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Technoir is an electronic band formed in Germany and consists of Steffen Gehring (music, production) and Julia Beyer (vocals, lyrics). They released three albums so far: Sea Level in 1998, Groundlevel in 2001 and Deliberately Fragile in 2007.
The band name “Technoir” came into Steffen’s mind while watching the film “The Terminator”, in which a club with this name played a role. In the following time he produced the album “Sea Level” in his home studio. “Sea Level” features dark, almost frightening hard electro sounds, but has never been released. Together with Stephan Kalwa from Plastic Noise Experience the very atmospheric instrumental album “Eigenspace” was recorded, also unreleased. Knowing not to create something new with hard electro and dark and distorted male voices, Steffen started looking around for a female singer which he found in Julia Beyer that he met in 1999 at a concert of the band Inside (defunct project of Psyche singer Darrin Huss) where Julia was singing background vocals.
With a lot of both musical and live experience made prior to Technoir, Steffen and Julia began developing new songs as a team. The first song they recorded was “Last Tears”. Julia had been singing in several bands before joining Technoir (e.g. Inside) where she could make use of what she learned from many years in a professional choir. Steffen is not a newcomer on the scene either: He has been live-keyboarder for electro-heroes Plastic Noise Experience and comes from a musical family in which a classical piano education is both obligatory and cherished.
The band name “Technoir” came into Steffen’s mind while watching the film “The Terminator”, in which a club with this name played a role. In the following time he produced the album “Sea Level” in his home studio. “Sea Level” features dark, almost frightening hard electro sounds, but has never been released. Together with Stephan Kalwa from Plastic Noise Experience the very atmospheric instrumental album “Eigenspace” was recorded, also unreleased. Knowing not to create something new with hard electro and dark and distorted male voices, Steffen started looking around for a female singer which he found in Julia Beyer that he met in 1999 at a concert of the band Inside (defunct project of Psyche singer Darrin Huss) where Julia was singing background vocals.
With a lot of both musical and live experience made prior to Technoir, Steffen and Julia began developing new songs as a team. The first song they recorded was “Last Tears”. Julia had been singing in several bands before joining Technoir (e.g. Inside) where she could make use of what she learned from many years in a professional choir. Steffen is not a newcomer on the scene either: He has been live-keyboarder for electro-heroes Plastic Noise Experience and comes from a musical family in which a classical piano education is both obligatory and cherished.
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Manifesto
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Alpha_Mechanik wrote:
Love Like Blood <3
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InvaderSTELLAR wrote:
Found them from their song Dying Star. Pretty good music. I like it. Julia has a good voice indeed. And I'd have to say that out of all three of their albums, Deliberately Fragile is my favorite. Breathe & Silence <3 I love how Silence just starts off with the DUN NUN DUN beat. It's almost hypnotic.
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BRIARDXA wrote:
A tribute to Ladies in: http://darkxodia.blogspot.com/
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ccrosby wrote:
There's a new Technoir song called Human Shapes on Alfa Matrix's Electronic Body Matrix 1 compilation. Not the same without Julia but maybe a sign of life for the band...
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Emerson_Olaf wrote:
Hello, feel free to check the new release of CYBER10 (Free Download): CYBER10 Dark Nights
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withered_fairy wrote:
I really like the music.. but if Julia left to join Chandeen then I guess the band is no more? I hope he can continue to make music because I loved it all.
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ccrosby wrote:
I got an iTunes alert for a Technoir song called I Would Do It All Again - is this the same Technoir? Don't want to buy it if not :)...
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http://www.aphelion-forum.com Now forum for fans of all dark underground music genres. Gothic rock, Darkwave, deathrock, Dark ambient, dark electro, Industrial, EBM, ethereal, neoclassical...
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NorseDave wrote:
Requiem from Groundlevel is a beautiful song
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he_dies wrote:
Are they still active?
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TomsterXP wrote:
Great Sound
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mirume wrote:
Deliberately Fragile is so yummy. I felt in love at first listen.
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NobleSzkarlet wrote:
Nice music, mmm. . . x3
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Cyphoria wrote:
your sound is cool and the voice of the singer is Divan
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drymarti wrote:
Just... I love that band!!!
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DorOTeee wrote:
i love Technoir
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pe84 wrote:
Excellentttttttttttt songggggggggggggggggggg
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schalkeboy wrote:
her vocals are godlike!! very beatiful voice!!!! and the song "Blaze" is too good for this World!!
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Spetsnaz? What the hell lol
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n8vogel wrote:
I love that band!!!
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