, and as a CD. One of the EP tracks "Destination Moon" created with Marcus Zelonka was released as a remix EP digitally. In 2008 "Golden Days" with two updated versions of the song, and some rare Lounge tracks was released digitally by Diventa Recordings.

Early life

Huss was born on December 30, 1965 in Cooksville, Ontario, Canada.

Around the age of five, he began singing and imitating voices from cartoons. He recorded tapes of himself singing along to songs such as "We´ve Only Just Begun" from The Carpenters to compare the sound of his voice with actual studio recordings. He and his brother Stephen both had music lessons on the Hammond organ sponsored by their parents. Later Darrin learned bass guitar and starting playing with his brother who now was playing lead guitar, and together they formed a punk band called "The Enemies". After unsuccessfully trying to recruit a drummer, they bought a drum machine and changed the band name to "Broken Chant". Then inspired by bands such as P.I.L., Cabaret Voltaire, and The Flying Lizards they began recording odd songs together, and with the purchase of a synthesizer slowly became more electronic. Eventually discarding all traditional rock instruments, and composing entirely on analog synthesizers, and a drum machine.

At the age of 17, Darrin performed for the first time with his brother, and additional band member Dwayne Goettel as Psyche.

Style

Darrin Campbell Huss has performed around the world with his band Psyche becoming renowned for his vocal range and distinct timbre. He has been involved in various genres of electronically based music. An album of songs under the band name Lounge, entitled "Elegance" was released at the end of 2006. It features his vocals of emotional melancholy and relaxed moodscapes with romantic and thoughtful lyrics to chillout, and downtempo music. Darrin has also been a guest vocalist for several artists in the Electropop genre such as Icon Of Coil, Angels & Agony Fading Colours, and Brain Leisure

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Schneider, Jason (July 5, 2001). "Psyche ahead of its time; Electronica band went to Europe to find an audience, now back in North America and home town Waterloo". Waterloo Daily Record. p. D.03. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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