KRUSAFIX

June 5th 2000 KRUSAFIX was formed by Darrel W. Hughes.

Darrel has studied several forms of hard Southern Chinese martial arts

since the age of 11, those being, Praying Mantis, Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do,

as well as Aikido (Japanese), Boxing, Kenpo, Fencing and weapons training

including, Escrima, Bo Staff, Nunchakus.

With Bruce Lee as an inspiration of all that is functionally kinetic, the natural

harmony and flow via all things as a seamless fusion of feelings, thoughts

and kinetics.

Darrel wanted to take all of the most functional techniques from the genres

of music he felt were the most dynamic, to create a hyper focus and fusion

of dynamics that would create a unique hyper complex mutation of sound

based on dynamics of functionality to evolve this into a pure sonic innovative

cutting edge hyper hybrid of sound, the Krusafix system of sonic genesis.

Like Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do, a formless yet focused non style,

yet highly developed and evolved via the best of the best techniques through

functionality of form and application of the Ying and Yang concept to attain

the ultimate clarity of harmony.

Darrel's chosen path is that of an unorthodox dynamic sonic expression via

the unconventional approach of form vs functionality within martial arts at

its highest level becomes formless.

Due to this, Darrel has invented his own unique sound or non-style, via

his hyper kinetic synthesis concept to attain his unique innovative sonic

formulation.

Or basically, his aim was to create a band with a sound that assimilated

the best elements of Progressive-Industrial, EBM, Dark-Techno, Cyber-Gothic,

Hard-Beat, Epic-Trance, Electro, Cyber-Metal, Industrial Drum & Bass, Rave,

Dark-Wave, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde music genres and create a unique

complex fusion, the KRUSAFIX system of sonic genesis.

Darrel decided he wanted full artistic control and to co-ordinated his own

international promotion with the help of a few staff via his own record label

Neurogenik Transmissions.

Cyberpulse Distribution was also set-up in conjunction with the Neurogenik Transmissions record label, for a worldwide operation.

June 25th 2000 was the first day KRUSAFIX entered Sequential studio to

begin recording a debut album. Darrel used as many synthesizers as he

could being a big fan of both analogue and digital, wanting a sound that

covered the last two & a half decades of synthesizers, drum machines

and samplers, etc.

All KRUSAFIX music is written, composed, performed, arranged, mixed,

engineered & produced by Darrel.

By August 3rd 2000 tracks for a debut CD album had been completed.

July 1st 2000 Darrel had begun to build the KRUSAFIX official website.

At this time it was part of the Cyberpulse website, a mail order music

website that specialised in music styles as mentioned above.

The KRUSAFIX element of the Cyberpulse site was just a release info

page and a news section, the main idea was to inform the masses of

the existence and the activity of KRUSAFIX at that time.

July 8th - August 27th 2000 the artwork concept for the forthcoming debut

KRUSAFIX CD Album was designed by Hyperoptik Graphix the artwork

design division of the NT label.

July 26th - 31st 2000 Darrel went into the Sequential studio again to record

the debut KRUSAFIX CD Single.

August 15th 2000 was the release day for the debut KRUSAFIX CD Album

Cyber Angel.

August 27th - 28th 2000 as Hyperoptik Graphix, Darrel also designed the

artwork concept for the forthcoming KRUSAFIX debut CD Single.

August 29th 2000 was the release day of the debut KRUSAFIX CD Single

Cyber Angel.

A lot of international promotion followed for the next few months,

and progressively a solid global KRUSAFIX profile was being built.

Both releases received a great response from the international music

media, radio stations-programmes & music fans worldwide.

October 23rd 2000 Darrel started working on the preproduction of a new

KRUSAFIX album.

November 15th 2000 Darrel returned to Sequential studio to begin composing

new tracks for the 2nd KRUSAFIX album.

Further international promotion found KRUSAFIX in the music media news

headlines & radio airwaves in; England, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Chile,

Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia,

Slovakia, Russia, Brazil, USA, Australia, Japan, China.

December 31st 2000 KRUSAFIX has made great progress in the six

months since it's inception.

