Ethereal Wave, also called Ethereal Darkwave^[1] or Etheric Wave^[2]or Heavenly Voices^[3] in Europe and simply Ethereal in the US, is a term that describes a subgenre of Dark Wave music. Typical of this kind of music is the use of atmospheric guitar soundscapes, including sound effects like echo and delay. A second typical characteristic is the use of breathy male or high register female vocals - often with hard to decipher lyrical content - and a strong influence of ambient, classical and world music. The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer; practitioners referred to as shoegazers) is a genre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. ... Dreampop is a sub-genre of music that combines elements of early 1990s shoegazer with traditional pop songwriting. ... Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Synth redirects here. ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... â™  This article is about the family of musical instruments. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the present. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ...

The American music group Siddal described the music as follows: "A product of influences such as the Cocteau Twins, Low, Slowdive, The Cure, and Dead Can Dance, use a blend of ambient music, shoegazer style guitars, synths and sequenced rhythms."^[4] Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1982 to 1997. ... Slowdive // Slowdive were a shoegazing band formed in 1989, lasting until 1995. ... This article is about the band. ... Dead Can Dance is a band comprised of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. ...

There are overlaps between Ethereal Wave, Shoegazing and Dreampop, with many artists being heavily influenced by 4AD bands, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, and This Mortal Coil, as well as early All About Eve and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer; practitioners referred to as shoegazers) is a genre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. ... Dreampop is a sub-genre of music that combines elements of early 1990s shoegazer with traditional pop songwriting. ... This article is about the record label 4AD. For the year, see 4. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... All About Eve on Top Of The Pops in 1988. ... Siouxsie and the Banshees are a British gothic rock band. ...

The style is strongly associated with the Projekt label, which features some of the most well known names of the US scene. Other labels that featured some of the leading lights of the scene in the 1990s were Tess Records (This Ascension) and Hyperium Records (Chandeen). projekt is a label for gothic music in the goth scene rivaled only by trent reznor and NIN (the second n is reversed on album art) ... This Ascension was a gothic/ethereal band from Southern California formed in 1988. ... Hyperium Records was a German independent record label specializing in ethereal, darkwave, neoclassical, gothic, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Rosch [1] (also known as Oli Rosch) in 1991 [2]. Rosch died on August 1, 2002 in a motorcycle accident [3]. // Hyperium are best known for their Heavenly Voices compilation...

Notable Artists

black tape for a blue girl is an American gothic band formed in 1986. ... Claire Voyant is a dream pop band from Sacramento, California. ... Love Spirals Downwards were an ethereal darkwave, dream pop and electronica recording act from California. ... Lycia is a darkwave band that was formed in 1988. ... Mira are a five-piece dream pop/shoegaze band from Tallahassee, Florida. ... Mors Syphilitica is a darkwave/gothic band formed in 1995 in New York City by Lisa Hammer (née Houle) and Eric Hammer after the breakup of Requiem in White. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This Ascension was a gothic/ethereal band from Southern California formed in 1988. ...

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References

1. ^ Encyclopedia Gothica
2. ^ Music genre classification of the bands Trance To The Sun, This Ascension and Soul Whirling Somewhere · Glasnost Wave Magazine · Issue No. 42 · Pages 32/34 · Germany · April 1994
3. ^ Alyz Tale, Stephane Leguay and Mario Glenade, "Heavenly voices" in Carnets Noirs-Acte 1-Musiques, attitudes et cultures gothiques, éditions E-dite, 3e édition, 2006,pp.186-209. ISBN 2-84608-176-X
4. ^ Description from the official homepage of Siddal