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Various Artists
Seireenia
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Rajna - Rajna
2. Love Is Colder Than Death
3. Stoa
4. La Vuibre
5. Divine
6. Beneath Me Overwhelmed
7. Faith & Disease
8. It Swallows Me Whole
9. Baltica - Vanflower, Tara
10. Dissolve - Root
11. Skin
12. The Bounding Main
13. Shing Kee - Stone, Carl

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Seireenia
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Projekt Records
Original Release Date: 3/14/2000
Release Date: 3/14/2000
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Ambient, Goth & Industrial
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 617026009421

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Continuing its focus on the ethereal side of goth, Projekt Records issues its answer to the Hyperium label's popular Heavenly Voices series: 13 tracks of sublime exoticism, from familiar faces (Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Lycia) to newcomers (Rajna, Mira) to long-lost friends (Stoa, Love Is Colder Than Death). Rajna, a French trio, are perhaps the compilation's most arresting contributors. Mining the same musicultural vein as Dead Can Dance (the resemblance is truly uncanny), they float Jeanne Lefebvre's soaring vocals atop hammered dulcimer, flute, strings, and tribal percussion. Mira, the disc's other notable newcomers, take a stab at rock of the shoe-gazer variety, winding up somewhere between the fuzzy guitar sound of My Bloody Valentine and the gentle sway of Love Spirals Downwards. Fans of the genre will want this album for the few tracks that are unavailable elsewhere, but curiosity seekers will find much to like in this sampler of goth's more benevolent practitioners. --Steve Landau

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CD Reviews

May I Have A Refund?

JaimeJiminez | Lee Vining, CA | 02/01/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a longtime fan of goth, but this disc is more amateur wannabe-goth-and-new age than anything else, with the exception of Lycia, who have always deserved more attention than any Projekt band to date in my opinion. Some tracks are tolerable, but some are just plain boring, like BTFABG's. Only BTFABG would have the ego to cover their own songs. Please, put it to bed, guys. Love ya, but you just don't cut it this time."

Fantastic

JaimeJiminez | 09/18/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is what compilations should be all about. Almost every song is outstanding. Forget the Goth implications, the music is as solid as anything contemporary. It is best listened to with good headphones in a dark room. This CD will take you places if you let it."

Very Average

Cynthia M. Caton | Ireland | 03/24/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"There isn't much to get excited about on this cd. All of the voices and music pretty much blend into each other and there is very little distinction between artists. It is not bad, just not very inspired. Switchblade Symphony is the best of the bunch but you would be better off buying one of their cd's. Marginally good ritual music. Save your pennies unless you can get it used."

Breathtaking Sampler of the Female Spirit

andrew smith | tuscaloosa, AL United States | 05/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can't say much that the other reviewer from Australia hasn't said. Suffice to say Projekt has done it again, combining great songs from superb artists with lush artwork to create an all-around ethereal experience. These songs take one to different spheres, evoking the spirit of different nations while also raising the listener to higher emotional plateaus. All songs are worth a listen; my favorites are "Rajna", "Divine", "Overwhelmed Beneath Me" (which immerses you totally in its sheer femininity), and the crowning achievement, Lycia's "Baltica". Every listen of this track takes me to the shores of that great northern sea. If you enjoy the lighter side of goth, and particularly the astounding roster of Projekt artists, then I strongly recommend this topnotch release--it will take your breath away!"

How to achieve bliss without all those nasty yoga positions

Aislinn N. Connolly | Sydney, Australia | 02/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I generally avoid compilation albums, but I was very excited when I heard about this release by Projekt - a tribute to the female voice - which featured an albums worth of songs from some of the very best artists in the darkwave/ethereal/goth scene of recent years. They are a mix of Projekt-signed artists and those from other labels.It is very rare to find a compilation to complete, in the sense that, of the thirteen tracks featured, there is not one I skip - all songs lead from one into the other very nicely. In a very succinct way it shows the diversity of sound to be found within the genre of darkwave.We are carried from the eponymously named opening track from French act, Rajna - though nothing like Dead Can Dance in sound - their style is perhaps reminiscent of through the use of instruments such as the yang t'chin, as popularised by DCD. The following songs are very much in the ethereal/heavenly voices vein, with a classic Love Is Colder Than Death song and La Vuibre's "Tyriel". Stoa's "Maare Illuscend" is their first new song in years, which is a good reason in itself to buy the album!The swirling shoegazing guitars and vocals of Mira's track "Divine" (another exclusive song for this album), sets the scene for the middle of the album with tracks from Faith & Disease, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Lycia, Rosewater Elizabeth and Switchblade Symphony.The album ends with Frolic, Amber Asylum and Carl Stone, who slow down the pace with quiet atmospheric ambience and put us all off to sleep. . .The best thing about this CD, other than being a brilliant compilation and with exquisite artwork (as always with Projekt), is that it prompted me to purchase the albums of a number of these artists over which I had hesitated previously.My advice? - Buy immediately!!"