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"The
Hanging Garden" (or 'soothing and
uplifting music for the
impending apocalypse')
features twelve heroic
songs, noir narratives, and melancholic instrumentals
which are the
amazing new electronic sound of the future. Take time out from
this
depressing, soulless life and blissfully stroll with Hypnotique
into "The Hanging Garden".
Blossoming in
this
garden of iniquity are adults-only macabre tales, surreal lunar musical
landscapes, hypnotic ether sounds, and darn funky grooves which
transport
the
listener from drug-like euphoria to the gates of despair.
Hypnotique
tells the
tales and amplifies the sounds of a new urban,
industrial age - with
real life
tales of corrupt presidents, disenchanted
Prime Ministers and dead
media princesses.
For music, take an
oscillator-driven fairground whirr and beat in a viciously
rotating
blender with a dash of Berlin cabaret, film noir
soundtracks, and free
jazz
electronics, then serve in a cocktail glass of high glamour and brutal
sexuality. Bottoms up! But do not be misled: these are not the
'burlesque'
or
'retro' sounds popular in today's transient London club scene; this
is
not the
sound of the past but of the future. It's the soundtrack
to
Orwellian nightmares
- ideal to uplift and soothe the soul before the
impending
apocalypse.
Self composed,
self produced and self performed,
Hypnotique epitomises the spirit
of independence,
sadly lacking from the
Pop Idol hordes, and she is not afraid to go 'DIY'. On
this, her debut
record, she uses no less than ten instruments from
her repertoire
-
including anarchic vintage synthesizers, sultry woodwind, and
grandiose
virtuoso
solos on the electronic oddity the theremin,
of which she
is
a renowned
performer. She learnt her highly skilled trade as a student
of
Leon Theremin's
grand niece, Lydia Kavina,
and has since
given international
appearances
on TV, radio, and records, including a
recent presentation with
Bob Moog
in Denmark.
Although a new
and
delicate rose in this garden, Hypnotique is no stranger to the
landscaping
of popular music: she has previously worked with cinematic Ostalgie
fans
Heist;
the "head" music of Zorch,
Britain's first
synthesizer duo;
jazz diva Gwyneth Herbert…the
list is
endless. She has recorded
BBC sessions for the late, great John
Peel with sonic noise terrorists
Nought
and surrealist alt
rockers Dawn Of The Replicants,
whom
she collaborated with on three
albums. Her "Switched On"
radio documentaries
with maverick
producer Bruce Wooley
have seen her interview
legends like
Jean-Jacques Perrey, Bob Moog,
Angelo Badalamenti, Gershon
Kingsley
and
Air.
This professional CD is in a unique and
highly collectable handmade gatefold
sleeve CD, with ruby ribbon tie,
hand-made and designed by
Hypnotique herself.
Limited numbered edition and
numbered of 777. It is also signed by
the artist.
Website:
www.hypnotique.net
Quotes:
"So
enchanting…I wish it could have
lasted
forever!" - Bjork
"It's
a cabaret of bitchiness that plants
a sharpened stiletto
heel right
in the eye of the beholder,"
-
Synthesis Magazine
"This
will become a record for the
collectors," -
Jean-Jacques Perrey
(composer of "E.V.A." and
"Moog Indigo")
MP3 Samples:
The
Witch's Tale
The
Once Man
Clara
De Lune
We
Will Fight Them On The Beaches
Déjà
Vu
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