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attrition
Dark industrial music since 1980. http://www.attrition.co.uk Production and mastering in The Cage since 1993. http://www.thecagestudios.co.uk
"Inside a cage of sound, 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 gothic to industrial to experimental to classical - so smoothly, they might as well be making their own category. With more than twenty albums of constant variety, and an ever-expanding sound, they remain one of music's darker and fascinating lights." Akane
ATTRITION
Album Discography
- This Death House- a soundtrack
- Action and reaction
- The Attrition Of Reason
- Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club
- In The Realm Of The Hungry Ghosts
- At The Fiftieth Gate
- A Tricky Business
- The Hidden Agenda
- Ephemera a soundtrack
- Three Arms & A Dead Cert
- Etude - classical interpretations
- The Jeopardy Maze
- Esoteria - a collection of ambient works
- Heretic Angels - live in the USA
- The Hand that Feeds the remixes
- Keepsakes & Reflections rarities
- The Eternity LP - a collection of classical remixes and rarities
- Dante’s Kitchen
- Something Stirs. The beginning. 1981 – 83
- All mine enemy’s whispers. The story of Mary Ann Cotton
- Kill the Buddha! - Live in Europe & the USA
- Wrapped in the guise of my friend. Covers. 17 songs re-interpreted.
- Dreamtime Collectors. 1980 - 2010. A best of
- Demonstro. 1981 - 86. double vinyl LP of rarities
- The truth in dark corners: Live in Holland. 1985
- Invocation. film soundtrack.
- The Unraveller of Angels....
- Millions of the Mouthless Dead
Taken from the long awaited new ATTRITION album, The Black Maria.Is released on March 23rd... and pre orders have gone live today!Visit our official bandcamp page to listen to the album and preorder in all formats (CD/Download/Vinyl/Cassette)https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-maria
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-the-cage-07022023The original 80's ATTRITION line up reformed in 2022, performing at festivals and shows in the UK.The rehearsals in february 2023 were recorded to multitrack and mixed by Martin Bowes in the Cage for this limited edition release...Vocals and Electronics - Martin BowesKeyboards - Ashley NiblockSynthesisers - Simon StansfieldVocals - Julia WallerCover photos by Antony WeirRecorded live at The Cage StudiosFebruary 7th 2023Mixed and Mastered by Martin Boweswww.attrition.co.ukwww.thecagestudios.co.ukA Two Gods Production35GODSCD
ATTRITION - The SwitchTaken from the upcoming new ATTRITION album, The Black Maria, with accompanying remixes... (and of those more to come)... and featuring the original line up of Martin and Julia for the first time in 20 years...Streaming on all platforms from March 17th... and available now on our bandcamp sitehttps://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-switch-epMartin Bowes – Vocals and all ElectronicsJulia Waller – Female VocalsAnni Hogan – Grand PianoMixed and Mastered by Martin Bowes in the Cage. 2022-23Cover photo of Martin by Antony WeirA Two Gods Production: 58GODSDIG
A live recording of ATTRITION's most well known song, recorded live at the first ever show they played in the USA. At the Projekt Fest in Chicago, June 1996. The full recording of the set was recently discovered has been mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage and finally released after all these years... Listen to it here... https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/attrition-live-at-projektfest-chicago-usa-1996
a track from 1993...Taken from the new vinyl collection, "A Great Desire (1986 - 2004)" https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-great-desire-1986-2004
"The drones and tape manipulations released as This Death House in 1982 prefigured dark ambient “isolationism” by almost 10 years…”
After nearly 40 years the original ATTRITION line up that recorded This Death House over 2 afternoons in 1982, reunited with the addition of new member Simon Stansfield, to perform Death House Variations... a first ever live performance, based on the original Death House recordings, with additional ATTRITION material and new variations... This is an extract from the first show, peformed at The Tin Music and Arts in their hometown of Coventry, England, as part of the 2021 UK City of Culture year. There will be more performances and an all new follow up album to the original, which was remastered and reissued earlier this year... attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/this-death-house-2021-remaster
