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DANGEROUS MUSE
Electronica / Pop
BIOGRAPHY
"Dance music has almost always been totally about the music and the record. Superstars like Madonna and Donna Summer have been few and far between. Mike Furey and Tom Napack of Dangerous Muse could easily be another exception to the rule. Dangerous Muse have the songs, but they also have the style, looks and unswerving dedication and most of all, the smarts to break through in a big, big way and stay there for a long, long time. I'm betting they can and will do it."
-Seymour Stein, Sire Records
The Electro-Clash scene in New York City was undoubtedly one of the most creatively glamorous, deliciously lascivious and culturally influential pop music movements in recent years, but like most dance music, while ground breaking in its production, it may have lacked a certain emphasis on the art of songwriting.
Vocalist Mike Furey, a regular at the hottest downtown dance parties, wanted to use that dark, lusty, trashy dance sound hed absorbed there to write the more personal songs that were gestating in his sub-conscious. Programmer/keyboardist Tom Napack, new to the scene, was looking for a vocalist and songwriting partner. They got together and immediately knew they had something. Combining the gloomy sexiness of underground New York with a keen sense of song craft and pop drama, Dangerous Muses sound is as comfortable on the dance floor as it is the morning after.
New York performances at MisShapes, Scenic, Happy Valley and Crash Mansion began to spread the success of their first single The Rejection and Dangerous Muse was off and running. Soon they had Mr. Steins attention and found themselves working on their first commercial release with Ted Ottaviano (Book of Love).
In November 2005, Dangerous Muse released their first EP with Cordless Recordings, the newest addition to the Warner Music Group of labels. The day the EP was available, "The Rejection" soared to number 2 on iTunes top-selling dance charts and stayed at the top of the charts for weeks.
Dangerous Muse are currently working on writing and producing their next "cluster," (Digital EP), available May 2006. They'll also be releasing a CD EP (available in stores this July), featuring an Eric Kupper remix of "The Rejection" and some other special content.
--Peter Sax,The Devious Planet
NEWS
Last night, January 16th, Mike and Tom attended the opening of Doug
Aitken's "Sleepwalkers" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, curated
by Klaus Biesenbach. This exhibit is monumental for the MoMA, because
it is the first exhibit to bring art to the exterior walls of the
museum. Mattheu Barney and Douglas Gordon, among other notable artists
were present at the event. During the reception, Seu Jorge(best known for
his scenes in Life Aquatic) played some tunes.
"The Rejection" was recently listed on LA Weekly Digital Jukebox. The site picks what they say are "the sounds of tomorrow...today." Click here to view the list and listen to "The Rejection." "Give Me Danger" and "In This Town" are also available to listen to, so check it out.
Give Me Danger Remixes, featuring Peter Rauhofer, will be available at iTunes in the first weeks of the New Year. In the meantime, we have posted one of our favorites on here. "Give Me Danger (Give Me Lazer Mix)" is produced by Chaz Windus of Blazing Lazer. You may remember the last mix he did for us, "The Rejection (Reject Disco Mix)." Enjoy.
Be sure to check out the store for sizes that may have been sold out last week. We just put in a massive order today for more shirts, including X-Small in the Deep V. Some of the shirts are still on back-order, but we'll be sure to let you know all the info as it becomes available. Happy shopping and Happy Holidays!
Last night we performed at a club called Rebel for a party called Strut. We want to thank everyone for coming out. It was such a fucking blast. We also would like to give out shout out to the wild girl who stormed the stage and tried to stick her tongue down Mike Furey's throat. Luckily, Stevil was there to lay down the law (the infamous glitter-sweater-sporter-turned-bouncer extraordinaire). Check out the clip above to watch him thwart her second attempt to rock out on stage. The drinks were strong that night and love was in the air.
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Today, Dangerous Muse launched the first portion of their Online Store, featuring a limited-edition line of crews and v-necks printed with their "Guitar Smash" icon.
The shirts are 100% summer weight cotton American Apparel shirts -- as seen on TV (Watch Bevis this Saturday as he sports it on "5 Takes"). Only $25 (domestic and international). Be the first one to buy one: Buy the Dangerous Muse Shirt!
In case you didn't catch Dangerous Muse on TV, you can see part of their piece from Travel Channel's new show "5 Takes" on YouTube.com now. Click the video below:
Tune into 5 Takes with host Bevis and catch Mike and Tom of Dangerous Muse as featured guest artists in the New York segment. The guys and hosts Bevis, Tim, Lena, Jamie, and Zach spent two days at various locations around town, including a visit to the guys studio in The Bronx. Segment airs in the USA December 2nd at 10pm EST on the Travel Channel. TIVO ior DVR it now!!
