What is This Strange Attraction?

This month is primarily going to be about connecting the dots & filling in the gaps. I'm going to be sharing items from artists & groups that I've shared here in the past while continuing on with on-going series.

As I said, filling in the gaps & connecting the dots. This first one connects the dots...Legendary Dots & Pink to boot...

On a Legendary Pink Dots post from June 2022  I included a release by Strange Attractor titled Mettle. 

 

Strange Attractor was a Dutch downtempo project active between 2004 - 2010 featuring Richard van Kruysdijk (Sonar Lodge), Niels van Hoorn (LPD) with the help of vocalist Marie-Claudine, Graham Lewis (Wire, He Said, Duet Emmo, more), Ryan Moore (LPD), David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, solo), Winston Tong (Tuxedomoon), Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Coil),  & many others.

I've decided to share a few more items from this great collective.

First off is their first output (two releases, Rorschach & Rorschach II) issued in 2006 as a 16 track compilation called Everything is Closer.

 

Strange Attractor - Everything is Closer, Big Blue Records 8483403, 2006.
all decryption codes in comments

Rorschach (Heritage Pt. 1.01)
Black Earth
Alpha
Omega
Simulacra
The Mind Travels Further Than the Body
Never Say Never
In the End It's All Pretend
Dreamtime
Scrap Metal
Fishface
26 September
Five Below Nothing
Melancholy Station
Undone
Fifteen Years of Sorrow

 

 

 

 

Next up was Mettle, which as I mentioned I shared before. Mettle was followed by the Youth EP.

 

 

Strange Attractor - Youth EP, Big Blue Records 8483490, 2009.

Dorian Gray
Only Sleeping
Revolte
Youth

 

 

 

 

This was followed by the full-length Anatomy of a Tear.

 

 

Strange Attractor - Anatomy of a Tear, Big Blue Records 8483502, 2011.

Readymade
A Moment featuring Marie-Claudine
Ray Potato featuring Blaine L Reininger
Hide & Seek featuring Marie-Claudine
Otherworld featuring Jarboe
Iron Horse featuring Graham Lewis
The Corridor featuring David J
Anatomy of a Tear featuring Marie-Claudine

Enjoy,
NØ