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Cyclobe (1999-present) are a music duo based in London, formed by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown (aka Simon Norris). They make hallucinatory electronic soundscapes by mixing sampled and heavily synthesized sounds with acoustic arrangements for strings and woodwind. Their approach draws upon diverse forms, including acousmatic, drone music, dark ambient, noise and sound collage. Thrower is also a film journalist and author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci. Ossian Brown worked with Coil from 1999 until the band’s cessation on the death of John Balance in 2004.

Thrower and Brown met in the early 1990s through their mutual association with Coil. Thrower left Coil in 1993 (having worked on the albums Scatology, Horse Rotorvator and Love’s Secret Domain) and went on to form the experimental trio Identical, with Gavin Mitchell and Orlando. All three members of Identical now work as The Amal Gamal Ensemble, alongside other musicians including David Knight and Karl Blake of The Shock Headed Peters.
The first Cyclobe album, Luminous Darkness (1999), veered between hard-edged electronic music, Musique concrète, Industrial, and acoustic interludes for piano, strings and woodwind. They were joined on several tracks by Calina De La Mare (violin) and Niall Webb (bass clarinet). Next came The Visitors (2001), again featuring De La Mare (violin), alongside Sarah Willson (cello) and Coil’s Thighpaulsandra (production). Although still assaultive at times, The Visitors developed a warmer, expansive sound, with lush atmospherics and harmonic complexity. A third album followed in the form of a collaboration with Nurse With Wound, called Paraparaparallelogrammatica (2004).

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Saalbruch wrote:
last month

I suppose the song is "Remember, Archangels Protect Us": http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/gg70.php?site=cyclobe08 But I have never listened to the recorded version of it. I have no possibility to play vinlys at my 12,4 square meters flat in Cologne. Still, the show in Krems has been breathtaking! I didn't know Cyclobe by that time and was blown away by their soul opening. Right now I'm transcribing an interview with these two loveley guys into German. It's going to be published soon. I love them so much! More than I love cats! :)

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fubbok wrote:
September 2009

please tell me what's the name of this track : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CarTxkD6jk0

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polymorphous71 wrote:
August 2009

Here group ------>http://www.last.fm/group/Oblique+Satellites

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ANGAKOK_THOTH wrote:
June 2009

best band ever!!

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al_iena wrote:
February 2009

Hi, Cyclobe.

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esperikglare wrote:
April 2008

I'd have to agree with you on that.

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
March 2008

p.s. why isn't The Visitors up here? It's far superior to Luminous Darkness, in my opinion.

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
January 2008

Vote for their logo as the main avatar!

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black_antlers wrote:
October 2007

severely looked over and underrated...amazing group

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cszn wrote:
August 2007

can't believe it... 5663 plays... luminous darkness is awesome!!!

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
April 2007

TOP OF THE LIST, BITCHES!!!!!

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
February 2007

There REALLY ought to be more tracks to listen to...Replaced By His Constellation is not enough.

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
February 2007

Anybody know how to get Paraparaparallelogrammatica up here?

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