Artist description An eclectic blend of industrial rhythms, gothic atmospheres, dance, classical, and rock influences - surreal texts and surreal textures. from darkness to light to back again....and then.....

Music Style Gothic/Industrial/avante garde

Artist History "Inside a cage of sound, writhes a human soul. Cold waves of electronics are juxtaposed against voices that seep through cracks in the walls of machinery and wires. Lyrics dart out in bullets from soundscapes peppered in sharp vocals and sound bites. A viola plays in the distance, giving life to this inorganic mass...Such is the imagery that spawns Attrition, who, with its marriage of the classic and modern, has brought to music the equivalent of a surrealist painting. From its earlier sparse and stark soundscapes, to a more expansive palette of orchestral work, Attrition has successfully melded several genres into one. The music flows - from goth to industrial to experimental to classical - so smoothly, they might as well be making their own category.Conceived in Coventry, England during the early 1980s, the band has undergone many changes in members, revolving around founder Martin Bowes. Whilst releasing records on several independent labels and touring throughout Europe and the USA, they have garnered a strong underground following, which they have steadily built on. Their recent work has reached even greater levels, including a collaboration with a member of the Paris opera. With more than twelve albums of constant variety, and with an ever-expanding sound, they remain one of music's darker and fascinating lights."by Akane

Group Members Martin Bowes: electronics and vocals. Christine Reid: vocals. Franck Demmatteis: occasional violin

Albums The Hand That Feeds (remixes) (00)/Heretic Angels (live) (00)/The Jeopardy Maze(99)/Etude(97)/3 arms & a dead cert(96)/Ephemera(95)/The Hidden Agenda(93)/A Tricky Business(91)/At The Fiftieth Gate(88)/In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts(86)/Smiling, at the Hypogonder club(85)/The Attrition of Reason(84)/This death House(82)

Press Reviews ATTRITION~THE JEOPARDY MAZE Already familiar with the dark artwork of American artist "John Santerineross" (his website holds such treats for you) I was immediately transfixed by his cover artwork for "Attrition's" number twelve and most recent album to date. An arresting visual that demands intense scrutiny is nothing less than I would expect to represent the electrical wizard composer "Martin Bowes" widely known for his industrial/Gothic surreal ingenuity in creating nightmarish soundscapes that you want to delve into. Coming on like an orgy round Lucifer's dinner table, human limbs flung aside like gnawed upon scraps with the in house bone tub thumping disco in the adjoining room. Waste not want indeed! With such a plethora of devilish charm concocting wispy bad ass visions from the wine's vapours, the trip is hypnotically mesmerising. Oh how the fallen angels learnt to party with the collective penance. Are we always cursed to remember life's frail and succulent breast beaten tragedies that brought us to this plateau? Or will death allow the skin shedding shrug of noxious memories? Better ask "Attrition" to put a good word in for you.SISTERDOOM ATTRITION "THE HAND THAT FEEDS- The Remixes" ...Attrition weave a web of Classical music elements combined with the electronic stylings of Industrial,Gothic-Darkwave and Trance to create an ecclectic blend of voice, stringsand electronic rhythms. It's a style of it's own. Beautiful, elegant yet raw and harsh in a ratherVampire Lestat sort of way. The type of music which would attract BDSM fans,not because of any bondage element (as there is none) but because of theirstyle of music, ethereal with heavy club beats. Techno-Industrial bootstomping dance rhythms with classical elegance, human and surreal. The bestof alternative night life!This CD is a "remix/best of" Attrition's work. It features mixes by thelikes of Chris & Cosey and In The Nursery. There are also elements heardwhich may remind some of early Wolfgang Press as well as the track "AcidTongue" which displays evidence of early acid house music. One of mypersonal favorites is "Cosmetic Citizen" as it combines all of the basicelements which are Attrition.~ Thengore / Im Rhythmus Bleiben

Location Coventry, West Midlands - United Kingdom

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