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Infobox musical artist| name = Blaqk Audio| image = Blaqk Audio live 2007.jpeg| caption = Blaqk Audio performing live in 2007. From left to right: Davey Havok and Jade Puget .| background = group_or_band| origin = Oakland, California , United States| genre = Synthpop , http://lifeinabungalo.com/2007/09/23/blaqk-audio-at-the-grand-ballroom/ Blaqk Audio at The Grand Ballroom electronic body music|EBM , Dark Wave | years_active = 20012002, 2006present| label = Interscope Records|Interscope | associated_acts = AFI (band)|AFI , Loose Change (band)|Loose Change , Redemption 87 , Influence 13, Son of Sam (band)|Son of Sam | website = URL| http://www.blaqkaudio.com/| current_members = Davey Havok Jade Puget Blaqk Audio is an American electronic music duo formed by current AFI (band)|AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget under Interscope Records . Their debut album CexCells was released on August 14, 2007 and reached number eighteen on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 .
The band's second album Bright Black Heaven has been completed as of December 2, 2011.https://twitter.com/#!/jadepuget/status/142801173303406592 Twitter - Jade Puget "Bright Black Heaven is officially DONE. We'll let you know where/when/how it's coming out when we get it sorted." The album's release has been postponed many times; there is currently no official release date. There are no officially released singles yet from the album, but a number of new songs have been played live and received radio airplay and published by the band on their SoundCloud page.
History
Origins
Havok and Puget started writing music for Blaqk Audio around the year 2001, but they were too busy with AFI to devote enough time to the electronic side project.cite web |url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=161463843& blogId=235157738 |title= Like a Quadruped Comin' Atcha& #33; |author= Davey Havok |date= February 27, 2007 |publisher= Myspace | accessdate=August 26, 2010 They returned to the project only in year 2006, and the debut album CexCells was put out in August 2007.
AFI have increasingly included synthesized elements into their recent albums; 2003 release Sing the Sorrow and 2006 release Decemberunderground credit Puget with 'programming and keyboards'. Sing the Sorrow CD Booklet Decemberunderground CD Booklet These synthesized elements are particularly apparent on songs such as "Death of Seasons" and "37mm". In the August 2006 edition of Guitar World , Puget states that AFI songs "37mm" and " Love Like Winter " were both originally intended as part of the Blaqk Audio side project. Guitar World , "The Shape of Punk to Come" August 2006 Elements of programming, however, can be found as early as 2000's The Art of Drowning (album)|The Art of Drowning , which featured a drum machine on "The Despair Factor".Lash, Jolie. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5935498/afi_go_electronic "AFI Go Electronic". Rolling Stone . September 4, 2003.
CexCells
Blaqk Audio entered the studio to record several songs for their first album in January 2007.cite web |url= http://shyboyswin.blogspot.com/2007/01/so-i-must-apologize-for-my-tardiness.html |title=So I Must Apologize For My Tardiness |date=2007-01-09 |accessdate=2010-09-01 Puget kept fans apprised with updates through his blog, before the Blaqk Audio Myspace was created in February 2007. By July 27, they had filmed footage for the music video for their debut single "Stiff Kittens", but the video was never finished.
On January 12, 2008, Puget uploaded a new song to the Blaqk Audio Myspace titled "The Ligature".
Instrumental versions of the songs, "Between Breaths" and "The Love Letter" were used in trailers and on the official website for the 2008 film The Eye (2008 film)|The Eye . In response to the buzz it created, Puget suggested at a possible public release of all the CexCells songs in instrumental form.
Present
Puget did a remix for the band Tokio Hotel of their song "Ready, Set, Go!" called "Ready, Set, Go& #33; (AFI/Blaqk Audio Remix)" and it can be found on the CD Scream America! . Blaqk Audio contributed a cover of "No New Tale to Tell" to the tribute album for Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets , New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets .
