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Flowers in Formaldehyde

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Released
  
2004

Release date
  
2004

Length
  
30:28

Genre
  
Dark wave

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Producer
  
Anna-Varney, John A. Rivers

"Flowers in Formaldehyde" (2004)
  
Les Fleurs du Mal (2007)

Artist
  
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows

Label
  
Soulfood Music Distribution

Sopor aeternus the ensemble of shadows flowers in formaldehyde full album


"Flowers in Formaldehyde" is the second EP by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 2004 as a companion to the album "La Chambre D'Echo" - Where the dead Birds sing. Only 2,000 CDs and 700 LPs were pressed.

Contents

Originally announced as The Adventures of Ms Penny Dreadful, "Flowers" featured four new songs, two instrumentals of songs from "La Chambre D'Echo" and an extensive remix of "Do you know my Name ?" from Sopor Aeternus' first album, "...Ich töte mich jedesmal aufs Neue, doch ich bin unsterblich, und ich erstehe wieder auf; in einer Vision des Untergangs...". The first half of the EP remains some of Sopor Aeternus' most pop-oriented work yet.

"Flowers in Formaldehyde" was re-issued the following year as part of the rarities box set Like a Corpse standing in Desperation. Apocalyptic Vision explained that extensive counterfeiting of the EP was cause for its inclusion in the set.

In an hour darkly sopor aeternus


Track listing

All tracks written by Anna-Varney Cantodea.

Personnel

  • Susannah Simmons: Violin
  • Elizabeth Tollington: Cello
  • Miriam Hughes: Flute
  • Tonia Price: Clarinet
  • Andrew Pettitt: Oboe
  • Doreena Gor: Bassoon
  • Tim Barber: Trumpet
  • Julian Turner: Trombone
  • Anthony Bartley: Tuba
  • Paul Brook: Drums
  • Anna-Varney Cantodea: Vocals, all other instruments and programming
  • Songs

    1In an Hour Darkly4:58
    2The Conqueror Worm (By Edgar Allan Poe)3:28
    3Minnesang3:36

    References

    Flowers in Formaldehyde Wikipedia