The Machine in the Garden (band)

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the Machine in the Garden

Country	United States
Years active	Early 1990s—Present
Labels	Middle Pillar Presents
Members	Roger Fracé Summer Bowman
Website(s)	http://www.tmitg.com/

The Machine in the Garden is a gothic/darkwave duo featuring Roger Fracé and Summer Bowman. They have released five full-length albums and one EP.

The band's first release was the 1994 release Veils and Shadows EP. Initially a solo endeavor by Roger Fracé, the debut EP blended the dark elements of goth with new wave and industrial tinges. However, folded within the songs were melodies of a more classical nature.

The band's sound evolved with the addition of musician Summer Bowman. Her voice lent an ethereal quality to the music on the band's first full length recording in 1997, Underworld. The dark electronics of the debut EP were still there, but multi-layered with an atmospheric mood and style.

Released in 1999, One Winter's Night... merged intricate musical structures with emotional lyrics.

The band continued working in the studio after One Winter's Night... to create their next release, a full-length enhanced multimedia CD, Out of the Mists. This CD goes through the many facets of the band and explores classical, electronic, goth, and ethereal genres. In their creative exploration, the band made a video for the haunting and melodic song, "The Unaware."

Creating a mix of darkwave influences and ethereal melodies, the duo of Roger Fracé and Summer Bowman used soaring guitars, tribal rhythms and electronic sweeps to create 2002's Asphodel. Asphodel deals with the many layers of the band's vision, relating songs of love and desire, sorrow and despair.

Their most recent album, Shadow Puppets was released in April 2005.