Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows explained
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: sopor aeternus "eternal slumber";[5] [6] also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor)[7] is a neoclassical dark wave musical project based in Frankfurt,[8]
Founding
The group was founded in 1989 by a non-binary[9] multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.[7] [10]
Discography
Demo tapes
The three demo tapes are often referred to as "Blut der schwarzen Rose" or "The Undead-Trilogy".[11] Only the first has been released.
Studio albums
EPs and remix albums ("sister albums")
Singles
- "The Goat" / "The Bells Have Stopped Ringing" (2005)
- "In der Palästra" (2007)
- "Imhotep" (2011)
- Reprise (2018)
- Vor Dem Tode Träumen Wir (2019)
- The Boy Must Die (2019)
- Architecture ll (Instrumental Version)(Remastered) (2021)
- Birth - Fiendish Figuration (The Inner Hell, Side.A) (Memories Are Haunted Places, Side.B) (2021)
- Averno - Inferno (Averno, Side.A) (Inferno, Side.B) (2021)
- The Dead (2021)
- Todesschlaf (2022)
Other releases
- Jekura - Deep the Eternal Forest (1995) – a compilation featuring four songs by Sopor Aeternus[12]
- Nenia C'alladhan (2002) – a self-titled side project with Constance Fröhling
- Like a Corpse Standing in Desperation (2005) – a boxed set of rarities and hard-to-find albums
- The Goat and Other Re-Animated Bodies (2009) - DVD of previously released videos
- Alone At Sam's (2023) - a single to four player board game
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows . Soporaeternus.de . 2016-08-01.
- Web site: Apocalyptic Vision - CDs and Vinyl . Discogs.com . 2014-09-19 . 2016-08-01.
- Web site: Sopor Aeternus . 2007-11-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114001451/http://www.soporaeternus.de/code/disco.html . 2007-11-14 .
- Web site: SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows . 2010-06-12 . 2016-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612130227/http://www.soporaeternus.de/SOPOR_AETERNUS___The_Ensemble_Of_Shadows.html . 2010-06-12 .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2007-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080510183303/http://www.premonition.org/premor.php3?lien=actu%2Factu.php3X1Xactuid%3D213007&ta=3 . 2008-05-10 .
- Web site: tiscalinet.de . Home.tiscalinet.de . 2016-08-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071211175633/http://home.tiscalinet.de/daffodils/Neu/ubersopor.htm . 2007-12-11 .
- Web site: SOPOR AETERNUS (official) | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos . Myspace.com . 2016-08-01.
- Web site: Sopor Aeternus Official Italian Fan Club . 2007-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911010211/http://www.soporaeternus.it/eng/home.htm . 2007-09-11 .
- Book: Elferen. Isabella van. Weinstock. Jeffrey Andrew. Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture. 2015. Routledge. New York. 9781317962977. 44. Born male and never operated, Cantodea rejects fixed gender and regards herself as both/neither male and/nor female..
- Web site: SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows . Soporaeternus.de . 2016-08-01.
- Web site: Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows Russian Webpage - Music . 2007-09-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070819112440/http://www.soporaeternus.ru/music.htm . 2007-08-19 .
- Web site: Various - Jekura - Deep The Eternal Forest (CD) . Discogs.com . 2016-08-01.