Fields of the Nephilim, David Bowie, The Rose of Avalanche, The Ancients, The Sisters of Mercy, Berlin, Children on Stun, Adam & The Ants, Dream Disciples, Attrition, Tangerine Dream, The Cure, The Birthday Party, Rosetta Stone, The Chameleons, Joy Division, Duran Duran, The Danse Society, Talk Talk, Gene Loves Jezebel, Dead Can Dance, Strange Boutique, Depeche Mode, Virgin Prunes, James Ray, The Mission, Kommunity FK, The Cassandra Complex, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Associates, Sex Gang Children, Cranes, Christian Death, All About Eve, Ultravox!, Clan of Xymox, New Model Army, Bauhaus, Nosferatu, Rubicon, Xmal Deutschland, Misfits, Flowers of Romance, Skeletal Family, March Violets, The Wake, NFD, London After Midnight, Southern Death Cult... oh, and Brad Dourif.
Sounds Like
The Cure, Fields of the Nephilim, The Chameleons, Joy Division... depends who you ask really... Strangely enough (as Ridley pointed out the other day) - some of the stuff isn't a million miles away from Interpol or Editors... I guess what goes around comes around, huh? But at the end of the day we really just sound like Earth Calling Angela.
Earth Calling Angela entered into their embryonic phase when vocalist and songwriter Miles Fender was hazily shimmying through his teenage years - slowly acquiring equipment, the technical knowledge to use it, and piecing together his compositional talents.
The original ECA line-up was Miles (vocals, guitar, synths, samples, and drum programming), with childhood pal Stuart Barker (bass). It was in this form that the debut demo, 'First Damnation', was recorded in the Summer of 1992.
Soon after, Paul Broome (of Monica's Last Prayer) was added to the line-up (as a second guitarist, and backing vocalist) to add a little more depth and power to the ECA sound - and make it possible for the songs to be performed live. Paul's addition to the ranks was soon followed by Stuart's quiet exit, due to a rapidly accelerating nomadic lifestyle.
The first gig took place in the Biko Bar at Coventry University in March 1993 (as part of the annual Band Society showcase). The second demo, 'Dead To The World', was released late in the same year, and a couple more gigs followed in 1994.
A big change to the dynamics of ECA came in 1995, when Miles and Paul decided to introduce the added stage presence of a third member. So it was that long time band friend Ridley McIntyre was invited to join the fray - and lay down the bass tracks in a live environment (his audition consisted of proving that he could learn and play the bass line to 'Dead To The World', for its entire 7 minute+ duration).
The trio entered the studio in 1995 to record the track 'Hope Springs Eternal' - which featured on the Alice In... 3CD set 'The Sounds of New Hope - Volumes 1 & 2', and gained the band much attention throughout Europe.
It was as a three-piece that the most memorable ECA gigs were performed, and also that the album 'Reverence In Kind' was recorded (unreleased - due to an incompetent sound engineer messing up the digital mix-down) in 1996 - with additional girlie vocals provided by Heather Slater, at that time guitarist in fellow Midlands Goth band Phantasmagoria, and now plying her trade with Pale Heather and The Monikers.
Between 1994 and -97, gigs at The Mercat in Birmingham saw ECA supporting the likes of Two Witches, The Merry Thoughts and All Living Fear. While one of the last gigs was at Rock City in Nottingham (the only gig outside the West Midlands!) supporting local heroes Die Laughing.
Both Miles and Ridley left the UK in 1998 for new lives (and beautiful wives) in the United States (West and East coasts respectively), and Earth Calling Angela sadly stepped off the UK Goth stage.
THE RETURN OF EARTH CALLING ANGELA
Until now... after 10 years Earth Calling Angela is back as an active Transatlantic force in the Goth arena! Defying all geography we're currently working on new material, the first evidence of this is now available above in the forms of 'The Messenger' and 'Sweet Misery'. And the first ever Earth Calling Angela cd album - Hope Springs Eternal (1992-96) - was released (on streetlightfarm records) in February 2007, featuring remastered recordings from what will hereafter be referred to as 'Era One of ECA'.
An album of entirely new material will follow in 2009.
More details to be posted as and when (keep an eye on the blog)...
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I would like to wish to all my friends, brothers and sisters - happy new year with a countless amount of great parties, gigs, alco, music releases and a lot of fun! Let your all dreams (or if you want nightmares, too) come true! :)
Thank you for your support and see you somewhere around in 2010!
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We still have Halloween posters that we need to pawn off…I mean, that we need to make available to YOU!
So, any order over $20 this December will receive a signed 2009 Halloween Poster! (11" x 17" and folded into a square) Years later, when you find this poster buried deep in a dusty box in your garage, you'll trick yourself into thinking you were actually AT the 2009 Calabrese Halloween show. History shall be rewritten!
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Many thanks to you for accepting the request, I'm proud to be added to your friends and it's a real pleasure for me to listen to your songs. Truly great sound!
We are happy to see a good year go towards a good end. Again we will be playing our Christmas Show in the Moscow Megasphere - and that really makes us happy. The Moscow crowd is one of the best in the world and we would love to have you all with is. It's gonna be one hell of a rock party!
Our website is undergoing major updates at the moment, but as soon as it's back we highly recomment that you pick up your free Single and DVD "Chase the Dragon" and tell us what you think.
In the meantime Rozencrantz is back in the studio, working on brand new material.
We just started the official SToB on Facebook page so please join it! http://www.facebook.com/shaolintempleofboom Sign up for SToB email list and get 3 FREE songs not available anywhere else!
Signed Promo Offer! For the whole month of August, any order over $20 will receive a signed promo photo from the band. Are we trying to get rid of our old promo photos before we get the new ones? Never!
Aug, 2009 Free Signed Promo Picture With Orders Over $20! keep kreepin -jimmy
There are some majorly good news for everyone who likes ROZ... We have finished our new videoclip for the song "Chase the Dragon" We also have a new website at www.rozencrantz.com a free download single, a free download DVD and much more goodies for everybody are coming up soon.
So, please check out our new stuff and be kind and leave a comment.
I am very glad to find an EARTH CALLING ANGELA profile at myspace! I am a big fan of your music for years! I couldn't find any of your albums at the record shops since you released this great compilation! Thank you so much for that release! I'm playing "Rebekka" in almost every dj set of mine! You got some of the greatest vocals around! Hope to catch you live someday!
Fields of the Nephilim, David Bowie, The Rose of Avalanche, The Ancients, The Sisters of Mercy, Berlin, Children on Stun, Adam & The Ants, Dream Disciples, Attrition, Tangerine Dream, The Cure, The Birthday Party, Rosetta Stone, The Chameleons, Joy Division, Duran Duran, The Danse Society, Talk Talk, Gene Loves Jezebel, Dead Can Dance, Strange Boutique, Depeche Mode, Virgin Prunes, James Ray, The Mission, Kommunity FK, The Cassandra Complex, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, The Associates, Sex Gang Children, Cranes, Christian Death, All About Eve, Ultravox!, Clan of Xymox, New Model Army, Bauhaus, Nosferatu, Rubicon, Xmal Deutschland, Misfits, Flowers of Romance, Skeletal Family, March Violets, The Wake, NFD, London After Midnight, Southern Death Cult... oh, and Brad Dourif.
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