January 7th 2001 and KRUSAFIX enter the music media news headlines

and radio airwaves in; Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Canada.

January 15th 2001 and the new KRUSAFIX album tracks that have been

completed so far are much more diverse in style fusion and are hyper

complex compared to the previous complex KRUSAFIX compositions.

However several other new album tracks are also presently in productions,

therefore the "whole-body of sound" regarding this awesome new KRUSAFIX

album is not fully exposed yet.

February 8th 2001 was the date Darrel decided to not only record and release

a new Krusafix album, but to also record a remix album and a special edition

remix album.

Therefore the release date of the new Krusafix album got re-scheduled from

late February until the work for all three albums had been completed.

Further promotion of Cyber Angel via press & radio gave Krusafix exposure

in Scotland, Argentina, Czech Republic, Croatia, South Korea.

Within eight months of being formed Krusafix had received press attention

and radio airplay in twenty-nine countries.

March 25th 2001 Elektra, a new progressive electronic music webzine

went online today, with Darrel W. Hughes as editor and Tracy Cooper as

assistant-editor.

April 30th 2001 the release date of Infernal Sky, the new Krusafix album.

All photographs featured within the artwork of Infernal Sky are the excellent

work of the talented photographic artist Jean Cooper who is based in

Stoke-on-Trent, England. Artwork concept, design and layout are by

Hyperoptik Graphix.

Infernal Sky is not just a fusion of various electronic forms, styles of music

or the reincarnation of industrial dance, but the creation of a unique breed

of sound with dynamic energy.

May 1st 2001 Darrel makes an exclusive interview with Dance or Die

vocalist-lyricist Gary Wagner for Elektra webzine.

May 10th 2001 during the first quarter of the year Krusafix had gained a

stronger interest from the alternative music press and radio stations in:

Germany, Russia, France, England, Italy, Estonia, Belgium, USA, Australia,

Czech Republic, Holland, Sweden, Canada.

May 28th 2001 Temptation the new Krusafix cd remix album was released

today.

June 5th 2001 One year since the inception of Krusafix. Since then, three

albums and one single have been released.

June 25th 2001 Ascent the new Krusafix special edition CD remix album

was released today.

July 14th 2001 Krusafix made a visit to Nightmare, a Goth-Industrial night

based in Nottingham, England.

July 19th 2001 20,000 visitors to krusafix.com, since the release of the

debut Cyber Angel remix CD album.

July 20th 2001 Krusafix worldwide fan base statistics; 58% Male, 42% Female.

19% Germany, 16.5% England, 16.5% USA, 8% France, 6.5% Italy, 5% Belgium,

2.5% Slovakia, 2.5% Czech Republic, 2.5% Russia, 2.5% Canada, 2.5% Holland,

2.5% Finland, 2.5% Scotland, 2.5% Australia, 2.5% Sweden, 1.5% Portugal,

1.5% Switzerland, 1.5% Estonia, 1.5% Spain.

August 27th 2001 Krusafix returned to sequential recording studios based

in the city of Nottingham, England, to commence pre-production work on new

material.

September 10th 2001 Further international promotion via press & radio gained Krusafix exposure in Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Kazakhstan, Greece,

Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Israel, South Africa, New Zealand.

October 20th 2001 Krusafix attended the Depeche Mode Exciter Tour concert

at Manchester MEN Arena, England.

October 21st 2001 Krusafix attended the Depeche Mode Exciter Tour concert

at Birmingham NEC Arena, England.

October 21st 2001 during the Depeche Mode Exciter Tour show at the

Birmingham NEC in England, Krusafix met up with electronic pioneer

Fad Gadget, and presented him with a cd of Infernal Sky.

Should you wish to read an online transcript of their illuminating conversation,

see the interview section of this website.

January 9th 2002 On the 9th January 2002, all previous Krusafix CD releases

were re-issued featuring revised artwork designs-layouts, and are presented

in Amaray dvd style boxes.

The debut Krusafix CD single Cyber Angel, now also features a new bonus

track Bloodlust - Attila Mix.

