Mountains Of Madness, by The Tiger Lillies and Alexander Hacke

Mountains Of Madness

by The Tiger Lillies and Alexander Hacke

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	1.	Mountains Of Madness Intro 03:39
	2.	The Mountaintops 04:22
	3.	Rats (In The Walls) 05:00
	4.	The Cult Of Cthulhu 04:35
	5.	The Butcher 03:26
	6.	The Music Of Erich Zann 11:54
	7.	Subconcious Mind 04:23
	8.	Charles Dexter Ward 03:36
	9.	Do You Know What's Wrong 07:04
	10.	Hunter Of The Dark 07:12
	11.	Mountains Of Madness 03:36
	12.	Paranoid 05:19
	13.	The Butcher (revisited) 03:45

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Tiger Lillies reissue iconic Mountains of Madness in audio for the first time.
Based on the bizarre stories of legendary writer HP Lovecraft, Mountains of Madness is a baroque musical cabaret created in 2006 by the London vaudeville trio The Tiger Lillies, Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and illustrator Danielle de Picciotto.

Originally performed as a live show and then released on a limited-edition DVD, the songs are based on a collection of Lovecraft’s most famous and macabre pulp horror fiction works including The Call of Cthulhu, The Rats in the Walls and the title track At the Mountains of Madness.

It seems like now is the perfect time to return to these stories of horror and impending doom and make these songs available in audio for the long nights of isolation we are all experiencing now.
Martyn Jaques’ penetrating falsetto, the musical saw, the piano and the stand-up bass are surrounded and accompanied by Alexander Hacke’s electronic soundscapes: the first time ever The Tiger Lillies have been accompanied by electronic instruments in any collaborative effort. In this show, stories of ancient gods, inexplicable terror and lost souls are lastingly brought to life in a sometimes humorous, yet pervadingly gloomy and melancholic manner. The eccentric confrontation of The Tiger Lillies' somewhat traditional array of instruments with Alexander Hacke’s sound compositions gives this performance its ghostly three-dimensional depth in which an open-minded audience can immerse themselves with the glee of enjoyment.
The album will be available to download exclusively on Bandcamp from March 20th as part of the effort to support artist during the Covid 19 pandemic. The Tiger Lillies, along with most independent artists, have lost all live bookings for an indefinite period so anything fans can do to help support us during these uncertain times would be greatly appreciated.

‘Martyn Jacques is a charismatic focus. Trudging between his piano and accordion like a man weighed down by supernatural dread, he resembles a melancholic amalgam of Cabaret's Joel Grey and Meat Loaf - yet his voice, on tremulous anthems such as The Rats in the Walls, is a molten cascade. This delicious dark cabaret is Kurt Weill as scripted by Aleister Crowley, and the execution is impeccable throughout. Phenomenal.’ - ***** The Guardian.

credits

released March 19, 2020

Accordion, Piano, Harmonium, Vocals, all songs written by –
Martyn Jaques

Contrabass, Singing Saw, Vocals –
Adrian Stout

Drums, Vocals –
Adrian Huge

Electronics, Spoken Word, all soundscapes composed by –
Alexander Hacke

Directed by Danielle de Picciotto

Engineer [Live 4.0 Mixes] – Boris Wilsdorf
Set Design, Artwork, Projections – Danielle de Picciotto
Light Design – Lutz John
Production Management – Tino Ulrich

Live recordings by Marco Paschke
Mixes engineered by Boris Wilsdorf
Mastered by Michael Schwabe

Cover Art and Design by Danielle Picciotto

This musical stage-production, directed by Danielle de Picciotto, dedicated to the master of horror literature H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), was premiered at Arena Berlin on August 18th 2005.

released February 19, 2006

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The Tiger Lillies London, UK

The world of The Tiger Lillies is dark, peculiar and varied, with moments of deep sadness, cruel black humour and immense beauty.

shows

May 11

Kino SC

Zagreb, Croatia
May 28

FESTrepublic

Lviv, Ukraine
May 30

Caribbean Club

Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
Jun 8

Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski

Gdansk, Poland
Jun 9

Teatr Rampa

Warsaw, Poland
Jul 18

TrainStation SubArt

Kranj, Slovenia
Aug 15

Palangos Koncertų Salė

Palanga, Lithuania
Sep 6

The Stables UK

Milton Keynes, UK
Sep 7

the brewhouse taunton

Taunton, UK
Sep 9

City Varieties

Leeds, UK
Sep 14

The North Wall Arts Centre

Oxford, UK
Sep 24

Colchester Arts Centre

Colchester, UK
Sep 27

Cadogan Hall

London, UK
Sep 28

Cambridge Junction

Cambridge, UK
Oct 3

Everyman Theatre

Liverpool, UK
Oct 5

Gala Theatre

Durham, UK
Oct 6

The Anvil

Basingstoke, UK
Oct 7

Redgrave Theatre

Bristol, UK
Oct 12

Brighton Dome

Brighton, UK

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