Icon Underground

Icon Underground Biography



Icon Underground has positioned itself as the pinnacle of a fresh and

long-awaited take on the electronic genre. The high BPM oriented style

of

David Alexander fuses with the rock-energy vocals of Christopher Wight

to form a digital realm of excitingly chaotic music that has already begun

to

take hold of the modern dance scene. With Christopher’s flows

paralleling

the like of Zack de la Rocha and David’s electronica baring a

heart-pounding

club feel, the songs of Icon Underground are like a blending of Nine

Inch

Nails, Andre 3000, and Rage Against the Machine—a unique and

exhilarating

hybrid to say the least. They have created a sound with versatility so

flexible that even fans of the hip-hop and rap scenes are swayed by

Icon’s

seductive aural power. Their sound is refreshingly original,

shockingly

powerful, but most of all… inspiring.



In 2004, neither Alexander nor Wight knew that the few songs they had

laid

down on a whim would blossom into what Icon has become. Like any music

worth listening to, Icon Underground’s sound was organically grown

rather

than forced. After hearing the quality of their original product, both

knew

that what started as a side-project had legitimate potential to excel

in the

music world, and it has. Since their beginning, Icon has established

itself

as a forerunner in the underground club arena and has staked a claim on

a

stage presence unseen before. Performing with such artists as DJ Irene

and

George Clinton, Icon delivers an energy to the audience that is of the

highest level. With upbeat powerful tracks like “Diagnosis” and

“Plastik

Perfection,” it makes sense that a crowd like the 4,000 at a recent

Spundae

performance goes wild for Icon’s sound. The life inspired lyricism

is

invigorating and the instrumental is undoubtedly an electrifying part

of

Icon Underground’s overall ambience.



Aside from Icon’s personal musical success, both in their recorded

product

and live performances, around 2005 Wight and Alexander started “Icon

Collective” a new Electronic Music Production School, a truly unique

institution created “By artists 4 artists.” Focusing more on

educating

independent artists and producers in modern creative musical

production,

Icon Collective hosts a faculty of numerous musicians including DJ Rap,

Morgan Page, The Speaker Junkies, and Icon Underground themselves.

“It’s an

artistic environment where technology blends with creativity” and in

this

day and age, new artists need an environment like Icon Collective.



Icon Underground represents a much needed shift in the contemporary

music

sphere, a digital revolution for a generation marred by the repetitious

nature of the modern record industry. On the verge of releasing their

first

full-length album “Different Dream,” Icon is growing and evolving

with every

live performance and quickly becoming a larger influence on the

underground

scene. Wight himself exclaims that as far as Icon Underground goes,

“Only

the tip of the iceberg has been shown.”