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115-461: Nikki Kaelar (born May 15, 1990), better known by his stage name Varien , is an American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Varien has incorporated or experimented with such styles as industrial , metal , orchestral , neofolk , and ambient music . He is known for his work on film soundtracks, along with his unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within his genres. Kaelar

230-523: A "cinematic masterpiece", giving particular praise to "Ghost Spores" as "reinvigorat[ing] the soul with its harp-tinged melody and orchestral instruments that once again highlight Varien's idiosyncratic musicianship." Kaelar's next EP, My Prayers Have Become Ghosts , was released on October 31, 2016, via Monstercat. In 2017, Kaelar announced a hiatus from the Varien alias and removed all of his social media accounts. Across two interviews with EDMSauce , he cited

345-542: A "niche in the theatrical side of K-pop" with performances that follow a storyline that is carefully put together. In a review of one of their concerts, journalist Park Jung Sun commented, "They presented live performances which broke prejudices people have towards idols. VIXX presented a musical-like stage as coming off from the-usual-concert which displays singing and dancing. VIXX led their fans to UTOPIA that they constructed". With many of their releases, VIXX has tackled themes such as hope, dreams, falling madly in love with

460-583: A Throbbing Gristle fan was like enrolling in a university course of cultural extremism." John Cage was an initial inspiration for Throbbing Gristle. SPK appreciated Jean Dubuffet , Marcel Duchamp , Jean Baudrillard , Michel Foucault , Walter Benjamin , Marshall McLuhan , Friedrich Nietzsche , and Gilles Deleuze , as well as being inspired by the manifesto of the eponymous Socialist Patients' Collective . Cabaret Voltaire took conceptual cues from Burroughs, J. G. Ballard , and Tristan Tzara . Whitehouse and Nurse with Wound dedicated some of their work to

575-450: A cacophony of repetitive sounds. In Boston, Sleep Chamber and other artists from Inner-X-Musick began experimenting with a mixture of powerful noise and early forms of EBM . In Italy, work by Maurizio Bianchi at the beginning of the 1980s also shared this aesthetic. In Germany, Einstürzende Neubauten mixed metal percussion, guitars, and unconventional instruments (such as jackhammers and bones) in stage performances that often damaged

690-711: A cassette library including recordings by The Master Musicians of Joujouka , Kraftwerk , Charles Manson , and William S. Burroughs . P-Orridge also credited 1960s rock such as the Doors , Pearls Before Swine , the Fugs , Captain Beefheart , and Frank Zappa in a 1979 interview. The dissonant electronic work of krautrock groups like Faust and Neu! was an influence on industrial artists. Chris Carter also enjoyed and found inspiration in Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream . Boyd Rice

805-668: A comeback on November 10, with their second full studio album. On November 1, Jellyfish released individual image teasers on VIXX's official Facebook and Twitter and a group image teaser on their official website along with the upcoming title, Chained Up . On November 10, VIXX's second studio album Chained Up was released along with the music video for "Chained Up". On November 30, Jellyfish] and CJ Victor Entertainment revealed that VIXX will be releasing their first original full-length Japanese studio album, Depend on Me , on January 27, 2016. On December 15, 2015, Jellyfish released their Jelly Christmas 2015 – 4랑 single album featuring

920-453: A digital cover of "Gonna Be Alright" online on their official SNS account, the single has been released on January 3, 2023. On April 11, 2023, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Ravi had departed from VIXX following his violation on military law by using an illegal military exemption scheme. On November 21, 2023, VIXX released a music video for their song "Amnesia", the lead single for their new mini album Continuum , which came out on

1035-563: A four episodes reality show aired on SBS MTV. In 2014, VIXX became the official ambassadors at the Korea & Korean brand Commodities Fair (KBEE) in São Paulo , Brazil . In 2015, VIXX helped Daehwan, a fan of the group who had muscular dystrophy , to see the VIXX Live Fantasia – Utopia concert after Daehwan's mother started a Twitter account and tweeted to VIXX. Enough money was donated to

1150-523: A friend of Coil's, formed Current 93 , alongside Douglas P. of Death In June , Steven Stapleton and Fritz Catlin of 23 Skidoo ; both Coil and Current 93 were inspired by amphetamines and LSD. J. G. Thirlwell , a co-producer with Coil, developed a version of black comedy in industrial music, borrowing from lounge as well as noise and film music . In the early 1980s, the Chicago-based record label Wax Trax! and Canada's Nettwerk helped to expand

1265-426: A girl although it hurts, such in the songs " On and On " ( Korean :  다칠 준비가 돼 있어 ), which literally translates into "I'm Ready to Get Hurt", " Voodoo Doll " and " Chained Up "; breaking up with their lovers " Love Equation ", "Don't Want to Be An Idol"'; generally sad or dark love songs, with the themes of obsession and insanity such as the songs " Hyde " and " G.R.8.U "; and emotional breakdown in " Error " and

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1380-467: A locomotive bell, a pneumatic drill and a compressed-air tank". Though these compositions are not directly tied to what the genre would become, they are early examples of music designed to mimic machinery noise and factory atmosphere. Early examples of industrial music are arguably found in Pierre Schaeffer 's 1940s musique concrète and the tape music of Halim El-Dabh , the former of which is akin to

1495-475: A long list of obscure free improvisation and Krautrock as recommended listening. 23 Skidoo borrowed from Fela Kuti and Miles Davis's On the Corner . Many industrial groups, including Einstürzende Neubauten , took inspiration from world music . Many of the initial industrial musicians preferred to cite artists or thinkers, rather than musicians, as their inspiration. Simon Reynolds declares that "Being

