Welcome to the Frodus Archival Project, Launched 10.10.00.
After hours of re-wiring and repairing
hard-drive sectors, the old FCI mainframe has been rebooted. This project
continues from the launch date 10.10.00 with the remaining ghosts of
the Conglomerate.. Experiencing 89uJ()*D some difficulties with our
connections is common as old technology clashes with new technology.
The worlds collide and the electrons fight for bandwith and freedom
from enslavement by e-business solutions and the new modern ways of
man-machine or machine-man. The founding employees gather information
and memories to share them with affiliates and supporters for enlightenment and
espionage.
It is true, that the live experience of Frodus™
may never be again. But new ways of experience is something FCI hopes
to continue: propaganda, ethos, and the visual/sonic stimulation
tactics to subvert what should rightly be subverted.
Stay connected with the FAP2k, the end only means
new beginnings.
Frodus exists on the bastion of corporate scanning for cultural trends known as MySpace. Become our Friend™ and willingly upload your mind to Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire. Enter: myspace.com/fci
Enter: MAN AND WASP:myspace
Enter: THE OUT_CIRCUIT:myspace
Enter: TRIOBELISK:myspace
Enter: FRANTIC MANTIS (Recorded Project 2003-2005): blog archive | myspace
Enter: DECAHEDRON (2003-2005): myspace
Enter: THE CASSETTES(FCI Steampunk Prequel Circa 1903):myspace | web
Press, media organizations, venture capitalists, and investors may contact Frodus (a.k.a. Frodus Conglomerate Internationale) by emailing: profyaya [at] frodus.com. The professor will answer your mail promptly and confidently.
05.01.08 Washington, DC
Our music is now on iTunes Plus! No DRM! Check out the releases on iTunes, including the long out of print EXPLOSIONS 7"!
Here is a live video of Thrice covering Frodus... thanks boys.
04.16.08 Washington, DC
We still exist on the net. America nears a recession and the after-effects of corrupt powers-that-be can be seen unravelling in many places around the world. The CEOligarchy slowly falls and the duct-tape holding together the systems is getting old and revealing the ugly seams. Conglomerates and their intentions are unmasked for all. Welcome to the present.
Thank you to Thrice for covering the Frodus song "The Earth Isn't Humming", a poignant song for these times... A message to Thrice: The FCI fully approves your reappropriation of this song and we thank you for accepting the implants that you have now willingly received.
More Frodus items become available for consumption in digital outlets without pesky DRM, which is a symbol of the CEO grasping onto the control he/she once had in the pre-net corporate realities they lived in 15 years ago. Unfortunately we are still DRM’d on some of our iTunes releases, we are removing said restrictions since the computing giant deemed it safe to do so. Yes, we are all in the stranglehold of the few that hold the power in this world. The following are handy links to search for Frodus in said digital repositories and to support the FCI with your financial contribution:
In other news we have relaunched our FORUM! Join here! If you are a robot you will be destroyed and your remains will be sent to your creators.
"Living in your own world sometimes isn't bad seceding isn't planned many have been for years." - Frodus "Misaligned Men Of Flomaton"
Archived Journal Entry:
12.28.01
Prague, Czech Republic
It’s been almost exactly 2 years since Frodus, also known as the Frodus Conglomerate International disbanded. I reflect back to memories past as I sit in a compact room safe from the snowy expanse of the Eastern European cold. I sat in a similar place in 1998 as I wrote lyrical ideas in my black book that would end up on “And We Washed Our Weapons in The Sea.”
Frodus (a name derived from an obscure episode of The Monkees I remembered as a child) took me on an unexpected journey, one that enabled me to see many things around the world as well as see many things within myself. Exploring the frustrations of dealing with low self-esteem in the early years to our later social commentary upon the automaton-like state imposed upon us humans in a pre-Brave New World. Continuing onward we also expressed the most human emotions of love and loss with the writing of the songs on “And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea”, at this present time our last album. With these archives I hope the old and new recruits of the Frodus Conglomerate to hear not only the formation of our sound but also hear the stories of our individual lives as well as those affected by this dream turned reality. Frodus has been a journey, one that began and ended with one thing that we deemed ultimately important, friendship.
Rock & Roll was our war, stuck in a hot, black van as we traversed to play from 10 to 1000 people… some eager to hear our sounds, and some quick to disregard. Dying vans, Dune paperbacks, big skies, towering buildings, tears, and smiles.
Thank you Frodus…
The machines never died,
Shelby Cinca
FCI Operative
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Thanks to Stu Hood and Jaosn for continuing the FCI presence on the NET. FCI CANADA LIVES!
Apr. 14, 2005 / 11:14 PM
On of the founding Frodus members: Shelby Cinca
and swedish comrades; Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of
Division Of Laura Lee have collaborated for a full-length under the
band-name: FRANTIC MANTIS. Visit
their MYSPACE page.
Humanity has been constantly bombarding the
universe with countless waves of radio and television transmissions
since the advent of broadcast communication technology in the 20th century.
To commemorate the impending release of the new live Frodus CD which
contains Frodus live radio performances, the Frodus Archival Project
has launched a Frodus SETI@Home team. Read on...
Since the establishment of the musical entity
of Frodus, space and sci-fi has been a strong reoccuring thematic element.
This goes beyond the context of artistic expression to an actual interest
reflected by the members themselves, specifically one of the founders
Shelby Cinca (also a long-standing member of The
Planetary Society). Starting today, Frodus has launched it's own
SETI@Home team. SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected
computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Anyone
can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes
radio telescope data. The exploration and discovery of our universe
around us is important as it is a search into the physical unknown-
a search that can ultimately help us learn about ourselves and unite
humanity. In our make as humans we are nomadic and inquisitive explorers,
this spirit lives on in the many participating in science and the arts.
Instead of letting your computer go to sleep with a mundane screen-saver,
join SETI@Home and join the FRODUS CONGLOMERATE INTERNATIONAL SETI-RESEARCH
DIVISION.
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