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Struggle is a natural part of the creative process for many artists. For Shikhee, the one-woman army behind industrial act Android Lust, struggle became downright essential to the production of the fourth Android Lust album, The Human Animal. Not by choice, of course: Nearly a decade after debuting as the first one-woman industrial act, the Bangladeshi-born New Yorker found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”
The process of making 2006’s Devour, Rise and Take Flight ws “a very trying period,” says Shikhee. “I was coming home from my job around 9 or 10, and then mixing till 2 or 3, only to get back up and get to work at 9 again. I was barely sleeping and losing weight.” Problems with her record label compounded her frustration; the heavy touring season that followed, prolonged it.
When the album cycle finally wrapped, Shikhee returned home to face some familiar fears. “It’s always a bit scary. I start to doubt myself, reacquaint myself with my studio . . . and wonder if I can still do it,” she says. “It took until late 2007 to get back to writing.”
The Human Animal is undeniable proof that she can, indeed, still “do it.” After two albums on preeminent electronic-music label Projekt Records, Shikhee released Animal in August 2010 on her own Synthellec Music. In production for more than two years, this is the work of an artist reinvigorated by the creative process, adding a new set of colors to her signature sonic palette. “It just happened one day after we came back from our tour,” Shikhee recalls. “Songs just started flooding.”
The process of making 2006’s Devour, Rise and Take Flight ws “a very trying period,” says Shikhee. “I was coming home from my job around 9 or 10, and then mixing till 2 or 3, only to get back up and get to work at 9 again. I was barely sleeping and losing weight.” Problems with her record label compounded her frustration; the heavy touring season that followed, prolonged it.
When the album cycle finally wrapped, Shikhee returned home to face some familiar fears. “It’s always a bit scary. I start to doubt myself, reacquaint myself with my studio . . . and wonder if I can still do it,” she says. “It took until late 2007 to get back to writing.”
The Human Animal is undeniable proof that she can, indeed, still “do it.” After two albums on preeminent electronic-music label Projekt Records, Shikhee released Animal in August 2010 on her own Synthellec Music. In production for more than two years, this is the work of an artist reinvigorated by the creative process, adding a new set of colors to her signature sonic palette. “It just happened one day after we came back from our tour,” Shikhee recalls. “Songs just started flooding.”
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z3r0star wrote:
Holli Would
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GingerDang wrote:
So talented, loving it
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spineshank155 wrote:
There's a list of NCIS music on NCIS Fan Wiki.com. It's incomplete though...
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Ashei wrote:
There was an episode that had Follow.
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FloreDimartino wrote:
She's amazing. [2]
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JarethDrakul wrote:
If I remember correctly Stained is played in a season one episode, Abby mentions A.L. in a list of bands she likes to Gibbs in season five and didn't she wear a A.L. in one of the later seasons too. That's the only ones I know about, never really noticed that that is quite a few references of a band in one TV show actually =P.
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Jamie_Rae wrote:
I will have to watch more episodes to see how many references there are.
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Rawr_Jessy wrote:
So glad NCIS mentioned Android Lust....loving what I'm hearing.
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crazysharky666 wrote:
Heathen (A thousand Thoughts) is one of her best tracks, I just love her work x3
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JeriShermaine wrote:
stained was the first one i ever heard :| and that one was relatively normal compared to some of her stuff... oh wow...
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Jamie_Rae wrote:
Some of her music has been featured on NCIS, maybe she should have a cameo.
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xFabby wrote:
Wtf. Show in Denver is 21+. I am not happy.
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ayuxx wrote:
Definitely worth seeing live if you have the chance.
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crazysharky666 wrote:
Cheesy as fuck indeed, but her music is awesome right? :3
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
"found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”" wow that line is cheesy as fuck. [2] LMAO It's funny because goths really talk like that. I think its more that people who write about music talk like that.
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limpicatto wrote:
"found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”" wow that line is cheesy as fuck. [2] LMAO It's funny because goths really talk like that.
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TheShadowstorm wrote:
"found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”" wow that line is cheesy as fuck.
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Vampyre87 wrote:
Memory game is probably my favorite Android Lust track
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Regamimene wrote:
resolution is greatest [2]
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resolution is greatest
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