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apolitiq (originally stylized as A-POLITIQ;) is a post-industrial electronic band that originated in Santa Barbara, California in 1988. The group was initially formed as a noise and performance art project, debuting at the UCSB Arts Building with a chaotic and visually intense stage installation involving paint, cylume, junkyard parts, and a wasteland aesthetic.

The core members of apolitiq were William Hayden, who contributed synthesizers, samplers, guitars, and vocals, and Keith York, a KCSB DJ (Red Team Radio) known for his gritty and chaotic techomechanical performance art. The band played a series of live shows in Santa Barbara and Ventura, gaining airplay on local college station KCSB and the local artists segment on commercial radio station KTYD (Fear of Music show).

Their strong demo tapes helped establish apolitiq in the burgeoning Los Angeles industrial music scene of the late 1980s and 1990s and they soon centralized there. They performed at venues such as HapiHaus, Kontrol Faktory, and Lectisternium, sharing bills with notable bands like Stereotaxic Device, Babyland, Steven Fields, Neorista, as well as opening slots for Einstürzende Neubauten and Consolidated. The band also embarked on limited tours along the West Coast of California.

apolitiq's music found its way onto various Re-Constriction Records compilations through the late 1980s and 1990s, thanks to cassette tapes of William and Keith's AM radio show on KCSB that reached the hands of Chase from Re-Constriction Records. Additionally, the band self-released a number of cassette tapes and a 12" EP during this period.

From 1997 to 2020, apolitiq appeared to be on hiatus, but they later claimed that there were complications in the spacetime continuum. They announced their return with new material on the Curious Electricity label, suggesting it may have originated or been influenced by alternate timelines. Since 2021, apolitiq has been releasing a series of unknown or modified versions of recorded material, referred to as "intercepts," and in 2023, they released the EP "now.", which the band claims is somehow related to their partial detachment from reality.

In addition to william hayden and Keith York, apolitiq has featured other members throughout its existence, including Rob Shuss, Meyeke Orgillon, John Hodge, and Jeff Browning.

Albums

 * Immanentize The Eschaton (1989)
 * 1) "Trust"
 * 2) "Tear"
 * 3) "Sleep"
 * 4) "paCIDerm (Elephants Last Dance)"
 * 5) "Ice"
 * 6) "Falling On Concrete"
 * 7) "In His Name"
 * 8) "White Noise"
 * 9) "Accidents Happen"


 * Head Smashed In (1991)
 * 1) "Silicon Addict"
 * 2) "Head Smashed In"
 * 3) "Sensory Narcosis"
 * 4) "Heaven in Hand"