DESIGNER DRUGS Pact with Ultra Music for “Though The Prism” Out This Week — Debut Album Due in 2011

FR:           ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/JOHN OCHOA
                 MSO

NEW YORK CITY’S
DESIGNER DRUGS
PACT WITH ULTRA MUSIC
FOR THE RELEASE OF “THROUGH THE PRISM” THIS WEEK
AND DEBUT ALBUM
‘HARDCORE/SOFTCORE’ OUT FEBRUARY 2011

Widely known across the electronic/dance realm for their wild remixes, which have included nearly 50 reworked tracks for Mariah Carey, Annie, Thieves Like Us, Little Boots,  Fischerspooner and more, New York City’s DESIGNER DRUGS have signed with Ultra Music  to release their hotly anticipated debut HARDCORE/SOFTCORE in February 2011.  Enthusiasts of punishing electro-industrial punk will get their first taste of the DESIGNER DRUGS album via its lead single “Through The Prism” available this week.

Where past productions and remixes have been on the poppier end of the musical spectrum, HARDCORE/SOFTCORE conjures up a darker, edgier vibe—think the throbbing, industrial-heavy opening club scene in The Doom Generation—yet still retains a melodic center on many of the tracks.  With its visually psychedelic video that features DESIGNER DRUGS’ Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson along with the track’s vocalist homeless Brooklyn rapper Cerebral Vortex, “Through The Prism” is a quintessential new electro gem.  Further details about the album will be revealed at a later date. Meanwhile, fans can view the “Through The Prism” video here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/UltraRecords?feature=mhum#p/a/u/2/uFf_XL5jQYM

While it does mark their debut album, HARDCORE/SOFTCORE functions as much as a culmination of a decade’s work as it does the next stage in a bourgeoning career. As the electro scene started to flourish in the early 2000s, Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson built a studio in Philadelphia and christened themselves DESIGNER DRUGS, balancing an in-demand DJing schedule with near-constant demand for track remixes.  Now with Nelson currently in medical school on his way to become a bona fide doctor and Patrick recently relocated to NYC’s Lower East Side, the duo has still found a way to keep up their busy musical careers.  

Spend a few minutes at one of DESIGNER DRUGS’ live shows and you’ll see the normally humble pair, spurred on by the intense energy of their music, transform into a different beast. “It gets pretty wild,” admits Michael. “Even though we’re mellow, there’s lots of stage diving and almost slam dancing. It’s next level dance club sh*# that almost morphs into that ‘90s hardcore/punk vibe.”  Look for DESIGNER DRUGS to appear in support of “Through The Prism” on tour throughout the rest of 2010:

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For more information on DESIGNER DRUGS, contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
John Ochoa x230, jochoa@msopr.com