The second single from the long awaited upcoming ATTRITION album... The Black Maria
With remixes from Bellhead, Vaselyne, Steckdose and Follynator

An official video by Martin Bowes is on youtube now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-yAqSkzybE

Martin Bowes - Vocals/ All Electronics,
Yvette Winkler - Female lead vocals
Joanne Wolf - Female spoken vocals
Elisa Day - Female backing vocals
Vancorvid - Violin
Marietta Fox - Violin
Anni Hogan - Piano
Ian Arkley - Guitar
Kris Force - Cello

Written by Martin Bowes
Cover photo by Martin Bowes taken from The Alibi video
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Martin Bowes at
The Cage Studios, Coventry.England

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The Alibi

"The drones and tape manipulations released as This Death House in 1982 prefigured dark ambient “isolationism” by almost 10 years…”

After nearly 40 years the original ATTRITION line up that recorded This Death House over 2 afternoons in 1982, reunited with the addition of new member Simon Stansfield, to perform Death House Variations... a first ever live performance, based on the original Death House recordings, with additional ATTRITION material and new variations...
This is an extract from the first show, peformed at The Tin Music and Arts in their hometown of Coventry, England, as part of the 2021 UK City of Culture year.
There will be more performances and an all new follow up album to the original, which was remastered and reissued earlier this year...
attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/this-death-house-2021-remaster

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin - 10.09.21

Death House Variations - Live at The Tin - 10.09.21 (extract)

Death House Variations - Live At The Tin - 10.09.21 (extract)

a track from 1993...Taken from the new vinyl collection, 
"A Great Desire (1986 - 2004)"
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-great-desire-1986-2004

The Silent Mind

A live recording of ATTRITION's most well known song, recorded live at the first ever show they played in the USA. At the Projekt Fest in Chicago, June 1996.
The full recording of the set was recently discovered has been mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage and finally released after all these years...
Listen to it here...
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/attrition-live-at-projektfest-chicago-usa-1996

A Girl Called Harmony - Live At Projektfest. 1996

from the "Dante's Kitchen" album. 2005
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/dantes-kitchen

Two Gods

From "All mine enemys whispers -  the story of mary ann cotton"  2008.
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/all-mine-enemys-whispers-the-story-of-mary-ann-cotton

What shall i sing?

ATTRITION - The Switch
Taken from the upcoming new ATTRITION album, The Black Maria, with accompanying remixes... (and of those more to come)... 
and featuring the original line up of Martin and Julia for the first time in 20 years...
Streaming on all platforms from March 17th... and available now on our bandcamp site
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-switch-ep

Martin Bowes – Vocals and all Electronics
Julia Waller – Female Vocals
Anni Hogan – Grand Piano
Mixed and Mastered by Martin Bowes in the Cage. 2022-23

Cover photo of Martin by Antony Weir
A Two Gods Production: 58GODSDIG

The Switch

https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-the-cage-07022023

The original 80's ATTRITION line up reformed in 2022, performing at festivals and shows in the UK.
The rehearsals in february 2023 were recorded to multitrack and mixed by Martin Bowes in the Cage for this limited edition release...

Vocals and Electronics - Martin Bowes
Keyboards - Ashley Niblock
Synthesisers - Simon Stansfield
Vocals - Julia Waller
Cover photos by Antony Weir

Recorded live at The Cage Studios
February 7th 2023
Mixed and Mastered by Martin Bowes

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The Great Derailer -  Live In The Cage 07 - 02 - 23

Taken from the long awaited new ATTRITION album, The Black Maria.
Is released on March 23rd... and pre orders have gone live today!
Visit our official bandcamp page to listen to the album and preorder in all formats (CD/Download/Vinyl/Cassette)
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-maria

The Black Maria

The Promise

an attrition classic from the 1991 album A Tricky business
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-tricky-business

A Girl Called Harmony

Taken from the full length film score for US horror film "G.H.O..ST". 2012. 
Listen to the full album here: https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/invocation

Invocation  V

An extract from the 1982 horror soundtrack, Originally released on cassette and later on vinyl and CD...now available again as a facsimile of the original cassette release...
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/this-death-house

Crawling (Excerpt)

the 97 reworking of the song from the 1993 ATTRITION album : The Hidden Agenda, also available as part of the "In Dark Dreams - 1980 - 2015" collection
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/in-dark-dreams-1980-2015

Mercy Machine (97 Remodel)

From the 1995 album "3 arms & a dead cert"
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/3-arms-a-dead-cert