1610-654: A platinum-selling album each in the 1990s . Industrial music drew from a broad range of predecessors. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the genre was first named in 1942 when The Musical Quarterly called Dmitri Shostakovich's 1927 Symphony No. 2 "the high tide of 'industrial music'." Similarly, in 1972, The New York Times described works by Ferde Grofé (especially 1935's A Symphony in Steel ) as part of "his 'industrial music' genre [that] called on such instruments as four pairs of shoes, two brooms,

1725-583: A public service worker due to his panic disorder and depression. On May 24, Leo, Ken, Hongbin, and Hyuk renewed their contracts, but Ravi decided to part ways with Jellyfish Entertainment in order to establish his own one-man label. However, Ravi intends to continue be a part of VIXX. On July 6, 2020, Ken enlisted in the South Korean military, where he joined the military band. He was discharged on January 5, 2022. On August 7, 2020, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Hongbin had departed from VIXX and that

1840-696: A response to world music. Performing at the first WOMAD Festival in 1982, the group likened themselves to Indonesian gamelan . Swedish act Leather Nun were signed to Industrial Records in 1978, being the first non-TG/Cazazza act to have an IR-release. Their singles eventually received significant airplay in the United States on college radio . Across the Atlantic, similar experiments were taking place. In San Francisco, performance artist Monte Cazazza began recording noise music . Boyd Rice released several albums of noise, with guitar drones and tape loops creating

1955-514: A slide in order to produce glissandi , or pounded the strings as if it were a percussion instrument. Throbbing Gristle also played at very high volume and produced ultra-high and sub-bass frequencies in an attempt to produce physical effects, naming this approach as "metabolic music." Vocals were sporadic, and were as likely to be bubblegum pop as they were to be abrasive polemics . Cabaret Voltaire's Stephen Mallinder's vocals were electronically treated. The purpose of industrial music initially

2070-800: A special compilation album to wrap up and celebrate the end of the VIXX 2016 Conception project titled VIXX 2016 Conception Ker , supported by a music video and a new song titled "Milky Way". VIXX 2016 Conception Ker charted at number 2 on the Gaon album chart and sold 18,082 cumulative copies in November. VIXX participated in Jellyfish Entertainment 's winter project, Jelly Christmas 2016 , with their label mates Seo In-guk , Gugudan , Park Yoon-ha , Park Jung-ah , Kim Gyu-sun, Kim Ye-won and Jiyul . The title track, "Falling" ( Korean :  니가 내려와 )

2185-468: A style they eventually called power electronics . An early collaborator with Whitehouse, Steve Stapleton, formed Nurse with Wound, who experimented with noise sculpture and sound collage. Clock DVA described their goal as borrowing equally from surrealist automatism and "nervous energy sort of funk stuff, body music that flinches you and makes you move." 23 Skidoo, like Clock DVA, merged industrial music with African-American dance music, but also performed

2300-650: A variety of industrial forefathers and created a lurching, impalatable whole from many pieces. Swans , from New York City, also practiced a metal music aesthetic, though reliant on standard rock instrumentation. Laibach, a Slovenian group who began while Yugoslavia remained a single state, were very controversial for their iconographic borrowings from Stalinist , Nazi , Titoist , Dada , and Russian Futurist imagery, conflating Yugoslav patriotism with its German authoritarian adversary. Slavoj Žižek has defended Laibach, arguing that they and their associated Neue Slowenische Kunst art group practice an overidentification with

2415-519: A very Zen experience. Very spiritual. Wake up. Do yoga . Make music. No regard for the club. No regard for where it will be played or comparisons to my past music or anything else that's going on. I’ve never gone to any of these places I’m exploring right now. I want people to listen to it and think ‘is this Varien?’ Psychedelic, worldly, ethnic, trippy... People have never seen me go there. Yet." The Ancient & Arcane met with critical acclaim upon release, with EDM website Dancing Astronaut calling it

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2530-465: A year later. In 2014, Kaelar teamed up with Two Steps from Hell on a private trailer cue compilation entitled Open Conspiracy . 2014 saw an abundance of licenses for Varien. His music was used in trailers and promotional media for 300: Rise of an Empire , Bones , The Purge: Anarchy , Face Off , America's Next Top Model , PlanetSide 2 , and Monsters: Dark Continent . Los Angeles-based singer Roniit's song "Runaway", produced by Varien,

2645-462: Is "on the same playing field," as Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor. The articles states, "It's hard to place someone on the same wavelength as Reznor, but Kaelar's Varien moniker has achieved immense success and garnered an unprecedented vision for music, something Reznor accomplished just as flawlessly. Varien is now coming around and finding himself as musician and artist." On December 12, 2019, Raver Mag commented on Varien's prominent return to

2760-443: Is being wasted here to destroy the morality of our society" and blasted the group as "wreckers of civilization." The group announced their dissolution in 1981, declaring that their "mission" has been "terminated." Chicago record label Wax Trax! Records was prominent in the widespread attention industrial music received starting in the early 1980s. The label was started by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. The label's first official release

2875-649: The Show! Music Core broadcast in January 2018 again. Later it was announced, that VIXX would take part as an act in the opening ceremony of the celebratory cultural performance of the International Olympic Committee 's 132nd conference in Pyeongchang on February 5 at Gangneung Art Center. On April 17, 2018, VIXX released their third full studio album Eau de VIXX , featuring "Scentist" ( Korean :  향 ),

2990-477: The Chicago -based Wax Trax! Records imprint. Electro-industrial music is a primary subgenre that developed in the 1980s, with the most notable bands in the genre being Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy . The two other most notable hybrid genres are industrial rock and industrial metal , which include bands such as Nine Inch Nails , Ministry , Rammstein , and Fear Factory , the first three of which released

3105-567: The Gaon album chart, with the title song "Fantasy" charting at number 22 on the Gaon Digital Chart and number 5 on Billboard World Digital Songs. Hades sold cumulative 97,222 copies in August. On October 31, 2016, VIXX released their third mini album and final part and of their VIXX 2016 Conception trilogy, Kratos along with the title track "The Closer". Kratos is conceptualized around

