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Android Lust is a pseudonym of Shikhee D’iordna (aka Shikhee), which begun in 1995 and débuted with “Resolution” (Tinman, 1997).

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.”
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  • CrashingDevice

    Hope everything alright there Cheerz, K

    2 May 12:51am Reply

  • crazysharky666

    Have to be honest, if it weren't for NCIS I would miss out on an amazing artist

    31 Mar 9:25pm Reply

  • InplosiveIvory

    New to this artist and so far i'm pretty impressed.

    22 Feb 7:47pm Reply

  • adrynalyna

    Love.

    8 Feb 12:47pm Reply

  • sober-

    @breadysoul Oh, I see, thank you. I saw people talking about the album so I thought it had leaked. Thanks for the info ^^

    31 Dec 2012 Reply

  • breadysoul

    Leaked? No, not that I've seen. It was sent out Kickstarter backers. Official release date is Jan. 29th. Buy it then. ;)

    31 Dec 2012 Reply

  • sober-

    Did Crater vol.1 leak already? Could anybody share a link with me please?

    30 Dec 2012 Reply

  • breadysoul

    Crater vol.1 is awesome. I would totally be okay with another album in the same style.

    28 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Acharis

    Crater Vol.1 is incredible. I had no idea just how much i'd love this new direction, but wow! Bring on vol.2!

    21 Dec 2012 Reply

  • brkntl

    First song of the new album.. ♥

    21 Dec 2012 Reply

  • No4noyLis

    +++

    17 Jul 2012 Reply

  • My_Sharona

    <3

    13 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Jotsko

    the instrumentals are nice, but the vocals can be quite flat

    11 Jun 2012 Reply

  • intery

    Kickstarter for new album

    12 Apr 2012 Reply

  • TroubleAngel666

    [Sex and Mutilation] What a nice theme. FTW. I love that project for a long time. : ]]]]]

    5 Mar 2012 Reply

  • Harry_Potterus

    "found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”" wow that line is cheesy as fuck. [3] LMAO It's funny because goths really talk like that. I think its more that people who write about music talk like that. To tell you the truth I dont think that.

    27 Feb 2012 Reply

  • GingerDang

    So talented, loving it

    21 Dec 2011 Reply

  • spineshank155

    There's a list of NCIS music on NCIS Fan Wiki.com. It's incomplete though...

    18 Dec 2011 Reply

  • FloreDimartino

    She's amazing. [2]

    15 Nov 2011 Reply

  • JarethDrakul

    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.

    4 Nov 2011 Reply
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