In a dark kitchen in the middle of a sweaty night in Las Vegas, all 6’4” of Dan Reynolds is hunched over a laptop, slapping beats on the table and crooning lyrics into a tiny microphone. Before long, he and the other three members of indie rock band Imagine Dragons would be playing “It’s Time,” that same laptop-demo-turned-supersized-anthem, from the roof of a parking garage to a wave of thousands of screaming fans. This song title to the single from their 2012 debut KidInaKorner/Interscope release “Continued Silence EP” is an all too apt descriptor of the band’s hard-earned success—but it’s also emblematic of the deep-seated anxiety Reynolds and the rest of the band experienced leaving behind any realistic expectation of a normal job to do the thing they love most.

A third-generation Las Vegas native, Reynolds is no stranger to the adage “the house always wins,” choosing to pave his musical career with a near obsessive work ethic and hundreds of unused demos rather than roll the dice with the first songs that sprung from his mouth. It’s no surprise, then, that he was drawn to guitarist Wayne Sermon, another founding member of Imagine Dragons. Having practically grown up in a recording studio and graduated Berklee College of Music, Wayne had been practicing his guitar through meals and other socially inappropriate situations as long as he could remember; he challenged Dan in a way that was both uncomfortable and exactly what they both needed. When they began writing songs together and recognized something special was happening, Wayne called up his Berklee friend Ben McKee, who promptly dropped out of school with only a few credits left, moving across the country to play bass for the band. This sort of reckless/genius behavior is typical for Ben, who has an uncanny penchant for spicy food and a suitcase full of unbelievable road stories. More recently, the band was joined by drummer Daniel Platzman, another Bostonian schoolmate who seems way too nice to be playing rock and roll until you actually see him in action.

Several tours and three self-released EPs later, Imagine Dragons had made a serious name for itself, particularly in the west coast circuit. Although their songs vary from nearly whimsical and light to brooding and powerful, listeners are drawn to the inherent honesty in the music. The only rule of thumb for the band, it seems, is to write from a true place; the result is songs that literally run the spectrum of human emotion. Attend a concert, and it becomes clear that the live performance of deeply personal songs has a real effect on people. And the band itself is not immune, as demonstrated when Dan literally passed out into the drum set during a finale song, sending cymbals and drum stands crashing while the rest of the band played on until the close.

Great songwriting is bound to be noticed eventually. As proof that the harder you work, the luckier you get, one of those people who noticed was Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna). Alex and Dan began collaborating on projects, and soon the band had developed a relationship with Alex and his team. The alchemy resulting from Alex’s hip hop sensibilities and Imagine Dragons’ anthemic rock is nothing short of explosive. The byproduct of this creative collision is “Continued Silence,” a six song in-your-face sonic grenade that breaks musical boundaries and yet is strangely relatable by its improbably diverse audience.

Despite it all, on any given day when they aren’t on the road playing shows, you can still find Imagine Dragons huddled away in a rehearsal room somewhere, banging out song after song in search of the next perfect track. Like most things in Vegas, the band is angled at going big or going bust. For the sake of those who love great music, we hope it’s the former.

Versuchsanordnung: 
"It's our aim to paint images in your head!"


Versuchsanordnung (German for: experimental arrangement) stands for research on tones, molecular geometries of sound, destillates of incidental tonal sounds, be it in the form of compositions or pure improvisation.

Versuchsanordnung create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head. Versuchsanordnung also compose film scores when getting commissioned (they already did music for 3 films).

Versuchsanordnung is experimenting with unlikely forms of compositions and is a quite well-known unit for group-improvised music.

Versuchsanordnung has been in existance since 2006. 

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Status (May 2019):
At this point, Versuchsanordnung is working on another CD, composing & arranging new pieces. This is a slow process, cause the members live in different cities and don't rehearse.

Despite of this, Versuchsanordnung are available for concerts as a unit for free-improvised music (working as "Laboratorium") until recordings are finished (Guest musicians are welcome).

