Julien-K
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| Julien-K | |
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 Julien-K's official logo. |
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| Origin | California, USA |
| Years active | 2004 – present |
| Genres | Synthpop/rock |
| Labels | Level 7 |
| Members | Amir Derakh Ryan Shuck Brandon Belsky Elias Andra |
Julien-K is a side project for electronic music created by Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from Orgy. The first album, Death to Analog, was scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 2005. It has not been released yet, but should be sometime in the first quarter of 2007.
As of May 12, 2006, Julien-K is done recording their album Death to Analog and as of May 17, 2006 they are finishing the final mixes for the album.
Their Official website was supposed to launch in July 2006, but is still in hiatus except for a media player, message board and an official mailing list.
[edit] Released Songs
The group released only three songs in their entirety as of August 2005, which are: "This Machine", "Waking Up", and a demo version of "Look at U"
The song "Look at U" was given to Initium Eyeware for their "International Opticult" compilation cd, this cd was issued to a handful of Julien-K fans.
The song "This Machine" was written for the Sonic Heroes game, specifically for Team Dark comprised of characters Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega. Apparently, Jun Senoue has said that he was a fan of Rough Cutt, according to an interview with Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck.
While nearing completion on their debut album, Julien-K composed and performed the other video game soundtrack cut, that time for the one-off Shadow the Hedgehog game. Once again portraying the game's title character, the theme "Waking Up" was once again the lone effort put forth.
[edit] Julien-K with Chester Bennington
Julien-K teamed up with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park to perform the song "Let Down" for the ReAct Now: Music & MRelief televised concert.
The Julien-K production team of Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck and Anthony 'Fu' Valcic also worked with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park to perform an exculsive version of the song "Morning After" for the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack.
Again, the Julien-K production crew teamed up with Chester Bennington to do a remix of Mindless Self Indulgence's "What do they Know". According to Julien-K's Myspace Blog, they have finished remixing the song and it features additional vocals by Ryan Shuck. The track will be released later this year.
