Biografie
King Electric is Chris Isepp and Peter Hartwig. They took their first musical attempts at the beginning the 90s and first met each other at the upcoming and flourishing Viennese club scene. While Hartwig was touring with the well known noise-pop band the Basket Boys, Isepp made first attentions as local DJ & Producer.
Due to the new influences the Basket Boys soon split and Hartwig founded BASK with his old band mate Manny Montana; which within a few years opened the way from an Underground live act to an official recording contract. At least since the albums Dark Monkey Moods and World Slow Down , the band finally is counted as pioneers of the Vienna Downtempo School. At the same time, Isepp stopped his own musical career and started as editor the "trailblazing graphic arts / technology magazine ENVELOPE" . The magazine reached, especially in Germany and Japan, cult status and still is regarded as the first German-language print media, which united electronic music, graphic design and multimedia with each other.
In summer 2002, after several studio sessions together, the pair decided to join forces and founded Sultans of Swing. The first single Summerbreeze was surprisingly successful, received reviews in the press and was due to his "charming 70s MFSB Phillysound" worldwide in club & radio charts represented. It was followed by further releases on Top10 Records and various remixes / collaborations…in 2008 Isepp and Hartwig decided a radical change of musical style, thus renaming the band King Electric.
2009: release of the first King Electric single Da King, which had airplay in over 60 Radio Channels around the globe and reached #29 at Austrian Indie Charts. The Radio Mix was also available on Sony/BMG FM4 Sound Selection 20 . The official video clip with the two clowns was even presented as part of the Diagonale 2010 and other festivals.
2011: release of the second single Commit Yourself . With the B-movie hijack theme the guys proved once more sense of humor and a lot of autonomy in the pop business. The US promo-import version was surprisingly listed at #45 in the official US-Unsigned/Alternative charts.
2012: releases of 3rd single Out Of Reach and Debut Album KING ELECTRIC!
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