ABOUT US

Icarus Down was forged in 2004 with musicians of a long-ranged musical experience. Alternating from one musical genre to another, the band has decided to let loose and experiment to find their own sound and style, not to be unique, but to be strange in a good way.

A Demo with 10 tracks was released in 2005 just to find some attention in the overcrowded music scene which was recorded and promoted by Icarus Down themselves.

A year later a three track EP called "Soundtrack Of A Weekend" was released and a video for "Push Me... And I'll Let You" was created. The video is based upon its songs lyrics and describes a man on his life path, its temptations and choosing between right or wrong. The main character at the end does the right thing which is shown with the jump of his alter ego from a cliff.

In summer 2007 the band started recording their debut album with its never ending title "Contortions, Mood Swings And The Inevitable Decay Of Relationships" with 13 new songs. The album is designed to be a one whole whose title wraps everything together describing its main themes. It's also based on mythology as it flows with the story of Icarus and his father who tries to Escape from their rison by creating their own wings. The Flight becomes a reality as they surf the winds through the open ocean but tragedy is inevitable as Icarus crashes into the ocean letting his father watch The Fall while being unable to help. The album was released on 10.12.2007 at CPZ Records along with the second video for "Minus All".

ABOUT THE BURNING WATER PROJECT

Stripped down to the dry humming of the strings or ampped up to an oscillation of a voltage form the analog / acoustic and the digital / electronic collide together in an Icarus Down project as two sides of a double album.

analog / acoustic side
Warmth personified and poured into acoustic versions of Icarus Down songs, spanning from the 2005 demo, 2006 EP Soundtrack of a Weekend and to the 2007 debut album Contortions, Mood Swing and The Inevitable Decay of Relationships (CPZ Records), with a few novelties, some Slovenian lyrics, variety of guests on different instruments which make this side of the double album project even more sweeter with the right kind of sugar.

digital / electronic side
All brand new, all different, yet still the same Icarus Down style songs with the electronic twist ever so lightly exposed on the 2007 debut album. With this side Icarus Down explore desired digital territories of ambient or noisy synths, broken beats, the chilling coldness and echoing intoxication wrapped into sequenced structured works.

"Watch us combine the seemingly divided into a whole."
Icarus Down