Freezepop

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Freezepop
Freezepop performing.
Background information
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts
Genre(s)	Electropop Electroclash
Years active	1999 - present
Label(s)	Cordless Recordings The Archenemy Record Company Elefant
Associated acts	Symbion Project Lifestyle Karacter
Website	www.freezepop.com www.myspace.com/freezepop
Members
Liz Enthusiasm The Duke of Pannekoeken The Other Sean T. Drinkwater

Freezepop is an indie New Wave/Synthpop band composed of Liz Enthusiasm, the Duke of Pannekoeken (originally the Duke of Candied Apples, as well as the Duke of Belgian Waffles, all three pseudonyms of Kasson Crooker), and the Other Sean T. Drinkwater (who claims to be a clone of the "original" Sean T. Drinkwater). They formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999. The band is named after the frozen snack. The members describe their music as "sweet and cold and fruity and plastic-y", much like the snack.^[1]

They have gained a number of fans through their work in video games, and several of their songs can be found on titles such as FreQuency, Amplitude, Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Phase, Rock Band, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Flash Flash Revolution, and Downhill Domination, along with one of the North American entries in the Dance Dance Revolution series. Many of these games were developed by Harmonix, a company for which Kasson Crooker is a Senior Producer.

Contents 1 Background 2 Discography 2.1 Full-length albums 2.2 EPs and remix albums 2.3 Singles 3 Songs featured in video games 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Background

Originally, their music was entirely composed on a small portable MIDI sequencer, a Yamaha QY-70, which has often been mistaken for a Game Boy. On more recent albums, they have expanded their toolkit due to a lack of variety in the sounds the QY-70 provided, but it still remains an important part of the composing process. The release of Future Future Future Perfect only features the QY-70 in a single song, that being "Pop Music Is Not a Crime."^{[citation needed]}

In addition to Freezepop, Kasson, who had previously been in fellow Boston band Splashdown, still records as a solo artist under the moniker Symbion Project. Sean is also a member of the bands Lifestyle and Karacter, and worked with the band Polystar on their debut album.

Liz Enthusiasm appears on the song "Boom Box Chic" by Los Angeles based Le Mans Electro.

In addition to dozens of remixes released over the last 9 years, Freezepop released a remix of their song "Shark Attack" done by chiptune artist 8 Bit Weapon in October 2007. The remix was done with a Nintendo Entertainment System and a Commodore 64 computer. Robotkid also used a similar approach in his "Science Genius Girl (lameboy remix)" that featured the GameBoy audio software Little Sound DJ.

A recurring theme in Freezepop's music is references to science, technology, and mathematics. For instance, the song "Science Genius Girl (hi-phive Mix)" features Liz reciting the first thirty digits of Phi.

Freezepop was once arrested in Canada for trying to enter the country under false pretenses.^[2] Harmonix pokes fun at them for this in the loading screens for their song Brainpower, in Rock Band.

Along with bands such as The Aquabats, Bad Credit, and Slowdraw the Hungry Eskimo, their music is featured in the Mega64 television series. Mega64 also produced the music video for the Freezepop song Brainpower.^[3]

Freezepop's song "Swimming Pool" was featured in the episode "Liquid Heat" in season 5 of The L Word.

With the exception of Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s, EyeToy: Antigrav, and Rock Band 2, Freezepop has a song in every Harmonix game.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full-length albums

• Freezepop Forever (2000)
• Fancy Ultra•Fresh (2004)
• Future Future Future Perfect (2007)

[edit] EPs and remix albums

• The Orange EP (2000, EP, limited edition CD-R)
• The Purple EP (2000, EP, limited edition CD-R)
• Fashion Impression Function (2001, EP)
• Hi-Five My Remix (2003, remix)
• Mini Ultra•Fresh (2004, remix, promo only)
• Maxi Ultra•Fresh (2005, remix, out-of-print)
• Form Activity Motion (2008 online, 2009 hard copy, remix)

[edit] Singles

• Bike Thief (2003, 12")
• Dancy Ultra•Fresh (2005, 12")
• The Rokk Suite (2006, CD single)
• The Freezepop song "Seven Boom Medley" has never been formally released on any of the band's albums, although it could once be found on their MySpace page.[1] It did see release on the compilation "Popaganda Volume 1 - The Speed of Sound" from Souvenir Records, it's also a hidden track on the enhanced version on Fancy Ultra•Fresh.

[edit] Songs featured in video games

• "Science Genius Girl" is featured in FreQuency and in Karaoke Revolution.
• "Super-sprøde" is featured in Amplitude.
• "Sprode", a rock remix of Super-sprøde, is featured in Rock Band as a song included with the February 2008 issue of Xbox Magazine and is available as downloadable content.
• An edited version of "Brainpower" (with Electric guitars added in) is featured in Rock Band.
• "Stakeout (Ultra:mix)" is featured in Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3.
• "Bike Thief" is featured in Downhill Domination.
• "Get Ready 2 Rokk" is featured in Guitar Hero.
• "Less Talk More Rokk" is featured in Guitar Hero II and DANCE! Online.
• "Lazy" is featured in Spin it UP!
• "Science Genius Girl Lameboy Mix", "Less Talk More Rokk (Mark Saunders Remix)", as well as a version of "Get Ready 2 Rokk" are featured in Flash Flash Revolution, and "Bike Thief" is unlockable.
• "Pop Music Is Not a Crime" is featured in Phase, a game for the iPod.
• "I Am Not Your Gameboy" is a hidden track available in Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. It is unlocked by completing the Guitar Duels mode.
• "Do you Like Boys" is featured in Mattingly-Attack, a flash game aimed at the LBGT crowd.

While not a video game, "Science Genius Girl" is also featured as a closing theme for 'radio plays' performed by the creators of Girl Genius.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Freezepop on MySpace
• Interview with Liz Enthusiasm at Big Stereo
• Symbion Project official website - Includes downloadable music and in-depth history of Kasson Crooker's musical endeavors.
• Lifestyle official website - Includes downloadable web album and info.
• Freezepop interviewed in Chaos Control Digizine