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Eyeless In Gaza

Real Name:
Martyn Bates, Peter Becker
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Named for Aldous Huxley's ode to pacifism, Eyeless In Gaza is the idiosyncratic duo of Martyn Bates and Peter Becker, who convened only sporadically in the '90s after releasing a flurry of records in the '80s. With a post-punk take on the troubadour's songs of courtly love, Eyeless In Gaza is one of the last successful authors of the once prolific 4AD sound -- rich in dark yet glistening production, melancholic atmospheres, elegant orchestral melodies, and romanticist flares. The duo has consistently created handsome productions of icy passages and Arabic rhythmic inventions to accompany Bates's dominant, resonant voice. The result would certainly please fans of Cindytalk or David Sylvian.
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Releases:
Kodak Ghosts Run Amok (7")   Ambivalent Scale Recordings 1980
Caught In Flux (Album) (3 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1981
Invisibility (7")   Cherry Red 1981
Others (7")   Cherry Red 1981
Photographs As Memories (Album) (5 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1981
Drumming The Beating Heart (Album) (2 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1982
Pale Hands I Loved So Well (LP)   Uniton 1982
Talking Mythic Language / Love You For Your Uniform (Flexi, 7")   Vinyl Magazine 1982
Untitled (Cass, Ltd)   Tago Mago 1982
Veil Like Calm / Taking Steps (7")   Cherry Red 1982
New Risen (2 versions)   Cherry Red 1983
Rust Red September (Album, Comp) (4 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1983
Sun Bursts In (2 versions)   Cherry Red 1983
Welcome Now (2 versions)   Cherry Red 1985
Back From The Rains (Album) (5 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1986
Back From The Rains + Drumming The Beating Heart (Cass, Comp, Dou)   Cherry Red 1986
Kiss The Rains Goodbye (12")   Cherry Red 1986
Kodak Ghosts Run Amok (Chronological Singles Etc 1980-1986) (Comp) (2 versions)   Cherry Red ... 1987
Kodak Ghosts Run Amok (Chronological Singles Etc 1980-1986) / Caught In Flux (Cass, Comp, Dou)   Cherry Red, Cherry Red 1987
Transience Blues (CD, Comp)   Integrity 1990
Orange Ice & Wax Crayons (CD, Comp)   Document 1992
Fabulous Library (CD)   Orchid Records 1993
Voice: The Best Of Eyeless In Gaza (CD)   Cherry Red 1993
Saw You In Reminding Pictures (CD, Ltd)   Hive-Arc Records 1994
Bitter Apples (CD, Album)   Ambivalent Scale Recordings 1995
Streets I Ran (CD, EP)   Ambivalent Scale Recordings 1995
All Under The Leaves, The Leaves Of Life (CD, Album)   Ambivalent Scale Recordings 1996
Drumming The Beating Heart / Pale Hands I Loved So Well (CD, RE, RM)   Cherry Red 1996
Song Of The Beautiful Wanton (CD)   Soleilmoon Recordings 2000
Sixth Sense (CD)   Cherry Red 2002
Home Produce: Country Bizarre (The Tago Mago Recordings - Remixed & Expanded) (CD, Album)   NDN Records 2003
No Noise - The Very Best Of Eyeless In Gaza (CD)   Cherry Red 2005
Saw You In Reminding Pictures (DVD)   Cherry Red 2005
Plague Of Years (Songs And Instrumentals 1980-2006) (CD)   Sub Rosa 2006
Summer Salt & Subway Sun (CD, Album, Ltd)   Ambivalent Scale Recordings 2006
Summer Salt & Subway Sun (3xCD, Ltd + Box)   Beta-lactam Ring Records, Beta-lactam Ring Records 2008
Remixes:
