Psykosonik

Infobox musical artist
Name = Psykosonik


Img_capt = Psykosonik members Daniel Lenz and Paul Sebastien
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Genre = Techno
Years_active = 1992–1997
Label = Polystar, TVT, Wax Trax!
Current_members = Paul Sebastien, Daniel Lenz
Past_members = Theodore Beale, Michael Minerk

Psykosonik was an American techno music group.

History

Their first album, "Psykosonik", was a hard-hitting techno album with cyberpunk-esque lyrics.

Their follow-up album, "Unlearn", had a completely different sound. The DJ/techno stylings, aggressive vocals, and sampled guitar riffs were replaced by lush electronic sound scapes and mellow vocals. About half the tracks were instrumentals. The lyrics continued to focus on cyberpunk and extropian themes: Virtual Reality, AI, cybernetics, life extension, and science.

The band's third album, "Spiritual Machine", was completed by 1997 but was never released by the band's label, Wax Trax! Records, who were by this time owned by TVT Records. The experience led to the subsequent disbanding of Psykosonik.

Daniel Lenz went on to produce a single album under the band name Hednoize with a new vocalist, Brent Daniels (aka Free). The album saw a bit of a departure for Lenz in regards to the sound and feel of "Unlearn". Opting for a more industrial sound, the album was a hard hitting debut. Unfortunately, label support was minimal, involving mainly a website and a handful of LA club shows.

Being at this point tired of record labels, in 2001 Daniel Lenz launched a short lived project called PsykoHed on MP3.com.

Paul Sebastien went on to found Basic Pleasure Model, teaming with Wideband Network founder Caesar Filori.

Personnel

Members

*Paul Sebastien (1992–1997) – vocals, composition, engineering, lyrics, mixing, production
*Daniel Lenz (1992–1997) – composition, engineering, lyrics, mixing, production

Former members

*Theodore Beale (1992–1993) – composition, lyrics
*Michael Minerk (1992–1993) – samples, drums

tudio contributors

*Doug Schwartz (1993) – mastering
*David Sears (1993) – engineering, mixing
*Brent Daniels (1995) – additional programming
*Tom Garneau (1995) – engineering, mixing

Discography

Albums

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Psykosonik Psykosonik] at Discogs
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Psykosonik Psykosonik] at Last.fm
*musicbrainz artist|id=12f5e840-e2fc-4c90-8741-4c0a767f2a6d|name=Psykosonik
* [http://www.myspace.com/daniellenz Daniel Lenz] on MySpace
* [http://www.myspace.com/paulsebastien Paul Sebastian] on MySpace
* [http://www.myspace.com/basicpleasuremodel Basic Pleasure Model] on Myspace
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Psykosonik Psykosonik discography]
* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-261729---Psykosonik Psykosonik Artist Main on Yahoo! Music]
* [http://dw.com.com/redir?&destUrl=http%3a%2f%2fmusic-files.download.com%2fsd%2fPbehKxR52ln3KrBkX--1QXYXo0_quL7c8RjeVM4YaiFZQS_JSst-iYys3EbFUVJM1nq5RGpv0fISLF5Zj7Rwj1XCKHrowJUB%2fmp3download%2f100207269%2f192%2fBasic_Pleasure_Model-Sunyata_%28Radio_Edit%29.mp3&edId=3&siteId=32&oId=3600-8362_32-100207216&ontId=8362&lop=btn&tag=btn&ltype=dl_192k&astId=2&pid=100207269&mfgId=100207216&merId=100207216 Basic Pleasure Model's "Sunyata" mp3 on Download.com]

ee also

*Hednoize
*Basic Pleasure Model
*Power of Seven (publisher)