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| Origin | Austin, Texas, United States |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Members | Kyle Dixon Michael Stein Mark Donica Adam Jones |
Survive (often styled S U R V I V E) is an electronic band consisting of Michael Stein, Kyle Dixon, Adam Jones and Mark Donica formed in 2009 in Austin, Texas.
The Austin-based quartet have produced synth-heavy, horror-score-influenced compositions for over a decade, exploring these themes through drum machines and analog synths across various single, EP and LP releases. [1]
Survive contributed to the soundtrack for the indie horror film The Guest . [1]
The band gained wider fame after members Dixon and Stein were hired to compose the musical score Music of Stranger Things for the Netflix supernatural horror hit series Stranger Things . [2]
Both volumes of the soundtrack were nominated individually for the Best Score Soundtrack Category for the 2017 Grammy Awards, though neither won. [3] 2017 saw Dixon and Stein also nominated for an ASCAP award as a result of their soundtrack work. [4] In September 2017 Dixon and Stein won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for their work on the Stranger Things theme. [5] 2017 has also seen the band curate the music for Sensory, a multi-dimensional immersive restaurant experience' at Sugar Hill Mountain Festival in Melbourne, Australia. [6]
| Title | Album details |
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| Mnq026 HD015 |
- Deserted Skies - Floating Cube - To Light Alone I Bow - Hourglass - Omniverse - Black Mollies - Scalar Wave - Shunting Yard - Dirge |
| HD009 |
- cschz 01 - cschz 02 |
| RR7349 |
- A.H.B - Other - Dirt - High Rise - Wardenclyffe - Sorcerer - Low Fog - Copter - Cutthroat |
| RR7400: LA041717 |
- Floating Cube (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Omniverse (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Sorcerer (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Cutthroat (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Holographic (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Black Mollies (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Parousia (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Wardenclyffe (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Copter (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2010 | BATH017 (As part of Dark of Night Compilation) | Bathetic Records |
| 2010 | LLR002 | Light Lodge |
| 2011 | LT019 | Living Tapes |
| 2012 | TLLT21 | To Lose La Track |
| 2013 | HD009 | Holodeck Records 2016 HD037 Holodeck Records |
| 2014 | MF064 | Monofonus Press |
| Title | Year | Ref |
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| Floating Cube | 2013 | [7] |
| Omniverse | 2015 | [8] |
| Copter | 2016 | [9] |
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| Stranger Things (season 2) |
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