An all new video for A girl called harmony by Russian film maker Edward 209.
From our forthcoming DVD release.

June

"Attrition provides a satisfying ride into the heart and soul of imagination..."
Musictap.net - read the full review
"Those are some powerful songs, almost every one of them caused me to cry - not because they were sad, but because they are so well composed and performed that they bring such raw emotion to the surface..." DJ Mouse/Eccentrik Festival

May

We are pleased to announce our appearance at this years Eccentrik Festival, Raleigh, NC October 7th...and our first apearance in Mexico City on September 2nd...
Undergroundinc have just released a limited edition boxed collection of 4 of the albums we released through that label ... The Hand That Feeds. The Hidden Agenda. Ephemera & Keepsakes & Reflections...with art by John Santerineross and free poster available now for only $30 through our merchandise pages...
The Stromkern remix of Cosmetic Citizen is included on the Dark Horizons radio benefit CD...

April

We are celebrating our 25 year anniversary with the release of a 16 track 74 minute CD of re-collected, re-worked and re-mastered works.
The first 2000 copies are issued in a limited, numbered, collectors edition gatefold digipack.
Tearing arms from Deities is the debut release for our new label Two Gods on April 10th.
The official launch show for will be at this years Convergence festival...New Orleans.
April 14th... where we will be joined on stage by special guest Ned Kirby from Stromkern...
a full US tour follows in the fall ..check the tour dates page for the latest info...

full details and online press pack

Martin is being interviewed for a unique CD to be given away as part of the promotional activities for our upcoming best of anthology...

March

Songs for Dresden.
We have our song "Two Gods" included on the 2CD collection celebrating the 800 year anniversary of the City of Dresden..
Our hometown, Coventry is a twin city to Dresden after both cities suffered massive bombing during the second world war..

Pigface.
Martin is completing electronics and vocals on a track as special guest on the upcoming Pigface album on Underground inc... The album will also be featuring Martin Atkins, Chris Connelly, Curse Mackay, En Esch, Charles Levi, Die Warzau and possibly Emile Autumn...

February something about film...

Narnia.
Skander Keynes (Edmund in the film Narnia..) has recorded the featured voice on a bizarre and wonderful remix of our song "Dante's Kitchen" by Zena ...a music technology student of mine....
it's up at our free mp3 site http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/attrition-mp3/

Mint in box. Attrition have two songs...Cosmetic Citizen (The Stromkern remix) and Dreamsleep (extract) featured on the soundtrack ...alongside the Pogues and more...to a new dark comedy feature by Armand Montiel. http://www.idratherbemakingamovie.com The public premier screening as part of the New York International Independent film & Video Festival is on march 10th at the Laemmle Fairfax Theatre in Los Angeles. If you are in the area contact Armand for details on getting hold of a ticket.

C for Chaos
Martin is recording the narrators voiceover dialogue for an upcoming horror film from the house of North Carolina based Mutantville productions. Filming is coming to a close and the movie should be available later this year... more info from http://www.mutantville.com/

January 2006

Announcing a series of Collectors edition re-issues of many Attrition albums for this 25th anniversary year. Every album will include something special...something extra...
The first is Projekt records re-issue of a Tricky Business.
From 1991 this album includes the darkwave classic "a girl called harmony".
The album is available in the original artwork and now includes a bonus track in the long lost 12" club remix version of "Something in my Eye".
you can get hold of a copy of this from our merchandise page

"Wrapped in the guise of my friend..."
We are still accepting submissions for the upcoming attrition tribute/covers album.

Our song "Two Gods" is featured on the soundtrack to Independent film maker Mark Petro's new short film, "The Sun and the Moon"
you can view a streaming version here

December

We will be returning to the USA this year  for our 6th and biggest ever tour in support of our upcoming best of collection...Tearing arms from Deities...
do get in touch if you would like to get involved in any way...

December 8th. 1980. The day John lennon was shot.
It was the date of our our first ever show.

"Something Stirs. the beginning. 1981-83"
I am compiling an album of very early unreleased 4 track and live recordings from our earliest days for release later in 2006...

more events for this very special year coming soon..
take care

Martin Bowes .

November
The Terminal Kaleidoscope - We have just received copies of the reissue of these rare live recordings from the tour we did with the Legendary Pink Dots in Holland & Switzerland in April 1984. Originally a cassette only release - the limited edition CD re-issue on French label Mecapop comes in Deluxe fold out packaging... more details and pictures from Mecapop

...and from our very first tour to our very latest...we have finally put up the tour diary from this years Dante's Kitchen US tour...Martin's diary with on and offstage photos and links to show reviews and a live mp3 from the DNA show in San Francisco... check it here

meanwhile Martin has taken time out from working on the next attrition album to produce remixes for High Blue Star, Emilie Autumn, Zeitmahl...

October
VIDEO DATE!!
as part of our upcoming 25 year celebration we are compiling our first ever DVD release.
With rare promo videos, live tour footage and documentary interviews from our entire career... Due for release sometime in 2006... Does anyone have any video footage taken at one of our shows somewhere, anywhere over the last two decades? if you can get us anything at all we can consider it for the DVD and of course you'll get credited and a free copy...
email me: martin@attrition.co.uk

August
Our 25th anniversary year is fast approaching...we are planning a series of very special releases and live events worldwide...
Firstly, we have been asked to compile an album of cover versions of attrition songs.. a tribute album if you like... this is an open request for contributions. if you would like to submit a cover do let us know....email martin for more details, deadlines, or anything else...

We are currently setting up our own site at myspace...do feel free to invite us to link...
The title track from Dante's Kitchen is included on US label A Different Drum's 6 CD State of Synthpop compilation... 90 bands and over 7 hours of music.
"Attrition has created one of the most incredible goth-electro records that I have heard..." Tentacles e-zine.

July
We will be appearing at the years Castle Party festival, Bolkow, Poland. on July 30th...
meanwhile we are in the studio working on new material and an upcoming soundtrack project...

April
We're bringing High Blue Star over to the UK for their first ever european show, when they open for us at Madame JoJos in London on May 26th... a warm up for our appearance at this years Gotham festival on May 28th...check the tour dates page for more info...
We've also added a live version of Dreamcatcher - taken from our recent US tour as another free download up at our mp3 pages !

March
The sonic terrorist techno remix of The head of gabriel is now available as a free download from our mp3 pages...
There's an interview with Martin up now at the excellent sickamongthepure site...with a chance to win signed attrition cd's ...
There's an exclusive remix of "The head of gabriel" by XP8 on the new Synthphony remixed vol. 4 compilation...
"Dante's Kitchen is a dark masterpiece of music and imagination".....
Read the full review from the new issue of Dark Realm's magazine/USA...
There's another new interview in the new issue of Black Harvest /UK..
Attrition in Hollywood. There's a live review of our show there in January up at the ChainDLK website...!
You can hear a selection from Dante's Kitchen online at the excellent regenmag website for a limited time!..look for an interview with us there soon..

February 2005.
We are back from our most successful US tour....thanks to everyone involved....booking agent...label and promoters...and to everyone who came out to the shows...but especially to Laurie and Brian from High Blue Star...Laurie sang with us on the tour and her band opened for us on some dates...look out for photos, a tour diary and live mp3's up soon...

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