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Cause & Effect is an electronic fusion of cleverly crafted pop arrangements against a backdrop of layered synth textures and acoustic rhythmic flourishes. Intelligent, thought provoking lyrics and pleading melodies embedded in lush sonic soundscapes that are sure to captivate the senses of even the most discriminating listener. Cause & Effectβs Rob Rowe (co-founder) and Keith Milo return with their fifth studio album, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT.β
After developing and perfecting their own brand of electronic pop for nearly two decades, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCTβ marks a new level of maturity songwriting, and new way of thinking about how music is released and sold. Breaking with tradition, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCTβ has been designed as a three-part series to be released as individual EPβs over the course of 2010 and 2011, rather than a conventional ten to twelve-song album release.
βWe wanted to try a new way of putting out our music this time around,β says Milo. βThere are no rules anymore. The digital age has turned the entire industry on its head and itβs made us all rethink things. Are we artificially constructing an album by releasing it in βparts,β or is the 12 song album as weβve come to know it just an ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT?
Led off by the deeply contagious first single βHAPPY?β where Miloβs sleek electronic bed of synth driven melodies lay the foundation for Roweβs silky smooth vocals and sardonic lyrical content. βEverybodyβs happy dreaming of the future,β Rowe croons seductively in a tale about finding a sense of purpose and meaning in the mundane mediocrity of corporate life. And while βHAPPYβ bridges the gap sonically between previous C+E albums, it also sets the tone for the rest of the EPβs emotionally charged tracks which range in style from the electro-acoustic loverβs ballad βView of the Sea,β to the nostalgic teenage New Romantic anthem βThis Is who I Am,β to the dark and brooding closer βSleep,β which tells a deeply honest and emotional tale of love lost.
. . . . . (HAPPY?- DIRTY 8VA Remix can be downloaded for FREE at Cause and Effectβs Official Website.)
βThereβs a bit of everything we love in there,β says Rowe. βWeβve never easily fit into a specific genre and that gives us the freedom to always blur the lines while being true to our roots. We can put a song like βHAPPY?β right next to a song like βView of the Seaβ and it still feels cohesive. It still sounds like C+E.β
Cause & Effect was originally formed in Sacramento, California in 1988 by Robert Rowe and Sean Rowley. Their debut album, Another Minute, stormed onto the music scene in the early 1990βs scoring two top ten dance-pop singles and a Billboard top 20 singles hit with βYou Think You Know Her.β After the tragic loss of friend, writing partner and co-founding member Sean Rowley in late 1992, singer Rowe took a step back to re-evaluate the bandβs direction and the hopes he had for the future.
βPerforming the tribute to Sean at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas Show in LA was a turning point,β explains Rowe, βThe overwhelming support from the fans and audience made me realize that giving up just wasnβt an option.β
Determined to pick up the pieces and move forward, Rowe called upon Keith Milo, an Orange County-based electronic musician and friend to finish the remaining leg of the tour with himself and drummer Rich Shepherd (the Adored).
Although that initial tour was plagued with equipment malfunctions, thefts and travel mishaps, it was to become the start of a new beginning for C+E. Upon returning home, Rowe and Milo quickly went to work writing new material and redefining the sound of Cause and Effect.
βComing in to Cause and Effect after Seanβs death was a scary thing to do,β says Milo, βthere was so much uncertainty. Sean was a genius with melody, he was irreplaceable. I think there was solace in the fact that we became a very different band at that point and we all felt that we were doing the right thing by continuing on.β
Six months later, the three found themselves in London recording the bandβs critically acclaimed sophomore album βTripβ with producer Martyn Phillips (best known for his work with Beloved, Erasure, and Jesus Jones).
