Kasson Crooker
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| Country | United States |
| Genres | Electronica |
| Labels | Ninthwave Records |
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 Pannekoeken, formerly The Duke of Candied Apples. 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, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2 and the Karaoke Revolution series; the InCog-developed Downhill Domination; and some 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.
