The Moon Looked Down And Laughed (recorded in 1984 and originally released in 1986) was produced by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and demonstrated that the group had deliberately taken a new musical direction away from the emergent Goth scene. Despite a guest appearance by the anarchic Jim Thirwell of Foetus fame, the confrontational aspect of their music had been replaced by a selection of more twisted melodic songs and ballads. Through their
The group’s label Baby released “Over the Rainbow” (LP 1985, CD 1986), a compilation of previously unreleased and rare tracks from the period up to 1983 that demonstrated just how stunningly varied Virgin Prunes material had been. A track culled from an NME compilation entitled ‘Red Nettle’ remains an unusual standout, its repetitive sampled chord structures evolving into a seductive and hypnotic piece. The influence of
“A New Form Of Beauty” sees parts 1 to 4 of a their highly ambitious A New Form of Beauty project collated together on CD for the first time. The series saw Virgin Prunes tackle the tricky concept of the beauty that can be found in being different (in this case both physically and musically), an idea that had informed the initial formation of The Lypton Village. Available here as a two CD package, the first CD features
A remarkable collection of Heavenly Voices presented by the Mexican label Samadhi, which certainly will evoke memories of the old Hyperium samplers that made the genre so famous. Bands: Irfan, Bel Canto, Anchorage, Ophelia’s Dream, Love Is Colder Than Death, Daemonia Nymphe, Ashram, O Quam Tristis, Autumn’s Grey Solace, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Love Spirals Downwards, Heaven Falls Hard, Rada & Ternovnik, Stoa, among others.
Onthe night of 29th November 2001, as part of the STIGMA 2001 FESTIVAL in London, COLD SPRING had a night of their bands playing. As a surprise on the night, and impressed with the line-up, Douglas P of DEATH IN JUNE approached and asked if he could open the show with an acoustic set. All four acts were digitally recorded by Stephen Meixner (CONTRASTATE). For this set, each CD is packaged in its own card wallet, in its own camouflage, inside a shrinkwrapped `clamshell` style box. The set is made
Special edition with additional Black T-Shirt with white prints of battle cover logo & dagers ltd. 48
a division of Scarecrow Records NENIA CALLADHAN is a Gothic-Folk project of Constance Frohling -and Anna-Varney. The self titled 2002 debut, released by Apocalyptic Vision, featured guest musicians guitarist Alen Markulin, double bassist Johannes Knirsch, violinist Katrin Ebert, cellist Martin Hofert and drummer Simon-Tobias Ostheim. Also contributing would be Guido Spitz on bassoon and Jutta Sinsel with oboe and clarinet.
a division of Scarecrow Records Ground-breaking, highly inspired music: a deeply moving overall piece of art, unmatched in the history of popular music. Surprisingly electronic SOPOR AETERNUS are presenting themselves here, and in doing so, they have brought to life such a powerful and catchy album, which only very few people would ever have expected them to do. Competently they are sailing round the shoals of electronic pop-music of the last 30
Recorded at John Rivers ‘ legendary Woodbine-Studio, where such well-known acts like Dead Can Dance had been produced, the German-based Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows have created with their new concept-album another milestone of the Gothic/Avant-garde. Endowed with a perfect sense for drama and effect, the music of SOPOR AETERNUS is blending the classical genre with the attitude of the contemporary retro-ism of the 80’s underground-culture, combining complex string- and orchestral arr
a division of Scarecrow Records Dedicated to the memory and resurrection of Little Seven, a boy who died when he was six years old, recorded in an attempt to resurrect at least the memory of the boy, producing some rather grim tales.
