Sunday, September 20, 2009

Derriere Le Miroir - Discography + Extras



Note: the band will be releasing their albums + extras for sale as downloadable mp3 beginning some time around October 23rd, at which time I will remove the links here. This is intended to be exposure for the band, I encourage you to support the artists and buy the songs when they are available! They will likely be much higher quality than you can find here anyway :)

Derriere Le Miroir are another band from the goth / synth / wave genre that were somehow overlooked -- for the most part. I assure you, it is not due to poor song-making. Below you will find a full discography (2 cassettes, 3 albums, 2 eps, 1 "best of"), as well as 4 unreleased tracks given to me by Ralf (vocalist), which was very nice of him! Ralf is also a member of the more well-known band, In My Rosary, which are a bit more goth/folk and a bit less pop. I recommend the tracks "Uniforms" and "Soul Tide", however, they are all good!

As for Derriere Le Miroir... their sound is dark, emotional, and sometimes danceable. There are both male and female vocalists, delivering an incredible batch of lyrics and melodies that should please any fan of the broader wave pop genre. Anyone looking for a taste should start with "Selected 1992-1995", which is a nice compilation. Look below for a video of the band performing "Alibis".

Now, without further ado...


Devant Les Mots (demo) (1992)

You are not likely to find this elsewhere. I do not have the album art for this first demo tape, I received it from Ralf, who said:

"Devant Les Mots" was our very first demo tape. It contained 5 tracks ("Simple Blue", "L'autre Mort", "Alibis", "Detach" and as hidden track "Out Of It") which we recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder in our rehearsal room. It was distributed by Spirit Records, but since we went to a studio shortly after its "release" and recorded the songs for "Deux", it was quickly deleted. I think we just sold 30 copies or so. The quality is, hm, quite poor, but I uploaded them as a zip file for you (if you are interested). I converted them last month because I first thought about taking some of them as bonus tracks for the digital re-releases, but then I thought this wouldn't be a very good idea ;-)

Well, I wouldn't push these as your first listen, but after you've heard them from the releases below, I think you will enjoy these versions, as I do.

Track List:

01 - Simple Blue
02 - L'Autre Mort
03 - Alibis
04 - Detach
05 - Out of It (Hidden Track)

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Deux: Behind The Mirror We Will Find It All (1992)


Track List:

A1 - Simple Blue (Version)
A2 - Mirror
B1 - Alibis (Version)
B2 - This Room

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Alibis (1993)


Track List:

01 - Alibis
02 - A Dream
03 - G.T.
04 - Sleeping
05 - Come!
06 - Snow Girl
07 - Meaningless
08 - L'Autre Mort
09 - Mirror
10 - This Room
11 - Simple Blue (Version)
12 - Just Like You

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Pregnant EP (1993)

Track List:

01 - Alibis (Blue Mix)
02 - G.T. (Version)
03 - Like The Sun
04 - Detach
05 - You're My Heart, You're My Soul (Tear Version)

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A Notion of Light EP (1994)


Track List:

01 - A Notion of Light (Breathe Mix)
02 - Electric Chair (D-D-Dead)
03 - If
04 - Good Night

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Deep (1995)

Track List:

01 - Fancy Garden
02 - Passion
03 - The Second Curtain
04 - Monk On A Rope
05 - Gold
06 - Lost
07 - A Notion of Light
08 - Headless Mourn
09 - Electric Chair
10 - Fancy Garden II

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Thieves and Kisses (1996)

Track List:

01 - Death Behind One's Brow
02 - By Tears
03 - Nowhere Girl **
04 - Diving
05 - Over
06 - Down On Me
07 - The Sea
08 - Pictures
09 - Tell Me
10 - All Mine
11 - Heaven (94)
12 - Untitled

** Yes, that is a cover of B-Movie's "Nowhere Girl".

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Selected 1992-1995 (1997)

Track List:

01 - Alibis
02 - The Second Curtain
03 - Gold
04 - G.T.
05 - Good Night
06 - Passion
07 - Mirror
08 - Detach
09 - A Notion of Light
10 - Like The Sun
11 - Lost
12 - Just Like You
13 - Alibis (Blue Mix)
14 - Simple Blue (Demo Version)
15 - Tonight
16 - The Same
17 - Silent Breath
18 - Everybody
19 - ????
20 - The 3rd Fault

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Extras (Unreleased)

Track List:

01 - Waiting (Blisz Compilation)
02 - One More Time (Studio Demo)
03 - Shades (Studio Demo)
04 - Like The Sun (Remix)

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amazing group, they are now among my favorites.

Vanilla Face said...

Wow, that's great. Glad you like :)

Anonymous said...

can you put the links of theese greats cds?? thanks a lot

writing service said...

whole discography?!?!? WOW!! It's great!! I;ve searched for this one

Anonymous said...

Most nineties darkwave bands have aged a lot… This one is for keeps ! They remind me of Britain's The Passions. Oh, and IMR is pretty good too, though I miss the female vocals !