Pseudokiss Masochist

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For booking inquiries contact Kelly at Black Crown Entertainment 720-560-9595. History: Been making music forever. More versed in musical composition/technique than knob-twisting. Learned to play b4 I learned to play engineer. Equipment: Akai MPC 2k and a lot of coffee. From the age of six I was possessed of a nihilistic, subversive bent. This sounds outrageous, but I distinctly remember watching commercials back then where fake statistics were spouted with a sense of authoritative legitimacy—how “95%” of dentists recommended brand x of a toothpaste over the “leading brand”, or of how “most housewives” preferred a particular detergent. I remember seeing this and making an unconscious, inarticulate decision to never fit in to any cliche predetermined by somebody else. It’s strange, but at that young age I began rejecting societal and social patterns where I felt they abused my intelligence. This was around the same time that punk of the 70’s became "post punk of the late 70’s and early 80’s, and further followed by new wave acts like Gary Numan, Duran Duran, and A Flock of Seagulls. I remember hearing Gary Numan’s “Cars” on a friend’s clock radio in his parents’ bedroom for the first time and was completely transfixed. My friend wanted to leave to go and play but I wouldn’t budge until the song was over. I was extremely musically sensitive from the age of four and hated the standard rock band formula of two guitars, a bass, and drums, with the ever-predictable verse-chorus-bridge. But here, in these strange synthesizers and unconventional chord patterns, was something new. My tastes were forever carved in stone. Electronic music from Europe became a permanent influence on how I viewed the world at large. I’d also favored full-blown orchestral arrangements—particularly in a minor key—from the age of 4 “Nights in White Satin” was (and is) one of my favorite songs. The theme from 2001 also captured me. These songs are pop culture cliches by now but to my innocent ears at the time they moved me intensely and, like new wave, left a permanent impact on how I viewed music. No wonder I hated hair bands—-they were musical bottom-feeders. I am one of those who is a true savant and should have been put in special schools for talented kids but my life took various turns toward strangeness, isolation, and tragedy. These events served to reinforce my central core of anger, subversion, and nihilism whose perfect outlet I find in the disciplined yet chaotic arrangements of industrial music. Throughout these strange times (and despite them) I taught myself how to play piano and record music, buying new equipment as I went, and teaching myself how to make music from scratch. I am humble because I’ve been destroyed so many times. And I present the edginess of the proverbial isolated genius. This scares people or makes them reject me because I appear crazier than I am. Welcome to fucking life….. Pseudokiss Masochist is a personal attack on the phoniness and stupidity I see in our culture. It’s an expression of bitterness at the fickle club scene and how much of a tease it is. Despite my hatred of pretty dancers and the social exclusion I suffer I feel compelled to be a part of the scene for the sake of my music. Pseudokiss=fake kiss=tease. Masochist=someone who appears to get off on pain. I must be a pseudokiss masochist if I perpetually expose myself to this bullshit club scene. And Pseudokiss Masochist sounds like the title of any other pretentions eurotrash band, no? Through exclusion I fit in and through subversion I create a tiny following. Pseudokiss Masochist is a two-word poem hat expresses irony and sarcasm in the flesh fair of the music biz. And NOW———————————- I’m beginning to achieve recognition and will be interested to see what 2008 presents my project. I was recently played by Vin K-Otic on realindustrialradio.com, an internet station based in Los Angeles. I’ve also been on KCSU twice and KGNU once thanks to DJ’s Asbestos and Mudwulf, respectively. I’ve played many gigs in the Denver underground scene and have made many friends and supporters for which I am very grateful. Ever fucking onward, bitches. I’m after you…………….. pseudochris of Pseudokiss Masochist