Aesthetic Perfection

Aesthetic Perfection is an American-Austrian electronic musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000.^[2] It was formed in Los Angeles, California before moving to Linz, Austria.

Aesthetic Perfection
Aesthetic Perfection - During Blackfield Festival 2013 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Synthpop, EBM, aggrotech (early)
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Metropolis[1] Out of Line Close to Human Music
Spinoffs	Necessary Response
Members	Daniel Graves Joe Letz Constance Antoinette Day
Past members	David Dutton Tim Van Horn Elliott Berlin
Website	www.aesthetic-perfection.net

Biography

Aesthetic Perfection was formerly signed directly to Metropolis Records in the United States and Out of Line Records in Europe, until Graves decided to run it on his independent label Close to Human Records. Additionally, the band was licensed to Gravitator Records^[3] in Russia and Death Watch Asia^[4] in Japan.

The band's third album, All Beauty Destroyed, was released on November 4, 2011, in Europe and November 8, 2011, in the United States.^[5]

On March 29, 2019, Aesthetic Perfection released its sixth album, Into the Black.^[6] Unlike previous albums which were released by labels, Into the Black was self-released. According to Graves, this was an intentional move towards running the band free of label intervention, due to a belief that the label industry model was "dying".^[7] He has talked about his experience with the difficulties of touring, including minimal revenue, logistical issues and contract arrangements that require the band to front many costs which are only recouped if the tour is successful.^[7]

Band members

• Daniel Graves – vocals, keyboards, programming (2000–present)
• Joe Letz – live drums (2018–present)
• Constance Antoinette Day – live keyboards, guitars, bass (2021–present)

Former members

• David Dutton^[8] – live keyboards (2008-2010, 2014–2017, 2025)
• Tim Van Horn^[8] – live drums (2009-2017, 2025)
• Elliott Berlin – live keyboards, synths (2010–2020), live keyboards, synths, guitars, bass, theremin (2019–2020)

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums

Title	Album details
Close to Human	Released: February 22, 2005 Label: Bractune (BRAC002) Format: CD, digital download
A Violent Emotion	Released: September 26, 2008 Label: Bractune (brac006) Format: CD, digital download
All Beauty Destroyed	Released: November 8, 2011 Label: Metropolis (MET 764) Format: CD, 2×CDs, Box set, digital download
'Til Death	Released: February 11, 2014 Label: Metropolis (MET 927) Format: CD, LP, digital download
Imperfect	Released: May 12, 2015 Label: Metropolis (MET 973) Format: CD+DVD, digital download
Blood Spills Not Far from the Wound	Released: October 16, 2015 Label: Metropolis (MET 998) Format: CD, digital download
Into the Black	Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Close to Human Music Format: CD, digital download, cassette, vinyl
MMXXI	Released: June 3, 2022 Label: Close to Human Music Format: CD (limited copies), digital download

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	Album details
All Beauty Destroyed – The Remixes	Released: November 4, 2011 Label: Out of Line (OUT 519) Format: Digital download
A Nice Place to Destroy	Released: June 12, 2012 Label: Metropolis (MET 814D) Format: CD, digital download
Bad Vibes	Released: October 11, 2024 Label: Close To Human Music Format: Digital download

Singles

List of singles

Title	Year	Album
"The Devil's in the Details"	2010	All Beauty Destroyed
"Inhuman"	2011
"Smoke Trails"	2012	Non-album single
"Antibody"	2013	'Til Death
"The Dark Half"
"Big Bad Wolf"
"Never Enough"	2015	Blood Spills Not Far From The Wound
"LAX"	2016	Non-album singles
"Love Like Lies"
"Rhythm + Control"	2017
"Ebb and Flow"	2018
"No Boys Allowed"	2019	Into the Black
"Gods and Gold"
"Lockdown" (with Chemical Sweet Kid)	2020	Non-album singles
"S E X"	2021	MMXXI
"Party Monster"
"Automaton"
"Dead Zone"
"Gravity"
"Happy Face"
"A New Drug"
"American Psycho"
"BETRAYER"
"Bark at the Moon"
"Save Myself"
"Lonesome Ghosts"
"Blood Runs Cold"	2022	Non-album singles
"Summer Goth"	2023
"Meat & Bones"
"Toxic"
"monochrome"	2024
"Into the Void"		Bad Vibes
"Self Inflicted"

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director(s)
"The Great Depression"	2009	Hendrik S. Schmitt/Zeitschnitt
"Inhuman"	2011	Max Nadolny
"All Beauty Destroyed"	2012	Mitch Massie
"A Nice Place to Visit"		Mitch Massie
"Antibody"	2013	Mitch Massie
"The Dark Half"		Ronald Dembowksi
"Big Bad Wolf"		Mitch Massie
"The New Black"	2014	—
"Never Enough"	2015	—
"LAX"	2016	—
"Love Like Lies"	2017	Clint Carney
"Ebb and Flow"	2018	Everett Lee-Sung
"Bye Bye Bye"		Nyxx
"No Boys Allowed"	2019	Chad Michael Ward
"Gods and Gold"		Clint Carney
"Supernatural"	2020	Eulenherz Artwork
"Bark at The Moon" [9]	2021	Chad Michael Ward
"Lonesome Ghosts"		Daniel Graves

