Sadly, the pitfalls of modern technology meant that the original files of “Close to Human” got lost in an apocalyptic hardware failure in 2006. Obviously, this loss remained a thorn in the side of the mastermind of AESTHETIC PERFECTION. In 2024, Daniel Graves decided it was time to recreate the album and gathered all the original hardware and samples to painstakingly rebuild the debut track by track.
Although the result closely resembles the debut, it was never a possibility and probably not even a good idea to just create a clone. Years of musical experience also factored in and therefore Graves dubbed the result “Closer to Human” to mark both the continuity as well as the difference in the title.
Following the debut, “AESTHETIC PERFECTION” went on to release eight acclaimed studio albums and also started to perform live, sharing stages with other scene favourites such as COVENANT, COMBICHRIST, and MESH to name but a few. Soon headliner shows followed that turned into sold out events in 2016.
The music of AESTHETIC PERFECTION has been described as aggrotech and future pop among other stylistic designations, while Daniel Graves started using the term industrial pop to describe his music in 2017.
In 2020, AESTHETIC PERFECTION supported the band of RAMMSTEIN frontman Til Lindemann, which was a massive success and will therefore be repeated by LINDEMANN in the autumn of 2025.
Before that happens, it is time to revisit the earliest days of AESTHETIC PERFECTION both live on stage in Europe and the USA and with the reconstructed debut album “Closer to Human” in the summer of 2025.
Band: Aesthetic Perfection
Album title: Closer to HumanStyle: Industrial Pop
Release date: June 20, 2025
Label: Close to Human Music / Dependent RecordsTracklist
1. Human
2. Belong
3. Beautiful
4. Surface
5. Fix
6. Overcast
7. Master
8. Architect
9. Sacrifice
10. CowardLine-up
Daniel Graves – all music, vocals & lyrics
Recorded by Daniel Graves at home studio “Das Atelier”, Wien (AT)
Mixed by Krischan Wesenberg at Studio 600, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
Mastered by Krischan Wesenberg at Studio 600, Gelsenkirchen (DE)
Artwork photography by Max Wichmann
Layout by Sam Pfannkuche
Link
www.aesthetic-perfection.net
Available formats
“Closer to Human” will be available as ltd. 2CD Digipak with bonus CD incl. “Lost Master”” by Mike Wells (Gridlock) & 4 remixes (1,000 copies), Digipak CD, and ltd. red vinyl LP.
Shop
https://en.dependent.de/en/Artists/Aesthetic-Perfection/Aesthetic-Perfection-Closer-to-Human.html
Live
Old School Electronic Shows
24 MAY 2025 Oberhausen (DE) Kulttempel
25 MAY 2025 Rüsselsheim (DE) Das Rind
28 MAY 2025 Seattle, WA (US) Mechanismus Festival
06 JUN 2025 Denver, CO (US) HQ
07 JUN 2025 Los Angeles, CA (US) The Paramount
Festival Shows
23 MAY 2025 Hallig Langeness (DE) Schwarze Wellen Festival
04 JUL 2025 Halle (DE) Eastside Festival
05 JUL 2025 Mülheim (DE) Castle Rock Open Air
10 JUL 2025 Bolków (PL) Castle PartySupport Till Lindemann
29 OCT 2025 Leipzig (DE) Quarterback Immobilien Arena
31 OCT 2025 Amsterdam (NL) Ziggo Dome
04 NOV 2025 London (UK) OVO Arena Wembley
06 NOV 2025 Frankfurt (DE) Festhalle
08 NOV 2025 Dortmund (DE) Westfalenhalle
10 NOV 2025 Dresden (DE) Messe Dresden
20 NOV 2025 Paris (FR) Adidas Arena
21 NOV 2025 Düsseldorf (DE) PSD Bank Dome
23 NOV 2025 Hamburg (DE) Barclay Arena
25 NOV 2025 München (DE) Olympiahalle
27 NOV 2025 Nürnberg (DE) Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
29 NOV 2025 Wien (AT) Stadthalle
01 DEC 2025 Krakow (PL) Tauron Arena
02 DEC 2025 Budapest (HU) MVM Dome
04 DEC 2025 Bucharest (RO) ROMEXPO
06 DEC 2025 Istanbul (TR) Ülker Sports Arena
08 DEC 2025 Sofia (BG) Arena Armeec
10 DEC 2025 Zagreb (HR) Arena
14 DEC 2025 Zürich (CH) Hallenstadion
16 DEC 2025 Stuttgart (DE) Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
