Microclocks

microClocks
microClocks live at the Pluswelt Festival 2012 in Krefeld
General information
origin	Hattingen , Bochum
Genre (s)	Rock , electro , pop
Website	http://www.microclocks.de/
Current occupation
singing	JT
guitar	Marc Dorman
Keyboard	Stevie Jay
Drums	Hendrik House

Microclocks (own spelling: microClocks ) is a German band from the Ruhr area. From 2011 the band was signed to the Artist Station Records label by Frank Bornemann , founder of the art rock band Eloy . In 2016 she signed a contract with the Echozone label . The band describes itself as stylistically between rock and pop . The English-language texts often deal with socio-political problems, outside determination, social injustices, the decline in values ​​in our society and the call to revolt against these conditions.

history

After founding Microclocks, the band was accepted into the Bandwatch funding program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This was followed by appearances at major events such as the Kieler Woche , the Eurocityfest Münster or Essen.Original. In 2010, Microclocks received awards as part of the German Rock & Pop Prize for the first album, Stars From Diffuse Matter , which was still self-distributed at the time, as well as for the video release of the same name in the categories Best Album (in English) and Best Video .

At the beginning of 2011, the recordings for the album Opinions Are On Sale , which was released on November 18, 2011, began. The album was produced by Massimo Nocito. With the first single Is Anybody Out There? , which addresses questions about being beyond one's own perception, the band reached 8th place in the 'German Alternative Charts' (DAC) and 16th place in the 'Native 25 Charts' in week 42 of 2011 and stayed in for several weeks the top 20 of the DAC. The following year the band embarked on their first tour, which was presented by Sennheiser and the music magazine Intro . In December 2012, festivals and show cases followed with Saltatio Mortis , Mesh , De / Vision and In Strict Confidence, among others .

In the course of the increased live presence, not only the specialist press but also the daily press became aware of the band. In a report at the beginning of 2013, Bild compared microclocks with Depeche Mode , which are still considered one of the band's role models to this day. This was followed by appearances at Bochum Total and at the Nocturnal Culture Night Festival with artists such as Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub and Diary of Dreams .

In 2014 the band could be seen at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim alongside acts such as Marilyn Manson , Within Temptation and Paradise Lost . In addition, work on the new album began with producer Olaf Wollschläger, who has been responsible for productions of And One or Mesh in the recent past . The album production was financed by a crowdfunding project initiated by the band, which was successfully completed in 2015.

Social and social engagement

Microclocks has been the official ambassador of the social association AH-TA eV since August 2012. The band was already involved in charity events, for example in favor of the women's emergency call at a concert in Cologne.

Discography

Albums

• Soon Before Sundown - Album (2016, Echozone / Soulfood)
• Opinions Are On Sale - Album (2011, Artist Station Records / Soulfood)
• Stars From Diffuse Matter - Album (2010, self-published)

EPs

• Semantics (2007, self-published)
• Circular Waves (2006, self-published)

Singles

• Raptor - Single (2017, Echozone)
• Life Is Grim - Single (2017, Echozone)
• The Edge - single (2016, Echozone)
• Is Anybody Out There? - Single (2011, Artist Station Records)

Sampler contributions

• The Spirit That Denies (Gothic Music Orgy Vol. 4, 9/2017)
• Life Is Grim (Sonic Seducer Sampler, 9/2014)
• Hyperion (Zillo Sampler, 11/2011)

Web links

• Band's website
• Microclocks on Facebook

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julia Benkel: Microclocks takes off: The long way to success. In: The West . January 10, 2012, accessed January 12, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Uwe Felten: Philosophical Electro-Rock from NRW. In: RP online . October 21, 2011, accessed January 12, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Timo Klippstein: Microclocks awarded for the best video. In: The West . December 13, 2010, accessed February 16, 2012 . 
4. ↑ regioactive.de: microClocks on "Opinions Are Afraid Of Us" tour. (No longer available online.) In: regioactive.de . September 27, 2012, archived from the original on December 3, 2012 ; Retrieved April 17, 2013 . 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.  
5. ↑ Marc Oliver Hänig / Eva Mohr: Indie band from Bochum takes off. Will microClocks be as good as Depeche Mode? In: image . January 15, 2013, accessed April 17, 2013 . 
6. ^ Daniela Vorndran: Live Review: Nocturnal Culture Night 8 - Deutzen 2013 (Day 2). In: Reflections of Darkness MUSIC MAGAZINE . September 19, 2013, accessed March 27, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Sebastian Schneider: Microclocks want to take off. In: The West . March 2, 2014, accessed April 29, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Frank Schmidt: Time for a new microclock CD. In: weekly courier . April 26, 2014, accessed September 3, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Hendrik Steimann: New guitarist - new album. In: The West . December 12, 2014, accessed March 23, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2012 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. 
11. ↑ Markus Biedermann: The best mood at the benefit for the women's emergency number. In: regioactive.de . October 28, 2008, accessed July 17, 2013 .