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Spectrum-X is a Harsh/Industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

/Gothic
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

/Electronic body music
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...

 band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

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History

Mysterious ways made NULLIFER AND CANDYBONES meet each other in 2004,
Nullifer Originally from NORWAY, moved to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 Usa to stay with her...and they created Spectrum-X.
In 2004 Spectrum-X released their Demo (music)
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 CD "Dreambook" a self produced (roughly recorded strange metal mix), This demo was inspired mostly by the holiday theme of Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

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In 2005 Spectrum-X began to work on their first full length Album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 Tea Party With Zombies(2006),
In late 2006 Spectrum-X released their first self produced full length Album "Tea Party With Zombies", This Album is still their best selling to date. (Industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...

 Mix), This album was inspired mostly by the theme of Alice in wonderland, but was twisted into a more darker and Gothic
Goth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...

 atmosphere.
In early 2006 Spectrum-X also filmed a Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song "SLOW" off of the Album "Tea Party With Zombies" directed by Pananu Productions, the main part of the video was recorded with the Alice in wonderland theme featuring Candy Bones in the Part of a Darker and Gothic
Goth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...

 Alice.
In 2007 Spectrum-X met Kiwamu the guitarist of BLOOD (band)
Blood (band)
Blood is a Japanese band that has been active from 2002 to 2009, returning in 2011. Blood's aim is to create music that expresses the meaning of human emotion that breaks the musical frame...

 and the Owner for the Japanese Record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth is a Tokyo based record label, distributor, and web store specializing in gothic and visual kei artists in genres such as Electro-industrial, darkwave, gothic rock, EBM, and industrial metal....

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At first Darkest Labyrinth was Record distribution for Spectrum-X in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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In 2007 after meeting Kiwamu Spectrum-X released their first Single (music)
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 cd Gnomes Bones (2007), it also included the Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for Gnomes Bones directed by Mirco Andreas. the song itself is based mostly on a Fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

 theme of theivish Gnome
Gnome
A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature...

s. The video also followed along the lines of a Fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

 but the band itself were depicted as Mannequin
Mannequin
A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, and others especially to display or fit clothing...

s.
After working for much time with Kiwamu he then offered a Record contract to Spectrum-X,
In 2008 Spectrum-X released their 2nd full length Album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 Darkest Night Ever(2008) under the Japanese Record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth is a Tokyo based record label, distributor, and web store specializing in gothic and visual kei artists in genres such as Electro-industrial, darkwave, gothic rock, EBM, and industrial metal....

. This album's theme was a mix of Victorian
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

 Gothic
Goth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...

 Fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

s, and a more Futuristic second half of the Album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 speaking from the point of view of two otherworldly or Alien
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...

 creatures who are now traped in Present
Present
Present is a time that is neither past nor future.Present may also refer to:- Time and timing :* Present tense, the grammatical tense of a verb* Before Present, radiocarbon dates relative to AD 1950* Presenting, a medical term* Presenteeism...

 day of Human kind speaking of Plasma weapons, Electric based Life forms and their home Planet
Planet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...

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Later that year (2008) Spectrum-X was invited to Concert tour in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, where they played a few shows in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, and also made a few in store appearances and DJ'd a few clubs,

Then Spectrum-X Re-recorded and re-released the Album Tea Party With Zombies (New Version)(2008) under the Japanese Record Label Darkest Labyrinth,

In 2009 Spectrum-X went to Concert tour in Hollywood California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 at "The Knitting Factory",

In June 2010 Spectrum-X returned to Concert tour in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 to promote the re release of the Album "Tea Party With Zombies (New Version" and to help promote the release of the Record Label Darkest Labyrinth compilation cd Darkest Labyrinth: Volume 2 (2010) which contained one of their songs "12 clock strikes",

In Early 2011 Spectrum-X decided to remove most of the Electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 and Acoustic instrument from their music to pursue their roots in the Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

 music.

Spectrum-X is now currently working on their 4th full length album which is due to be released in Fall of 2011,

This Album will be released under the Japanese Record Label Darkest Labyrinth and will also be released under the European Record label "TraumaFactor",

Spectrum-X over the years has also been featured in Magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

s such as "Dark Spy" from Germany "Alamode Magazine" from Japan "Risknote Magazine" From Japan "Anime Food" from Chicago Illinois USA "Gaku-X" USA,

Spectrum-X can have many meanings, a notable one can be "the ghost without a name",

Everything is made by Nullifer and CandyBones, although they sometimes hire live members for concerts,

Spectrum-X is signed to the biggest Japanese Industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

/Gothic
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 Record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth
Darkest Labyrinth is a Tokyo based record label, distributor, and web store specializing in gothic and visual kei artists in genres such as Electro-industrial, darkwave, gothic rock, EBM, and industrial metal....

 Darkest Labyrinth Official Website,

and To the European Harsh/Industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

/Gothic
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

/Electronic body music
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...

 Record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 TraumaFactor TraumaFactor Label at Myspace
Myspace
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Members

Nullifer: Vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, Programming, all studio work

Candy Bones: Vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

, Programming

Albums


Singles


Official Music Videos


Compilations


Other Artist's Albums Containing Spectrum-X Remix

  • BLOOD (band)
    Blood (band)
    Blood is a Japanese band that has been active from 2002 to 2009, returning in 2011. Blood's aim is to create music that expresses the meaning of human emotion that breaks the musical frame...

