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Celldweller

Background information
Origin Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genre(s) Electronic rock, industrial metal, nu metal
Years active 1999 – present
Label(s) FIXT Music
Associated acts Circle of Dust
Argyle Park
Criss Angel
Website Celldweller.com
Members
Klayton

Celldweller is a Detroit, United States based band that was created by Klayton (formerly created music as the 90's project Circle of Dust), who writes all of the music and performs the majority of vocals and instruments on studio recordings. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. Nu metal (sometimes named new metal or nü metal) is a musical genre that emerged in the mid 1990s which fuses influences from grunge and Alternative See also 1999 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1999 Record In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Circle of Dust was a mid-1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton (then known as Scott Albert his birth name who is now famous for his solo band Argyle Park was an underground Industrial music supergroup founded in 1994 and active until 1996. Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (born December 19 1967 better known by his Stage name Criss Angel is an American of Greek descent Scott Albert (born November 13, 1963) better known as Klayton, is an Electronic rock musician who has performed under a variety of stage The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Scott Albert (born November 13, 1963) better known as Klayton, is an Electronic rock musician who has performed under a variety of stage Circle of Dust was a mid-1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton (then known as Scott Albert his birth name who is now famous for his solo band A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound Celldweller has previously performed live with Klayton (vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion, programming) and a full line-up of backing musicians. The band's sound can be described as electronic rock that incorporates elements from rock, heavy metal, techno, and electronica. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range

Contents

Biography

Limited Edition EP

In 1999, Klayton released a 250-copy limited edition of a self-titled EP featuring 5 tracks ("Symbiont", "Own Little World", "Fadeaway", "Beginning of the End", "Kemikal"). The first three tracks were demos of songs that were later completed and released on the self-titled debut CD. The last two tracks were later made available on the double CD set The Beta Cessions.

Eponymous Debut

The self-titled debut LP Celldweller was released in 2003 on record label Esion Media (currently known as FIXT Music) and Position Music after being sold exclusively via the internet on Celldweller's own website and CD Baby, then later on iTunes. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music CD Baby is an Online music store specializing in the sale of physical Compact discs and digital music downloads from independent Musicians directly to consumers iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc The album debuted at #17 on Billboard's Internet Sales Chart. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine In 2004, the album took home five awards at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, winning Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Industrial Album of the Year, Metal Song of the Year ("One Good Reason", the instrumental version of which is available on the Need for Speed: Most Wanted soundtrack) and Best Industrial Rock Song ("Switchback"), and also took runner-up in Best Industrial Song (to its own song) with "Stay with Me (Unlikely)" and Best Rock Song with "I Believe You". Just Plain Folks Music Organization (often referred to as Just Plain Folks, or simply JPF) is a website and community founded by Brian Austin Whitney with the intent

Every song on Celldweller has been licensed at least once for a movie, video game or another form of media with titles including Doom, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Supercross, XXX: State of the Union, Spider-Man 2, Constantine, Catwoman, The Punisher, Paycheck, Timeline, Mindhunters, National Security, Bad Boys II, Redline (film), Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Enter the Matrix, XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Crackdown, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, America's Next Top Model and Pimp My Ride. Doom is a 2005 Science fiction Horror film adaptation of the popular Doom series of Video games created by Mr & Mrs Smith is a 2005 action / Comedy film, directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. Supercross is a 2005 action / drama Film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Steve Howey and Mike xXx State of the Union, mainly released as xXx 2 The Next Level outside of the United States and Canada is a 2005 action / Adventure Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American Superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Constantine is a 2005 American Film based on Vertigo Comics ' Hellblazer Comic book, with some Catwoman is a 2004 Superhero film directed by Pitof and released by Warner Brothers & Village Roadshow Pictures on The Punisher is a 2004 film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name starring Thomas Jane as Frank Castle and Paycheck is a 2003 Film adaptation of the Short story of the same name by Science fiction writer Philip K Timeline is a 2003 Film directed by Richard Donner, director of Lethal Weapon. Mindhunters is a 2004 thriller film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin National Security is a 2003 American Comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Bad Boys II is a 2003 action - Comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Redline is a 2007 Action film starring an Ensemble cast. The film's plot is centered on a Street racing circle funded by a group Project Gotham Racing 3 ( PGR3 for short is an arcade-style Racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on The National Hockey League ( NHL) series is a professional Ice hockey Video game developed by EA Canada and published yearly by Electronic Enter the Matrix is the first Video game based on ''The Matrix'' series of films XGRA Extreme G-Racing Association is a futuristic Racing game and the follow-up to Extreme-G 3. The Hills Have Eyes 2 is the 2007 feature film sequel to the remake of the 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes. Crackdown (titled Riot Act in Japan is an open world, Third-person shooter Video game for the Xbox 360 America's Next Top Model (often shortened to Top Model or abbreviated as ANTM) is a Reality television show in which a number of women compete Pimp My Ride is a TV show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one car in poor condition and restoring it as well as customizing This is a feat that has been accomplished by only two other artists; Moby and The Crystal Method. Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ The Crystal Method is an American Electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland

