Etude

Attrition

2 Gods Label

Voiceprint

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"Elegant music of a baroque and even medieval cast..."

Alternative Press, USA.1997.

Etude was originally released in 1997 on Projekt records in the USA. For lovers of Attrition this album is a collection of some of the most favoured early Attrition pieces, completely re-worked and re-arranged for classical instrumentation: Viola, violin, cello, organ, percussion and voice.

Recorded in collaboration with classical musician Franck Dematteis, a long time admirer of Attrition and member of the Paris Opera. Franck originally contacted the band in 1995 and contributed viola to the 3 arms and a dead cert album. Etude was, and is, both the natural successor and a wonderful diversion - and the beginning of Attrition's long time incorporation of classical instrumentation into their music...

The album includes a cover of Purcell's "Cold Genius", completing a very special work .

Etude is a powerful and evocative album which will haunt way after you have finished listening to it. It brings together the music of the modern goth culture with dark electronica and classical chamber music in a way which is surprisingly beautiful yet at the same time melancholic and sad.