Rosa Mundi (group)

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Rosa Mundi was the name of an electronic music supergroup which consisted of Rose McDowall, [1] John Balance [1] and possibly Peter Christopherson.[ citation needed ] The group is credited for "The Snow Man", which appeared on the compilations The Final Solstice and The Final Solstice II, [1] and the split 7-inch vinyl Grief. It is also credited on the song "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near" from the Coil single Winter Solstice: North , [2] later released on Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) . Since both songs, "The Snow Man" and "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near", were originally released in 1999, it can be said that this is the only year the group functioned.

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However, the song "Rosa Decidua" from the 1998 Coil EP Autumn Equinox: Amethyst Deceivers , while not credited to Rosa Mundi, has exactly the same line-up.[ citation needed ]

Alternatively, some critics have inferred that "Rosa Mundi" is simply an alternative name for Rose McDowall, and not the name of a group at all. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 The Wire - Issues 190-196. 2000. p. 70.
  2. 1 2 Christopher W. Chase (2009). Approaching the Sacred Grove : the Orphic Impulse in Pagan Religious Music. p. 96.
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