The Beta Cessions

A two-disc LP titled The Beta Cessions was released in 2004. The first CD contains new recordings (such as a re-recorded version of the final Circle of Dust song "Goodbye" and two earlier alternate versions of the song "Switchback" with different lyrics) as well as remixes and demo versions of songs from the debut album. Circle of Dust was a mid-1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton (then known as Scott Albert his birth name who is now famous for his solo band The second CD includes slightly reworked instrumental versions of each song from the debut album.

Digital Releases

On October 4, 2005, Celldweller released "Frozen (DJ RiB Mix)" and "Goodbye (Klayton Revision)" to iTunes and other companies that sell music over the internet. Razed in Black (RiB is an electronic music act created by Romell Regulacion (vocals keyboards guitars Although artwork was made for the release, there was no official CD release. The remix of Frozen is also available on the double-CD compilation "Dark Trance vs Neo Goth V1 / Nonstop Mix" (2005).

On November 8, 2005, Celldweller released "Shapeshifter" to iTunes and other companies that sell music over the internet. This song features the vocals of alternative rap group Styles of Beyond. Styles of Beyond is an underground rap group from Los Angeles California, more specifically the San Fernando Valley Although artwork was made for the release, there was no official CD release. The song is also available on the in-game soundtrack for Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005). There is also an instrumental version of Shapeshifter available entitled "Transistor".

On April 24, 2006, Celldweller released "Tragedy" to iTunes, BuyMusic, Napster and several other companies that sell music over the internet. For the song recorded by The Fleetwoods and Thomas Wayne see Tragedy (Thomas Wayne song. Tragedy was originally performed by The Bee Gees and spent two weeks at #1 in 1979. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Although artwork was made for the release, there was no official CD release for this single. An instrumental version of the song was also available for purchase.

On November 2, 2006, Celldweller released "Switchback (Klayton Revision)" and "Own Little World (Remorse Code Remix)" to iTunes and Rhapsody. The Remorse Code Remix was done by Celldweller's sound engineer, Thomas Covert, (Mixing, Sound Design, and Synthetic Elements) and Bret Autry (Vocals, Guitar, and Drum Programming). An instrumental version of each remix was also released. Although artwork was made for the release, there was no official CD release.

Second album

Celldweller is currently working on a second album. It was originally slated to come out in the summer of 2006, but the album has been delayed several times. Of the fifty songs Klayton has written, he has narrowed it down to eleven or twelve that will comprise the album. The anticipated tracklist may include the following songs: "Blackstar", "Tainted", "Tragedy", "So Long Sentiment", "The Lucky One", "The Tide", "The Best It's Gonna Get", "Shapeshifter", "Louder Than Words", "Pursuit of the Hunted", "Eon", and "Baseline" (currently titled "Birthright"). Klayton officially said on Youtube TV Cellout that the second album will be released in 2009.

