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Seattle, Washington, USA (1988 – present)
“Assemblage 23” is a one-man futurepop/ebm project, whose sole member is musician Tom Shear, based in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Shear experimented with music under the name “Man on a Stage”, beginning in the early 1980s. Most of Shear’s music at this point was instrumental, as he lacked the confidence to sing; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; at the same time, Shear was also playing bass in a punk band called the “Advocates”.
Assemblage 23 got its start in 1988, when at a “Depeche Mode” concert, founder Tom Shear heard the opening DJ spinning industrial dance music. Prior to hearing this type of music, Shear had been creating primarily synthpop and post-punk type music.
Hearing industrial music for the first time proved to be something of an epiphany for Shear, as he had finally found a form of music that combined the electronic sounds he loved from his synth-pop background with the heavier, darker aggression punk represented. Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels.
Shear signed a deal in 1999 with the Canadian label Gashed! for a full-length album, “Contempt” (released in November 1999). A second album, “Failure”, followed in March 2001 and was released by Gashed! in North America and Accession Records in Europe. A single from “Failure”, “Disappoint”, was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear’s sense of loss after his father’s suicide on October 28, 1999.
Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Shear experimented with music under the name “Man on a Stage”, beginning in the early 1980s. Most of Shear’s music at this point was instrumental, as he lacked the confidence to sing; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; at the same time, Shear was also playing bass in a punk band called the “Advocates”.
Assemblage 23 got its start in 1988, when at a “Depeche Mode” concert, founder Tom Shear heard the opening DJ spinning industrial dance music. Prior to hearing this type of music, Shear had been creating primarily synthpop and post-punk type music.
Hearing industrial music for the first time proved to be something of an epiphany for Shear, as he had finally found a form of music that combined the electronic sounds he loved from his synth-pop background with the heavier, darker aggression punk represented. Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels.
Shear signed a deal in 1999 with the Canadian label Gashed! for a full-length album, “Contempt” (released in November 1999). A second album, “Failure”, followed in March 2001 and was released by Gashed! in North America and Accession Records in Europe. A single from “Failure”, “Disappoint”, was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear’s sense of loss after his father’s suicide on October 28, 1999.
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matias_dq wrote:
Synthema.ru's BEST 2009 ALBUM - http://syntop.freehostia.com/
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My_Despair wrote:
<3 great band
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Alby_ wrote:
Compass is great guise!
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c_file wrote:
professional industrial animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH96yXmyRqM
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coffee_co wrote:
I like songs "Alive", "I am the rain")))
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TheBlackRaven87 wrote:
@de_spy: well not quite right. Meta ok, was great, the spark CDM was also awesome (i have to take time to try "compass"), Storm was good. but as a whole VNV Nation is better (for me) with great albums like Empires, Futureperfect and Matter & Form (was one of my two first electro albums ever in the end of 2005, next to Fractured's awesome and godly "Only Human Remains"). I don't like everything from A23 but it's still enough good stuff.
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Lahiri wrote:
Merry Christmas! Listen to this! http://www.lastfm.it/music/And+This+Again
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de_spy wrote:
Yeah, that's quite right. If you like VNV you'll also like the whole A23 stuff ;]
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RawLove wrote:
I recommend everything by 'him'.
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Foggster wrote:
as someone who isn't very much into this genre, i would say it sounds like vnv nation which i like very much...i'm just listening to assemblage 23's song 'spark' from the ZILLO sampler...any recommendations of them ?
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zeruda wrote:
Compass was alright, but Meta was better. I was slightly disappointed.
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cuvel wrote:
compass is the best album I have listen to in a long time!!
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islesofstyle wrote:
<3 !!!!!
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astralsociety wrote:
this dude can't write a bad song, still to listen to the new album though.
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sweenerborg wrote:
Question for veteran fans: how does he compare in live performances?
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kingbarley wrote:
compass is far from an average album, but i feel like the song structures are all similar (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, breakdown, verse, chorus, chorus). regardless i've been blasting it ever since it came out!
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KSK45 wrote:
new album kicks ass!!
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fenrirsghost wrote:
Me too. The new album is great. Just exactly what I expected.
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MrPaddy wrote:
Really enjoying Compass.
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VR515 wrote:
Sigh...heard Compass, wasn't really impressed. Only track I can think of or even remember is "Alive." I dunno, maybe I gotta listen to it again.
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Assemblage 23 live in Frankfurt
Nachtleben, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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Assemblage 23 & Combichrist
P60, Amstelveen, Netherlands
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Assemblage 23
Dynamo, Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Pre-orders for European Deluxe Edition Open!
29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/officialassemblage23
Pre-Orders for European Deluxe Edition Are Now Open! As many of you already know, I sold out of the US Deluxe Edition of Compass pretty quickly. I am happy to announce that Accession Records will be s. …
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