For international airdates, check your local listings.
This illustration was sent to us by Christine.
Also, check out the Bevis "I Want Party" video and fansite postings also on the Tracel Channel website. We love him. You will too. *This footage was shot and edited by Bevis. It is different from the piece that will air on the Travel Channel this Saturday.
Tonight, Out Magazine will honor the 100 most influential people in gay culture of 2006, featuring musical performances by Dangerous Muse and Kelis. The event will take place at the famous Capitale in NYC.
Five people in particular will be specially recognized at the event: Humanitarian of the Year, Iman; Entertainer of the Year, Rufus Wainwright; Ingnue of the Year, Ann Hathaway; Stylemaker of the Year, Michael Kors; and Artist of the Year, John Cameron Mitchell.
To see pictures of Mike and Tom at The Out 100, Click Here: WireImage, Patrick McMullan, and Arjan Writes 
Captured by Roe Carroll
As you may or may not know, we recently combined our first 3-song digital EP release with three new songs to make a standard length 6-song EP entitled, "Give Me Danger EP" (If you have already purchased the original EP, you can still get the new songs individually). We did this because iTunes no longer tracks releases of less than three songs in its album charts. Unfortunately, we lost all of your amazing reviews because didn't allow any of them to be carried over. We would really appreciate it if you took a few minutes to repost what you said about The Rejection EP on the Give Me Danger EP review page on iTunes by clicking here: Post Review. You don't have to purchase songs to post about them.
"The Rejection" video is now available at iTunes. Click HERE to buy!
Also, as you may or may not know, iTunes recently took down both of our three-song digital EP releases of "The Rejection" and "Give Me Danger" and combined them into one EP of six tracks titled "Give Me Danger". As a result, we also lost all fan postings of your amazing reviews. If you left a review and it has been deleted, PLEASE repost it. You do not have to purchase any DM songs to post your review. Click here to leave us a comment HERE! THANK YOU!
"The Rejection" video was featured on mtvU's show "The Freshmen" this week. Head over to mtvu.com and check out the show! VOTE for "The Rejection" and let's get the video added to the mtvU playlist. Remember you can vote as many times as you'd like!
You can also vote on your mobile phone by texting "freshmen" to 22422.
Dangerous Muse's "The Rejection" video has been voted #1 by viewers on Logo's "Click List"! Thank you for your support!
Keep Dangerous Muse on the top spot! VOTEnow!
Dangerous Muse's new digital EP "Give Me Danger" is available now at your favorite online store.
MTV's LOGO NETWORK has included "The Rejection" as a nominee for The Click List. The Click List is a show on Logo that showcases the top ten videos requested by viewers each week. Please help our video be a part of this show. It's really easy and you don't have to provide any personal informaion (unless you want to). Thanks guys. We love you! Click here:
Today, because of YOU, Dangerous Muse returns to the iTunes Dance charts as Number 2 dance album. Thank you so much for your support. Other remixes and brand new songs are on the way! Check back soon for more.
This weekend Mike Furey, lead singer of Dangerous Muse, will attend the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach. Dangerous Muse will not be performing during the conference. But if you live in the Miami Beach area, come out to party!
Yesterday we shot "The Rejection" video. Congratuations to our cast and crew for pulling it off on budget and on time! The footage is currently in post production. We'll let you all know specifics of its release as soon as we know more. Please check back soon for more updates.
It was a pleasure to meet our Los Angeles fans who made it out to our open call for "The Rejection" video, yesterday. Decisions were very hard to make. Thanks to everyone. Congratulations to Kimi, Natalie, Cara, and Elle for being selected.
This Friday, March 17th, Mike Furey and Mikel Korbic will be holding an open casting call for a portion of "The Rejection" music video shoot (to take place this Saturday). For more information, please read the blog posting, above.
This week we would like to share a very special remix of "The Rejection" with you, artfully created by our friend Chaz "Blazing Lazer" in Los Angeles. We love this mix and hope that you will too. Please enjoy it while you can. We will be taking the mix down at this time next week. It is a brief taste of the many mixes that are to come. Check back for more soon!
Last night was insane night of debauchery at The Delancey in New York with our friends from Clear Static and a couple other bands. It was good to see everyone's "arms up" at home again. To open our set, we played a brand new track called "Your Boyfriend's Back," which will be featured on our next release, expected to drop on iTunes this Spring. More details on our next release and upcoming events soon.
We thought it would be more fair to let everyone have a chance to download "The Rejection" -- so we made it available on here as well. Now is everyone happy? (This offer will end on March 7th as well.)
