Heide
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"HEIDE is not actually a band. Like many industrial acts throughout history, a bare minimum number of artists have produced the end result from their combined work, in this case one. Tanya Anne Maria is the artist behind these mysterious sounds. You thought you knew what industrial music is, or what it's supposed to be. You thought you'd already heard everything unusual, unique, and new. You thought the sound of a glass crashing to a cement floor, shattering into pieces represented only the destructive act of breaking the glass-- and never found beauty nor entertainment from such a sound. Along comes HEIDE. Maria will shatter your image of what you thought was real through the systematic onslaught of intentional sound. Brace yourself, because this is going to be a memorable experience, whether you enjoy it or not."
- T. Chan
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
HEIDE's first release was an ep called "badb", which came out in 2004.
Prior to that, Tanya was loosely involved in several other musical projects. "badb" was reproduced and distributed by hand (Maria's own hand) to a total of 5 chosen recipients.
No mass production was initiated, keeping the potential value of these original release ep's even higher than they would have otherwise been. In addition to this distribution, "badb" was released online, had songs featured on numerous internet radio stations, and had a song, "she should", included on a Kid Antrim Music compilation for distribution to interested radio stations throughout the US.
Next, later that year, HEIDE released "The Score" as a single only (the b-side was called "move it").
Then in 2005, HEIDE released "géill", the first full-length album, again to a small personal distribution, as well as online.
Your musical influences
Mostly AZZEYE. Also first-wave industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and Einsturzende Neubauten. For a more complete list of HEIDE's influences, refer to the HEIDE myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/heide
For an extensive representation of Maria's musical tastes, refer to her personal site at myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/fringegirl666
What equipment do you use?
Dell computers; my hands and feet and body; my voice; many electrical appliances; many random junk items; glass; metal; wood; stone; fire; and of course plenty of witchcraft.
Anything else?
Tanya Anne Maria does maintain a "day job". She is a registered nurse, working on the surgery floor of the hospital.
