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Athan returned to his native New York City where he took a near decade-long break from music before joining Black Tape for a Blue Girl for a pair of albums and performances from Austin to Bucharest.
Afterwards, NOIR was formed as a project that would combine both Athan's Industrial and Gothic past while remaining very much in the electronic present. NOIR debuted with the "My Dear" single in late 2012, followed by the 2013 critically acclaimed album "Darkly Near," which Side Line Magazine said, "NOIR probably stands for the most intimate electro project Athan Maroulis has ever been involved with. It all sounds like revealing his deepest inner thoughts transposed into electronic grace and musical poetry."
Adding members Demetra Songs and Kai Irina Hahn, both on backing vocals and keyboards, NOIR began performing live in New York City followed by a series of road dates in the U.S. In 2014, NOIR completed a video for the song "My Dear," that was followed up by a video for "Timephase," along with the release of RE:MIT:TENT, featuring remixes by Assemblage 23, Dead Voices On Air, Ludovico Technique and many others.
Members: Athan Maroulis, Demetra Songs, Erik Gustafson, Jamie Parganos, Kai Irina Hahn
Location: New York, New York
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOIRmetropolis
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noir_nyc_official/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@noirband6690 (https://www.youtube.com/@noirband6690)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQo0a8AaqmM7ymhobxA-vQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQo0a8AaqmM7ymhobxA-vQ)
Bandcamp: https://noirnyc.bandcamp.com/
NOIR "My Dear"
NOIR - The Burning Bridge
NOIR - A Pleasure to Burn
NOIR - "The Voyeurs" (Metrognome vs Falcotronik Remix)
NOIR - "Timephase" (PBK & Artemis K Remix)
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Athan Maroulis
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Spahn Ranch was formed in Los Angeles by Matt Green who had moved from his native New York the previous year. Using the finances he had saved. Matt invited New York Rob Morton (his intermittent musical partner of the preceding five years) to Los Angeles to begin recording. The result was a four song ep that was recorded in June. Vocals were supplied by Scott Franklin, a friend of Matt's who was actually involved in another band at the time, but agreed to sing on the ep.
The self-titled release was recorded and mixed by Rod O'Brian at the Backroom in Glendale, CA in September of that year. A talented engineer, Rod's huge body of work included Bowie, Eno, and The Talking Heads. The newly formed Los Angeles-bassed label Cleopatra Records, agreed to realese the self-titled ep. In October, Matt and Rob contributed a new track, "Machine Politics" to the Cleopatra compilation "The Whip".
Shortly after the realease, Cleopatra Records informed Matt and Rob that their ep had been well received by the press and fans alike. Cleopatra also recommended that they find a full-time vocalist and consider recording an album. Coincidentally, Athan Maroulis, (a friend of the duo) had moved to L.A. at this time. Athan (a vocalist the duo admired) was asked to join the group. In April/May of that year, their debut album "Collateral Damage", was recorded. Judson Leach engineered the recording in his JLAB Studio in West Hollywood. Rob produced the music, while the vocals were overseen by Matt.
Members: Athan Maroulis (black tape for a blue girl, Executive Slacks, Fahrenheit 451), Harry Lewis, Matt Green
Former Members: Rob Morton, Scott Franklin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spahnranch
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeMuMM-vVQpGQ3e95UR3tg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeMuMM-vVQpGQ3e95UR3tg)
Bandcamp: https://officialspahnranch.bandcamp.com/ https://cleopatrarecords.bandcamp.com/
Spahn Ranch "Locusts"
Spahn Ranch - Vortex (Extended Mix)
spahn ranch - heretic´s fork
Spahn Ranch - Heretic's Fork (Belief mix)
SPAHN RANCH - Breath & Taxes [Official Video 1994] HQ
Spahn Ranch - Breath and Taxes (1993)
Spahn Ranch - Breath and Taxes (Deductible Mix)
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MGthkM13PyNgf5CJgIEKj
Spotify NOIR: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hc1mKMAVgxDdeNeOPVTP8