Hypnogaja

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Hypnogaja
General information
Genre (s) Hard rock (since 2005),
space rock (since 2009),
formerly: trip-hop , post-grunge , electronica
founding 1999
Website www.hypnogaja.com
Founding members
singing
 Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold
Keyboard, piano
 Mark Nubar Donikian
Keyboard, piano
 Sean "Dr." Brooks
Current occupation
Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold
Mark Nubar Donikian
Abe Parker
Adrian Barnardo
Bryan Farrar
former members
Guitar, drums
 Tim Groeschel
bass
 Leif Bunting
singing
 Sandy Brown
Keyboard, piano
 Sean "Dr." Brooks
guitar
 Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet

Hypnogaja is an American rock band founded by Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold and Mark "Nubar" Donikian together with Sean "Dr." Brooks in Los Angeles in 1999 after Arnold and Donikian had previously worked together as a trip-hop combo. Leif Bunting left the band a little later and with Adrian Barnado the music got heavy guitar riffs. In their ten-year band history, Hypnogaja released a total of eight albums. The band's lyrics are about life and love, about family and social grievances or the meaning of war. The band is signed to the indie label Union State Records .

history

Hypnogaja was founded in 1999 by Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold, Mark Nubar Donikian and the singer's friend Jason Arnolds Dr. Brooks founded in Los Angeles. At first the band played with trip-hop elements, which were mixed with alternative pop elements. The band later changed their style from trip-hop to post-grunge . In 1999 Sandy Brown joined the band, who took over the female voice. In the same year the band released their debut album Revolution .

In 2000 the band was the composer for the film The Young Unknowns .

After the release, the band gave several gigs in Los Angeles, including restaurants and hard rock festivals. After Sandy Brown and Dr. Brooks left the band, guitarist Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet, bassist Leif Bunting and drummer Tim Groeschel joined the band and released their second studio album in 2002, Post-Hypnotic Stress Disorder . Some songs on the album were used as the soundtrack for the remake of the film Carrie . In 2003 Leif Bunting left the band, Groeschel became guitarist and Daniel Wills (bass) and Bill Brennenstuhl (drums) joined them. In 2003, Bridge to Nowhere , the band's third studio album, was released.

With this line-up, the band released the EP Kill Switch in 2003 and White Label Vol. 1 a year later. For White Label Vol. 1, Sandy Brown returned to the band and gave the group the female voice, although she left the group after this release. In 2005 Brennenstuhl and Wills left the band and Adrian Barnardo replaced Brennenstuhl on drums. In the same year the band released the album Below Sunset , which is arguably the band's most successful album. Since the release of this album, the band changed their style from post-grunge to melodic hard rock . In 2006 the band released their first live album, Acoustic Sunset.

A year later, the band released the album Audio from Last Night's Dream , which contains songs from previous albums . Since 2008 the band has produced the album Truth Decay , which was released on June 30, 2009. Bryan Farrar joined the band on bass for this production. Since then, the two single releases The March and Apocalyptic Love Song have been released for the album. The band has also produced a duet with the singer Sammy Allen, which is intended to promote their single I Can See into Forever . On September 22nd, 2009 the band played live at the 140th Twitter Conference where guests such as Tony Hawk , Chamillionaire , Loni Love , Alan Nusbaum , Tyrese Gibson and Hypnogajas Mark Donikian appeared as speakers for this conference. In November 2009, the band received the award for best alternative rock band at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). They also played in September 2009 at the Sunset Strip Music Festival , which has been held since 2008. Guitarist Abe Parker joined the band in early 2010. The band is currently working on new songs for the new album, which will be released in 2011. The band supported the American rock singer Sammy Allen , who is also under contract with Union State Records . So was Jean-Yves Ducornet next label founder John Scott, the producer of her single I Can See Forever into (published in 2009 as a download single) and their debut EP Behind the Sun , which appeared of 2010. The band supported them in the song I Can See into Forever, both on their single and on the EP. In the same song Jason Arnold sang a duet with her. In order for the EP to be marketed successfully, the band offered to offer the EP as a free download on their homepage.

In January 2010, Union State Records announced the release of another single by the band. On this the band covers the famous hit On the Radio by Donna Summer . At the end of the month Jeeve announced that he would no longer be a musician in the band and instead would continue to support the band as a producer. With the new line-up, the band performed at SXSW '10 in Austin / Texas . In July, the band starred with Curt Smith of Tears for Fears in the first episode of the online series Stripped Down . The band has announced a new album for 2011. In 2010 the band was again nominated for the Hollywood Music In Media Awards. This time the band is in the category Best Male Vocal Voice for the single Welcome to the Future / On the Radio [Digital 45] . Arnold also won the award in this category.