3220-561: The Marquis de Sade ; the latter also took impetus from the Comte de Lautréamont . Another influence on the industrial aesthetic was Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music . Pitchfork Music cites this album as "inspiring, in part, much of the contemporary avant-garde music scene—noise, in particular." The album consists entirely of guitar feedback, anticipating industrial's use of non-musical sounds. The New York Times described American avant-garde band

3335-519: The Mnet charts and was licensed for Korean television shows like The Return of Superman . On October 2, 2018, Kaelar was quoted in RPGamer talking about his youth and which RPGs and video games inspired his career as a producer and composer. Kaeler comments that he always knew that he wanted to be a video game composer when he "grew up," and that if the opportunity came to his he would go for it. He explained in

3450-585: The Mnet survival reality show MyDOL . The members made several guest appearances in the music videos of fellow artists under Jellyfish Entertainment . N , Leo , Hongbin , and Ravi featured in the music videos for Brian Joo 's song "Let This Die"; N, Leo, and Ravi featured in Seo In-guk 's "Shake It Up"; Hongbin featured in Seo's "Tease Me". VIXX debuted with their first single, " Super Hero " on May 24, 2012, on M Countdown . Their first overseas performance

3565-632: The Oricon daily album chart. To promote the album VIXX held "Mini Live & High Touch " events in Sapporo , Kobe , Tokyo , Osaka and Fukuoka from January 13 to 31, 2016. On February 1, 2016, Moorim School: Saga of the Brave OST Part. 2 was released with the title song "The King" by VIXX. On March 29, 2016, Jellyfish Entertainment released the Conception Art Film , which was said to signal

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3680-690: The "experimentation in sonic assault, noise, and chance sound (including transistor radios )" on their debut album AMMMusic (1967) would "reach the rock fringes in the work of industrial groups like Test Dept ". Cromagnon 's album Orgasm (1969) has been cited by AllMusic's Alex Henderson as foreshadowing industrial, noise rock and no wave , with the track "Caledonia" resembling "a Ministry or Revolting Cocks recording from 1989". The 1970 album Klopfzeichen by krautrock band Kluster has also been called an early precursor of industrial music. In 1981, music critic Lester Bangs referenced "the Sounds of

3795-513: The 1990s, Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson had several albums and EPs certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) , including Nine Inch Nails' Broken (1992), The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999) , and Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar (1996) and Mechanical Animals (1998). VIXX Prior to their debut, the original six group members were contestants on

3910-532: The 1990s, industrial music broke into the mainstream. The genre, previously ignored or criticized by music journalists, grew popular with disaffected middle-class youth in suburban and rural areas. By this time, the genre had become broad enough that journalist James Greer called it "the kind of meaningless catch-all term that new wave once was". A number of acts associated with industrial music achieved commercial success during this period including Nine Inch Nails , Marilyn Manson , Rammstein and Orgy . Through

4025-518: The Cabaret Voltaire members' individual contributions as " [Chris] Watson 's smears of synth slime; [Stephen] Mallinder 's dankly pulsing bass; and [Richard H.] Kirk 's spikes of shattered-glass guitar." Watson custom-built a fuzzbox for Kirk's guitar, producing a unique timbre . Carter built speakers, effects units, and synthesizer modules, as well as modifying more conventional rock instrumentation, for Throbbing Gristle. Tutti played guitar with

4140-657: The Chinese and Taiwanese markets with the release of "命中注定 (Destiny Love)", a remake of Harlem Yu 's "Destiny Love" as part of Boys' Record . It was released through Avex Taiwan . A music video was also released through Avex Taiwan's YouTube Channel. On July 7, VIXX entered the Chinese and Taiwanese markets again with the Chinese-language version release of "Error" in China through QQ and in Taiwan through KKBOX. In 2015, VIXX LR

4255-584: The EP as soul-searching, expressive, personal, raw, and featuring numerous gaming influences. Kaelar also described it as having "so much Metroid it's not even funny!" In the Dancing Astronaut premiere and interview the author, Robyn Dexter, quoted Varien and the newly released EP as "consistently [surpassing] genre constructs and [proving himself] a true mastermind of the electronic music realm." In January 2018, Varien played at MAGfest , an organization dedicated to

4370-466: The Gaon Digital Chart and number 4 on Billboard World Digital Songs. On June 29, 2016, VIXX released their third Japanese single "Hana-Kaze" ( 花風 ) . The single charted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and sold 32,411 cumulative copies. On August 12, 2016, VIXX released their sixth single album and the second part of their VIXX 2016 Conception trilogy, Hades , along with

4485-674: The Gaon album chart, at number 3 on Taiwan's FIVE-MUSIC Korea-Japan Album Chart and at number 4 on Billboard's world albums chart, with the title song "Shangri-La" charting at number 13 on the Gaon Digital Chart and number 6 on Billboard World Digital Songs. Shangri-La sold cumulative 73,116 copies in May. VIXX also joined other artists at KCON 2017 in Los Angeles in mid-August showcasing titles from their album. On September 27, 2017, VIXX released their first Japanese extended play Lalala ~ Thank you for your love ~ ( ラララ ～愛をありがとう～ ) . Upon its release

4600-580: The God Kratos ; the personification of strength, might, sovereign rule, and authority in all its forms. Kratos charted at number 2 on the Gaon album chart, at number 5 on Taiwan's FIVE-MUSIC Korea-Japan Album Chart and Billboard's world albums chart, with the title song "The Closer" charting at number 8 on the Gaon Digital Chart and number 14 on Billboard World Digital Songs. Kratos sold cumulative 57,456 copies in October. On November 21, 2016, VIXX released

