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80’s synthesizer rock, memorable melodies and great beats, were the inspiration for Christian Burns’ brand new project The Bleach Works. With a nod to the goth rock of The Cure and the electronic synth pop of Depeche Mode, the Bleach Works is jam packed with these juxtapositions and pays homage to the music that Christian grew up with.
Christian was always surrounded by music, his father played guitar for The Signs, a Liverpudlian three-piece rock band that once opened for The Beatles! At age 14, Burns began learning guitar by mimicking his dad and playing by ear melodies that he heard in his head. It was a great training ground which lead to Christian fronting 90’s pop rock band BBMak and opening for artists such as Britney Spears and N’Sync before going on to sell over 3 million records world-wide. “Performing in a band like BBMak gave me confidence and really made me learn a lot about being an artist, creating, and performing. It definitely brought me forward as an artist. It was a time where boy bands ruled and we were a band that actually played our instruments and wrote our own songs!”
After the global success of BBMak, Christian went back into the studio to work on solo material. It was then that he heard a song that made him stop in his tracks - “SOMEBODY TOLD ME” by THE KILLERS. “Hearing this song on the radio was like a breath of fresh air, it was a mish mash of all of the music I loved from the 70’s and 80’s.” With some networking and a few lucky coincidences, Burns started producing with The Killers’ producer Jeff Saltzman. Timing and the computer age was on Burns’ side having posted these Saltzman/Burns creations on his personal MySpace little did he realise that it would catch the appeal of global trance sensation Tiesto. “I woke up one day and checked my MySpace mail to a very keen email asking if he could have one of my songs. Not knowing who it was I said ‘NO but let’s write something together’. Now when I think back, it could have been a very wrong move.” Thankfully Tiesto said yes and “IN THE DARK” was born. A Billboard Chart Topping Hit, this sensational song generated Electronic greats such as David Guetta, BT, Matt Darey, and Benny Benassi to get in touch and ask Burns to write for them. “I caught the electronic bug it really took me back to my early days of learning guitar and building a studio. It opened up the world of creating and building tracks with synths and sounds I had never used before.” So with his MAC Book Pro, a Moog Voyager, Access Virus, 7 Macs and his guitar THE BLEACH WORKS project was born.
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LuV iT!! <luv>
Just wanted to say the The Bleach Work stuff sounds great you have my seal of approval...cant wait to hear the finished product in its entirety!!
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Hi,Christian. I love the webisodev1.1 !!!!
Can't wait for more!!
Hey christian glad to c u have bebo.
When is ur album getting released then...r u n tiesto planin any new tracks?
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So Christian are you planning on releasing the album in the states too ?
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so good that things are kicking off for you finally!!, im so glad i stuck by you from the beginning, you are heading for big things in 2009!! and you so deserve it Christian you are such a talented guy!!
Seriously Christian I dont know how you keep up w/ all these sites ur on......but A+ for effort and commitment
Welcome to Bebo. Not as good as Facebook. Not as addictive as Twitter. But good for keeping up with the UK crowd.