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Available Now: The Compass EPs: SOUTH

About Me


Aviary from the new album The Order of the Reptile
Promotional video for Steven Archers book for Children "Luna Maris".

DISCOGRAPHY
The Order of the Reptile - [2006] Dancing Ferret Discs/ Noir Water to the Dead - [2004] Dancing Ferret Discs/ Noir
Dragonfly - [2001/2004] Dancing Ferret Discs/ Noir
"Songs from A Dead City" Ego Likeness's first demo is also available in CDR format.
Email Egolikeness (at) egolikeness.com
BIOGRAPHY
.. Ego Likeness was created by artist Steven Archer and writer Donna Lynch in Baltimore in 1999. Their music has ranged from raw, darkly experimental trip-hop (Songs From a Dead City, 1999) to moody and melodic electronica (Dragonfly, 2000/2005 DFD) to a fusion of industrial rock and darkwave (Water to the Dead, 2004 DFD & The Order of the Reptile, 2006 Dancing Ferret Discs). Coming from art-based backgrounds, Archer and Lynch incorporate their various non-musical projects into the albums, building connections between their creations. EL has been signed to Dancing Ferret Discs since 2004.
EL has toured the continental United States, Germany, Poland, the UK, and Luxembourg, and has played at several Dracula's Ball events (Philadelphia PA), Convergence 11 (San Diego CA), Eccentrik Festival I & III (Raleigh NC), Freak's United (DC), Gothstock 2005 (Hartford CT), The Black Sun Festival I (New Haven CT) and Dragon Con (Atlanta GA).
They have had the honour to share the stage with The Cruxshadows, Voltaire, The Damned, New Model Army, Ayria, Angelspit, Chris Connelly, Collide, Razed in Black, Bella Morte, Das Ich, Rasputina, Meg Lee Chin, Attrition, Carfax Abbey, Anathema Device, The Start, Iris, Decoded Feedback, The Azoic, More Machine Than Man, In Strict Confidence, Combichrist, Hypofixx, Still Life Decay, Nurzery Rhymes, nicki jaine (of Revue Noir), Dismantled, Thou Shalt Not, Anders Manga, In Tenebris, Stromkern, The Last Dance, Abney Park, Android Lust, and many others.
They have also appeared on numerous compilation CDs, including several Asleep by Dawn releases and the Neil Gaiman tribute CD 'Where's Neil When You Need Him?' (DFD, 2006); released remixes for The Cruxshadows (Cassandra- Fortress in Flames), The Last Dance (Terribly When- Reflections of Rage), Thou Shalt Not (Inside of You, Inspite of You- The Projectionist), Angelspit (Vena Cava- Krankhaus), Hypofixx (Demon- After December) and Black Tape for a Blue Girl (Tarnished- Scarecrow);and appeared on Voltaire's album Then and Again. EL has also been featured in publications such as Gothic Beauty, Outburn, ABD, Side-line and Sonic Seducer, to name a few.
Archer and Lynch also have an experimental/ spoken word/ instrumental band called The Trinity Project. Trinity was formed in 1999 and released two albums, The Trinity Project I (1999) and The Subtle Movements of the Entropy Engine (2001).
Archer is the creator of the experimental/noise project Hopeful Machines since early 2005 and has albums available for download. He DJs at Spellbound (Recessions) in Washington DC, and Ascension (Club Orpheus) in Baltimore, and performs with the DC industrial band Blind Till Now.
He is also the author and illustrator of a children's book, Luna Maris (Imaginary Books, 2008).
In addition to co-writing for EL and touring, Lynch is currently working on several short stories and a second novel. Her first novel 'Isabel Burning' will be published and released by Raw Dog Screaming Press (www.rawdogscreaming.com) in August 2008. She has released two collections of poetry, 'In My Mouth' (2000) and 'Ladies & Other Vicious Creatures' (RDSP 2007).
COMING 2007-2008: The Compass EPs (Feat. new material, remixes, and new versions of earlier songs) and EL's 4th full length album (Fall 2008)
For more info, merchandise, and other photos, please visit www.myspace.com/ego_likeness and www.egolikeness.com
Now shipping from Isolation Tank!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/5/2005
Band Website: egolikeness.com
Band Members: Donna Lynch- Vocals/Words/Piano/Synths::
Steven Archer- Guitar/Vocals/Synths/Drums/Programming::

