'STRANGE'

You're calling
I'm waiting
Your image and motion vibrating
Paraded and postured
The pan stick and lip gloss berated

The damned don't cry
Don't freeze or die
In london vampires cry

Is it him or her?
I'm strange, I'm strange
Does it matter that
I'm strange, I'm strange?
I'm seeking fame, not infamy
I'm strange, I'm strange
On the cover of a magazine
I'm strange, I'm strange

I'm blazing
Dictating
This time bomb is ticking and craving
The moment is history
The blitz and the mystery

The damned don't cry
Don't freeze or die
In london vampires cry

Is it him or her?
I'm strange, I'm strange
Does it matter that
I'm strange, I'm strange?
I'm seeking fame, not infamy
I'm strange, I'm strange
On the cover of a magazine
I'm strange, I'm strange


Strange (Darkwave Mix)

Snows Of Winter (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Tribute to John Carpenters 'Halloween'.

THE SHAPE

Against my wish
Against my skin 
Needle to the vein 
Head to the chest
Set me in flames
Set me in motion 
Into the night
Come into the night

Flesh stripped clean 
Token suffering
We roam. We roam.

Swim in this lonely water
Slip into this silver tongue 
Never felt an opening 
Never broke the glass at night
A shape like a cutter
Always left forgiving 
I am here. I am in the night.
I am behind you 

Flesh stripped clean
Token suffering 
We roam. We roam
My flesh stripped clean
Token suffering 
We roam. We roam.

The Shape (Loomis Mix)

December 2018 update to our gothic electronic Christmas song which tells the story of the final moments of Ebenezer Scrooge on his deathbed. Re-arranged for a live performance at Trinity College in Dublin, with added bells and vocoder,  this version also includes a ghost choir arrangement from Richard Duckworth of Analog On.

Snows Of Winter (Trinity Mix)

KuBO presents

STRANGE (Strangewave Mix)by iEuropean

iEuropean 2019 remix of the 2015 Steve Strange tribute track 'Strange', by KuBO.

Strange (Strangewave Mix by iEuropean)

Strange (Strangewave mix by iEuropean)

Das Klub

This Desolation

Kubo are the Dublin based electronic duo of Aidan Casserly (Empire State HUman) and Brian O’Malley (PolyDROID), who produce Darkwave/minimal electronic music on vintage analogue synthesizers.

Having first recorded electronic music together under the name ManSeries, this initial partnership, which was minimal in its form and structure, began whilst both were still at school. Since then the friends have explored difference genres and arenas, collaborating again in various forms over the years, including the very early days of Empire State Human as well as a film scores for the Brian O'Malley directed short film 'Screwback'.

Inspired by the resurgence and renewed interest in this early, minimal form of electronic music the two have once again come together to record as ‘KuBO’. Brian's 'Gary Numan' and 'Vangelis' inspired dark, cinematic synth layering's, under pinned by pulsating bass synth lines and tight drum programming are the perfect counterfoil to the angelic voice of Aidan Casserly, who’s long time fascination with 'David Bowie', ‘Jacques Brel’ and ‘Kraftwerk’ make for a meeting of the minds that goes back to the roots of the music the pair made as teenagers.

Fueled by a fascination with Science Fiction, Avant-Garde Cinema, alienation and...Vampires, those original inspirations are once again at the centre of these recordings, which form a synthetic landscape of brooding, melodic, minimal electronica, with the focus on a pure and deliberate exploration of synthetic sound and evocative vocal melody.

Kubo was launched in March 2013.

Discography:

2016:

'Subway Subconscious' EP
Cassette/Deluxe Cassette (SOLD OUT)
Manufactured Desire Records (Spain/Irl)
https://electricitysupplyboard.bandcamp.com/album/subway-subconscious-ep

'Night Waker'
Scraping Beats Compilation
CD/Download
Cold Beats Records (Spain)
https://coldbeatsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/scraping-beats-compilation


2015: 

'I Dream Electric'
'Exhibit 1' Compilation
Digital
Peripheral Minimal Records (UK)

'An Oddity'
Loudmouth Collective Compilation 7.
Digital

'Strange'
Digital - Self Release
Tribute to Steve Strange, in said of Terrence Higgins Trust Wales.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strange-single/id1029039656

2014:

'This Desolation'
7” Vinyl. 
Peripheral Minimal Records (UK)
https://peripheralminimal.bandcamp.com/album/this-desolation

2013:

'I Dream Electric'
Cassette Single. 
Vocoder Tapes (UK)
(OUT OF PRINT)

LIVE:

Phase One Festival 2014: https://vimeo.com/92856318

Supporting LEGEND, Voodoo Lounge 2015: https://vimeo.com/118409322

Reviews:

http://www.thethinwall.co.uk/kubo-this-desolation/
https://santasangremagazine.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/kubo-this-desolation-englishpolish/
http://www.chaindlk.com/news/peripheral-minimal-kubo-fist-7-out/
http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=7574
http://noisebrigade.net/?p=3483

Facebook - www.facebook.com/Kubo.Music

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kubo-music

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