Starting today, Dangerous Muse's "The Rejection" will be available on iTunes UK for free! Click here to download. (You must be a UK resident.) Until March 7th, we will have a special feature on the iTunes UK homepage because iTunes has chosen "The Rejection" as their "Single of the Week". Happy downloading!
Yesterday night we played for the Cordless release party in Los Angeles. We were totally psyched to see some of our New York friends in the audience and to meet some of our die-hards who drove out to see us. Some of the other acts to perform were Aya Pearde, Maven, and Koishii & Hush. Mikel Korbic was there with a bunch of cameras getting some footage for our most recent video. More soon.
Last night we performed at Funky Budha Lounge for a party called "Mmm..." We went up there with our friend DJ Cat Hartwell from Fannypack. She is amazing. No more "grossin' people out with her cameltoe" because she started a new music project, Holy Hail. Check them out. Anyway, we had these amazing adjoining rooms with insane views of downtown Chicago. It was a good situation. After the show, we had the sickest party ever. Our rooms had jacuzzi's. What. This morning we picked up a few copies of TimeOut Chicago. We had no idea that they did a piece on us. Check it out: Timeout Chicago cover and clippings...s are not currently working>>
Last night we performed at Scenic for Spencer Product's great new party called "Hot Fucking Pink." A couple other bands played that night too. If you haven't been, you should check it out. Next stop Chicago. Come see us at Funky Buddha Lounge on Monday night!
Last night marked the official release of Cordless Recordings. Dangerous Muse, Nozzle and Breakup Breakdown (Cordless bands) performed throughout the night. The event was held at Crash Mansion, hosted by The Village Voice. More
Today a friend of ours found us listed in an online encyclopedia, "Wikipedia" (www.wikipedia.com). We are listed under the word "keytar" as "New Musicians using the Keytar." Check it out: keytar
Last night we performed on a giant layer cake stage for the birthday celebration of Kelly Cutrone, founder of People's Revolution, at Happy Valley. Our velvet pieces were designed by Dwight Riche. Jewelry by Alex and Chloe and Dior. The party was hosted by Susanne Bartsch, Kenny Kenny, and Sophia Lamar. Resident DJs: The MisShapes (Geordon Nicol, Greg K., Leigh Lezark) with special guest: Sean "Dack Attack". Notable faces in the crowd: Larry Tee (founder of the Electroclash movement), Zaldy (head designer for Gwen Stefani's clothing line, L.A.M.B.), Benjamin Cho (designer extraordinaire). Happy Valley is one of the newest venues to open in New York City, designed by Jeremy Scott. More
Last night we performed for the V Magazine (issue 38) release party, hosted by The MisShapes (Geordon Nicol, Greg K., Leigh Lezark) at Luke and Leroy. Guest Djs: Gemma Ward (supermodel), The Sounds, and Benjamin Cho. Notable faces in the crowd: Stephen Gan (founder of V magazine), Michael Stipe (R.E.M. vocalist), and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins guitarist). This party also served as the Dangerous Muse unofficial release party. Gift bags, provided by Sire and Warner Brothers Records included: Dangerous Muse's "The Rejection" single, Madonna's "Confessions On a Dance Floor," Depeche Mode's "Playing the Angel," HIM "Dark Light," and Regina Spektor's "Soviet Kitsch." Other give aways included: Dangerous Muse shirts (designed by Deer Dana) and necklaces (designed by Alex and Chloe). More
Last night we performed at Happy Ending for a monthly party hosted by Sheal Kill You (The Look, Visions of the Impending Apocalypse) and Samuel Kirkland (Famous Records). Happy Endings used to be a seedy Chinese massage parlor a couple years ago. It may be known for its endings, but Happy Ending was a happy beginning for our New York City run. More
Location: New York, NY
Members: Mike Furey, Tom Napack
Give Me Danger EP
Oct 03, 2006Warner Bros. Records
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MUSICisamazing565
love the sound...more stuff pleeez!!! :) come to cali
posted Jun 13
jakialc
u guys are one of the koolest people in this town!!!
posted May 07
P a t r i c i a !
Damn you have such a sexy voice !
posted Feb 20
BrAnDy-
oh em gee. your georgous. wow. love the music. wow your
hott.
posted Nov 21
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posted Oct 31
xdramaticxmex
You guys are awesome! i love your guys\' music.
everytime i hear it it makes me \"want to dance\" my
friends and i dance to the rejection all the time. I
love you guys!
posted Oct 03
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ilove u come to pittsburgh
posted Sep 20
dj_etereax
very nice!
posted Sep 17