Songwriter/composer. Video games, film, tv.  The Red Chord, Wear Your Wounds, Stomach Earth, Unraveller, Nightkin, Beyond the Sixth Seal, etc.

Started in 2005 as a solo project by Joe Dobise, Viral Consciousness is a sonically intense group straddling a wide variety of musical genres. Loosley defined as "Electronic/Machine Rock" Viral Consciousness (Vircon) touches on such sounds as ebm,industrial,breakcore,glitch and metal. With the addition of Rob Galgano (Neo Cyber Christ), Andrew Manalo(Solid State Syndicate) and Christopher Austin Sanzano the once solo project found itself stepping foward to an energetic, profound 100% live act. Diverse yet defined since its inception Viral Consciousness take it to the next level with there searing vocals, chaotic hybrid drums, intricate keyboard programming and relentless trashing guitars

Progressive Retro-Pop: guitar pop & rock with psychedelic & folk-ish tendencies.
“...slacker pop with an Anti-Folk edge for the anti-Trump movement” - Nightshift magazine
“Brilliantly lyrical, darkly funny”
"Ray Davies channeled through the prism of peak-era, mid-90s Blur...""Majestically Jangly" - New York Music Daily
Lucid Culture says "(Ian Roure is) a sort of missing link between Ray Davies & Robyn Hitchcock"

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