Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Cassandra Complex electronic • gothic • industrial ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Studio Update](https://thecassandracomplex.net/studio-update/) - Our new album is in the final stages of mixing! We are aiming to be finished this week and then it will go to be mastered next Monday - this is a very important process, especially for cutting vinyl records. The mastering engineer will be one of the best in the world, the amazing Maor - [Generating Station Complex tour announced!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/generating-station-complex-tour-announced/) - See the tour dates sidebar for details and ticket links! - [Nazi Goths Fuck Off - new single available now!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/nazi-goths-fuck-off-new-single-available-now/) - Legendary post-punk pioneers The Cassandra Complex are back with a fiery new single, Nazi Goths Fuck Off, a bold cover of a track originally written and performed by Finnish artist Suzi Sabotage. The single, released by COP International Records, is a no-holds-barred protest against the rise of fascism and far-right ideologies in Europe. With the - [March Europe Tour Announced!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/march-europe-tour-announced/) - [The Cassandra Complex announce USA leg of their World Tour 2024](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-cassandra-complex-announce-usa-leg-of-their-world-tour-2024/) - Will cover Chicago and US West Coast SAN FRANCISCO, September 02, 20- COP International Records and Strict Tempo are proud to announce the USA leg of the successful CX40 World Tour. Legendary Anglo-Irish post-punk group The Cassandra Complex have been celebrating their 40 year anniversary in 2024 with an extensive world tour spanning Europe and - [The Cassandra Complex announce second leg of their World Tour 2024](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-cassandra-complex-announce-second-leg-of-their-world-tour-2024/) - Will cover Germany, Belgium, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2024 - COP International Records, International Booking Department, and Resistencia Booking are proud to announce the second leg of the successful CX40 tour. Legendary Anglo-Irish post-punk group The Cassandra Complex celebrate their 40 year anniversary in - [Tour Latinoamerica](https://thecassandracomplex.net/tour-latinoamerica/) - [VIP Tickets](https://thecassandracomplex.net/vip-tickets/) - There have been some questions lately about "VIP tickets" for shows, so just to make things clear: WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR "MEET & GREET" OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE NEVER WILL We have been touring for 40 years now , and after EVERY show, Rodney can always be found at the merchandising booth, talking with fans - [The Cassandra Complex release new album Death & Sex](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-cassandra-complex-release-new-album-death-sex/) - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 9, 2024 - COP International Records are proud to announce the release of Death & Sex, the latest album from legendary post-punk group The Cassandra Complex. 40 years ago Rodney Orpheus, Paul Dillon, and Andy Booth got together in a basement in Leeds, England with a collection of cheap second-hand guitar pedals, - [The Cassandra Complex announce European leg of their World Tour 2024](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-cassandra-complex-announce-european-leg-of-their-world-tour-2024/) - Will cover UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Czech Republic, and Austria SAN FRANCISCO, February 9, 2023 - COP International Records and International Booking Department are proud to announce the European leg of the forthcoming CX40 tour. Legendary post-punk group The Cassandra Complex will celebrate their 40 year anniversary with an extensive world tour spanning - [More EU shows added in May!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/more-eu-shows-added-in-may/) - [First live dates for 2024 announced!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/first-live-dates-for-2024-announced/) - THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX 40th anniversary tour 2024 21.03.24 BE Lodelinsart la ruche verriere 23.03.24 DE Witten Dark Skies 24.03.24 NL Heerlen Nieuwe Nor 25.03.24 DE Hannover LUX 26.03.24 DE Krefeld Kufa 29.03.24 DE Hamburg Logo...more dates to be announced soon... - [More March tour dates announced!