Android Lust is a pseudonym of Shikhee D’iordna (aka Shikhee), which begun … Read Full Bio ↴Android Lust is a pseudonym of Shikhee D’iordna (aka Shikhee), which begun in 1995 and débuted with "Resolution" (Tinman, 1997).
Struggle is a natural part of the creative process for many artists. For Shikhee, the one-woman army behind industrial act Android Lust, struggle became downright essential to the production of the fourth Android Lust album, The Human Animal. Not by choice, of course: Nearly a decade after debuting as the first one-woman industrial act, the Bangladeshi-born New Yorker found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”
The process of making 2006’s Devour, Rise and Take Flight ws “a very trying period,” says Shikhee. “I was coming home from my job around 9 or 10, and then mixing till 2 or 3, only to get back up and get to work at 9 again. I was barely sleeping and losing weight.” Problems with her record label compounded her frustration; the heavy touring season that followed, prolonged it.
When the album cycle finally wrapped, Shikhee returned home to face some familiar fears. “It’s always a bit scary. I start to doubt myself, reacquaint myself with my studio . . . and wonder if I can still do it,” she says. “It took until late 2007 to get back to writing.”
The Human Animal is undeniable proof that she can, indeed, still “do it.” After two albums on preeminent electronic-music label Projekt Records, Shikhee released Animal in August 2010 on her own Synthellec Music. In production for more than two years, this is the work of an artist reinvigorated by the creative process, adding a new set of colors to her signature sonic palette. “It just happened one day after we came back from our tour,” Shikhee recalls. “Songs just started flooding.”
The flood was triggered in part by Shikhee’s decision to work with her live band in the studio for the first time. “In the past I played all the guitars and some bass [in addition to electronic instruments], but now I had access to these really talented musicians and I wanted to bring that touch in the studio. So I wrote parts for them, parts that were beyond my playing ability.”
The mix of live instruments and processed sounds isn’t new for an Android Lust recording—2003’s breakthrough The Dividing featured live drums, string and wind instrument—but never have those sounds figured so prominently as they do on The Human Animal. The slippery undertones of “A New Heaven” are revealed to be an upright bass; pockets of classical guitar propel “Into the Sun”; the overdriven guitars on “Saint Over” surge forth with the spark of vintage Nine Inch Nails. It’s the most organic-sounding Android Lust record while losing none of the unrelenting sonic edge of prior releases.
It’s not just the live instrumentation that brings the album uncharacteristic warmth. Shikhee took to the streets of New York City with a portable recorder, collecting noises that would be used to form rhythms and ambiance throughout the record. The sounds of a screeching subway, a crowded restaurant, geese, pigeons, and a Barnes & Noble escalator all found their way into the mix.
And Shikhee has never sounded better, her whisper-to-a-scream vocals on a par with Polly Jean Harvey (“It’s On You”) and Ruby’s Leslie Rankine (“God in the Hole”).
For an artist whose overarching aesthetic has sought to blur the line between human and machine, Shikhee here sets her sights on the battle between the physical and the spiritual. Much of The Human Animal is about tapping into the deeper well of universal energy within to find true meaning, freeing oneself (the human) from the imprisonment of ego (the animal). “A New Heaven” sums up the central query: “Are we the ones we are seeking under this sun?”
But despite the sometimes reflective tone this is not music for meditation. The Human Animal’s 10 songs, plus a Jerome Dillon remix of “God in the Hole” to close the disc, pulse and pound, posing both an invitation and a challenge to the listener. Welcome to the age of enlightenment for Android Lust.
- by John Brodeur
Struggle is a natural part of the creative process for many artists. For Shikhee, the one-woman army behind industrial act Android Lust, struggle became downright essential to the production of the fourth Android Lust album, The Human Animal. Not by choice, of course: Nearly a decade after debuting as the first one-woman industrial act, the Bangladeshi-born New Yorker found herself burnt out from balancing a music career with what some might call “real life.”
The process of making 2006’s Devour, Rise and Take Flight ws “a very trying period,” says Shikhee. “I was coming home from my job around 9 or 10, and then mixing till 2 or 3, only to get back up and get to work at 9 again. I was barely sleeping and losing weight.” Problems with her record label compounded her frustration; the heavy touring season that followed, prolonged it.
When the album cycle finally wrapped, Shikhee returned home to face some familiar fears. “It’s always a bit scary. I start to doubt myself, reacquaint myself with my studio . . . and wonder if I can still do it,” she says. “It took until late 2007 to get back to writing.”