Acid Tongue

Originally released on the "Elephant table Album" 2 x LP sampler - 1983. 
Reissued on the "In the realm of the Hungry Ghosts" collection of early attrition rarities. 1986
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-realm-of-the-hungry-ghosts

Dreamsleep (2014 Remaster)

From the 4 track live in Toronto ep
Mixed from the multi-track here at The Cage Studios... 
and a limited time free download release for ATTRITION on our official bandcamp site... listen and download here:
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/a…/live-in-toronto-may-2017

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One Horse Rider - Live In Toronto - May 2017

Remastered from the original 1984 4 track tapes, one of the tracks on "The attrition of reason - redux" - the 2017 re-imagining of our debut album. Listen to the whole album on our official bandcamp site:
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-attrition-of-reason-redux

Beast Of Burden - Redux

In the tradition of a Christmas ghost story... 
Originally recorded for the Projekt Records: Excelsis : A Dark Noel Collection. 1995 
This is a gift for the holiday season...

Remastered by Martin Bowes. 
at The Cage, Studios, Coventry, England. 2016 
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Cover photo by Holger Karas 
A Two Gods Production 
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Find this and more at out official site...
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com

Silent Night

A live version of the song "Dante's Kitchen" taken from the ATTRITION show in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 11th 2018.
Available as part of the live album, a totally free download on our official bandcamp site:
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-wellington-new-zealand-110518

Dante's Kitchen- Live - Wellington. New Zealand - May 11th 2018

Taken from the "Millions of the Mouthless Dead" album of WW1 poetry,inspired by my Grandfathers time on the western front in 1917.
I am giving it away as a free download for the month of November as we remember 100 years of carnage...
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/millions-of-the-mouthless-dead

Millions of the Mouthless Dead

The Bone Factory

Taken from the recent Live performance in Toronto of the ATTRITION horror film score, "Invocation"
The full live set is available as a free download from out official bandcamp site:
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/invocation-live-in-toronto-150319

The ATTRITION film score: 
Re-interpreted and recorded Live at ALTÆR 
At Christie Pits Pub,Toronto.Canada 
March 15th 2019 

Martin Bowes: All Electronics and Midi Sax 
VANCORVID: Violin and Effects 

Mastered by Martin Bowes 
At The Cage Studios, Coventry, England 
March 2019 
Cover Photo By Dylan Madeley 
A Two Gods Production. 47GODSDIG

Invocation I - Live In Toronto. 15.03.19

Taken from the new album - The Unraveller of Angels....
http://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-unraveller-of-angels


Introducing the all new and long awaited album from legendary dark industrial pioneers ATTRITION.

Founder Martin Bowes has teamed up with US singer Tylean on vocals and created 10 new tracks varying in style from industrial to gothic to dark ambient soundscapes...
a step on in direction from any of the previous albums this one has a host of special guest appearances:
Mona Mur (Einsturzende Neubauten, En Esch etc), Matt Howden (Seiben etc), Annie Hogan (Marc and the Mambas, Nick Cave etc) Erica Mulkey (Unwoman) Ian Arkely (My Silent Wake, Seventh Angel)
Jyri Glynn, Joanna Dalin and more..
Featuring album artwork by renowned German photographer Holger Karas.
Produced in the bands own commercial studio, The Cage.
 
Martin is currently working with film makers on videos to accompany the album and planning tours for 2013 in Europe, North and South America and more...
  
all the best
 
Martin Bowes, Coventry, England. 2012
 
 
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"Inside a cage of sound,  Cold waves of electronics are juxtaposed against voices that seep through cracks in the walls of machinery and wires. Lyrics dart out in bullets from soundscapes peppered in sharp vocals and sound bites. A viola plays in the distance, giving life to this inorganic mass... 
Such is the imagery that spawns Attrition, who, with its marriage of the classic and modern, has brought to music the equivalent of a surrealist painting. From its earlier sparse and stark soundscapes, to a more expansive palette of orchestral work, Attrition has successfully melded several genres into one. The music flows - from gothic to industrial to experimental to classical - so smoothly, they might as well be making their own category. 
With more than twenty albums of constant variety, and an ever-expanding sound, they remain one of music's darker and fascinating lights."  

