Paris Sadonis | |
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 Paris with Shadow Project | |
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| Birth name | Paris Anthony Sadonis |
| Born | 6 May 1972 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Paris Anthony Sadonis (born May 6, 1972) is a Los Angeles-based keyboardist, painter, performance artist and musician. [1]
Best known for his work alongside Rozz Williams, Eva Ortiz and Jill Emery with deathrock band Shadow Project. He is featured on the 1991 self-titled "Shadow Project", "Dreams for the Dying", "Dead Babies/Killer" single, as well as the live "In Tuned Out - Live '93" released in 1994.
A multi-instrumentalist, he performed and recorded with Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams "The Path Of Sorrows" (1993) and "The Rage Of Angels" (1994) as well as Rozz Williams solo material "Every King a Bastard Son" (1992) and "The Whorse's Mouth" (1996).
With The Eva O Halo Experience - "Demons Fall For an Angels Kiss" (1994) he composed using a variety of instruments including keyboards, piano and organ. [2]
Paris went on to found the experimental band EXP in 1992 with Ryan Wildstar, Doriandra Smith, Rozz Williams and Ace Farren Ford. [3] EXP is perhaps the most incestuous band in the Family featuring Rozz Williams, with a wide variety of members, ex-members, collaborators and guest musicians. The entity has one self-titled, full-length release, and also a limited edition handmade 7 inch single. [4]
Also collaborating with Premature Ejaculation and elaborating upon boundary-pushing performance art, he is featured on the album "Wound of Exit" (1998), The group's themes remained avant-garde throughout this time, focusing on the bizarre and taboo. Paris also contributed to Erik Christides Bloodflag - Stain (Mk I) (1998 - Daughters of Darkness).
He toured with Gitane Demone following his work with Penal Colony's "5 Man Job" Tour [5] alongside EXP collaborator Justin Bennett, who around that time started to get into a lot of experimental noise, branching out from EXP to put out an all ambient noise album with Paris under the name "Face" (A Picture Of End - 1997). Eventually the concept behind Face evolved into the ambient project "The Implicate Order" (Volume One: Enfolded 2002). [6]
Involution is an experimental electronic group made up of CEvin Key (Skinny Puppy) and Paris Sadonis (Christian Death/Shadow Project). They released one self-titled album on Tone Casualties Records in 1998.
From the inside cover of the CD: “We come from the center and circumference of everything, radiating, drawing forth the Divine Influx. Together through our cosmic conceptions, we sublimate Omnipresence for all existing in and out this mirror of matter; who trusts and believes. ‘Cause when our brainclouds glisten - and our eyes glide aside - our frequencies mesh - and through our vibes, all consciousize. It is done unto you as you believe. What it does for us - it must do through us. Trust the invisible - for it is the sole cause of which is visible. Nothing moves but mind.”
— [7]
Gravehill Paris Witch was a side project featuring Jyrki and Marko from Two Witches and Paris (EXP, Rozz William's Christian Death). Musically, leaning towards Cold Meat Industry reminiscent urban dark ambient soundscapes. "Arte Astratta" was released in limited edition in Finland (2006). [8]
Foxfairy is a live electronic project formed by Paris Sadonis and Justin Rickles in Los Angeles during 2011. Amir Derakh's Circuit Freq Records released a self-titled EP (2011) as well as a full-length LP - Zero (2013) It has been called "Downtempo From the LA Underground, Massive Attack with a chiptune influence, The soundtrack to the cyberspace afterparty." [9]
Christian Death is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles County, California, in 1979 by Rozz Williams. With major line-up changes over the years, Christian Death has retained "a relentlessly confrontational stand against organized religion and conventional morality".
Rozz Williams was an American singer and songwriter known for his work with the bands Christian Death, Shadow Project, and the industrial project Premature Ejaculation. Christian Death is cited by some as a pioneer of the American gothic rock scene as well as deathrock, and is considered to be one of the most influential figures of the scene. However, Williams disliked the "goth" label and actively worked to shed it during the 1980s and 1990s by focusing on punk rock, hard rock, cabaret, and spoken word music. Williams was also involved with his groups Daucus Karota, Heltir, EXP, Bloodflag, and his own version of Christian Death, along with recording a handful of solo albums. In addition to music, Williams was also an avid painter, poet, and collage artist.
Eva Ortiz, better known as Eva O, is a music artist most notable for her previous works in Christian Death and a band she formed with her then-husband Rozz Williams called Shadow Project. Regarded as a veteran and "one of the most striking figures of the American Gothic scene," Eva O has had a significant influence on the emerging death rock movement, which garnered her the "Queen of Darkness" title from the press and audience. She is known for her heavy guitar playing style and dramatic, authoritative vocals.
