Protokoll

Jose De Lara (vocals/guitar), Ben Greenspan (guitar/synth), Daniel O'Neill (bass), and Reid Calkin (drums) create the stylish post-punk leanings of Protokoll. Formed out of the ashes of various punk ensembles in their native Boston in 2004, Protokoll initially started out as a laptop synth dance project between Greenspan, De Lara, and O'Neill. With the addition of Calkin in 2005, and a vast array of influences like <a href="spotify:artist:5N5tQ9Dx1h8Od7aRmGj7Fi">Bauhaus</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi">Daft Punk</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5Mhs3Eu8lU6sRCtRYsmABV">Black Flag</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:166Dz1GX3xonSQ3Z6CQW26">the Rapture</a>, Protokoll began recording their debut EP that spring. The U.K. imprint Illicit Records was so impressed that they issued "Moving Forward" and "Holy Divine" as a double A-sided single. A second single, the brooding dance number "DNR," followed that summer, while Protokoll played North American shows with <a href="spotify:artist:7mDQwcnDUGuSoggxbUtVc1">the Rakes</a>. I Heart Comix issued the Protokoll EP in the States in fall 2006. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi