It’s a really hopeful album from that point of view, the message is more uplifting. Those few years were quite turbulent and it feels like I’m at a point where I put most of those tools into action and I have managed to balance out. It has been three or four years of private struggle and going through clinical depression and other issues I talked about on “Metanoia”, having a breakdown and then a breakthrough, going through a crisis and then some kind of rebirth which is what “Metanoia” really represented. This album, “Alive in New Light”, I see as a kind of beacon, a symbol, of a new more clear positive era for me. At least the album title gives you the impression of it. You released your eighth album depending on how you count “Unfall” for almost two months ago, and together with “Metanoia” it feels like these albums are connected in a special way, both in terms of lyrics and harmonies, where you start in darkness on “Metanoia” and end up in something that feels like a glimpse of hope on “Alive in New Light”. The move over the Atlantic prior to starting his work on the critically acclaimed “Metanoia” album not only brought with it an escape route from his mental illness, it also came to involve new and interesting collaborations, and on the new album tattoo star Kat von D joins Corner on no less than four songs. The last five years have seen five album releases including the “Everything is Burning” remix album alongside four world tours and more than 150 shows, making IAMX an internationally revered band.Īfter struggling with a long period of mental illness, Corner has managed to come at peace with his long-term clinical depression and conquered his personal abyss after leaving his residence in Berlin to settle in Los Angeles. And that don’t take into account the wide array of singles and EP’s or his collaborations with other artists such as Gary Numan to whom he directed the “I Am Dust” video. The pioneering dark electronic album “Kiss + Swallow”, to some part meant to be the fourth Sneaker Pimps album, was released in 2004 and has been followed by eight additional releases including two remix albums, “Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK” and “Everything is Burning (Metanoia Addendum)”. Puppy, Cevin Key, to look after his puppy while being on tour.Ĭhris Corner has been exceptionally productive during his whole career with IAMX. Messed!Up met up with the brainchild of IAMX before the show in Hamburg and had a chat about being difficult to work with, a brighter future and having Mr. After releasing his eighth album “Alive in a New Light”, Chris Corner has hope in sight after the dark years and his personal battle against clinical depression and chronic insomnia. Ex-Sneaker Pimps singer Chris Corner’s alter-ego IAMX returns with his dark electronic fusion of music genres.
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