Colorado-based artist Alien Gothic present their debut single ‘In The Night’, a song that stretches cosmic goth music into a whole new realm, combining all the elements the duo has been striving to integrate into the project in the four years since their inception.
Conjuring up music that can be described as gloom from other worlds, they have been trying to find their way back to the original trajectory they were on previous to crash landing in Barnum, Colorado. With no time to put their lives on hold, they have cooked up a deal to release their ‘High and Dry’ album via Latenight Weeknight Records.
With classic goth rock as its backbone, ‘In The Night’ also sees darkwave smoldering at the surface. A symphonic journey telling the tale of two unknown lifeforms, bringing their favorite sounds to a place they have never explored before, this music is inspired by the beauty of the world around them, while still being pulled into the darkness of the dead stars they came from.
The video tells the tale of their recent exploration as they look for a way out of this world, gravitating to the most iconic structures they find along the way. Mixing in elements of AI, traditional film and lost portraits of the two core members, the song blends reality and fiction, while introducing a vibe they hope to spread to all the other planetary systems around us.
Made up of Ryan Policky (A Shoreline Dream) and Andy Uhrmacher (Genessier), Alien Gothic creates deep gothic electronica, fused with spacial goth autoharp symphonies, deep mellotron overtures mixed with noises from unknown origins on the vast hour long debut. Themes and words recall events that the duo have had from the far reaches of the beyond. With deep beats, lush goth rock entwine with psych and shoegaze layers to create cosmic, pulsating melodies.
Recorded from 2020-2023, Alien Gothic take a journey out of a world gone mad, to spread a sound that is immersive and rich with varied instrumentation. Soundscaping goth is what these artists have become known for elsewhere along the milky way, their spectrums now hitting earth to bring forth a dreary alien orchestra, lost deep in a dark forest beyond the normal stretches of human imagination.
“It’s something we knew would destroy the seedy, cobweb filled danceclubs of the past, bringing forth a new era of goth… alien goth!” says Ryan Policky.
As of July 18, ‘In The Night’ will be available exclusively via Bandcamp. The full ‘High and Dry’ album will be released digitally on August 18 across all fine music platforms.
VIDEO CREDITS
Written by Ryan Policky and Andy Uhrmacher
Ryan Policky – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synth, Percussion
Andy Uhrmacher – Guitar, Bass, Synth, Percussion
Mixed, Mastered & Produced by Ryan Policky
at AG Studios in Barnum, Colorado 2021-2023
Video directed by Ryan Policky
Filmed by Ryan Policky & Andy Uhrmacher
Shot in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Slighter presents‘The Futile Engine’ album via Brutal Resonance and video for ‘Pulling Me Under’ feat. Craig Joseph Huxtable
“A deep sound design that spans subterranean dubby techno and modern bass sounds… a subtle but totally unmistakable insistence, building intensity gradually and only releasing it as the song fades back into the shadows” ~ I Die: You Die
“When you hear Slighter, the room expands. The soundscapes Allrich creates are larger than life and the production is unquestionably smooth” ~ QRO Magazine
“Slick, motorik, infectious and polished… Fans of Meat Beat Manifesto, Fluke, Future Sound of London and Leftfield should take note here” ~ Amplify Music Magazine
“A creeping sludgy sex appeal… A hungry snarling club growl for your next playlist” ~ Sounds and Shadows
Alternative-electronic artist Slighter presents his new album ‘This Futile Engine’, released via Brutal Resonance Records and Confusion Inc. This 13-track record features collaborations with Steven Seibold (Hate Dept) and Craig Joseph Huxtable (Ohm, Landscape Body Machine, Front Line Assembly, Noise Unit), as well as Yvette Winkler (Vaselyne), Morgue VVitch and Deep Dark Water.
Following up the intense, moody and cinematic lead single ‘Have No Fear’ (with traditional A-side and B-side versions), Slighter also presents an enthralling video for the latest single ‘Pulling Me Under’ feat. Craig Joseph Huxtable, with whom he had previously collaborated on earlier singles ‘Give Me’ and ‘Lights Out’, as heard on FOX’s Second Chance in 2016.
Slighter is the solo moniker of Colin C., who has been fine-tuning the future of electronic music since kickstarting his music in Mid City Los Angeles in the early 2000s. Creating from a unique vantage point, he was involved in collaborations for various Metropolis Records releases and Cleopatra Records compilations, in addition to Slighter releases via his own Confusion Inc. imprint.
Mixed and mastered at The Cell Studio, through the sonic experimentation and innovation entailed in recording this album, Slighter continues to provide new fuel for the counterculture..
“This record was a lot of fun to make with my friends. I’m always enjoying collaborating on Slighter albums and, this time, it felt best to leave the majority of the vocal work to some great voices from Craig to Steven and Tara, Yvette, and Anastasia. It has been an experimental but cohesive experience, the classic cinematic vibes I’m known for hitting with faster Techno and killer bass lines across a 10 track narrative,” says Colin C.
“I think I have a pretty unique way of working outside of genres, but my work still gives off this sort of expansive cinematic vibe, which also retaining a darker mood that gets me associated with various dark sub-culture genres. The themes I often explore has me adopting an ‘Electronic Death Music’ umbrella for the music I make – a play on words, with the music I make being the antithesis of popular EDM”.
While very much an independent artist who largely files under the musical radar, Slighter’s music has also found its way on to mainstream shows over the years, with songs and remixes featured on such television shows as Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’, ‘Elementary’(CBS), ‘Bones’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ (FOX), ‘Defiance’ and ‘Covert Affairs’ (NBC-Universal).
As of July 21, ‘This Futile Engine’ will be released across fine digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. Available as a Deluxe Edition limited edition CD and as a digital download, this album includes three exclusive bonus remixes of ‘Cold Black Waters (feat. Morgue VVitch)’, ‘Pulling Me Under’ and ‘Have No Fear’.
CREDITS
Colin Cameron Allrich – lyrics & vocals on ‘Introspection Illusion’, ‘Have No Fear’, ‘Memory Corruptor’
Colin Cameron Allrich – words on ‘Planet Failure’ and ‘Nostalgia Hysteria’
Craig Joseph Huxtable – lyrics & vocals on ‘Pulling Me Under’
Yvette Winkler – lyrics & vocals on ‘Dark Divine’
Anastasia Gris – lyrics & vocals on ‘?nit?s’
Tara Saavedra – lyrics & vocals on ‘Cold Black Waters’
Christy Hannon – voice on ‘Planet Failure’
James Hughey – voice on ‘Nostalgia Hysteria’
Steven Seibold and Tara Saavedra – voices on ‘Memory Corruptor’
Leonard – voice on ‘Forcefield Operative’
Published by Negative Feedback (ASCAP)
Produced by Colin C. for Slighter
Created, mixed and mastered @ The Cell Studio
Conceptualized and executed by Colin C. for Confusion Inc. 2022-2023
‘Pulling Me Under’ video by Confusion Inc.
‘Have No Fear’ video by Psyklon Industries
ALBUM TRACK LIST
1. Introspection Illusion
2. Pulling Me Under (feat. Craig Joseph Huxtable) [Album Mix]
3. Have No Fear [Album Mix]
4. Nostalgia Hysteria
5. Memory Corruptor (feat. Steven Seibold and Morgue VVitch)
6. Planet Failure
7. ?nit?s (feat. Deep Dark Water)
8. Forcefield Operative
9. Dark Divine (feat. Yvette Winkler)
10. Narcodrone
11. Cold Black Waters (feat. Morgue VVitch) [2023 Mix]
12. Pulling Me Under [Dark Dub]
13. Have No Fear [Dark Dub]
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