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All mine enemys whispers - The Story of Mary Ann Cotton
The album is here now!

"All Mine Enemys Whispers may be Martin Bowes' masterpiece..." Musictap.net

A surreal and nightmare-ish journey into the mind of a Victorian serial killer...
Mary Ann Cotton was possibly Britain's greatest female mass murderer. Poisoning upwards of 20 of her own children and partners with arsenic... She was arrested, tried and hanged in 1873.
Martin Bowes is the descendant of the arresting officer....Police Sergeant Tom McCutcheon...

The album features guest vocals from Sin D'rella, and also features Ned Kirby of Stromkern, Erica Mulkey of Unwoman and Rasputina, Laurie Reade of High Blue Star and Pigface, and Ute Mansell of Urban Sax

"Mary Ann Cotton's story, augmented by the real-life connections between the album's composer and the killer herself, will do a much better job keeping you up at night than any slasher film killer or long-haired Japanese ghost child. The music is a haunting brew of electronic soundscapes, neo-classical strings, and eerie children's voices. Shuffling sounds,anxiously scraped strings and electronic drones create the mood; w hile a momentary sense of pity for the condemned killer is conjured up a with a sorrowful vocal rendition on the album's climax, a submersive dark ambient gem that incorporates the hymn "Rock of Ages"....
As subtly chilling a thing as you'll ever hear..." REGEN magazine. USA

The first 1000 edition digipack includes a set of 4 reproduction victorian poison bottle labels.
Released March 25th. We have copies here now...! order here... http://www.attrition.co.uk/merch.htm

"Label it dark ambient, experimental electro, mood piece or simply uneasy listening , All Mine Enemys Whispers is a grippingly unsettling work of piercing art that will beckon you for an interpretation..." Darktwincities.com

"Inside a cage of sound. Cold waves of electronics are juxtaposed against voices that seep through cracks in the walls of machinery and wires. Lyrics dart out in bullets from soundscapes peppered in sharp vocals and sound bites. A viola plays in the distance, giving life to this inorganic mass...
Such is the imagery that spawns Attrition, who, with its marriage of the classic and modern, has brought to music the equivalent of a surrealist painting. From its earlier sparse and stark soundscapes, to a more expansive palette of orchestral work, Attrition has successfully melded several genres into one. The music flows - from gothic to industrial to experimental to classical - so smoothly, they might as well be making their own category.
With more than fifteen albums of constant variety, and an ever-expanding sound, they remain one of music's darker and fascinating lights." Akane 

"Enthralling and exciting, unpredictable and unprecedented, Attrition are one of the jewels in England's musical crown..." DSO zine

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ATTRITION are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al.
Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 25 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums...and selling over 60,000 to date.

The band has regularly toured Europe, North America and Mexico , appeared at major festivals and had their music included on a number of film soundtracks.... (most recently two of their songs are included on the US cult film “Mint in box” alongside the Pogues…)
Through their career Attrition have worked with musicians as diverse as psychedelic veterans The Legendary Pink Dot's to punk legend TV Smith to Franck Dematteis of the Paris Opera.

Attrition's music has featured on countless releases - from 1984's “Bullshit detector” on Crass records to the hugely successful “Animal liberation” album alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich etc…
Recently their song “Acid Tongue” featured on KTEL 's Industrial story CD - a who's who of industrial music with Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten et al…
In Germany Orkus magazine's Best of the 90's collection featured their darkwave classic “A girl called harmony”…

Attrition's work been remixed by underground artists from an eclectic mix of genres including Chris n Cosey, Martin Atkins, Dance or Die and UK drum n bass act Rascal & Klone…(featured on the first Grand Theft Auto game soundtrack..)

Martin's increasing studio production work has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al…), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a blue girl, Emilie Autumn and more…
He has just completed work on a song for the new Pigface album and is recording the narrators voice to an upcoming US horror film, “C for Chaos”…

read the full biography here

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An all new video for A girl called harmony by Russian film maker Edward 209
from our upcoming DVD release...

"Attrition have always been a nexus of industrial fury, gothic drama, ambient structural finesse and classical chamber orchestrations. Stunning in scope, character and intellect, Martin Bowes has been a paragon of true creative prowess, holding in two hands the past and future of music, and smashing them together with a calculated and charismatic menace. Bowes builds his dark industrial music with all the compassion and attention to detail of a classical musician..." Electroage

"Moments of euphoria like this are as rare as they come...."
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Albums: all at only US $14.99...!

	1982 This Death House - dark ambient soundtracks		1996 Three Arms & A Dead Cert
	1983 Action and reaction		1997 Etude - classical interpretations
	1984 The Attrition Of Reason		1999 The Jeopardy Maze
	1984 The Terminal Kaleidoscope - Live with the Legendary Pink Dots		2000 The Hand that Feeds - remixes
	1985 Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club		2001 Keepsakes & Reflections - rarities
	1986 In The Realm Of The Hungry Ghosts		2003 The Eternity LP - a classical collection
	1988 At The Fiftieth Gate		2004 Dante's Kitchen
	1991 A Tricky Business		2006 Tearing arms from Deities. 1980 -2005
	1993 The Hidden Agenda		2006 Something Stirs. The beginning. 1981-83
	1995 Ephemera - ambient soundtracks		2007 Esoteria. version 2

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"Forever there will be the speculation that the exploration of darkness as a beautiful place will lessen our fear of it all, ease the pain a little..."