Martin Bowes of Attrition, Pioneer in Darker Electronica Music and The Alibi

One of the pioneers in darker electronica music is  ATTRITION. The man who has steered the band through the 40 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums is founder Martin Bowes. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, Attrition is influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics. They emerged as part of the early 80s UK industrial scene alongside contemporaries such as Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, Chris and Cosey, In the Nursery, Portion Control etc.Martin’s increasing studio production work at his studio, The Cage, has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al...), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a Blue girl, Mona Mur/En Esch and mastering for countless bands and labels, including collaborations with Anni Hogan (known for her work with Marc Almond through the 80’s) and the legendary Wolfgang Flur (ex-Kraftwerk). He contributed synths and vocals on a song on the last Pigface album, is the narrators voice on US horror series, “C for Chaos”, has written the score to US horror film G.H.O.S.T from Mutantville productions and has mastered the latest album by Pieter Nooten and Marselle Hodges called Anonymity, just to name a few.Attrition's current single is out now called The Alibi from the upcoming  album, The Black Maria to be released this year on Two Gods label with accompanying video and remixes from Bellhead, Vaselyne, Steckdose and Follynator.Martin Bowes – Vocals/ All Electronics, Yvette Winkler – Female lead vocals Joanne Wolf – Female spoken vocals Elisa Day – Female backing vocals Vancorvid – ViolinMarietta Fox – ViolinAnni Hogan – PianoIan Arkley – GuitarKris Force – CelloWritten by Martin Bowes.Photo of Martin Bowes taken by Dylan Madelayhttps://attrition.co.ukhttps://www.thecagestudios.co.ukhttps://attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-alibi