Blaqk Audio

Not simply content as punk-pop stars and chart-toppers with their band AFI, Davey Havok and Jade Puget formed Blaqk Audio to experiment in a whole new genre --electronica. After years of putting off the project, the two finally had time off from touring with AFI to write and record Blaqk Audio's 2007 debut album,CexCells. With Havok in charge of lyrics and vocals and Puget behind the synths and software, the two dabble in a wide range of sounds, from dark-rooted industrial dance and EBM (Electronic Body Movement) to four-on-the-floor house, synth pop, goth and even downtempo. Producer Dave Bascombe, who has worked with Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears and Erasure, helped give the album a distinctive '80s touch with influences like Ministry and Front 242 shining through.