IAMX RELEASES NEW SONG + PSYCHO-SEXUAL VIDEO “THE X ID” AHEAD OF FAULT LINES1 ALBUM
IAMX’s anticipated new single “The X ID” is out now ahead of the new album Fault Lines1, due out May 12th.
The song is the first new lyrical material from the project since 2018’s Alive In New Light and builds on the grinding modular sounds of 2021’s Machinate.
The first of two albums across the next year, the Fault Lines project explores the rifts and fractures of our lives, both psychologically and within the tangible world.
I AM HUMBLED THAT , HERE AT IAMX HQ EVERYONE IS FULLY PRESENT, DEDICATED AND INVESTED IN SERVING THIS ART AND AUTHENTICALLY LIVING AN ALTERNATIVE LIFE IN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FREEDOM .
THIS VIDEO IS A DOCUMENT OF THAT FREEDOM .
THE X ID IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR PART OF MY PERSONALITY . IT IS MY BRUTAL , PROVOCATIVE GENDER BENDING SCREAMING INNER DEMON , MY MAGNETIC SWAGGERING HEDONISTIC EGO , THE DEEPEST DARKEST BEAUTIFUL ME WHICH I AM ABLE TO LIVE OUT THROUGH THIS MUSIC . ON STAGE , IN VIDEOS , THROUGH MY COMMUNITY .
OVER TIME I HAVE LEARNT TO EMBRACE , INHABIT AND WIELD THIS X ID . WITHOUT HESITATION OR GUILT .
AND I SEE IT AS MY DUTY TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO EMBODY AND EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE . ~CHRIS CORNER, IAMX
The video shows off the X ID in all its psychedelic, androgynous glory. Playing with themes of gender, S&M and unreality, in the video we watch Corner guide us through a sensory overload of nature where he appears as a fever dream guiding us towards a reunion with the land via our own self exploration. Heightening the sense of desire, our own childlike id is exposed through a sexually charged exchange full of mud and lust, asking: Who are we free to be when we leave the weight of social constructs behind us?
An act known for high energy and heart wrenching performance, IAMX will bring the full band production back to the stage for a North America tour beginning next month and a European tour in the fall.
Mastermind Chris Corner and longtime live collaborators Janine Gezang (vocals, keys, bass) and Jon Siren (drums), will interpret classics and favorites from throughout the expansive IAMX catalog alongside the bold new material of Fault Lines1.
You can expect the awe of IAMX’s psycho-sexual, explosive and passionate performance paired with dramatic lights, visuals, filth glam and the bands’ never-ending existential need to become one with the audience.
In North America, IAMX will be joined by the dark electronic project I Speak Machine who recently opened for Gary Numan, and will end the tour in Los Angeles with an explosive opening act from Skinny Puppy co-founder cEvin Key. See below for a full list of live dates.
IAMX Bio
Chris Corner’s process of becoming IAMX has been theatrical, transcendent and communal. Androgynous and visceral, he has metamorphosed from small-town kid to international pop star with iconic trip-hop group Sneaker Pimps, to a creator of raw art that disrupts gender and genre.
Fueling electronic experimentation with punk energy and confessional lyricism, Corner’s dark sound, performances, videos, fashion and persona are larger than life, iconoclastic and shockingly intimate.
After releasing Kiss + Swallow in 2004 and moving from his native UK to Berlin, Germany in 2005, IAMX released six additional albums over the following eight years.
In 2013 Corner started suffering from Chronic Insomnia and Depression, prompting a move to Los Angeles and yielding the album Metanoia in 2015.
An intensely cathartic body of work, Metanoia represented a comeback and a turning point in Corner’s life. The album allowed him to explore themes of mental health that eventually led to partnerships with organizations like The You Rock Foundation, to start his own mental health podcast called HEADNOISE and to release HEADSTREAMS, an art and poetry book on the subject.
Since 2015 IAMX has released several more albums ranging from experimental electronica to the highly anticipated 2018 studio album Alive In New Light – to his 2020 acoustic album Echo Echo, which Corner co-produced with Grammy Award winning uber-producer David Bottrill (Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Mastodon).
In 2021 the prolific artist delivered a long-awaited new album with Sneaker Pimps and a modular electronic album as IAMX, titled Machinate, which garnered a first-round GRAMMY nomination for best-electronic album.
Both have been released via his new record label UNFALL, which he founded alongside longtime IAMX collaborator and live bassist Janine Gezang, with the goal of supporting music with a real message and keeping revenue streams transparent and accessible for any artist UNFALL supports and releases.
Corner is a heavily licensed artist, with 16 IAMX tracks on ABC’s series ‘How To Get Away with Murder’ alone, multiple songs on ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, amongst many other top shows globally and numerous soundtrack and commercial contributions as Sneaker Pimps.
As a video artist, Corner crafts stunning live visuals and music videos for IAMX and other acts such as his close friend and collaborator Gary Numan.
Just as the X in mathematics signifies the variable and unpredictable, Corner’s identity and artistry evolve through experiment and fierce independence. As a result, his work continues to deepen with his ever-expanding catalogue of projects.
Fault Lines1 Live Dates
NORTH AMERICA
27 May – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
28 May – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater
30 May – El Paso, TX – Rock House
1 June – Austin, TX – Elysium
2 June – San Antonio, TX – Sam’s
3 June – Houston, TX – Numbers
6 June – Tampa, FL -Orpheum
7 June – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
9 June – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
10 June – Philadelphia, PA – Warehouse on Watts
11 June – New York City, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
14 June – Rochester, NY – Photo City
15 June – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
16 June – Detroit, MI – The Magic Bag
18 June – Madison, WI – Crucible
19 June – Kansas City, KS – Record Bar
21 June – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater
22 June – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
24 June – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
25 June – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
27 June – Sacramento, CA – Harlows
28 June – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
29 June – Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theater*
All shows with I Speak Machine
*with cEvin Key
EUROPE
26 September – Bratislava, SK – Majestic Music Club
28 September – Prague, CZ – Lucerna
29 September – Budapest, HU – A38
30 September – Graz, A – PPC
01 October – Vienna, A – SIMM City
03 October – Sankt Gallen, CH – bruchteil grabenhalle
04 October – Munich, D – Ampere
06 October – Barcelona, E – Apollo 2
07 October – Madrid, E – Sala Mon
09 October – Brussels, B – Ancienne Belgique
10 October – Paris, F – Trabendo
11 October – Cologne, D – Live Music Hall
13 October – Leipzig, D – Täubchenthal
14 October – Hamburg, D – Markthalle
15 October – Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
17 October – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli De Helling
18 October – Frankfurt, D – Zoom
21 October – Berlin, D – Columbia Theater
22 October – Warsaw, PL – Progresja
24 October – Wroclaw, PL – Zaklete Rewiry
25 October – Brno, CZ – Fleda
27 October – Stockholm, S – Slaktkyrkan
28 October – Gothenburg, S – Trädgår’n
30 October – London, UK – O2 Academy Islington
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