Boy In Static is the San Francisco-based duo of Alexander Chen (b. 1981) an… Read Full Bio ↴Boy In Static is the San Francisco-based duo of Alexander Chen (b. 1981) and Kenji Ross (b. 1980). The product of Taiwanese parents, Chen got an early start in their New Jersey home, from practicing viola excercises in elementary school, to hijacking the family VCR and karaoke machine in middle school, to programming melodies on the family PC in junior high.
In 2003, a three-song demo made its way overseas to Markus Acher of The Notwist. The two met at a Notwist show in Boston where they discussed their mutual love of harmoniums and Acher's newly founded label Alien Transistor. Acher personally signed Boy In Static and released Newborn in 2004, a debut album characterized by dead-of-night recording sessions, lush string ensembles, thunderous synths, and yearning vocals.
The following year, Chen and Ross formed a live band to introduce Boy In Static to worldwide audiences, supporting 13 & God (the collective of The Notwist and Anticon's Themselves) on their US and European tours. 2006 saw the completion of sophomore album Violet (Mush Records). Showcasing a stage show of combining Chen's viola and Ross's live electronic drumming, Boy In Static embarked on a tour of Japan with Lymbyc Systym, and two US tours supporting Freezepop.
In 2008, Chen and Ross returned to the studio with invigorated stage-trained vocal cords and a floor-stomping adrenaline born from months of touring. Recording was a variety show. Rickety 1960's toy pianos danced alongside 1980's synthesized drum machines. Precise viola arrangements swept over one-mic improvised drum takes. Intimate 1940's crooning floated over grand orchestral layers. Studio guests included Marc Bianchi (Her Space Holiday), Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop), and Ulrich Schnauss. The result was 10 new songs flaunting an equal love for sonic experimentation and the verse-chorus pop structure. Candy Cigarette is slated for release in March 2009 (Fake Four Inc & Circle Into Square).
Chen has also shown interactive and sound art in various galleries around the world, including 2002's Sonata for the Unaware, a piece which generated music from video footage of Philadelphia subway commuters, "finding beauty in maddening situations" (The Guardian).
Boy In Static has shared the stage with artists such as 13 & God, Freezepop, Lymbyc Systym, Stereo Total, and Why?. Boy In Static has collaborated and been remixed by artists such as Her Space Holiday, Alias, Styrofoam, Montag, Helios, and Future Bible Heroes.
In 2003, a three-song demo made its way overseas to Markus Acher of The Notwist. The two met at a Notwist show in Boston where they discussed their mutual love of harmoniums and Acher's newly founded label Alien Transistor. Acher personally signed Boy In Static and released Newborn in 2004, a debut album characterized by dead-of-night recording sessions, lush string ensembles, thunderous synths, and yearning vocals.
The following year, Chen and Ross formed a live band to introduce Boy In Static to worldwide audiences, supporting 13 & God (the collective of The Notwist and Anticon's Themselves) on their US and European tours. 2006 saw the completion of sophomore album Violet (Mush Records). Showcasing a stage show of combining Chen's viola and Ross's live electronic drumming, Boy In Static embarked on a tour of Japan with Lymbyc Systym, and two US tours supporting Freezepop.
In 2008, Chen and Ross returned to the studio with invigorated stage-trained vocal cords and a floor-stomping adrenaline born from months of touring. Recording was a variety show. Rickety 1960's toy pianos danced alongside 1980's synthesized drum machines. Precise viola arrangements swept over one-mic improvised drum takes. Intimate 1940's crooning floated over grand orchestral layers. Studio guests included Marc Bianchi (Her Space Holiday), Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop), and Ulrich Schnauss. The result was 10 new songs flaunting an equal love for sonic experimentation and the verse-chorus pop structure. Candy Cigarette is slated for release in March 2009 (Fake Four Inc & Circle Into Square).
Chen has also shown interactive and sound art in various galleries around the world, including 2002's Sonata for the Unaware, a piece which generated music from video footage of Philadelphia subway commuters, "finding beauty in maddening situations" (The Guardian).
Boy In Static has shared the stage with artists such as 13 & God, Freezepop, Lymbyc Systym, Stereo Total, and Why?. Boy In Static has collaborated and been remixed by artists such as Her Space Holiday, Alias, Styrofoam, Montag, Helios, and Future Bible Heroes.
