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Darrin Huss 
Background information Birth name Darrin Campbell Huss Born 30 December 1965
Cooksville, Ontario, Toronto Township, CanadaGenres Electronica Occupations Singer, songwriter Instruments Vocals, keyboard, programming Years active 1982 to 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.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 Digipac CD , and also digitally.
In 2007 a solo EP entitled "Radio Melancholia" was released digitally, and as a Cdr. 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.
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Early Life
Born on December 30, 1965 in Cooksville (now Mississauga) in the province of 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. http://www.psyche-hq.de/
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
- Lounge - Elegance – (Digital Album/Digipac CD) 2006 - Detour/Alive
- Radio Melancholia EP – (Digital Album/ Cdr) 2007 - Psyche Enterprises
- Destination Moon EP – (Digital Album) 2007 - Diventa Recordings
- Golden Days – (Digital Album) 2008 - Diventa Recordings
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- 1965 births
- Living people
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