More PHOTOS on www.myspace.com/ego_likeness
and on www.egolikeness.com
Influences: ...and other people & things that we love...
Danielle Dax, Skinny Puppy, Foetus, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, The Swans, Angels of Light, Shriekback, God Speed You Black Emperor, The Cult, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, New Model Army, Nick Cave, Genesis, X, Cocteau Twins, VNV Nation, The Cramps, The Damned, Loretta Lynn, The Police, Rasputina, Swervedriver, Ministry, RevCo, Curve, TKK, Apoptygma Berzerk, The Cruxshadows, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Jarboe, Blondie, Lou Reed, Heart, Nina Hagen, NIN, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Robbie Williams, Leonard Cohen, Mozart, Queen, Cop Shoot Cop, Tool, Sarah McLachlan, Chopin, Prince, The Waterboys, Chris Corner, Sneaker Pimps, IAMX, Kate Bush, Firewater, Pink Floyd, The Last Dance, Maria Callas, Big Black, Fields of the Nephilim, The Pretenders, Delerium, FLA, Billie Holiday, Sisters of Mercy, Cool Keith, Voltaire, Edith Piaf, Ayria, Low Pop Suicide, Sinead O'Connor, Janes Addiction, Thomas Truax, Revue Noir, Combichrist, PJ Harvey, Richard Wagner, Anathema Device, Tangerine Dream, Queensryche, Massive Attack, Moby, Angelspit, David Bowie, Rick Springfield, Aerosmith, Dresden Dolls ::: HP Lovecraft, Poe, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Michael Gira, Emile Zola, Dorothy Parker, Umberto Eco, Carl Sagan, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Oscar Wilde, Frank Herbert, Thomas Harris, Wilton Barnhardt, Wally Lamb, Charles Bukowski, TS Eliot, Dava Sobel, The Brothers Grimm, Shakespeare, George Orwell, Neil Gaiman, Tom Robbins, Nabokov, Douglas Adams, David Eddings, Patrick McGrath, Anais Nin, Alan Moore, Malcolm Gladwell ::: Mucha, Francis Bacon, Remedios Varo, Gustav Klimt, Dave McKean, Vesalius, William Blake, Lucien Freud, lauren e. simonutti, Waterhouse, Bill Waterson, Leighton, Picasso, Motherwell, Edward Munch, John Coulthart, Larry Clark, Gunther von Hagens, James O'Barr, DaVinci ::: John Waters, David Lynch, David Cronenburg, George Romero, Guillermo del Toro, Sofia Coppola, Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Kevin Spacey, Alan Cumming, Julie Taymor, Ben Kingsley, Tim Roth, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Juliette Lewis, Judy Davis, Christian Bale ::: travelling, cartography, genetics, history, religions, sociology, robots, psychology, folklore, anatomy, mythology, urban legend, fire, evolution, horror, things that light up and make noise :::
Sounds Like: Ego Likeness.
For fans of Curve, Collide, Berlin, Delerium, Blondie, The Cruxshadows, Skinny Puppy, The Last Dance, Siouxsie, etc...
Record Label: Dancing Ferret Discs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stalk your Serpent Friday-Saturday-Sunday

Friday I will be Spinning at Orpheus in Baltimore.Saturday I will be Spinning at Spellbound in DC.Sunday I will be teaching art boot camp from 12-2 at the Joy of Art school in Hampden, Baltimore.If yo...
Posted by ego likeness on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:30:00 PST

TONIGHT...

Ascension in Baltimore presents:Danse MacabreAll goth & deathrock, All night!With special guest DJ CerBerusand resident DJs Lady Kele-de & Steven ArcherClub Orpheus1003 E. Pratt St.Baltimore MD9pm-2am...
Posted by ego likeness on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

365 Days of Blasphemous Horror!!!!!

Check this shit out!!Starting next Tuesday!!This weekend is Balticon, where in addition to pimping my work, I have been asked to take part in the Weird Tales panel.Talking about the project, and showi...
Posted by ego likeness on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:47:00 PST

Isabel Burning review!!

ISABEL BURNING by Donna Lynch (2008 Raw Dog Screaming Press / 232pp. / hc & tp / to be released August, 2008)Called by the charismatic Dr. Edward Grace to be a live-in helper, Isabel leaves the averag...
Posted by ego likeness on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:41:00 PST

Live videos

If you go to youtube you will find a bunch of live footage taken by fans over the years.However none like these.These were recorded at The Back Stage Lounge, in Gainesville. Who just happen to havea 3...
Posted by ego likeness on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:54:00 PST

The last of the tour videos...

The last of the tour videos are up on our Youtube channel.Check em out http://www.youtube.com/user/egolikeness14-20We have been friends with V for years, and touring with him was more fun than we can ...
Posted by ego likeness on Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:00 PST

NYC SHOWtimes

The Voltaire/ Ego Likeness show on Sunday at The Knitting Factory in NYC is a very early one.Doors are at 7pmVasaria play at 7:30EL play at 8:25Voltaire plays at 9:30Please pass it on.Thanks and hope ...
Posted by ego likeness on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:51:00 PST

Voltaire/Ego Likeness tour videos 11-13

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Posted by ego likeness on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

Atanta @ The Masquerade tonight

There has been some confusion about door and set times.Doors are at 8, and we play at 9:30.
Posted by ego likeness on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

Luna Maris Interview.

I recently did an interview about "Luna Maris".It gets into the story, the process of doing the artwork and other things...Thanks Jennifer!!...
Posted by ego likeness on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:08:00 PST