Diary of Dreams

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Diary of Dreams
Origin Germany
Genre(s) Electronic music
Darkwave (early)
Years active 1994–present
Label(s) Accession
Website diaryofdreams.de
Members
Adrian Hates
Gaun:A
D.N.S.
Torben Wendt

Diary of Dreams is a German electronic music group. The lead singer and founding member Adrian Hates has produced most of the albums by himself or with minimal help from others. He rarely uses a full band, except when he is on tour.

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[edit] History

Adrian Hates was originally a classically trained guitarist and pianist, and subsquently bassist of Garden of Delight. He initiated the Diary of Dreams project in the late 1980s, taking the name from one of his early classical guitar compositions, 'Tagebuch der Träume'. The first album, 'Cholymelan', appeared in 1994 on the Dion Fortune label.

Encouraged by this success, Adrian formed his own label Accession and released a string of albums over the following years, building a loyal fanbase each step of the way. The second album 'End of Flowers' was released in 1996, expanding on the darkwave sound of the debut. 'Bird Without Wings' followed a year later, whilst the more experimental work 'Psychoma?' arrived in 1998.

The first sign of consolidation came in 1999, when a compilation album 'Moments of Bloom' appeared, containing two reworked tracks from each album. The next two albums 'One of 18 Angels' and 'Freak Perfume' (plus its companion EP 'PaniK Manifesto') made greater use of electronic rhythms, resulting in greater club play and wider recognition for the band.

Their 2004 'Nigredo' (a concept album inspired by a mythology the band designed themselves) saw a move back towards the more subtle, sparse concepts of old, but still featuring bursts of their more recent, dance-oriented sound. Songs from the Nigredo tour were later released on the live CD 'aLive' and the companion DVD 'Nine In Numbers'. The most recent Diary of Dreams album 'Nekrolog 43' was released in 2007, offering a greater variety of moods and concepts than previous works. Adrian Hates claimes to be influenced, both lyric wise and artwork wise, by the German 1909-1935 expressionism and the "beauty of ugliness" in the course of his work.[1]

Recently, on the band's official Myspace, a new album was announced for a release date "definitely in 2009."

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Cholymelan (1994) – re-released in 1999 with four bonus tracks
  • End of Flowers (1996)
  • Bird Without Wings (1997)
  • Psychoma (1998)
  • Moments of Bloom (1999)
  • One of 18 Angels (2000)
  • Freak Perfume (2002)
  • Dream Collector (2003) (originally a limited South African compilation - later given wider release)
  • Nigredo (2004)
  • Alive (2005) – live album
  • Nekrolog 43 (2007)
  • TBA (2009)

[edit] Singles and EPs

  • O' Brother Sleep (2001)
  • AmoK (2002)
  • PaniK Manifesto (2002) – EP/mini-album
  • Giftraum (2004)
  • Menschfeind (2005) – EP/mini-album
  • The Plague (2007)

[edit] DVDs

  • Nine in Numbers (2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interview with Adrian Hates, April 2008

[edit] External links

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