Necessary Response

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Necessary Response
Origin Los Angeles, CA
Genre(s) Electro Industrial, EBM
Years active 2005 – present
Label(s) Out of Line Records (Europe)
Bractune Records (USA)
Website http://myspace.com/necessaryresponse
Members
Daniel Graves [1]


Necessary Response is an electronic musical project created by Daniel Graves. According to Graves, the songs were produced from tracks which did not fit into the format of his other project, Aesthetic Perfection.[2]


Beginning in early 2005, a forum thread on side-line.com even featured a short debate on the identity of band members spurred by fan interest in the band. Previously, Machineries of Joy Vol. 3, a compilation from industrial/EBM label Out of Line, was released containing the track "Forever." At the time, there were no online sources which could provide information on the band. Fans on the side-line.com forum expressed interest in the artist, but no one could initially provide information on the identity of the person or persons involved with the project. [3]

In an attempt to distance himself from the project, but also to create more interest in it, Graves created a MySpace account for Necessary Response using a false identity and location. Claiming to be from Southern Sweden, Graves was able to, for a time, keep his identity a secret.

In subsequent months, as fans were awaiting material, a five-track bootleg was released featuring the following songs:

1. Tomorrow
2. Elements
3. Forever
4. Devotion
5. Tomorrow (Edit)


Shortly before announcing the release date of the debut album, Graves added his own name and location to the bands' MySpace page and publicly admitted to being the artist behind the project.

On March 16, 2007 (coincidentally Graves' birthday) Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound was released, and in February 2008, Necessary Response toured the U.S. promoting the album and supporting synthpop act De/Vision.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Blood Spills Not Far From The Wound [BRAC004] - $12.00 : Crunch Pod Distro, Industrial / Electronic Music Distribution
  2. ^ www.side-line.com/forum/threads.php?id=4680_0_20_0_C
  3. ^ www.side-line.com/forum/threads.php?id=4680_0_20_0_C
  • According to Clint Carney (of Imperative Reaction), the name for the project was originally a joke name based on synonyms for the words "Imperative" and "Reaction."
  • As early as 2006, several Amateur Music Videos began appearing on YouTube featuring songs by Necessary Response.[1]

[edit] Discography


--Recon-element (talk) 14:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)