Of course: Stones, Beatles, Dylan
and
Leonard Cohen * Velvet Underground * John Cale * Lou Reed * Procol Harum * Nick Cave * Tom Waits * Elvis Costello
* Violent Femmes * Tindersticks * The Kinks * The Doors * Walkabouts * Radiohead * Portishead * REM * Hüsker Dü * Bob Mould * Beck * Meat Puppets * Led Zeppelin * Plant & Page * Patti Smith * The Byrds * Joy Division * Thin White Rope * Lee Hazlewood * 16 Horsepower * Woven Hand * Red Hot Chilli Peppers * Blur * Neil Young * Fun Boy Three * Green on Red * Talking Heads * Ry Cooder * Donovan * Tyrannosaurus Rex and T. Rex * early Pink Floyd * Nirvana * Nick Drake * Don McLean * Fleetwood Mac * Edgar Broughton Band * The Animals * Eric Burdon * The Who * Adam Green * Crash Test Dummies * Strange Rebel Frequency * Deek Hoi * Leopard Skin * The Walkmen * Low * The New Year * Poems for Laila * Crime & The City Solution * 60s Psychedelic * Iron Butterfly * Lovin' Spoonful * Anti-Folk * Lo-Fi * PsyFolk * Jacques Brel * Kate Bush * Tori Amos * Tamla Motown * Phil Spector * early Bee Gees * Robert Johnson * Faramarz Aslani * Abdul Halim-Hafez * Ennio Morricone * Angelo Badalamenti * English Folk * Irish Folk * Scottish Folk * Early Music (Monteverdi, Peri, Dowland) * Jewish Folk * Fado * Gipsy music
Black Henbane is a one-man project from Cologne, Germany. The name refers to a plant (Hyoscyamus niger in Latin) which has been used by medieval witches for many purposes, because of its remarkable properties. It is not only beautiful to look at and very poisonous, but also said to have healing, aphrodising and hallucinogenic effects - all qualities that also make up a good pop song.
A scientist by training and an artist by heart, Black Henbane worked in various jobs, lived abroad, travelled a lot, made some dreams come true - and many mistakes to learn from. He's been playing music solo or in short-lived band projects since the 90s before he started recording and publishing his songs recently.
He has developed an eclectic yet unique and unmistakable style. His song-writing is influenced by masters as Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Gary Brooker, Ray Davies, and The Beatles, but he also likes borrowing melodical elements and harmonies from English, Celtic, Jewish or Gypsy folk as well as from early and medieval music. Another characteristic is the frequent use of exotic percussion instead of conventional drums. Black Henbane's producing and sound take inspiration from more recent acts like Radiohead, Portishead, Low, Beck, and Tindersticks, to name a few. Listeners often describe his music as dark, moody, hypnotic, mesmerizing, psychedelic, and evocative, sometimes as cool and relaxed, not least because of his distinctive low voice. His lyrics are sometimes thoughtful, spiritual and emotional, sometimes bitter and sarcastic, and sometimes mere surreal nonsense. They are all available in his MySpace blog.
Black Henbane is a strictly indepent do-it-yourself artist, confessing to the digital lo-fi home-recording philosophy. He self-released his debut album "Picturesque Ruins" in 2009.
In the mid-term, Black Henbane plans to release a free download album and a CD with settings of poems by the great English renaissance poet John Donne.
...juhuuu ;-))) ***Vielen Dank fürs Adden*** Du bekennst Farbe hier auf deiner Seite...das machen wenige! Genauso wie deine Musik...;-) Gefällt mir sehr gut!!! Dann wünsch ich noch so von Kölle zu Kölle ein inspiratives und farbklangfrohes Restwochenende ;-))) LG*Marina*
Dear Marius!!! Long time No see... I was away As my mother was sick & passed away on the 29th oct...I got back on the 26th nov... all is Okey kind of!!! Hope you are doing fine ??? I have too much on my plate at the moment but am trying to catch up!!! Wishing you & yours a peaceful start to the December Month!!! Rain ing here as well kind of ice rain:(
I miss the weather in Dubai...But love the Candles & dark weather in Norway aswell.... Much respect & best wishes! As always your friend Zoha
Hey! It is so nice to meet you and I am glad that you are my new friend and I do look forward to talking to you. I did listen to some of your song, Very beautiful!! and I really love it. I wish you the best of luck and keep up the good beats.
danken fur freundschaft, deine musik hat mir gefallen.
