Some musicians are meant to be heard but not seen - merely an auditory experience and nothing more. Berlin's IAMX , on the other hand, isn't merely a band... it's an event - a full-on aural and visual attack with the dynamic and inimitable Chris Corner (of Sneaker Pimps) leading the charge. With their blend of dramatic synth-rock and darkness-infused pop, IAMX has so far been headlining festivals in Austria, Belgium, CZ Rep, Poland, etc. and sharing the stage with Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, and The Cardigans among others.

Like an 80s electro glam soundtrack to a Jan Svankmajer film or an almost unfathomable hybrid between the sexy swagger of Prince and the cool and collected respectability of Roxy Music , IAMX mixes Chris' erotically-charged vocals with music that is, at once, frantic yet controlled. Their album "The Alternative" was rush-released late last year purely to cater for the demand from the bands fanbase. With such strikingly cinematic songs as the waltzy drama of "President" to the percussive sexual predatory dirtiness of "The Negative Sex" to the indelibly infectious synthpop of the sweeping "Spit It Out". The Alternative is exactly just that - the alternative to the cookie-cutter music scene that dominates the airwaves.