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Hyperium Records
Hyperium Records was a German independent record label specializing in darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal, gothic rock, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Roesch (also known as "Oli" Roesch) and Oliver van Essenberg in 1991. Roesch died on August 1, 2002 in a motorcycle accident. Releases ''Heavenly Voices'' compilations Hyperium released a series of ''Heavenly Voices'' compilation series, which featured prominent use of female vocals in a neo-classical, neofolk, world music, trip hop or ethereal style. "Heavenly Voices" has often been used as a genre term, particularly during the mid to late 1990s. Love Is Colder Than Death claim that the series was inspired by their music. The first few compilations featured music by many of the label's own artists, as well as guest appearance by other notable bands of the ethereal/gothic/darkwave scene including Bel Canto, Faith & the Muse, Gitane Demone, In The Nursery, Miranda Sex Garden, Ordo Equitum Solis and The Moon Seven Times. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkwave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being dark, romantic and bleak, with an undertone of sorrow. The genre embraces a range of styles including cold wave,Schilz, Andrea: ''Flyer der Schwarzen Szene Deutschlands: Visualisierungen, Strukturen, Mentalitäten.'' Waxmann Verlag, 2010, , p. 84. ethereal wave, gothic rock,Uecker, Susann: ''Mit High-Heels im Stechschritt'', Hirnkost Verlag, 2014, neoclassical dark wave and neofolk. In the 1980s, a subculture developed primarily in Europe alongside dark wave music, whose followers were called ''wavers'' or ''dark wavers''. In some countries such as Germany, the movement also included fans of gothic rock (so-called ''trad-goths''). 1980s: Origins Since the 1980s, SPEX. Musik zur Zeit: ''Classified Ad by German distribution com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Sex Garden
Miranda Sex Garden are an English music group from London. They were originally active from 1990 to 2000, reforming in 2022. Biography Formed in 1990, Katharine Blake (singer), Katharine Blake, Kelly McCusker and Jocelyn West were originally a trio of madrigal (music), madrigal singers. They were educated at The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey. They were discovered by Barry Adamson when they were singing madrigals on Portobello Road in London. He invited them to sing on his ''Delusion'' soundtrack, with the song ''Il Solitario''. After that Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller invited them to sign a contract with Mute Records. They recorded their first single ''Gush Forth My Tears'' in March 1991. It was a madrigal with a beat, mixed by Danny Rampling. Their first album, ''Madra (album), Madra'' (August 1991), was produced by classical producer Tony Faulkner. It was entirely a cappella, with the songs all based on traditional English verse. It took only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa John-Krol
Louisa John-Krol is a Melbourne-based Australian artist of the romantic folk/ pop genre - described as 'romantic pop-ethereal faerie' music by the artist herself and others. She has released six albums to date, originally on the German label, Hyperium Records, but in more recent years with the French label Prikosnovénie aka The Fairy World Label. She has also been involved in a number of collaborative projects with other artists, including two film soundtracks. Louisa is often compared to Loreena McKennitt and Kate Bush. Discography Until 2008 her solo albums have all started with A: * ''Argo'' (1996) * ''Alexandria'' (2000) * ''Ariel'' (2002) * ''Alabaster'' (2003) * ''Apple Pentacle'' (2005) * ''Alexandria'' (re-release 2007) * ''Djinn'' (2008) Her collaborative work has included: * ''Love Sessions'' (2002) with Daemonia Nymphe, Gor, & Lys * ''Artemis Asphodel'' (2004) with Saaroth * ''Spyros Giasafakis'' with Christian Wolz (of Daemonia Nymphe) (2004) * ''Ghost Fish'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wake (US Band)
The Wake is an American gothic rock band from Columbus, Ohio, United States. The Wake has been featured on thirty plus compilations worldwide. The band has opened for bands such as NIN, Skinny Puppy, Christian Death, Innocence Mission, Alien Sex Fiend, And Also the Trees, and Shadow Project - touring extensively in the US and playing dates in Europe and Mexico. History Formed in 1986 by vocalist Troy Payne and guitarist Richard Witherspoon in Columbus, Ohio USA – The Wake made its first studio recording ''Procession'' using session musicians on drums and bass in 1987. Bassist James Tramel and electronic drummer Scott Rozanski were recruited later the same year. Drummer Daniel C. replaced Rozanski early in 1989. Keyboardist Robert Brothers joined the band in 1990. The band released their 7” vinyl single "Harlot" in 1990. Following on the success of “Harlot”, the band released a second 7” – ''Sideshow'' on the Blaylox Records label in 1992, then signed with Cleopat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarboe
Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two constant members of the group until it broke up in 1997. Although absent from the group's lineup when the band reformed in 2010, Jarboe contributed background vocals and voice collage for the band's 2012 album, ''The Seer''. She has released numerous solo albums and collaborations, many of which have been self-published. She also co-composed the soundtrack of the 2009 psychological horror game '' The Path''. Life and career Jarboe was born in Mississippi and raised in the Southern United States, primarily in New Orleans and Atlanta. Her father was a police detective who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and whom she has described as "the ultimate law-enforcement man".Chonin, Nieva (1995).Birds of Prey," San Francisco Bay G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Poodle