The Human Animal is undeniable proof that she can, indeed, still “do it.” After two albums on preeminent electronic-music label Projekt Records, Shikhee released Animal in August 2010 on her own Synthellec Music. In production for more than two years, this is the work of an artist reinvigorated by the creative process, adding a new set of colors to her signature sonic palette. “It just happened one day after we came back from our tour,” Shikhee recalls. “Songs just started flooding.”
The flood was triggered in part by Shikhee’s decision to work with her live band in the studio for the first time. “In the past I played all the guitars and some bass [in addition to electronic instruments], but now I had access to these really talented musicians and I wanted to bring that touch in the studio. So I wrote parts for them, parts that were beyond my playing ability.”
The mix of live instruments and processed sounds isn’t new for an Android Lust recording—2003’s breakthrough The Dividing featured live drums, string and wind instrument—but never have those sounds figured so prominently as they do on The Human Animal. The slippery undertones of “A New Heaven” are revealed to be an upright bass; pockets of classical guitar propel “Into the Sun”; the overdriven guitars on “Saint Over” surge forth with the spark of vintage Nine Inch Nails. It’s the most organic-sounding Android Lust record while losing none of the unrelenting sonic edge of prior releases.
It’s not just the live instrumentation that brings the album uncharacteristic warmth. Shikhee took to the streets of New York City with a portable recorder, collecting noises that would be used to form rhythms and ambiance throughout the record. The sounds of a screeching subway, a crowded restaurant, geese, pigeons, and a Barnes & Noble escalator all found their way into the mix.
And Shikhee has never sounded better, her whisper-to-a-scream vocals on a par with Polly Jean Harvey (“It’s On You”) and Ruby’s Leslie Rankine (“God in the Hole”).
For an artist whose overarching aesthetic has sought to blur the line between human and machine, Shikhee here sets her sights on the battle between the physical and the spiritual. Much of The Human Animal is about tapping into the deeper well of universal energy within to find true meaning, freeing oneself (the human) from the imprisonment of ego (the animal). “A New Heaven” sums up the central query: “Are we the ones we are seeking under this sun?”
But despite the sometimes reflective tone this is not music for meditation. The Human Animal’s 10 songs, plus a Jerome Dillon remix of “God in the Hole” to close the disc, pulse and pound, posing both an invitation and a challenge to the listener. Welcome to the age of enlightenment for Android Lust.
- by John Brodeur
Here and Now
Android Lust Lyrics
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(hed) p.e. Here and now (fear me) Here and now We are face to…
(həd) p.e. Here and now We are face to phase Caught in this time…
7Years Right here, right now my loved ones in a prison cell four…
Absurd Minds The here is everywhere and the now is always. Turn round…
Agathocles Here we are and here we stay, we're not gonna change…
Akrobatik I was born son of Cameron brother of Brendon Been through…
Amanda McBroom These aren’t the best of times But they’re the only times…
Amy and Jazz Awaken to your beautiful body to your beautiful mind I know…
Andy Williams Mama′s afraid for your heart She's certain I′m gonna break i…
B.D. Lenz Feels like we're losing touch Still taste your lips on mine …
Be The Wolf As daylight was leaving Alone and without a care I wasn'…
Beyond 7 When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Brodie Looking up at the sky on this October night, Your hand…
Burning by Desire If you're waiting for the right time Then you should know…
Cash Cash I hope you're down 'Cause I'm coming to see you And I…
Cash Cash & Kerli I hope you're down 'Cause I'm coming to see you And I…
Cash Cash Kerli I hope you're down 'Cause I'm coming to see you And I…
Chris Delvan Gwamna here I stand before the God of all the earth to…
Christian Bautista You and I may never be the perfect pair The kind…
Client What brought us to this What brought us to life What brought…
CLIENT(project by Jay- Jay Johanson) What brought us to this What brought us to life What broug…
Coleslaw Like a train that is gone Still darkens the sun My former…
Colette Baron-Reid Believe I found an answer In my crystal ball Its not what…
Collection: Marvin Teddy And Luther... A Smooth Urban Jazz Love Letter One look in your eyes and there I see Just what…
Communions Departing through the underground Where treasure chests open…
Copia Never let a choice you've made defeat you As the stars…
D.R.C. 話上手なふりは嫌いさ 君を強く抱きしめた 忘れられないものは 君と夏と僕のブルージーンズ ジェリービーンズ頬ばって ロを…
Darris Sneed Here and now And now and now And now and now And now…
David Mann When I look in your eyes There I see Just what you…