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/more-march-tour-dates-announced/) - Our latest shows have just been announced, covering UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, and Northern Germany. Check out the dates and ticket links at our Songkick page, or just check the widget on the right side of this page. Note that some shows will have limited admission, so we strongly advise grabbing tickets as early as - [COP International Signs Legendary Act The Cassandra Complex](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cop-international-signs-legendary-act-the-cassandra-complex/) - COP International proudly welcomes iconic industrial rock pioneers, The Cassandra Complex, to our roster of exceptional artists. Originating in the mid-eighties, The Cassandra Complex swiftly garnered attention for their distinct fusion of electronics, post-punk aesthetics, guitar-driven soundscapes, and the commanding vocals of Rodney Orpheus. Tracks such as "Moscow Idaho," "One Millionth Happy Customer," and "The - [New album released!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/new-album-released/) - Available now to purchase on Bandcamp:https://thecassandracomplex.bandcamp.com/album/the-plague ...or stream via Spotify. - [Mera Luna Cancellation](https://thecassandracomplex.net/mera-luna-cancellation/) - We are very sorry to announce that we have had to cancel our show at Mera Luna next month. Andy Booth, who plays guitar and keyboards, hurt his shoulder really badly in an accident and has been medically advised not to play for the next couple of months until it heals properly. Our spot will - [Amboss Magazine reviews The Plague](https://thecassandracomplex.net/amboss-magazine-reviews-the-plague/) - Another great review of The Plague from Amboss Magazine: Dark post rock in perfection with the necessary portion of electronics. Energy and elegy go hand in hand and the overall construction captivates both in detail and in its entirety. Old, new heroes. A LEGEND returns fundamentally. GREAT. - [Reflections of Darkness rates our show at New Waves Day 9/10](https://thecassandracomplex.net/reflections-of-darkness-rates-our-show-at-new-waves-day-9-10/) - THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX are an electro-gothic-industrial-cyberpunk outfit, with a new album out called ‘The Plague’ in May, which made it to number 1 in the German Alternative Charts. A difference of style now to the previous band, with first song ‘The Invisibles’ - a mix of harsher electronic beats with driving guitars. Fantastic lighting with - [Hotline to Elvis is Track of the Month at A Model of Control](https://thecassandracomplex.net/hotline-to-elvis-is-track-of-the-month-at-a-model-of-control/) - UK reviews site A Model of Control has picked Hotline to Elvis as one of their Tracks of the Month. Remarkably the first album from this long-running band for over twenty years, The Plague has turned out to be a hugely enjoyable, and varied album – much as CX have often been (and apologies for not featuring - [#1 again in the German Alternative Chart!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/1-again-in-the-german-alternative-chart/) - The Plague is yet again #1 this week in the German Alternative Chart! This makes 6 weeks in a row that we have been in the Top 3 position of the chart. Big thanks to all the fans, DJs, and journalists who have helped make this possible. - [NWD Review in Monkey Press](https://thecassandracomplex.net/nwd-review-in-monkey-press/) - Great review of our show at New Waves Day from Monkey Press. "The Cassandra Complex was much more electronic. The band came with a tailwind, as The Plague, the first album in 22 years, was released just a few weeks before the performance, which received good reviews and recently climbed to number two in the - [Mera Luna - Sunday August 7](https://thecassandracomplex.net/mera-luna-sunday-august-7/) - [WE ARE NUMBER 1!!!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/we-are-number-1/) - We just reached #1 in the German Alternative Album Chart (and #6 in the Singles chart)! Big thanks to all the fans, DJs, and journalists who have supported us. We couldn't do it without you! - [Sounds & Shadows interview Rodney Orpheus](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sounds-shadows-interview-rodney-orpheus/) - [Confirmed line-up for NCN Festival in Germany](https://thecassandracomplex.net/confirmed-line-up-for-ncn-festival-in-germany/) - [Indie Moodd reviews The Plague](https://thecassandracomplex.net/indie-moodd-reviews-the-plague/) - ...a small miracle... The strength of the formation is to produce music with a unique blend. Elements of punk, rock, pop and electro sound present, bathed in various experimentations accompanied by the singular vocals of Rodney Orpheus... Everything is there. Melodic tracks, synthesized and hovering sometimes frontal, sometimes melancholy...THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX returns through the front door with a strong - [WL//WH Review: “The Plague” is the remarkable new album by THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX](https://thecassandracomplex.net/wl-wh-review-the-plague-is-the-remarkable-new-album-by-the-cassandra-complex/) - "...10 brand new and trademark songs that are similar to their past musings that put them at the tops of the genre they serve…..or better, the