Blaqk Audio

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Blaqk Audio
Origin Oakland, California, USA
Genre(s) Futurepop
Years active 2001–2002, 2006–present
Associated acts AFI
Loose Change
Redemption 87
Influence 13
Son of Sam
Website Blaqkaudio.com
myspace.com/blaqkaudio
Members
Davey Havok
Jade Puget

Blaqk Audio is an electronic music band formed by current AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget under Interscope Records. Blaqk Audio's debut album CexCells was released on August 14, 2007 and reached #18 on the Billboard 200.

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[edit] History

[edit] Origins

AFI have increasingly included synthesized elements into their recent albums; 2003 release Sing the Sorrow and 2006 release Decemberunderground credit Puget with 'programming and keyboards'.[1][2] These synthesized elements are particularly apparent on songs such as "Death of Seasons" and "37mm". In the August 2006 edition of Guitar World, Puget states that AFI songs "37mm" and "Love Like Winter" were both originally intended as part of the Blaqk Audio side-project.[3] Elements of programming, however, can be found as early as 2000's The Art of Drowning, which featured a drum machine on "The Despair Factor".

Havok has stated that he believes the Blaqk Audio concept began at some point between 2001 and 2002. [4]. The project went on hiatus for an extended period, before being revived in 2006.[5] Puget worked on the development of Blaqk Audio in his spare time during AFI's tour schedule, writing songs before sending them to Havok to write melodies and lyrics. As Puget has explained, they experimented with a multitude of sounds, from industrial to ambient, and were influenced by a wide variety of electronic music.[6]

In January 2007, Havok and Puget entered the studio to record several songs that formed CexCells, their first album.[7] Puget kept fans apprised with updates through his blog, before the Blaqk Audio MySpace was created in February 2007 (he announced on 27 July that they had finished filming the video for their debut single 'Stiff Kittens', which has yet to be seen). Since then, both members of Blaqk Audio have posted several updates on their MySpace blog.[8]

[edit] Present

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On November 14, Puget stated in another MySpace blog that he has about 40 more Blaqk Audio songs in various stages of completion.[9]

On Saturday, January 12, 2008, Puget stated in a MySpace blog post that he had uploaded a new song to the Blaqk Audio Myspace entitled "The Ligature".

"I posted a new piece I did called the Ligature. I took a loop of Davey's vocals, chopped and processed them, and then created a kind of breakbeat track with it. An example of me nerding out with my computer. Enjoy!
Jade"

Two instrumental versions of the Blaqk Audio songs, "Between Breaths" and "The Love Letter" were used in trailers, and on the official website for the 2008 film The Eye. In response to the buzz it created, in a blog, Puget suggested at a possible public release of all the CexCells songs in instrumental form.

While members Davey Havok and Jade Puget have been writing AFI's upcoming eighth album, Jade admitted to also writing more music for Blaqk Audio.[10]

Jade did a remix for the band Tokio Hotel of their song "Ready, Set, Go!", the remix is called "Ready, Set, Go! (AFI/Blaqk Audio Remix)" and it can be found on the CD "Scream America!".

[edit] Genre

Blaqk Audio incorporates various genres of electronic music into their own style that has currently, or not, been described as alternative rock, electropop, synth pop[11], futurepop, techno[12], EBM[13], and industrial[14]and darkwave[15][16]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Date of release Title Label U.S. Billboard 200 U.S. sales
14 August 2007 CexCells Interscope Records 18 50,000

[edit] Singles

Year Title U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Dance Club Play UK Singles Chart Album
2007 "Stiff Kittens" - 20 38 - CexCells

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Band members

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sing the Sorrow CD Booklet
  2. ^ Decemberunderground CD Booklet
  3. ^ Guitar World, "The Shape of Punk to Come" August 2006
  4. ^ Punknews.org | Havok & Puget Form Blaqk Audio
  5. ^ Shy Boys Win
  6. ^ AFI Go Electronic : Rolling Stone
  7. ^ Shy Boys Win
  8. ^ MySpace.com - Blaqk Audio - Hollywood/Oakland, US - Electronique - www.myspace.com/blaqkaudio
  9. ^ MySpace.com - AFI - California - Rock / Rock / Rock - www.myspace.com/afi
  10. ^ http://shyboyswin.blogspot.com/2008/04/tardy-tardy.html
  11. ^ Blaqk Audio at The Grand Ballroom at Life in a Bungalo
  12. ^ Snuff on Digital - Cex Cells by Blaqk Audio - Epinions.com
  13. ^ MORTIQUE MUSIQUE: Blaqk Audio :: CexCells
  14. ^ AFI's Davey Havok Let's Fans into His Bedroom with Blaqk Audio's CexCells
  15. ^ Blaqk Audio - discography, line-up, biography, interviews, photos
  16. ^ Maestro Beta - Blaqk Audio - Cexcells

[edit] External links

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