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
Insects
Android Lust Lyrics
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10 Years Hindered by innocence The timid turn to prey Swallowed in he…
10_Years Hindered by innocence The timid turn to prey Swallowed in …
Altered Images I can see you In my memories Watching Everything I do When I…
Ash Insects, all these insects They come crawling across your f…
Benjamin Longman Felt so familiar Kitchen bare but cupboards full I never fel…
Brasstronaut Let them out their broken hearts weighing us down let them…
Chronic Future Insects Just giving in so hard for some to do I let…
danny elfman Tiny insects in my hair Tiny insects everywhere Tiny insects…
Darko US The sky serpents have come to show their true face Not…
I Shalt Become Once I saw a man crawl, His house built on sand. Pray...…
I.N.C.H Senses will allow more than reason Feel me in my weakest…
I.Q. Zero I will control I will not be your savior Your…
Ivy Hope Insects are running for time That magic world - it makes…
Kent I shadowed you this year Thousand clippings on my wall…
Let's Wrestle The insects in my bed Will get inside my head tonight And…
LIL DUSTY G Will my ship wreck? My fate will soon be known Where…
Mr.Kitty Inactive veins Animate From cells of red Fragile hands Cont…
October Drift Insects I don't wanna split in two I don't wanna…
Oingo Boingo Tiny insects in my hair Tiny insects everywhere Tiny insects…
Osaka Popstar You better watch out or the insects will get you You…
Osaka Popstar & the American Legends of Punk You better watch out or the insects will get you You…
Pitchshifter Burn any bridge (break) I'll break any necks Tell any lie,…
Poet Drive by roof off fade into the night I just…
PsyOpus The buzzing sounds of the requiem amplifies not for note by …
Rotten Sound Roaches eat Worms breed Roaches eat Worms breed Insects ins…
Sinsaenum ATTRACTING NEONS, ABSORBING FELONS MOCKING THE DEVIL'S SPE…
The xx Those eyes Those eyes Those eyes Those eyes were sharp li…
The-XX Those eyes Those eyes Those eyes Those eyes were sharp like …
Toyah (Willcox / Bogen / Bush) Wind ignites doors of midnight Sla…
Ved Buens Ende [bonus track]…
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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