Templebeat

Templebeat was an Italian industrial rock band.

History

Templebeat formed in 1990. The tape compilation "Tribute to PTV" powered by T.O.P.Y.TV (Italian semi-official branch of Thee Temple ov Psychic Youth) contained their hardbeat cover of "Ov Power". In 1991, Templebeat won the Arezzo Wave festival contest, and their song "Fuckin' Mosquito" was subsequently included on the compilation Arezzo Wave 1991, released by Polygram Records. Their set in Arezzo was broadcast by the TV music channel VideoMusic. At the end of 1991 Templebeat issued a three-track 12" EP entitled "Auto Da Fe'", which sold 1,100 copies in Italy.

The band was signed to Dune Records, the label run by Paolo Favati, who produced their six-track CD single "Wargasm". The track "Einstein On The Beach" from this release received heavy rotation on Videomusic and appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes.

The band turn down offers from other labels to work on their debut album, Black Suburbia, produced by Favati for Dune. The band joined Pankow on their last tour in 1992/93. Their concert in Prague was filmed and broadcast on MTV's "120 Minutes" with an interview with the band. In November 1993, Dune and Templebeat assigned national and international rights to the band to Audioglobe's Sub/Mission label. Black Suburbia was licensed worldwide to Noise/Machinery Records in Berlin and released in June 1994, with an U.S. release following in February 1995.

Discography

Tapes

  • "Ov Power" in Tribute to Ptv (TOPY TV Italy, 1990)
  • "Xperience" in Xybernethnix (TOPY TV Italy, 1991)
  • "Hide and seek" in From thelematics to telepathics (TOPY TV Italy, 1992)

Discs

  • Auto Da Fe 12" (1991)
  • Wargasm (EP, 1992)
  • Black Suburbia (LP, 1994, Dynamica-under license from Sub/Mission)
  • Heidi S. (1994, Dynamica-under license from Sub/Mission)
  • Interzone (1994, Dynamica-under license from Sub/Mission)
  • Wicked (1995, Sub/Mission)
  • Mediasickness (1996, [Sub/Mission - licensed to [21st Circuitry] for the US only)
  • The Grey Space (Compilation, Remastered, 2010, Silentes Minimal Editions sme 1035 )
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