KLOQ (pronounced "clock") is an electronic rock band that was formed in Chelmsford, Essex[1] in 2005 by Oz Morsley of Empirion. The current lineup is Dean Goodwin (Vocals), Oz Morsley (Keys, Electronics), Tim Jackson (Bass), and Chris Jacobs (Drums). Kloq has released two studio albums: Move Forward (2008) and Begin Again (2013).
Oz's first project was electro-acid band Empirion. Having a major hit with the 12" acid house anthem "Narcotic Influence" Oz and Empirion were Signed by XL Recordings and enjoyed relative commercial success. Empirion worked closely with The Prodigy, joining them on one of their tours of Europe and also re-mixing the No. 1 hit Firestarter.[4] This appeared on Prodigy's single and vinyl release. Front man Dean Goodwin over the years has been in many indie rock bands including the 'Thieves of Time' where he released the single 'More To Give' and the EP 'Scream And Shout'[5] and also featured on some compilation albums. Tim is currently endorsed by Warwick (company) and has featured in many bands throughout the years most notably 'British Intelligence' who played on the BBC Introducing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals[6] in 2009. Alex Baker is Skindred's current touring drum tech and has also done the rounds, playing in the band Seven Summers which included Matt Cardle. Not having a record contract, they distributed their music independently reaching No. 30 on the Official UK Album Downloads Chart, No. 11 on the Official UK Independent Album Charts for week ending 25 December 2010 and No. 1 on the Official UK Independent Album Breakers Charts for week ending 2 December 2010.[7] The album's success was mainly a backlash from Matts success on the show. The band split in 2010 when Matt won The X Factor (UK TV series).[8] Band members Dean, Tim and Alex have crossed paths over the years either being on the same bill and even performing at the same festivals.[9]
Move Forward (2008-2011)edit
The original band hailed from Chelmsford, Essex and was started by Oz as a studio project. His vision was to create a live festival band. They released the 'We're Just Physical' EP in March 2007 and the 'Ibiza' EP shortly after Move Forward was released on 24 June 2008 through Out of Line Music.[10] The record featured such tracks as club classic 'Ibiza'[11] along with 'We're Just Physical' & 'You Never Know' co-written and performed by Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb.[12] The album reached the No.1 spot in the Deutsche Alternative Charts and spent several weeks there and also ended the year in No.2 in the Top Album International Act behind only Nine Inch Nails.[13] Oz added Tim Jackson on Bass guitar to give the band's music more of a live sound, along with the touring vocalist Greg Cumbers. After touring Europe for the next two years, the band took some time out to write their next album.
Begin Again (2013)edit
Early 2012 after the departure of touring vocalist Greg, the band implemented the permanent addition of front man Dean Goodwin.[14] This was shortly followed by the addition of Alex Baker former drummer of Matt Cardles old band Seven Summers and earthtone9.[15] The band finished the recording of their second studio album Begin Again[16] in the summer of 2013.[17] Which was then released on Tuesday 8 October 2013 with Metropolis Records. They showcased the album at a sold out Scala (club) in London, King's Cross, on Friday 18 October where Bloc Party, Alt-J and XFMDJ Sunta Templeton all performed DJ sets.[18] The album reached No.1 on the Rockadia new release chart in its first week[19] and was No.9 in the iTunesAlternative New Releases chart also in its first week.[20]Begin Again also reached No.11 in its 9th week in the European Alternative Charts.[21] KLOQ performed Begin Again at the Alt-J end of tour after party at The Jamm in Brixton,[22][23] Essex Festival Brownstock Music Festival,[24] and at Electronic festival Bas 2013[25] where Heaven 17 and Saffron (singer) from Republica also performed. The album received mostly positive reviews which included Side-Line magazine stating 'I didn't exactly expect this kind of album, but I’ve to say that Kloq is a band that doesn't repeat itself preferring to innovate and simply go with the flow. After a few listens, I can only recommend this magnificent production.'[26] New Noise Magazine gave the album 3.5/5 in their positive review of Begin Again, saying 'Imagine putting The Killers, Ke$ha, Eminem, and Blur into a blender and hitting the "on" button. You might be surprised to find out that this combination makes a pretty damn good smoothie. The name of this new drink is Begin Again.'[27] Brutal Resonance rated the album at 8/10.[28] Soundscape gave a review of the album which stated that 'one track that doesn't quite slot into the bigger picture and it's a shame because otherwise Begin Again would have been a flawless release.'[29]
The Gun EP (2015)edit
In 2015 the band announced via their Twitter and Facebook page that they would be releasing new material before the end of the year. The Gun EP was released on 18 September 2015 and the EP launch party was held at London's Cargo where the band played all 4 songs from the EP along with songs from previous albums Move Forward and Begin Again.[30]The Gun EP received several good reviews along with the Electricity Club and Side-Line where Side-Line gave the EP an 8 out of 10.[31]The Gun EP was also given an 8/10 review by Soundscape magazine who stated "The Gun is an Excellent listen that shows a great deal of talent".[32]
Behind The Screams (2016)edit
Kloq released their third studio album 10 June 2016. The band were scheduled to release a trilogy of EPs starting with The Gun, which was released late 2015, but later they decided to release the album. The single "Behind The Screams" reached No. 5 on the German Alternative single charts and the album reached No. 3 on the German alternative album charts. The band toured the album in the UK with Inertia, who are fronted by Killing Joke keyboard player Reza Uhdin.