Previews of tracks slated for the album have been made available sporadically. Birthright (titled as Baseline) was uploaded to the band's MySpace page on April 9. The original version of Birthright was used in a T. V. spot for Spider-Man 3 and the current version was used in the second Theatrical Trailer for Speed Racer and a T. For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game. Speed Racer is a 2008 Live action Film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese Anime series of the same name. V. spot for Iron Man. Iron Man is a 2008 Superhero film In December 2007, Klayton posted Birthright on the band's MySpace and PureVolume pages. Along with Switchback Razorblade mix, Frozen, The Last Firstborn, and Halloween [a tribute song to the Halloween series]. Halloween is an American horror franchise that consists of nine Slasher films Novels and Comic books The franchise

On December 24th, 2007 Klayton posted a blog at MySpace containing a link for downloading a demo version of the song Birthright, via FIXT Store. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and It is available for download at FIXT Store.comunder the "New album pre-release mp3 Birthright Demo Download" link.

On May 30th, 2008, Klayton posted a blog at MySpace containing a viral widget for downloading a 16 Free Songs, containing Birthright, Switchback, Frozen, Own Little World and a collection of remixes from the FiXT Remix Competition Rounds 1-3. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and It is available for download at FIXTonline.com.

Beta Cessions II Speculation

It is also rumored that some of the leftover recordings done for the second album will end up on a different release.

"If things work out the way I'm anticipating, you will all be able to get a whole full discs worth of unreleased songs when the Beta Cessions II comes out. (I make no promises, but simply offer potentially false hopes. )"

- Klayton, November 13, 2005

"There are actually only 4 songs to date that are definitely making the next Celldweller CD. 'The Way She Wants To Die', 'Blackstar' and 'Tainted' are in. Then there is that mysterious 70's disco song I covered that will most likely be the fourth track to make it. Now, there are another 4 tracks that I think will make the cut but need more work before that can be determined. Then I'll have 2 more songs to create or flesh out to finish the track list for the disc. This currently leaves around 16 tracks for 'The Beta Cessions 02' (or whatever it will be called. ) The reality is that I won't complete all of those either but rather pick the best of the bunch to finish for the TBC 02. "

- Klayton January 28, 2006

Discography

Style

Celldweller's music is extremely multi-faceted; while it can largely be considered as Electronic rock, Celldweller wanders into a large spectrum of musical genres - as an example, the song "The Last Firstborn" has various extreme (but consistent) changes between metal, anthem trance and goa trance. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Uplifting Trance (also known as Anthem Trance and Epic Trance) is a term to describe several styles of music all of which are subgenres of Trance. Goa Trance ( Goa, 604) is a form of Electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India.

The Celldweller live show is a "fusion of performance art, rave culture, and the raw energy of a rock show", rather than the standard rock performance. Each show is a complete audio/visual experience with projected video and lighting designed to be part of the music.

The name "Celldweller"

The name "Celldweller" is derived from one of Klayton's earlier projects, Brainchild. On Brainchild's Metamorphosis album, one of the tracks is titled "Heldweller". After the album was released, his musician friends joked about the inordinate amount of time he spent in his studio, and as a play off "Heldweller" started calling him "Celldweller". He began using the moniker as producer on Argyle Park's Misguided album (he also participated in this project under the aliases "Deathwish" and "Dred"), released in 1995. Argyle Park was an underground Industrial music supergroup founded in 1994 and active until 1996. Misguided is Argyle Park 's first and only release as Argyle Park His first track recorded as Celldweller (at the time spelled as two words: Cell Dweller) was an ambient reworking of "The Abyss", an instrumental originally recorded by Christian metal band Stryper. Stryper is a Grammy Award nominated Christian metal band from Orange County California, USA. Klayton's version of the song was included as the intro on a tribute album to the band, Sweet Family Music: A Tribute to Stryper, jointly released by Liquid Disc and Flying Tart Records in 1996. Track listing 1 Cell Dweller - The Abyss 2 Steve Hindalong - To Hell with the Devil 3 Flying Tart was an Independent record label based in Nashville Tennessee.

The meanings of both Celldweller's name and lyrics have been a topic for much debate. Celldweller's official statement is that the name "Celldweller" refers to both "personal and cultural bondage" as well as the way that Klayton closes himself off from the outside world at times. Klayton typically no longer explains the meanings and purpose behind his music and chooses to let listeners decide for themselves.

Live Band members

Previous live band members

External links

Scott Albert (born November 13, 1963) better known as Klayton, is an Electronic rock musician who has performed under a variety of stage MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
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