Dark Electro / Industrial
Kansas, USA
Derick Bailey (aka -dredge-) recorded as a solo artist as Static:Soul.
First known simply as Static, Bailey expanded the project's name in 1999. Many people were introduced to this new outfit through the track “Sloppy,” a futuristic, dark electro tune featured on several compilations, including Flaming Fish Music's Ballistic Test 8 and Automata 1.0. The song, which mixed threatening robotic vocals over foreboding, mechanical beats and droning synths, would become the project's signature song and was eventually mixed with Aussie techno-dance band Paradoxx's song “New Devotion” to form the title track for their Devotio Moderna album.
Bailey further established his reputation as Static:Soul by releasing the Blindfall EP in 2000. The project featured more dark electro tracks in the vain of globalWAVEsystem, Blank Frame, and Skinny Puppy. He also made several more compilation appearances in the early 2000's.
Bailey is also one-half of industrial rock band Rusted Pig and experimental electronica outfit Redshift Project.
| 1999 | Redshift Project / Static split |
| 2000 | Blindfall E.P. |
| 2001 | In the Beginning… |
1999 Independent
2000 Independent
2001 Indpendent
Ballistic Test 8 (1999 Flaming Fish Music)
09) Sloppy
Automata 1.0 (1999 Flaming Fish Music)
16) Sloppy (Surrenderdestroy) (3:20)
There Are Angels Among Us (2000 Ballistic Test Productions)
05) Darkness (My Finest Hour)
In Darkness My Heart Was Won (2001 Darker Day Collective/Dieatra)
0?) Take That
Through the Eye of the Needle (2001 Ballistic Test Productions)
06) Hollow Dreams