The New Regime SPEAK THROUGH THE WHITE NOISE

The New Regime is Ilan Rubin (born in 1988), an American musician, best known for being former drummer of Lostprophets and drummer of industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails during their last tour.

THE NEW REGIME

Ilan’s first solo album, under the pseudonym ‘The New Regime’ and called Coup, was recorded throughout 2007 and 2008 and released in November 2008. While touring with Nine Inch Nails and following the conclusion of the “Wave Goodbye Tour Ilan had been working on his second album, ‘Speak Through The White Noise’ The release date of this album has been confirmed as April 1st, 2011. Prior to this, Ilan released a free single titled ‘Remission Of Guilt’ through his website. It has been confirmed that this track will not be on the new album.

SPEAK THROUGH THE WHITE NOISE

With Speak Through the White Noise, Rubin reaches the critical mass he has been moving toward the majority of his life.

While there is the obvious and impressive technical prowess evidenced by Rubin throughout Speak Through the White Noise, there is also a deeper current of noise, a buried transmission that broadcasts through the static, the Greek chorus unmasking a time and a place. “The album is a social commentary on the way the media, entertainment industry, and people in general instill fear and paranoia by exaggerating news and events either for the sake of an agenda or their own entertainment. The album title is a way of counter-broadcasting these themes in the form of an expansive and dynamic album,” Rubin says of his sophomore album, which he wrote, played, sang all parts, and recorded with his brother and manager Aaron Rubin.

Rubin’s journey to Speak Through the White Noise belies his years. Only 22 years old, Rubin has been involved in the music industry for most of his life, picking up the drums at 8, and in quick succession mastering the guitar, bass and piano. Armed with a veritable musical arsenal, Rubin was content to cut his teeth playing drums in numerous outfits, including stints drumming for Welsh rock act Lostprophets and industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails, which he credits working with a musician, Trent Reznor, whose precision and discipline complemented his own. “When I joined the band, I finally felt like, ‘Yes, this is the kind of organization I want to be a part of.’ A lot of work, and a lot of making everything perfect,” Rubin says of the experience.