Android Lust

Infobox musical artist
Name = Android Lust


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Origin = United States
Genre = Industrial rock
Years_active = 1996 – present
Label = Projekt Records
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URL = http://www.androidlust.com/
Current_members = Shikhee
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Android Lust is the industrial solo project of Shikhee, that combines elements of rock, industrial, gothic and classical styles into a blend of music that she describes as "electronic and dark."

History

Android Lust is a solo project of the musician Shikhee. Shikhee was born in Bangladesh, schooled in England and later in the United States of America. Android Lust borrows elements from a variety of styles, producing a sound that is dark, icy, and fiercely emotional.

After two independent label releases (including 1998's critically acclaimed debut "Resolution") Shikhee released "The Dividing" on her own, bringing her to the attention of Projekt Records, who quickly signed her and re-released the album."Outburn" Magazine calls "The Dividing" "unconventional and adventurous - 10 out of 10" while the "Boston Phoenix" says "The Dividing never misfires; it feels almost - but not quite - slick, its arranging smart, its themes ingenious." "Jane" Magazine said "The Dividing is filled with intensely passionate lyrics delivered in low whispers and startling, penetrating screaming."

In addition, a video was shot for the song "Stained" by director Dan Ouellette (whose credits include production design on David Bowie's "Dead Man Walking" video and The Birthday Massacre's award-nominated "Blue" video). "Stained" has received regular airplay on music video shows and channels across the United States and Canada, as well as "120 Minutes" on MTV Latin America and Australia's music video show "Rage." "Stained" and other songs from "The Dividing" have also been featured heavily on CBS' "NCIS" (including an on-air mention of the band's name) and MTV's "The Real World" and "Road Rules."

Shikhee's third full length album, "Devour, Rise, and Take Flight", was released on February 21st, 2006. "Dragonfly," the first single for the album, was released on October 18th. The album included a video for the song, again directed by Dan Ouellette, and keeps the bizarre style of her "Stained" video, using futuristic, yet disturbing, mechanical pieces.

About Shikhee

Originally from Bangladesh, Shikhee was sent away from the unstable political environment by her parents for schooling in England. In 1999 she moved to New York City. She also has a cat named Motu, after her MOTU hard disk recording system.

Equipment

Shikhee uses an Apple G4 with dual 867 MHz processors running Mac OS X, and a 400 MHz G4 running Mac OS 9. Running [http://www.motu.com/products/software/dp Digital Performer] as an audio/MIDI sequencing software and the modular soft synthesizer [http://www.native-instruments.de/ Reaktor] as her main synthesizer,as well as an [http://www.access-music.de Access Virus] , Ensoniq ESQ-1, a [http://www.synthesizers.com/ Synthesizers.com] modular, and a vintage Korg [http://www.vintagesynth.org/korg/z1.shtml Z1] .

For vocals and vocal processing, Shikhee uses a Neumann [http://www.neumann.com/infopool/mics/produkte.php?ProdID=tlm103 TLM 103] microphone, a Great River preamp, and an [http://www.empiricallabs.com/distdes.html Empirical Labs Distressor] , which is an outboard compressor. [http://www.fiend-magazine.com/03/music-ivandlust.html]

Additional live members

*Bret Calder: Bass, guitar, backing vocals
*Christopher Jon: Drums, keyboards, backing vocals
*James Light: Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Discography

*Foreign Body - Demo - 1996
*Resolution - Album - March 1998 - Tinman Records
*Evolution - Remix CD - May 1999 - Tinman Records
*The Want (out of print) - Single - October 2001 - Dark Vision Media
*The Dividing (out of print)- Album - 2002-10-22 - Dark Vision Media
*The Dividing (Enhanced) - Album - 2003-07-29 - Projekt Records
** [http://www.musictap.net/Reviews/AndroidLustTheDividing.html MusicTap Review]
** [http://music.fac193.com/reviews/A_M/A/androidlust.html FAC193 Review]
** [http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=690&band_alpha=a LosingToday Review]
*Stripped and Stitched - Remix maxi-CD - 2004-08-10 - Projekt Records
*Dragonfly - Single - 2005-10-18 - Projekt Records and Dark Vision Media
*Devour, Rise and Take Flight - Album - 2006-02-21 - Projekt Records
*Appears on
**Ringworm v.1 - "Cherished Agony (Last Drops)" - Tinman Records
**Awake the Machines 2 - "Where Angels Lie (Writhing)" - Out of Line Records
**The Unquiet Grave - "Heathen (A Thousand Thoughts)" - Cleopatra Records
**Empire One - "Refuse", "Where Angels Lie, Soviet (colder)" - Tinman Records
**Awake the Machines - "Suffer the Flesh" - Out of Line Records
**Tentacles of Submission - "No Going Back" - Psykoziz Records
**Diva X Machina - "Down" - C.O.P. International
**Projekt Sampler - 2005.1 - "Sin" - Projekt Records
**doors & windows - Monstrum Sepsis - "dsc (remix by shikhee)" - WTII Records

The music videos for the songs "Dragonfly" and "Stained" are available to download from the [http://www.androidlust.com/v4/?s=video Android Lust website] .

External links

* [http://www.androidlust.com Android Lust Website]
* [http://forums.darkvisionmedia.org/viewforum.php?f=10 Android Lust Forums]
* [http://www.myspace.com/androidlust Android Lust MySpace Community]
* [http://vampirefreaks.com/official_androidlust Android Lust @Vampirefreaks.com]

Interviews

* [http://www.darkvisionmedia.org Dark Vision Media]
* [http://www.fiend-magazine.com/06/music-ivandlust.html Fiend Magazine]
* [http://www.blacksheepzine.com/AndroidLust/AndroidLust.html Black Sheep Zine]
* [http://www.regenmag.com/Sections-article120-p1.html Re>gen Magazine]
* [http://www.1340mag.com/android_lust_interview.htm 1340 Mag]
* [http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/events/state/documents/03281518.asp Boston Phoenix]
* [http://www.darkculture.net/archive/interviews/androidlust.shtml DarkCulture Magazine]