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Lusca

About Me

Lusca was formed in 2002 with a basic setup of two bass guitars, drum-machines and samples. The search for additional musicians was quickly abandoned after the first recordings showed that the band worked well in this line-up.
The band tries to find it's niche somewhere between industrial metal, post-rock and sludge doom. Influences range from GODFLESH, SKULLFLOWER and HALO to bands like NEUROSIS or JESU, sometimes even stretching into Black or Death Metal territories.
Lusca is currently working on the second album with a planned release date of early 2010. In the past months the band has played or toured with such diverse bands as AMEN RA, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and NADJA.
Discography:
2005 – 3 Track Demo
2007 – "Lusca"
2008 – "Relics EP", Completely Gone Recordings
2008 – Track "My Infinity" contributed to the "Completely Gone Vol. 2" Compilation on Completely Gone Recordings
2009 - Track "Distant Places" contributed to the "Avalanche On Play - A Tribute to Justin Broadrick" compilation
Lusca live:
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Member Since: 05/02/2006
Band Website: www.lusca.de
Band Members:

Ingrid: Bass
Mike: Bass/Vox
Machine: Noise/Rhythm
Influences: Swans, Neurosis, Godflesh, Skullflower, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Scorn, Bolt Thrower, Halo
Sounds Like:
Relics
EP 2008
Completely Gone Recordings
free download here

s/t
CD 2007
diy
€ 7,- + postage, please order here
international shipment available

Rock Hard Nr. 252 Mai 2008:
"Schwer, zäh, finster, negativ, schleppend - so kriecht der Sound des Duos dahin. (...) Liebhaber, die auf erlesene Geschmacksminderheiten wie Godflesh, frühe Pitchshifter, Esoteric sowie auf diverse Sludge-Verbrecher abfahren, sollten sich diese knappe Dreiviertelstunde zulegen."

vampster.com :
"LUSCA drücken auf das Gemüt. Bewusst hat man sich für zwei Bassgitarren entschieden, um der Musik eine enorme Schwere zu verleihen. Tonneschwere, heftig langsame Riffs (...) Keine Musik für gemütliche Stunden. (...) Ein Album für Liebhaber also, in das man sich in der richtigen Stimmung herrlich fallen lassen kann. "
Record Label: none

My Blog

Album mailorder, AoP compilation, news...

Lots of things happening in Lusca-land:- Consouling Records from Belgium have picked up a few of our s/t albums. So anybody who does not want to order from us directly can go to their shop and convini...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:23:00 GMT

Melting Across Europe 2009

A "Blast Furnace" indeed.The last three days have been a rush but fun nonetheless. Thanks a lot to Nadja for having us on for the shows and suffering with us through unbearable outside temperatures an...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:10:00 GMT

Nadja vs. Lusca & Avalanche on Play

Time for a news update.We will most likely be doing short collab with Nadja at the gigs in Fürth/Vienna/Budapest. Expect one long Lusca/Nadja set without a break and with a handover between the bands....
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:10:00 GMT

k.u.k Tour 2009 w/ Nadja

HA!Sorry, we couldn't resist that lame joke. We'll be playing two gigs in Austria and Hungary with Nadja. Vienna July, 15thBudapest July 16thThank you guys for inviting us to play with you! We might h...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:16:00 GMT

News update

Not much happening at the moment. We have posted a few pictures of our gig with Wolves in The Throne Room. So enjoy the new slideshow if you like. The gig was a blast, thanks again to Andreas "Kanzler...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:21:00 GMT

January News

So, what are we up to these days? Still busy writing new songs. We've come up with a few new tracks that sound great so far. If everything goes as planned we should have enough material for a new albu...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:08:00 GMT

Homepage updated

Hi all, we have given the homepage at www.lusca.de a slight update. Some new photos from the gig with AmenRa and Battlefields and a couple of new infos. Have a look! We're currently busy writing new...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:00 GMT

Yes! Yes! Yes! More pics online!

Some months ago, on June 14, Lusca supported Amenra and Battlefields in Nürnbergs K4 - some of you might remember. Well, here are some pictures of our first show after a long long time. It was heavy! ...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:45:00 GMT

Missed the party?

Some pictures of our CD release party last year are finally uploaded now. Many, many thanks to everybody who was there and a very big extra hug to the Vertigo landlords who run one of the coolest plac...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:09:00 GMT

Bandpictures uploaded

Finally - thanks to Anja we now have some "offical" Bandpics online - in case you really want to now what we look like. More pictures will follow soon!
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:35:00 GMT