A seamless integration of Roweβs evocative vocals and economical guitar, Miloβs melodic soundscapes and Shepherdβs inventive percussion, βTripβ was an βaffirmation of life and hope.β The aptly named album documents the bandβs journey towards self-discovery that they made in the London flat they shared, in the studio, and in underground dance clubs they frequented between recording sessions. In addition to receiving overwhelming critical praise, the album spawned the thundering cross-over club hit, βItβs Over Now,β which respectively climbed to the #7 spot on Billboardβs modern rock charts and was C+Eβs fourth release to make it onto the Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
Despite the success of the βTripβ album, Cause and Effectβs label Zoo Entertainment was in severe financial turmoil as a result of growing too quickly. After parent company BMG MUSIC pulled funding and distribution, the indie-run label soon folded. Rather than look for another major label contract, the band built their first Web site, formed the label, Liquefaction Records, and decided to embrace the digital DIY world brought about by the explosion of the Internet.
A year later saw the release of βINNERMOST STATION," the bandβs third album. Nine extraordinary, introspective tracks including the epic single βWorld is Ours,β which instantly became a favorite amongst many of their adoring fans and college radio programmers alike. Soon after the recording of βINNERMOST STATIONβ was completed, drummer Richard Shepherd amicably left the band to pursue personal interests.
Meeting up at Miloβs LA studio for βTHE SUNRISE EPβ sessions marked the second major musical turning point for C+E. Sonically inspired by the laid back loungy grooves of the underground, βTHE SUNRISE EPβsβ lead single βInto the Lightβ went on to become the bandβs fifth single to chart in the Billboard Club charts reaching the #20 spot in Summer 2004. The EP also featured the acoustic-driven βStay,β which has become a fan favorite. C+E toured throughout 2004 in support of βTHE SUNRISE EPβ playing in 23 cities across the US and South America.
2010, todayβs Cause and Effect are brimming with a renewed vigor and a surging confidence. In addition to the newly released βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART ONE,β the duo is hard at work on the follow-up releases, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART TWOβ is slated for release 26 July, 2011; and βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART THREEβ is to be released at a later date, with shows beginning soon after. The first track from AC2, Happiness Is Alien from was released on July 8th, 2011.
Cause and Effect is: ROB ROWE and KEITH MILO
DISCOGRAPHY: )
β’ Cause & Effect - CD Album (1990; Nastymix Records / Liquefaction Records)
β’ What Do You See - CD Single (1990, Re-Release 1992; Nastymix Records / Exile Records / Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ You Think You Know Her - CD Single (1990, Re-Release 1991; Nastymix Records / Exile Records / Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Another Minute - Album (1991; Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Another Minute (Single) - CD Single (1992; Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ South Paw: Zoo's Left Wing '93 - Compilation [C+Eβs βhollowβ] (1993; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music)
β’ It's Over Now - CD Single (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Alone - Label Promo Only (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Inside Out - Label Promo Only (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ TRIP - Album (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Innermost Station - Album (1997, Re-Release 1999; Liquefaction Records / Jarrett Records)
β’ World Is Ours - Digital Single (1999; Liquefaction Records)
β’ World Is Ours V2 - Digital Single (1999; Liquefaction Records)
β’ The Sunrise EP (2003; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Into The Light Remixes - EP (2004; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Cause & Effect - Album Digital (Re-Release 2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Happy? (Dirty 8VA Mix) FREE Single - Digital Single (2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part One - EP (April 2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part Two - EP (July 2011; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part Three - EP (tbd 2011; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct - Album (tbd 2011; Liquefaction Records)
Digital Albums are available for purchase at Cause and Effectβs Official Website.
