Local band Cyberdrive offers different style of industrial music

Freshman Jesse Harms is determined to build a musical career for himself and he seems to be on his way toward that goal with his band Cyberdrive.

“Recording music is my life and there are around ten full-lengths I’ve done since 2006 when I began this whole thing” said Harms in an email interview. “All of Cyberdrive’s albums are for sale at extremely low prices, because nobody pays for music anymore. It’s a sad thing.”

Here We Are: Structures is the latest work of Cyberdrive. So far all of the band’s albums have been self-produced.

Harms describes the album as an integration of the styles of music people tend to think of as boring or outdated with the concepts of industrial music. The album contains eighteen tracks and each track has its own unique style.

Harms writes, composes, and records all the music. He said he primarily uses a Yamaha Motif XS-7, and also has a large collection of instruments he uses for recordings. For live shows, he has designated members who perform with him. Since everything in a live show is played on synthesizers, they help him with live control, playing synth lines, and visual effects.

Cyberdrive’s music is technical with a strong focus on composition and coordination.

According to Harms, everything in a song must come together as a whole to produce smooth energy and build a stylistic sound.

“There are many different types of people who enjoy many different genres of music,” said Harms. “Personally, I can find something to work with in any genre of music and that is precisely what I do with Cyberdrive. In our music, you’ll hear many different styles wrapped up together into a style that suits the venue.”

Cyberdrive has a MySpace profile that includes a discography containing all of Cyberdrive’s music.

The band will be performing at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Symbolic Productions located at 13565 McKinley Highway suite #3, Mishawaka. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.

“The Symbolic show is sure to be high energy,” said Harms. “I hope to see everyone out at the Symbolic show and we’ll be around afterwards for the other bands as well.”

For more information on the band, visit http://www.myspace.com/cyberdrive.

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