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
I Need to Know
Android Lust Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'I Need to Know' by these artists:
01. artist ITS 12.01 Never thought it'd be this hard I don't wanna be…
048. Marc Anthony They say around the way you've asked for me There's even…
Alex Rutherford Will someone tell me where I belong? Where I should go? Can…
Alle Farben (Oh, oh-oh) I need to know (oh, oh-oh), do you still…
Allen Kris Life's been blinding me From what I thought I'd see Is there…
Andrew & Veda I need you here And now you’re gone I don’t know…
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets All I need is you (is you) Is you (is you All…
Anthony Warlow JEKYLL I need to know The nature of the demons that possess …
Anthony Warlow (Jekyll & Hyde) I'm sure you're tired of waiting I said that I'd make…
Ashers (Originally by Tom Petty) Well, the talk on the street …
Barbie Inside of my heart is an army of angels Just coz…
Barbie and Cast Will someone tell me where I belong? Where I should go? Can…
Barbie and Friends Inside of my heart is an army of angels Just coz…
Blake Lewis (by Marc Anthony) They say around the way you've asked fo…
Bro तुझपे मेरी है दावेदारियां तुझसे है दिल की साझेदारियां (साझेद…
Cassidy Ladden Where is the land I come from? Who lives where I…
Cha-Cha [Chorus:] I need you Cha-cha-cha-cha That's what I want Cha-…
Cosmo Klein Lovers and dreamers, free ones and beggars My life is your…
Delbert McClinton I learned to swim when daddy threw me in the…
Die Original Knaller-Band You could leave me out of this one I'm not trying…
Diggy Oh I have it all and you on my team If life…
DJ Juic-e Ur beautiful brown eyes 吸い込まれるような瞳 Uh-firstime Clubで 瞳が合った瞬間…
Dr. Henry Jekyll I'm about to lose my mind You've been gone for so…
Excellence Eenie meenie miny moe Aouh Eenie meenie miny moe It's alrig…
FAMILY ROOM - Tom Petty Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Frank Wildhorn I need to know the nature of the demons that possess man's…
Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse Look at me and tell me who I am, Why I…
Geluk I need to know If you wanna be with me No time…
GeMi-FlY Lonely, lonely heart In need my soul Lonely, lonely heart Wh…
Goldfinger I run away cause I'm Scared that you might leave There's…
Hans Zimmer Andrew Kawczynski Johnny Marr & Dave Stewart Your love is fading I can feel your love fading Woman…
Heretixx Night time in the city, but we ain't lookin' for…
Hydromag When you wake up in the evening Love left an empty…
Innerlude I've tried n tried to tell you about the way that…
J-Diggs I be smoking it when I said that I won't No…
Jae-P 시간이 필요해 네가 또 누군갈 만나기 전까지 내가 널 잊을 수 있기 위해 사진…
Jay Tee Dutch B-12 I need fabulous plan to escape from this world I need fabulo…
JD and the Critics Look, I know, I know I don't be sayin' everything I…
Jekyll LUCY: Look at me, And tell me who I am. Why I am What…
Junior Jay All I wanna know is when im gonna see you…
Kansas Need To Know How do I know what you say is…
Kanye West [Chorus] I need to know, you down to do whatever? Down to…
Kid Drew and the Kids La gente anda diciendo por alli Que t quisieras acercarte a…
KITCHEN - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Kris Allen Life's been blinding me From what I thought I'd see Is there…
Kurt Rosenwinkel and ojm BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, HUMANKIND WELL I GUESS WE'LL FIND THAT P…
Kwang-Ho Hong 오늘 밤에도 어김없이 또 난 너를 만났어 정말로 함께 있는 것…
Leblanc & Carr I love you, I don't love you, I love you,…
Linda Eder & Anthony Warlow Look at me and tell me who I am, Why I…
Lt Dan I Need To Know…
Lust-O-Rama For you thinking out of the box May feel as Socratic…
M.a.o.s. Beats Simulation Terminated, Simulation Terminated Simulation Term…
Marc Anthony They say around the way you've asked for me there's even…
Marco T. There's no need to know We've both been here before Seems…
Melissa Lyons Ro: Where is the land I come from? Who lives where…
mr. silent ビルの谷間 走り抜けて 風は空に 舞い上がる 君は何を 見てきたの その透き通る体で アスファルトに 引きずられて 重…
NEVER BROKE AGAIN (Fah) Shoot at a nigga in the face behind NBA Believe that,…
Norman E. Riley Staying out late clways getting shitfaced Don't do it for m…
Nôze feat. Dani Siciliano I need to know... why you never say, you love me I…
Ofln - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
On the Rocks Got it on smash Girl, you keep flexing on your ex,…
Orginal Broadway Cast I was hot I went to parties a lot Y'know? I was driving…
Original Broadway Cast TARZAN Will someone tell me where I belong? Where I should…
Party At The Pharmacy I met you at the pharmacy You let me be who…
Petty Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Phil Collins TARZAN Will someone tell me where I belong? Where I should…
PJ Morton They say the way you ask around for me There's even…
Poison Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
R Angels R. Angels---I Need To Know Come on baby, come on right…
R.Lum.R You got something about you, something about you Blow me awa…
re:tract Your face lends a brighter day, Oh I can feel your…
Rick Karnadi There i was sittin on my own busy killin time…
Sanchez I don't need the air in these lungs Don't need the…
Sarah Smith I NEED TO KNOW Sarah Smith / Pete Ash The fact that…
Sirima Do you really think it's fair Telling me now you won't…
Sleeping with Sirens You got a pretty face, I got this broken heart Two…
Stevie Nicks Talk on the town says I might go solo A good…
Suite I'll wait for your letter And I wonder what You think when…
Tarzan (Original Broadway Cast) Will someone tell me where I belong? Where I should go? Can…
The Black Halos Well, the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
The Hours I can see you in my mama, eyes felt the…
The Lust-O-Rama Baby 目を閉じて今君を刺す 歪んでいく君の身体が No need to say loving It's real k…
Tim Chadwick (Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay) I got hurt too many times I…
Tom & Heartbreakers Petty Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Tom Petty Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Tom Petty The Heartbreakers Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Tom Petty; The Heartbreakers Well the talk on the street Says you might go solo A…
Twarres I need to know How do you do And do you miss…
Two Dollars feat Fanel All I Need Is You Music & Text By Fanel Cornelius Part A I…
V.A. 手牵手分手 梦和梦交错 所以是 该忘了经过 祝福剩烛火 温柔变沙漠 辛苦的心里面 拼命泪流 我以为美好了 可以安排未来了…
Various Artists I Need" I need sunshine, I need angels, I need Something go…
VST Where is the land I come from? Who lives where I…
[D.M.C] I'm going anway I'm going anway yeah I don't care if it's…
马克.安东尼 [Verse 1] I know something's shady when I'm feeling it You…
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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