Other appearances

List of other appearances, showing year released and album

Title	Year	Album
"Sacrifice"	2002	Septic III
"I Belong to You"	2004	Machineries of Joy Vol. 3
"Surface" (Pneumatic Detach Remix)	2005	Awake the Machines Vol. 5
"Coward" (live video)	2006	Out of Line Festival Vol. 2
"Architect" (live video)
"Sacrifice" (live video)
"Living the Wasted Life" (Machineries Mix)	2007	Machineries of Joy Vol. 4
"Living the Wasted Life" (Deadbeat Remix)		Extreme Sündenfall 6
"Pale" (Beta Edit)	2008	Awake the Machines Vol. 6
"Schadenfreude" (Beta Edit)		Das Bunker 4: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
"Schadenfreude" (Hexen Prozess Remix)	2009	Inquisition Process
"Want It" (XP8 featuring Daniel Graves)		Want It (Single)
"The Ones" (genCAB Remix)	2010	Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer
"The Siren" (Faderhead Remix)		Rock Oracle Compilation #5
"Under Your Skin" (Deadbeat Remix)	2012	Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Score)
"The Devil's in the Details" (Sthilmann Remix)		Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume II: Recurrence
"A Nice Place to Visit" (video)		Visions of Machines
"A Nice Place to Visit" (Syndroid Remix)		Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume III: Remission
"Lifelight" (Rotersand featuring Aesthetic Perfection)		Truth Is Fanatic Again
"Dead Tomorrow" (Bruderschaft featuring Aesthetic Perfection)	2013	Return
"Voodoo" (Nyxx featuring Aesthetic Perfection)	2018	Voodoo (Single)
"Amplify" (Avarice in Audio featuring Aesthetic Perfection)		No Punishment – No Paradise
"Rhythm + Control" (Third Realm Remix)		Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume V: Remembrance
"This Modern World"	2019	Pieces – A Thousand Albums at the End of America: The Album Within an Album
"Shut Off" (Raygun Romance featuring Aesthetic Perfection)		Get Wicked
"No Boys Allowed" (Empirion Remix)	2020	Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Volume VI: Reflection
"Digital Deities" (X-RL7 featuring Aesthetic Perfection)		Digital Deities

Remixes

List of remixes, showing year released and artist

Title	Year	Artist
"Sacrifice"	2005	Agonoize
"Sick Fuck"	2006	Unter Null
"Portrait of Homicide"	2007	Dawn of Ashes
"Still Alive"		Solitary Experiments
"Our Game"	2008	Suicidal Romance
"Can't Change the Beat"	2009	Combichrist
"Crash of a Star"		Wynardtage
"I Kissed a Girl"		Katy Perry
"LoveGame"		Lady Gaga
"Rot"		[:SITD:]
"Body Flow"	2010	Interface
"Version 2"		genCAB
"Art"		God Module
"Kingdom of Welcome Addiction"		IAMX
"Here's to You"		System Syn
"Relax and Ride It"		Alter Der Ruine
"Polarity"		Cervello Elettronico
"Enjoy the Silence"		Depeche Mode
"Dog Eat Dog"		Hocico
"Paparazzi"		Lady Gaga
"Gallows"		Endless Sunder
"Death Cures All Pain"		Suicide Commando
"Bass Down Low"	2011	Dev featuring The Cataracs
"Rise Above"		00tz 00tz
"I Kill"		Blackcentr
"Muv Your Dolly"		XP8
"Tonight"		Skold
"White Knuckle Head Fuck"		Caustic
"Sharp as Stars"		Surgyn
"This Is the Life"	2012	Inure
"The Iron Fist of Just Destruction" (Going Hard Remix)		Everything Goes Cold
"Crash and Burn"		Detroit Diesel
"Conflict Instigation"		Grendel
"Wahre Liebe"		Agonoize
"Robots"		Modulate
"Motormouth"		Mob Research
"Collider"		Formalin
"Get Rid of This Life"	2013	Sleetgrout
"Engel"		Rammstein
"Can You Feel My Heart?"		Bring Me the Horizon
"Smell of Fear"		Dead Hand Projekt
"Dead Inside"		Ludovico Technique
"Goodbye"		Bruderschaft
"Hotel Suicide"		Rabia Sorda
"As Nations Decay"		BlakOPz
"Master of Decay"		3Teeth
"Use Once and Destroy" (Version : Aesthetic Perfection)	2014	Psyclon Nine
"Blitzlicht"		Epinephrin
"Land of the Blind"		Information Society
"Numb"		CYFERDYNE
"Rise"		Surveillance
"Heart On"		Celldweller
"The Error Is You"		Spider Lilies
"Eat You Alive"		Emigrate
"Sinixtr"	2015	Mordacious
"Ice Crystal"		Eisfabrik
"Parallel World"		Alkemic Generator
"I Idolize You"		Massive Ego
"Oh Cruel Darkness Embrace Me"		IAMX
"Under Control		Solar Fake
"Robots"		Modulate
"Our Game"	2016	Suicidal Romance
"Bitchcraft" featuring KMFDM		Victor Love
"My World"		Binary Division
"Kill Your Darlings"		Mesh
"Cheerful Hypocrisy"		Snog
"Courtship II"		HEALTH
"Journey to Storyville"		Goteki
"Brother Death"	2017	[:SITD:]
"Moshpit"		Attila
"Lowlife Novelties"		Lovelesslust
"Hearts Against Minds"		For All the Emptiness
"Gegenstrom"		BodyHarvest
"Neon Dominion"	2018	Sirus
"Static"		DV8R
"Functional" (Aesthetic Perfection '09 Mix)		Imperative Reaction
"Romeos"		Bloodhype
"Automat"		Eisbrecher
"Join Us"	2019	SynthAttack
"Jigsaw"		Murder Weapons
"Black Lambo"		Lazerpunk
"Drums of the Machines"		Jalex
"Bipolar Pop" featuring Chiasm		Third Realm
"War" (Retro Orion Remix)		Emigrate

Awards and nominations

Award Ceremony	Year	Nominee/Work	Category	Result
Berlin Music Video Awards	2024	Summer Goth	Best Trashy	Nominated