Gary writes:
It's been a while since I've posted here, and a lot has happened in the intervening weeks.
First of all, we've completed the new tracks for the new EP, and these have been mixed and mastered. I have to say I'm very happy with how the tracks have turned out, and I'd go so far to say that the six tracks we've done are the best work we have done to date. We're currently in the process of gathering remixes for the EP, and are currently looking at self-releasing the EP in the new year.
The choice to self-release the EP became an obvious one after the closure of Juggernaut Music Group, who we were in discussions with up until the label's demise a few months ago. Going to other labels in the scene with the begging bowl is not our style, and as we've not had any approaches from any other labels (Juggernaut being the only ones to show any interest in working with us), we've decided to do our own thing and self release as it does seem to be the most logical way forward for us at present. We're not a so-called "name" band in the scene, and I suspect that the labels out there either simply don't know we exist or are just not as passionate about our music as we are.
On the flip side of any perceived EP release-related woes, Anthony and I played arguably our best gig ever opening the proceedings at the first Beat:Cancer LIVE festival. Being first on the bill is always tough, as crowd numbers are usually low for the opening bands. However, this proved to be the exception for this gig and hearing the crowd roar after finishing the opening track spurred both of us on to give a great performance, and the show become one big party. It was an experience I will never forget, and I'm eternally grateful to Beat:Cancer supremo Mark Haigh for inviting Defeat to be part of proceedings. We had a blast tearing up the stage with Biomechanimal, Ruinizer, Cease2Xist, Dirty K, and ESA: Electronic Substance Abuse, and it seemed that the new tracks we performed (which will be on the EP) went down very well.
With the festive season soon upon us, we're taking things easy at the moment, gearing up for the EP release, which we'll be announcing the date for soon.
Until next time...
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Thursday, 4 December 2014
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
An Apology And More EP News
Gary writes:
I'd like to start this update with an apology.
As those who follow and know us may know, we had secured the opening slot for last month's Cybersonik Festival after The .Invalid was unable to appear. However, illness on my part prevented us from playing the show. I'd like to extend my apologies to those who wanted to see us play, but also to promoters Synchrotrax and the other bands on the bill, particularly good friends Ruinizer and Machine Rox.
However on a more positive note, work on the EP has continued unabated and as of today, we have 5 of the 6 tracks now mixed and mastered, as well have having a storming remix come in from Cease2Xist. We hope to have the final sixth track mixed and mastered very soon and our hope is that with the EP we can grab the attention and release the EP via a label - fingers very much crossed on that one.
On the mastering front, I'm working with erstwhile labelmates Ghost In The Static on mastering their next EP, with steady progress being made. I don't wish to steal the guys' thunder, but the songs I've worked on so far are belters and this new release promises to be a brilliant follow up to "Fallout".
Until next time...
I'd like to start this update with an apology.
As those who follow and know us may know, we had secured the opening slot for last month's Cybersonik Festival after The .Invalid was unable to appear. However, illness on my part prevented us from playing the show. I'd like to extend my apologies to those who wanted to see us play, but also to promoters Synchrotrax and the other bands on the bill, particularly good friends Ruinizer and Machine Rox.
However on a more positive note, work on the EP has continued unabated and as of today, we have 5 of the 6 tracks now mixed and mastered, as well have having a storming remix come in from Cease2Xist. We hope to have the final sixth track mixed and mastered very soon and our hope is that with the EP we can grab the attention and release the EP via a label - fingers very much crossed on that one.
On the mastering front, I'm working with erstwhile labelmates Ghost In The Static on mastering their next EP, with steady progress being made. I don't wish to steal the guys' thunder, but the songs I've worked on so far are belters and this new release promises to be a brilliant follow up to "Fallout".
Until next time...
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
New EP news / Cybersonik 2014
Gary writes:
Since our last update, we've been busy getting our next E.P. ready, and we have tracked the vocals for the E.P. We're currently in the mixing stage, having mixed one of the six tracks already, with good progress being made on the remaining five tracks. We're still on the look out for a label following SDR's closure at the start of the 2014, and we're hopeful the E.P. will garner the right kind of attention and get us signed up again, as being a part of a label "family" is something that we've missed since SDR closed.
On the live front, we have stepped into the breach and will be opening Cybersonik again this year (having opened last year's event). We're looking forward to playing in London again and will be previewing a new song from the upcoming EP. The show promises to be a belter with good friends Ruinizer and Machine Rox also on the bill. The full lineup for Cybersonik is on the Facebook event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1438240139757022
Hopefully we'll see some of you who read this at Cybersonik.
Until next time...
Since our last update, we've been busy getting our next E.P. ready, and we have tracked the vocals for the E.P. We're currently in the mixing stage, having mixed one of the six tracks already, with good progress being made on the remaining five tracks. We're still on the look out for a label following SDR's closure at the start of the 2014, and we're hopeful the E.P. will garner the right kind of attention and get us signed up again, as being a part of a label "family" is something that we've missed since SDR closed.