4715-526: The Goodwill Ambassadors for The Salvation Army as a part of the 2012 Salvation Army Christmas Kettle , with 14 December 2012 as their Kettle Day—a date which was chosen by fans. In November 2013, VIXX along with Boys Republic became ambassadors for "Eye Camp Expedition," a charity campaign, joining other volunteers in Vietnam to help those visually impaired. Their charity work was documented through

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4830-533: The Instiz chart for two consecutive weeks, the Billboard K-Pop 100, and two Gaon charts. On March 5, 2014, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that VIXX would be having a comeback in mid-April or early May. On May 18, the title of VIXX's fourth single album Eternity , was revealed through the group's official fancafe, where the music video teaser was released on May 22. On May 27, the music video for " Eternity "

4945-492: The Junkyard" (1964), an album made up of industrial field recordings released by Folkways Records , in his guide to "horrible noise". In the book Interrogation Machine: Laibach and NSK , Alexei Monroe argues that Kraftwerk were particularly significant in the development of industrial music, as the "first successful artists to incorporate representations of industrial sounds into nonacademic electronic music." Industrial music

5060-476: The Residents as having "presaged forms of punk, new wave and industrial music". Industrial Music for Industrial People was originally coined by Monte Cazazza as the strapline for the record label Industrial Records , founded by British art-provocateurs Throbbing Gristle. The first wave of this music appeared with Throbbing Gristle, from London; Cabaret Voltaire, from Sheffield; and Boyd Rice (recording under

5175-615: The VIXX track "Scentist" [in 2018] which went to number one in Korea in April, and then number three in October in Japan. This marked my first official placement in the K-Pop realm of which there is so much more to come. I was credited as producer, songwriter, and arranger.” Kaelar's next full album release, "The Second Industrial Revolution" was on December 5, 2019. The album was renowned and extolled by critics, and

5290-435: The aesthetics of 1970s industrial music, while artists such as early 20th century Italian futurist Luigi Russolo laid the groundwork for the genre with his book and work The Art of Noises (1913), reflecting "the sounds of a modern industrial society ". AllMusic assessed 1960s English experimental group AMM as originators of the genre, as well as to electronica , free improvisation and noise music , writing that

5405-592: The album charted at number one in the Oricon Daily CD album charts. During the year-end music show 2017 MBC Gayo Daejun the group managed to gain major public attention with a special performance of "Wind of Starlight" and "Shangri-La Remix" by remaining the most trending video clip for over 24 hours on the TV Cast's 'Celebrity HOT Ranking' chart and their performance clip having over 3 mio. views as of now. Due to popular demand, they were able to perform their remix on

5520-406: The alias before abandoning it and continuing to make music under the alias Varien. One of the first subsequent releases as Varien was a remix of Ephixa 's song "Division". On February 26, 2013, Kaelar released Pick Your Poison Vol. 1 , a compilation album of trailer cues that he wrote for the purpose of film, television, and video game licensing. He released a followup, Pick Your Poison Vol. 2 ,

5635-671: The already eclectic base of industrial music. These offshoots include fusions with noise music, ambient music , folk music , post-punk and electronic dance music , as well as other mutations and developments. The scene has spread worldwide, and is particularly well represented in North America, Europe, and Japan. Substyles inspired by industrial music include dark ambient , power electronics , Japanoise , neofolk , electro-industrial , electronic body music , industrial hip hop , industrial rock , industrial metal , industrial pop , martial industrial , power noise , and witch house . In

5750-550: The appreciation of games and video game music. On January 1, 2019, featured in Big Shot Magazine , Varien speaks of that performance and describes himself as being fully "back [from his hiatus]" and that he "felt that feeling of performing again for the first time in so long." On January 1, 2019, in Bigshot Magazine, Kaelar looks back on his 2018 musical highlights throughout the year and reflects,"I’d definitely say landing

5865-463: The article, "The thing is video game [composers themselves are], and especially the JRPG community, [are] very much a Fort Knox. There's a limited amount of people and they’re the best." Alex Fuller from RPGamer commented on Varien's talent, "It's readily apparent how he has been able to utilize his gaming influences both in his electronic music and well as his soundtrack creations. It's easy to be able to see

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5980-606: The audience. Industrial groups typically focus on transgressive subject matter. In his introduction for the Industrial Culture Handbook (1983), Jon Savage considered some hallmarks of industrial music to be organizational autonomy, shock tactics, and the use of synthesizers and "anti-music." Furthermore, an interest in the investigation of " cults , wars, psychological techniques of persuasion, unusual murders (especially by children and psychopaths ), forensic pathology , venereology , concentration camp behavior,

6095-452: The development of their concepts and their "commitment to concept is especially impressive with live performances of songs". Micah Levin Isla from The Philippine Star commented, "You can be someone who'll never be truly on board with this whole K-Pop craze. But there's something about VIXX that's really fascinating and intriguing. Their music and appeal have this lingering effect." VIXX has cemented

6210-531: The event. On February 20, the music video teaser for "Love Equation" was released. On February 24, Boys' Record was released along with the music video for "Love Equation". After its release, the song was an all-kill on all the music shows. The group achieved their first triple crown on The Show . From March to May, VIXX held their second VIXX Live Fantasia tour Utopia in several countries including South Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Singapore. On March 18, 2015, VIXX marked their first official entry into

6325-525: The fantasy action-romance drama Moorim School: Saga of the Brave with the song "Alive", the drama's main theme song, released in Moorim School: Saga of the Brave OST Part. 1 . Viewers of the drama have shown positive responses to the refreshingly edgy theme song. It was revealed that VIXX hoped to express their support for Hongbin 's first drama lead role as the troublemaker Wang Chi-ang by contributing to

