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Lahannya is former English
singer
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,
songwriter
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and performer. She was the vocalist and front woman of her own band with Lutz Demmler as co-songwriter, producer and bass player. Lahannya and Lutz are complemented live by Christopher Milden and Luca Mazzucconi.
Lahannya music is associated with the dark alternative scene for her collaborations with Soman, Greenhaus,
Xotox Xotox is a solo musical project started by Andreas Davids in 1998.
History
Xotox released several self-published albums from 1998 to 2002, gaining some attention in Germany. After the release of ''Disinhibition'' in 2000, the band started perform ...
and Dracul with whom she performed many gigs and festivals including M'Era Luna and Wave-Gotik-Treffen. In the early 2000s Lahannya occasionally DJed at the London alternative club
Slimelight
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Layout
Electrowerkz ...
.
History
Lahannya's first release came by complete chance after the
US underground
label
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, Zenflesh, came across a
demo
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Music and film
*Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release
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* ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...
of her first track, "Drowning". They persuaded her to go ahead and record a full version of it for their forthcoming
compilation album
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, ''Amduscias''. The feedback inspired her to write an
EP.
After many collaborations with numerous acts, such as Greenhaus and Soman, Lahannya came into contact with Umbra Et Imago bassist Lutz Demmler at the M'Era Luna Festival in 2004. This quickly developed into a friendship and collaboration. A couple of brief line-up changes, towards the end of 2006 the duo came into contact with ex Killing Miranda drummer Belle, and NFD guitarist Chris Milden. The band now set about writing and recording their debut album, ''Shotgun Reality''. Upon completion they secured support slots with
Emilie Autumn
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and
Moon Kana.
After the release of ''Shotgun Reality'', Lahannya worked on a
concept
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They play an important role in all aspects of cognition. As such, concepts are studied by s ...
EP as the build up to the band's second album. Upon completion of the EP, Lahannya supported
German
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**Ger ...
goth rock band
ASP on a three-week Germany tour.
ASP also contributed a
remix
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of the track "Inside the Machine" to the ''Welcome to the Underground'' EP. Two UK tours followed including a performance at the open air amphitheatre Parkbuehne as part of the four day
Wave Gotik Treffen
The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT; ) is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds ( gothic rock, gothic metal, EBM, industrial, noise, darkwave, neo-folk, neo- ...
music festival
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, in
Leipzig
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, Germany.
The band then released their second album, ''Defiance'', on 19 October 2009. ''Scavenger'' was released in November 2010 - a stop gap release mixing two new songs and a live DVD from the
MFVF 2009. Dystopia was released in October 2011 - 12 tracks featuring the previously released Scavenger. This was promoted via numerous UK live dates in autumn 2011 with supporting acts including Pythia.
''Sojourn'' was released in November 2013 - A three disc set, 1 DVD 2 CD. The DVD featuring Live at M'Era Luna August 2012 and Live at Metal Voices Fest (2012), a CD of the same shows and a CD of collaborations. The album was launched with a small UK tour with shows in Cambridge, London and Sheffield.
Members
* Lahannya - songwriting / vocalist
* Lutz Demmler - songwriting / bass
* Christopher Milden - guitar
* Luca Mazzucconi - drums
Discography
Albums
* 2007: ''
Shotgun Reality''
* 2009: ''
Defiance''
* 2011: ''Dystopia''
EPs
* 2000: ''
Drowning EP''
* 2008: ''Welcome to the Underground'' EP
* 2010: ''Scavenger''
Live albums
* 2013: ''Sojourn''
Singles
* 2007: "
Bleed for Me"
Compilation albums
* 1998: Amduscias - Various Artists (Zenflesh Records); contributed the track 'Drowning' to this compilation
Collaborations
* 2003: Another Life - Greenhaus (Future Recordings); co-songwriter and vocalist on over half of the tracks on the album
* 2004: Revenge - Soman (Out of Line Music); co-songwritier and vocalist for the track Tears feat. Lahannya
* 2004: Machineries of Joy - Various Artists (Out of Line Music); co-songwriter and vocalist for the track Antique by Soman
* 2004:
Sex, Drogen Und Industrial -
Combichrist
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(Out of Line Music); spoken sample for the Soman remix of the title track Sex, Drugs & Industrial
* 2005:
si(2 cd version) - Xotox (Pronoize); spoken intro for the included video of the track
si* 2006: Harmonia Mundi - Various Artists (Danse Macabre); co-songwriter and vocalist for the track My Angel by Wintry
* 2006: Like an Animal - Dracul (Spirit Production); co-songwriter and vocalist for the tracks Vampiria's Dream and Deathwish
* 2007: Mask - Soman (Infacted); co-songwriter and vocalist for the tracks Mask and Eye to Eye
* 2007: Nie Mehr -
ASP (Trisol); remix of the title track Nie Mehr
* 2008: In Den Zehn Morgen - Xotox (Pronoize); vocalist for the track Habitat
* 2010 : Noistyle - Soman Skin Deep feat. Lahannya
References
External links
*
Official siteOfficial MyspaceGirlband Profile
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English women singers
English heavy metal musical groups
British electronic music groups
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)