Cesium_137 is an American

futurepop Futurepop is an electronic music genre that has been characterized as a blend of synth-pop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno.Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Ber ...

musical group composed of Isaac Glendening and Vince Guzzardo. It originally also included Matt Cargill.

History

The group's first release was the album ''Advanced/Decay'' in 2001 on Tonedeaf Records. Its style was electro-industrial. It gained widespread attention, particularly with the moody dance track "Regrets", which was also released as a single and became a danceclub hit. Soon after the

September 11, 2001 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

, Matt Cargill joined the

U.S. military The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. U.S. federal law names six armed forces: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and the Coast Guard. Since 1949, all of the armed forces, except th ...

and was no longer available as a member of Cesium_137. Cesium_137 had a hiatus of three years before their next release. That release was ''Elemental'' in 2004; it was issued with

Metropolis Records Metropolis Records is a record label that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania ...

, a much more prominent label than Tonedeaf. It was soon followed by an E.P. release, ''Luminous'', also in 2004 on Metropolis; it composed largely of remixed material from ''Elemental''. Cesium_137's style was much mellower and synthpop inspired and less angst-ridden on these releases than on ''Advanced/Decay''. In 2006, Cesium_137 released their album ''Intelligent Design''. Like its predecessor, it was released by Metropolis. Cesium_137 is named after a radioactive isotope of caesium. It continues a tradition in industrial music of incorporating a number in the band name, which became popular after the example of

Front 242 Front 242 is a Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. Pioneering the style they called electronic body music, they influenced the electronic and industrial music genres. History Formation Front 242 were for ...

. It also continues the narrower tradition in industrial music of adopting the name of an isotope as the band name, as with Carbon 12 and Front 242 offshoot Cobalt 60. In 2008, Cesium_137 released a digital single ("Flight") and a full-length album (''Proof of Life''). The album put a conscious emphasis on themes of self-exile, terminal illness and perseverance. Following those releases, Guzzardo began writing music for a trance music project called plasmaMan; of which Glendening was the producer. As a self-released collection of music the plasma Man EP, tinged with their usual dry humor, is titled ''Option B''. In 2009, the duo released the full-length album, ''Identity''. They performed several high-profile shows to promote the album, including a performance at The Kinetic Festival in Canada.

Discography

Studio albums * '' Advanced/Decay'' (2001) * ''Elemental'' (2004) * ''Intelligent Design'' (2006) * ''Proof of Life'' (2007) * ''Identity'' (2009) * ''Science and Sound'' (2012) * ''Rise to Conquer'' (2018) Singles and EPs * ''The Art of Controlling and Composing'' (1999) * ''The Fall'' (2001) * ''Regrets'' (2001) * ''Luminous'' (2004) * ''Hollow'' (2006) * ''Flight'' (2008)

References

External links

Official Cesium_137 website
*
Cesium_137
at Vampirefreaks {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesium 137 (Band) Electronic music groups from California Articles with underscores in the title Metropolis Records artists Musical groups established in 1998 1998 establishments in California