Cult With No Name

Cult With No Name

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Biography

Cult With No Name (often abbreviated to 'cwnn') is a music group from London, UK, comprising Erik Stein and Jon Boux. Influenced largely by electronic post-punk and modern classical music, they refer to themselves 'post-punk electronic balladeers’. Formed in 2004, the band is signed to Los Angeles label Trakwerx in 2007, founded by Jackson Del Rey of Californian punk legends Savage Republic and 17 Pygmies.[1]

Having contributed three instrumental tracks to 17 Pygmies' comeback album '13 Blackbirds', Cult With No Name made their full debut with the album 'Paper Wraps Rock'[2] in 2007.[3][4] The album was met with broadly positive reviews, with the renowned music journalist Mick Mercer in particular championing the band, and making them his 'discovery of 2007'.[5] The band's second album, 'Careful What You Wish For'[6], was released a year later and included the instrumental track 'You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself'[7], which featured Tuxedomoon's Blaine L. Reininger on violin, and a piano-based cover of The Stranglers' classic 'Golden Brown'[8]. The album was met with positive reviews[9], with supporters that include the filmmaker Don Letts. Former Suede frontman, Brett Anderson, also invited Cult With No Name to open for him at the launch of his solo album 'Slow Attack'.[10]

The band's next project was to record a new score for the classic German expressionist silent film, 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', which was released simultaneously as a DVD and digital download in 2009 and coincided with the 90th anniversary of the making of the film.[11] The score was notable for the inclusion of songs alongside instrumental soundscapes. In late 2010, Cult With No Name released their fourth studio album, entitled 'Adrenalin'[12], which expanded the band's sound to include elements of trip-hop and psychedelia.[13] The album is also notable for the sardonic and scathing disco-pastiche, 'The All Dead Burlesque Show'[14]. The website dso.co.uk hailed the album as a 'serious contender for album of the year'.[15]

CWNN's music has been compared to Roxy Music, Tuxedomoon, the Pet Shop Boys, Colin Newman, The Nits, David Sylvian, early Elton John and Scott Walker, amongst others. The band were nominated for the Exposure Music Awards in 2011.[16]

Other work

In addition to their studio albums, the band have contributed music to two comedic stage productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 'Moz and the Meal'[17] and 'Bored Stiff'[18], and appear on several compilations[19]. Erik Stein has also acted in several short films made by electronic music pioneer John Foxx as well as the 2011 short film 'Sonus', produced by Ridley Scott Associates.

Album discography

'Paper Wraps Rock', 2007

'Careful What You Wish For', 2008

'Lightwerx: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari', 2009

'Adrenalin', 2010

'Above as Below', 2012

References

  1. ^ "Cult With No Name’s Biography – Discover music, videos, concerts, stats, & pictures at". Last.fm. 11 February 2009. http://www.last.fm/music/Cult+With+No+Name/+wiki. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Cult With No Name | Paper Wraps Rock". CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cwnn. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Blank Point by (Sic) things Productions". Sicthings.com. http://www.sicthings.com/cwnn.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Cult With No Name | Paper Wraps Rock". CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cwnn. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Online magazin – Recenzije: Cult With No Name". Plastelin. http://www.plastelin.com/content/view/869/99/. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  6. ^ author: mojophenia. "Cult With No Name | Careful What You Wish For". CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cwnn2. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  7. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Cult With No Name (ft. Blaine Reininger, Tuxedomoon) – You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqo4swBXXU. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  8. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Cult With No Name – Golden Brown (The Stranglers)". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKT5LTWzylU. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "post-punk electronic balladeers". cult with no name. http://www.cultwithnoname.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "flashback: my Tabernacle concert photos". Brettanderson.co.uk. http://www.brettanderson.co.uk/forum/read.php?2,178956. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "Cult With No Name: Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari | Midheaven Mailorder". Midheaven.com. 23 February 2010. https://midheaven.com/item/cabinet-of-dr-caligari-by-cult-with-no-name-dvd. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  12. ^ "Cult With No Name | Adrenalin". CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cultwithnoname. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  13. ^ [1][dead link]
  14. ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "The All Dead Burlesque Show – Cult With No Name". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRQLSUIGOaw. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  15. ^ "audio | music reviews | Cult With No Name". dso. http://www.dso.co.uk/cultwithnoname.htm#Adrenalin. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "EMA® Nominees Announced". Exposuremusicawards.org. 7 October 2011. http://exposuremusicawards.org/news/ema%c2%ae-nominees-announced/. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival Show 2009". Laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk. http://www.laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk/freefestival/mozandthemeal.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "Bored Stiff – Brighton & Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 | Facebook". En-gb.facebook.com. http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115391328481842&ref=mf. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 
  19. ^ "post-punk electronic balladeers". cult with no name. http://www.cultwithnoname.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011. 

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