Transmissions (Starset album)

 Transmissions is the debut studio album by American rock band Starset, released on July 8, 2014, through Razor & Tie. Three singles were released in support of the album; "My Demons", "Carnivore", and "Halo", all charting in the top 20 of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Background
Transmissions is a concept album. The album was produced by Rob Graves and mixed by Ben Grosse. A deluxe version of the album was released on iTunes on February 12, 2016, featuring four new acoustic recordings of songs "My Demons", "Halo", "Point of No Return", and "Let It Die" along with three previously released remixed tracks. As of November 2016, the album has sold 79,000 copies in the United States, according to Billboard. and a quarter million overall, factoring in album sales, downloads, and streaming.

The songs "Down with the Fallen" and "Dark on Me" had previously been recorded and released by Dustin Bates's previous band, Downplay.

Personnel

 * Musicians
 * Dustin Bates – vocals, guitars, bass
 * Rob Graves – programming, guitars, strings arrangement
 * Alex Niceford – programming
 * Chris Flury – programming
 * Rob Hawkins – programming
 * Josh Baker – programming, guitars
 * Joe Rickard – programming, drums
 * David Davidson – strings arrangement, violin
 * David Angell – violin
 * Monisa Angell – viola
 * John Catchings – cello
 * Miles McPherson – additional drums (9)


 * Production
 * Rob Graves – production, engineering
 * Ben Grosse – mixing
 * Paul Pavao – mixing
 * Maor Appelbaum – mastering
 * Ben Schmitt – engineering
 * Brian Virtue – drums engineering
 * Baheo "Bobby" Shin – strings engineering
 * Eric Emery - engineering (tracks 14, 15, 16, 17)