ENDTROVERT - the upcoming album
Having his busiest year yet touring in North America and taking part as a stage member of acclaimed producer SEBASTIAN KOMOR’s (ICON OF COIL, ZOMBIE GIRL) new KOMOR KOMMANDO project, END: the DJ is also at work at the follow up to his previous album, last year’s “The Chrome Elemental”. Whereas that album was available for a free download to introduce End to the masses, things have changed considerably in a year’s time.
Certain independent music labels started showing interest in my next project soon after TCE’s release”, End states, “I was honoured and surprised by the continued interest. But there are few labels I felt I would be a real addition to. Especially to the few Industrial music related labels in the United States, because I thought they would not be open to the mix album concept as other genre labels are.
CRUNCHPOD MUSIC, based around Sacramento, California & home to ALTER DER RUINE, CAUSTIC, C/A/T and UBERBYTE among others, is one of the labels End felt would be a dream to work with. “I’ve been a fan of Alter Der Ruine & C/A/T for a while now and Uberbyte is fantastic”, says End. “With such a strong indie label, I thought it would be impossible for me to join. But…it wouldn’t hurt to ask.”
Fortunately, End sent an online message to the label & did just that. He was accepted, much to his pleasant surprise.
The new album’s title is” ENDTROVERT” and will be released just in time before End embarks on a short tour with ANGELS ON ACID next Spring (“A DJ & live artist co-headlining should be quite interesting”), then end will have an album tour for the new release before heading over to the Kinetik Festival in Montreal to DJ & perform as part of Komor Kommando live.
Much of the new album’s tracks are in the can, due in part to an album End had planned to self-release by the end of this year. “Now that I’m signed with Crunchpod, I felt I had to scrap the idea of that album & elevate things a bit more. Being a part of this amazing label has reinforced me to attempt to convey much more to what can go into a mix album. I want to make this album much like the best mix albums in Electronic Dance genres have done. I want to make it impactful & thoughtful as well as heavily club friendly & non-stop, hence the album’s title.”
Some of the album’s look on CD will reflect End’s intentions- some of the artwork will be provided by DAVID MACK, famed artist of the KABUKI graphic novels and one of End’s favourite modern artists. “David’s art style is amazing!” End says. “When his subject matter goes to that of self-identity thru one’s perspective of the world, it’s beyond what words can express. Being a part of Crunch Pod and then having this news from David has been very monumental for me.”
Derek Carter
Assistant
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