Artist description Requiem has deep emotional content of lyrics emphasized with strong dark vocal creates a dark atmosphere you can't ignore. The combination of hard-hitting relentless rhythms, synthetic sculptednoise, pulsating bass sequencing and mind chilling vocals leaves the listeners begging for more. Requiem delivers a refreshing diversion from norm . . . Download the cover of "bela lugosi's dead" at www.martnet.com/~kevin/sounds/bela.mp3

Music Style Dark Industrial

Musical Influences Skinny Puppy, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Mozart, Meat Beat Manifeto, Bowie, Depeche Mode, New Order, Psychic TV

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Artist History Requiem was formed in 1987 under the influence of 80's electronic noise bands. Requiem tried to retain the catchy characteristics of the new wave music, and incorporate this with the harder edge electronic noise. Requiem project has expired on Nov. 1993 due to death of a dear friend. Kevin burned all the 4tk recording and gave up music for few years and formed other various projects. Requiem has released three casette releases in Nov '89, Dec '91, and June '93. 30 other songs are missing. These demo releases might be in the hands of some people or trash. All songs are recorded by 4tks casette recorder. Requiem might reform again in the future. I hope everyone keeps the tape editing alive. Requiem is dedicated to poor electronic artists who made creativity with limited budget. Requiem has a violin piece with a little girl crying. If you have that song, please email me. I would like to hear it again.

Group Members Kevin Park

Instruments 4tk tape recorder, microcassette, SQ-80,FZ-1,TX81Z,D-110,Bass,Guitar,Hammers,Cello,Many FX processors, etc.

Press Reviews raw 42 review: http://www.ward42.com/raw/reviews/requiem.html i like requiem. . .sins of mine holds back slightly for a few moments before it explodes into its final mutated state of evil, the singer sighs, groans and whispers through a wall of distortion as if heis bleeding from the arteries, drums are distant and big and a few pads fill up the remaining space, very industrial, very skinny puppy-ish. tyranny.com review: http://tyranny.com/tyranny/corps1/newused.html This is good. I mean really good. No. Let me rephrase that... It is really amazingly good. Try imagining a cross between Skinny Puppy on Quaaludes and a non-annoying Consolidated. What you'll end up with is just a begining of what Requiem has to offer. Its a richly textured electronically enhanced landscape populated by twisted blackend images of decay and despair. A big beat and hefty, yet non-gratuitous, sampling drive this tape from begining to end. This means that it not an ideal tape for quiet romantic moments. However, I seriously doubt that was the intent here. This tape has the added bonus of including a cover of Bela Lugosi's Dead (by Bauhaus, of course). This isn't a straight cover but a complete reworking which succeeds in being original but remaining true to Bauhaus' intent. Of course, there is no surpassing the seminal gothsong, but this is just too damn interesting to lightly dismiss. Not everyone will apreciate this song, many purists will see it as an horrible affront. Fortunately, I don't give a damn what they think. I like this.

Location Philadelphia, PA - USA

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