Aesthetic Perfection is an American-Austrian electronic musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000.[2] It was formed in Los Angeles, California before moving to Linz, Austria.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Synthpop, EBM, aggrotech (early) |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Spinoffs | Necessary Response |
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| Website | www |
Biography
editAesthetic Perfection was formerly signed directly to Metropolis Records in the United States and Out of Line Records in Europe, until Graves decided to run it on his independent label Close to Human Records. Additionally, the band was licensed to Gravitator Records[3] in Russia and Death Watch Asia[4] in Japan.
The band's third album, All Beauty Destroyed, was released on November 4, 2011, in Europe and November 8, 2011, in the United States.[5]
On March 29, 2019, Aesthetic Perfection released its sixth album, Into the Black.[6] Unlike previous albums which were released by labels, Into the Black was self-released. According to Graves, this was an intentional move towards running the band free of label intervention, due to a belief that the label industry model was "dying".[7] He has talked about his experience with the difficulties of touring, including minimal revenue, logistical issues and contract arrangements that require the band to front many costs which are only recouped if the tour is successful.[7]
Band members
editFormer members
editDiscography
editStudio albums
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| Close to Human |
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| A Violent Emotion |
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| All Beauty Destroyed |
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| 'Til Death |
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| Imperfect |
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| Blood Spills Not Far from the Wound |
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| Into the Black |
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| MMXXI |
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Extended plays
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| All Beauty Destroyed – The Remixes |
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| A Nice Place to Destroy |
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| Bad Vibes |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
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| "The Devil's in the Details" | 2010 | All Beauty Destroyed |
| "Inhuman" | 2011 | |
| "Smoke Trails" | 2012 | Non-album single |
| "Antibody" | 2013 | 'Til Death |
| "The Dark Half" | ||
| "Big Bad Wolf" | ||
| "Never Enough" | 2015 | Blood Spills Not Far From The Wound |
| "LAX" | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Love Like Lies" | ||
| "Rhythm + Control" | 2017 | |
| "Ebb and Flow" | 2018 | |
| "No Boys Allowed" | 2019 | Into the Black |
| "Gods and Gold" | ||
| "Lockdown" (with Chemical Sweet Kid) | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "S E X" | 2021 | MMXXI |
| "Party Monster" | ||
| "Automaton" | ||
| "Dead Zone" | ||
| "Gravity" | ||
| "Happy Face" | ||
| "A New Drug" | ||
| "American Psycho" | ||
| "BETRAYER" | ||
| "Bark at the Moon" | ||
| "Save Myself" | ||
| "Lonesome Ghosts" | ||
| "Blood Runs Cold" | 2022 | Non-album singles |
| "Summer Goth" | 2023 | |
| "Meat & Bones" | ||
| "Toxic" | ||
| "monochrome" | 2024 | |
| "Into the Void" | Bad Vibes | |
| "Self Inflicted" |
Music videos
edit| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "The Great Depression" | 2009 | Hendrik S. Schmitt/Zeitschnitt |
| "Inhuman" | 2011 | Max Nadolny |
| "All Beauty Destroyed" | 2012 | Mitch Massie |
| "A Nice Place to Visit" | Mitch Massie | |
| "Antibody" | 2013 | Mitch Massie |
| "The Dark Half" | Ronald Dembowksi | |
| "Big Bad Wolf" | Mitch Massie | |
| "The New Black" | 2014 | — |
| "Never Enough" | 2015 | — |
| "LAX" | 2016 | — |
| "Love Like Lies" | 2017 | Clint Carney |
| "Ebb and Flow" | 2018 | Everett Lee-Sung |
| "Bye Bye Bye" | Nyxx | |
| "No Boys Allowed" | 2019 | Chad Michael Ward |
| "Gods and Gold" | Clint Carney | |
| "Supernatural" | 2020 | Eulenherz Artwork |
| "Bark at The Moon" [9] | 2021 | Chad Michael Ward |
| "Lonesome Ghosts" | Daniel Graves |
Other appearances
edit| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sacrifice" | 2002 | Septic III |
| "I Belong to You" | 2004 | Machineries of Joy Vol. 3 |
| "Surface" (Pneumatic Detach Remix) | 2005 | Awake the Machines Vol. 5 |
| "Coward" (live video) | 2006 | Out of Line Festival Vol. 2 |
| "Architect" (live video) | ||
| "Sacrifice" (live video) | ||
| "Living the Wasted Life" (Machineries Mix) | 2007 | Machineries of Joy Vol. 4 |
| "Living the Wasted Life" (Deadbeat Remix) | Extreme Sündenfall 6 | |
| "Pale" (Beta Edit) | 2008 | Awake the Machines Vol. 6 |
| "Schadenfreude" (Beta Edit) | Das Bunker 4: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns | |
| "Schadenfreude" (Hexen Prozess Remix) | 2009 | Inquisition Process |
| "Want It" (XP8 featuring Daniel Graves) | Want It (Single) | |
| "The Ones" (genCAB Remix) | 2010 | Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer |
| "The Siren" (Faderhead Remix) | Rock Oracle Compilation #5 | |
| "Under Your Skin" (Deadbeat Remix) | 2012 | Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Score) |
| "The Devil's in the Details" (Sthilmann Remix) | Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume II: Recurrence | |