6440-566: The festival since the first in 2012. They received awards that were voted by their fanclub, such as Best Visual and Best Actor. From July to September, VIXX held their first VIXX Live Fantasia tour Hex Sign visiting Japan and several countries in Europe. On September 25, 2014, Jellyfish Entertainment confirmed that VIXX will be having a comeback on October 14. On October 4, the title song and track list of VIXX's second mini album were revealed via their official website. On October 10, VIXX released

6555-490: The floor and eventually sparking a riot. This event received front-page news coverage in England. Other groups who practiced a form of industrial "metal music" (that is, produced by the sounds of metal crashing against metal) include Test Dept , Laibach , and Die Krupps , as well as Z'EV and SPK. Test Dept were largely inspired by Russian Futurism and toured to support the 1984-85 UK miners' strike . Skinny Puppy embraced

6670-497: The fund to allow Daehwan travel to and from the concert venue safely, and provided a bed for him to lie upon. Daehwan met with VIXX after the concert. In the course of the national preparations for 2018 Winter Olympics , on September 12, 2017, N announced on his personal Instagram account his selection as torchbearer followed by Leo on October 8, 2017. Leo made his torchbearer run on January 13, 2018, whereas N's turn came on January 15, 2018. VIXX LR ( Korean : 빅스 LR )

6785-459: The genre also emerged in the United States and other countries. The first industrial artists experimented with noise and aesthetically controversial topics, both musically and visually, such as fascism , sexual perversion , and the occult . Prominent industrial musicians include Throbbing Gristle, Monte Cazazza , SPK , Boyd Rice , Cabaret Voltaire , and Z'EV . On Throbbing Gristle's 1977 debut album, The Second Annual Report , they coined

6900-491: The group in 1974, with Carter joining the following year. The group renamed itself Throbbing Gristle in September 1975, their name coming from a northern English slang word for an erection. The group's first public performance, in October 1976, was alongside an exhibit titled Prostitution , which included pornographic photos of Tutti as well as used tampons. Conservative politician Nicholas Fairbairn declared that "public money

7015-401: The group would be continuing activities as five members. On October 7, 2020, N was officially discharged after having completed his military service. Shortly thereafter, on October 31, 2020, it was announced that N has chosen not to renew his contract with Jellyfish Entertainment, but he will continue as a part of VIXX. N officially signed with 51k on November 4. On September 9, 2021, Leo

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7130-434: The hidden perverse enjoyment undergirding authority that produces a subversive and liberatory effect. In simpler language, Laibach practiced a type of agitprop that was widely utilized by industrial and punk artists on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the breakup of Throbbing Gristle, P-Orridge and Christopherson founded Psychic TV and signed to a major label. Their first album was much more accessible and melodic than

7245-540: The history of uniforms and insignia" and Aleister Crowley 's magick was present in Throbbing Gristle's work, as well as in other industrial pioneers. Burroughs's recordings and writings were particularly influential on the scene, particularly his interest in the cut-up technique and noise as a method of disrupting societal control. Many of the first industrial musicians were interested in, though not necessarily sympathetic with, fascism. Throbbing Gristle's logo

7360-428: The industrial music genre into the more accessible electro-industrial and industrial rock genres. The birth of industrial music was a response to "an age [in which] the access and control of information were becoming the primary tools of power." At its birth, the genre of industrial music was different from any other music, and its use of technology and disturbing lyrics and themes to tear apart preconceptions about

7475-465: The industry, "After a well-documented ghosting of the music industry, he returned just over 12 months and since then has been on what can only be described as a production rampage, releasing not just electronica but also #1 K-Pop hit singles and soundtracks for movies like John Wick 3 and Replicants ." Kaelar stated in the interview that when writing The Second Industrial Revolution he drew a lot of his time from writing K-Pop because that's what taught him

7590-444: The interview by stating that if he had to be remembered for saying anything he would want it to be the statement,"That I lived life to its fullest and always dared to try." Industrial music Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive, or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music " that

7705-491: The later industrial musicians, including Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept, and Cabaret Voltaire. Around 1983, Cabaret Voltaire members were deeply interested in funk music and, with the encouragement of their friends from New Order , began to develop a form of dark but danceable electrofunk . Christopherson left Psychic TV in 1983 and formed Coil with John Balance . Coil made use of gongs and bullroarers in an attempt to conjure "Martian," "homosexual energy". David Tibet ,

7820-467: The lead single " G.R.8.U ", on July 31. In the months of October and November, VIXX held their first global showcase tour, The Milky Way Global Showcase, which was held in South Korea, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Malaysia, and America. On November 8, 2013, VIXX pre-released the single " Only U ", from their upcoming full-length album Voodoo , and an accompanying music video. The title track "Voodoo Doll"

7935-478: The lead single inspired by scents. The album charted at number 1 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart and at number 3 on Billboard's US World albums. On September 26, 2018, VIXX released their third full Japanese album, Reincarnation , with a total of 10 songs. The album contains songs from Eau de VIXX but also presents new songs that explore VIXX's artistry by showing a different concept of scent through

8050-567: The mechanics of writing hooks and catchy rhythms. Kaelar states in the Raver Mag feature that he believes art, poetry, theory, philosophy combined with razor sharp logic, rationality, reasoning, and critical thinking can assist in practical ways of dealing with the world. In the interview, he also states that if he had the choice to bring whoever he wanted to dinner dead or alive, he would choose Lana Wachowski, David Foster Wallace , Chuck Palahniuk , Marilyn Manson , and Brit Marling . He concluded

8165-506: The music industry . And then there's the joke we often used to make in interviews about churning out our records like motorcars — that sense of industrial. And ... up till then the music had been kind of based on the blues and slavery, and we thought it was time to update it to at least Victorian times—you know, the Industrial Revolution ". Early industrial music often featured tape editing, stark percussion and loops distorted to

