dead turns alive was started in 1998 by the german composer and mastermind michael enning (synths, songwriting, lyrics, programming, vocals, guitars) and was supported live by aljoscha everding (live-guitar, synth) and oliver becker (synths), female vocals come from bianca stuecker (f.e. known by her solo-project 'vani'). after 4 years of development, exciting live-shows and tracks on various compilation cds an a self-produced mcd, dead turns alive presented their own style of intelligent-electro with the 2002 debut album 'salvation and despair - the first four years'. the band combines american-style electro-grooves with modern melodic dark-electro in european manner and a touch of the popular 'future-pop' sound. dead turns alive‘s sound sometimes is enhanced by guitar. distorted vocals and smooth melody, aggressive sound-design and danceable-grooving rhythm: such obvious contrary elements are being perfectly melted in dta‘s way of composing. besides the clubhit 'secret borderline' (first known from the 'sonic-xperience'-compilation) there are further tracks on this album suitable for the dark-electronic dancefloor, but also slow tracks full of atmosphere. if you compare the sound of dead turns alive to exisiting bands, you will think on names like numb, vnv nation, covenant, skinny puppy or leætherstrip. the lyrics of dead turns alive offered something new in the dark electro-scene: songwriter michael is a strong believer in christian religion. so the lyrics deal with the typical topics like death, despair, social problems and religion, but these topics are handled from another point of view than usual.
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