DreDDup

dreDDup
dreDDup in 2011
Background information
Origin	Novi Sad, Serbia
Genres	Industrial rock, crossover music, alternative rock, big beat, electronica
Years active	1997 – present
Labels	dPulse Recordings, 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., Dark:Scene, Badroom Tapes
Associated acts	MRT, Mefisto, cUtNpAsTe
Website	www.dreddup.com
Members
miKKa Frantz XXXandra Zoe
Past members
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, 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. The band will continue to perform live but stated that they are not sure if there will be another album. The next project of dreDDup is re-recording of their first official album 'Mr. Borndeads Feast'. Collection of their demo recordings called 219_demos was released for Dark:Scene records. These recordings go back to their period 1997-2001.

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 Laibach, Bile, The Prodigy, The Stooges and Borghesia. Today, they sound like a crossover of every genre they get in touch with.

Discography

Main article: dreDDup discography

Studio albums

• Mr Borndeads Feast (2004)
• Future Porn Machine (2007)
• El Conquistadors (2009)
• dreDDup (album) (2011)
• Nautilus (2013)

Demo Cassettes

• R U Digitall !? (2002 demo tape)
• Abnormal Waltz (1998 demo album, reissued in 2007)

Side projects & acts

• Mrt, experimental ambient industrial
• cUtNpAsTe, industrial metal

External links & sources

• Official Website
• MySpace Page
• Terapija Magazine review
• Helly-Cherry review

See also

• List of industrial music bands

References

• Nikić, S (16.12.2005). Scena osuđena na minus, Dnevnik
• Savanović, A (27.10.2008). Muzikom istražuju tamne strane uma, Blic
• Vujanović, R (2005). Prvi album iz Holandije, Blic (pg-15)
• Ristić, M (2009). Domaća izdanja, Nocturne Magazine (pg-16)
• Vučković, M (2005). Urbana kultura koja korespondira sa svetom, Građanski list (pg-17)
• Gavrilović, S (2006). Izdanja iz regiona, Aplauz (pg-53)
• Horvat, V (25.02.2011). Svecko, a naše, Terapija