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Fairlight Children is an electroclash side project from Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk. The band has two other members, Tiff and Marianne, whose potential participation level beyond backing vocals has not been publicly discussed.
The band name was inspired by the vintage digital synthesizer Fairlight CMI, considered by many to be the quintessential sound of the 1980s. Another nod goes to the Fairlight computer scene group that produced demos on the Commodore 64 computer (and also took its name from the synth). The distinctive sound of the C-64’s SID chip, already found on APB tracks as “64k” and “APB Goes C-64”, has an even stronger influence on the music of Fairlight Children.
The group’s first album, 808 bit, was released in March 2004. The original cover art listed two of the songs in wrong order — this was corrected for subsequent batches. The album title is a pun on the Roland TR-808 (a classic analog drum machine) and 8-bit (the machine architecture of the Commodore 64 and other early home computers).
The band name was inspired by the vintage digital synthesizer Fairlight CMI, considered by many to be the quintessential sound of the 1980s. Another nod goes to the Fairlight computer scene group that produced demos on the Commodore 64 computer (and also took its name from the synth). The distinctive sound of the C-64’s SID chip, already found on APB tracks as “64k” and “APB Goes C-64”, has an even stronger influence on the music of Fairlight Children.
The group’s first album, 808 bit, was released in March 2004. The original cover art listed two of the songs in wrong order — this was corrected for subsequent batches. The album title is a pun on the Roland TR-808 (a classic analog drum machine) and 8-bit (the machine architecture of the Commodore 64 and other early home computers).
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XonicTechno wrote:
This band makes me miss the 80's...
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loomia wrote:
Stephan Groth is so talented *_*
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limpicatto wrote:
Stephan should spend some time with this project again. It was something interesting. Sweet, sweet melodies.
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Desolaterose wrote:
Invade My Heart Tonight <3 Awesomeness!!!
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CHIBHEAD wrote:
Oh, ievolver, I do love this ^___^
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Scarab_Bonku wrote:
Yeah!
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rafaelsimmons wrote:
not bad, but it's not even closer to Apop.
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lizandro0mao wrote:
very good =)
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Empathy82 wrote:
Für mich hört sich das Projekt von Apop Sänger sehr süß an... Das sind die richtigen Worte für mich, wenn ich diese Gruppe höre ;)
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mercykill wrote:
amo esta banda :)
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loveisparanoid wrote:
:o wow this is amazing <3
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Killing_Dawn wrote:
I must say i'm much more utterly in love with Apop, but Fairlight Children are worth listening to several times, then over again *smiles*
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Kbuster wrote:
This is nothing short of amazing. The world needs more Fairlight Children.
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Snerdly wrote:
ya
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ievolver wrote:
I love this. You should too.
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