Modwheelmood

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Modwheelmood
OriginLos Angeles, California, USA
GenresAlternative rock, Electronica, Indie pop, Indie rock
Years active1998–2009
LabelsIndependent
Former labels include:
Buddyhead Records
MembersAlessandro Cortini
Pelle Hillström
Jesper Kristensen
Websitemodwheelmood.com

Modwheelmood (also typeset as ModWheelMood or modwheelmood and abbreviated as MWM) is an American

Abandoned Pools guitarist Pelle Hillström in 1998.[2]

History

Modwheelmood formed in 1998, initially as a project entitled Gift?, which later developed into a full music project after Cortini's experimentation with "heavy loops and haunting synth passes integrated with melodic songwriting" and through collaboration with Hillström.[2] Modwheelmood are named after the mod wheel, a controller typically mounted on the left hand of the keyboard.[3]

Modwheelmood have released five

Buddyhead in 2006), Pearls to Pigs, Vol. 1 (released in 2007), Pearls to Pigs, Vol. 2 (released in 2008), and Pearls to Pigs, Vol. 3 (released in 2008). As well as Things Will Change, the companion remix disc to Enemies & Immigrants (released in 2007). In March 2000, Modwheelmood was awarded the Artist Development Industry Choice at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and were "honored with the inclusion of their songs "Anyone", "Sleep" and "Headgames" on three different Musicians Jams promotional CDs."[2]
Two of these songs, "Anyone" and "Sleep", would later appear on Modwheelmood's first EP, ?.

Subsequently, much of Enemies & Immigrants was conceived and recorded by Alessandro Cortini "in hotel rooms across the world" while touring with Nine Inch Nails throughout 2005 to 2006 in support of their 2005 album

Monsters Are Waiting.[6] While Enemies & Immigrants was released on Buddyhead Records, Modwheelmood is currently unsigned to a record label
.

Recently, Modwheelmood released the

Ghosts" from their latest album Velocifero
. The remix appeared on the Ghost single. In 2008, Modwheelmood remixed "Adore Adore" and "Beautiful Lie" of South-African artist
EP
Charmed and Rearranged.

In 2008, on December 13, Alessandro left Nine Inch Nails after 4 years in the band. On the Modwheelmood website, he explains that he left the band to "move onto new things," showing his ambition to make something new with Modwheelmood.[10]

Beginning in June 2009, coinciding with their West Coast tour, Modwheelmood released Pearls to Pigs physically as a CD, limited-edition vinyl, and on download cards sold at concerts. The new version of Pearls to Pigs includes an extra track, "Happily Delayed", and new accompanying artwork. The digital download of the 2009 version of the album also includes demos and b-sides ("betas") of the tracks included on Pearls to Pigs and an accompanying PDF with artwork and the bits from the band members about the genesis' and recording of each track on the album.

Influences

Both Cortini and Hillström have had influences which have underpinned their musical decisions and concepts. Cortini was encouraged by his family at an early age to develop an interest in music, and prominent influences of his include

Alva Noto and Brian Eno.[5] Hillström began developing an interest for music and composition by "playing saxophone in jazz orchestras in the afternoon and learning Iron Maiden riffs in the evening" and by moving to the U.S. to satisfy his "desire to play music for a living."[5] Hillström's guitar playing style has been compared to that of Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.[5]

Musical characteristics

Buddyhead Records described Modwheelmood's sound as "alternative pop electronica"

Allmusic's Jason MacNeil states that Modwheelmood's electronic style "seem[s] to come from a slightly different angle than bands like Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode."[12] Prefix Magazine's Chris Sahl, however, is more critical, stating that "Modwheelmood paradoxically sounds like no other band and is almost entirely derivative."[11]

Discography

Remixes

References

  1. ^ Rolling Stone, FEBRUARY 25, 2013
  2. ^ a b c "modwheelmood – Band bio" Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine-Retrieved on December 29, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Modwheelmodd artist page-Music Emissions. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
  4. ^ Modwheelmood on Virb Retrieved on December 10, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d e "MODWHEELMOOD embark on West Coast tour; Prepare for August 8 EP release!" Solid PR. Retrieved on December 10, 2007.
  6. ^ "Nine Inch Nails Veteran Alessandro Cortini On Logic, Ableton Live, Line 6, And Modwheelmood" Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Gearwire. Retrieved on December 16, 2007.
  7. ^ "Alessandro's Busy!"-The NIN Hotline. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
  8. ^ Official Modwheelmood Website Retrieved on December 3, 2007.
  9. ^ yearzero.nin.com Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Nine Inch Nails official Webpage for Year Zero Remixed. Retrieved on November 25, 2007
  10. ^ modwheelmood- Modwheelmood's Official website. Retrieved on December 15, 2008
  11. ^ a b c Modwheelmood Enemies & Immigrants-Prefix Magazine. Retrieved on November 25, 2007
  12. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved on November 25, 2007.

External links

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