DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands

The Cleft Serpent is the 13th album of Black Tape For A Blue Girl . The two-CD edition which is also available on vinyl, minidisc, cassette and digital format is one of Projekt Records'  ' founde r Sam Rosenthal's latest production.  Black Tape For A Blue Girl began over thirty years ago by Rosenthal's exploration of brooding extended electronics and strings meshed with deeply...

Joey Chiarello is a self-taught artist. When he was a little boy growing up in Colorado, his older sister tricked him into thinking he was part Japanese. He believed it long enough that a teacher finally had to call in his parents to break the news that their son was no longer identifying as white. The artist's inner demons emerged in sculptural self-portraits styled after samurai and from As...

Thanatos began as a studio project between founder Patrick Ogle and Projekt record label founder Sam Rosenthal in the mid 80s in South Florida.  They recorded together in 1993 THIS ENDLESS NIGHT INSIDE and 1995’s AN EMBASSY TO GAIUS. After that, Rosenthal focused on Projekt Records, while Ogle toured and recorded additional Thanatos albums with a full band. Ogle released a full length album called...

Nationally award-winning author, astrologer  and life expert Alice Inoue inspires positivity, mindfulness and purpose in others. She is Hawaii’s very own thought leader and celebrated expert on creating meaningful and joyful existence and has helped thousands of organizations and individuals over the past 20 years. She has published 8 books on self-growth and happiness, the founder of “Happiness U...

Scottish musician, prolific composer and audio engineer, Robin Guthrie is one of the founders of the legendary band, The Cocteau Twins. Throughout the band’s history, Guthrie was the principal songwriter, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and handling most of the programming and effects. In addition to his ongoing work as a producer and engineer, his musical career included his collaboration with Si...

Formed in 2011, Vaselyne is a collaboration between Dutch musicians, singer and songwriter Yvette Winkler and producer and composer  Frank Weyzig . Winkler co-founded the Dutch band  "Sea of Souls" in 2006.  She also collaborated with several musicians, one of which is CLAN OF XYMOX ' Pieter Nooten from the album "Here is Why" in 2010.  Weyzig is also one of the original m...

Chicago-based industrial, electronic, ONE WOMAN ARMY, I Ya Toyah blends the chaos and balance with a familiar vibe of industrial electronica sound. The meaning behind the name I Ya Toyah sustains these values- when spoken out loud. In Polish it means "It’s Just Me." Her logo art emerging from peace and anarchy symbols highlights the rebel psyche, her true nature. Her music is a fusion of...

Detroit’s electronic rock and industrial artist, Pace Josie and musician and her producer Ken Roberts released their new music and video “Pure Morning” featuring LA artist, Sammi Doll ( Kat Von D /  IAMX ) putting the spin on the iconic Placebo song.  As an accomplished guitar player, Josie molds and refines her songs acoustically only to tear them apart with Roberts’ unique production style and h...

Multi-instrumentalist and primary songwriter and producer of the neo-psychedelic post punk band Trance to the Sun , Ashkelon Sain said the spirit of "Trance To The Sun" began in 1990. He said, “Our music is for the nocturnal environment, delivered in a trance-like state, made possible by the wealth of energy dealt to earth in the daytime by the sun.”  The band released  several albums, E...

Singer, songwriter and photographer, Attasalina said her name is her birth name given by her godmother, a pioneer teacher of Buddhism in the West, and has been translated as “providing the meaning”.  She describes her inspiration in her work as her work is  "culturally informed by lineages in Theravada Buddhism and Indigenous Religion and Resistance Movements and focuses on visionary experien...

The legendary English record producer, John Fryer returns on the show and this time with the founder of COP International, Christian Petke. John Fryer started his musical career working at Blackwing Studios in South London in the late 70s where he worked with some of the most prestigious indie labels at the time such as 4AD, Mute, Beggars Banquet, Rough Trade and more. Best known for the dream-pop...

I'm happy to welcome back on the show, iconic black Neo-symbolist photographer John Santerineross.  With a background in ceramics, sculpture and painting, he is also known for his dark, erotic images which has showcased both nationally and internationally.  He was coined "the world's leading Neo-symbolist photographer" by PROFIFOTO, Germany's leading photography magazine. ...

Toronto-based, TRAITRS was formed in 2015 by Sean-Patrick Nolan and Shawn Tucker.  With a cinematic blend of post-punk, goth and alternative, their emotive melodies, propulsive rhythms, angular guitars and dark cinematic electronics quickly led to the duo becoming one of the dark music scene's fastest rising independent artist.  Their lead single "Magdalene' from the preceding limit...

