Candle Nine

Experimental / Ambient / Industrial

Bay City, MI

Candle Nine

Billboard

Candle Nine started his career playing as an acoustic singer/songwriter
playing in local coffee shops and bars, but always felt limited by the format.

After experimenting with different live band setups, he felt that the music he did was completely
unlike the music he most enjoyed since he had always been a fan of electronica and industrial music.

In 2005, Candle Nine dropped out of the scene all together and took a two year hiatus, during
which time he ended his drug problems and learned the ins and outs of producing
electronic music while living in a then-local hip-hop recording studio.

After his departure from the studio, he continued to search out, and further teach himself the
production of electronic music. Candle Nine then quickly developed into an industrial musician,
constantly refining and reinventing his own sound.

During this early experimental stage, he locally and independently released a full-length album entitled
"Stillborn", which Candle Nine has since stopped reproducing. Still dissatified, Candle Nine continued to evolve.

Enlisting long-time supporter and collaborator Geramie C for live keyboards and electronics,
Candle Nine came back to the scene in 2007 with a new sound and a new aesthetic that he could
finally be proud of, and could be comfortable playing live as an expression of his art, drawing influence
from everyone ranging from Gridlock, Haujobb, Skinny Puppy, Autechre, and Aphex Twin to
newer artists, such as Somatic Responses, Stendeck, and Autoclav1.1.

Currently, he is working on new music for an upcoming album
to express his own so called "search for the perfect dissonance".