| 词条 | The Tic Tok Men |
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| name = The Tic Tok Men | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = United States | genre = Electronic music Synthpop Electro Retrotechno | | years_active = 1985–2007 (hiatus in new music between 1995–2000) | label = The Compound | website = Official website }} The Tic Tok Men (sometimes abbreviated TTM or TTTM) were a synthpop, Krautrock style electronic quartet founded in Seattle, Washington, United States, that existed between 1985 and 2007. They have said they "generated their being out of collective necessity". The original members were Brian VonHorst (voice, keyboards, effects) Seven Graylands (keyboards, voice, effects) and Atian Kroft (voice, keyboards, effects) Dieter Blank (drum patterns, keyboards, noise) later joined the band. History and early yearsIn 1989, the Tic Tok Men refused to perform live and began construction of the Tic Tok Men Compound (TTMC), their distribution entity and recording facility. The TTMC contains a large collection of synthesizers and electronic instruments. [1] After their album Remote Control in 1995, the four disassembled and embarked on separate projects. Dieter and Atian returned to Berlin, Seven surrounded himself in computing and Brian mysteriously vanished somewhere in the United States. Before disbanding, the Tic Tok Men decided to regroup on February 20, 2000. Dieter, Atian and Seven met in 1999 to record in the newly finished Tic Tok Men Compound. On January 1 they finished the final mix of "Conduit", the first song they had recorded in five years. The Tic Tok Men have remained mostly underground but enjoy a large cult following. They often refer to their existence as "reclusive". Later albumsIn 2000 the Tic Tok Men released Arecebo, a space-age theme electronic album. A 10-minute song called "Flatline" has been compared to Kraftwerk's "Autobahn". Arecebo was the top selling CD at online music distribution company Ampcast for over two years. 2001 saw their next album Decomputerization, which ventured into the IDM / darkwave genre and away from their traditional self-proclaimed "retrotechno electronica" sound. The main theme of this album is directed at propaganda, lying governments, the covering up of truth, war, and death. The album artwork depicts The Tic Tok Men blowing up and shooting computers with shotguns. [2] Decomputerization was followed up that same year by two Recomputerization : Collective Decomputerization albums. These were a collaboration between the Tic Tok Men and 20 other artists. [3] The artists were given the raw vocal and musical tracks from the song "Decomputerization" and allowed total artistic freedom to mutate and bend it as they saw fit. Some tracks were completely reworked and sound nothing like the original concept. The different interpretations convert the song into dance, acoustic, rock, techno, breakbeat and various other styles. In 2003, again changing their tune, the Tic Tok Men released an ambient experimental album titled Borderland. This was created using only a small number of organic and synthetic sounds. These two- or three-second clips were tuned, lengthened, shortened, and otherwise mutated into variations of themselves. The sounds were then layered in digital editing software to create the melodies and rhythms. The final albumsWork started on at least three new albums after 2003, Tape Op Refugees, Return of the 100 Foot Robots and Borderland II. Before any of these were released, the Tic Tok Men disbanded. No explanation was given. Their website states that much of the older material will be re-mastered and released, but there will be no new material written. Some of these songs are available for free download on Seven Graylands' website. [4] Where are they nowVonHorst, aka Thaddeus Koolhoeven, is currently working on The Noisettes[5] project. Discography
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References1. ^ {{DEFAULTSORT:Tic Tok Men}}2. ^ 3. ^ 4. ^ 5. ^The Noisettes 1 : Electronic music groups from Washington (state) |
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