OFFICIAL WEBSITES:
http://www.causeandeffect.com
http://causeandeffect.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/CauseAndEffectMusic
http://www.twitter.com/_causeandeffect
http://www.youtube.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.myspace.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.reverbnation.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://soundcloud.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Cause+and+Effect
http://www.last.fm/music/Cause%2B%2526%2BEffect
Cause & Effect is an electronic fusion of cleverly crafted pop arrangements against a backdrop of layered synth textures and acoustic rhythmic flourishes. Intelligent, thought provoking lyrics and pleading melodies embedded in lush sonic soundscapes that are sure to captivate the senses of even the most discriminating listener. Cause & Effectβs Rob Rowe (co-founder) and Keith Milo return with their fifth studio album, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT.β
After developing and perfecting their own brand of electronic pop for nearly two decades, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCTβ marks a new level of maturity songwriting, and new way of thinking about how music is released and sold. Breaking with tradition, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCTβ has been designed as a three-part series to be released as individual EPβs over the course of 2010 and 2011, rather than a conventional ten to twelve-song album release.
βWe wanted to try a new way of putting out our music this time around,β says Milo. βThere are no rules anymore. The digital age has turned the entire industry on its head and itβs made us all rethink things. Are we artificially constructing an album by releasing it in βparts,β or is the 12 song album as weβve come to know it just an ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT?
Led off by the deeply contagious first single βHAPPY?β where Miloβs sleek electronic bed of synth driven melodies lay the foundation for Roweβs silky smooth vocals and sardonic lyrical content. βEverybodyβs happy dreaming of the future,β Rowe croons seductively in a tale about finding a sense of purpose and meaning in the mundane mediocrity of corporate life. And while βHAPPYβ bridges the gap sonically between previous C+E albums, it also sets the tone for the rest of the EPβs emotionally charged tracks which range in style from the electro-acoustic loverβs ballad βView of the Sea,β to the nostalgic teenage New Romantic anthem βThis Is who I Am,β to the dark and brooding closer βSleep,β which tells a deeply honest and emotional tale of love lost.
. . . . . (HAPPY?- DIRTY 8VA Remix can be downloaded for FREE at Cause and Effectβs Official Website.)
βThereβs a bit of everything we love in there,β says Rowe. βWeβve never easily fit into a specific genre and that gives us the freedom to always blur the lines while being true to our roots. We can put a song like βHAPPY?β right next to a song like βView of the Seaβ and it still feels cohesive. It still sounds like C+E.β
Cause & Effect was originally formed in Sacramento, California in 1988 by Robert Rowe and Sean Rowley. Their debut album, Another Minute, stormed onto the music scene in the early 1990βs scoring two top ten dance-pop singles and a Billboard top 20 singles hit with βYou Think You Know Her.β After the tragic loss of friend, writing partner and co-founding member Sean Rowley in late 1992, singer Rowe took a step back to re-evaluate the bandβs direction and the hopes he had for the future.
βPerforming the tribute to Sean at the KROQ Acoustic Christmas Show in LA was a turning point,β explains Rowe, βThe overwhelming support from the fans and audience made me realize that giving up just wasnβt an option.β
Determined to pick up the pieces and move forward, Rowe called upon Keith Milo, an Orange County-based electronic musician and friend to finish the remaining leg of the tour with himself and drummer Rich Shepherd (the Adored).
Although that initial tour was plagued with equipment malfunctions, thefts and travel mishaps, it was to become the start of a new beginning for C+E. Upon returning home, Rowe and Milo quickly went to work writing new material and redefining the sound of Cause and Effect.
βComing in to Cause and Effect after Seanβs death was a scary thing to do,β says Milo, βthere was so much uncertainty. Sean was a genius with melody, he was irreplaceable. I think there was solace in the fact that we became a very different band at that point and we all felt that we were doing the right thing by continuing on.β
Six months later, the three found themselves in London recording the bandβs critically acclaimed sophomore album βTripβ with producer Martyn Phillips (best known for his work with Beloved, Erasure, and Jesus Jones).
A seamless integration of Roweβs evocative vocals and economical guitar, Miloβs melodic soundscapes and Shepherdβs inventive percussion, βTripβ was an βaffirmation of life and hope.β The aptly named album documents the bandβs journey towards self-discovery that they made in the London flat they shared, in the studio, and in underground dance clubs they frequented between recording sessions. In addition to receiving overwhelming critical praise, the album spawned the thundering cross-over club hit, βItβs Over Now,β which respectively climbed to the #7 spot on Billboardβs modern rock charts and was C+Eβs fourth release to make it onto the Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.