On the live front, we have stepped into the breach and will be opening Cybersonik again this year (having opened last year's event). We're looking forward to playing in London again and will be previewing a new song from the upcoming EP. The show promises to be a belter with good friends Ruinizer and Machine Rox also on the bill. The full lineup for Cybersonik is on the Facebook event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1438240139757022
Hopefully we'll see some of you who read this at Cybersonik.
Until next time...
Thursday, 30 January 2014
What A Difference Three Months Makes
Gary writes:
Well, it certainly has been an eventful few months since I last wrote here.
Autumn saw the bombshell that Static Distortion Records, the label we came to see as extended family, was to close it's doors as a conventional label at the end of 2013. The SDR artists remain a unit in the form of an artists collective, but it was very much the end of an era. Our thanks go to Steve Fearon for welcoming us into the fold and kicking arse for us during our time with SDR. We have forged new friendships, which I hope will remain for years to come.
In terms of the releases I've already alluded to in previous posts, the video and single for Coffin was released, and we're exceptionally thankful for those who submitted remixes for the single. Special mention must go to Jay Ruin, whose Ruinizer remix of the track features as the lead track on the single and also is used for the video soundtrack. Our most recent release is RE:LAPSE, which is a track for track remix version of [seek help], which is packed with storming remixes and well worth checking out, especially given that it's a free download!
The last month has seen me mastering tracks for Cease2Xist - an artist I have the greatest admirition and respect for. I'm currently mastering the upcoming EP/album "WIYGN?", and I can safely say this is the best mastering work I have done to date. You'll get to hear "WIYGN?" soon, and I promise it'll be worth it. Dayve Yates has put together a belter of a release, which also features a Defeat remix of the title track.
As far as the future is concerned, the coming months see us returning to Welwyn Garden City to play support for good friends Nine Day Decline (March 7th at The Green Room) and recording some new songs for a new EP.
Until the next time...
Well, it certainly has been an eventful few months since I last wrote here.
Autumn saw the bombshell that Static Distortion Records, the label we came to see as extended family, was to close it's doors as a conventional label at the end of 2013. The SDR artists remain a unit in the form of an artists collective, but it was very much the end of an era. Our thanks go to Steve Fearon for welcoming us into the fold and kicking arse for us during our time with SDR. We have forged new friendships, which I hope will remain for years to come.
In terms of the releases I've already alluded to in previous posts, the video and single for Coffin was released, and we're exceptionally thankful for those who submitted remixes for the single. Special mention must go to Jay Ruin, whose Ruinizer remix of the track features as the lead track on the single and also is used for the video soundtrack. Our most recent release is RE:LAPSE, which is a track for track remix version of [seek help], which is packed with storming remixes and well worth checking out, especially given that it's a free download!
The last month has seen me mastering tracks for Cease2Xist - an artist I have the greatest admirition and respect for. I'm currently mastering the upcoming EP/album "WIYGN?", and I can safely say this is the best mastering work I have done to date. You'll get to hear "WIYGN?" soon, and I promise it'll be worth it. Dayve Yates has put together a belter of a release, which also features a Defeat remix of the title track.
As far as the future is concerned, the coming months see us returning to Welwyn Garden City to play support for good friends Nine Day Decline (March 7th at The Green Room) and recording some new songs for a new EP.
Until the next time...
Thursday, 24 October 2013
News From The Front - October 2013
Gary writes:
Phew! What a whirlwind the last few months have been since the last update. Since the release of [seek help] - which has been well received by those who have heard it - I've been very busy remixing tracks for other artists, including Tactical Module ("Into Exile") as well as fellow SDR labelmates Machine Rox ("Night Riots") and Cryogenic Echelon ("Pandora").
Things have been a bit sparse on the gig front, with us playing only one show at the end of August, with rock band Sunsets The Day and the awesome Jesus Hooligan. If you can, I urge you to check out Jesus Hooligan - Industrial/Punk/Folk that is infectious, raucous and a lot of fun!
Away from the gig front, I've been busy devoting time to not only remixing tracks for other artists, but also mastering Cryogenic Echelon's recent album "Taste Of Failure" - you can hear the results at http://staticdistortionrecords.co.uk/album/taste-of-failure. I also have secured another mastering job with another artist I have the highest respect for, and am very much looking forward to working with them...
As 2013 draws to a close, Ant and I are putting a video of the album track "Coffin" together, to coincide with a free single release of the track. We've got some excellent remixes of the track from the likes of Haru Yasumi, Ruinizer and DEP lined up for the single release and we'll be giving out more details of this soon.
Plans are also in place for a free release of an alternate version of [seek help], which will follow the running order of the original album, but contain alternate versions of the songs, many of which have been remixed for us by our very talented peers. We expect this to be available shortly after the single release.
