Doll Factory is Garrick Antikajian, instruments and vocals; Chris Roy, instruments and vocals; Jason Bazinet, live drums; and Mars Saxman, live keyboards. Whether in music, multimedia, or visual arts, Garrick and Chris have been chasing a muse of one form or another since meeting in junior high school in the mid-1980s. From early musical influences including David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Roxy Music, Einstürzende Neubauten, Kraftwerk, Public Image Limited, Ministry, and Duran Duran, through Wax Trax-era industrial, trans-Atlantic electronica, drum-n-bass, post-punk, post-post punk, and several iterations of 'indie rock', to current favorites such as The Faint, Interpol, Muse, Alpinestars, Ladytron, Fischerspooner, LCD Soundsystem, Editors, and Emilie Simon, through orchestral music, and Eastern-influenced artists like Niyaz, Silk Road Ensemble, Talvin Singh, Natacha Atlas, and Bollywood film soundtracks, a shared love of music and art that transcends boundaries of genre and medium has seen the duo through a number of years, lineup changes, and band names before being reincarnated as Doll Factory, joined by Jason Bazinet on drums and Mars Saxman on keyboards, in the late 1990s. After releasing their "Premonition" E.P. in late 1999, Doll Factory signed to independent New York based label Neue Asthetik records, a label known for releases from artists including Judith, The Shroud, Faith and the Muse, Das Ich, and more, releasing their debut full-