Kasson Crooker is the artist behind Symbion Project, DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, and Cosmonaut Zero. He is also part of the synthpop group Freezepop as The Duke of Pannekoeken, formerly The Duke of Candied Apples. His music has been featured in the HarmonixPlaystation 2 games Frequency, Amplitude, and the Karaoke Revolution series. At Harmonix, his official role is Audio Director. His main solo project is Symbion Project, with two albums. Past bands include the dreampop band Sirensong, and the more well-known Splashdown whose albums include stars and garters, the halfworld and redshift ep's, and the unreleased blueshift full length. For lots of mp3's and info on all these projects, visit the symbion project link below. Freezepop is an indie synthpop band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claimed to be a clone of the original Sean T. Drinkwater). ... Synth pop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Freezepop is an blippy indie synthpop band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples, aka Kasson Crooker), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claimed to be a clone of the original Sean T. Drinkwater). ... Harmonix is a game developer for the PlayStation 2. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ... The PlayStation 2 game Frequency from Harmonix introduced a new style of rhythm video game. ... The PlayStation 2 game Amplitude was developed by Harmonix and is the sequel to the game Frequency. ... Karaoke Revolution, and its sequels Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 and Karaoke Revolution Volume 3, are Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox video games developed by Harmonix and published by Konami in its Bemani line. ... Harmonix is a game developer for the PlayStation 2. ... Freezepop is an indie synthpop band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claimed to be a clone of the original Sean T. Drinkwater). ...
Kasson began his career in the music industry after attending Berklee College of Music (music production and engineering major) at Lexicon where he worked in QA on products like the PCM90, MPX1, and 960, also making an abundance of presets for those devices.
His first title there was the 2000 game FreQuency which he did lead audio production on, and composed the songs under the band name's Freezepop, Symbion Project, DJ HMX, and Komputer Kontroller.
Kasson other main hobbies are his bands Freezepop and Symbion Project.