 
ATTRITION
 
Album Discography
 
1982. This Death House- a soundtrack
1983. Action and reaction
1984. The Attrition Of Reason
1985. Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club
1986. In The Realm Of The Hungry Ghosts
1988. At The Fiftieth Gate
1991. A Tricky Business
1993. The Hidden Agenda
1995. Ephemera a soundtrack
1996. Three Arms & A Dead Cert
1997. Etude - classical interpretations
1999. The Jeopardy Maze
1999. Esoteria - a collection of ambient works
2000. Heretic Angels - live in the USA
2000. The Hand that Feeds the remixes
2001. Keepsakes & Reflections rarities
2003. The Eternity LP - a collection of classical remixes and rarities
2004. Dante’s Kitchen
2006. Something Stirs. The beginning. 1981 – 83
2008. All mine enemy’s whispers. The story of Mary Ann Cotton
2009. Kill the Buddha! - Live in Europe & the USA
2010. Wrapped in the guise of my friend. Covers. 17 songs re-interpreted.
2010. Dreamtime Collectors. 1980 - 2010. A best of
2011. Demonstro. 1981 - 86. double vinyl LP of rarities
2011. The truth in dark corners: Live in Holland. 1985
2012. Invocation. film soundtrack.
2013. The Unraveller of Angels....
 

 "Attrition is experimentation of the highest order... orbiting some strange star with an atmosphere of fear to breathe.  Attrition is extraordinary music for connoisseurs of challenge" Musictap.net 
 
" ,,,the name Attrition is universally lauded and accepted as an innovator, a dark and creative force unparalleled by modern musicians " Darktwincities.com 
 
"an entrancing blend of insistent electronics and beautiful orchestration...Bowes is without doubt one of the greatest living composers..." Industrial Nation
 
" Creating and exploring rich shadowy electronic soundscapes...interweaving the ephemeral with the operatic, the sound can at once calm your soul and chill your bones..." The Hatchet/USA 

Narcissist - from The Unraveller of Angels

The first single from the forthcoming ATTRITION album, The Black Maria... released on the car crash that is Brexit day.... January 31st.
On CD, Download and Streaming...
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-derailer

The Great Derailer

Recorded live in Copenhagen in 2000... this track first appeared on the A Tricky Business album of 1991
https://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/a-tricky-business

Right Hand Man - Live In Copenhagen - 14 - 01 2000

1983 Demo version of the first ATTRITION single... from the 1983 Tapes collection on Spotify...
https://open.spotify.com/album/2WfeHaVV1iQj6k6kqaiTIz

Monkey In A Bin

Dark industrial music since 1980.
http://www.attrition.co.uk
Production and mastering in The Cage since 1993.
http://www.thecagestudios.co.uk

"Inside a cage of sound,  Cold waves of electronics are juxtaposed against voices that seep through cracks in the walls of machinery and wires. Lyrics dart out in bullets from soundscapes peppered in sharp vocals and sound bites. A viola plays in the distance, giving life to this inorganic mass... 
Such is the imagery that spawns Attrition, who, with its marriage of the classic and modern, has brought to music the equivalent of a surrealist painting. From its earlier sparse and stark soundscapes, to a more expansive palette of orchestral work, Attrition has successfully melded several genres into one. The music flows - from gothic to industrial to experimental to classical - so smoothly, they might as well be making their own category. 
With more than twenty albums of constant variety, and an ever-expanding sound, they remain one of music's darker and fascinating lights."  
Akane

ATTRITION

Album Discography

1982. This Death House- a soundtrack
1983. Action and reaction
1984. The Attrition Of Reason
1985. Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club
1986. In The Realm Of The Hungry Ghosts
1988. At The Fiftieth Gate
1991. A Tricky Business
1993. The Hidden Agenda
1995. Ephemera a soundtrack
1996. Three Arms & A Dead Cert
1997. Etude - classical interpretations
1999. The Jeopardy Maze
1999. Esoteria - a collection of ambient works
2000. Heretic Angels - live in the USA
2000. The Hand that Feeds the remixes
2001. Keepsakes & Reflections rarities
2003. The Eternity LP - a collection of classical remixes and rarities
2004. Dante’s Kitchen
2006. Something Stirs. The beginning. 1981 – 83
2008. All mine enemy’s whispers. The story of Mary Ann Cotton
2009. Kill the Buddha! - Live in Europe & the USA
2010. Wrapped in the guise of my friend. Covers. 17 songs re-interpreted.
2010. Dreamtime Collectors. 1980 - 2010. A best of
2011. Demonstro. 1981 - 86. double vinyl LP of rarities
2011. The truth in dark corners: Live in Holland. 1985
2012. Invocation. film soundtrack.
2013. The Unraveller of Angels....
2015. Millions of the Mouthless Dead

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