Hypnogaja is currently participating in the Battle of the Bands. The winning bands perform on the 2011 Vans Warped Tour . Together with Slimkid3 from The Pharcyde , Yuri Tag, Cindy Minowa, Geo Lee, Himerria Wortham, Mikey Andaya and Tony Tran a music video for the remix version of the song Dark Star (available on the download EP Dark Star ) was shot.

Band members

Jason "ShyBoy" Arnold

Jason Arnold is founder and singer of the band since the departure of singer Sandy Brown in 1999. He also writes the lyrics for the band. At the same time he worked as a mashup DJ and as a DJ is classified as bastard pop . He is featured in the soundtrack of Devil May Cry 4 with the songs Shall Never Surrender and The Time Has Come . ShyBoy lives in Los Angeles / California .

Jean-Yves Ducornet

Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet was the band's guitarist and producer . He was born in France and studied in Paris ( Studio Des Varietés ) and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . He moved to Los Angeles and started working as a producer of films. In 2002 Jeeve joined the band as a guitarist.

Mark Nubar Donikian

Like Jason Arnold, Mark Nubar Donikian is a founder of the band, where he works as a keyboardist and pianist . Before he joined Jason Arnold and Sean "Dr." Brooks (the latter left the band) formed the band, he and Jason Arnold worked together as a trip-hop combo.

Adrian Barnardo

Adrian Barnado is the band's drummer . He joined the band in 2005 when the then drummer Will Brennestuhl and bassist Daniel Wills left the band. Barnado also plays percussion .

Bryan Farrar

Bryan Farrar joined the band as bassist in 2008 , with whom he produced the album Truth Decay in June 2009 .

Abe Parker

At the beginning of 2010, Abe Parker, a second guitarist, joined the band, so that they now appear with 6 musicians. Parker has been the band's sole guitarist since 2010.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

  • White Label, Vol. 1 (2004)
  • Audio from Last Night's Dream (2007)
  • Mixtape (2007)

Singles

  • The March (2008)
  • I Can See into Forever (2009 / with Sammy Allen)
  • Apocalyptic Love Song (2009)
  • Worship Me (I'm on TV) (2009)
  • Welcome to the Future / On the Radio [Digital 45] (2010 / Cover of the song by Donna Summer )

Soundtrack participation

Shows and radio plays

Movies

Games

Videos

  • Nothing box
  • Home
  • They don't care
  • Misery
  • Silver Star
  • Quiet
  • The Spaceman (Live Acoustic Version)
  • Apocalyptic Love Song (Live Acoustic Version)
  • The March
  • Things Will Never Be the Same

Albums

Revolution (1999)

Revolution is the band's first official album. It contains 15 tracks and was released under the Drama Music label. In 1999 the band played electronic , so some instruments like a guitar were not used. The singer was Sandy Brown . Jason Arnold was just the backing vocalist. Brown left the band after the album was released.

Post-Hypnotic Stress Disorder (2002)

Post-Hypnotic Stress Disorder is the band's second album and consists of 15 tracks. The style of music has changed slightly since 1999: guitars, keyboards and bass have been added to electronic music. In addition, stylistic elements of hip hop were incorporated into the singing, which lasted until 2004. Since Below Sunset the band has only been playing hard rock.

Bridge to Nowhere (2003)

Bridge to Nowhere is the band's third album and the second to be released by Union State Records. It contains twelve titles. At that time the band was referred to as a crossover band in German fan circles.

Kill Switch (2004)

Kill Switch is the band's fourth album, which consists of eight songs and lasts a good half an hour. At that time the band was playing post-grunge .

White Label Vol.1 (2004)

White Label is the band's fifth album and was also produced like Kill Switch in 2004. Jason Arnold, who was the band's front vocalist at the time, got vocal support with Sandy Brown (came back to the band for this production) for the song American Boy . The album contains ten tracks (most of the songs were featured in the soundtrack to the horror film Carrie ).

Below Sunset (2005)

Below Sunset is the band's sixth studio album and arguably the most successful to date. The album contains 15 songs (including Looking Glass from the series The Looking Glass Wars ) and has a playing time of around one hour. It was sold in the USA , Europe and also in Russia .

Acoustic Sunset - Live at the Longhouse (2006)

It is the band's first live album and the seventh production. As the album title says, the band plays with acoustic instruments. The album consists of twelve songs, two of which were recorded in the studio and are featured in the 2007 album.

Audio from Last Night's Dream (2007)

Audio from Last Night's Dream is the band 's eighth album, for which eleven tracks were recorded. Eight of them were featured in the previous albums and only three songs were new.

