- I Am the World Trade Center
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Name = I Am The World Trade Center
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Origin =Athens, Georgia ,United States
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Genre =Electronica /Synthpop
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Years_active = 1999—present
Label =Kindercore Records /Gammon Records
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URL = [http://www.iamtheworldtradecenter.com/ www.iamtheworldtradecenter.com]
Current_members =Daniel Geller Amy Dykes
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synth-pop duo consisting of musicianDaniel Geller (co-founder ofKindercore Records ) and vocalistAmy Dykes . Geller creates almost all of the music using hislaptop , occasionally usingdrum machine s, keyboards, or other instruments.History
Daniel Geller co-foundedKindercore Records withRyan Lewis in1996 inAthens, Georgia . Lewis, Geller, and Dykes soon moved toNew York City , and Geller and Dykes began dating in1997 . When Geller asked Dykes to provide the vocals for an instrumental track he had written, they considered starting a band. With encouragement from Lewis, they played a live performance inAustin, Texas at the2000 South by Southwest Festival .Geller and Dykes had decided on the name in
1999 while living in New York City. The band's debut album, "Out of the Loop", was released in2001 on the Kindercore label and according to a2002 interview withThe Stanford Daily , the band's name represented the dynamic of the duo's relationship: "The two towers, equal and independent, together made up one entity and came to represent the relationship that Geller and Dykes forged professionally and personally." "The Tight Connection ", IATWTC's second album was also released on Kindercore in2002 . After Kindercore folded, their third album, "The Cover Up ", was released onGammon Records . Dykes and Geller were no longer involved romantically by that time, but they continue to collaborate professionally.Minor controversy
After the
September 11, 2001 attacks on theWorld Trade Center , I Am the World Trade Center faced some media attention by critics who assumed that the band was capitalizing on the tragedy.Fact|date=March 2008 (Coincidentally, the 11th track on their first album is called "September.") They toured briefly under the shortened name "I Am the World...", but soon resumed playing under their original name.Health problems
In April
2004 , Dykes was diagnosed withHodgkin's lymphoma . Dykes has undergonechemotherapy and has faced several complications, but her cancer went intoremission in late 2004. I Am the World Trade Center began touring again in March2005 .Discography
*"Out of the Loop" - (2001 ·
Kindercore Records )
*"The Tight Connection " (2002 ·Kindercore Records )
*"The Cover Up " (2004 ·Gammon Records )References
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/I+Am+The+World+Trade+Center "I Am the World Trade Center"] . Retrieved May 10, 2005.
* Sands, Ryan (Nov. 15, 2002). [http://daily.stanford.org/tempo?page=content&id=9540&repository=0001_article "I Am the World Trade Center interview"] . "The Stanford Daily". Retrieved May 10, 2005.External links
* [http://www.iamtheworldtradecenter.com/ I Am the World Trade Center Official Website]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/I+Am+the+World+Trade+Center I Am the World Trade Center] atLast.fm
* [http://www.myspace.com/iamtheworldtradecenter I Am the World Trade Center] atMySpace
* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/083e6209-4b8e-4f6d-9712-296ad436a4ad.html I Am the World Trade Center] atMusicbrainz
* [http://www.timmcmahan.com/iatwtc.htm Lazy-i Interview: October 2003]
* [http://www.cmykyle.com/clips.php?id=69 Interview from Punk Planet 64] (2004)
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