Assemblage 23 is a futurepop/synthpop/EBM musical group from Seattle, WA (US); its sole member is Tom Shear. The group's name is often abbreviated as A23. Futurepop is a recently-emerging electronic music genre, an outgrowth of EBM and Industrial music incorporating influences from synth pop (such as musical structure and vocal style) and trance (uplifting, grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies). ... Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Electronic body music (EBM) is a musical genre combining elements of industrial music and electronic dance music. ... Jump to: navigation, search Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... ... Tom Shear is an American musician and music producer, and is the sole member of the synth-pop/EBM group Assemblage 23. ...

History

Prior to starting Assemblage 23, Tom Shear experimented with music at home under the name Man on a Stage in the 1980s. Lacking the confidence to sing, most of Shear's music at this point was instrumental; the quality of the music itself was highly questionable by his own admission. Shear eventually began to add vocals to his music; all the while, Shear was also playing bass in a live band called the Advocates. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988, after Shear experienced the industrial dance music played by an opening DJ for Depeche Mode. The style of this genre deeply impressed Shear; he believed he had finally found the sort of sound he wanted for his music. Even so, the project was more of a hobby for Shear at this point; it took until 1998 for Assemblage 23 to gather enough positive acclaim to attract the attention of record labels. The group was finally signed for a full-length album in 1999, when it struck a deal with Canadian label Gashed to release Contempt in November. The album Failure followed in March 2001, released by Gashed in North America and Accession Records in Europe. Jump to: navigation, search 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... Jump to: navigation, search The bandmembers of Depeche Mode, circa 1993. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ...

The single from Failure, "Disappoint", was released on Accession in October 2001. The song dealt with Shear's sense of loss after his father's suicide on October 28, 1999. 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ...

After a falling out with Gashed Records following Failure, Assemblage 23 signed with US label Metropolis Records (US) later in 2001; Metropolis re-released Contempt and Failure in November. A remix release, Addendum, was also released in November only on Accession. By this point, the group had become fairly popular within the EBM genre; a third album, Defiance, was released in October 2002 on Metropolis and Accession. The single from Defiance, "Document", was released in September of that year. Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the industrial, EBM, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2002. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for September, 2002. ...

Assemblage 23 released a fourth album, Storm, in October 2004; the first single from that album, "Let the Wind Erase Me", was released in August of the same year. The second single, "Ground", was released in November. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports Deaths in August 2004 • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz • 13 Julia Child • 8 Robert... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John Morgan • 13...

Discography

Albums

• Contempt (1999)
• Failure (2001)
• Addendum (2001)
• Defiance (2002)
• Storm (2004)

Singles

• Disappoint (2001)
• Document (2002)
• Let the Wind Erase Me (2004)
• Ground (2009)

External links

• Official website
• Accession Records