Heavenly Voices

Heavenly Voices (in German: "Heavenly Voices") is a name that was originally created in the early 1990s as a marketing term for the Leipzig dark wave band Love Is Colder Than Death and was subsequently used in a five-part compilation series of the same name Application came. The groups so titled came primarily from the areas of ethereal , neoclassical , neofolk , folk , pop , alternative rock , trip-hop , world music , new age and, most recently, metal .

The concept of the compilation series, which was published between 1993 and 1998 by the Nuremberg recording company Hyperium Records, consisted of marketing atmospheric pieces of music with a female voice in the form of an anthology . Some of the singers had already gained experience in singing lessons or completed a degree in this area. However, the name Heavenly Voices was soon heavily criticized. It represented a significant burden for the bands - due to the associated high expectations on the part of the audience.

Although the compilation series was discontinued at the end of the 1990s, the name established itself as a marketing term around the world a little later. Record companies such as Prikosnovénie (France), Projekt (USA) and Kalinkaland (Germany) use them for mostly neoclassical or world music-oriented music projects.

An offshoot of the Heavenly Voices series was Heavenly Grooves , which covered artists from the trip-hop, ambient and downtempo area with two compilations each (1996 and 1998) .

Compilations

Regular publications

Special editions

1993: Heavenly Voices Part I (Hyperium Records) Artists: Stoa , Chandeen , Die Form , Annabelle's Garden , Love Spirals Downwards, Attrition, u. a. 1994: Heavenly Voices Part II (Hyperium Records) Artists: Collection d'Arnell-Andrea, Sleeping Dogs Wake, Kirlian Camera , Donna Regina , u. a. 1995: Heavenly Voices Part III (Hyperium Records) Artists: Bel Canto , Faith & The Muse, Miranda Sex Garden , The 3rd and the Mortal , Qntal , u. a. 1996: Heavenly Voices Part IV (Hyperium Records) Artists: The Dreamside , Ataraxia , Heather Nova , Claire Voyant, La Floa Maldita, Stoa, u. a. 1998: Heavenly Voices Part V (Hyperium Records) Artists: Within Temptation , The Gathering , Rose Chronicles , Lacuna Coil , Liv Kristine , u. a.

1993: Heavenly Voices (Limited double CD box, Part I + Part II, Hyperium Records) Artists: The Moon Seven Times, Gitane Demone, Ordo Equitum Solis, Sabotage Qu'est-ce Que C'est ?, u. a. 1994: Heavenly Voices (French edition with selected titles, Semantic Records) Artists: Love is Colder than Death, Dark Orange, Love Spirals Downwards, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, etc. a. 1997: Heavenly Voices (separate edition with renowned artists, EMI Electrola) Artists: Kate Bush , Deep Forest , Adiemus , Moby , Enigma , In the Nursery , Clannad , Dead Can Dance , etc. a. 1998: Heavenly Voices (American edition with selected titles, Cleopatra Records) Artists: Rise and Fall of a Decade, Ophelia's Dream, Stoa, Swandive, Anchorage, Chandeen, Die Form, u. a.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger (ed.): The Gothic and Dark Wave Lexicon. The Dark Scene from A-Z . Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-89602-522-7 , pp. 347 .
2. ↑ Olli Faul · Paraneuja music magazine · Heavenly Voices? - Reluctant marketing · Issue no. 8 page 7 1994