     BLOOD: The Reaper Behind Me (2008)
  • Vanished Empire: Theater of Tragedy(2009)
  • GPKism
    GPKism
    GPKism is a gothic/industrial unit formed in 2007. It was originally the solo project of GPK , while Kiwamu joined later that year. Both GPK and Kiwamu compose music for this project...

     GPKISM: Lucidium(2009)
  • Blam Honey
    Blam Honey
    Blam Honey is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in 1995 with two members: Tatsuya and Ryonai . Their sound is described as "Industrial with a Gothic Sense". They list NIN, Marilyn Manson and Skinny Puppy as influences.Blam Honey released two albums: Grandiose Delusion and Typical...

     BlamHoney: Providence of Decadence(2009)

Magazine Appearances

September 2009, Alamode Magazine - Volume 4 (Japan) Artism Japanese Gothic Magazine scroll down on the right side to find the volume

August 2009, Risknote Magazine (Japan) Risknote Japanese Visual Magazine

March 2009, Alamode Magazine - Volume 2 (Japan) Artism Japanese Gothic Magazine Spectrum-X reference page for Alamode Magazine

September 2008, Askew Magazine

September 2008, Alamode Magazine - Volume 1 (Japan) Artism Japanese Gothic Magazine scroll down on the right side to find the volume

September 2008, Darknoize (Chilie)

August 2008, Versacrum (Italy) Versacrum Italian Gothic Magazine

July 2008, Gaku-X (USA)

June 2008, Versacrum (Italy) Versacrum Italian Gothic Magazine

June 2008, Dark Spy -Volume 23 (Germany) Dark Spy german gothic magazine

April 2008, Anime Food (USA)

April 2008, Risknote magazine (Japan) Risknote Japanese Visual Magazine

Passed concert dates

2010

June 20, 2010 - Ikebukuro Live Inn Rosa (奇奏ト狂唱ノ宴 05 ) Tokyo, Japan

June 13, 2010 - Ikebukuro Live Inn Rosa (Darkest Fest 2010) Tokyo, Japan

June 11, 2010 - Takuya Angel shop -In Store Event- Harajuku Tokyo Japan

2009

Saturday, May 23, 2009- Knitting Factory- Hollywood California, USA

Opening Groups—Unextraordinary Gentlemen, Symphonic Eulogy

Friday, May 15, 2009 - Zoe Club - Milan Italy

2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008—Fallout party at KWADRAT—Klagenfurt, Austria --

Sunday, November 9, 2008—Estragon "Dark Fest" -- Bologna, Italy—Other Acts TBA

Friday, September 19, 2008—BlackHole—Milan, Italy--

Saturday, May 31, 2008—Blanco Cafè "Gate 0" -- Milan, Italy -- ...

Friday, April 25, 2008 -Cancelled- -- Zoe Club—Milan, Italy --

Sunday, April 13, 2008—Studio Cube 326 "Alamode Night" -- Tokyo, Japan—BLOOD, GPKISM, Etc.

Saturday, April 5, 2008—Club Neo "Black Veil" -- Osaka, Japan -- ..performance group..

2007

Friday, November 2, 2007—New Millenium "Decadence" -- Bologna, Italy -- ...

Wednesday, October 31, 2007—For Sale "Halloween" -- Piacenza, Italy—Edema, etc.

Saturday, May 26, 2007—Midian—Cremona, Italy -- ...

2006

Saturday, December 23, 2006—Alvaro e Carmilla—Piacenza, Italy—Self Human Combustion, etc.

Friday, November 10, 2006—Zoe Club—Milan, Italy—Aquefrigide

Friday, October 6, 2006—PalaRockness—Rome, Italy—Aquefrigide

Saturday, September 23, 2006—Freeway Pub—Pizzighettone, Italy—Odiosultela

Saturday, June 17, 2006—Harley Bar—Carpaneto, Italy—The Drop Machine

Saturday, June 10, 2006—Taverna Delle Fate—Piacenza, Italy—Various Bands

Saturday, April 15, 2006—Harley Bar—Carpaneto, Italy—Black Ball, Stolen Hate

Tuesday, March 14, 2006—Rainbow Club—Milan, Italy—Various Bands...

Sunday, March 12, 2006—Madly Pub—Castelnuovo, Italy—Black Ball

Sunday, February 12, 2006—Marmaja—Milan, Italy—Kenos

2005

Friday, December 2, 2005—Zoe Club—Milan, Italy -- ...

Sunday, November 27, 2005—Indian's Saloon—Milan, Italy—Various Bands

Friday, October ?, 2005—Zoe Club—Milan, Italy—Hless

Saturday, August 6, 2005—Taverna Delle Fate—Piacenza, Italy—Various Bands

Sunday, July 24, 2005—The Field—Carpaneto, Italy—Various Bands

Wednesday, May 25, 2005—The Field—Carpaneto, Italy—Viscera, SHC, Edema

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