Hieros Gamos was born in 2002 as a side line project of Gudrun&677 – well know members of dark wave band LAHKA MUZA from Slovakia. ( Lahka Muza is one of the most important & original bands from East&Central Europe dark music scene .They have 7 successful albums with original mix of industrial/gothic/electronic music with specific voice of Gudrun who sings all tracks in own language . Fans from West know this band from festivals like Gotik Treffen ,Dark Nation Days or from magazines like Zillo, Orkus, Side Line and etc..Fans from Central Europe saw them on Castle Party , Kunigunda Lunaria, Menuo Juodaragis, Prague in Dark Festival ,Gothic.pl or Resistnace…) Hieros Gamos is pure electro-symphonic-ritual music with strong & magic voice of Gudrun Snake . Her amazing voice style – the combination of ritual and opera - creates feeling full of strong energy& mystery….Also music based on minimalistic practices of classical music and sampling sounds& powerfull guitars creating great counterpart for Gudrun..s singing… The important feature of Hieros Gamos is also special live show with 2 female performers – Black Cats . They together with Gudrun creates deep rituals full of fire & magic & erotic sensuality… Hieros Gamos is on the other side known through their nice artistic photos in dark beauty style….
Live shows of Hieros Gamos 2002 – international avant-garde festival of female art “ The Other Sex:â€, Prague , Czechia 2003 - festival of Tattoo & Piercing , Bratislava , Slovakia 2004 – X. international Industry Festival , Prague , Czechia 2005 - Fetish Ball , Warszawa , Poland 2005 - Decadence Party , Trnava,Slovakia 2006- Electro Prague Festival IV, Praha,Czechia
About album “ Fetish Remix†Album “Fetish Remix†is conceptual artwork… It is recorded in CD-Extra form containing data track for PC . Fetish Remix is mixture of famous remixes of the old tracks of Lahka Muza from 1st to 4th album. Because this tracks are loved of members of Lahka Muza and now they are not in live repertory , they took this older songs and clothed them into modern & orchestral robe together with new Gudrun..s voice parts… these tracks are for members of Lahka Muza something like their fetish music….and this idea was completed with special “ Fetish Picture Gallery “ .. track . This gallery contains 160 artistic photos exclusively from Hieros Gamos studio… They were designers ,models ,photographers and editors… Special software and cover of nice Digipack was made by BL studio , known also from artwork on the last album of Lahka Muza – “V zablesku Vecnosti/In a flash of eternityâ€. Debut album of Hieros Gamos will be original jewel for fans of Lahka Muza and lovers of powerfull and ritual music which can please your ears as well as your eyes.. You can find current reviews of the albums on the main website of HIERO GAMOS ttp://www.lahkamuza.net/hierosgamos
On the page of Gudrun Snake http://www.myspace.com/gudrunsnake and here You can see 2x16 pictures from live shows and photo sessions of Hieros Gamos album FETISH REMIX Fresh is also current cooperation with bizarre&underground magazine DARK SPY from Germany.Hieros Gamos has on compilation Vol.7 of DARK SPY one track from debut album.
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Album will be out at 30.5.2008!.