| "A Nice Place to Visit" (video) | Visions of Machines | |
| "A Nice Place to Visit" (Syndroid Remix) | Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume III: Remission | |
| "Lifelight" (Rotersand featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | Truth Is Fanatic Again | |
| "Dead Tomorrow" (Bruderschaft featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | 2013 | Return |
| "Voodoo" (Nyxx featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | 2018 | Voodoo (Single) |
| "Amplify" (Avarice in Audio featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | No Punishment - No Paradise | |
| "Rhythm + Control" (Third Realm Remix) | Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume V: Remembrance | |
| "This Modern World" | 2019 | Pieces - A Thousand Albums at the End of America: The Album Within an Album |
| "Shut Off" (Raygun Romance featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | Get Wicked | |
| "No Boys Allowed" (Empirion Remix) | 2020 | Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume VI: Reflection |
| "Digital Deities" (X-RL7 featuring Aesthetic Perfection) | Digital Deities |
Remixes
edit| Title | Year | Artist |
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| "Sacrifice" | 2005 | Agonoize |
| "Sick Fuck" | 2006 | Unter Null |
| "Portrait of Homicide" | 2007 | Dawn of Ashes |
| "Still Alive" | Solitary Experiments | |
| "Our Game" | 2008 | Suicidal Romance |
| "Can't Change the Beat" | 2009 | Combichrist |
| "Crash of a Star" | Wynardtage | |
| "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | |
| "LoveGame" | Lady Gaga | |
| "Rot" | [:SITD:] | |
| "Body Flow" | 2010 | Interface |
| "Version 2" | genCAB | |
| "Art" | God Module | |
| "Kingdom of Welcome Addiction" | IAMX | |
| "Here's to You" | System Syn | |
| "Relax and Ride It" | Alter Der Ruine | |
| "Polarity" | Cervello Elettronico | |
| "Enjoy the Silence" | Depeche Mode | |
| "Dog Eat Dog" | Hocico | |
| "Paparazzi" | Lady Gaga | |
| "Gallows" | Endless Sunder | |
| "Death Cures All Pain" | Suicide Commando | |
| "Bass Down Low" | 2011 | Dev featuring The Cataracs |
| "Rise Above" | 00tz 00tz | |
| "I Kill" | Blackcentr | |
| "Muv Your Dolly" | XP8 | |
| "Tonight" | Skold | |
| "White Knuckle Head Fuck" | Caustic | |
| "Sharp as Stars" | Surgyn | |
| "This Is the Life" | 2012 | Inure |
| "The Iron Fist of Just Destruction" (Going Hard Remix) | Everything Goes Cold | |
| "Crash and Burn" | Detroit Diesel | |
| "Conflict Instigation" | Grendel | |
| "Wahre Liebe" | Agonoize | |
| "Robots" | Modulate | |
| "Motormouth" | Mob Research | |
| "Collider" | Formalin | |
| "Get Rid of This Life" | 2013 | Sleetgrout |
| "Engel" | Rammstein | |
| "Can You Feel My Heart?" | Bring Me the Horizon | |
| "Smell of Fear" | Dead Hand Projekt | |
| "Dead Inside" | Ludovico Technique | |
| "Goodbye" | Bruderschaft | |
| "Hotel Suicide" | Rabia Sorda | |
| "As Nations Decay" | BlakOPz | |
| "Master of Decay" | 3Teeth | |
| "Use Once and Destroy" (Version : Aesthetic Perfection) | 2014 | Psyclon Nine |
| "Blitzlicht" | Epinephrin | |
| "Land of the Blind" | Information Society | |
| "Numb" | CYFERDYNE | |
| "Rise" | Surveillance | |
| "Heart On" | Celldweller | |
| "The Error Is You" | Spider Lilies | |
| "Eat You Alive" | Emigrate | |
| "Sinixtr" | 2015 | Mordacious |
| "Ice Crystal" | Eisfabrik | |
| "Parallel World" | Alkemic Generator | |
| "I Idolize You" | Massive Ego | |
| "Oh Cruel Darkness Embrace Me" | IAMX | |
| "Under Control | Solar Fake | |
| "Robots" | Modulate | |
| "Our Game" | 2016 | Suicidal Romance |
| "Bitchcraft" featuring KMFDM | Victor Love | |
| "My World" | Binary Division | |
| "Kill Your Darlings" | Mesh | |
| "Cheerful Hypocrisy" | Snog | |
| "Courtship II" | HEALTH | |
| "Journey to Storyville" | Goteki | |
| "Brother Death" | 2017 | [:SITD:] |
| "Moshpit" | Attila | |
| "Lowlife Novelties" | Lovelesslust | |
| "Hearts Against Minds" | For All the Emptiness | |
| "Gegenstrom" | BodyHarvest | |
| "Neon Dominion" | 2018 | Sirus |
| "Static" | DV8R | |
| "Functional" (Aesthetic Perfection '09 Mix) | Imperative Reaction | |
| "Romeos" | Bloodhype | |
| "Automat" | Eisbrecher | |
| "Join Us" | 2019 | SynthAttack |
| "Jigsaw" | Murder Weapons | |
| "Black Lambo" | Lazerpunk | |
| "Drums of the Machines" | Jalex | |
| "Bipolar Pop" featuring Chiasm | Third Realm | |
| "War" (Retro Orion Remix) | Emigrate |
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Aesthetic Perfection.
- ^ "Aesthetic Perfection". Metropolis Records. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ Babalon, Lola (8 March 2009). "Aesthetic Perfection - Visualizing the Great Depression". ReGen Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ ":: Gravitator records : Gothic-industrial-synthpop label ::". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "DEATHWATCH ASIA catalogue". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ "Aesthetic Perfection presents third studio album with newly signed label Metropolis Records – Blackvector Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Aesthetic Perfection - Into The Black • Review • Electrozombies". Electrozombies. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ a b Oberlin, David (2016-11-21). "Interview with Aesthetic Perfection". Soundscape. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ a b Demiralay, Bahadir, ed. (September 2021). "genCab". NGP Magazine (2): 32.
- ^ Aesthetic Perfection - Bark at the Moon (Official Video), retrieved 2022-04-24