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Along with the transformation over the years, KLOQ have also remixed tracks for various artists. In June 2008, KLOQ's remix of Sunscreem's "Coda" was included on the single and EP for that song.[33] In 2009, their remix of "Everything I Made"[34] was included on Mesh's Only Better EP and then later in 2011 was also included on the Deluxe Edition of Mesh's An Alternative Solution. In September 2013, KLOQ also remixed the Douglas McCarthy track "Move On"[35] from his album Kill Your Friends. They have also had tracks appear on compilation albums. In January 2006, the track "Kloq Music 2" was included on Solstice Black Compilation #01 and in February 2007, "You Never Know" (which had guest vocals by Douglas McCarthy) appeared on Machineries of Joy Vol. 4. In June 2008, "I Never Said" was released on Awake The Machines Vol. 6.
^Live @ Scala, KLOQ Album Launch. . Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
^New Release Charts, Rockadia. "Rockadia New Release Chart".
^KLOQ (Official) [@Kloqmusic] (11 October 2013). "We are number 9 in the @artofthemix new release #Alternative #Charts #KloqAlbum #BeginAgain #OutNow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^Alternative Charts, European. "European Alternative Charts".
^ALT-J Aftershow Party, KLOQ Live @. . Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ALT-J Aftershow Party, KLOQ live @. "ALT-J Aftershow Party".
^Brownstock Festival, KLOQ Live @. . Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^Bas Festival, KLOQ @. . Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^Line, Side. "Side-Line Review". Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^Noise Magazine, New Noise. "New noise review". Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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Not to be confused with KLOQ FM KLOQ pronounced clock is an electronic rock band that was formed in Chelmsford Essex 1 in 2005 by Oz Morsley of Empirion The current lineup is Dean Goodwin Vocals Oz Morsley Keys Electronics Tim Jackson Bass and Chris Jacobs Drums Kloq has released two studio albums Move Forward 2008 and Begin Again 2013 KloqOriginChelmsford EnglandGenresElectronic rock alternative rock punk rock indie rockYears active2005 presentLabelsMetropolis Records Out of Line MusicMembersDean GoodwinOz MorselyTim JacksonChris JacobsPast membersSteve WilsonAlex BakerGreg CumbersTom FreemanWebsiteOfficial website The band s music and sound have evolved through many genres over the years including trance EBM electro industrial alternative rock punk rock and electronic rock 2 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Pre Kloq 1993 2010 1 2 Move Forward 2008 2011 1 3 Begin Again 2013 1 4 The Gun EP 2015 1 5 Behind The Screams 2016 1 6 Other work 2 Band members 2 1 Current members 2 2 Touring musicians 2 3 Past members 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksHistory editPre Kloq 1993 2010 edit Oz s first project was electro acid band Empirion Having a major hit with the 12 acid house anthem Narcotic Influence Oz and Empirion were Signed by XL Recordings and enjoyed relative commercial success Empirion worked closely with The Prodigy joining them on one of their tours of Europe and also re mixing the No 1 hit Firestarter 4 This appeared on Prodigy s single and vinyl release Front man Dean Goodwin over the years has been in many indie rock bands including the Thieves of Time where he released the single More To Give and the EP Scream And Shout 5 and also featured on some compilation albums Tim is currently endorsed by Warwick company and has featured in many bands throughout the years most notably British Intelligence who played on the BBC Introducing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals 6 in 2009 Alex Baker is Skindred s current touring drum tech and has also done the rounds playing in the band Seven Summers which included Matt Cardle Not having a record contract they distributed their music independently reaching No 30 on the Official UK Album Downloads Chart No 11 on the Official UK Independent Album Charts for week ending 25 December 2010 and No 1 on the Official UK