While promoting AFI's new single " Medicate " on KROQ-FM|KROQ , Havok said that Blaqk Audio's second album was already completed, but they are focused on AFI as they feel "if all of a sudden we're doing two Blaqk Audio records in a row people will think AFI is not happening or something."cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/news/afi-duo-ready-to-go-with-new-blaqk-audio-1004040631.story |title= AFI Duo Ready To Go With New Blaqk Audio |author= Gary Graff |date= November 2009 |publisher= Billboard Puget has revealed that the name of the upcoming album is Bright Black Heaven . They have continued writing new songs, so the new album may go through considerable changes before the release.cite web |url= http://reaxmusic.com/tiki-read_article.php? articleId=75299 |title= An Exclusive Interview with Davey Havok of AFI |author= Justin Crites |date= March 2010 |publisher=ReaxMusic.com
They have recorded over thirty new songs.cite web| url= http://live105.radio.com/2010/08/30/davey-havok-really-loves-underworld-calls-station-230am-to-announce-spookfest-2010-headliner/ | title= Davey Havok Really Loves UNDERWORLD: Calls Station @ 2:30am to announce SPOOKFEST 2010 headliner | date= 2010-08-30 | publisher= KITS|Live105 | accessdate=2010-09-01 Since February 2010 the California based radio station KITS|Live 105 has been playing a new Blaqk Audio song entitled "Ill Lit Ships". From July 22, 2010, BPM (Sirius XM)|BPM on Sirius XM Radio have been playing a new song entitled "Bon Voyeurs." On October 24, 2010, Live105 premiered a song titled "Mouth to Mouth".
Blaqk Audio performed at KITS#Concerts|Subsonic Spookfest 2010 with eight songs, three of them being completely new songs: "This Is...", "Fade to White" and "Let's Be Honest". http://www.brightblackheaven.com/10/2010/103010-san-diego-setlist/ 10/30/10 San Digo Setlist | BrightBlackHeaven.com http://live105.radio.com/2010/10/28/bay-area-natives-blaqk-audio-spookfest-2010/ Bay Area natives Blaqk Audio @ Spookfest 2010
On November 25, Blaqk Audio posted a song titled "Down Here" on their SoundCloud page. http://soundcloud.com/blaqkaudio/down-here "Down Here" by Blaqk Audio On December 1, Live105 posted a song titled "Cold War". http://live105.radio.com/2010/12/01/blaqk-audio-returns-to-live-105/ Blaqk Audio returns to SF!
On January 6, 2011, they performed a show at club Popscene in San Francisco , playing two new songs among others: "Say Red" and "Everyone's Friends". http://www.brightblackheaven.com/01/2011/live-post-blaqk-audio-at-popscene/ Blaqk Audio at Popscene On July 19, a clip of an unknown song was played on Jade Puget's Turntable.fm account. http://www.afinewshq.com/2011/07/new-blaqk-audio-song-played-on-jades.html
On July 23, a previously unheard song called "Bliss" was uploaded to their Soundcloud page, http://soundcloud.com/blaqkaudio/bliss Bliss by Blaqk Audio along with "Ill-Lit Ships" and "Mouth to Mouth". http://www.afinewshq.com/2011/07/new-blawk-audio-song-bliss.html The song "Bliss" was also premiered on Live 105.
A new Blaqk Audio song called "The Witness" is on the official soundtrack album of the 2011 movie Abduction (2011 film)|Abduction , released on September 20. http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/abduction-soundtrack-features-train-lenny-kravitz-cobra-starship-more/9049314 ArtistDirect
Another song called "Afterdark" is on the official soundtrack album of the video game Batman: Arkham City , released on October 4. http://www.afinewshq.com/2011/09/new-blaqk-audio-song-afterdark-on.html New Blaqk Audio song: Afterdark
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans#Soundtrack|Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009) "Stiff Kittens (Jnrsnchz Blaqkout Remix)"
New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets (2009) "No New Tale to Tell"
Abduction (2011 film)#Soundtrack|Abduction: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011) "The Witness"
Batman: Arkham City#Batman:_Arkham_City_.E2.80.93_The_Album|Batman: Arkham City The Album (2011) "Afterdark"
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