Life Toward Twilight
Encyclopedia
Life Toward Twilight is a dark ambient
, post-industrial project from Detroit, Michigan
. Life Toward Twilight's sound explores genres such as martial industrial and neoclassical
, with a heavy presence of ambience and drone
.
as a solo project by then Ogun's Will member Daniel Tuttle. Ogun's Will, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana
and primarily featuring Daniel, Shawn Kent and a rolling cast of other members, was a heavy, beat oriented, industrial
project. Life Toward Twilight emerged as Daniel started composing minimalist and ambient music outside of Ogun's Will. In 2000
Ogun's Will disbanded and Daniel relocated to Detroit where Life Toward Twilight became his primary musical focus.
Life Toward Twilight has released seven albums as of 2007 including a score to Thomas Edison's 1910 production of Frankenstein
, has participated in a number of compilation discs and is the premier artist behind the independent music label Bottle Imp Productions. Life Toward Twilight frequently performs live in the Detroit area and nationally alongside an eclectic variety of local, national and internationally known acts. Festival appearances include Bloomington, Indiana
's BodyHammer Festival where he appeared alongside such artists as Enduser, Slave Cylinder and Monstrum Sepsis and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival
, now Movement Festival, on the Eclectic Productions stage, where he appeared alongside such artists as Iszoloscope
, Xanopticon
, Phallus Über Alles
, Chiasm
, Cdatakill and many others.
Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
, post-industrial project from Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. Life Toward Twilight's sound explores genres such as martial industrial and neoclassical
Neoclassicism (music)
Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the period between the two World Wars, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of "classicism", namely order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint...
, with a heavy presence of ambience and drone
Drone (music)
In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect.-A musical effect:A drone...
.
Members / History
Life Toward Twilight began in 19991999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
as a solo project by then Ogun's Will member Daniel Tuttle. Ogun's Will, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
and primarily featuring Daniel, Shawn Kent and a rolling cast of other members, was a heavy, beat oriented, industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
project. Life Toward Twilight emerged as Daniel started composing minimalist and ambient music outside of Ogun's Will. In 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
Ogun's Will disbanded and Daniel relocated to Detroit where Life Toward Twilight became his primary musical focus.
Life Toward Twilight has released seven albums as of 2007 including a score to Thomas Edison's 1910 production of Frankenstein
Frankenstein (1910 film)
Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr...
, has participated in a number of compilation discs and is the premier artist behind the independent music label Bottle Imp Productions. Life Toward Twilight frequently performs live in the Detroit area and nationally alongside an eclectic variety of local, national and internationally known acts. Festival appearances include Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
's BodyHammer Festival where he appeared alongside such artists as Enduser, Slave Cylinder and Monstrum Sepsis and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Detroit Electronic Music Festival
The Detroit Electronic Music Festival , and its successors comprise an annual series of electronic dance music showcases held in Detroit each Memorial Day weekend since 2000...
, now Movement Festival, on the Eclectic Productions stage, where he appeared alongside such artists as Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...
, Xanopticon
Xanopticon
Ryan Friedrich , better known by his moniker Xanopticon, is an electronic musician. One of breakcore's most prominent producers, he has toured internationally and released music with several electronic labels including Hymen Records, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco, Entity and Tigerbeat6...
, Phallus Über Alles
Phallus Über Alles
Phallus Über Alles is a digital hardcore band from Bloomington, Indiana. The group combines layered female shouts, distorted beats, and punk guitars with feminist and anarcho-political lyrical themes.-Members / History:...
, Chiasm
Chiasm
Chiasm may refer to:* Chiasm , an electronic music project by Emileigh Rohn* Optic chiasm, the part of the brain where the optic nerves partially cross...
, Cdatakill and many others.
Discography
- Into Words I Have Fallen- CD (2000)
- Catayo - CD (2002)
- An Eclipse - 3" CD (2003, re-released CD 2008)
- We Waited For A Subtle Dawn - CD and MP3 (2005)
- I Swear By All The Flowers - CD (2007)
- Blood - CD (2007)
- Edison's Frankenstien - Scored DVD and CD (2008)
Compilation appearances
- Lost Illusions- CD (2001)
- DetroitGothic.net - The Experience- CD (2005)