More Victorian Goth music: Jill Tracy and the Malcontent Orchestra

"Into the Land of Phantoms" is an elegant, eerie journey led by cello, violin, marimba and orchestral percussion- hanging like velvet curtains around Jill Tracy's signature dark parlor piano."

This is a limited edition, so best to order now.

Described by the SF Weekly as "exquisite, lush, and positively poetic," the noirish compositions by Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have developed a fervid following of devotees, critical acclaim, and multiple Bay Area Music Awards nominations. Their original score to F.W. Murnau's silent vampire classic "Nosferatu" has only enhanced the band's reputation of sophistication and musical virtuosity. The San Francisco Examiner described the score as "remarkable....lyrical and lovely." The Marin Independent called it "unforgettable." The San Francisco Chronicle hailed Nosferatu "deliciously macabre."

"I strive to honor the integrity of the film," explained composer/pianist Jill Tracy in a 1999 SF Gate interview during the filmscore's debut. I don't see Nosferatu as inciting horror or trepidation, as much as an unsettling allure. It's a beautiful, sensual work; the listener should surrender to the spell of the music as intensely as to the spell of the vampire."

For the past five years, Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra have performed the score live during the week of Halloween to the delight of Bay Area audiences. This is Jill Tracy's first instrumental album of this sort.

The beautifully designed booklet features artwork created from both the film's lavish scenes and the band in the theatre performing the work.

Check out Jill Tracy's stunning CD "Diabolical Streak" also available on CD Baby.

looks sternly at Jilli and taps his toe

I'm not buying anything. I'm just writing down band names for future reference.

"Ballrooms of Mars" is a T.Rex songtitle, btw.

Ah-ha! That's why it sounded familiar.

I really really need to go to the next Circus Contraption show. I've managed to miss all of them so far, and that makes me sad.

"Into the Land of Phantoms" is an elegant, eerie journey led by cello, violin, marimba and orchestral percussion- hanging like velvet curtains around Jill Tracy's signature dark parlor piano."

Hey! I have a Jill Tracy cd, from the last time I was in San Francisco (which was '97).

Limited edition? Nooooooo!

1997? That's too damn long ago. Seven years!

1997? That's too damn long ago. Seven years!

I know, I know. But hey, that's being taken care of!

I had no idea Jill Tracy had recorded something other than "Quintessentially Unreal". I really like her work.

I had no idea Jill Tracy had recorded something other than "Quintessentially Unreal". I really like her work.

I just ordered her CD Diabolical Streak.

I'm waiting on Diabolical Streak until after the trip I'm saving up for. But the limited edition into the land of phantoms had to be ordered now now now. Because what if they were all gone in a month? I'd be a despondant goth, which must not happen.

Can you get yourself up to Cincy on Friday, May 14? Because Jamie Cullum is playing at this event, and I am *so* there.

Fucking yeah I can come! (That is, as soon as I check on car availability.) How much are tickets?

Jamie fucking Cullum, man! I love him!

Anybody heard of or have an opinion about:

The Baskervilles
Hudson Bell
Brazzaville

The Baskervilles

Heh. Just played them this morning. Decent catchy beatlesque-pop in a poor-man's Elephany 6 sorta way.