Recurrence & Intervention (CD) Intervention 8 - Tacti... Rawkus 1996
Production:
Perspectives And Distortion (LP, Comp) You Frighten Cherry Red 1981
Pillows & Prayers (Comp) (2 versions) No Noise Cherry Red 1982
Chamber Music I (CD, Album)   Sub Rosa 1994
Mystery Seas (Letters Written #2) (Album) (2 versions)   Ambivalent Scale Recordings ... 1995
Hashisheen : The End Of Law (CD) Tale Of The Caliph Hakem Sub Rosa 1999
Appears On:
The Haunted Road (Travelogue Mixes) (Maxi) (2 versions) Windmills Of Your Mind SPV Records 1993
Tracks Appear On:
Heat From The Street (LP, Comp) The Feeling's Mutual Charisma 1981
Perspectives And Distortion (Comp) (3 versions) You Frighten Cherry Red ... 1981
The Men With Deadly Dreams (Cass, Comp) Pale Saints White Stains Tapes 1981
Dokument: Ten Highlights In The History Of Popular Music 1981>1982 (LP) Talking Mythic Language Roadrunner Records, Vinyl Records (2) 1982
Flowmotion (2 versions) Dusky Ruth, Through Ea... ICR ... 1982
Pillows & Prayers (Comp, Album) (7 versions) No Noise Cherry Red ... 1982
Wave News - The New Generation Of Music (LP, Vio) Faceless Intercord Tonträger GmbH 1982
Zink Zamler (Cass, Album, Com) Veil Likvidér 1982
Debüt LP / Zeitschrift Ausgabe 1 (LP, Comp) New Risen Debüt 1983
The Eyes of Barbara Steele (12") Invisibility Cherry Red 1983
Burning The Midnight Sun (LP) To Ellen Uniton 1984
Discreet Campaigns (Cass, Comp) Stay Rorschach Testing Product 1985
And Suddenly It's Evening (Album) (2 versions) Welcome Now Vap Inc. 1986
Untitled (12", Promo) Welcome Now CGD 1986
Seeds V: Electric (LP) Kodak Ghosts Run Amok Cherry Red 1988
Ambition - The Cherry Red Story Volume 1 (CD) Sunbursts In Cherry Red 1991
Ambition - The Cherry Red Story Volume 2 (CD) From A To B, You Frighten Cherry Red 1991
Integrity Collection - Fire & Grace (2 versions) Sweet Life Longer, Eve... Integrity 1991
Instrumentally Yours (CD, Comp) Through Eastfields Richmond Records 1993
Music From The Empty Quarter: Ghafran (2 versions) She Tries On The Jewel... T.E.Q. Music? 1993
Red Heaven (CD, Comp) Sunbursts In Cherry Red 1995
Alms: A Benefit For Ptolemaic Terrascope (CD, Comp, Album) Brilliant Blue Fleece Records, Fleece Records, Worship Guitars Records, Worship Guitars Records 1997
Ambition - The History Of Cherry Red Records Volumes 1 & 2 (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Sunbursts In, From A T... Cherry Red 1997
On The Wave (2xCD, Comp) Others Contraseña Records 1997
Post Punk Diary 1980 - 1982 (CD) Kodak Ghosts Run Amok ... Cherry Red 1997
Lágrimas De Miedo N°6 - S.i.l.o. (CD, Comp) Luscious Word (Lot's W... Fear Drop 1999
Pillows & Prayers Volumes 1 & 2 (Cherry Red 1982-1984) (2xCD) No Noise, New Risen Cherry Red 2000
Intimacy (Original Soundtrack) (Comp) (3 versions) Keynote Inertia, Point... Virgin ... 2001
A Map Of The Stars In Summer (CD, MiniAlbum, Boo) A Needle To North Ambivalent Scale Recordings 2008
Cohen Covered (CD, Comp) Priests Mojo Magazine 2008
I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart - The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978-1983 (8xCD, Comp, Box) Invisibility, Three Ki... Cherry Red 2008
3 X 20 (Colours) Music From British Independent Record Companies (3xCD, Comp) Sunbursts In IND (2)  
Unofficial Releases:
None Night Of Flexipop Vol. 1 (CDr) Fixation Flexi-Pop  
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