Independent Album Breakers Charts for week ending 2 December 2010 7 The album s success was mainly a backlash from Matts success on the show The band split in 2010 when Matt won The X Factor UK TV series 8 Band members Dean Tim and Alex have crossed paths over the years either being on the same bill and even performing at the same festivals 9 Move Forward 2008 2011 edit The original band hailed from Chelmsford Essex and was started by Oz as a studio project His vision was to create a live festival band They released the We re Just Physical EP in March 2007 and the Ibiza EP shortly after Move Forward was released on 24 June 2008 through Out of Line Music 10 The record featured such tracks as club classic Ibiza 11 along with We re Just Physical amp You Never Know co written and performed by Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb 12 The album reached the No 1 spot in the Deutsche Alternative Charts and spent several weeks there and also ended the year in No 2 in the Top Album International Act behind only Nine Inch Nails 13 Oz added Tim Jackson on Bass guitar to give the band s music more of a live sound along with the touring vocalist Greg Cumbers After touring Europe for the next two years the band took some time out to write their next album Begin Again 2013 edit Early 2012 after the departure of touring vocalist Greg the band implemented the permanent addition of front man Dean Goodwin 14 This was shortly followed by the addition of Alex Baker former drummer of Matt Cardles old band Seven Summers and earthtone9 15 The band finished the recording of their second studio album Begin Again 16 in the summer of 2013 17 Which was then released on Tuesday 8 October 2013 with Metropolis Records They showcased the album at a sold out Scala club in London King s Cross on Friday 18 October where Bloc Party Alt J and XFM DJ Sunta Templeton all performed DJ sets 18 The album reached No 1 on the Rockadia new release chart in its first week 19 and was No 9 in the iTunes Alternative New Releases chart also in its first week 20 Begin Again also reached No 11 in its 9th week in the European Alternative Charts 21 KLOQ performed Begin Again at the Alt J end of tour after party at The Jamm in Brixton 22 23 Essex Festival Brownstock Music Festival 24 and at Electronic festival Bas 2013 25 where Heaven 17 and Saffron singer from Republica also performed The album received mostly positive reviews which included Side Line magazine stating I didn t exactly expect this kind of album but I ve to say that Kloq is a band that doesn t repeat itself preferring to innovate and simply go with the flow After a few listens I can only recommend this magnificent production 26 New Noise Magazine gave the album 3 5 5 in their positive review of Begin Again saying Imagine putting The Killers Ke ha Eminem and Blur into a blender and hitting the on button You might be surprised to find out that this combination makes a pretty damn good smoothie The name of this new drink is Begin Again 27 Brutal Resonance rated the album at 8 10 28 Soundscape gave a review of the album which stated that one track that doesn t quite slot into the bigger picture and it s a shame because otherwise Begin Again would have been a flawless release 29 The Gun EP 2015 edit In 2015 the band announced via their Twitter and Facebook page that they would be releasing new material before the end of the year The Gun EP was released on 18 September 2015 and the EP launch party was held at London s Cargo where the band played all 4 songs from the EP along with songs from previous albums Move Forward and Begin Again 30 The Gun EP received several good reviews along with the Electricity Club and Side Line where Side Line gave the EP an 8 out of 10 31 The Gun EP was also given an 8 10 review by Soundscape magazine who stated The Gun is an Excellent listen that shows a great deal of talent 32 Behind The Screams 2016 edit Kloq released their third studio album 10 June 2016 The band were scheduled to release a trilogy of EPs starting with The Gun which was released late 2015 but later they decided to release the album The single Behind The Screams reached No 5 on the German Alternative single charts