Kasson Crooker
Musician
Freezepop...(originally the Duke of Candied Apples, as well as the Duke of Belgian Waffles, all three pseudonyms of Kasson Crooker), will be leaving the band. Kasson Crooker stated that "My responsibilities at Harmonix making games continue to increase... In this article: Freezepop, Freezepop, Kasson Crooker, Liz Enthusiasm, Sean T. Drinkwater, Game Boy, Mega64, Electropop, Candied Apples, and Downhill Domination |
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Anarchy Club
...as a bonus track. Smith is an employee of Harmonix , the company that developed ''Guitar Hero and counts Buhler's former bandmate, Kasson Crooker, as its Audio Director. Nevertheless, the band had to enter their song through the standard...
In this article: Anarchy Club, Adam von Buhler, Keith Smith, Collide, C60, Rock Band, Get Clean, Guitar Hero, A Single Drop of Red, and Splashdown
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Wikipedia | October 25, 2009
Amplitude (video game)
...to hip hop and alternative rock. Some of the tracks, however, were produced "in-house" specifically for Amplitude. For example, Kasson Crooker, who served as the musical director for the game, contributed the songs "Cool Baby",...
In this article: Amplitude, Amplitude, Frequency, Sony, and Freezepop
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Splashdown (band)
...band is sometimes described as a trip hop act. Splashdown consisted of singer/pianist Melissa Kaplan, electronic programmer Kasson Crooker, and guitarist/bassist . The trio increased in size to a five- or six-piece group for live shows;...
In this article: Splashdown, Cynthia von Buhler, The Art of War, Adam Buhler, Universal Hall Pass, and Glen Ballard
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Wikipedia | October 16, 2009
Kasson Crooker
Kasson Crooker is an American musician and the artist behind Symbion Project, DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, Rance Warlock and Cosmonaut Zero. In September 2009, he retired from the synthpop group Freezepop , of which he was a founding member.
In this article: Freezepop, Ninthwave Records, Splashdown, Capitol Records, and Red
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Wikipedia | October 06, 2009
Frequency (video game)
...for online play and has made no provisions for third-party replacements. Some of the songs are actually "in-house" productions by Kasson Crooker, who served as a musical director for the game and is also a member of the band Freezepop .
In this article: Frequency, Kodomo, Amplitude, Freezepop, Frequency, Guitar Hero, DJ Q-bert, SCEI, Harmonix Music Systems, and Akrobatik
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Wikipedia | July 15, 2009
Robotkid
...''Guitar Hero '', and ''Rock Band ''. Prior to Harmonix, Randall worked for Looking Glass Studios. Like Freezepop , whose Kasson Crooker also works for Harmonix, Robotkid's music has made appearances on the studio's game releases. "End...
In this article: Freezepop, Looking Glass Studios, Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and Massachusetts
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Wikipedia | July 09, 2009
Universal Hall Pass
...eleven songs. In December, 2006, UHP released a six-song EP entitled Subtle Things, on which Kaplan worked with ex-bandmate Kasson Crooker. Mercury has topped or been near the top of the "Pop with Electronic Production" chart on...
In this article: Universal Hall Pass, Splashdown, Los Angeles, and California
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NPR | January 10, 2009
Freezepop: Synth-Pop Revelry For The Xbox
...appear as bonus tracks in Guitar Hero and Rock Band and are featured in many other video games. It helps that band member Kasson Crooker - known onstage as The Duke of Pannenkoeken - works for the video game developer Harmonix. When his...
In this article: Freezepop, Liz Enthusiasm, Xbox, Boston, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band
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Joystiq | July 16, 2008
Harmonix: No Freezepop in RB2, maybe in the DLC - Joystiq
...under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, E3, Rhythm Bad news for Freezepop fans (like us here at Joystiq) -- the synthpop trio, of which Kasson Crooker, Senior Producer at Rock Band creators Harmonix, is a member, does not have a song in their...
In this article: Freezepop, Guitar Hero, Amplitude, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Rock Band, Rock Band 2, Liz Enthusiasm, and Filed
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PR Newswire | November 06, 2007
Harmonix and MTV Games Launch New Music Based Game for the iPod
...of work with rhythmic gameplay elements and present them in ways that any music fan can easily understand and have fun with," says Kasson Crooker, Lead Producer on Phase for Harmonix. "We wanted to create something that took users beyond the...
In this article: IPod, Phase, MTV, Harmonix Music Systems, Marathon, MTV Networks, Rock Band, Trademark, Apple, and Itunes
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Kasson Crooker is the artist behind Symbion Project, DJ HMX, Komputer Kontroller, Rance Warlock and Cosmonaut Zero. He is also part of the synthpop group Freezepop as The Duke of Pannenkoeken, formerly The Duke of Candied Apples (and briefly The Duke of Belgian Waffles). His main solo project is Symbion Project, with three releases, the "Red" album, released in 1998, "Immortal Game," released on Ninthwave Records in 2003, and "Wound Up by God or the Devil", released in December 2006. His past bands include the dreampop band Sirensong and the more well-known Splashdown, whose albums include "Stars and Garters", the "Halfworld" EP, the "Redshift" EP, and the unreleased full-length albums "Blueshift" (which was completed for but never released by Capitol Records) and "Possibilities" (an album of remixes and demos). Crooker is also the Audio Director at video game developer Harmonix, and the music of Symbion Project and/or Freezepop has been featured in the Harmonix PlayStation 2 games FreQuency, Amplitude, the Karaoke Revolution series, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2, Phase, Rock Band; the InCog-developed Downhill Domination; and one of the North American Dance Dance Revolution games developed by Konami, which publishes Karaoke Revolution. He and Eric Brosius took home the 2006 Game Developers Choice Award for Best Audio for their work on Guitar Hero, and the pair was also cited as one of the two finalists for the Innovation Award.
- Also Known As:
- DJ HMX
- Symbion Project
- Komputer Kontroller
- Cosmonaut Zero
- Record Label:
- Ninthwave Records
- Associated With:
- Rance Warlock
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