Truth Decay (2009)

Truth Decay is the band's ninth studio album. It is also the first concept album . The content is about the story of the apocalyptic end of the world. 13 weeks before the official release, the band started a promotion that enabled registered users to legally download one song from the album every week from the website. The album contains 14 tracks and has a playing time of about 56 minutes. Because of the futuristic playing style and the theme of the album, this release can also be assigned to space rock . Donikian said in an interview with Noisecreep that every band member has a penchant for science fiction and that is why futuristic sounds were included.

Labels

Union State Records

Union State Records is an indie label based in Los Angeles / California. In addition to Hypnogaja, the singer Sammy Allen is also under contract. The manager of the label is John Scott.

5x5 productions

In addition to Union State Records, the band is also under contract with 5x5 Productions . Like Union State, it's an indie label. The label publishes media from electronic , hip-hop and rock bands . Nizam , a musician from Singapore, is also under contract at 5x5 Productions .

Pen Music Group

Pen Music Group is an indie label that has existed since 1994. Among other things, there are working Grammy -nominated songwriter / producer, as Wendy Waldman or Dan Bern . The label produces songs in pop , rock , latin , jazz , hip-hop and world music . In addition to Hypnogaja 51 other singers and bands are under contract with Pen Music Group (including Sky Tyler , Gypsy Soul , Naked Blue , The Hope , ShyBoy and Groundstation ).

Music genre

In the album White Label Vol. 1 you could still hear elements of hip-hop , rock and electronic in some songs . In the 2003 album Kill Switch , it was electronic sounds mixed with rock and classical string music that contrasted the rock music. In the songs Lullaby , Nowhere and American Boy there are parts that are only played by piano or violins. In 2005 the band played their current style of music for the first time, with the focus on the melody. The song Welcome to the Future from the album Truth Decay , which is expected to be released on June 30, 2009, is played by Richard Dodd of The Section Quartet on the cello.

  • OUTBURN magazine wrote of the band's music: "Captivating modern rock music."
  • APPLE.COM: "Relaxing rock music with a fine touch of electronic."

Origin of their songs

Mark Nubar Donikian explains in an interview on iTunes.com how her songs are created: "Sometimes our songwriter takes over and directs the process alone. When he has a melody in his head, he first plays it a cappella . Then we either play with the piano or with the guitar . Then the song will go in its own direction before we even get to the recording. " Nubar goes on to say, "Having a" home studio "has its advantages. The band members can work on the songs when they want and see it as right and it's a lot cheaper than going to a real studio. What do we get in one right studio? It costs millions of dollars an hour and you only get a coffee maker and an assistant who brings you things you need. We prefer to do this at home or in our van. " "Some sounds, like in the song Put Your Hate on Me ," says Donikian, "can't be played live so easily. 300 choir voices were recorded with the PC for the choir that plays in the background of the song. We're only going to live live." fifth; Jason , Jeeve , two female singers and me. We wanted to incorporate this choir, which is common for the gothic scene [sic!], as a climax in this song. Jeeve gave us the part "place your hate upon me" 300 times "I will bear your burden" sing in Latin in the most varied of pitches and heights .

Interview with All Access Magazine (2009)

In an exclusive interview with AAM (All Access Magazine), singer Jason Arnold and keyboardist Mark Nubar Donikian stated that the album Truth Decay was well received by listeners despite the low sales figures and that it also received inquiries from abroad. In addition, the band was able to win new fans with the album, who had their music for the first time. They also said they had emails from fans saying that the band's music helped them get out of the darker side of life. The band is also planning further concerts in the region, nationally through the USA , as well as international concerts on other continents.

Awards

2006

2009

2010

  • 2010: Holly Music in Media Awards for best male singing voice for the song On The Radio (won)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lyrics Lullaby example
  2. ↑ Lyrics Misery example
  3. ↑ Lyrics The Ballad of Johnny Alright example
  4. ↑ Lyrics American Boy example
  5. ↑ Lyrics The March example
  6. ^ Hypnogaja in the German and English Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ Band biography on AOL Music ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / music.aol.com
  8. ↑ Biography from AllMusic
  9. ↑ Discography of the band on Spirit-Of-Metal
  10. ↑ Speakers of the 140th Twitter Conference ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / parnassusgroup.com
  11. ↑ Interview with Hypnogaja
  12. ↑ Biography ShyBoy on the official homepage
  13. ↑ Jeeve homepage ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jeeve.us
  14. ↑ Hypnogaja Bandbiographie ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hypnogaja.com
  15. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m biography on the band's homepage ( memento of the original from September 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hypnogaja.com
  16. ↑ Donikian in an interview
  17. ↑ Homepage 5x5 Productions
  18. ↑ Homepage Pen Music Group ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.penmusic.com
  19. ↑ Hypnogaja's profile on iTunes ( memento of the original from September 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.apple.com
  20. ↑ Interview in All Access Magazine ( memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / allaccessmagazine.com
  21. ↑ a b Info at IMDb