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Biography
Venus Hum is an Electronic music|electronic pop music group from Nashville, Tennessee , consisting of vocalist Annette Strean and multi-instrumentalists Kip Kubin and Tony Miracle. Miracle has a rare heart condition which results in perpetually hearing his own heartbeat in his ears. This condition is known as " venous hum ", from which the group's name is derived.
Their first full-length album, titled Venus Hum (album)|Venus Hum , was released in 2001. Big Beautiful Sky (Venus Hum)|Big Beautiful Sky was released two years later. Also in 2003, Venus Hum toured with and opened for Blue Man Group , with Annette providing vocals on " I Feel Love ".
After their collaboration with J.J. Abrams ( Alias (TV series)|Alias , Lost (TV series)|Lost , Mission: Impossible III ), and their subsequent creation of the EP Songs for Superheroes (Venus Hum)|Songs for Superheroes , it was uncertain whether Venus Hum would release any new material. Annette had developed painful vocal fold nodules and needed a speech pathologist to relearn her singing ability. Kip diversified, furthering his interest in filmmaking, becoming a director of music videos , electronic press kit s and special features. Tony traveled, living in Los Angeles and Cincinnati and releasing an experimental solo album under the moniker "Satellite City".
After a two year hiatus, the group reorganized and released a new album, The Colors In The Wheel (Venus Hum)|The Colors In The Wheel on July 25, 2006 under the Mono-Fi Records label, which they described as "unconventional, three-dimensional and completely five-sensual" featuring an edgier sound than their previous work.
In the second half of 2008, the band returned to the studio to work on material for a new album, culminating in the October 6th, 2009 release of Mechanics & Mathematics .
Blue Man Group
Annette Strean provided vocals for Blue Man Group 's cover of " I Feel Love " on their 2003 album The Complex (album)|The Complex . Venus Hum opened for Blue Man Group on The Complex Rock Tour, and performed with them as well. The band was featured as "rock concert movement number sixty-three." "I Feel Love" was released as a single in 2004.
Discography
Studio Albums
Venus Hum (album)|Venus Hum (2001)
Big Beautiful Sky (Venus Hum)|Big Beautiful Sky (April 1, 2003)
The Colors In The Wheel (Venus Hum)|The Colors In The Wheel (July 25, 2006)
