{"id":3334,"date":"2023-05-09T19:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T00:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T00:57:54","slug":"distorted-reality-drops-emotional-new-single-after-sixteen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3334","title":{"rendered":"Distorted Reality\u00a0Drops Emotional New Single After Sixteen Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/u-DIST.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/u-DIST.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/u-DIST-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/u-DIST-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synthpop\/Industrial band,&nbsp;<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>&nbsp;has just unveiled the details of their new single, &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Imagine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I Can&#8217;t Imagine&#8221; addresses the idea of being in a relationship with someone for a long time while realizing the relationship is essentially over. No one wants to make the scary move of ending it. It\u2019s a difficult and heartbreaking split because you both still love each other. In this case, however, love is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I Can&#8217;t Imagine&#8221; is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"I Can&#039;t Imagine\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PLWDWeftIyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><br><br><strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0was formed by Martha A. Hoffmann from Miami, USA and Christian Kobusch from Berlin, Germany, the creator of musical project\u00a0<strong>Berlin Banter<\/strong>. Martha is the lead singer of\u00a0<strong>Deep Red<\/strong>, the American Electro-Goth formation.\u00a0<strong>Deep Red<\/strong>\u00a0was touring in support of\u00a0<strong>Project Pitchfork<\/strong>\u00a0when a chance meeting between Marttha and Christian happened at a tour stop in Germany, Martha and Christian began to discuss their ideas.<br><br>Subsequently,\u00a0<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0was formed after the two kept in touch over the course of a year during which, a\u00a0collection of innovative and unique songs were created.<br><br>Since their formation,\u00a0<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0have appeared on numerous compilations, radio shows and magazines including the German magazines\u00a0<em>Zillo<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Sonic Seducer<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Orkus<\/em>\u00a0the Belgium\/American\u00a0<em>Sideline<\/em>\u00a0and the Russian\u00a0<em>Rockcity<\/em>. In addition,\u00a0<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0was ranked No. 4 in the category &#8220;Best Newcomer 2002&#8221; in the\u00a0<em>Grenzwellen.de<\/em>\u00a0online poll.<br><br><strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>&#8216;s debut album\u00a0<em><strong>The Fine Line Between Love and Hate<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was produced together with Bruno Kramm (<strong>Das Ich<\/strong>) and released on May 17, 2002 on Accession Records and\u00a0re-released on the American record label Nilaihah Records. The North American version contains additional remixes by\u00a0<strong>Assemblage 23, Forma Tadre, cut.rate.box and Null Device<\/strong>.<br><br>Besides smaller stage appearances, in 2003\u00a0<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0performed live at the 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig (Germany) and as a part of the \u201cElectronic Pleasures\u201d Festival Tour in November 2004.\u00a0<strong>Distorted Reality<\/strong>\u00a0also signed an agreement with booking agency RGKP to increase the stage presence of the band.<br><br>In 2004\/2005 Martha and Christian worked on their second album\u00a0<em><strong>Daydreams and Nightmares<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0together with Andreas Meyer (<strong>Forma Tadre, Newt<\/strong>). Artists like Bruno Kramm, Daniel Myer (<strong>Haujobb<\/strong>),\u00a0<strong>In Strict Confidence<\/strong><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<strong>Dust of Basement<\/strong>\u00a0and Chris L. (<strong>Agonoize<\/strong>) contributed remixes to this album.<br><br>During the COVID-19 lockdown, a renewed enthusiasm grew in the most unlikely time, and the band decided to put out a never released single (but performed live) \u201cI Knew it Was Wrong\u201d in January 2021. 2022 then saw another collaboration with the band\u2019s friends from\u00a0<strong>Solitary Experiments<\/strong>\u00a0where Martha was part of a special bonus CD,\u00a0<em><strong>La Voix de La Femme<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0with her interpretation of their song \u201cI am.&#8221;\u00a0Most recently, Christian and Berlin Banter collaborated on a single with the legendary artist, Tricky.\u00a0<br><br>April 28, 2023 will mark a special moment in the band\u2019s history with the first new and never performed or played release in 16 years with their single \u201cI Can\u2019t Imagine.\u201d Looking forward to many more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synthpop\/Industrial band,&nbsp;Distorted Reality&nbsp;has just unveiled the details of their new single, &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Imagine.&#8221; &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Imagine&#8221; addresses the idea of being in a relationship with someone for a long time while realizing the relationship is essentially over. No one wants to make the scary move of ending it. It\u2019s a difficult and heartbreaking split&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=3334\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Distorted Reality\u00a0Drops Emotional New Single After Sixteen Years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3336,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3334\/revisions\/3336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}