Dusk to Dawn 2012
Dusk to Dawn was formed in 1991. Based in Germany, often described as Dark Wave, Synth Pop, Future Pop, Electronic Rock.
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Dusk to Dawn - Homecoming Dusk to Dawn - Homecoming
An epic Synth-Pop song from our 2012 EP 'Existence'.
Dusk to Dawn - Exit Dusk to Dawn - Exit
A synth pop / dark wave song from our 2012 EP 'Existence'.
Dusk to Dawn - Sole Survivor Dusk to Dawn - Sole Survivor
a fast paced Gothic Pop, Electro Rock song with dark male vocals.
Dusk to Dawn - Homecoming (2012)
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Dark wave with futuristic sequences, sophisticated pop formation, dark male, non-raspy voice these quotes seem like descriptions for contemporary future pop artists, but they were already written in the early 90s about Dusk to Dawn. In 2012, they are back: For the first time in 16 years, the German electronica band has submitted new songs. They convince with modern, danceable tunes, though embracing the classical new wave song writing as well.
Since their foundation towards the end of 1991, Dusk to Dawn brought out a hybrid of catchy pop, dark wave and crisp electronic rock music. The latter is especially to be found within their first new single Sole Survivor, written by guitarist Andreas Kleinwächter. The already widely acclaimed track was consumed some thousand times as stream, video and download by now.
With its gothic rock elements, this release marks a significant contrast to the other two new titles: Homecoming by synth pro Jörg Erren enfolds an appealing science fiction feeling with both its sounds and lyrics. Exit, finally, by Dusk to Dawns singer Achim Zolke, is aesthetical, melancholic synth pop with an impulsive beat, forming, along with Sole Survivor, another potential club hit.
Both Sole Survivor and Homecoming had been mastered by the Australian music producer Kim Lajoie, while the long-standing keyboardist and producer of Psyche, Remi Janotta, took up the mastering of Exit. For the newly published music video of Homecoming, sequences of the sci-fi movie Assignment Outer Space (1960), which is public domain today, were used.
Presence and contact:
www.facebook.com/dusktodawnmusic
http://soundcloud.com/dusktodawn
www.youtube.com/user/DuskToDawnOfficial
http://dusktodawn.bandcamp.comBand/artist history
20 Years of Dusk to Dawn
Too good for a tape headlined the German magazine Gothic in a 1994 review of Dusk to Dawn, stating the band was bloody serious about their sophisticated wave-pop. Surprisingly, though they never published an official album on CD, their popularity rose to a considerable extent: The tape scene went viral in buying, copying and swapping the recordings which were revised in many German fanzines.
Dusk to Dawn were formed on 27 November 1991 in Grevenbroich, a small town near Cologne. Magazines and mail-order catalogues initially described their stile as gothic rock with electronic impact. The line-up was accordingly: Jörg Erren (bass, synths), Andreas Kleinwächter (guitar) and Achim Zolke (vocals, synths). Later on, the six strings disappeared in favour of (nearly) pure electronic instrumentation.
Two official mini albums on cassette were published on Hamburg-based label Electrope: Before the Eye (1992) and Places you will never see (1994). In addition, some contributions for tape anthologies were made of which some thousands were sold to the dark wave scene. Still worth hearing are these two that even today are to be found on the web: ELECTROPE Vol. I - Never judge a tape by its cover with Dusk to Dawns Ashes and ...'Til The End Of Time by Beton Tapes featuring Fading. In addition, the band sold around 350 of their original tapes.
Dusk to Dawn also went public with airplays and a few gigs. On the whole, 26 songs were realized until the end of the 1990s, most of them being recorded with a simple multi track recorder. They were assigned to the genres dark wave, electro and synth pop. Noteworthy to some reviewers was the fact that the band tends to not compose jointly: Each member brings in self-developed songs. This individuality is quite clearly recognizable in both lyrics and music.
Between 2008 and 2010, when the three members were not playing actively as a band anymore, to their utter astonishment, reviews of the old songs appeared on internet blogs. In addition, mp3 uploads and even several Dusk to Dawn YouTube videos turned up that were arranged without any knowledge of the band. The number of e-mails that reached the musicians, obviously because of the newly published works, was even more surprising, especially as they originated, primarily, from Southern Europe and the US. The contents were always the same questions on the whereabouts of the group and requests for old and new songs as well as the permission to introduce Dusk to Dawn on internet portals.
These positive reactions to the old material of the band, who had recorded their last song together in 1997, led to new correspondence and, a little later on, to a recording session of the original line-up the first in 14 years. Three new songs result from this, compiled in an EP with the suggestive title Existence:
Sole Survivor (Andreas Kleinwächter)
Homecoming (Jörg Erren)
Exit (Achim Zolke)
Today, Dusk to Dawn is to be found on Facebook, Soundcloud and their YouTube channel. In December 2011, the band released Sole Survivor, their first new song, on iTunes, Amazon and all other major download stores. In March 2012, this first sign of life was followed by the Existence EP and, a little later, by contributions on popular CD compilations.
www.dusk-to-dawn.euHave you performed in front of an audience?We don't play live at the moment, but are open to do so in the future if the occasion is right
Your musical influences
New-Wave, Gothic, Pop, Rock, EBM of the eighties and nineties and some other influences of our individual members.What equipment do you use?
All kinds of synthesizers, guitars, bass-guitars, microphones, computers....Anything else?
Frozen pizza.Contact
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