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Modwheelmood

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Los Angeles, US

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Alternative Rock

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Electronic

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Sentimental

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1998

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1998 to Present...

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Modwheelmood (also abbreviated as MWM) is an Electronic-Alternative band from Los Angeles, California formed by Alessandro Cortini and former Abandoned Pools guitarist Pelle Hillström.

Modwheelmood formed in 1998, initially as a project entitled Gift?, which later developed into a full music project after Cortini's experimentation with "heavy loops and haunting synth passes integrated with melodic songwriting" and through collaboration with Hillström. Modwheelmood are named after the mod wheel, a controller typically mounted on the left hand of the keyboard.

In March 2000, Modwheelmood was awarded the Artist Development Industry Choice at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and were "honored with the inclusion of their songs "Anyone", "Sleep" and "Headgames" on three different Musicians Jams promotional CDs." Two of these songs, "Anyone" and "Sleep", would later appear on Modwheelmood's first EP, ?.

Subsequently, much of Enemies & Immigrants was conceived and recorded by Alessandro Cortini "in hotel rooms across the world" while touring with Nine Inch Nails throughout 2005 to 2006 in support of their 2005 album With Teeth. However, it is important to note that Hillström has made equal contribution to the EP. He has stated that there are "decidedly more acoustics on this EP than their first," to create "more of a lush, earthly, percussive sound." In addition, Hillström adds that the EP was conceived with the objective of "making music that meant something to us." The release of Enemies & Immigrants was followed by a West Coast tour of the U.S. with Mellowdrone and Monsters Are Waiting. While Enemies & Immigrants was released on Buddyhead Records, Modwheelmood is currently unsigned to a record label.

Recently, Modwheelmood released the EP Pearls to Pigs, Vol. 1 as a digital-only release on the December 25, 2007. This was followed by the digital release of Pearls to Pigs, Vol. 2 in February 2008. The next release, Pearls to Pigs, Vol.3, was released in July 2008, after problems with mixing and mastering caused it to be delayed. In addition, Modwheelmood have remixed Nine Inch Nails' "The Great Destroyer", which appears on the remix album Year Zero Remixed. and Ladytron's song "Ghosts" from their latest album Velocifero. The remix appeared on the Ghost single. In 2008, Modwheelmood remixed "Adore Adore" and "Beautiful Lie" of South-African artist Yoav, for the EP Charmed and Rearranged.

Beginning in June 2009, coinciding with their West Coast tour, Modwheelmood released Pearls to Pigs physically as a CD, limited-edition vinyl, and on download cards sold at concerts. The new version of Pearls to Pigs includes an extra track, "Happily Delayed", and new accompanying artwork. The digital download of the 2009 version of the album also includes demos and b-sides ("betas") of the tracks included on Pearls to Pigs and an accompanying PDF with artwork and the bits from the band members about the genesis' and recording of each track on the album.