Celldweller | ||||
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Released | February 11, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
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Length | 69:47 | |||
Label | Position Music Esion Media | |||
Producer | Klayton Grant Mohrman | |||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 10, 2013[2] | |||
Recorded | 1999-2013 | |||
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Length | 74:24 148:10 (2-CD Deluxe Set) | |||
Label | FiXT Music | |||
Producer | Klayton Grant Mohrman | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Celldweller Wish Upon A Blackstar Rar Files 3,6/5 2633reviews. In contrast to the debut Celldweller album, where Klayton always tracked the. Dec 09, 2018 Celldweller's sophomore album Wish Upon A Blackstar returns with a full-length remix album - Remixed Upon A Blackstar. Celldweller's sophomore album Wish Upon A Blackstar (2012) is set to return in full force this Fall with a brand new full-length remix album - Remixed Upon A Blackstar.
Celldweller is the first studio album by the American electronic rock project, Celldweller, released in 2003. The album spent one week on the BillboardTop Internet Albums chart, at number 17,[3] and the song 'I Believe You' reached number 11 on the R&R Alternative Specialty Show Chart.[citation needed]Celldweller was awarded Album of the Year at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards.[4] Guest appearances include Jarrod Montague of Taproot.
The album was re-released on 10 June 2013[2] in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the original release.
- 1Background
- 3Chart positions
Background[edit]
Klayton worked in earnest with the producer Grant Mormhan (formerly of Leaderdogs for the Blind) on the album, which was scheduled for release in February 2001. There had been several questions about any Celldweller songs to be released. Although, Klayton was having three albums from his former band Angeldust rereleased under Criss Angel's name, he had begun working on the album. Klayton agreed with various online companies to provide unused songs for download in high quality.[5]
Various delays kept pushing the album's release date back.[6] During this time, Klayton kept fans up to date with numerous Celldweller logs through his website and via email and, in 2001, released raw files of the song 'Symbiont' to give fans and fellow musicians a chance to remix Celldweller's music.[7] Eight remixes were chosen and uploaded to the original Mp3.com, most of them making it to the top of the Electronic and the Electro-Industrial charts. The exposure led to over 500,000 song plays on Mp3.com.[citation needed] The 'Symbiont' remixes became a digital EP six years later.
The album was released in early 2003 and debuted at #17 on Billboard's Internet Sales Chart.[8]Celldweller included a guest appearance by the Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague. In 2004, the album received five awards at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards, winning Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Industrial Album of the Year, Metal Song of the Year ('One Good Reason') and Best Industrial Rock Song ('Switchback'), and also runner-up in Best Industrial Song with 'Stay with Me (Unlikely)' and Best Rock Song with 'I Believe You'.[4] Prior to the album's release, 'Symbiont' was used in Track Down. However, the distributor of the film was mistakenly credited as 'Miramax'. Later, the song 'Switchback' was included in the list of Extreme Mode songs for the popular iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge.
