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ROGERSON, DIANA - The Lights are on but no-ones Home

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: United Jnana 333
Release Year: 2007
Note: under the project name A BAD DIANA we find DIANA ROGERSON with the help of MATT WALDRON (IRR.APP.(ext)) and STEVE STAPLETON (NURSE WITH WOUND), one track is based on a song by ASH RA TEMPEL.......
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Nach langer Zeit etwas neues von der v.a. durch die zwei CHRYSTAL BELLE SCRODD LPs auf United Dairies bekanntgewordenen DIANA ROGERSON, die sich hier im Verbund mit Ehemann STEVEN STAPLETON und MATT WALDRON aka IRR.APP(ext.) "A BAD DIANA" nennt. "The lights are on..." enthält meist dunkel gefärbte, natürlich nicht gerade alltägliche Stücke mit (Sprech)-Gesang, voller hypnotischer Drone-Basics und mit vielen überraschenden Effekt-Sounds und Arrangements, es überwiegen aber die "ernsthaft" klingenden, melancholischen Parts, "advanced Drone-Pop" oder "Exotic Psychedelia" könnte man das nennen, dunkel & voller visionärer Kraft! Wunderbares Album, eine grosse Überraschung!

"Diana Rogerson was a member of cult band Whore 156 in the 1970s. Dubbed "the female Whitehouse," they later mutated into Fistfuck in the early '80s. They were legendary lynchpins in the London underground industrial scene, alongside bands like SPK and the aforementioned Whitehouse. Rogerson later went on to do vocals for Nurse With Wound and Shock Headed Peters, and worked alongside Foetus. She made two albums in the '80s under the pseudonym Chrystal Belle Scrodd. They were described as psychedelic outsider classics by critics and gained underground notoriety. These albums were originally released on the highly collectible United Dairies label. The Lights Are On But No-One's Home, released on United Jnana, is the long-awaited follow-up to Rogerson's 1987 album Belle De Jour. It is a collection of new songs and instrumentals in her unique style, recorded with the help of Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter (of Nurse With Wound) and also Matt Waldron of irr. app. (ext.). Recently, the early recordings of Fistfuck live performances were released by the Viennese Actionist Recording label and have already sold out! Rogerson is also a guest vocalist on the new Faust album." [label info]

"In the old(er) days of Vital Weekly, when we were wasting paper, we started a discussion about women and experimental music, and why there were so few. We never found the answer, and in twenty years things hardly improved. Still the number of males outnumber the females in these pages - sad but true. But here are two, one representing the 'old' (careful there, my boy) and the 'young'. The old, without any disrespect, is Diana Rogerson, who used to go by the name of Crystal Belle Scrodd ages ago, and then was silent for a long time returns to the scene. Maybe you recognize her voice from Nurse With Wound albums, and in her own right she may sound a bit like the nurses, but hey what can do if the man if your companion for so long. Also partying here is Matt Waldron of Irr App (ext). In all seven tracks the voice of Rogerson plays the central role. Reciting and singing her usual unusual lyrics, set against a great, warm bed of rhythm and electronics. Psychedelic, cinematic are the keywords here. It's been a while since I last heard anything by her, and hearing this made me think to unshelve some of her previous work too. A highly refined work, culminating in the almost fourteen minutes 'Chant D'Amour/Da Mort' of distant piano tones, warm drones and text." [FdW /Vital Weekly]


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