Contact/inquiries/bookings:
Please contact Christian Barthold:
weaverofyourdreams@gmx.de

Find more music by versuchanordnung on their second soundcloud, reserved for experimental music and group improvisation:
https://soundcloud.com/das_laboratorium

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Versuchsanordnung / Members:

Christoph Uhlhaas: piano, live-electronics
Christian Barthold: guitar, bass, bass-ukulele, flutes and other devices, live-electronics
Martin Schubert: drums & percussion

Guest Player:
Wilfried Hanrath: fretless bass, live-electronics

Former Bandmembers who play in all recordings, despite of "Hades" (2019):
M.: fretless bass, bass-synth
Jörg Düpjohann: electronic and acoustic drums

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First CD: "Urlaub am Saundstrand":

Versuchsanordnungs' sounds are available on CD "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (16 tracks/79min). 
CD comes with beautiful Paper sleeve (Paypal available /13 $/shipping included). If you enjoy the music & like to get the already available CD, please contact us here: weaverofyourdreams@gmx.de
 
Downloads:
Don't look for downloads, you won't find any.
Versuchsanordnung stopped all downloads after noticing heavy piracy.
Listen to Versuchsanordnung's music on Internet.

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Websites:

Main site (with 31 pieces of music, along with videos, photos):
http://reverbnation.com/versuchsanordnung

Other:
https://soundcloud.com/das_laboratorium
www.facebook.com/versuchsanordnung
www.myspace.com/versuchsanordnung
http://myspace.com/versuchsanordnung2

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Latest award:
Highlight in "Best of sound" category on Behance (by Adobe systems)
https://www.behance.net/gallery/46412611/Versuchsanordnung-Urlaub-am-Saundstrand
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Thank you so much for listening to Versuchsanordnung! Very much appreciated.

Java Mantra and the Supersonic Philharmonic

Daniel Fimbres Hoyos a.k.a Pío Daniel (1979 Douglas Apson-MEX- HERSON 91)   a través de sus publicaciones poéticas SERSE (2002) y UN FLOW hace a Pío Serse que renace un 13 de febrero del 2009  como MC en el Bar Pluma Blanca, acompañado por el dj Dubpakal. Siendo la primera vez que hace una improvisación con soundsystem, y a partir de ahí ha continuado en aumento las presentaciones interviniendo la realidad contextual con voz propia, con la fusión de ritmos urbanos desde l hiphop, reggae, electro, punk-rock y todo el folklore latinoamericano posible. Influencias de la literatura y la filosofía muchas, una fascinación por el spoken word. Ha participado con otros proyectos, producciones RAICESyKULTURA ALTERNATIVA AC en la organización de eventos, en proyectos musicales como Dr. DUB PROJECT con Teodoro Greslou y el grupo de fusión dub Kachina, participa como conductor y productor del programa radial BUM BAP de hiphop, junto a DeckoZone (Malditorap) GKS con quien también se hizo el proyecto informativo Voces de la Calle, Emecenas (Letras mayúsculas) y R. Frankowsky titulares del programa que  inicio trasmisiones en 2010 Radio Bemba, Hermosillo, Son. Mex. Actualmente me encuentro trabajando en mi primer mixtape con producciones grabadas en DECKOsLAB y en el MANICOMIO PRODUCCIONES con PACHO P3. 2013 empieza Trabajando con Hector Guerra quien lo invita a integrar la PACHAMAMA FAMILIA MÉXICO busca expresar su espíritu. Desde la sierra y el desierto de Sonora, los sentimientos lo liberan y lo llevan al canto para compartir el conocimiento de vida y trasmitir el mejor mensaje posible de esperanza para un futuro mejor, poniéndole feeling a la evolución de una resistencia que siempre ha latido en el corazón de nuestra madre tierra, Pachamamas ONE LOVE. Actualmente conduce un radio show COMUNIDAD FLOW en la radio comunitaria Polìtica y rockandroll.  PRESENTANDO LA WASON WASANGA y preparando en el horno el cocimiento de #AMORPRESENTE ya se encuentra en proceso makin in the music lab. 

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