Dean M. Collins Love is here and Oh, my darling, now you're gone Love is…
Del Amitri Hey I'm with you, let me just get you a…
Demise Of Eros Our eyes have seen the worst of oppression And we can't…
Devon Gilfillian Come back baby Come back To the here and now I know it…
Devon Werkheiser Oh what I′ve done Oh what I've done Oh what I′ve done Is…
Doomsday Refreshment Committee Not too hard to see through you And all the stupid…
Down And Outs Cold as the light of day Seems like life slipped away Like…
Dr. Saxlove I See through the Veils, the Ætheric masquerade Lost in your…
Eddie Kirkland We want to be a church where freedom reigns We want…
Ernies The buzz of electric lamplight From down on the sidewalk Y…
F.P.O. Baby pull up to the Eastside Tell me right now Does it…
Fireflight Lonely moonlight guides my eyes right to the door So many…
Fischer-Z A Berkoff play on a television. A goatee beard. She's ging…
Flannel Graph one day i will fill my lungs with pollutants and oxygen ther…
Forest Gateau Elke keer als ik naar benden ga ooohhggelke keer als…
Garden Variety --------------- Today I found a nickel And I held it in my…
Genuflect You started it, started the whole world turning You wanted …
Gilberto Gil Here and now, I still can find I belong Here and…
Godgiven A great past And peerless experience But stuck with us in th…
Graeme James Tom and I sit on the hill wondering where to…
Great Big Sea The sun must set to rise The light will leave your…
Hypernova I'm in a Bubble all alone You're in another on your…
Indica No sound, only silence breaking down all these walls Two so…
Jacob & Phil Fill Oh I’ve been searching And I’ve been wondering Oh I’ve been …
JamisonParker Friday night, here come the crowds And we're swallowed whole…
Jana Stanfield It always seems there's so much space between Where I am…
Janelle Loes All your life You had heard that time was a funny thing But…
Jazzamor let us stay at this moment of time see a special…
Jehro HOLD ME NOW, MY ONLY LOVE AND TAKE ME AWAY FROM THE…
Jo Deep Your heart oh God is what I have When Your heart…
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers My daddy worked this land like his dad and his…
Jose Mari Chan You and I may never be the perfect pair The kind…
Julie Verse 1 Skies spin their dance Within Your breath Time runs…
Katrina Carlson Heaven knows if I were given one more day At the…
Keenan Cahill Intro} cant feel life i don't wanna be falling out of time …
Kenny Chesney Seen the skyline in New York City Fireflies in Tennessee Sip…
Kerli I hope you're down 'Cause I'm coming to see you And I…
Kevin M. Thomas Spacing on amphetamine All emotions dead to me Mental state …
Kid \'n Play Randy James: Yuh. This the moment you been waiting for? Weir…
Kim Normal You're real as me But what you say I cannot hear As…
Leanne Pearson Locked the apartment door last suitcase in the truck Backing…
LEAV/E/ARTH Jenny took a trip Now she feels a lot better Get plenty…
Letters to Cleo Just living on a Sunday morning, got my toast and…
Lizz Wright Don′t leave me behind You got inside me A place a space…
Luka Bloom When the tide goes out This beach is never the same I…
Lutha I was fighting off the blackness The emptiness the slacknes…
Luther Vandross One look in your eyes and there I see Just what…
Luther+Vandross When I look in your eyes There I see Just what you…
Mark Erelli Cobblestone pillow, newspaper sheets Ten below zero, sleepin…
Mark Maxwell When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Matt Monro Here and now I feel the rhythm starting I want to…
Me Me Me Got a lonely week waiting for me, the last one No…
Melanie C I walked the line so carefully I took my time, I…
Michael Fairbrother Alone, remember you and day collide Shaking together with al…
Missing Persons Here we are in the here and now All I can…
Obscenity Trial The clock is turning round Staring at the wall Still heari…
Ofln - Staind You, you always said That I'm better when I'm not trapped…
Orange Blue How many times we say I'm with you But too many…
Pale Crow Drone on the streets Till my toes start to freeze Granny's h…
Paradise This guys got lots of friends and everyone thinks that…
Paul Baloche Chorus 1: Here and now, here in this moment Here and now…
Petra Berger Feel deep within your sense of being See your own true…
Phil Keaggy Keaggy Here they as one take their stand Two lives joine…
potsu Wait, what′d you say? What's the uh, one movie where Tim…
Praiz Hold my hand Coz never ever wanna leave you Till the end Is…
Raymond Jones When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Rebecca's Empire Yesterday I had a dream about tomorrow Ice was melting…
Richard Berman When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Richard Elliot When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Ride The bridge holds back the sky Can't hold back what's inside …
Ryan Sheridan I left the light on in the hall so I…
Seether This fear has me chilled down to the bone And I…
