Artsonic - Biography
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1992-
Biography
By the end of 95 and early 96, Artsonic had recorded their first album, Sonic Area, which was obviously self-produced. It was released in April 97 on Lolita Music, a subsidiary of a multimedia company especially launched for that purpose. Their major influences at the time were Coroner, Pantera or Sepultura. Fully independent the band took care of everything from concert bookings to bill posting and managed to tour for six months, including one unforgettable date supporting Machine Head in Lyon in 97!
Artsonic went on to record their sophomore album in early 98. Strongly determined to remain independent they decided to create their own label, Wet Music, in April 98. No more worries and problems with labels complaining that: "metal is not profitable", "French bands don't have any potential", "it's too risky"? and so on. Artsonic was free! This experience proved to be very positive as Wet Music did not only release Artsonic's album but also the best of the neo-heavy metal French scene with the likes of Watcha, Pleymo, Shovel, Unfold and Clearcut among others, which were successively signed on the label. Released in October 98 to critical acclaim, Fake, was very different from their first effort. Sonic Area's tracks were already old at the time of their recording and there was a gap of a few years in between. On Fake, Artsonic revealed much wider influences including Pink Floyd (already!), Type O Negative and Radiohead. Choruses were stronger, arrangements more sophisticated and they started using electronics.
But the band went through hard times. The drummer left to launch his own project while the rest of the group was getting tired of being a band, a label and a management company at the same time. Artsonic's future was suddenly threatened as they did not wish to release a third album under the same conditions. Then one day Sylvain, Boris and Stephane hooked up with Pierre, a drummer they had met during a previous tour. They allowed themselves a full month to write new tracks with him. It was their last chance and happened to be very positive as inspiration and pleasure suddenly came back. After nearly two years of real hassle, they wrote Fashion Victim in less than three months! This time Artsonic really went for it and let its feelings loose. Back to more energetic influences (Filter and Incubus) the quartet let their guts out and delivered the most beautiful tracks they ever did. Fashion Victim is the perfect synthesis of all their past experiences, it's heavy metal blended with electronics and almost pop melodies. Artsonic is there to prove that the French heavy metal scene can be at the same time brutal, smart, personal and catchy. Recorded and mixed over a four weeks period by Stéphane Kraemer at the Impuls Studios in Belgium, the album includes something that even the ones who don't like this kind of music should appreciate: a version of the infamous Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall", which was one of Artsonic live favourites!
Artsonic signed with WEA France in May 2000 and the next month was part of the Wet Tour (ten dates with Clearcut, Unfold and Hertz and Silence) as if to close a chapter of their life before opening a new one, right now?
(Source: Sgrabowski.co.uk)
Artsonic went on to record their sophomore album in early 98. Strongly determined to remain independent they decided to create their own label, Wet Music, in April 98. No more worries and problems with labels complaining that: "metal is not profitable", "French bands don't have any potential", "it's too risky"? and so on. Artsonic was free! This experience proved to be very positive as Wet Music did not only release Artsonic's album but also the best of the neo-heavy metal French scene with the likes of Watcha, Pleymo, Shovel, Unfold and Clearcut among others, which were successively signed on the label. Released in October 98 to critical acclaim, Fake, was very different from their first effort. Sonic Area's tracks were already old at the time of their recording and there was a gap of a few years in between. On Fake, Artsonic revealed much wider influences including Pink Floyd (already!), Type O Negative and Radiohead. Choruses were stronger, arrangements more sophisticated and they started using electronics.
But the band went through hard times. The drummer left to launch his own project while the rest of the group was getting tired of being a band, a label and a management company at the same time. Artsonic's future was suddenly threatened as they did not wish to release a third album under the same conditions. Then one day Sylvain, Boris and Stephane hooked up with Pierre, a drummer they had met during a previous tour. They allowed themselves a full month to write new tracks with him. It was their last chance and happened to be very positive as inspiration and pleasure suddenly came back. After nearly two years of real hassle, they wrote Fashion Victim in less than three months! This time Artsonic really went for it and let its feelings loose. Back to more energetic influences (Filter and Incubus) the quartet let their guts out and delivered the most beautiful tracks they ever did. Fashion Victim is the perfect synthesis of all their past experiences, it's heavy metal blended with electronics and almost pop melodies. Artsonic is there to prove that the French heavy metal scene can be at the same time brutal, smart, personal and catchy. Recorded and mixed over a four weeks period by Stéphane Kraemer at the Impuls Studios in Belgium, the album includes something that even the ones who don't like this kind of music should appreciate: a version of the infamous Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall", which was one of Artsonic live favourites!
Artsonic signed with WEA France in May 2000 and the next month was part of the Wet Tour (ten dates with Clearcut, Unfold and Hertz and Silence) as if to close a chapter of their life before opening a new one, right now?
(Source: Sgrabowski.co.uk)