The Super Heroines were an American deathrock trio formed in Los Angeles during the early 1980s. However, unlike other early deathrock bands such as Christian Death and 45 Grave, Super Heroines did not carry on a traditional goth sound, instead a more punk style metal inspired by the Runaways.
Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow, Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement and Christian Cosmos. His first releases date back to 1998, the same year in which he founded the record label Hospital Productions.
Shadow Project was a rock band formed in 1987 featuring former members of Los Angeles deathrock groups Christian Death and Super Heroines. After recording two LPs the group experienced a three-year hiatus, reconvening for a third and final album. Shadow Project definitively folded after vocalist Rozz Williams committed suicide on April 1, 1998. The band briefly returned in 2019 under the moniker "Shadow Project 1334" for 13 shows only, vowing to never perform again together after that.
Controlled Bleeding was an experimental music group based in Massapequa, New York. The group was founded by Paul Lemos, the group's only consistent member. Most of Controlled Bleeding's released recordings feature two main collaborators, Chris Moriarty and vocalist Joe Papa, who both died in the late 2000s. In February 2020 Lemos announced that the band had dissolved.
Only Theatre of Pain is the debut studio album by the American rock band Christian Death, released on March 24, 1982, by the Frontier record label.
Gitane DeMone is an American singer, musician and visual artist. Her career spans more than 30 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s as the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the influential death rock band Christian Death. In addition to her work with Christian Death, Demone was previously a member of Pompeii 99, worked with Dreadful Shadows, and has had a solo career which has included three studio albums: Am I Wrong?, Stars of Trash and The Reflecting Shadow.
Penal Colony were an electro-industrial outfit based in the Inland Empire section of Southern California, and fronted by Dee Madden. The original incarnation consisted of Madden, Jason Hubbard, Andy Shaw and Chris Shinkus.
Premature Ejaculation is an industrial, experimental, and performance art band from Pomona, California formed in 1981 by Rozz Williams and Ron Athey. They dissolved in less than one year. Premature Ejaculation was reformed in 1986 by Williams with new members. The group disbanded completely after Rozz Williams' death in 1998. Active again since 2023 with Chuck Collison once again at the helm.
Dream Home Heartache is an experimental dark cabaret collaboration album featuring American musicians Rozz Williams and Gitane Demone, both former members of Christian Death. It was released in late 1995 by Triple X Records after being recorded between March 28 and April 5, 1995 in the Netherlands. Williams and Demone toured Europe and North America in support of the album, provoking a riot in Mexico City when fans were unable to enter the sold-out venue. The album is named after the Roxy Music song "In Every Dream Home a Heartache", a cover of which is the first and last track. The album features synthesisers, pianos and accordions, with cabaret-influenced vocals.
The Whorse's Mouth is an experimental spoken word studio album by American musician Rozz Williams. It was released on June 3, 1996, by Hollows Hill, and was Williams' last studio album before his suicide in 1998. The Whorse's Mouth deals with Williams' heroin addiction, and features artwork consisting of collages compiled by Williams and Erik Christides. The album was re-released by Triple X Records in 2000.
Natural Snow Buildings is a duo from France, consisting of artists Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte. They play music which can be classified as experimental psychedelic folk with drone elements and ambient influences. Formed in 1998, they have released numerous albums, many of them in extremely limited quantities.
Gigantic Brain is an American experimental music project composed of John Brown, formed in the early 2000s in Virginia. Gigantic Brain is known to be one of the original pioneers of the cybergrind subgenre of grindcore. The project's genre-defying style has changed dramatically throughout the years. Originally exhibiting a grindcore style, the group has more recently ventured into post-metal, ambient, industrial and sometimes drone.
Dreams for the Dying is the second album by alt-rock/goth metal band Shadow Project, released in late 1992 by Triple X Records.
Every King a Bastard Son is the debut solo album by American musician Rozz Williams, formerly of deathrock band Christian Death. It was released on October 16, 1992. It was described by reviewer Benjamin Harper as "alternatingly demonic, melancholic and tragic." He described "The Evil Ones" as a track "of special note". Authors for alternative music magazine Trouser Press described the album's lyrics as "the most hair-raising poetry likely to be encountered outside a satanic cult read-in", calling the album a "deliberately horrific creation" featuring "sickening" sound effects.
From the Heart is the third and final album by alt-rock/goth metal band Shadow Project, released in 1998 by Hollows Hill Records.
In Tuned Out – Live '93 is a live album by alt-rock/goth metal band Shadow Project, released in early 1994 by Triple X Records.
Michael Szewczyk, known as DJ Textbeak, is an American DJ, artist and record producer.
