The Razor Skyline is a music band from the United States , formed in 1994 and performing darkwave .
| The razor skyline | |
|---|---|
| Genres | darkwave gothic rock |
| Years | since 1994 |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Seattle → San Francisco |
| From where | |
| Language of songs | English |
| Labels | COP International |
| Composition | Bowl Kazda (vocals) The Gun (vocals, keyboards, programming) Michelle Onyx Anderson (percussion) Zo Guthrie (keyboards) SooozhyQ (drums) |
| Former the participants | Karen Cardell (vocals) (1994–1997, 1998–2009) Charlotte Shay (vocals) (1998–1999) Angela Goodman (percussion) (1994–1998) Karen Turumori (keyboards) (1996) |
| Other projects | Flatline transmissions Thorn apple Dalet-yod |
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Group History
The team was formed in 1994 in Seattle . He was originally called The Journal of Trauma and consisted of two participants - vocalist Karen Cardell and a musician known as The Gun, who wrote music and played backing vocals [1] . Soon, the duet was joined by Angela Goodman, who played the electronic drum set. In late 1995, the group signed a contract with the label COP International and was forced to change its name to The Razor Skyline due to claims from the American Society of Traumatology. The band's first album, also called The Journal of Trauma , was released in 1996 and received significant success in the United States [1] . The group organized a tour around the West Coast in support of the disc, after which she began to work on the second album, but due to aggravated disagreements with other musicians, Karen Cardell left the band in 1997 [1] .
The Razor Skyline were forced to look for a new vocalist; After rejecting Debra Fogarty (who later founded the successful Darkwaave Diva Destruction project) and Severina Saul, the group chose Charlotte Shay and moved from Seattle to San Francisco . However, the new composition did not last long - already in 1998, Karen Cardell returned to the group, replacing Shay, and instead of Angela Goodman, Michelle Anderson, also known as Onyx, began playing electronic drums [1] . Only in 1999, The Razor Skyline finally released the second studio disc Fade and Sustain , the work on which was carried out over the previous three years. In support of this group, the band conducted a tour with Bella Morte , and also recorded several songs for the German horror film “Demonium”.
The band's third album, The Bitter Well , was released in 2003. This release first attracted the attention of European critics to the group, which rated the disc quite positively [2] . Despite international success, shortly after the release of The Bitter Well, the Razor Skyline ceased operations. The Gun organized its own Flatline Transmissions project, which did not receive significant fame, and Karen Cardell announced the end of her musical career. Only in 2009, the group was recreated in a new composition - Mishka Kazda took the place of Cardell, and the team began to work on fresh material. In 2011, EP Convergence was released, and the fourth album, The Razor Skyline, called Dark Water Oasis , was released in 2012.
Style, influence
The band's early work was influenced by the performers of classical gothic rock - in particular, The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees , but the first albums of The Razor Skyline also bore the effects of metal and electronic music [1] . Karen Cardell’s voice was compared to Suzy’s vocal by Sue [2] . By the beginning of the 2000s, the team developed its own sound, based on a combination of muted guitar parts and “low-key” electronics [2] .
Later, The Razor Skyline's style underwent a number of changes - elements of oriental folk music began to appear clearly in it, with the result that journalists described the contemporary sound of the band as “eastern gothic” and “powerful ethnic gothic rock with a club bias” [3] .
Discography
- The Journal of Trauma - 1996
- Fade and Sustain - 1999
- The Bitter Well - 2003
- Convergence EP 2011
- Dark Water Oasis - 2012
Links
- The Razor Skyline Official Page on Myspace
- The Razor Skyline (Eng.) On Discogs
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Mario Mesquita Borges. The Razor Skyline biography (Eng.) . AllMusic.com. The appeal date was August 19, 2012. Archived October 3, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Thomas Abresche. The Bitter Well review . Sonic Seducer (# 5/2003) . The appeal date was August 19, 2012. Archived October 3, 2012.
- ↑ Cassandra. The Razor Skyline, Eastern gothic rock at its best . Dominion Magazine . The appeal date was August 20, 2012. Archived October 3, 2012.