Darkwave / Industrial inspired project by Marina Andräde, based in Oakland, California.
"I started finally writing something I wanted to perform when I lived in Los Angeles, fully immersed with the dark electro/acid techno scene -for lack of a better word- at that time. Two years later I came up with a project name that made sense while on a trip to Glacier in Montana". The explanation is as follows:
Skoto, being the greek word for 'darkness'. In Botany, "The ability to switch from skotomorphogenic to photomorphogenic development is essential for plant survival".
"without dark, one cannot chase light".
Musical influences being NIN, The Prodigy, Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Fad Gadget, Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, KLF, Meat Beat Manifesto, and many others.
Project in the making will include a lot of 303 bassline sounds, a heavy 'Big Beat' type percussion, sad post-punk synths and (real)bass in a few songs, and gravitating more into the ebm/industrial sound you know today.
- very excited to release it to the world and connect with people through it. it's been a long time coming and I want to share my stories-
- M