Artist description Somewhere between Electronic & Alternative, with a blend of ethereal & experimental sounds. Electronics, guitars and vocals -- mainly female -- are the mainstay of this dark-tinged duet.

Music Style Goth, Darkwave, Experimental/Post Rock, Electronic, Alternative, Shoegazer

Musical Influences The Cranes, His Name is Alive, The Swans, Current 93, Lycia, Love and Rockets

Similar Artists The Cranes, Lycia, This Ascension, His Name is Alive, Sleeping Dogs Wake

Artist History Delphinium are Justin Johnsen and Anji Bee, who made music, DJ'd radio shows and created fanzines together throughout the 90's. Beginning as a school recording project at Long Beach City College in 1991, Johnsen and Bee went through many changes to become Delphinium. Originally coming together for Justin's solo project, Ravensong (as well as Anji's fanzine, "Substitution,") their collaboration slowly morphed into the musical duet, Datura, with which they made a name for themselves in the underground industrial- goth scene of Long Beach and surrounding Orange County areas. Always eager to explore new ideas, the two became DJs at the notoriously avante garde college radio station, KUCI 88.9 fm (in Irvine, California) where they were exposed to many new musical ideas and partnerships. In the mid 90's Datura began to take a back seat to a plethora of smaller side projects of a more experimental nature, as well as their heavy involvement in the radio station itself, over the following few years. Defunct since 1997, the band is offering a DAM CD with a combination of 24, 16, 8 and 4 track recordings under the recently adopted name, Delphinium.

Group Members Justin Johnsen: programming, guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals & Anji Bee: vocals, guitar ---- For more info, see: http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/delphinium/index-0.html

Instruments Sequenced drums and keyboards, guitar, bass, live keyboard

Press Reviews "Take a walk through a land where darkly sensual vocals and heart rending melodies dance hand in hand under a moonlit sky. Delphinium combine equal parts beauty and passion to create beautiful, otherworldy music that will haunt your dreams. Anji and Justin's imprint will be left on your heart for some time... The world needs more bands like Delphinium!" -- Rik, of The Violet Collective ? "Dreamy ethereal female vocals, moderately eerie. This ["Nightwalk"] is a wonderful track from a new band who I see a lot of potential in. Fans of This Ascension, Love Spirals Downwards, or Cocteau Twins take note!" - The Funeral Party

Location Long Beach, California - USA

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