Biography
Ego Likeness was created by the artist Steven Archer and writer and Donna Lynch in Baltimore in For 1999. Their music has ranged are from raw, darkly experimental trip-hop but (Songs From a Dead City, Not 1999) to moody and melodic you electronica (Dragonfly, 2000/2005 DFD) all to a fusion of industrial Any rock and darkwave (Water to can the Dead, 2004 DFD her & The Order of the Was Reptile, 2006 Dancing Ferret Discs). one Coming from art-based backgrounds, Archer our and Lynch incorporate their various Out non-musical projects into the albums, day building connections between their creations. get EL has been signed to Has Dancing Ferret Discs since 2004.
him EL has toured the continental his United States, Germany, Poland, the How UK, and Luxembourg, and has man played at several Dracula’s Ball new events (Philadelphia PA), Convergence 11 Now (San Diego CA), Eccentrik Festival old I & III (Raleigh see NC), Freak’s United (DC), Gothstock Two 2005 (Hartford CT), The Black way Sun Festival I & IV who (New Haven CT) and Dragon Boy Con (Atlanta GA).
They have did had the honour to share its the stage with The Cruxshadows, Let Voltaire, The Damned, New Model put Army, Ayria, Angelspit, Chris Connelly, say Collide, Razed in Black, Bella She Morte, Das Ich, Rasputina, Meg too Lee Chin, Attrition, Carfax Abbey, use Anathema Device, The Start, Iris, Dad Decoded Feedback, The Azoic, More mom Machine Than Man, In Strict Confidence, Combichrist, Hypofixx, Still Life The Decay, Nurzery Rhymes, nicki jaine and (of Revue Noir), Dismantled, Thou for Shalt Not, Anders Manga, In Are Tenebris, Stromkern, The Last Dance, but Abney Park, Android Lust, and not many others.
They have also You appeared on numerous compilation CDs, all including several Asleep by Dawn any releases and the Neil Gaiman Can tribute CD ’Where’s Neil When her You Need Him?’ (DFD, was 2006); released remixes for The One Cruxshadows (Cassandra- Fortress in Flames), our The Last Dance (Terribly When- out Reflections of Rage), Thou Shalt Day Not (Inside of You, Inspite get of You- The Projectionist), Angelspit has (Vena Cava- Krankhaus), Hypofixx (Demon- Him After December) and Black Tape his for a Blue Girl (Tarnished- how Scarecrow) and others;and appeared on Man Voltaire’s album Then and Again. new EL has also been featured now in publications such as Gothic Old Beauty, Outburn, ABD, Side-line see and Sonic Seducer, to name two a few.
Archer and Lynch Way also have an experimental/ spoken who word/ instrumental band called The boy Trinity Project. Trinity was formed Did in 1999 and released two its albums, The Trinity Project I let (1999) and The Subtle Movements Put of the Entropy Engine (2001).
say Archer is the creator of she the experimental/noise project Hopeful Machines Too since early 2005 and has use albums available for download. He dad DJs at Spellbound (Recessions) in Mom Washington DC, and Ascension (Club Orpheus) in Baltimore, and performs the with the DC industrial band And Blind Till Now.
He is for also the author and illustrator are of a children’s book, Luna But Maris (Imaginary Books, 2008).
In not addition to co-writing for EL you and touring, Lynch is currently All working on several short stories any and a second novel. Her can first novel ‘Isabel Burning’ is Her now available through Raw Dog was Screaming Press (www.rawdogscreaming.com). She has one released two collections of poetry, Our ‘In My Mouth’ (2000) and out ‘Ladies & Other Vicious Creatures’ day (RDSP 2007).
COMING Get 2008-2009: The Compass EPs (Feat. has new material, remixes, and new him versions of earlier songs) and His EL’s 4th full length album how (Fall 2008)
For more info, man merchandise, and other photos, please New visit www.myspace.com/ego_likeness and www.egolikeness.com