Goteki

Goteki (pronounced /ɡɒˈtɛkiː/ go-TE-kee) are a British electro band, heavily involved in the development of UK ebm and cybergoth genres circa 2000-2003, and now reformed as an eclectic electro 4 piece. The musical brainchild of composer Ross Tregenza (a.k.a. "Sneaky"). Formation The group was formed after Sneaky's former band, Sneaky Bat Machine, ended. The group took their name from one of the teams in the Playstation game Wip3out (eventually securing Sony's blessing to use the name). The original Goteki line-up consisted of ex-SBM members Sneaky on vocals, Crash 303 (real name Clive Lewis) on synths, and newcomer Doktor A (real name Bruce Attley) on synthesizers and samples. Fight the Saucermen & Goteki O/S The bands first release was the Fight the Saucermen EP which was released in early 2000 on Wasp Factory Records. The EP received encouraging reviews.[1] After touring extensively the band started working on their first full-length album. This album was released in 2002 under the name Goteki O/S. It contains 17 tracks and is something of a concept album, divided into "phases" separated by instrumental tracks. For example, Signal One - Nihon is followed by the tracks Geisha Deconstruct and Ninjagrrl, which are inspired by Japanese culture. The album itself is rather eclectic in its style, songs range from ambient electronica to harsh drum and bass. All music on the album was , written and arranged by Sneaky, but there are also several guest appearances by other famous EBM musicians, such as Sebastian Komor of Icon of Coil and Jared Louche of Chemlab. It received rave reviews - Future Music Magazine called it a "Synthpop Happy Hardcore Melange that somehow works", and Kerrang Magazine lovingly called the band "Futuristic Nutjobs". For a selection of Goteki O/S reviews, visit http://www.wasp-factory.com/waspfactory/press-go.htm#os and increased the band's popularity within the cyber scene. The band played at Whitby Gothic Weekend's 10th Anniversary Festival. Goteki O/S : Corrupted Files The album Goteki O/S was followed by Goteki O/S : Corrupted Files, a remix album which contained remixes from bands such as DeathBoy, Icon of Coil and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. In late 2003, the band announced that they were taking a new direction, concentrating on live performance aspects and utilising a human drummer for the first time. With this shift in direction singer Sneaky dropped the pseudonym Sneaky in favour of his real name, Ross Tregenza. A radical shake-up of the band's line up followed in 2004, Doktor A left the band and was replaced by Ali Star (real name Alastair Power) on bass and Yan-Yan (real name Lilian Cheung) on percussion. Goteki played at the 10th goth festival Convergence in 2004; this marked their US debut. At this point, the band were without a label, so Goteki's second album Revolution was an Internet-only download release. In 2005, the band also reached an international audience when some of their music was used on the soundtrack of Timesplitters 3. Revolution Mid-2005 Clive 'Crash' Lewis left the band and was replced by Edy Green on lead guitar. Due to heavy demand for a CD to be released, Goteki re-released Revolution with their own label, Alphastar Records, in late 2005. The album featured 17 tracks spanning a production time that overlapped Goteki O/S: Corrupted Files. The album included the track Shinjuku Lullaby which would feature on Xbox game 'Project Gotham Racing 3'. It also featured a second remix by Graeme Norgate ( under the alias Vi Rez ) reprising his role as remixer on the Corrupted Files album. By this stage, band members were becoming tied up in other activities. Yan-Yan left the band in 2006 to pursue a career in modeling and fashion photography, and was replaced b