Artist description No Applicable Description. The affect of TTTS is entirely subjective.

Music Style True Life in Extreme Haunting Psychedelic Edge Color

Musical Influences Joy Division / Pink Floyd / Mazzy Starr / And Also the Trees

Similar Artists Unidentified

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Group Members Ashkelon Sain: Music / Ingrid Blue: Vocals /former members:Zoe Wakefield: vocals /Dawn Wagner: vocals /Lucian S.Donato: Synth /...guests ad nauseam...

Instruments Electric

Albums Atrocious Virgin (precipice 2001), Ghost Forest (tess records 1994), "Bloom Flowers, Bloom!" (tess records 1995), Venomous Eve (ambulancia 1995), Delirious (EP) (ambulancia 1997), Azalean Sea (ambulancia 1998), Urchin Tear Soda (precipice recordings 1999) COMPILATION APPEARANCES: When the Sun Settles Down II (foundation 1995), Ceremonial - a Tribute to Joy Division (mere mortal 1995), Subnation Vol 1 (subnation 1995), Alleviation (silber records 1996), Subnation Vol 2 (subnation 1996), The Hex Files (nova tekk 1997), Aria - a Tess Records Anthology (tess records 1997), Precipice Recordings Vol 1 (precipice 1997), The Black Bible (cleopatra 1998), The Unquiet Grave Vol 1 (cleopatra 1998), New Wave Goes to Hell (cleopatra 1998), Goth Oddity - a tribute to Bowie (cleopatra 1999), Witchcraft (cleopatra 1999), A Tragick Compilation (tragick records 2000), Dark Treasures - a tribute to Cocteau Twins (cleopatra 2000), Zann (silber records 2000), Who Cares - a tribute to the Who (iRegular 2000)

Press Reviews PRESS REVIEW:Trance to the Sun: "Atrocious Virgin" I am frequently baffled that bands from sunny Californiaare able to make the most delightful goth music to rivalthe European counterparts or even those in darker climates.Trance to the Sun is one of a few select bands from thatpart of the world whose previous compilation appearances,CD's and tour dates read like a who's who for the goth underground.Despite the multiple band lineup changes over the years,the core group remained tenacious and steadfast. They areapplauded and adored by fans worldwide because they haven'tsold out to the corporate mindset looking for the one hitwonder of the week. Instead, they created a legacy of musicthat is at once entertaining as it is intelligent. Needlessto say, all of their work will continue to be regarded aslegendary, groundbreaking and proficient.Old and new fans alike will find the latest Trance To The Sunrecording, "Atrocious Virgin" one that will leave mouths gaping.This is surely the band's best work to date and it will be sometask for another band to follow behind this March 2001 releasein order to become the next talk of the town.This CD will do for the band what Sever did for This Ascension.In addition to all the quality music, which runs over an hour,are also the included graphics of paintings by Ingrid Blue, whichtransforms this CD into an enmeshment of art on many levels.Blue's artistic merits have been featured on previous recordings, however this body of work seems to convey a ghostly whispered accompaniment with the songs. It is akin to walking into adeserted mansion and finding artwork hanging dustily from the walls,begging for the viewer to connect with the lurking spirit lyingjust beneath the painted surface.What makes the entire body unique is the fact that they keptclose to their dark roots, but created a distinctive sound thatthey can clearly call their own. From the opening song, SleepingWith The Natives, we are introduced to a melodic urgency thatsegues with Ms. Blue's vocals that are at once mesmerizing as theyare hypnotic. The musicianship is tight and focused throughout theentire recording. The electronics are firmly married with guitarsand bass while the band also found a way to create sounds thatno one has utilized thus far. The vibrancy is so flawless thatit has that "recorded live" electricity to it.The lyrics read like a chapter from an exclusive book of darkpoetry, where one may very well replay the track to ruminateover the words(this is highly encouraged). The lyrics are asmentally stimulating and as descriptive as the artwork that isincluded.One can easily surmise that this is going to put the Gothworldon its head. The band has offered so much for the consumer'sdollar while still being offering a fresh vitality to theunderground.There are tracks for all tastes, from the more melancholic, slowand introspective groove such as Horse Head Lake to the darkdance cut such as Thistle Lurid, which DJ's can feature for theirplaylists.Rather than remaining stuck at some focal point, Trance to the Sunevolves with each recording, growing along with the listener tobring about new parameters and perspectives. The music is approachablefor the new teen fans but also maintains the sharp incisive edgeleveled for the elder goth crowd.At the risk of sounding too bold, I would suggest that all the bandmembers anchor a ball and chain around their ankles until a few moreCD's can be churned out. The band member formula works extremelywell and quite frankly, anyone who misses a "live" performance ofthis work had best be on their deathbed or forever kick themselveslater on.MIKE VENTAROLA, www.mp3.com/stations/hiddensanctuaryTRANCE TO THE SUN "Urchin Tear Soda" Listening to this Album is like stepping into a shadowy-bright parallel universe,or a psychotic's paranoid nightmare. Here nothing is what it seems: the beautifulfull moon is toxic to behold, hearts are made of wire and words, and dirty littlegirls are the good ones. Slowly, Ashkelon Sain's swirling psychedelic guitars,brooding synth atmospheres, and hypnotic percussion draw you in to Trance to theSun's magic, manic world, while Ingrid Blue's shiver-spoken, blister-whisperedvocals submerge you completely with visions of things you wish you hadn't seen,but can't take your eyes away from. Like "Modus Opera"'s vision of a dank hole in the wall lined with pale seedsthrough which the malignant narrator alternately teases and comforts his/her brittlecrustacean lover, all set to the painfully labored beat of a heart going too slow tostop crashing into overwhelming walls of sound built of guitar, synth and electronicpercussion. Or the awesome cover of Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heartof the Sun", which seems to fit right in with Trance's fantastic weirdness; as thedriving guitars feed the interstellar overdrive, drums pound the fearful heartbeatsof the solar-bound travelers while bright synth bits glide past like distant stars. Butto me, the ten-minute closing epic "Vortex Airplane Itinerary" shows best theshining black multicolored flames Trance to the Sun is made of. Launched with ahowl, pursued throughout by deep hollow rumbles of inner and outer space,punctuated with things seen and unseen blipping or throbbing or humming past,"Vortex" takes on a one-way trip to dark psychedelic realms undreamed of. About the best reference point I can give you for Trance's aesthetic is EdwardKa-Spel's work with the Legendary Pink Dots and Tear Garden, but Trance reallyis in a lovely, demented class all their own. Tune in, trip out, but watch your back.-Dave AftandilianINK NINETEEN MAGAZINE - april 2000More reviews:-for reviews of "Urchin Tear Soda" look here: http://www.trancetothesun.com/r_urchin.html-for reviews of "Azalean Sea" look here: http://www.trancetothesun.com/r_azalean.html-for reviews of "Venomous Eve" look here: http://www.trancetothesun.com/r_venom.html -for reviews of "Bloom Flowers, Bloom!" look here: http://www.trancetothesun.com/r_bloom.html

Location Santa Barbara, California - USA

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