Artist description Orangabelle is a darkwave/industrial collaboration between gothic lyricist Julie Johnson and musician Joshua Heinrich.

Music Style gothic/darkwave/industrial

Musical Influences The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode

Similar Artists Depeche Mode, Athamay, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure

Artist History Orangabelle 5 began in early 1999, when Julie Johnson interviewed fornever, the solo project of Joshua Heinrich, for her gothic e-zine. Josh and Julie grew to be friends over the next several months. Eventually, Julie showed Josh a collection of lyrics she had written with dreams of being in a band. A fan of Josh's music, she asked Josh to write the music to her words, and Orangabelle 5 was born. Plans for a full length album were put on hold due to difficulties with the geographical distance between Heinrich and Johnson, but despite the problems, a 6 song EP titled "Slipping from Reality" was completed for release in October 1999. Very shortly after, work began on a full length album, "fade", which was finally completed and released in August 2000. "fade" featured a new goth rock sound that was quite different from the experimental industrial/darkwave material found on "Slipping from Reality". Orangabelle 5 returned in October 2000 with a remix EP titled "reconstructed" that contained remixes of tracks from both "Slipping from Reality" and "fade" as well as one unreleased track from the fade sessions.

Group Members Joshua Heinrich: All instruments, programming, male vocalsJulie Johnson: Female vocals

Instruments voice, keyboards, guitars, drum machines, samplers, computers

Albums Slipping from Reality, fade, reconstructed

Location Boston, NY - USA

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