8280-508: The music video teaser for " Error ," with the music video later released along with the mini album, Error on October 14. On December 10, VIXX released the Japanese version of "Error" along with the Japanese version of "Youth Hurts". On February 8, 2015, VIXX was invited to The KKBOX Music Awards that was held at the Taipei Arena. VIXX became the first Korean artist ever to be invited to

8395-743: The name NON), from the United States. Throbbing Gristle first performed in 1976, and began as the musical offshoot of the Kingston upon Hull -based COUM Transmissions . COUM was initially a psychedelic rock group, but began to describe their work as performance art in order to obtain grants from the Arts Council of Great Britain . COUM was composed of P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti . Beginning in 1972, COUM staged several performances inspired by Fluxus and Viennese Actionism . These included various acts of sexual and physical abjection. Peter Christopherson , an employee of commercial artists Hipgnosis , joined

8510-403: The necessary rules of musical form supports the suggestion that industrial music is modernist music. The artists themselves made these goals explicit, even drawing connections to social changes they wished to argue for through their music. The Industrial Records website explains that the musicians wanted to re-invent rock music, and that their uncensored records were about their relationship with

8625-681: The physical manifestation of his struggles during his hiatus, in contrast to the "fantastical" narrative of The Ancient & Arcane . On July 13, 2018, Kaelar is featured in an exclusive EDM Sauce interview talking about direct influences of his work, which includes Y2K Era, Fight Club , The Matrix , BBs forums for Final Fantasy , Rage Against the Machine , A Perfect Circle , Nine Inch Nails , KoRn , and "cool new electronic music like Drum n Bass, Trip Hop, etc," as what he declares as his "favorite era [of music]." The EDM Sauce article features Varien's statement about his 2017 hiatus, declaring that he

8740-496: The pits of [Kaelar's] deepest depression," and "[lifted him] through the dark times" as well as resulted in a physical relocation of Kaelar to the Northern European country of Finland. The Broadway World Music article also states, "Adored by critics and followed with a feverish, almost cult-like manner by fans, elusive US electronic producer Varien ... continues to push the boundaries of his chosen genres from his position within

8855-554: The point where they had degraded to harsh noise, such as the work of early industrial group Cabaret Voltaire , which journalist Simon Reynolds described as characterized by "hissing high hats and squelchy snares of rhythm-generator." Carter of Throbbing Gristle invented a device named the "Gristle-izer", played by Christopherson, which comprised a one-octave keyboard and a number of cassette machines triggering various pre-recorded sounds. Traditional instruments were often played in nontraditional or highly modified ways. Reynolds described

8970-401: The polished normalcy of much of today's electronica, carried through as the album begins its descent into darkness." Referring to the album, Varien speaks about wanting to connect with his imperfect, marginalized and "weird" audience, saying, "Throw away the shrink wrap and throw yourself into the abyss with me." It was also stated that the album The Second Industrial Revolution was produced "in

9085-544: The psychological impact of social media as his reason for going on a blackout, also saying he "needed a break from it.". In 2018, Kaelar announced via his YouTube channel that he would continue producing music under the Varien name, after his hiatus had allowed his to "take a deep breath from it all". As of 2018, Varien has released music on his own imprint, Kitsune Soundworks. In April 2018, Kaelar wrote, arranged, and produced K-Pop group VIXX 's lead single for their album Eau de VIXX , "Scentist". The track went on to hit #1 on

9200-502: The same day. On March 3, 2024, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Leo and Ken were leaving the agency, but intended to continue their activities with VIXX. On March 21, 2024, Hyuk's agency Companion Company announced that he would be starting his mandatory military service as a public service worker on April 18. On May 3, 2024, VIXX announced that their 6th Fanmeeting "VIXX St★rlight 6th Fanmeeting" will held at KBS Arena Hall from May 18 to 19. The members are heavily involved in

9315-491: The shadows of American musical counter culture. [His] is a unique space, flexing across countless areas within music but continually refusing to compromise or dilute his work." On December 23, 2019, Relentless Beats reviewed the album and stated it to be a complete masterpiece as well as one of their favorite albums of 2019. In the review they stated, "Overall, The Second Industrial Revolution truly blew me away. The transitions from grungy, distorted basses to soft, elegant melodies

9430-658: The slogan "industrial music for industrial people." The industrial music scene also developed strongly in Chicago , with the city's Wax Trax! Records at one point leading the industrial music scene. The precursors that influenced the development of the genre included 1940s musique concrète and varied world music sources in addition to rock-era acts such as Faust , Kraftwerk , the Velvet Underground , and Lou Reed 's Metal Machine Music (1975). Musicians also cite writers such as William S. Burroughs and J. G. Ballard and artists such as Brion Gysin as influences. While

9545-582: The song, "Love in the Air" ( Korean :  사랑난로 ). The announced participating the Jellyfish artists were Seo In-guk, VIXX, former Jewelry member Park Jung-ah and Park Yoon-ha . On January 7, 2016, Jellyfish and Victor revealed the jacket photographs which will be used for all three editions of VIXX's first Japanese studio album Depend on Me , and released a teaser to the music video. On January 18, VIXX released their first original soundtrack recording for

9660-413: The sort of scenes or environments that one would expect from a JRPG while listening to those particular tracks." Varien's collaboration with Materia Collective was mentioned in the interview and the official remix with Undertale is featured. On October 26, 2018, Varien released his next EP, Death Asked a Question , through Most Addictive Records. | In an interview with EDM Joy, he described the EP as being

9775-421: The soundtrack. On the same day, the short version of VIXX's first Japanese album Depend on Me ' s lead single's music video was released in Japan. On January 27, VIXX's first Japanese studio album, Depend on Me , was released which features the single "Depend on Me" and previously released Japanese singles " Error " and "Can't Say". On the same day of the release, Depend on Me charted at number 4 on

