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Askeleton started in 2000 during the break-up ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐of his former band, The Hidden Chord. Using a free version of a certain▌█ ▐█▐ █▐unnamed audio program he started putting together songs based on ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐samples, simply arranged keyboard and guitar parts paired with left ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐over Hidden Chord lyrics. What resulted? Cute little pop songs. Two ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐records were made in 2000 and 2001, both were released in 2002; the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐"Sad Album" full length CD on Minneapolis label Blood of the Young ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Records and an CD/EP called "Modern Fairy Tales" on New York's Alone ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Records. A modest amount of great press and reviews followed the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐releases as well as the now infamous first Askeleton duo live shows. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The live band kept growing and changing members to fit whatever was the▌█ ▐█▐ █▐needs of the Askeleton live band at the time. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐In the fall of 2002 with the help new equipment and software, Knol ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐started work on what would become the Angry Album or- Psychic Songs. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐When half a dozen songs were in the works Knol's brother, Erin Tate ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐(aka Ezilla of Minus the Bear), recorded live drums on many songs while▌█ ▐█▐ █▐on vacation from Seattle WA. One simple take at a time the Askeleton ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐sound took on a new character. Using more live instrumentation and ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐relying less on the samples and loops he first used, the sound became ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐larger and rockier while maintaining the same feel that the simpler, ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐sample based songs did. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The live band was growing and changing once again (now dubbed The ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Askeleton Orchestra). Joined onstage with members of such local bands ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐as: End Transmission, Valet, Vox Vermillion, Arsonwelles, Motion City ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Soundtrack and Monarques, as well as sharing the stage with such ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐diverse bands as Radio 4, Minus The Bear, Mark Mallman, 12 Rods, 25 ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Suaves, Ela and many more, the Askeleton live show was becoming as ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐diverse as the new record was shaping up to be. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐One of the first tracks to be finished for the new full length was "The▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Future"; a song about facing uncertainty and overcoming it. It was ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐decided that this song would be the first single for the record. Taking▌█ ▐█▐ █▐three older songs that he had been sitting on since the recording of ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐the "Modern Fairy Tales" songs, "Work", "Sleep" and "DIE" were the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐perfect songs to accompany the idea of "The Future." St. Paul label O- ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Matic records were poised to release "The Future EP." In a cold January▌█ ▐█▐ █▐of 2004 "The Future" single was released as an enhanced CD/EP, the four▌█ ▐█▐ █▐tracks and one music video for "The Future" shot and directed by local ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐film maker Eli Ljung. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐The Angry Album, more than a year in the making was beginning to take ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐shape but still had no label to call home. With more than 25 songs to ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐choose from the final 13 tracks were decided upon and tweaked. Joined ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐by Eric Vong of Vox Vermillion and the live Askeleton group playing ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐drums on some tracks as well as other friends, more and more songs took▌█ ▐█▐ █▐on a live feel. Knol started to start shopping the completed album ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐around to labels nation wide with luck. Knowing that it was a ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐worthwhile piece of art, frustration and self doubt started to rear ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐their ugly heads. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Goodnight Records is the brainchild of Keith Vogelsong, the main person▌█ ▐█▐ █▐and song writer behind the band The Blue Hour from Atlanta Ga. Both ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Askeleton and The Blue Hour had previous releases on Alone Records. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐While Knol was starting the process of "shopping around" Angry Album ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Keith contacted Knol about being one of the first releases on ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Goodnight. With the intention of making a good label run by artists for▌█ ▐█▐ █▐artists Knol couldn't say no and was excited to work with Goodnight. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Plans for releasing the full length began. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Enlisting the help of many friends to complete the project the album ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐was put together over the months of December and January of 03' and ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐04'. Artwork was done by Knol and good friend and screen printer Peter ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Tressler. Also Knol and Eli Ljung began work on the video for the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐second track off the album called "Birdman" to be included on the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐enhanced Angry Album disc. The album was mastered and ready to go. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐With tours and other promotional ventures and a quick follow up to the ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐Angry Album called Happy Album in the works it seems that 2004 with be ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐a good year for Askeleton. (askeleton.net) ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▀▀ ▀ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▐█▐ ░ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ░ ▐█▐ ▄ ▄▄▄▐█▌▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▄ ▄▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▐█▌▄▄▄ ▄ ▐█▐ ░ ▐█▌ ▐█ █▌ ▐█▌ ░ ▐█▐ ▀ ▀▀▀▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▐█ ▀▀ ▀ GRP-NOTES ▀ ▀▀ █▌▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▐ ▐█ █▌ ▐█▐ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▐█▐ █▐As 2004 brings about a new year, the month of February brings about our▌█ ▐█▐ █▐6-month anniversary. Bringing you well over 300 releases so far, we are▌█ ▐█▐ █▐striving to bring you even more quality releases in the time to come. ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐For those who have supported us through the tough times,you have our ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐gratitude and upmost respect. Look for more great releases from ICE ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐in 2004! ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ICE is currently seeking: ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -New music rippers and suppliers ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Siteops seeking MP3 affils 10/100 mbit+ all locations ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Dump and HQ providers 10 mbit+ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ -Anybody that feels that they can add something to our team ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐If you can help us with any of the above please contact us: ▌█ ▐█▐ █▐ Last Updated:02.04 ▌█ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▀▀ ▀