THE MIGHTY CELLDWELLER RETURNS!

Klayton's dominant persona makes an appearance with this killer single from the next album and song cycle. Still very much in END OF AN EMPIRE territory, you will hear a mixture of industrial screamo, proggy synths and melodic Future-Rock.

RIGGED UP

This is going to be a loose, recurring blog entry featuring studio chats with Electronic Rockers that will get amended and revised as-and-when. You'll get in-depth knowledge about band histories and studio tips. To start things off, let's see studio chats from TRENT REZNOR ( NIN ), and KLAYTON ( Celldweller / Circle of Dust ).

and if you want to go even deeper with Klayton, watch this - 

FLICK IT UP: SCANDROID GOES FULL-ON 80's HAIR METAL

It was inevitable really - Klayton asserts his musical supremacy by not resting on his bleepy faux-soundtrack laurels, and instead parties like it's 1986 with this all-out melodic metal assault. 

Complete with choppy riffs and tons of shredding, expect Tom Cruise to use this in the aerial dogfight sequences in Maverick: Top Gun II.

BRAND-NEW CELLDWELLER VIDEO DEBUTS TODAY!

With Klayton's other personas grabbing all the limelight lately, ( namely quasi-80s synthrocker Scandroid, and post-90s industrial metaller Circle of Dust ) and both having multiple releases in the last 18 months, it's about time his most famous alter-ego made a comeback. Here, we see Celldweller in an introspective mood, in a cut taken from the forthcoming album OFFWORLD. Released on July 28th, its melancholy textures herald somewhat of a detour from the usual crushing Electro-Metal sound.

NEW SCANDROID!

ADDED 04 / 05 / 2017 

[doesn't this guy ever sleep??]

ADDED 30 / 04 / 2017

ADDED 05 / 04 / 2017

LICENSED TO KILL: 10 FACE-MELTING TRACKS FROM SUBTERRA RECORDS

A while back we noticed that Klayton ( Celldweller ) had another label - Subterra - dedicated to supplying trancey or menacing 'wub-wub' sci-fi backing tracks for adverts, movie trailers, and games...so we had a good delve to see if there was anything worth adding to our music collections. Most are indeed short, two-minute atmospheric stabs of cinematic flavour. Some however, are longer, and would make great tracks for your electronic rock / dystopian / sci-fi-themed playlists. Here are our favourites...let's do it mixtape-style and intersperse the big tracks with a cool intro track. ( Note: Each song may roll-over into another from the same album, so if that happens either continue listening or just press pause to move on down Future-Rocker's list )...

CLICK HERE TO VISIT SUBTERRA

BRAND-NEW CELLDWELLER TRACK! : ELECTRIC EYE

Fantastic new track, and long overdue amongst Klayton's myriad other projects.

Can't wait for a new Celldweller album..!

KLAYTON LIVE IN THE STUDIO / CELLDWELLER FACEBOOK EVENT

If you want to see how Klayton turns all that amazing noise into a track, check it out:

For a great overview of his 2016 output [ Celldweller, Scandroid, Circle of Dust, games soundtracks, etc. ], watch this clip:

MUSIC PROMO FOR TRANSMISSIONS: PULSE INJECTOR

INSPIRATION

Electronic rocker and record producer Klayton on how he got to where he is now. 

MAY THE FORGE BE WITH YOU: HOW TO PRODUCE INDUSTRIAL METAL, BY KLAYTON

Production maestro Klayton ( aka Scandroid, & Celldweller ), talks us through how he went back to the 90s for his industrial outfit CIRCLE OF DUST's 2016 resurrection.

And here is the result...

Album review soon!

CIRCLE OF DUST, RECOMMISSIONED

Hugely prolific Detroit-based electronic musician Klayton ( also known as Celldweller ) has released a new video for his resurrected 90s industrial project CIRCLE OF DUST.

CoD was originally put on ice due to complicated legal disputes with a former label, in response to which, Klayton went on to form CELLDWELLER and grow his thriving label FIXTMUSIC to produce and market his own music ( as well as that of other acts such as Blue Stahli, The Qemists and The Algorithm ).

Recalling surrealist pioneer Louis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou, and Shinya Tsukamoto's horrifying 90s cyberpunk body-horror movie TETSUO, the video perfectly captures the aesthetics of 90s industrial music, as performed by bands like Die Krupps, KMFDM, and Schnitt Acht.

Circle of Dust has remastered and re-released it's entire back catalogue, culminating in a brand-new 2016 album, Machines of Our Disgrace. This track is taken from that album.* 

*There will be a comprehensive overview of FIXT's recent output on this blog soon.

NEW SCANDROID ALBUM IMMINENT!

The greatest 80s Synth-Rock band that never existed is about to release its debut album!

One of the many brainchildren of production mastermind Klayton ( who is also Circle of Dust, Argyle Park and of course, the legendary Celldweller ), Scandroid are the spiritual gene-splice of New Romantic pop stars Duran Duran and William Gibson's Neuromancer.

The album features 15 tracks of ridiculously catchy cyber-rock, ideal for those late nights when you've got Near Dark, Bladerunner or Akira on subtitles and you want a more rockin' soundtrack to go with the visuals.




''The debut, self-titled Scandroid album features 15 tracks, ranging from the driving instrumental energy of "Destination Unknown," to melodic vocal tracks like "Awakening With You," "Aphelion," and "Neo-Tokyo," rounded out with the cinematic epics "2517" & "Singularity." As a child of the 80's, Klayton has also included a cover of the classic Tears For Fears song "Shout," that he has been patiently waiting to cover since he first heard the song on U.S. radio in 1985. The digital album concludes with a bonus remix from synthwave artist Waveshaper. The 72 minute album depicts themes of a cyberpunk future where humans and sentient robots struggle to find a connection in their dystopian world.''

The album is out on November 11th, with an early-bird release the day before, via the label website ( see below ).

'THE ULTIMATE IN RETRO-TECH'

Yes, for Eighties completists, you can also experience the album via the extremely convenient cassette format!

Available as a strictly limited edition.

This and many other collectables are available at FIXTSTORE.