rock, post-punk, synthpunk, electronic

contact: killwave@killwave.com

 Killwave call to mind such musical luminaries as Joy Division, Bauhaus and David Bowie but they are not imitators of any of these. The band brings something all their own to these influences. Despite these comparisons you may hear other analogs in the music--a hint of darkwave, a dash of Brit pop and being from Chicago certainly a smidgen of industrial rock.

The group is made up of George Pinto (vocals), Jim King (guitars & synths), Erik Pedtke (bass) and Bran X (drums).


Some denizens of the underground radio movement have commented on the band as follows;

"I absolutely love them, I've been playing them quite frequently on the show, think dark Bowie, Gary Numan and you're not even close to how good these guys sound. I love the music, it's like a journey every week they get a little bit darker and a little bit further off the beaten track" - Off The Radar with Phil

"They armed with an electronic, danceable sound that is both retro and futuristic. They combine haunting melodies, chilly analog synths and tremendous hooks with powerful, passionate lyrics." - Pluto Radio 

Musical projects with:

Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Matt Lux, Doug Scharin, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Brian Keigher, Jonas Munk, Jakob Scott, Shahzad Ismaily, Garrett Devoe.



"Modern vintage sounds that will make you laugh and cry and dance like there’s no tomorrow, Ruby Friedman is an electrifying performer and songwriter"-- KCRW, Gary Calamar  
“You don’t need to know Ruby Friedman’s life story to get a sense of who she is. Just hearing her, and better seeing her perform, tell enough. Her voice and manner are as bold and brash as her flame-red hair. But she’s telling you anyway, with ‘Fugue in L.A. Minor,’ the opening song of her long-in-coming first album, Gem…It’s quite the curtain-raiser, fitting as what follows has some theatrical punch, Vaudevillian in some spots, Brechtian in others. Well, really it’s Vaudeville-y and Brecht-y, not fully either, or any one thing at any time. Bluesy also applies. Jazzy maybe. But brassy, always…another highlight is a last-minute addition to the album, the powerful ‘Ballad of Lee Morse…’ Friedman sings the tale with a kind of force that can only come from someone who sees something, or a lot, of herself in it. It’s part celebratory, part cautionary. And all Ruby Friedman.”
--Steve Hochman, KPCC (NPR Affiliate)
"One hell of a frontwoman with a completely unique and transfixing voice laden with passion... {Gem} is a necessary addition to your music collection." --  POP MATTERS, Sarah Zupko  
"Songs of Quiet Devastation - Gem is full of intense emotion, dark and menacing, full of violent frustration and shattered expectation"  -- MAGNET MAGAZINE, J Poet

producer, writer, performer, garden-grower, radio,  etc

Loren Francis embodies what can only be called urban americana. Born and bred in Maine, he's lived in Boston for the last ten years. Loren's played his guitar at every bus station in central america, performed for hippies and over-the-hills on the beaches of the Virgin Islands, composed entire albums below street level in Jerusalem catacombs, floated on his guitar through the Grecian Isles, sailed the entire east coast of America, and danced wild in the hands of grace with all hands waving free at Burning Man.
The Songs are luscious, the vocals aching on the precipice of time or death or love or God or war or women. The lyric supports the vocal and the vocal supports the lyric in honesty and confession.



This is Legobeat:

Hard hitting drums from Stockholm Sweden. Long nights, blindings lights and legendary live sets. A proud member of the DBTY-family, dj:s, producers and happy dudes in nice clothes.

Legobeat likes animals from the rain forest, bass, comfortable travelling, nice food, big scenes, lasers (!), dance hall, proper house, animals from desserts, wine, a hard kick, beer in glass bottles, happy people, cheese, uptempo, old school, new school and high school.
   
For contact, booking and remix enquiries: 

legobeat.music@gmail.com

A proud member of the DBTY-fam:

Family:
http://www.dbty.blogspot.com
http://www.dbtyrecords.blogspot.com

Robin Blunt is a musician, producer, songwriter, composer and remix engineer based in UK
Contact: jane@birminghamrecords.co.uk
Mail: PO Box 7928, Stourbridge, DY8 1DJ 

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