EAT STATIC

Eat Static was formed in 1989 by Merv Pepler and Joie Hinton as a creative outlet for the diverse range of electronic music that the pair were writing. Always intended as a live band, Eat Static can legitimately claim to be one of the UK’s first live techno outfits, cutting their teeth at many of the ‘orbital’ raves of the early 90′s. They appeared 3 times at the legendary Rage nights playing alongside names such as Carl Cox, Fabio and Grooverider as well as playing at early incarnations of Universe and Tribal Gathering.
Playing many of their formative gigs at hardcore raves around the UK, Eat Static quickly developed a spectacular live show that included a huge lightshow ,a giant illuminated brain and a loyal following quickly formed, with the crowds realising that dance could be performed live at a time when ‘live’ performances by other bands were often mimed PA’s. Eat Static were always reknown to have that same energy as the traditional rock bands had had for decades and have continued to stay true to that live spirit to this day…
Since that time Eat Static have played hundreds of gigs in the UK, Europe,the USA (touring with Moby and BT) and the Far East. These shows included a number of appearances at The Eclipse, the opening night of the long running London techno club Eurobeat 2000 and appearances at all the big UK and European festivals including Glastonbury and Dance Valley in Amsterdam.
After a while, tiring of how the rave scene was turning into a battleground of musical genre’s, gangster wars and the majority of acts standing around and miming, they felt it was time to bring dance music into an album environment…

And so to this year! 2011 see’s founder member Merv Pepler as the only surviving member of the original band, Steve Everitt having left in ’94 just after their ‘Implant’ album hit no.9 in the national album charts, and Joie Hinton leaving in early 2008 after going to ‘one party too many!’ These 22 years has seen 13 Eat Static albums released to date, with a new anniversary album in the pipeline for release later this year. There are also plan’s afoot to release an album featuring many of the old school acts that grew up alongside them, remixing a few Eat Static classics… Their own label ‘Mesmobeat’ is also a breeding ground for new up and coming talent and will see some interesting releases in the coming months. True to form, Merv has promised that none of this music shall be predictable or following any commercial trends!
“Experimentation equals progress…”
Alongside this, Merv has also found time for several remixes for numerous artists including Charlie Watts, Duke Ellington, Frontline Assembly, Uzumaki, Infected Mushroom and Shpongle and worked on several side project’s, including Dendron, De-Fex, The Flexitones with Propellerheads’ Will White and The Hi-Fi Companion’s with Tangerine Dreams’ Steve Jolliffe… He has also released a string of sample cd’s providing top sounds for contemporary dance producers and tv music producers alike
Be sure to catch Eat Static melting people’s brain’s someplace near you soon
Keep watching the skies!
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