Until the next time...
Phew! What a whirlwind the last few months have been since the last update. Since the release of [seek help] - which has been well received by those who have heard it - I've been very busy remixing tracks for other artists, including Tactical Module ("Into Exile") as well as fellow SDR labelmates Machine Rox ("Night Riots") and Cryogenic Echelon ("Pandora").
Things have been a bit sparse on the gig front, with us playing only one show at the end of August, with rock band Sunsets The Day and the awesome Jesus Hooligan. If you can, I urge you to check out Jesus Hooligan - Industrial/Punk/Folk that is infectious, raucous and a lot of fun!
Away from the gig front, I've been busy devoting time to not only remixing tracks for other artists, but also mastering Cryogenic Echelon's recent album "Taste Of Failure" - you can hear the results at http://staticdistortionrecords.co.uk/album/taste-of-failure. I also have secured another mastering job with another artist I have the highest respect for, and am very much looking forward to working with them...
As 2013 draws to a close, Ant and I are putting a video of the album track "Coffin" together, to coincide with a free single release of the track. We've got some excellent remixes of the track from the likes of Haru Yasumi, Ruinizer and DEP lined up for the single release and we'll be giving out more details of this soon.
Plans are also in place for a free release of an alternate version of [seek help], which will follow the running order of the original album, but contain alternate versions of the songs, many of which have been remixed for us by our very talented peers. We expect this to be available shortly after the single release.
Until the next time...
Thursday, 20 June 2013
An Industrial-tinged Summer Solstice beckons
Gary writes:
As I write this, we're two days away from releasing our
debut album, after what has been a very busy time recording and mixing. The
album was mastered and delivered to SDR at the end of April, and we've have
three positive reviews so far, with one even scoring 10/10! Links to the
reviews are below:
http://crimsonmoonzine.com/defeat_review
http://www.intravenousmag.co.uk/2013/06/review-defeat-seek-help.html
Feedback we've had on the tracks we've previewed on
Soundcloud has also been really positive, and the mood in the camp is buoyant
as release time draws ever closer. We are most definitely very proud of this
first album.
We also played our first ever London gig on 8th June, opening
the Cybersonik festival. We arrived at the venue with time to spare, and
checked out some of the other bands going through their soundcheck. Then our
soundcheck came and disaster nearly struck. It's a bit of an in-joke amongst
musicians about the reliability of Behringer gear, but our keyboard mixer (which
had worked flawlessly for the past 10 years or so) decided to throw a fit in
the soundcheck and went wrong - the right channel on the main mix was
completely dead, meaning we only had the left channel! Luckily we were able to
run our kit directly to PA, bypassing the mixer. With that sorted, we were able
to soundcheck and then play the gig itself without any problems. The feedback
we got from the crowd was very positive, with several people commenting on how
clear and punchy our sound was. I was also able to meet many of those I only
"knew" virtually. All in all, for us the gig was ultimately a big
success.
I've also been recruited by Mark Haigh, head honcho of
Draconic Elimination Projects (DEP) and prime instigator of the Beat:Cancer
compilation to mix the next "DEP feat. MiXE1" album. Although it's
early days, things are going really well, and I'm really enjoying working on
the project.
Until next time.
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
News from the front.
Since our last update way back in February, we've been busy working on our debut album. We're now very happy to announce that the album is all finished, mixed and mastered, and we're very proud of the work we've done. The album is called [seek help] and will be released on 22nd June on Static Distortion Records. The album will also be available on iTunes, Amazon and the other usual online outlets, but the CD will only be available on the SDR webstore. There's a preview video for the album on YouTube - go to http://www.youtube.com/defeatuk and check it out.
Before the album release date, we will be opening this year's Cybersonik festival at Electrowerkz/Slimelight in London on June 8th. It's our first gig of the year, and without doubt the biggest for us to date. We hope to see as many of you there as possible.
In other news...
Since wrapping the mixing of the album, I'm currently involved with MiXE1, performing mixing duties for their forthcoming album, as well as undertaking remix projects from Cryogenic Echelon and Biomechanimal (who are also at Cybersonik). Another future project is mixing the upcoming D.E.P. (Draconic Elimination Projects) album - more on this as it develops.
Until the next time...
G.
Before the album release date, we will be opening this year's Cybersonik festival at Electrowerkz/Slimelight in London on June 8th. It's our first gig of the year, and without doubt the biggest for us to date. We hope to see as many of you there as possible.
In other news...
Since wrapping the mixing of the album, I'm currently involved with MiXE1, performing mixing duties for their forthcoming album, as well as undertaking remix projects from Cryogenic Echelon and Biomechanimal (who are also at Cybersonik). Another future project is mixing the upcoming D.E.P. (Draconic Elimination Projects) album - more on this as it develops.
Until the next time...
G.
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