Since 2000, the electronic-synth pop duo Wideband Network has been stealthily amassing a nationwide cult fan base with its addictive, bass-thumping beats and narcotizing vocals. Although Toledo vocalist Casey Clark and producer Caesar Filori have collaborated on three albums, countless singles and a number of songs featured in film and television, the twosome have met each other just once.

"It’s all literally done from our bedrooms and project studios while working on the Internet," Clark said, on how he co-produces tracks with Seattle musician Filori. After initially meeting at an online message board, the two decided to simply collaborate through the Internet.  

"We’ve only been in the same room for three to four hours and that was just to record some instrumentation on the last album in Seattle," Clark said.  

Recording songs led to recording albums. The duo’s latest single, "The Anatomy of a Human Bomb," was released worldwide Jan. 18.

"It’s kind of like a chain letter where we send it back and forth to each other," Clark said about the online musical process. "It’s kind of like saying, ’Hey, here’s an idea. What do you think?’ He listens to it and gives me the thumbs up or the thumbs down and we go from there in making the song concrete and finished.

"Usually, you have a group of guys that work on music together for awhile and then they release an album. But we didn’t really have the means to do that. So we figured, what other way can we make music and do it in a different capacity than what’s already been done? And so far, it’s worked very well."

Even without touring, Wideband Network’s Internet popularity has brought the band to Hollywood’s attention. Along with songs featured on "MTV’s Undressed" and "The Osbournes," the duo has been included on various motion picture soundtracks.  

"We’ve built quite the fan base without really going out there and doing anything," Clark said. "A lot of bands tour for months and years and they’re still fighting to get five or ten people out to their shows. Now, it’s the digital age.

"Essentially, the music just speaks for itself. We want to continue to make music that breaks all the rules. We don’t want to do one type of sound. We want to keep it true to our sound, which is electronic-influenced pop rock. No, it’s not techno. It’s not Backstreet Boys’ pop songs. It’s stuff that interests me from a lyrical standpoint like the future, human beings and where we’re at as a society. And then we fill that sound space of our music that we create."

On the Web:  www.thewideband.net

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