10 Year Anniversary Edition[edit]
On May 1, 2013, Klayton announced that for the 10th anniversary of the album, it would be re-issued with updated artwork and a second disc with the songs released during the Groupees promotions, remixes, rarities and unreleased songs, all remastered for this release.[9] The unreleased song, 'Uncrowned', which is an outtake from the original album and from Wish Upon a Blackstar, was finished by Klayton for this release. The song was written in 2000.[10] The album was released a day earlier than the original release date and those who had pre-ordered the CD version of the album on FiXT, had their copies shipped and delivered a few days early.[2] Klayton signed fifteen copies of the deluxe edition CDs which were mailed at random when the pre-orders were shipped.[11]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Klayton.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Cell #1' | 0:29 |
2. | 'Switchback' | 5:02 |
3. | 'Stay With Me (Unlikely)' | 3:41 |
4. | 'The Last Firstborn' | 7:41 |
5. | 'Under My Feet' | 3:30 |
6. | 'I Believe You' | 3:26 |
7. | 'Frozen' | 7:00 |
8. | 'Symbiont' | 5:27 |
9. | 'Afraid This Time' | 4:59 |
10. | 'Fadeaway' | 4:47 |
11. | 'Cell #2' | 0:21 |
12. | 'So Sorry to Say' | 5:33 |
13. | 'Own Little World' | 3:33 |
14. | 'Unlikely (Stay With Me)' | 2:59 |
15. | 'One Good Reason' | 3:53 |
16. | 'The Stars of Orion' | 2:56 |
17. | 'Cell #3' | 0:32 |
18. | 'Welcome to the End' | 4:00 |
Total length: | 69:47 |
Re-issue bonus track (Standard Edition) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
19. | 'Uncrowned' | 4:27 |
Total length: | 74:24 |
Re-issue Second Disc (Deluxe Edition) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Ghosts (feat. Tom Salta)' | 5:06 |
2. | 'Uncrowned' | 4:27 |
3. | 'Tragedy(cover of Bee Gees)' | 3:47 |
4. | 'Shapeshifter(feat. Styles of Beyond)' | 3:37 |
5. | 'Goodbye (Remixed by Klayton)' | 7:03 |
6. | 'The Last Firstborn (Remixed by Klayton)' | 5:31 |
7. | 'Frozen (CPR Remix By Copy Paste Repeat)' | 3:31 |
8. | 'Switchback (Remixed by Klayton)' | 6:48 |
9. | 'Atmospheric Light (Demo Redux)' | 3:59 |
10. | 'Own Little World (Remixed by Blue Stahli)' | 6:26 |
11. | 'Shapeshifter (feat. Styles of Beyond) (Remixed by Klayton)' | 2:59 |
12. | 'Goodbye' | 5:25 |
13. | 'Waiting (Unreleased Demo 2005)' | 4:23 |
14. | '06-06-06 (Unreleased Demo 2006)' | 2:59 |
15. | 'Waiting for So Long (Unreleased Demo 2006)' | 1:33 |
16. | 'Blood From the Stone (Unreleased Demo 2005)' | 3:01 |
17. | 'IRIA (Unreleased Demo 2005)' | 4:23 |
18. | 'Switchback (Dead By Dawn Remix by No I'm Not)' | 3:15 |
Total length: | 78:13 |
Chart positions[edit]
Album[edit]
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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U.S. Internet Albums (Billboard)[12] | 17 |
Additional personnel[edit]
- Ben Grosse – mixing
- Richard Hunt – editing
- Kennedy James – drums
- Grant Mohrman – acoustic guitar on '(Unlikely) Stay With Me', producer, engineer, mixing
- Jarrod Montague – drums on 'I Believe You'
- Fluffy Starr - female vocals on 'Frozen', 'The Stars of Orion' and 'Welcome to the End'
- Jennifer Neal – female vocals on 'Stay With Me (Unlikely)' and '(Unlikely) Stay With Me'
- Victoria Faiella – vocals on 'Cell 2', and 'Cell 3'
- Erik Wolf – mastering
Licensing[edit]
Every song on Celldweller has been licensed at least once for a movie, video game or another form of media with titles including Doom, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Supercross, XXX: State of the Union, Spider-Man 2, Constantine, Catwoman, The Punisher, Paycheck, Timeline, Mindhunters, National Security, Bad Boys II, Redline, Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Enter the Matrix, XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Crackdown, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, America's Next Top Model and Pimp My Ride. This is a feat that has been accomplished by only three other artists: Moby, Meiko, and The Crystal Method.[citation needed]
- 'Cell #1', 'Switchback' and 'Welcome to the End' were used in episode 11 of the American drama television series: Dirt. 'Welcome to the End' was used in episode 2 of the same series.
- 'The instrumental of 'One Good Reason' is included on Need for Speed: Most Wanted's soundtrack. It also appears on Flint Michigan's Rock Radio Station, 'Banana 101.5' during some of the commercials.[citation needed]
- 'Afraid This Time', 'The Last Firstborn', 'So Sorry To Say', 'Fadeaway' and 'Frozen' were all used in the 2007 video game Crackdown.
- 'Own Little World', 'One Good Reason', 'The Last Firstborn' and 'The Stars of Orion' were included in the 2003 video game XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association.
- 'Switchback' is considered the most popular song Celldweller has ever released.[citation needed] It has been used in films, games, commercial, and other media such as Out for a Kill, Enter The Matrix, Halloween: Resurrection, Doom, Spider-Man 2, Catwoman, The Punisher, Bring It On Again, Kart Racer, Project Gotham Racing 3, NHL 2003, Tap Tap, Pump It Up PRO 2 (later brought into Pump It Up Fiesta EX) and Bad Boys 2. It has also been used in certain episodes of World Extreme Cagefighting.[citation needed]
- 'Symbiont' has been used in Enter The Matrix, Takedown, Cutaway, Rallisport Challenge 2, Wrecked, Airbrush Alchemy, 21 and Road Rash – Jailbreak.
- 'Own Little World', 'Switchback' and 'I Believe You' were used in the 2010 video game Dead Rising 2.
- Instrumental renditions of 'Stay With Me (Unlikely)' and 'The Last Firstborn' were featured in the 2004 video game Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.
References[edit]
- ^ abcAllmusic review
- ^ abc'We've got a special...' Facebook. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^Billboard[dead link]
- ^ ab'2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards'. 7 November 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^'Internet Archive Wayback Machine'. 13 October 1999. Archived from the original on 13 October 1999. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^'Celldweller current info 29 October 2002'. Archived from the original on 29 October 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^'Celldweller current info 1 June 2000'. Archived from the original on 9 December 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
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- ^'Celldweller announces re-issue available'. Celldweller. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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- ^'Chart Search | Billboard'. Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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Cover art for Blackstar Act One: Purified, Blackstar Act Two: Awakening and the full book | |
Author | Josh Viola |
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Original title | Blackstar |
Cover artist | Aaron Lovett and Josh Viola |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | FiXT Music |
December 3, 2013 (Act One)[1] June 3, 2014 (Act Two)[2] September 18, 2015 (Trade Paperback) |
Blackstar is a science-fiction[3] novel written by seven-time award-winning author Josh Viola (The Bane of Yoto) based on the Wish Upon a Blackstar album by American electronic rock artist, Celldweller.
- 2Acts
- 2.3Act Three
- 3Score
Background[edit]
While Klayton was working on Wish Upon a Blackstar, he envisioned a story based on the album.
Also, Klayton decided to write a musical score to the novel.
[...] I will be releasing a soundtrack to accompany each act of the book. I'm creating the music that I hear when I watch this movie in my head.[...] My 'hope' (but not 'promise') is to have a full album of score to release when the full book is released.[4]
The book will be first released as an eBook with the score. A paperback release is planned for a later release when all acts have been completed.[5][6] (Paperback Cover Art[7])
Acts[edit]
Act One: Purified[edit]
The first act was released on December 3, 2013.[1][8]
Act Two: Awakening[edit]
The second act was released on June 3, 2014.[2][9]
Act Three[edit]
The third act was released with the full book on September 18, 2015.
Synopsis[edit]
In a world blasted and barren, the last bastion of civilization is the fortress-city of Central. The people within its walls gladly accept the dominion of Kaine, the city's benevolent arbiter, in return for his gift to them - Re:memory. This public archive contains humanity's memories of the world before it was destroyed, allowing them to relive the lost glories of the past.
Rezin doesn't know who he is or how he came to be in Central, but he does know this: he is a Reaper. His combination of gifts and abilities allow him to decrypt any system and steal information to sell to the highest bidder. His talents afford him a life of luxury until the day he plugs into Re:memory and reaps something he wasn't looking for, something he doesn't understand - and something that Kaine will do anything to retrieve.
