In Rotation, June 2003
Mistress McCutchan
Lust Murder Box
Track Listing: Come Undone, Device, Lesser Of Two, Mph, Neuromantic, Viole(n)t Blue Mourning, Nothing, Control, Try Again.
This band first caught my ear on the Viscera compilation. Their self-titled album is a fantastic combination of electronica, heavy guitar and Vaughn’s enchanting vocals. Imagine a heavier Curve. For more information, check out www.lustmurderbox.com
Butterfly Messiah – It’s Time
Track Listing: It’s Time, It’s Time (Post Kronos Dance Mix), Monument, Machines, It’s Time (Instrumental Mix).
Hannah Fury – Meathook
Track Listing: Meathook (Album Version), Love Today (Album Version), Angels & Absinthe, The Metro, The Winner Takes It All, True Love Will Find You In The End.
A luscious, angsty e.p. of piano and ultra-feminine, beautiful vocals. The three covers here (from Abba, Berlin and Daniel Johnston) are gorgeously reinterpreted; The Metro is especially heart-wrenching in this slower, ethereal version as you absorb the vocals. If you love Tori Amos and Kate Bush, this is a must. For more information, check out www.mellowtraumatic.com
Serious Black – Barbican
Track Listing: The Gathering Storm, The Prowler, Voices In My Head, Discipline, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Barbican, Pleasure Seekers, Days Of Future Past, Invincible Force Of The Power Source, One Life, Waste ‘Em With My Crossbow!
Sardonically fabulous industrial. Fun to stomp around to, and I mean, if that last track doesn’t crack a smile... you must be one seriously sad sack. For more information, check out www.seriousblack.com or listen at mp3.com.
Sara Ayers – Interiors
Track Listing: Strand of Pearls, Dark Dark Empty, But You Can’t, night Hounds, Drowning in Light, Blood Music, Days Go By, Klangmoan, There Is No World Outside, Interiors.
Drift into this haunting ambient tinged with electronica and delicate female vocals. Give it a listen at mp3.com.
Dream into Dust – The Lathe of Heaven
Track Listing: A Dream of Joy in A Sleep Of Sorrow, Disconnected, How the Roses Burned, White Autumn, Sleep in Dead Time, Black Ice, Wrong Side of the Glass, No World Outside, The Lathe of Heaven, Distant Horizon, Internal Return.
This dark, apocalyptic album has a roughness to it. Its experimental feel seems part folk/part (dare I say) industrial. Incredibly multi-faceted and utterly refreshing to listen to among the new generation of industrial. If you miss the likes of Throbbing Gristle and Einstuerzende Neubauten, with the ambient grandeur of Raison D'etre and Shinjuku Thief, give this a listen. For more information, check out www.chthonicstreams.com.
Louisa John-Krol – Alabaster
Track Listing: The Throng on the Pier, The Lily and the Rose, Waterwood, Stone Lake, Me and the Machine, Light on the Wall, The Seventh Ingress, Paint the Wind, How should I your true love know?, The Search for Lost Souls - Midnight, Approaching the Island of Sirens, Dancing over Acheron.
A remarkable album – shows of the impressive range of styles by this Australian siren, with Celtic to electronic touches. For fans of Faith & the Muse, Dead Can Dance, and Loreena McKennitt, this is a must-have. Available through Prikosnovenie. More information available at www.louisajohnkrol.com
Aenima – Sentient
Track Listing: Lilith, Shelter For a Lesser God, Silently There, Old Europa, Pale, Dusk, Rites of Passage, The Lighthouse, Morningrise, The Soil Stained Black, Eclipse, Song to a Moonlit Mermaid.
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