Digital Poodle was an electronic music, electro-industrial music, industrial/electronic body music, EBM band, based in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 1986 and remained active until about 1995. Background Formed in 1986 by vocalist/programmer Heiki Sillaste (aka Mouth 392), the project was considered Toronto's answer to the established Vancouver-based industrial acts like Skinny Puppy, and Front Line Assembly. Digital Poodle's sound can be best described as house music, house/techno music, techno mixed with European Electronic body music (EBM) and occasionally skirting experimental and ambient soundscapes. Sillaste's lyrical themes and choice of Sampling (music), audio sampling typically covered the ending of the Cold War, as well as the following political independence struggles in the Baltics, Baltic states and Eastern Europe. Digital Poodle originally released a series of cassette tape demos and full release albums on Sillaste's own Shadow recording label. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Form
Die Form is a French post-industrial and electronic band formed in 1977-78. The name 'Die Form' means '(the) form/shape' in German, like the Bauhaus diary, and is a play on the English homonym 'deform' and on the French homonym 'difforme' (deformed). Biography Die Form is the primary project of the French electronic musician and multimedia artist Philippe Fichot. He began his own record label, Bain Total, in 1977 and began recording a number of experimental cassette releases as Die Form, starting with Die Form 1 in 1977, with the first Die Form vinyl release ('Die Puppe') appearing in 1982. Whilst the project was still in its infancy, the underlying concepts were still evident - a combination of esoteric electronic experiments with an underlying theme of erotism, death and other 'taboo' subjects, apparent in both the music and the album artwork, which Philippe also produces. Other early projects of Philippe Fichot included Krylon Hertz, Mental Code, Camera Obscura, Eva-Johanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Orange
Dark Orange is an ethereal wave band from Hamburg, Germany and is probably best known for their gothic rendition of Paul Simon's "Sounds of Silence". History Dark Orange's last release with Hyperium Records, "The Sea Is My Soul", taken from their album ''The Garden of Poseidon'', was released under the alias 24 Hours and drastically remixed by Mark Tibenham of And Also the Trees. The band went relatively unknown to American audiences, until 1998 when Cleopatra Records released "The Sea Is My Soul" (as 24 Hours) on the compilation ''Heavenly Voices''. Dark Orange announced a reunion in 2008. In 2009, a single followed and the band announced that a new album would be released in May, 2010 on the Kalinkaland label, produced by Folker Alberts and Mastered by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie (guitars, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), adding Elizabeth Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clock DVA
Clock DVA are a musical group from Sheffield, England, whose style has touched on industrial, post-punk, and EBM. They formed in 1978 by Adolphus "Adi" Newton and Steven "Judd" Turner. Along with contemporaries Heaven 17, Clock DVA's name was inspired by the Russian-influenced Nadsat language of Anthony Burgess's novel ''A Clockwork Orange''. ''Dva'' is Russian for "two". History 1978–1981: ''White Souls in Black Suits'' and ''Thirst'' Newton had previously worked with members of Cabaret Voltaire in a collective called The Studs and with Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware in a band called The Future. He formed the first lineup of Clock DVA in 1978 with Judd Turner (bass), David J. Hammond (guitar), Roger Quail (drums) and Charlie Collins (saxophone, clarinet) (born 26 September 1958, Sheffield). Clock DVA was originally known for making a form of experimental electronic music involving treated tape loops and synthesizers such as the EMS Synthi E. Clock DVA became associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Voyant (band)
Claire Voyant was a darkwave and dream pop band from Sacramento, California. Founded by childhood friends ''Chris Ross'' and ''Ben Fargen''. An instrumental duo until recruiting vocalist, ''Victoria Lloyd''. Their 1995 debut has been followed by three more studio albums; '' Time and the Maiden'' in 1998, '' Love Is Blind'' in 2002 Metal.de, November 30, 2002. and '''' in 2009. Eventually signing to . History Prior to the formation of Claire Voyant, founding members ''(Ross ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandeen
Chandeen ( ) is a musical project from Frankfurt am Main, founded in 1990 and popular in the darkwave scene in the first half of the 1990s. The band refers to its own style as "Electronic poetry".Manuela Orth · ''New Life'' Music magazine · Issue 12/96 · Interview with Chandeen · December 1996 From the middle of the 1990s, the band's style changed to a more pop-oriented sound with influences from rock and trip hop. History Chandeen was founded in 1990 by Harald Löwy and Oliver Henkel, who had been working on musical experiments together from the winter of 1989. The name comes from a pet iguana owned by a friend of Löwy. In 1991 Aline Akbari joined, and additional singer Antje Schulz joined in 1992. After two cassette releases, they came to the attention of Hyperium Records head Oliver Rösch, who signed them. Aline Akbari left the group shortly before the signing and was replaced by Catrin Mallon. Under this lineup they recorded their first two full-lengths, ''Shaded by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopsia
Autopsia is a European art project dealing with music and visual production. Autopsia gathers authors of different professions in the realization of multimedia projects. Its art practice began in London in the late 1970s and continued during the 1980s in the art centers of the former Yugoslavia. Since 1990, Autopsia has been based in Prague, Czech Republic. At the beginning of its activity, Autopsia issued dozens of mini-recordings. In the period after 1989, twenty CDs were issued, at first for Staalplaat, then for German label Hypnobeat and London's Gymnastic Records. One of its compositions is a part of the soundtrack for Peter Greenaway's ''The Pillow Book (film), The Pillow Book''. Discography Studio albums * ''Autopsia'' (1985) * ''Oscularum Infame'' (1987) * ''In Vivo 1981-1983'' (1985) * ''In Vivo'' (1988) * ''International Aeterna'' (1988) * ''Death Is the Mother of Beauty'' (1990) * ''Palladium'' (1991) * ''The Birth of the Crystal Power'' (1993) * ''Humanity Is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