Despite the success of the βTripβ album, Cause and Effectβs label Zoo Entertainment was in severe financial turmoil as a result of growing too quickly. After parent company BMG MUSIC pulled funding and distribution, the indie-run label soon folded. Rather than look for another major label contract, the band built their first Web site, formed the label, Liquefaction Records, and decided to embrace the digital DIY world brought about by the explosion of the Internet.
A year later saw the release of βINNERMOST STATION," the bandβs third album. Nine extraordinary, introspective tracks including the epic single βWorld is Ours,β which instantly became a favorite amongst many of their adoring fans and college radio programmers alike. Soon after the recording of βINNERMOST STATIONβ was completed, drummer Richard Shepherd amicably left the band to pursue personal interests.
Meeting up at Miloβs LA studio for βTHE SUNRISE EPβ sessions marked the second major musical turning point for C+E. Sonically inspired by the laid back loungy grooves of the underground, βTHE SUNRISE EPβsβ lead single βInto the Lightβ went on to become the bandβs fifth single to chart in the Billboard Club charts reaching the #20 spot in Summer 2004. The EP also featured the acoustic-driven βStay,β which has become a fan favorite. C+E toured throughout 2004 in support of βTHE SUNRISE EPβ playing in 23 cities across the US and South America.
2010, todayβs Cause and Effect are brimming with a renewed vigor and a surging confidence. In addition to the newly released βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART ONE,β the duo is hard at work on the follow-up releases, βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART TWOβ is slated for release 26 July, 2011; and βARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT PART THREEβ is to be released at a later date, with shows beginning soon after. The first track from AC2, Happiness Is Alien from was released on July 8th, 2011.
Cause and Effect is: ROB ROWE and KEITH MILO
DISCOGRAPHY: )
β’ Cause & Effect - CD Album (1990; Nastymix Records / Liquefaction Records)
β’ What Do You See - CD Single (1990, Re-Release 1992; Nastymix Records / Exile Records / Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ You Think You Know Her - CD Single (1990, Re-Release 1991; Nastymix Records / Exile Records / Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Another Minute - Album (1991; Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Another Minute (Single) - CD Single (1992; Sedona Recording Company / Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ South Paw: Zoo's Left Wing '93 - Compilation [C+Eβs βhollowβ] (1993; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music)
β’ It's Over Now - CD Single (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Alone - Label Promo Only (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Inside Out - Label Promo Only (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ TRIP - Album (1994; Zoo Entertainment / BMG Music / Liquefaction Records)
β’ Innermost Station - Album (1997, Re-Release 1999; Liquefaction Records / Jarrett Records)
β’ World Is Ours - Digital Single (1999; Liquefaction Records)
β’ World Is Ours V2 - Digital Single (1999; Liquefaction Records)
β’ The Sunrise EP (2003; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Into The Light Remixes - EP (2004; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Cause & Effect - Album Digital (Re-Release 2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Happy? (Dirty 8VA Mix) FREE Single - Digital Single (2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part One - EP (April 2010; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part Two - EP (July 2011; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct Part Three - EP (tbd 2011; Liquefaction Records)
β’ Artificial Construct - Album (tbd 2011; Liquefaction Records)
Digital Albums are available for purchase at Cause and Effectβs Official Website.
OFFICIAL WEBSITES:
http://www.causeandeffect.com
http://causeandeffect.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/CauseAndEffectMusic
http://www.twitter.com/_causeandeffect
http://www.youtube.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.myspace.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.reverbnation.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://soundcloud.com/causeandeffectmusic
http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Cause+and+Effect
http://www.last.fm/music/Cause%2B%2526%2BEffect
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