| 词条 | LVL (musician) |
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| name = lvl (formerly Level) | image = Lvl logo.svg | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = New York City, New York | genre = Industrial rock, industrial metal, Christian rock, Christian metal | years_active = 1996-present | label = Flaming Fish, FiXT | associated_acts = Klayton | website = | current_members = Dan Levler | past_members = }}LVL (stylized as "lvl") is both the solo music project and personal moniker for New York City musician Dan {{proper name|Albert}}. lvl was formerly called Level but changed the name to avoid confusion with a handful of other bands with the same name. lvl's musical output ranges from fast-paced industrial metal to mellow electronica. {{proper name|Albert}} is the younger brother of musician Klayton.[1] HistoryEarly yearsDan {{proper name|Albert}} first appeared in the late 1980s as a member of Immortal, a New York thrash metal band fronted by Klayton. Immortal broke up and Klayton went on to found Circle of Dust, an industrial metal band that gained a strong cult following throughout the 1990s. In 1995 Albert performed as part of Argyle Park, another of Klayton's bands, for their first and only live show.[1] {{proper name|Levler}} appeared on the last Circle of Dust album, Disengage, in 1998 with two remixes credited to his name.[1] Flaming Fish Music years, 1997-2004In 1997 {{proper name|Albert}} signed to Flaming Fish Music and released his first song on a compilation, followed two years later by the debut full length album Devil's Advocate,[4] which was composed of songs {{proper name|Levler}} had written from 1992 to 1996.[5] The album has been described as mixing drum'n'bass, trance, and industrial metal.[2] Only 1,000 copies of the album were pressed and it is now out of print. There were plans to send purchasers of Devil's Advocate a limited edition EP consisting of remixes and outtakes,[1][3] but this fell through and only one remix of the song "She:Backslide", done by Klayton, ever surfaced. While releasing Devil's Advocate, {{proper name|Albert}} also took part in the resurrection of Argyle Park, called AP2. Level was the primary songwriter on the reformed band's only album,[3] Suspension of Disbelief, which was released in 2000. Two years later, Level worked on the fourth Criss Angel album, the soundtrack to Mindfreak, remixing material from the preceding Criss Angel Trilogy that had been written by Klayton while also contributing four of his own compositions.[1] Level's second solo album, Denial, was released by Flaming Fish in 2003[4] and almost entirely lacked the driving guitars of the debut album, featuring instead lush, moody synths and electronics; "the new album is mellow, although the tempos are up". Buka of Argyle Park contributed lyrics and vocals to the song "What Free Is".[5] Denial was long delayed in being released, with six of the ten songs eventually being put online as mp3s to sate fans before the full album finally went on sale. Denial is also now out of print. In 2004, {{proper name|Levler}} produced and performed programming on fellow New York artist Breather's Slowly Sinking EP for Flaming Fish Music. He also announced and took pre-orders for a retrospective release called Re:issue that would include both remasters and re-recordings of a selection of songs from Devil's Advocate and Denial, the Klayton remix of "She:Backslide", and some new material. FiXT Music, 2005-presentFlaming Fish Music settled into dormancy and little was heard of lvl until 2006 when he was signed to Klayton's new label, FiXT Music. This is when {{proper name|Albert}} officially changed the name of his band from Level to lvl. He explained his absence since 2003's Denial and announced that he was working on new material in addition to the Re:issue project.[6] However, apart from a handful of new demos, only one minor release has since been issued, that being a remix single of the song "Home" from the Denial album.[7] Various financial and hardware problems, including a hard drive failure that deleted an album's worth of songs, have prevented lvl from moving forward with his new album work and Re:Issue seems to have been indefinitely delayed. FiXT announced on August 21, 2017 that Devil's Advocate and Denial will be remastered and re-released, with several bonus tracks.[8]{{primary source inline|date=August 2017}} Discography
References1. ^1 {{cite web | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20000516181457/http://www.anti-level.com/dvad.html | url= http://www.anti-level.com/dvad.html | title = Artist info at original Level site | archivedate = May 16, 2000 | accessdate = April 7, 2009}} 2. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/level.html |title = Devil's Advocate review |last = Rockstroh |first = Joe |publisher = The Phantom Tollbooth |date = May 7, 1999 |accessdate = May 6, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080312070344/http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/level.html |archive-date = March 12, 2008 |dead-url = no |df = mdy-all}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web | url= http://www.automatapedia.com/index.php?title=Level_interview_(Ballistic_Test_%27Zine%2C_Feb._1999) | title = Level interview | publisher = Ballistic Test 'Zine | date = Feb 1999 | accessdate = April 7, 2009}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url = http://www.flamingfish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=5 |title = Flaming Fish Music: History |publisher = Flaming Fish Music |accessdate = April 6, 2009 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223114406/http://www.flamingfish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=5 |archivedate = December 23, 2008 |df = mdy-all}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url = http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=616&Itemid=580 | title = Level interview | publisher = Automata magazine | date = | accessdate = April 8, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 6. ^{{cite web |url = http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=2925651&blogId=137146591 |title = lvl Myspace blog |date = June 23, 2006 |accessdate = May 6, 2009 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate = February 7, 2009 |df = mdy-all}} 7. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=911&Itemid=708 | title = Home RE:mix review | last = Yücel | first = Ilker | publisher = ReGen | date = January 22, 2008 | accessdate = May 6, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fixtonline.com/fixt-to-re-release-rare-albums-from-electronic-artistproducer-lvl/|title=FiXT To Re-release Rare Albums from Electronic Artist/Producer lvl - FiXT - Record Label|date=August 21, 2017|publisher=|accessdate=August 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824140549/https://www.fixtonline.com/fixt-to-re-release-rare-albums-from-electronic-artistproducer-lvl/|archive-date=August 24, 2017|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}} External links
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