The Hurt Project, The Clox

The Hurt Project began as an offshoot of an up-and-coming NYC blues band, when guitarist Marlon Hurt, bassist Donald Facompre, and drummer Paul Wohlmaker broke away to explore more contemporary blues and soul. The group was joined by Michael "Bull" LoBue on harmonica and Jasmin Lloyd on vocals not long after. The Hurt Project are looking to put their own spin on some of the great blues tunes as well as add original songs to the blues lexicon.


The Clox began its existence in 2009 when 2 friends, Denis Orynbekov(guitar, lead vocals) and Ruslan Baimurzin(drums), moved from Kazakhstan to New York in pursuit of a dream. In New York the 2 were joined by Igor Reznik(bass) and thus the trio was complete.

In 2010, The Clox released their debut album "READY TO STARVE". The effort was noticed and in 2010 the beach accessory store "Caribbean Joe", on their site, recommended the song "Faces" of the album as one of the top 20 "Toe Tapping Tunes" alongside songs by artists such as Sting, U2, Madonna, Kings of Leon, Weezer, Carlos Santana, and Coldplay.

Also in 2010 "Donald Trump", "Ford", and other modeling agencies began licensing the band's songs in videos used for model promotion. This project was and is coordinated by "Paz Turner Production Group"(http://www.pazturner.com) till this day.
Since 2010 The Clox performed in some of the country's best venues such as New York City's Filmore at Irving Plaza, Boston's Middle East Downstairs, New York City's Hiro Ballroom, New York City's Le Poison Rouge, New York City's Gramercy Theater, and Falls Church's(Virginia) The State Theater, among others. They have shared the stage with The Toadies, Clinic, Little Barrie, The Gift, Mumiy Trol, Drew Halcomb and The Neighbors, The Night Snipers, Lyapis Trubeckoy, B2, etc.

In the spring of 2012, The Clox released their "JULES VERNE EP" which was met with great enthusiasm by American and European blogs and magazines. The DELI Magazine praised the EP as a "unique cross between bands like INXS and Oasis" with a sound that is both "familiar and exotic at the same time." In the beginning of 2013 The DELI Magazine also declared The Clox as one of the best New York City bands of 2012.

Music videos to the songs "ALREADY DONE" and "JULES VERNE" are featured on numerous web sites and blogs(Baeblemusic, DJ Top Twenty, WoellJ's Music Playlist, The Indie Browser, Joey Voodoo Lifestyle, Dads Big Plan , Cap'n Carrot, etc.) alongside artists such as Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Oasis, Magnetic Fields, and Feist.

In December of 2012, The Clox released their second full length album, "Civilian"
The Clox has topped several fan fueled charts on the Ourstage website (affiliate of MTV). Their songs are now in rotation on Pandora Radio, Indie Darkroom Radio, 87.7 Danu NYC Radio(on which the song "Already Done" took number one place on the radio station's charts), and on national NS Radio in Kazakhstan.