extropy

Dave Andrus and Jeremiah Savage, the human element behind the machinery of Extropy, began working together in 1997 with a clear direction: to push themselves and their electronics as far as they could go, and to never stand still. Though often described as "electronic", Extropy's music intersects multiple genres, often evoking the deep melancholy of Disintegration-era Cure or the emotional intensity of Joy Division, with an attention to detail rivaling that of Trent Reznor.

Though often described as "electronic", Extropy's music intersects multiple genres, often evoking the deep melancholy of Disintegration-era Cure or the emotional intensity of Joy Division, with an attention to detail rivaling that of Trent Reznor. Rather than limiting the scope of the sound or instruments used, Extropy utilize every tool at their disposal, creating something both emotional and visceral, where an acoustic guitar and the sampled sound of a car accident being digitally twisted and bent can live in harmony beneath droning wavetable synthesizers.

Both Jeremiah and Dave are multi-instrumentalists, with Jeremiah handling all guitar and bass duties and Dave contributing drums and vocals. Both members play keyboards and manage the vast collection of digital and analog sounds they have created over the years. The two began playing together in the underground industrial scene of Salt Lake City as "Dreamscape Unlimited" (a title that had originally been intended only for a collection of songs Dave had written, but which stuck as the unfortunate band moniker). Two self-produced albums later the group was finally able to shed the name, and became Extropy.

In 2004 the group released "Lethe", a futuristic and experimental fusing of IDM production techniques with acoustic instruments, melancholy arrangements, and thought provoking lyrics. It was hailed by the indie music press as "a poetic vision of mournful beauty".

Steeped in dystopian imagery suggested by Bradbury, Orwell, and even George W. Bush, extropy released their second full length "The Machineries" in late 2006. The record channeled the electronic experimentation of their previous work into glittering dark pop... Brooding, provocative, hopeful, melancholy, and occasionally violent, inhabiting a world where melody and glitch, brutal noise and soft ambience, digital and analog coexist in the same claustrophobic space.

In 2009, extropy released a self-titled double record. Further expanding the sound of the band, it explores the duality of existence - Humanism/Nihilism, Beauty/Destruction, Order/Chaos. It has been described as "melancholic industrial shoegaze, soaring and crushing across centuries of opposing poles of thought." Said to be the last extropy record, it illuminates the paradox of joy in the face of pain, futility, nonexistence and death.