Fiction Plane Remix Contest

Winner

 

Prizes

ACID PRO 4.0.
Three Loops for ACID loop libraries.
Fiction Plane merchandise from MCA Records.

About the Contest

Bassist Dan Brown says that songwriter Joe Sumner has always been “very much against the pop musical establishment.” Join him in his anti-establishment stance by remixing “Wise.”

About the Artist

During the past three years, Fiction Plane, a London-born rock band, has stirred up club crowds across the U.K. with its taut, anti-pop arrangements and biting lyrics. Everything Will Never Be OK is Fiction Plane's MCA Records debut.

Produced by the veteran David Kahne (Sublime, Earshot, Sugar Ray), the new album marks a brilliant and accomplished major label debut. Artfully arranged guitars, bass and drums, coupled with personal, meaningful lyrics drive Fiction Plane, led by lead singer/guitarist/chief songwriter Joe Sumner.

Working with Kahne aided the band in its vision quest. "David helped us to calm down," says Sumner. Adds bassist Dan Brown, "We needed strong guidance from someone who was also very musical. We trusted David and had a great time working with him." Recording the album's twelve songs live to 8-track analog added tension and intimacy to the final results. "The idea was to capture the energy of us playing together live," notes guitarist Seton Daunt, "But when you do that, there's no room for screw-ups."

Everything Will Never Be OK, a true album of songs, is diverse yet cohesive in its range and depth. ACIDplanet is offering "Wise," for remixing, a track which makes the most of Sumner and Daunt's blithe guitar atmospherics.

Fiction Plane may sound like a band of musical upstarts, but they took years to develop and hone their sound. After forming in the UK, Sumner and Brown attended and graduated from college in the U.S. But the lure of music proved strong, and on the very day they graduated in 1999, the two old friends reunited to form a new band, which they originally called Santa's Boyfriend.

The guys proceeded to play shows in the U.S., UK and Europe and independently released a collection of demos entitled "Swings and Roundabouts" in May 2001. Their work began to build a fan base that extended to the broader record industry as well. By the spring of 2002, the band changed their name to Fiction Plane (after an early Sumner song title) and signed a deal with MCA Records.

Heavy North American touring is set to support the release of Everything Will Never Be OK. You can also hear their track "If Only" on the "Holes" soundtrack.

Want to hear more Fiction Plane? Listen in on the Fiction Plane Jukebox.