video stuff and tour

still going through all the tour preparations...lots of details i won't bother you with. but things are going very well so far. still firming up some cities (ahem), and lining up the last dates. i promise to post the dates once i have things solidly booked. we have plenty of time, as the tour doesn't start until september...

i mentioned a few posts ago that we had shot a video for the new Informatik single 'Come Together', which will be viewable on tuesday. the single, which is digital only, will also be available on tuesday via itunes, and all other relevant music sites. the video and the single are pretty damn awesome, i have to say.

here's a few production stills from the shoot to hold you over until then. the video was shot on location at Faultline Studios, SF, in the giant live tracking room. enjoy!

tour stuff (update)

so, we've decided to do this tour alone...it was getting too complicated to try and work out bringing a support act. the contracts and riders are ready, and we'll be contacting promoters immediately.

any promoters that are interested in talking to us, and you haven't heard from us by july 10th, you should contact us directly at "booking at nymphomatik dot com". if you're in a band that has gotten in touch with us, please contact your local promoter directly...the selection of opening bands is now in their hands.

the tour is going to be fucking awesome, and we can't wait to see each and every one of you!!

thanks!

touring stuff

hey everyone, we are in the initial planning stages of a fall Informatik tour. the first date will be september 10th, starting here in san francisco. the plan is to go out for three weeks, and do as many US cities as we can. the tour will be ending no later than October 4th.

we are looking for a support act that we can take with us as an opening act. genre is not that important. we're looking for someone that makes interesting music, has strong performance skills, and conducts themselves in a professional manner.

if you are a promoter reading this, please drop us a line. we are just starting to get together our contract and routing. we will contact you as soon as all the pieces are in place.

you can reach us by email (tour at nymphomatik dot com).

- tyler & da5id

come together

the new single is more or less wrapped up, we're doing the final mix of the last track while i'm typing this. damn, this shit is hot! the new single, which i mentioned before, is 'Come Together' which is the lead track on Arena. this one is very definitely aimed at the dancefloor, so for all of you who were waiting for us to do more stuff like Nymphomatik, this one is definitely for you! should be mastered by the weekend, and off to metropolis early next week!

we're also wrapping up some of the ancillary shitwork for metropolis, stuff like new bio's for the website, and text for the distributors. yeah, real rock star stuff, don't be jealous!

on top of that, we're starting to plan out our first music video, which will also be for the new single. not entirely sure what we're gonna do yet, but we have some definite plans in the works. i'm really looking forward to shooting this! i'm hoping that it'll be ready for the album release date in august...so, hopefully editing won't take an eternity. those kind of things can really drag out if you're not careful.

also, we just want to say thanks to everyone for downloading the remix contest album! we've had over 1500 downloads so far, not bad for a legitimate free download (i'm sure if it was on some pirate torrent site, we'd have double that or more, but we're hosting it ourselves)!! hope you're all enjoying it!

the fine art of making dance music

you know, it's been a while since da5id and i made actual "Dance Music". having ridden the trance train about as far as we possibly could on Nympho and Re:Vision, we kind of said "no more" when we started working on Beyond.

so, now we've done Beyond and Arena, and those albums have their own sound for sure, not dance music but something that's probably a little more interesting. and since Arena won't be out for a while (August 18th, to be exact), we started working on a single to promote it.

the single is for the track 'Come Together', which is the first track on Arena, and definitely one of my personal favorites from the album. and we though, maybe we should do some club mixes.

i'll admit, it's been a while since i set out to make some music to shake your ass to. and it's pretty fuckin fun, i have to say...

the mixes are sounding quite amazing, and i challenge anyone to try and stand still while listening to these. if DJ's don't pick these tracks up and use them to rock the dancefloor, then they will certainly be depriving people of achieving maximum ass shake-age.

the 'Come Together' single will be available on July 21st from Metropolis.

informatik will take your questions now

so, da5id and i want to do a video interview type of thing in advance of the upcoming album [ARENA], sort of in the diggnation style, where we take questions from fans, etc.

if you have anything you've always wanted to ask us (eg; "why haven't you guys done a proper US tour"), or wanted to know more about (eg; "why is tyler always wearing a vest") or just want to tell us how awesome we are (eg; "i really loved syntax, whats with all this shitty rock music you're doing these days"), this is your chance.

questions will not be censored, but we do reserve the right to select only the 10 best (we don't want to make this an epic feature film). i'm going to try and keep this to one take, so it's as "real" and honest as possible.

if you wanna know anything, please post it in the comments, and i'll let you know when the video is complete. ps, i'm not gonna answer any questions posed in the comments, in the comments. you're just gonna have to wait like everyone else ;)

thanks everyone!

so, we're extremely close to the end of making ARENA! right now we're proofing the artwork, and doing some last minute layout decisions. all the mixes and mastering are complete, and the record sounds pretty fucking amazing, i have to say.

i think people are definitely going to be surprised when they hear this album. the new direction that we're heading in is more well defined on this record, and the remixes are definitely some of the best we've ever gotten. but even so, there's stuff that will even please the older fans who won't let go of Syntax (seriously, we love you guys, but c'mon that record is a decade old now!).

overall, its been a good experience putting this record together, and i think it sounds better than any of the other albums we've made. it definitely feels like the sum of our combined musical experience, i would say.

my next post should hopefully have the final album artwork to show you. the artwork this time around is a big departure from previous albums, in my opinion, but really symbolizes the direction of the new material.