Freezepop

Liz Enthusiasm: vocals
The Duke of Candied Apples: programming, vocals
The Other Sean T Drinkwater: vocoder, synthesizers, vocals

1999
FREEZEPOP is the union of Liz Enthusiasm, a stylish songstress with a cute chihuahua and mob ties to The Archenemy Record Company, The Duke of Candied Apples, programmer extraordinaire of the qy-70 and bound concubine to the Symbion Project; and The Other Sean T. Drinkwater, a powerhouse of synths and vocoder, who is often confused with the original Sean T. Drinkwater (of Lifestyle and Archenemy Record Company fame), but is actually his genetically-engineered clone. FREEZEPOP were born out of the glory dayz of synth bands like KRAFTWERK, DEPECHE MODE and THE HUMAN LEAGUE, but FREEZEPOP has its tentacles wrapped around the future. All the FREEZEPOP songs are programmed on a yamaha qy-70, a portable handheld battery-powered sequencer.

2000-2001
Their first batch of songs were released as “The Orange EP” in early 2000, and “The Purple EP” followed that summer. The band started playing shows in spring 2000. A full-length CD, Freezepop Forever, was released by the Archenemy Record Company in early 2001. This was followed by some live shows (opening for CIBO MATTO or ADD N TO X), some good press reviews and even a Best New Band honor at the American Synthpop Awards.

A typical day in the life of a FREEZEPOP song: Liz wakes up at the crack of dawn and begins brewing a fresh pot of lyrics, sometimes innocent, sometimes less-than-innocent, and sometimes in another language and making very little sense. meanwhile, The Duke drops the blippy drums off at school and swings by the cleaners to get the synthpads chorused up for the dinner party. later in the day, The Other Sean is out walking the vocoder and stops by the delicatessen for a fat bass sandwich. later that evening after a long day, The Duke tucks song into bed and goes to read the latest issue of Scientific American.

2002
Elefant releases “Freezepop forever” in Europe in January 2002. In April the band tours Europe playing in Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Belgium and Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Vigo). While in Madrid they record a live show for Spanish TV2 Channel and hold several interviews with Spanish radios and magazines.

Back in the States the band plays San Francisco’s Synthcom electronic festival, and win again a Synthpop award! This time, best US electronic band.

“Science genius girl” is included in the soundtrack of Playstation 2’s videogame “Frequency”.

Elefant discography:
ER-1088 “Freezepop forever” CD 2002

Records in other labels:
“The orange EP” CD-Single Archenemy (Usa) 2000
“The purple EP” CD-Single Archenemy (Usa) 2000
“Freezepop forever” CD Archenemy (Usa) 2001
“Fashion impression function” CD-Single Archenemy (USA) 2002

Songs in compilations:
“Tennis boyfriend” in KNOW YOUR ENEMY (Archenemy, USA, 2001)
“Plastic stars” in ELECTRICITY (Ninthwave, USA, 2001)
“7 boom medley” in Souvenir Records compilation