Music:
Member Since: 20/04/2006
Band Website: http://myspace.com/thenarcissuseffect
Band Members:
Hugh C. Freiherr von und zu der Tann: lyrics, lead and background vocals, arrangements, synths, piano, polivoks, organ, harpsichord, beats, acoustic guitar, zitherized harp, tracking, recording, mixing.
Hitchcock Blonde 'Stomp Your Brain' remix courtesy of DJ Benno Block.
Mummified 'Choral' and 'Parasitic' remixes courtesy of Boi Eats Noize. Water 'Lo-Fi' remix also courtesy of Boi Eats Noize.
Hitchcock Blonde 'VertiGo-Go' and Red Light 'Shy Aperture' remixes by The Narcissus Effect.
Influences:
Anything non-linear, Franz Schubert, David Bowie, Siouxsie Sioux, The Creatures, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nepali music, Charley Pride, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, chants, Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Blind Willie Johnson, Kate Bush, Eartha Kitt, Garbage, The Ramones, Muslim calls to prayer, Diamanda Galas, Jeff Buckley, the sound of water cascading, Crystal Gayle, Placebo, Goldfrapp, my cats purring, Janis Joplin, radio static, Portishead, Patsy Cline, Big Maybelle, Rilo Kiley, Willie Nelson, Nick Cave, Johann Sebastian Bach, whirling dervishes, Kronos Quartet, Tammy Wynette, The Clash, Nina Hagen, Ella Fitzgerald, Madonna, The Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, MANNEQUIN+, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, The Sneaker Pimps, Bush, Cartland, Atari Teenage Riot/Alec Empire/Hanin Elias, Akira Yamaoka, Hank Williams Sr., people in busy airports, Björk, Nicolo Paganini, NIN, Barbara Lewis, Mel Street, The John Butler Trio, Tony Bennett, Henry Hall and His Orchestra, Concrete Blonde, George Jones, Milla Jovovich, Suzanne Vega, The Doors, Billie Holiday, Ladytron, Dolly Parton, Depeche Mode, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack, Loretta Lynn, The Divine Comedy, Freddy Fender, The Smiths, Pete Seeger, Chris Cornell, Louis Armstrong
Sounds Like:
[Listener comparisons have included]: David Bowie, Tori Amos, Siouxsie Sioux/The Creatures, Goldfrapp, Ligeia, Porphyria's Lover
Record Label: Unsigned