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Terra Relicta is proud to offer you an exclusive streaming premiere of Randolph's Grin new single "Vampire", taken from the duo's halloween themed EP Vampire Mode which will be released on 16th November. Hard hitting beats, hip shaking melodies and lyrics that go straight into goosebumps territory, show a band in the form of their life. The single "Vampire" will be officially out on 31st October. The five track EP was recorded after their successful European summer tour at the Hamburg, Germany based Chameleon Studios, once again with Chris Harms and Benny Lawrenz.
Randolph's Grin' music can be described with words such as dark, indie, electronic, industrial and alternative. The band fronted by female vocalist Adelheid "Heidi“ Winkler, together with music composer Robert Andrew Bowman, create music that is danceable, popy, atmospheric, dark and pulsating enough to move your entire body. With "Vampire" the two created on of their most hauntingly catchy tracks that will get stuck in your heads for a while if you love electronic/industrial music with a strong feminine touch.
Biography: Singer Adelheid "Heidi“ Winkler's family, originally from Salzburg, Austria, immigrate to the United States early in Heidis live. Heidi grows up bilanugal in Detroit, Michigan, where she meets the young and eager Robert Andrew Bowman, who plans to start his own band after he has left several industrial and electronic bands of the Detroit music scene. The two hit it off musically instantly and Randolph's Grin is born. The band release their debut album named Melt in 1997 on Metropolis Records and the Germany based label Out Of Line catches interest and releases the single "Indulgence“. After the release of their EP Details, the band goes on a hiatus, during which Robert moves to Los Angeles to follow his career as producer and songwriter while Heidi moves back to Salzburg. In 2015 – the two decide to reunite and release their first music in almost 15 years. Dragon Road - mixed and produced by John Fryer (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode,...), gets released as download only, worldwide via 2808/Rough Trade. The band tours Europe together with German NDH band Unzucht and UK based alternative band Darkhaus. In 2017 the album Intent, produced by Chris Harms and Benny Lawrenz (Lord Of The Lost) which is named as the "surprise album of the year“ and featured in the top albums of the year list of some magazines, gets released and is followed with an extensive touring during summer 2018 in Europe again which sees the band co-headline the Finnish Lumous-Festival and headline the Estonian Pandeviere-Festival as well as a show on the German Wave Gotik Treffen, Europe's biggest gothic and electronic music festival.
Listen now to the new single "Vampire" exclusively here in the player below, and discover how Robert's electronic compositions are especially rhythmic, beautifully layered with an often "big" tonal quality, and how Heidi's versatile and always feminine vocals give the music a very distinct humanness and complete the unique sound. Be also sure to check out Randolph's Grin new EP Vampire Mode as soon as it's released. Randolph's Grin is for fans of Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Dead can Dance, The Cure, IAMX, David Bowie, Einsturzende Neubauten, Björk, Ladytron,...