9890-537: The start of their year-long project VIXX 2016 Conception , through which the group would show their wide musical and conceptual spectrum and would be themed around the gods that appear in Greek mythology . On April 14, 2016, the group revealed the Zelos Concept Film , along with the release of the track list and highlight medley. On April 19, 2016, the group released their fifth single album, Zelos , along with

10005-444: The term was self-applied by a small coterie of groups and individuals associated with Industrial Records in the late 1970s, it was broadened to include artists influenced by the original movement or using an "industrial" aesthetic. Over time, the genre's influence spread into and blended with styles including ambient , synth music and rock such as Front 242 , Front Line Assembly , KMFDM , and Sister Machine Gun , acts associated with

10120-438: The timelessness of love in " Eternity ". Most, if not all of their songs, play on the depth of raw human emotion. VIXX plays an active role producing their music, with all members participating in the ideas and concepts. Ravi , Leo , Hyuk and most recently N and Ken play an active role in composition and lyric-writing of their songs. Korean albums Japanese albums Reality TV Shows In 2012, VIXX became

10235-443: The title song Reincarnation, as a personification of a flower that is destined to bloom. On February 1, 2019, VIXX released their single "Walking" which they sang on their 5th fan meeting V TOY STORY on January 27. They wanted to thank their fans and cheer them up before the coming enlistment date of two of the members. N and Leo both began their military service later that year, N on March 19 and Leo on December 2. Leo served as

10350-401: The title track "Dynamite" ( Korean :  다이너마이트 ). The music video for "Dynamite" was released on the following day. In April and May VIXX won 1st place five times on the music shows and achieved their second Triple Crown on The Show . Zelos charted at number 1 on the Gaon album chart selling cumulative 89,910 copies in April, with the title song "Dynamite" charting at number 14 on

10465-499: The title track "Fantasy". The music video for "Fantasy" was released two days later on August 14, 2016. "Fantasy" has a darker theme that emphasizes the concept of Hades , Greek god of the Underworld, unlike the first 2016 Conception release that was conceptualized around Zelos , representative of zeal and jealousy. In August and September VIXX won 1st place three times on the music shows for "Fantasy". Hades charted at number 1 on

10580-421: The usual industrial style, and included hired work by trained musicians. Later work returned to the sound collage and noise elements of earlier industrial. They also borrowed from funk and disco . P-Orridge also founded Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth , a quasi-religious organization that produced video art . Psychic TV's commercial aspirations were managed by Stevo of Some Bizzare Records , who released many of

10695-540: The venues in which they played. Blixa Bargeld, inspired by Antonin Artaud and an enthusiasm for amphetamines , also originated an art movement called Die Genialen Dilettanten. Bargeld is particularly well known for his hissing scream. In January 1984, Einstürzende Neubauten performed a Concerto for Voice and Machinery at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (the same site as COUM's Prostitution exhibition), drilling through

10810-509: The works of the Wachowskis . In August 2010, Kaelar achieved online virality with his slowed-down remix of Justin Bieber 's " U Smile ", titled "Justin Bieber 800% Slowed Down". He was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and MTV about the track. In July 2011, Kaelar released his first Monstercat single "The Force" under the alias Halo Nova. He subsequently released two more singles under

10925-412: The world. They go on to say that they wanted their music to be an awakening for listeners so that they would begin to think for themselves and question the world around them. Industrial Records intended the term industrial to evoke the idea of music created for a new generation, with previous music being more agricultural : P-Orridge stated that "there's an irony in the word 'industrial' because there's

11040-484: Was "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments ( tape music , musique concrète , white noise , synthesizers , sequencers , etc.) and punk provocation." The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by members of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza . While the genre name originated with Throbbing Gristle's emergence in the United Kingdom, artists and labels vital to

11155-558: Was an EP in 1980 entitled Immediate Action by Strike Under . The label went on to distribute some of the most prominent names in industrial throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Wax Trax! also distributed industrial releases in the United States for the Belgium record label Play It Again Sam Records, and had opened a North American office dubbed Play It Again Sam U.S.A. as a division of Wax Trax!. Wax Trax!

11270-854: Was at the Otakon convention in Baltimore , Maryland on July 27. On August 14, VIXX released their second single album with the song " Rock Ur Body ", where Sistar 's Dasom appeared in the music video. VIXX was part of Jellyfish Entertainment's first live concert Jellyfish Live at Tokyo's Zepp Diver City in Japan on September 12, 2012. The group also attended KCON 2012 on October 13. VIXX participated in Jellyfish Entertainment's winter project, Jelly Christmas 2012 Heart Project , with their label mates Lee Seok-hoon , Park Hyo-shin , Seo In-guk, and Sung Si-kyung . The lead single, "Because It's Christmas"

11385-562: Was based on the lightning symbol of the British Union of Fascists , while the Industrial Records logo was a photo of Auschwitz . As some of the originating bands drifted away from the genre in the 1980s, industrial music expanded to include bands influenced by new wave music , hip hop music , jazz , disco , reggae , and new age music , sometimes incorporating pop music songwriting. A number of additional styles developed from

11500-571: Was being "ground down" by the industry and needed a break from it all. Kaelar stated that he returned with a newly radically and positive mindset surrounded by a community of support and friends. The author, GLU[15], declares, "Varien is an enigma. Creative on levels I don't think we have yet to catch up to; [Nikki] has been building a fan base for years. The Floridian producer effortlessly dominates any genre he touches." On October 26, 2018, Kaelar released an EP, Death Asked A Question, premiered through EDM website Dancing Astronaut in which Kaelar describes

11615-453: Was born on May 15, 1990, in Tampa, Florida . He had a connection to music from a very young age, and his family supported his passion. At the age of 11, Varien began playing the guitar and attempting songwriting, and he joined a number of bands experimenting with genres of rock , grindcore , metalcore , and jazz . Kaelar developed perfect pitch when playing the keyboard at age fourteen. Kaelar

