{"id":2794,"date":"2021-04-14T06:43:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-iamx-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:43:18","slug":"music-montag-iamx-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-iamx-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Montag: IAMX &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post single hentry\">\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Music Montag: IAMX<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IAMX\" src=\"http:\/\/wortraub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IAMX1.jpg\" alt=\"IAMX\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The best thing to come out of the storm-in-a-teacup over *that* New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/magazine\/in-berlin-you-never-have-to-stop.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/magazine\/in-berlin-you-never-have-to-stop.html', 'Aussie-slacker-in-Berlin blog');\" title=\"In Berlin, You Never Have to Stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aussie-slacker-in-Berlin blog<\/a>\u00a0was the knowledge that Chris Corner is still producing music,\u00a0in Berlin &#8211; his base since 2006. Buried at the bottom of The Local&#8217;s critique,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/opinion\/20121130-46483.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/opinion\/20121130-46483.html', '\u201cStruggling with Berlin\u2019s artsy hype\u201d');\" title=\"Struggling with Berlin's artsy hype\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Struggling with Berlin&#8217;s artsy hype&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0was a link to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamx.eu\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.iamx.eu\/', 'IAMX');\" title=\"IAMX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IAMX<\/strong><\/a>, the alias under which Corner has just released a video, &#8220;The Unified Field&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sr7HDfUNT9I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard anything from the Sneaker Pimps co-founder since their largely-overlooked second album\u00a0<em>Splinter<\/em>, for which Corner took over vocals and steered the trip-hop group into darker, more emo territory. That was back in 1999, which feels like a long time ago, but the singer, multi instrumentalist and video artist is still ticking all my boxes, from his motto\u00a0&#8220;electronic sex and emotional strength&#8221; to his choice of collaborators and remixers: to name a few, Combichrist, Terence Fixmer and Imogen Heap.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-jMWzfj9gM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>IAMX&#8217;s brand of electro-pop resembles a dark, twisted version of Hurts, the kind of sleek beat music that Matt Bellamy clearly wishes Muse was making. Given the industry support it deserves, the album from which &#8220;The Unified Field&#8221; is taken wouldn&#8217;t be in the crowdfunding stage, it would already be finished and finding its way into you mum&#8217;s Christmas stocking. But we sympathise with Corner&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/catonthewall.net\/?p=44\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/catonthewall.net\/?p=44', 'sentiment');\" title=\"IAMX on Cat on the Wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sentiment<\/a> that &#8220;Berlin has given me the spirit to care less about the music industry and take an independent route&#8221; &#8211; his creativity is clearly thriving as a result.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyEaHN7QKik\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/iamx\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/iamx', 'Pledgemusic');\" title=\"IAMX on Pledgemusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pledgemusic<\/a>\u00a0and help make the new IAMX album and DVD a reality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7508 defualt\" post_id=\"7508\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-iamx\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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