DreDDup

dreDDup

dreDDup in 2011
Background information
Origin Novi Sad, Serbia
Genres Industrial rock, crossover music, alternative rock, big beat, electronica, dance
Years active 1997 – present
Labels Miner Recordings, Labtoy Music, dPulse Recordings, Glory & Honour, SKCns, Beast of Prey, Insurrection, MoocSound, Chabane's Records, PMK Records, Dadaist Audio, Amduscias, Internal Cranium Bleeding, Neurotic Mind Recordings, Deadknife, Far From Showbiz, CoreBack, C.M.B.C.M.W., Crime:Scene, Badroom Tapes
Associated acts MRT, Mefisto, cUtNpAsTe
Website www.dreddup.com
Members miKKa
EsKen
XXXandra
Armageddon
Past members Predrag Drobnjak
Ivan Francuski
Danica Bićanić
Nemanja Batalo
Bojan Radaković
Darko Ižak
Srđan Stevanović
Aleksandar Krajovan
Karolina Nemet
Dragan Mršić
Nikola Prošić
Robert Sabadoš

dreDDup is a Serbian industrial rock/crossover band.

History

dreDDup was formed in 1997 in Novi Sad. The band's first official release was Abnormal Waltz from 1998, the soundtrack for the movie Noir that was never finished. Following this, band wrote music for movies and theater plays (Poslednja Krapova Traka, Footfalls, U malom dvorcu, Hronika Sterijinog pozorja, and others) and recorded ambient sounds for TV shows at the Radio Television of Serbia. They recorded their first official studio album Mr Borndeads Feast in 2004, released for MoocSound. Album release was followed by a Serbian tour.

After Mr Borndeads Feast and positive reviews from the press, band started making their second album changing the sound and making it more crossover. Future Porn Machine was released in 2007 for Insurrection Records from Belgrade. This album dealt with "pornographic future". Another tour took place and the band visited more than 40 cities. Almost complete line-up of the band was changed in the beginning of 2008 and the band started working on the new sound. In late 2008, they have also remixed some of Nine Inch Nails song, did a collaboration album with Japanese spoken word artist Kenji Siratori and recorded a DIY cover album 'Into the Monolith' for their friends and fans.

dreDDup played at numerous music festivals from 2006 to 2009, including the EXIT Festival, String, Refuse Resist 6 Samhain, Go Fest, HGF, SGT, Determination and D:S. At the end of the year the band filmed a 'Industrial Renaissance' DVD, a 45 minute long movie about the band, containing the complete video clip collection and some rare live video footage which was previously unreleased. It was released in February 2009 and was selected to be a bonus DVD for their 2009 album El Conquistadors.

El Conquistadors was released for Insurrection Records from Belgrade. Album dealt with dark present tense and the darkness of mankind, completing the Time trilogy in dreDDup releases, showing the new sound of the band and much more industrial approach. This album changed the sound of the band making it darker. Album was pronounced the second best Balkan album of the year 2009 by the Croatian webzine Terapija and also went up to third place in Macedonian Okno magazine article about best acts in 2009. In 2010 their album El Conquistadors was re-mastered and re-released for Beast of Prey Records from Poland. The same album was re-released in 2011 for dPulse Recordings from USA.

Their new forth self-titled album is released for dPulse Recordings from USA also. This album contains 16 totally new dreDDup songs and is the darkest one yet. This was also announced as the last dreDDup studio album but nevertheless dreDDup started working on their 5th release. Collection of their demo recordings called 219_demos was released for Crime:Scene records. These recordings go back to their period 1997-2001. Their fifth album entitled 'Nautilus' came out for Glory and Honour and contains 13 songs. This is stated to be the last studio album and the band is not sure if they will make another one although they will continue to perform live. On September 15, 2012, dreDDup performed on Warriors Dance Festival, organized by British group The Prodigy and Exit festival, on Belgrade's Kalemegdan. In early 2013, they began another European tour. In July 2013, dreDDup released 'Etika' - single featuring Dario Seraval of cult Croatian/Slovenian industrial band Borghesia on vocals. Their sixth album I Dreamt of a Dragon was finished on October 30, 2014. Band is still looking for a record label to release 'I Dreamt of a Dragon'.

Musical style

Music of dreDDup is a mixture of dark noisy sounds with rough industrial rhythm followed by metallic vocals. They are mostly influenced by post industrial music scene of the 1980s and the mid-1990s. They have changed their sound since 1997 but were always within the industrial/post-industrial boundaries. After experimenting with weird noises and rough drum beats they embraced commercial segments in their sound, making it more popular for some wider range of listeners. As their influences they list Borghesia, Bile, The Prodigy, The Stooges and Skinny Puppy. Today, they sound like a crossover of every genre they get in touch with.

Discography

Main article: dreDDup discography

Studio albums

Cassettes

Side projects & acts

External links & sources

See also

References