genre they pioneer...As for their melodies, they come up like the dusty scent of the youth in the basement clubs and the dedicated scenes of the world, catchy, romantic, - [Reflections of Darkness reviews The Plague](https://thecassandracomplex.net/reflections-of-darkness-reviews-the-plague/) - "When you’ve lived through just about every genre that’s ever been invented - and shaped one or two along the way... ...up to date and hitting the spot with lyrically hard-hitting observations and a cynical take on the endless recycling of genres and topics."Stephen Kennedy, Reflections of Darkness https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e-cdreviews-131/21881-cd-review-cassandra-complex-the-the-plague - [First review of The Plague en francais...](https://thecassandracomplex.net/first-review-of-the-plague-en-francais/) - "Hold on tight: The Cassandra Complex, one of the most influential bands of the EBM-punk-electro-industrial (yes, all that mixed up) scene of the 80s, vastly underrated in good rock guidebooks and shamefully forgotten, is back... (who has not experienced a Cassandra Complex concert has not experienced anything...). And "The Plague" lives up to all expectations! - [Old Boys Network celebrates 4th week in the German Alternative Singles Chart!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/old-boys-network-celebrates-4th-week-in-the-german-alternative-singles-chart/) - After hitting a high at #3 in the DAC (German Alternative Charts) last week, this week Old Boys Network has slipped down to #10. That's 4 weeks in the Singles chart so far, which is pretty good going! - [Interview with Rodney at Reflections of Darkness](https://thecassandracomplex.net/interview-with-rodney-at-reflections-of-darkness/) - https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e-interviews-85/21818-interview-cassandra-complex-the-april-2022 - [The Plague review in Sounds & Shadows](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-plague-review-in-sounds-shadows/) - "Overall this is a triumphant return, a band that has earned the freedom and skill to treat their fans to a fearless and personal glimpse into the human experience in a failing system. It is my sincere hope that this is a path back for younger new fans to one of the bands that paved - [The Plague is #2 in Germany!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-plague-is-2-in-germany/) - The Plague entered the German Alternative Album Chart at #2 on the first week of release!!!Huge thanks to all of the fans, DJs, journalists etc. who made this possible. - [First reviews of The Plague are here!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/first-reviews-of-the-plague-are-here/) - "...underlines the great Gothic elegance, which this band has always been capable of. The "Plague" is far more than a due comeback, but already a classic in the history of the band"https://www.musix.de/audimix/cassandra-complex-plague "Wow what an excellent album by Cassandra Complex ...There is everything here from the lyrics to the deep vocals and brilliant melodies that - [The Crown Lies Heavy on the King](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-crown-lies-heavy-on-the-king/) - It wasn't easy recording and mixing a band video during lockdown, but we managed it. And perfectly timed for you to watch as Donald Trump tries to destroy the USA (and fails). - [Great interview with Rodney Orpheus on RTL.de (German language)](https://thecassandracomplex.net/great-interview-with-rodney-orpheus-on-rtl-de-german-language/) - Ein Aufruf gegen Unterdrückung Von Mirjam Wilhelm https://www.rtl.de/cms/the-cassandra-complex-setzen-mit-the-crown-lies-heavy-on-the-king-ein-starkes-politisches-statement-4637896.html - [Regen Magazine: The Cassandra Complex releases new politically charged single from upcoming album](https://thecassandracomplex.net/regen-magazine-the-cassandra-complex-releases-new-politically-charged-single-from-upcoming-album/) - [Sophia (Xmas 2020)](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sophia-xmas-2020/) - A new recording and video of this rare classic, now available via YouTube, Bandcamp etc. https://thecassandracomplex.bandcamp.com/track/sophia-xmas-2020 - [Sounds and Shadows Interview Rodney Orpheus from The Cassandra Complex](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sounds-and-shadows-interview-rodney-orpheus-from-the-cassandra-complex/) - [#3 in Germany!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/3-in-germany/) - We are #3 in the German Alternative Chart today! Massive thanks to all of our fans for helping us achieve this! - [The Crown Lies Heavy on the King is #6 in the German Alternative Charts!