11730-482: Was confirmed to be VIXX's first official sub-unit; it is composed of Ravi and Leo. Their debut mini album, Beautiful Liar , was released on August 17, 2015. On August 29, VIXX appeared on the Billboard Social 50 at number 16 and later climbed to number 14. On September 9, 2015, VIXX made their second Japanese comeback with the single "Can't Say". In late October, Jellyfish announced that VIXX would be having

11845-484: Was created originally by using mechanical and electric machinery and later advanced synthesizers, samplers and electronic percussion as the technology developed. Monroe also argues for Suicide as an influential contemporary of industrial musicians. Groups cited as inspirational by the founders of industrial music include the Velvet Underground , Joy Division , and Martin Denny . Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle had

11960-482: Was discharged after completing his military service. On June 1, 2022, Hyuk announced that he would be leaving Jellyfish Entertainment, but he will continue as a part of VIXX. Ravi started his mandatory military service on October 27, 2022, as a social worker after completing basic training. On January 12, 2023, Ravi was reported to be under investigation on suspicion of violating military law by using an illegal military exemption scheme. In December 2022, VIXX posted

12075-441: Was effortless and the story lies in these musical parallels. On one hand, the world Varien created was dark and meaningless, yet on the other it was beautiful and full of life." And concluded, "Everything Varien touches seems to turn into gold, no matter the genre." In 2019, EDM.com described him as " Trent Reznor dark lord of this generation in electronic music". As one of Varien's most prominent features, EDM.com states that Kaelar

12190-724: Was in multiple bands in high school, playing grindcore , metalcore , screamo , post-hardcore , and power metal before joining his school's jazz band for two years. He cites these years as pivotal to his artistic development, learning sheet music, jazz theory and improvisation. He also cites this as the time he developed a profound interest in electronic , folk , and metal music. He decided to focus on solo composition and began producing in 2009, with music in video games serving as his most longtime influence to date. He cites Shin Megami Tensei , Final Fantasy , and Metroid as his biggest influences when it comes to games, as well as

12305-595: Was influenced by the music of '60s girl groups and tiki culture . Z'EV cited Christopher Tree (Spontaneous Sound), John Coltrane , Miles Davis , Tim Buckley , Jimi Hendrix , and Captain Beefheart, among others together with Tibetan , Balinese , Javanese , Indian , and African music as influential in his artistic life. Cabaret Voltaire cited Roxy Music as their initial forerunners, as well as Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express . Cabaret Voltaire also recorded pieces reminiscent of musique concrète and composers such as Morton Subotnick . Nurse with Wound cited

12420-404: Was quoted as being uncompromising, daring and utterly raw. Broadway World Music reviewed the album, "At its essence the album is a celebration of this "imperfect", exalting the artistic beauty and freedom that lies in surrender to that. From the very start of the album, in titular single 'THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION', there is a grainy, clipping quality to the production this is far removed from

12535-436: Was released along with the album itself. On May 19, Jellyfish revealed that VIXX will be making their official debut in Japan with a full-length compilation album, Darkest Angels , on July 2. The album charted at number 10 for five consecutive weeks on the Oricon chart and sold 12,332 copies. On June 20, it was announced that VIXX will be attending KCON from August 9 to August 10, this being their second year attending

12650-418: Was released digitally on December 13, 2016. On May 15, 2017, VIXX released their fourth mini album Shangri-La . It was a part of a three-event festival titled VIXX V Festival to celebrate their fifth anniversary since their debut. The festival began on May 12 with their VIXX Live Fantasia Daydream concert and ended with an exhibition titled VIXX 0524 . Shangri-La charted at number 2 on

12765-418: Was released digitally on December 5, 2012. On January 6, 2013, VIXX pre-released the single, "Don't Want to Be an Idol", from their third single album On and On . The title track " On and On " was released alongside the album on January 17. Their first mini album Hyde , and its lead single of the same name , was released on May 20. A repackaged album titled Jekyll was later released along with

12880-408: Was released on November 20, followed by the album on November 25. On December 6, VIXX earned the top spot on that week's episode of Music Bank with "Voodoo Doll", marking their first music show win since debut. VIXX, along with the artists of Jellyfish Entertainment, released their annual Christmas song on December 10, titled "Winter Confession" for 겨울 고백 (Jelly Christmas 2013) . The song topped

12995-620: Was subsequently purchased by TVT Records in 1992 who closed the independent Chicago label in 2001. Jim's Daughter, Julia Nash, resurrected Wax Trax! Records in 2011 with a 3-day charity event titled Wax Trax! Retrospectacle - 33 1/3 Year Anniversary. Julia officially released new material in 2014 under the Wax Trax! imprint and continues to run the record label from Chicago. The bands Clock DVA , Nocturnal Emissions , Whitehouse , Nurse with Wound , and SPK soon followed. Whitehouse intended to play "the most brutal and extreme music of all time",

13110-525: Was to serve as a commentary on modern society by eschewing what artists saw as trite connections to the past. Throbbing Gristle opposed the elements of traditional rock music remaining in the punk rock scene, declaring industrial to be "anti-music." Early industrial performances often involved taboo -breaking, provocative elements, such as mutilation , sado-masochistic elements and totalitarian imagery or symbolism, as well as forms of audience abuse, such as Throbbing Gristle's aiming high powered lights at

13225-500: Was used in multiple trailers and TV spots for the film The Loft . On August 5, 2015, Kaelar released his first LP, titled The Ancient & Arcane , on Monstercat. Prior to this, he had released two tracks, "Beyond the Surface" and "Aether and Light". In an interview with UKF , he elaborated on his songwriting process for the album, saying: "I make so many other types of music so I thought I’d sit down and write – no theme, no story. It’s

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