The Right Hand

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The Right Hand is a gothic rock/electronica band from Santa Barbara, CA formed in early 2001 by brothers O.H. Lee and Eighty-Nine (stage names). Stylistically, The Right Hand fuses elements of archaic music composition with modern instrumentation, arrangement styles and production technology. Examples of this notably unique style include their songs “Heaven” (set to the melody of the chorale prelude “Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” by Johann Sebastian Bach) and “Kingdom By The Sea” (a spoken-word song based on Edgar Allan Poe's “Annabel Lee”).

The Right Hand's debut album "Fate, My Enemy" was released through Criminal Soul Records on July 7th, 2007. Two months later, the independent Gothic music label The Fossil Dungeon acquired the digital distribution rights to the album, and released it worldwide on October 25th, 2007.

The Right Hand remains active in the Southern California music scene, having appeared live on numerous occasions. Their songs "Leap of Faith" and "Fate, My Enemy" are on the soundtrack of the feature film "Butterflies in the Wind" directed by Vic Alexander. The band currently has two music videos, "Can't Escape" and "Fate, My Enemy" - both of which were produced by Camilla Stenmark and Lukas Lukasik of Small Sun Production, San Francisco. O.H. Lee has confirmed that a second album is in the works, and that it will be called "Kindred Spirit".