and the album reached No 3 on the German alternative album charts The band toured the album in the UK with Inertia who are fronted by Killing Joke keyboard player Reza Uhdin Other work edit Along with the transformation over the years KLOQ have also remixed tracks for various artists In June 2008 KLOQ s remix of Sunscreem s Coda was included on the single and EP for that song 33 In 2009 their remix of Everything I Made 34 was included on Mesh s Only Better EP and then later in 2011 was also included on the Deluxe Edition of Mesh s An Alternative Solution In September 2013 KLOQ also remixed the Douglas McCarthy track Move On 35 from his album Kill Your Friends They have also had tracks appear on compilation albums In January 2006 the track Kloq Music 2 was included on Solstice Black Compilation 01 and in February 2007 You Never Know which had guest vocals by Douglas McCarthy appeared on Machineries of Joy Vol 4 In June 2008 I Never Said was released on Awake The Machines Vol 6 Band members editCurrent members edit 36 Dean Goodwin Lead Vocals Oz Morsley Keys Electronics Programming Tim Jackson Bass Chris Jacobs Drums Touring musicians edit Roy Buster Foster Guitar Past members edit Steve Wilson Drums Alex Baker Drums Greg Cumbers Vocals Tom Freeman VocalsDiscography editMove Forward 2008 37 Begin Again 2013 38 Behind The Screams 2016 References edit Records New Essex band metropolis records com Archived from the original on 23 August 2013 Retrieved 21 October 2013 Interview Hellhound Music Kloq talk of style change KLOQ Sound Change metropolis mailorder com Archived from the original on 7 January 2014 Retrieved 23 January 2014 Empirion Remixing Prodigy NME Archived from the original on 23 February 2014 Retrieved 21 October 2013 of Time Thieves Scream and Shout Review Archived from the original on 21 February 2014 Retrieved 22 January 2014 Festival Reading Leeds British Intelligence Reading Fest Charts Official Seven Summers Number 1 Official Charts Summers Seven 28 November 2010 Mirror Seven Summers Split Daily Mirror Festival SX SX Festival Of Line Music Out Out of Line Music Out of Line Music Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 16 January 2014 NME NME Ibiza NME NME NME We re Just Physical NME Charts DAC Kloq No 2 on the International Album Charts VOX HOT New lead vocalist KLOQ Retrieved 21 October 2013 Fandalism Earthtone9 Alex Baker Notez Muzic 17 October 2013 New Kloq Album Retrieved 21 October 2013 Profile MTV KLOQ MTV Profile MTV Live Scala KLOQ Album Launch KLOQ Album Launch Live Scala Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 6 February 2014 New Release Charts Rockadia Rockadia New Release Chart KLOQ Official Kloqmusic 11 October 2013 We are number 9 in the artofthemix new release Alternative Charts KloqAlbum BeginAgain OutNow Tweet via Twitter Alternative Charts European European Alternative Charts ALT J Aftershow Party KLOQ Live ALT J Aftershow Party Archived from the original on 9 March 2014 Retrieved 7 February 2014 ALT J Aftershow Party KLOQ live ALT J Aftershow Party Brownstock Festival KLOQ Live Brownstock Festival Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 7 February 2014 Bas Festival KLOQ Bas Festival 2013 Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 7 February 2014 Line Side Side Line Review Retrieved 18 December 2013 Noise Magazine New Noise New noise review Retrieved 18 December 2013 Review Brutal Resonance Brutal Resonance KLOQ Review Magazine Soundscape Soundscape review Retrieved 18 December 2013 Club Electricity Electricity Club review Archived from the original on 15 August 2016 Retrieved 30 May 2016 Magazine 18 August 2015 Side Line Magazine Review The Gun EP Side Line Magazine Soundscape Magazine Review The Gun EP Soundscape Magazine NME NME Sunscreem Coda NME KLOQ Remix Mesh Everything I Made Everything I Made Remix Move on Remix Douglas McCarthy KLOQ Move on Remix Nation Reverb Reverbnation Magazine Side Line Side Line Magazine Records Metropolis Metropolis Records External links editOfficial website Facebook Twitter Myspace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KLOQ band amp oldid 1222004492, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
