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and Hard dance. The band is signed to

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(North America) and Infacted Recordings (Europe/RoW). Modulate live shows also features Steve Wilkins

History

Modulate released several tracks on compilations in 2006; ''New Input Noise'', ''Endzeit Bunkertracks Act II'', and ''Das Bunker: Fear of a Distorted Planet''. The band signed to Infacted Recordings, Germany for the European and World market (excluding North America), and the short lived Sistinas Records for the North American market, releasing the debut ''Skullfuck EP'' in March 2007. The ''Skullfuck EP'' went into the German Alternative Chart (DAC) and peaked at #6, and #3 in the Greek Alternative Chart giving the band what was described as "the scene's club hit of the year" in ReGen Magazine (USA). Their debut full-length release ''Detonation'' was released in September 2008, receiving positive reviews in the alternative media and finding its way into the scene's DJ boxes across the globe. The album spent nearly 2 months in both the Top 10 of the German Alternative Chart (DAC) and the Dutch Underground Chart (DUC) and was voted by DJ's into the DAC Top 50 albums of 2008. After scoring dancefloor success with his own material, Modulate has become one of the most popular remixers in the alternative electro scene, producing mixes for bands such as

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, Reaper,

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and

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. The band has supported

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(UK leg Past, Present, Future tour),

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(Judgement tour) and

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(What the Fuck is Wrong with You? tour) sharing the stage with bands such as

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, Covenant,

, And One, playing nearly 100 shows in 11 countries since the release of their first EP.

Live

Modulate played their first live show at the Black Celebration festival at Islington Academy, London, UK, on 5 November 2006. 2007 – Toured in support of the ''Skullfuck EP'', joining

on the "Judgement Tour" and

on the "What The Fuck Is Wrong With You Tour". 2008 – The band played a four date headline tour in the UK as well as headlining the "I am Darkness" festival in Tillburg, Netherlands. 2009 – Modulate supported

on the UK leg of the Past, Present, Future tour. As well, they played the Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht, Netherlands, before heading over to the USA to headline a night on the Gothic Cruise festival aboard the Carnival Legend. 2010 saw Modulate deliver a co-headline set at the

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festival in Leipzig, Germany. The band headlined the DV8 Festival in July in York, UK and co-headlined the High Voltage Festival in Frankfurt, Germany, on 31 October, before a headline show at the legendary Slimelight club, London, on New Year's Eve. In 2011, Modulate continued in the studio and hit the road again with well received sets at the Resistanz (UK) and

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(Canada) festivals plus their own headline ‘Robots’ tour throughout Europe.

Discography

Albums * ''Detonation'' (2008)

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(North America), Infacted Recordings (Europe / R.O.W.), (2009) Gravitator Records (Russia) EPs *''Skullfuck EP'' (2007) Sistinas (North America), Infacted Recordings (Europe/R.O.W) *''Skullfuck Limited Edition EP'' (2007) Sistinas (North America) *''Robots'' (2012)

(North America), Infacted Recordings (Europe/R.O.W)

Remixes for Artists

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– ''Sacrifice feat Claus Larsen'' ( Leaether Strip) (2006) * Reaper – ''Execution of your mind'' (2007) *

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– ''End of Love'' (2007) *

– ''Dirty Grrrls, Dirty Bois'' (2007) *

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– ''Download Me'' (2007) *

– ''Divine'' (2008) *

– ''Du Lebst Nur Einmal'' (2008) *SAM – ''Hardbeat Trauma'' (2008) *

– ''Chemicals and Circuitry'' (2009) *

– ''Tanzdiktator'' (2010) *

– ''Die Motherfucker Die'' (2010) *

– ''Devil in the Details'' (2011) *

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– ''Devil’s Night'' (2011) *Surgyn – ''Hit the Nerve'' (2011) *

– ''Timewave Zero'' (2012) * Alien Vampires - ''Harsh Drugs & BDSM'' (2014)

Compilations

*''Das Bunker: Fear Of A Distorted Planet'' (2xCD, Comp) Skullfuck (Beta Mix) Das Bunker 2006 *

Endzeit Bunkertracks ''Endzeit Bunkertracks'' is an aggrotech/electro-industrial compilation album series featuring exclusive, deleted and/or hard-to-find tracks. The first volume, or "act", (released 21 March 2005 by the record label Alfa Matrix) consists of 60 track ...

ct II' (4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Car + Box, Ltd) Das Bunker

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2006 *''New nputNoise'' (CD) Biomorph Hellektroempire 2006 *''

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' (4xCD, Comp, Car + Box) Skullfuck Alfa Matrix 2007 *''Infactious Vol. Three'' (CD, Mixed, Ltd) Skullfuck (

Remix)(Infacted Recordings 2007) *''Materia Fria'' (CD, Comp) Haunted Faktory Sistinas, Crunch Pod 2007 *''Nacht Der Maschinen Volume One'' (CD, Ltd) Kommune 1 Infacted Recordings 2007 *''Orkus Compilation 28'' (CD, Smplr) Skullfuck (ESA Mix) Orkus 2007 *''Zillo Club Hits Vol. 12'' (2xCD, Dig) Kommune 1 Zillo 2007 *''Extreme Lustlieder 2'' (CD, Comp) Hard And Dirty UpScene, Indigo (2) 2008 *''Extreme Störfrequenz 2'' (CD, Comp) Bass Alert UpScene, Indigo (2) 2008 *''Infacted 4'' (2xCD, Comp) Bass Alert Infacted Recordings 2008 *''Nacht Der Maschinen VolumeTwo'' (CD, Comp, Ltd) Skullfuck (

Remix) Infacted Recordings 2008 *''

'' ct – IV(4xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Hard And Dirty (SAM Mix) Alfa Matrix 2009

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Modulate English electronic music groups Musical groups from Manchester Metropolis Records artists