I have been composing music for over 10 years. In the nineties I wrote & preformed goth, deathrock, & darkwave. In 2000 I decided to move in another direction. Because of a lot of modern goth music was moving in a more techno direction, I lost interest. Also because of a lot of mainstream expolitation of the goth scene, a tremendous amount of the integrity was lost. Goth music was very techno driven & the fashion, as well club scene became a breeding ground for fadsters or "tourists". Basiclly people who lack a sense of indivduality & substance. People who decided they were goth because it was a cool fad & they flooded the scene. So I walked away from goth music.In April of 2001 I formed a doom/ goth/ pschdellic band called Dying Faith. In Febuary of 2002 after some line up changes we became The Doom Generation. As a band we went into a metal & industrial direction. In October of 2003 we went into a goth industrial direction. We decided to change our name to Sstian. We were inspired by a lot of the norse or new black metal. Vladimir Van Thor & I founded all three projects. We had extreme difficulty finding people that could dedicate theirself to the band. We also we surronded by musicians that were into Emo, punk, mod, or grunge. There was also a lot of jam bands.Living in Athens, Georgia & wanting to do heavy music of that vein proved to be very difficult. Vlad & I were really considering moving or calling it quits. But in January of 2004 we decided to change our musical direction once again. We decided to run with a progressive grunge punk metal sound. I figured that that would open use to a bigger field of musicains in Athens. We had a new line up & a new name URBAN LEGEND. However in April of 2005 after being broke down to just Vlad & I we called it quits. Vladimir decided he needed to focus on his carrer & I had a lot stress & issues to resolve. We are still best friends & both pushing foward with our ambitions.In June after much thought & searching I made a major decesion. I decieded to pursue a solo carrer & follow my first love goth. Goth music has always been my passion & true love. I enjoy various types of music, however goth has always been my true calling as artist. I have been writting a lot of new material & revising a lot of my old works. I'm currently working hard to release " Beautiful Nightmare" on March 1st of 2006. The album will display all the things I love about goth music. I hope to recapture the artistic sureal passion goth pocessed in the late seventy's to late eighties.Goth music should feel like a black & white movie, not a classic raped by techincolor. Let me put to you this way, imagine Bella Lagousi as Dracula in color. That would be an antrocity & a crime. The movie would lose all it's haunting sereal ellegence & beauty. Bella Lagousi would lose his gracful majesticness that has filled us admiration for almost a century. The album will be my feature my deepest darkest works. I hope to reach out to an audience that I feel has been negelected. If nothing more at all, but to simple reach out to handful of people & say you are not alone.Almost a year later, I'm still creating music by my own standards. In March 2006 I realsed My second solo album "Pale Shelter". In January 2008 I plan to realse my third full length album. The album will be called "The Dream Is Dead". As a lot of you proberly already heard it will be my last solo album. The album title has a lot to do with it, but soully. The album will repersent many of current feelings & state of mind. I have really felt recently that I have witnessed the end of many eras. One was the passing of my mother. That really brought an end to the weak realtions I have with my family. Their has been a lot of changes in my life over the past 7 yrs. as well. I really feel any many ways the "goth" era that started in the late seventies is dead. Comerialism has really destroyed the integerity of the scene & music. Their is a lot of great bands out there. The Cure, Peter Murphy, Siouxsie Sioux, 45 Grave are some of the founders fighting to keep it alive. For the the most part it seems just small burning ember at best. I really miss the way music & everything used to be. I can't turn back the clock, so one more encore & the curtain must fall. The Dream Dead will have a very differnent sound than Beautiful Nightmare & Pale Shelter. It will be thicker, more emtional, & diverse within the tracks. It will pocess the etheral qualities have been known for, but it will be more powerful & striking. The intentsity will be more stronger & the music more edgy. I have been wanting to make a video since my solo carrer has started. I hope to shoot one in November for a track called "The Dream Is Dead" or "Someday is Gone".I don't expect to remembered. My only hope is that somwhere in my abstract off beat world, I touched someone. Perhaps I let someone know they are not alone. Everything I do I pour my heart into. I bare no cross, I just show you a glismpse of my world & invite you in. It has meant so much of the years to have the support & get opportunities to meet people who undnerstand me & what I do. Most importantly I want to think Luna & the all gods, goddess, sprits who gave the wings to fly. - Blessid be
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