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Diary of Dreams – False Affection, False Creation III
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Düsseldorf, Germany
Adrian Hates was originally a classically trained guitarist and pianist, and subsequently bassist of Garden of Delight. He initiated the Diary of Dreams project in the late 1980s, taking the name from one of his early classical guitar compositions, ‘Tagebuch der Träume’. The first album, ‘Cholymelan’, appeared in 1994 on the Dion Fortune label.
Encouraged by this success, Adrian formed his own label Accession and released a string of albums over the following years, building a loyal fanbase each step of the way. The second album ‘End of Flowers’ was released in 1996, expanding on the darkwave sound of the debut. ‘Bird Without Wings’ followed a year later, whilst the more experimental work ‘Psychoma?’ arrived in 1998.
The first sign of consolidation came in 1999, when a compilation album ‘Moments of Bloom’ appeared, containing two reworked tracks from each album. The next two albums ‘One of 18 Angels’ and ‘Freak Perfume’ (plus its companion EP ‘PaniK Manifesto’) made greater use of electronic rhythms, resulting in greater club play and wider recognition for the band.
Their 2004 ‘Nigredo’ (a concept album inspired by a mythology the band designed themselves) saw a move back towards the more subtle, sparse concepts of old, but still featuring bursts of their more recent, dance-oriented sound. Songs from the Nigredo tour were later released on the live CD ‘aLive’ and the companion DVD ‘Nine In Numbers’.
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LAHardwave
Cool band. I like their darkwave stuff better than their ebm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUFu8HL9Fk
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gothsshitbats
Chemicals. <3
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Neue_regel_
I think that 'End Of Flowers' should be in the D.o.D. Top-15 here.
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Lubricio
London 3.11.2013!!! I've got tickets :D
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Roses4Rome
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Sultanis
While I love Adrian's other work I wonder will he ever surpass Freak Perfume.
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DarK_EtheR
If you're a diary of dreams fan you should come see them at Alt-Fest http://www.fanteamz.com/alt-fest/cc/31/1325 A new crowdsourced music festival ran by the alternative scene for the alternative scene!
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Wlaadek
beautiful music, amazing man. no words.
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siege_
Congratulations to an awesome band getting to 100,000 listeners on last.fm!
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just_rainy
DoD is one of the greatest philosophical bands that have ever been existed:)
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aphoticapathy
Nice..
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RussianVarg
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RussianVarg
КУКУ ЁПТА!
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PJPSounds
Yeap, unfortunatelly it looks like they're losing plot. Acoustic album is rather avarage. And their "side project" .com/kill (A.H + Gauna:A) is almost identical with D.O.D. what is the point of that? End of the Legend?
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DarkRivitHead
Must see live. Come to America.
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die_Kreatur
For me new version of "Rumours About Angels" is not bad, but... very funny. Original was atmospheric, melancholic and just beautiful, so I definitely prefer it than acoustic version.
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TheBlackRaven87
I dislike the acoustic version of Rumours About Angels. nowhere near as good as the very atmospheric 8 min. original. the piano is so great there, and yes, I like the rather repetitive chorus. it fits somehow. They're a band I always will come back to listen to. Alas, Ego:x only has 3 songs I really like, and I'm afraid they'll never be as good as they were in the 90s (for me at least), especially on psychoma? and end of flowers, although (if), Nigredo, MenschFeind and Nekrolog 43 are still enjoyable.
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katrad
затраллел
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FappyFap
Лол, что?! "Дневник" вообще-то...
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