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Sometimes working on side projects can pull a band apart and lead to their break-up. But there are other instances where key members taking time off from a giant act can help everybody recharge their batteries. Though Foo Fighters is Dave Grohl's main squeeze, he hasn't been hurt by dalliances with Queens of the Stone Age, Probot or Them Crooked Vultures. The members of Linkin Park also haven't had any trouble keeping their core strong while branching out into other areas of the music world. Mike Shinoda has had a successful run as part of Fort Minor, and Chester Bennington is currently enjoying success as the frontman of Dead by Sunrise.

Dead by Sunrise combines Bennington with members of arena-goth act Orgy. Interestingly, the Orgy members also have an electronic side project called Julien-k. The family tree runs so deep, in fact, that Bennington joked that they could plan...

Two members of platinum-selling Gothic electro-rock unit Orgy – who scored big with their 1998 cover of New Order's "Blue Monday" – Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh are hardly newbies to the dark rock arena: Derakh has a list of producer credits a mile long, having worked with bands like Danzig and Coal Chamber, and Shuck co-wrote Korn's first hit single "Blind." But they both lamented the decline in revolutionary and passionate new music from the genre that sustained them for so long. How did they solve this little problem? Read on… "Why is there no band that's really rocking my world?" Shuck asks. "I haven't seen any bands stirring that up, bringing a new look, a new...

When the band Orgy set aside time in 2004 for the band to work on side projects, it opened the door for Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck to unveil their sexy side project Julien-k. On February 17th (the originally reported date for ending Analog transmissions and switching to entirely digital broadcasts) the act released the video for their long-awaited single “Kick the Bass” on Playboy.com’s Cyberclub (Age verification Is required for viewing) The video was a hypnotic cornicopia of bondage, masochism, and cannibalism. What horror fan wouldn’t jump for joy?

On March 10, Julien-k will release their debut full length, Death To Analog.

The album opens with the title track, a slow anticipatory build to an explosive dance beat with hypnotic velvety vocals. “Someday Soon” is an infectious Ebm groove that croons and thumps to the dance floor. “Kick the Bass” is a compelling track (lusty video aside) electrically charged with lurid sexual energy.