Voidant is a new transatlantic downtempo electronic duo comprising of instrumentalist and guitarist David Wolfenden "Wolfie" and vocalist and songwriter Caroline Blind . Wolfie is best-known as the long-time guitarist for the highly influential UK post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (est 1981), while his past credits also include The Mission, Expelaires and the Rose of Avalanche. Carol...

Los Angeles-based Alternative Rock Collective, Beauty in Chaos has released their newest single "Orion" along with a stunning otherworldly video, both of which features the captivating Whitney Tai . Guitarist and founder of Beauty in Chaos is Michael Ciravolo. The LA-based New Orleans native is also the President and CEO of Schecter Guitar Research. He was one of the original members in...

Emileigh Rohn and Jean-Marc Lederman have collaborated in a new album called Venus Chariot on COP International   They initially released a powerful EP Called “Watch out” featuring remixes by EBM legend Claus Larsen AE of Leaether Strip, Tom Shear of Official Assemblage 23 and Mark Hockings of Mesh. Their single has hovered at the top of the Deutsche Alternative Chart (DAC) for several weeks now. ...

I spoke to the darkwave  industrial duo from Baltimore, Maryland - Ego Likeness .  Taking their name from Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, Ego Likeness was formed in 1999 by Steven Archer and Donna Lynch .  They released their first and full-length album "Dragonfly" in 2000 which is available currently on #MetropolisRecords , followed by "Water to the Dead,"...

Musician and Artist, Steven Archer has a solo project called Stoneburner . The project’s name is taken from a weapon from the science fiction novel by Frank Herbert's  "Dune."  Stoneburner incorporates elements of experimental noise, industrial rock, ethereal, trip hop, and worldbeat. Known as one of the founders of the darkwave/ electronic rock band, Ego Likeness and his electronic...

 Among the first generation of gothic rock in Germany, Pink Turns Blue was founded in Cologne in 1985 by Mic Jogwer (Lead vocalist, lyricist and bass),  Tom Elbern (guitars) and Marcus Giltjes (drums). The band took its name after a Hüsker Dü song called "Pink Turns To Blue." Their first LP, "If Two Worlds Kiss," gave the new wave sound dark undertones, developing the sub-genre...

I spoke to musician, producer, author and vocalist for Bella More and The Rain Within, Andy Dean. Founded in the 1990s, Bella Morte played an essential role in the revival of Gothic Rock in the US, releasing over 9 full-length albums and EPs.  As one of the founders of Bella Morte, Andy's passion and love of all things horror has inspired him to write and publish 4 horror novels/novellas: &qu...

Post Punk band hailing from Columbus, Ohio, The Wake released their latest album called Perfumes and Fripperies on Blaylox Records.  I spoke to Troy Payne, one of the founding members of the Wake  which he founded with high school buddy and guitarist of the Wake, Rich Witherspoon in 1986. The Wake debuted their album Masked in 1993 via Cleopatra Records, "considered by many gothic rock fans a...

One of the pioneers in darker electronica music is   ATTRITION . The man who has steered the band through the 40 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums is founder Martin Bowes .  Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, Attrition is influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics. They emerged as part of the early 80s UK industrial scene alongside conte...

Scottish producer, author and Industrial music legend  Chris Connelly has an extensive musical career and collaboration that spans four decades which started with his first band, FiniTribe to other industrial groups such as the Revolting Cocks, Ministry ,  Pigface , Damage Manual, PTP to newer collectives such as The Joy Thieves and Cocksure just to name a few. As an author, he released four books...

JULES MAXWELL is an Irish theatre composer, songwriter and keyboardist for the legendary- DEAD CAN DANCE (DCD). He has collaborated with lead vocalist of DCD, Lisa Gerrard on a new studio album called Burn, a seven track album produced by James Chapman via Atlantic Curve, a London-based label. Together Maxwell and Gerrard have commissioned seven films to accompany the music of the album. The first...

Personal Development Angel, Davin Anderson is a spiritual coach, reiki practitioner and psychic intuitive reader. She took us on a spiritual journey and guided meditation to the Akashic Records- the field of energy and the soul's library that contains the past, the present and the future of every thought, word, emotion, intent of the soul such as the soul's purpose, talents and lessons a...