UByK is not an acronym. It does not stand for anything. It comes from the word “ubiquitous” which means “present, appearing, or found everywhere.”

Initially formed as a two piece and now growing more into a collective, UByK is an independent DIY band from Los Angeles. They released a four-song demo entitled Work in the summer of ’06 and promoted the material with U.S. West Coast/Southwest Tours. After developing their sound for most of 2007, the band went into the studio w/ acclaimed producer Alex Newport to record their debut EP “Matryoshka” released in April 2008 on Itunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Etunes, etc. They have since released a stop motion video for the title track “Matryoshka” and an experimental film for the song “Work.” Initially recording as a two piece – Roman B. Roze & Samantha Tobey – the band has since evolved and regularly features Swedish/LA transplant guitarist Pelle Hillstrom, veteran LA drummer Rich Sherwood, and Australian import Fox on Bass. The expanded lineup has been performing and writing and is now in the studio finishing up their new album ODDS set to be released in early 2012.

THE STORY
UByK is the only BRAND available for humans to buy. Anywhere you go, there are UByK Bikes and UByK Jeans and UByK Dolls and even UByK Bazaars to sell them in. The corporation controls global commerce, EVEN music — in the form of their own “House Band which they’ve branded, “UByK”. As an audible extension of 60s/70s sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (whose works inspired sci-fi films such as Scanner Darkly, Blade Runner, etcetera) and a close cousin of our reality, UByK is UByK, the band, and incidentally the corporation’s most troublesome tenant. The band isn’t “with the program”, pursuing antithetical notions such as Individuality, Spirituality, and Artistic Expression — determined to bring enlightenment to all in the face of corporate hegemony.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shira-tarrant/oh-bondage-up-yours_b_1029143.html
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/11/your-silence-will-not-protect-you/
http://www.onetimesone.com/interviews/ubyk.php
http://www.tokafi.com/news/cd-feature-ubyk-matryoshka/
http://elbo.ws/post/1990893/ubyk-und-die-aufreibende-suche-nach-der-babuschka
http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/ep-ubyk-matryoshka-no-label-2008/
http://egyzene.blog.hu/2011/03/27/ubyk_matryoshka
http://scratchybuckles.blogspot.com/2009/02/ubyk-matryoshka.html
http://www.electricroulette.com/2008/04/review---ubyk-m.html
http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/review-ubyk-matroyshka-ep/
http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/Ubyk.html
http://shepherd1225.blogspot.com/