March 1st 2002 thought you all should be aware that in November 1993,

Red Sekta recorded a tribute to Fad Gadget via Love Parasite.

Love Parasite - Vampira Remix, was released in Spring 1994 via the German

record label Celtic Circle Productions, and presented on Anodize the debut

Red Sekta CD album.

Fad Gadget having been resurrected, it seems even more relevant now,

than it did back then.

March 10th 2002 Krusafix is making great progress writing and recording

12-15 tracks for a new CD album, planned for release in 4th quarter of 2002.

Krusafix is presently working on a tribute to Cabaret Voltaire, via The Web,

a Cabaret Voltaire song taken from the 1985 album The Covenant, The Sword

And The Arm Of The Lord.

The Krusafix remixed cover version of The Web will feature on the forthcoming

new Krusafix CD album Sins Of The Flesh.

A special edition remix cd ep of Krusafix, The Web will be released shortly

after the new CD album, Sins Of The Flesh.

Since 1991 Darrel had been studying and training in classical piano skills

and by July 2002 had reached and passed Grade 9 Piano skills.

This is more than evident on listening to the Krusafix material regarding

composition complexity, and techniques employed to craft the overall

sound of Krusafix.

January 26th 2003 due to the sudden and unexpected death of Darrel’s

father, the release of the forthcoming Krusafix album, Sins Of The Flesh

was postponed.

By August 2003 the events in Darrel’s life following the death of his father

included the break up of his personal relationship to his partner, after also

just having a son born in June and the subsequent separation due to his

Mother having a stroke and then seizures as a side effect of the stroke.

Darrel was not able to continue the progress of Krusafix at this time, his

personal life had become total chaos, which needed all his attention to

put things into balance again.

Also the first official Krusafix website along with the Elektra music webzine

closed their operations.

From July 2004 Darrel had started to study for Grade 10 in Piano skills.

Darrel also continued to study all elements of digital studio production,

and maintain his overview regarding state of the art music technologies

to remain at the cutting edge, even while being sub-active inbetween

releasing new products as Krusafix.

January 26th 2005 the resurrection of Krusafix, Darrel steps out of the

shadows to begin the next chapter in the evolution of his creative innovation

of sonic genesis and the forthcoming new releases of Krusafix.

A new official Krusafix website also went active on this very day, which has

had 21,000 visitors in the eight weeks since its inception.

March 1st 2005 Krusafix is presently in talks with several major independent

labels to release its forthcoming products to reach a wider audience worldwide.

3rd April 2005 Darrel promises Red Sekta will return!.

April 9th 2005 Darrel is currently building a new studio with the most advanced hardware and software configuration available.

15th April 2005 as Krusafix, Darrel begins working on a sound collage as a

backing track specifically to be used for the Krusafix website musical theme.

The sound collage is titled Hammered & Nailed - Sonic Assault Mix, furthermore Hammered & Nailed Re-Edit Mix are both featured on the website, the latter as a

bonus free download. Five mixes were recorded and completed in total.

While concentrating on building a new state-of-the-art studio, Darrel worked on

audio promotion with a series of free downloads from the Krusafix back catalogue during the summer of 2005, raising the profile of Krusafix within the alternative

music media worldwide and its readership.

November 2005, Darrel is currently recording "Forsaken", the forthcoming new

15 track Krusafix CD album.

18th November 2005 Darrel announces the plans to return with Red Sekta and a

new album for 2006.

Further music media, club and radio promotion followed until December 2005.

Within 11 months www.krusafix.co.uk had just over 178,000 visitors.

2nd January 2006 www.redsekta.co.uk is launched.

Between the 9th and 21st of January 2006 Darrel begin's to create a Red Sekta website anthem chant, resulting in nine mixes completed. "Push - Ultra Body V3 Mix", "Push - Dominator Mix" both featured to launch the new official Red Sekta website.

Darrel will commence recording of the forthcoming Red Sekta "Supercharged"

12 track CD album after completing all work on the forthcoming new Krusafix "Forsaken" the 15 track CD album.