Seph Cove We’re here and now We’re here and now We’re here and now We’…
Sevendust Send somebody, somebody soon I'm feeling tired All torn up a…
Skout Sky been burning red from the War that lies ahead Thoughts o…
Sounds of Red Bull Don′t wait For it You know The time is now So look around S…
Sousa - T Music In our darkness In our sickness In our suffering You came to…
Spirit Fox Here and now I don't want to think about you and…
Starsound Orchestra Steve Faison One look in your eyes and there I see Just what…
Steps [Chorus] Here and now I want to be the one for…
Steve Vai Here we stand As time keeps turning Near and far The fires a…
Steve Wingfield When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Strain Here and now I wanna be the one for you…
Superbutt Let's make it last just a little bit longer It's here…
Sweet Surrender When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
Swing Out Sister Cold as the light of day Seems like life slipped away Like…
Tara MacLean There is nothing that I can do All the words…
Tenside Come on One life, one spirit, not afraid of what comes…
Terry Steele When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
The Ernies The buzz of electric lamplight From down on the sidewalk Y…
The Hit Crew When I look in your eyes There I see Just…
The Steps [Chorus] Here and now I want to be the one for…
Tony Lewis If I lived my world in colour Tell me what you…
Tony22 Surrender Only now The Egoic Self Nor the pain body Can surv…
Trace Balin She's standing near the waterfall of youth She's seeking for…
Tytania At this point in time, there's no place to be But…
Vai Here we stand As time keeps turning Near and far The fires a…
Venus Ain't got no aim Ain't got no shame Ain't got no need To…
Wency Cornejo Do you wanna see me crying Do you wanna see me…
Wingtips Disconnected from the truth forevermore And so I can't recal…
ZOEgirl Here and now And now and now And now and now And now…
Seether This fear has me chilled down to the bone And I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Android Lust:
A New Heaven Is this a new kind of heaven It's upto me They say…
Another Void a momentary kiss you leave me with your poison how will I…
Burn Slowly peel this crust that is forming Over my skin To pro…
Cherished Agony Cherished agony Have you not swallowed the last drops of pr…
Cruelty Desolate Deserted Wasted Disowned No more reasons left t…
Division the division is starting to feel permanent as the rise and…
Dragonfly Between us Screaming, pleading Have mercy God No relief t…
Drown i feel it pushing so hard i can't move i feel it…
Fall to Fragments is it the light I see is it the water that…
Fell the Empty Mask You've set the stage For a revolution Surrounded by those …
Follow Follow You lead I follow Shadow I am your shadow I do As you…
God in the Hole wanna feel good With my personal god Tell me what to do T…
Heathen Carelessly passing through pieces of future Stored in abund…
Hole Solution Did you stop to think Is it making you a question All…
Intimate Stranger I am the water beneath your steps I am the fire…
Into the Sun Dig deep dig Under around Scratch peel dig Dig beneath th…
It's on You Did I burn your hand It's on you Did I steal your…
Kingdom of One he is made of shit wants not a glimpse of the…
Leah Leah Moving faster Come out of the water Race for the div…
Leave It Behind I don't want to talk at all Leave this once for…
Lover Thine He says I keep the faith in the only thing It…
Memory Game In the beginning There was only you I'm trying to remember…
One World One world to another One day we discover What's to become …
Panic Wrought Here I stand Empty heart, empty hands When all is silent I l…
Refuse I have been broken, polluted, destroyed Ripped apart and cr…
Rub Me Raw Since you I met I don't know how My reasons have failed T…
Saint Over I've given you chance after chance after chance after chance…
Sense of It All Sometimes I feel It's hard to go on Even to get out…
Sex and Mutilation Have you ever seen such beauty Just dripping with anticipat…
Sin You taught me to lie I taught you to fake it You…
Slice of Life Her gaze hit the side of mine So I opened it…
Spine I'm searching for my god To reach into his heart and…
Stained I stand corrected Guess it just wasn't meant to be I know…
Suffer the Flesh Under your command You like to make me suffer I don't mi…
The Body This body belongs to me To fuck to hurt to kill And…
The Return I wanna stop this war Didn't know I was lost I am…
The Want I ask for water I ask for sleep Batteries for my remote A…
Unbeliever so I stare into the gray dawn watching as the light…
Unrecognize Some have stood still Some have fallen down Some are crawl…
Used Use me Need me Break me Make me Change me Rape me Beli…
Where Angels Lie Push the moment over the edge Corrupt my thoughts with this…
Wicked Days Hey come away what see my eyes thoughts on my mind bitter da…
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