Released 2008 Artist Voltaire Producer Voltaire Genre Dark cabaret | Length 50:11 Release date 2008 Label Mars Needs Music | |
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To the Bottom of the Sea
(2008) Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids
(2010) Similar Spooky Songs for Creepy Ki, Hate Lives in a Small Town, Almost Human, Riding a Black Unicorn, The Devil's Bris | ||
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To the Bottom of the Sea is the sixth studio album by Cuban American dark cabaret singer Voltaire. It was released in 2008, and would be the first album by Voltaire to be released through his then-newly-founded label Mars Needs Music (named after his son, Mars). It is a loose concept album, set in the fictional country of Vorutania.
Contents
- Aurelio voltaire the industrial revolution official
- Aurelio voltaire to the bottom of the sea playlist intro
- Background
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Polish musician Julia Marcell would provide additional vocals for the duet "This Sea"; Voltaire would also cover a song by her, "Accordion Player", originally present in her 2007 EP Storm.
Voltaire's son Mars is among the ones who provided additional vocals for the track "Stakes and Torches (The Uprising of the Peasants)".
Franz Nicolay of The World/Inferno Friendship Society provided the accordions for the album, in his first collaboration with Voltaire.
A music video was made for the track "Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)"; it would be Voltaire's first (and only so far) music video ever.
Aurelio voltaire to the bottom of the sea playlist intro
Background
"Coin-Operated Goy" is a cover/parody of The Dresden Dolls' "Coin-Operated Boy", originally composed by Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione.
Voltaire stated that he originally wrote "The Beast of Pirate's Bay" to entertain Mars and his friends during one of Mars' birthday parties, even though the version included in To the Bottom of the Sea was slightly modified; the original, unaltered version of the song would be included on the 2010 compilation Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids.
In his official YouTube channel, Voltaire disserts on the meanings of the album's songs and what inspired him to write them.
Personnel
Songs
1The Industrial Revolution (and How It Ruined My Life)5:10
2Robber Baron3:48
3Stakes and Torches (The Uprising of the Peasants)3:47