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General => The Arts => Topic started by: Commander Fuckass on September 22, 2007, 05:57:28 PM

Title: Today's Artist: Voltaire.
Post by: Commander Fuckass on September 22, 2007, 05:57:28 PM
http://free.napster.com/view/artist/index.html?id=11645174


I suggest any song except the ones on the Villians and Mice Album, or Whispers in the Hotel.
for those albums are not by him.

Voltaire?s music has strong roots and connections to European folk as well as other influences such as the goth scene. However, many listeners find his music hard to classify. Although it has a sound reminiscent of European folk music, many people claim it to be darkwave; perhaps as this is a label often given to many other artists from Projekt Records, and a word often used to mean many things by the label themselves. His music has also been linked to cabaret, with Lexicon Magazine using the term 'goth cabaret', possibly referring to dark cabaret, a term often used to describe some bands Voltaire cites as his influences. New Wave has also been used to describe Voltaire's music by some reviewers.Voltaire describes his own music as- 'Music for a parallel universe where electricity was never invented and Morrissey is the queen of England.' He claims that bands and artists who influenced his music are- Rasputina, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Cab Calloway, and Danny Elfman.
Title: Re: Today's Artist: Voltaire.
Post by: Placebo Headwound on September 22, 2007, 06:00:44 PM
I demand a short, reasonable review/description of their music if you want to make a thread like this.