Origin:

Australia / Europe

 

Genre:

Vamp

 

Years Active:

2012 - Now

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Vinyl Release: 

Beast Records (France)

Spooky Records (Melbourne, AU)

 

Official Band Website:

www.thesubterraneansea.com

 www.bellephoenix.com

 

Management: msjarvinen@hotmail.com

Belle Phoenix & The Subterranean Sea are an explosive duo of raw power and villainous mischief with their rock n' roll set. The stripped back set offers a more sombre, dark, ethereal experience: violin, piano, bass, accordion

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Sounds like: Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, The Cramps, and sometimes like Sonic Youth having a fling with Rowland S. Howard.

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The Australian duo, Belle Phoenix (FI) on vox & guitar, is at times reminiscent of NICO  but it is clear they have made a sound all of their own. Osker Bickford (AU) on guitar, Chris Hughes (Crime & The City Solution, Rowland S. Howard) drums, Maria Zastrow on bass and Hezron Chetty violin.  Together, they create a unique, sonic tapestry of nordic noir and psych drama at times reminicent of the 50s and, post-punk eras, the duo play with a full band loud and furious or go for the murderous attack of silent, cinematic stalking in the acoustic set.   Phoenix sometimes plays solo dismembering various original and sometimes, cover songs along the way. 

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"The Glorious Dead Vinyl LP" 2021

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Released by Beast Records (FR) & Spooky Records (AU) and emerged as Belle's Frankenstein album.  A musical escapade, stitched together from diverse sonic limbs across the globe. This album, akin to the mad scientist's laboratory, saw its creation unfold in New York, with Mark Plati (Bowie, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode) and Lindsay Gravina (The Birthday Party, Rowland S. Howard, Magic Dirt). In Sydney at home in Alberts Music Studio, Phoenix self-produced, Dancing All The Time, SoulKillers and New York City recruiting Trent Marden (The Holy Soul), on guitar. 

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New EP ’TaranDtula’ is a D.I.Y. recording and release, February 2024

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Martin J. Fiedler of Klangbild Studio in Kreuzberg, was recruited to mix the DIY recordinig. Martin is  known for his work with fellow Australians, Crime & The City Solution. A Berlin sojourn brought a fateful encounter with musician Chris Hughes, adding his drumming prowess in 2023. Two singles emerged in 2023: the upbeat and catchy "All By Myself" and the dystopian love affair, “Moon & Mars” (Special Version), mixed and mastered by Fabian Tormin (Lee Renaldo). Now, in the moonlit shadows of early February 2024, Belle Phoenix and The Subterranean Sea unveil the first half of their vampiric opus, 4-tracks marrying heaven and hell.

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