Stay Awake
Boy in Static Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Stay Awake' by these artists:
&&& Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
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A.K.B. Stay Awake Nigga it aint over They wanna book me for…
Ace Volar Volar Uh If you got a wave don't cop mine She say you…
Aleksander Walmann Baby this dont feel right Maybe I should stay a…
All Time Low Caught in a cold sweat stuck splitting hairs I'm drinking to…
Annie Nightingale If we don't If we don't If we don't If we don't If we…
Anton Sword I knew when I first saw you that I was…
Bastille Stop the world, I want to get off Lucid dreams, I…
Billie the Vision & the Dancers So watch my hips, the steps that I take and…
Brian Wilson Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Clean Cut Kid Stay Awake Your’e always blaming yourself for everything Wh…
Collin Raye Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down, upon your…
Dean Lewis Tracing our fingers from right to left We're too drunk to…
Dennis Sheperd Tonight was gonna be the last strong In night to calling…
Disclosure / London Grammar I am the blank page before you I am the fine…
Dishwalla Staring at the wall because you know it understands And boy…
Disney Mary Poppins: Stay awake, don't rest your head Don'…
Disney (Mary Poppins) Stay awake don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Disney- Mary Poppins Stay awake Don´t rest your head Don´t lie down upon your bed…
Don Diablo Ooh, stay the night Save my life Help me stay awake Ooh, see…
Drew Miller There's a sea within me A thrashing formlessness Threatens t…
Ellie Goulding Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
Ellie Goulding & Madeon Take my fate in your hands We've got a lot that…
Ellie Goulding (Deluxe Edition) Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
Ellie Goulding featuring Madeon Take my fate in your hands We've got a lot that…
Ellie Goulding x Madeon Take my faith in your hands, we've got a lot…
Ellie goulding Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
Empty Isles Wake up I need you to wake up When the going's…
Epic Hero She's sitting alone Watching the clock All she hears is brea…
Example If we don't If we don't If we don't If we don't If we…
Example [www.Mp3Boxx.com] If we don't If we don't If we don't If we don't If we…
Faithful Darkness What now, where am I now I'm blind I can't see the…
Fixation Eyes are burning bright by fires that you have helped ignite…
Ghöstwolf Pray for your soul Before you fall asleep Scream for…
Giving In Just stay, stay awake for me cus I'm almost home,…
Harry Connick Jr. Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Hayley Westenra Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Hurt Everybody Are you home? Where you stay? What you on? I'm on my way! St…
Iration I'm sorry that I hurt you with those things I…
Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards So long Tramadol we knew you well Slow crawl above it…
Josh Kelley I could fall in love with you But it's not my…
Julia Nunes It's like I don't have the patience Or the willpower to…
Juliana Hatfield I don’t want to go to school today I don’t wanna…
Julie Andrews Stay awake don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Karen Taylor-Good Stay awake don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Keemosabe Used to feel like giving up Used to shiver and fool…
Kisschasy Well I know that we are dead, And my only regret Is…
KITCHEN - All Time Low Caught in a cold sweat Stuck splitting hairs and drinking to…
Lean Chihiro Phone ringing but hell no I'm not pickin' up no more You…
Lil Uzi Vert SoFaygo (Ayy, Woods, light that shit up) Shawty fuck with my demean…
London Grammar I am the blank page before you I am the fine…
Lone Coast Just another day and all i feel about is you i throw…
Lords of Acid Thursday night - the feeling's right Here comes the weekend,…
Love and Logic And I wake up It won't do me no favors Just take…
Lydia Live it up, live it up Or just come back home Yeah,…
Madeon feat Ellie Goulding Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
Marlene Oh it's like I've been asleep forever Waiting for the clouds…
Mary Poppins Film Cast Feat. Julie Andrews Stay awake don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
Mary Poppins [Soundtrack] Mary Poppins: Stay awake, don't rest your head Don'…
Matilda Cole Got pictures on your wall of dead men Telling me about…
Monarch I'm lying here, my face against the ground I face your…
My Chemical Romance Stay The lights already low enough to play Can you catch m…
Nightcore: Madeon feat. Ellie Goulding Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
P.L. Travers so little people choose to stay awake so many cant afford…
Project-X Lost in the night Loved her faster I feel alive Does it matt…
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Mary Poppins: Stay awake, don't rest your head Don'…
Ronnie Laws Another day, another place Another night and you’re not here…
RYTERBAND Iu0027m fine Hot wired But somethingu0027s broken Takes a li…
Sacred Skin These long days Til the end of time Perception Keeps them…
Skott STAY AWAKE Stay Stay awake Open your eyes and dream with me…
SoFaygo (Ayy, Woods, light that shit up) Shawty fuck with my demean…
The Echoing Green "Doesn't look like they'll be closing down tonight..." On y…
The Innocence Mission stay awake, don't rest your head don't lie down upon your…
The Mayries Stay awake, don't rest your head Don't lie down upon your…
The Sheer When it's late at night Feeling not quite right Don't let it…
these streets who do you think you are? are you the picture you…
TV Rock and Example featuring Rudy If we don't If we don't If we don't If we don't If we…
Unjust (Verse 1) Lonely one, Where are you Feel this space of…
Wes Carr Tick tock the clock is like an atom bomb Five minutes…
Wrong Life You fell to pieces the second They left your room Then you…
Элли Голдинг & Madeon Take my fate in your hands We've got a lot that…
Ellie Goulding Take my faith in your hands, we have a lot…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Boy in Static:
01 Toy Baby Grand This one went down to marketplace Consignment rescue mission…
Bellyfull an age of silence, dribble on chin the fate of the…
Candy Cigarette We choose our words like wine and kiss like petty…
First Love We looked our best today With nothing left to say Forgotten …
Kissed Under The Sun we fell in love and kissed under the sun wrote…
Newborn the sky turned white fell down and swallowed the streets…
Toy Baby Grand This one went down to marketplace Consignment rescue mission…
Violet Our eyes are blinded by the streets all dressed in…
Where It Ends You've come around, you've come for more I don't believe we…
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