New York. NY (Top40 Charts/ Touch Of Class Recordings) - Breaking boundaries, breaking beats, breaking necks...high-octane electronic NYC duo SERVICES gear up for their first nationwide US tour with hailed indie synth-pop band THE FAINT.
SERVICES are TRZTN and Christopher Pravdica, former members of the well-known noise rock outfit Flux Information Sciences (Young God Records). Resolute in their creation of challenging high-concept music, the two stay close to their live show performance of smart, stop and go machine-gun fire of beats and sample driven rock played in real time without a sequencer. 'The duo doesn't just rock the synths,' Elisabeth Vincentelli from Time Out New York praises, 'It also rolls and swings and shimmies them, cranking out one booty-shaking number after another...like Blues Explosion crossed with the roar of a Sherman tank!'
Trztn, artist, incendiary thinker, and owner of the idiosyncratic Pinksock Records label, has collaborated with FM Einheit (of Einstuerzende Neubauten fame), Electro Atomu (who Trztn shared another band: Sauna Kings), and German Techno legends Dr. Walker and Khan (Bedroom Productions). He also produced and released The Melted Men's last record, as well as founding and fronting the seminal New York band Flux Information Sciences, whose last record was released on Michael Gira's Young God Records.
Mr. Christopher Pravdica, professional father and slave to the women, was the bass player in The Supreme Dicks, Flux Information Sciences and the Gunga Din (who released 2 records on Jet Set Records). He's worked in the studio with Jim Sclavunos (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Larry Mullins (Iggy Pop/ Residents), Kid Congo Powers (Cramps/Gun Club) to name a few.
In 2005 SERVICES signed with A Touch of Class Recordings, a label mostly known for their up-to-the-moment dance music, and released their debut album titled Your Desire Is My Business, co-produced and mixed by DJ/production duo A Touch Of Class (a.k.a. ATOC) and legendary producer Roli Mosiman (The The, Faith No More, New Order). In the summer ATOC DJs and SERVICES teamed up for a massive European tour to play in all types of venues: from Lisbon to Moscow, Art Basel parties to the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.
In 2006 SERVICES blasted audiences in May at All Tomorrow's Parties Festival before joining the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for several shows in the UK. Around the same time SERVICES released their first 12' single 'Element of Danger' with remixes by MSTRKRFT and ATOC. Steve Aoki took notice and listed it as one of the best tracks of 2006.
This year SERVICES embark on their first US tour and release their second single with remixes by Zongamin and Nick Zinner (of Yeah Yeah Yeahs) in anticipation of the fall release of their sophomore album.
Catch Services on their first nationwide tour:
Mon 05/21/07 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater (w/ the Faint)
Tue 05/22/07 Chicago, IL – Metro (w/ the Faint)
Wed 05/23/07 Toronto, ON – Opera House (w/ the Faint)
Wed 05/23/07 Toronto, ON – TBA CLUB (w/ ATOC Djs)
Thu 05/24/07 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom (w/ the Faint)
Fri 05/25/07 Montreal – I Love Neon (w/ ATOC DJs)
Sat 05/26/07 Boston, MA – Avalon (w/ the Faint)
Mon 05/28/07 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club (w/ the Faint)
Wed 05/30/07 Norfolk, VA – The NorVa (w/ the Faint)
Thu 05/31/07 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel (w/ the Faint)
Fri 06/01/07 Knoxville, TN – Blue Cats (w/ the Faint)
Sat 06/02/07 Columbia, MO – Blue Note (w/ the Faint)
Sun 06/03/07 Tulsa, OK – Cain's Ballroom (w/ the Faint)
Mon 06/04/07 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre (w/ the Faint)
Tue 06/05/07 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre w/ the Faint)
Wed 06/06/07 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue (w/ the Faint)
Thu 06/07/07 Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues (w/ the Faint)
Fri 06/08/07 San Diego, CA – SOMA (w/ the Faint)
Sat 06/09/07 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine (w/ CSS, Bonde do Role)
Mon 06/11/07 Boise, ID – Big Easy (w/ the Faint)
Thu 06/14/07 Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium (w/ the Faint)
Fri 06/14/07 Omaha, NE – TBA (w/ the Faint)
SERVICES
https://www.myspace.com/services
A TOUCH OF CLASS RECORDINGS
https://www.myspace.com/atocrecords
https://www.atouchofclassusa.com
