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Reincarnatus

The all-girl Dutch band Reincarnatus was founded in 2005 and released its first Compact disc, Press Vita, in 2008. The recording damaged the Dutch recording charts achieving #62 after fourteen days.

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Scala & Kolacny Brothers

A Belgian women choir with today’s rock and roll twist, Scala kept their 1st rehearsal in Apr 1996, when the group’s regular membership topped away at 18 singers. Brothers Steven and Stijn Kolacny (pianist and conductor, respectively) treated the group just like a traditional ensemble initially, and Scala’s rates grew …

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Witchman

Oft weighed against gloomy breakbeat industrialists Scorn and Techno Pet, the dubbed up drum’n’bass of Witchman has seeing that much in keeping with jungle paranoids Nico and Ed Hurry as well as the gothic techno of Disjecta and Meat Defeat Manifesto. Combining large, space-filling drum sequences — alternately divide- and …

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Brendan Perry

Following the breakup of Dead Can Dance, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Brendan Perry collaborated with friends like Hector Zazou (on his 1998 Lights at night album) and former bandmate Peter Ulrich (whose Pathways and Dawns Perry co-produced and arranged). Through the past due ’90s he started teaching percussion workshops in Afro-Cuban and African …

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This Mortal Coil

The gothic desire pop collective This Mortal Coil was probably one of the most representative bands within the 4AD label, not least because these were run by 4AD president and co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. If they performed addresses (of Watts-Russell’s preferred performers) or originals, their materials epitomized the haunting, ethereal audio …

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Mediæval Bæbes

The Mediaeval Baebes certainly are a crossover vocal ensemble whose unique design includes a deft combination of medieval music, multi-language texts, modern arrangements, and both ancient and modern instrumentation. Their skilled and attractive plans, usually designed by member Katharine Blake, frequently have a dark, somber personality while exhibiting modern rhythmic …

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Popol Vuh

Of the numerous now-legendary artists to emerge from your Krautrock movement, couple of anticipated the rise of contemporary electronic music using the same prescience as Popol Vuh — the first German band to hire a Moog synthesizer, their function not merely anticipated the emergence of ambient, but also proved pioneering …

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Peter Ulrich

Percussionist/composer Peter Ulrich could very well be most widely known for his long-time cooperation with Dead May Dance. Ulrich became a member of the group in 1983 and made an appearance on albums like Backyard of Arcane Delights, Inside the Realm of the Dying Sunlight, and Spiritchaser, and was a …

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Peter Murphy

Despite having an effective solo career being a cult musician, vocalist Peter Murphy continues to be most widely known as the business lead singer for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock-band of the first ’80s. After disbanding Bauhaus in 1983, Murphy produced Dali’s Car with previous Japan member Mick Karn. …

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Faith & Disease

Like the lush noises of Mazzy Celebrity which Mortal Coil, the ethereal darkwave duo Trust & Disease shaped the entire year punk broke (1991) and taken care of a solid position of sold synth-beats and gossamer lyrics when confronted with Seattle counterparts Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Bassist Eric Cooley and …

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