Forced to flee into the dangerous Outlands, Rezin must dodge Kaine's pursuing forces even as he finds that the secret he took from Re:memory is transforming him, awakening within him powers he can't control. When he encounters mysterious twins with powers of their own, Rezin begins a journey beyond the confines of the world he knew, a journey that will lead him across space and time, a journey that will bring him face to face with the nature of the universe - and of himself.[8]
Score[edit]
Blackstar | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | December 3, 2013 (Act One)[1] June 3, 2014 (Act Two)[2] September 18, 2015 (full album) | |||
Genre | New wave, electronic rock, dark ambient,[10]space music | |||
Length | 1:12:16 | |||
Label | FiXT Music | |||
Producer | Klayton | |||
Celldweller chronology | ||||
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Track listing[edit]
The first part of the score accompanying Act One: Purified includes seven songs and its length is 45:25 minutes.[1] On March 1, 2013, a short preview of 'Purified' was included in a video on Celldweller's YouTube Channel.[11] An extended preview of 'Retros' was released on May 3, 2013.[12]Act One: Purified was also released as Limited Edition CDs of 150 hand-numbered copies that included a bonus track.[10] The second act, Blackstar Act Two: Awakening, had 250 hand-numbered Limited Edition CDs on sale.[2] In addition to the released songs, one more song was mentioned by Klayton.[4][13]
Act One: Purified | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Retros' | 4:44 |
2. | 'Purified' | 5:27 |
3. | 'A Dystopian Utopia' | 3:14 |
4. | 'The Possibilities of Purpose' | 7:40 |
5. | 'On the Surface of Scardonia' | 14:07 |
6. | 'Retros (Instrumental)' | 4:44 |
7. | 'Purified (Instrumental)' | 5:29 |
Total length: | 45:25 |
Limited Edition CD Exclusive | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
8. | 'On the Surface of Scardonia (Instrumental)' | 14:07 |
Total length: | 59:32 |
Act Two: Awakening | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Patched In' | 4:26 |
2. | 'The Undercity' | 2:40 |
3. | 'The Vaults of Re:memory' | 2:22 |
4. | 'Venus Rising' | 3:32 |
5. | 'Identities' | 2:42 |
6. | '6:17' | 1:18 |
Total length: | 17:00 |
Blackstar (Original Score) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Retros' | 4:44 |
2. | 'Purified' | 5:27 |
3. | 'The Possibilities of Purpose' | 7:40 |
4. | 'A Dystopian Utopia' | 3:14 |
5. | 'The Undercity' | 2:40 |
6. | 'Patched In' | 4:25 |
7. | 'Identities' | 2:42 |
8. | 'The Vaults of Re:memory' | 2:21 |
9. | 'Venus Rising' | 3:31 |
10. | 'Into the Outlands' | 3:10 |
11. | 'Lost Treasures' | 7:09 |
12. | '6:17' | 1:18 |
13. | 'On the Surface of Scardonia' | 14:07 |
14. | 'Echoes of Time' | 9:42 |
Total length: | 1:12:16 |
Unreleased Tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Kids Are Alright[13]' | TBA |
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Amazon - Blackstar Act One: Purified (Original Score)'. Amazon. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ abcd'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Have questions about...' Facebook. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ ab'Celldweller Plans New Music, Book Series, And More'. Bloody-Disgusting. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^'Have questions about...' Facebook. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^'Blackstar Act One...' Facebook. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^'View image: Blackstar Cover'. Postimage. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ ab'Blackstar Novel info'. Facebook. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^'Blackstar Act Two: Awakening'. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
- ^ ab'Blackstar Act One: Purified (Original Score)'. FiXT Music. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^'Celldweller - Modulars, Sample Library, & New Track'. Youtube. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^'Retros (Extended Preview)'. Facebook. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ ab'The Kids Are Alright'. Vine.co. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
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