Diary of Dreams | |
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 Diary of Dreams inMoscow (2016) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Darkwave,electro-industrial |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Accession Records |
| Members | Adrian Hates Gaun:A Dejan Torben Wendt Flex |
| Website | diaryofdreams.de,[1] |
Diary of Dreams is a Germandarkwave band. The lead singer and founding member Adrian Hates has produced most of the albums by himself or with minimal help from others. He rarely uses a full band, except when on tour.
Adrian Hates is a classically trained guitarist and pianist who started out as the guitarist for Garden of Delight. He initiated the Diary of Dreams project in the late 1980s, taking the name from one of his early classical guitar compositions, "Tagebuch der Träume." The first album,Cholymelan, appeared in 1994 on the Dion Fortune label.
Encouraged by this success, Hates formed his own label calledAccession Records and released a series of albums over the following years, building a loyal fanbase each step of the way. The second albumEnd of Flowers was released in 1996, expanding on the darkwave sound of the debut.Bird Without Wings followed a year later, whilst the more experimental workPsychoma? arrived in 1998.
The first sign of consolidation came in 1999, when a compilation albumMoments of Bloom appeared, containing two reworked tracks from each album. The next two albumsOne of 18 Angels andFreak Perfume (plus its companion EPPaniK Manifesto) made greater use of electronic rhythms, resulting in greater club play and wider recognition for the band.
Their 2004Nigredo (a concept album inspired by a mythology the band designed themselves) saw a move back towards the more subtle, sparse concepts of old, but still featuring bursts of their more recent, dance-oriented sound. Songs from the Nigredo tour were later released on the live CDAlive and the companion DVDNine In Numbers.Alive peaked at #2 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC), ranking #13 on the DAC Top 50 Albums of 2005.[2]
In 2005, the EPMenschfeind was released. The next full albumNekrolog 43 came in 2007, offering a greater variety of moods and concepts than previous works.
The ninth album entitled(if) was released on 13 March 2009. On March 26, 2010, Hates releasedA Collection Of... which is a best-of compilation album. On November 12, 2010, the singleEcho in Me from the upcoming albumEgo:X was released.[3] On August 26, 2011, the album arrived in Europe in four different versions. The US release date was September 11, 2011.[4]
On March 14, 2014, the studio albumElegies in Darkness was released.[5]
Hates has claimed to have been influenced, both lyric wise and artwork wise, by the German 1909-1935 expressionism and the "beauty of ugliness" in the course of his work.[6]
Diary of Dreams announced for 2019 a brief and rare US tour: Hell in Eden, with dates in May 2019.
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