wrapped in the guise of my friend

Nyarlathotep - Favourite things
Murder happens with En Esch - Which hand?
Imprint - Reflections
Chiasm - A girl called harmony
Stromkern - The cage
My Silent Wake - Two Gods
High Blue Star - I am eternity
Machine in the garden - Dreamsleep
Fluxussyndrom - A great design
Elephant Leaf - The second hand
Remora - Fusillade
Terroritmo - Kharb
Unwoman - Adam & eva
Accolade - The silent mind
Patricia Wake - Fate is smiling
Protea - Into the waves
Stoa - A girl called harmony

reviews

Wrapped in the guise of my friend - ChainDLK. Italy

After the appreciated project consisting of the re-releasing of some of their most important (and less considered) past work-outs, Martin Bowes adds this candied cherry onto the Attrition cake he cooked throughout the reassuring mark of his label Two Gods by releasing an high-quality collection of cover versions, made by a plenty of talented band and of its own entourage, which is going to enjoy Attrition’s fans pavilions and Martin’s musical nodding in approval (by his own admission!) stands as the best good quality proof for them! And for us as well…
Seventeen new bands and renowned musicians of the neo-folk , dark wave and electro-goth scene have been called to arms, they’ve been asked to choose a track (and justify their choice…you’ll find an exhaustive explanation of it in the leaflet of this release) and their enthusiastic reply has resulted in an astonishing collection of 17 cover versions, the best body of evidence about the fact they’ve come to surface again after a lot of music collectors and critics complained about the hidden identity of this revolutionary band... able to create a sort of chamber--pop by departing from an unedited crossover of EBM and synth-pop danceable tunes, the industrial experiments by Throbbing Gristle and a powerful narrative between decadence, social creepy realism and dark atmospheres.

There are a lot of musical pearls in the long tracklist – my favorite ones are the two reinterpretations of A Girl Called harmony, the foggy electronic reprise of Favourite Things by the Lovercraft-inspired project Nyarlathotep, the evocative one of A great Design by Fluxu§yndrom, the breathtaking reinterpretation of Fate Is Smiling by Patricia Wake – I’ve almost developed an addiction to it!!! -, as well as the gentle sinister touch Remora added to Fusillade!!! – and you’lll easily enjoy taking notes about your fav ones. We Martin Bowes’ll keep on nodding in approval while listening and you’ll be surely induced to imitate its body code, folks (and saddened gravy stone angels!)…naturally wrapped in the guise of his golden friends (a quote-into-the-quote!!!)…
Highly recommended!