The second single from the long awaited upcoming ATTRITION album... The Black Maria With remixes from Bellhead, Vaselyne, Steckdose and Follynator
An official video by Martin Bowes is on youtube now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-yAqSkzybE
Martin Bowes - Vocals/ All Electronics, Yvette Winkler - Female lead vocals Joanne Wolf - Female spoken vocals Elisa Day - Female backing vocals Vancorvid - Violin Marietta Fox - Violin Anni Hogan - Piano Ian Arkley - Guitar Kris Force - Cello
Written by Martin Bowes Cover photo by Martin Bowes taken from The Alibi video Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Martin Bowes at The Cage Studios, Coventry.England
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1983 Demo version of the first ATTRITION single... from the 1983 Tapes collection on Spotify... https://open.spotify.com/album/2WfeHaVV1iQj6k6kqaiTIz
Recorded live in Copenhagen in 2000... this track first appeared on the A Tricky Business album of 1991 https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-tricky-business
The first single from the forthcoming ATTRITION album, The Black Maria... released on the car crash that is Brexit day.... January 31st. On CD, Download and Streaming... https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-derailer
Taken from the recent Live performance in Toronto of the ATTRITION horror film score, "Invocation" The full live set is available as a free download from out official bandcamp site: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/invocation-live-in-toronto-150319
The ATTRITION film score: Re-interpreted and recorded Live at ALTÆR At Christie Pits Pub,Toronto.Canada March 15th 2019
Martin Bowes: All Electronics and Midi Sax VANCORVID: Violin and Effects
Mastered by Martin Bowes At The Cage Studios, Coventry, England March 2019 Cover Photo By Dylan Madeley A Two Gods Production. 47GODSDIG
Taken from the "Millions of the Mouthless Dead" album of WW1 poetry,inspired by my Grandfathers time on the western front in 1917. I am giving it away as a free download for the month of November as we remember 100 years of carnage... https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/millions-of-the-mouthless-dead
A live version of the song "Dante's Kitchen" taken from the ATTRITION show in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 11th 2018. Available as part of the live album, a totally free download on our official bandcamp site: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-wellington-new-zealand-110518
In the tradition of a Christmas ghost story... Originally recorded for the Projekt Records: Excelsis : A Dark Noel Collection. 1995 This is a gift for the holiday season...
Remastered by Martin Bowes. at The Cage, Studios, Coventry, England. 2016 www.thecagestudios.co.uk Cover photo by Holger Karas A Two Gods Production www.twogods.co.uk Find this and more at out official site... https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com
Remastered from the original 1984 4 track tapes, one of the tracks on "The attrition of reason - redux" - the 2017 re-imagining of our debut album. Listen to the whole album on our official bandcamp site: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-attrition-of-reason-redux
From the 4 track live in Toronto ep Mixed from the multi-track here at The Cage Studios... and a limited time free download release for ATTRITION on our official bandcamp site... listen and download here: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/a…/live-in-toronto-may-2017
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Originally released on the "Elephant table Album" 2 x LP sampler - 1983. Reissued on the "In the realm of the Hungry Ghosts" collection of early attrition rarities. 1986 https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-realm-of-the-hungry-ghosts
From the 1995 album "3 arms & a dead cert" https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/3-arms-a-dead-cert
the 97 reworking of the song from the 1993 ATTRITION album : The Hidden Agenda, also available as part of the "In Dark Dreams - 1980 - 2015" collection https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/in-dark-dreams-1980-2015
An extract from the 1982 horror soundtrack, Originally released on cassette and later on vinyl and CD...now available again as a facsimile of the original cassette release... https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/this-death-house
Taken from the full length film score for US horror film "G.H.O..ST". 2012. Listen to the full album here: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/invocation