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-crown-lies-heavy-on-the-king-is-6-in-the-german-alternative-charts/) - The new single from The Cassandra Complex is the highest new entry in the German Alternative Charts this week - going straight in at #6! If you haven't already got it, go to our Bandcamp page right now and fix that! https://thecassandracomplex.bandcamp.com/ - [První singl The Cassandra Complex po 20 letech útočí na Donalda Trumpa](https://thecassandracomplex.net/prvni-singl-the-cassandra-complex-po-20-letech-utoci-na-donalda-trumpa/) - https://sanctuary.cz/83021-prvni-singl-cassandra-complex-po-20-letech-utoci-donalda-trumpa - [Crown Lies Heavy merch now in our online store](https://thecassandracomplex.net/crown-lies-heavy-merch-now-in-our-online-store/) - We now have lots of new merch in the store featuring the cover art from The Crown Lies Heavy on the King single - T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, bags, and much more! Grab your winter hoodie now! https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/thecassandracomplex/crown+lies+heavy-A5fa9796586a335339ca92b87?productType=461&sellable=N0N3zmVM0QI9k1z9mobz-461-8&appearance=2 - [Rodney Orpheus & Lord A: An exclusive interview](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rodney-orpheus-lord-a-an-exclusive-interview/) - In this edition Lord A interviews British musician and writer Rodney Orpheus in this exclusive video! Our guest is the bandleader of The Cassandra Complex, a legendary band in the Gothic, electronic and industrial musical context! He is also responsible for the Sun God project and is also the author of the book Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magic and it will be a special and exclusive - [Stay-In-Fest Live Stream on YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/stay-in-fest-live-stream-on-youtube/) - The live stream show from Stay-In-Fest was a huge success - we had hundreds of live viewers who seemed to really love it, especially the new songs. If you missed it, you can now catch it on YouTube. 8 songs sung live by Rodney, including 4 new ones we are working on for the new - [WAS (Endless Love Edition) now available!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/was-endless-love-edition-now-available/) - WAS (Endless Love Edition) is a completely redone version of the classic War Against Sleep album from The Cassandra Complex. Now available to subscribers to our Bandcamp Fan Club ONLY! And it sounds FANTASTIC :-) Sign up today and get it FREE - and you will get more free stuff every single month! https://thecassandracomplex.bandcamp.com/album/was-endless-love-edition - [Festival of Darkness - Live in Hanover 1990](https://thecassandracomplex.net/festival-of-darkness-live-in-hanover-1990/) - The live Festival of Darkness album, first broadcast on German radio in 1990, has now been released as a high quality download via our Bandcamp site. This is currently only available to fan club members, so if you want to get it, sign up now! This album will not be available via other streaming services, - [High Quality downloads now available on Bandcamp!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/high-quality-downloads-now-available-on-bandcamp/) - We have now set up a Bandcamp page so you can download our remastered records in the absolute best quality possible. Also by buying our records via Bandcamp we earn much more than we do via streaming services. If you are a real Cassandra Complex "superfan" we have something very special for you: we have - [Rodney Orpheus in conversation in London Feb 3](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rodney-orpheus-in-conversation-in-london-feb-3/) - 'Campfire presents Big Boost Mondays - Rodney Orpheus - the rise of the technopagan'. Live discussion talk with Rodney Orpheus at FORA Central St. London – from 6pm 03.02.20. More info and complimentary tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-boost-mondays-rodney-orpheus-the-rise-of-the-technopagan-tickets-82934630713 Join Rodney as he shares stories from his distinguished music career – his fascination with spirituality, cyberpunk innovation, forming - [The Cassandra Complex release Wetware collection](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-cassandra-complex-release-wetware-collection/) - First up was the 3 track Twice As Good EP on November 22, featuring legendary electronic acts Front 242 and Apoptygma Berzerk, who were now both called in to do remixes. “I’ve long been an admirer of Stephan (Groth) of Apop and his ability to combine rock and dance elements in a song,” says Rodney - [Sun God album now available in remastered edition](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sun-god-album-now-available-in-remastered-edition/) - The legendary solo album by The Cassandra Complex singer, recorded in 1995 in Hamburg, Germany, and also featuring Patricia Nigiani (Project Pitchfork, Aurora Sutra) and Marcus Giltjes (Pink Turns Blue, Girls Under Glass). This is a completely remastered version of this magical album based on voudou themes, and is a must-listen for all fans of - [The Story of Grenade - Part 3](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-story-of-grenade-part-3/) - [The Story of "Grenade" - Part 2](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-story-of-grenade-part-2/) - Andy: I first heard the prototype of March when I did my "famous" interview with the band in early 1984. It sounded quite different then. It was slower and had bass guitar on it but no keyboards. The sequencer was less defined. But all Rodney's words and the beat were there and they have never - [The Story of "Grenade" - Part 1](https://thecassandracomplex.net/the-story-of-grenade-part-1/) - Since we have just released the newly remastered version of our first album Grenade, we thought it might be interesting for people to hear the background of how the record came about. So let's start with the first song: March. Rodney: "This was the first song I ever wrote for The Cassandra Complex. I had - [Grenade 2019 Remaster released!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/grenade-2019-remaster-released/) - The newly remastered version of our classic first album Grenade is out now on all of the usual streaming services. Go have a listen - we think Rodney did a great job producing this, it sounds amazing! - [Interview in Electrospank](https://thecassandracomplex.net/intervew-in-electrospank/) - Great interview with Rodney in Electrospank magazine this month - go check it out! http://www.elektrospank.com/news/dark-mad-festival/168-the-cassandra-complex-the-point-where-punk-gothic-and-industrial-met-interview - [Interview with El Garaje de Frank](https://thecassandracomplex.net/interview-with-el-garaje-de-frank/) - Thanks to François Zappa for this excellent interview https://elgarajedefrank.es/en/entrevista-a-the-cassandra-complex/ - [WGT Festival full video now available!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/wgt-festival-full-video-now-available/) - The full 70 minute show from Wave Gothic Treff is now on YouTube, complete with sound recorded directly from the mixing desk, so it sounds pretty damn good. Only one static camera positioned on the balcony, but at least you get to see the whole show from there :-) So for you guys who couldn't - [Mera Luna Festival, Germany - August 8-9 2020](https://thecassandracomplex.net/mera-luna-festival-august-8-9-2020/) - [Online merchandise store now open](https://thecassandracomplex.net/online-merchandise-store-now-open/) - Lots of people have been asking for CX merchandise... and now we have it! Our brand new merchandise store is now open, with lots of things to choose from - not just shirts, but mugs, mouse pads, phone cases, and everything else your little black heart craves... Note that all of the shirts in our - [Bimfest Festival, Belgium - December 13](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bimfest-festival-belgium-december-13/) - We will be headlining the first day of the Bimfest Festival in St. Niklaas, Belgium on December 13. Early bird tickets are on sale now! - [Amphi Festival - Cologne 2019 (Reflections of Darkness)](https://thecassandracomplex.net/live-review-amphi-festival-cologne-2019-day-1/) - The Cassandra Complex - Boots & Braces Theater Stage (LAy)No doubt, one of Amphi’s gems was offered inside the theatre when legendary CASSANDRA COMPLEX from the UK hit the stage. The band around singer Rodney Orpheus produced their first album ‘Grenade’ in 1986. Since the 2000 album ‘Wetware’ there has been no new material, nevertheless, - [Interview with Rodney at sparklingphotos.de (German)](https://thecassandracomplex.net/interview-with-rodney-at-sparklingphotos-de-german/) - Nach dem Rewind Easter Fest am letzten Wochenende im belgischen Gent (Review folgt in Kürze) hatten wir noch ein paar kurze Fragen an The Cassandra Complex. Die Band war sehr redselig und beantwortete unsere Fragen öffentlich auf ihrer Facebookseite (auf Englisch) und wir bieten euch hier die deutsche Fassung seiner Antwort, die viele Infos zu - [Rodney Orpheus interview on rtl.de](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rodney-orpheus-interview-on-rtl-de/) - The Cassandra Complex: Frontmann Rodney Orpheus im Interview - [Hello America - 2019 Remaster](https://thecassandracomplex.net/hello-america-2019-remaster/) - Now out: completely remastered versions of our classic first 12" EPs from 1986! Available from all major streaming services and download stores. Go get it! - [DarkMAD Festival - October 25](https://thecassandracomplex.net/darkmad-festival-october-25/) - We will be playing the DarkMAD Festival in Madrid Spain on October 25, along with our friends Covenant and Apoptygma Berzerk. This is a rare opportunity to see us in Spain, so if you are in the area, don't miss it! - [W-Festival - August 15](https://thecassandracomplex.net/w-festival/) - We will be playing at W-Festival in Waregem, Belgium on Thursday August 15. - [We're playing M'era Luna 2016!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/were-playing-mera-luna-2016/) - [E-tropolis Festival 2016](https://thecassandracomplex.net/e-tropolis-festival-2016/) - [M'era Luna line-up 2016](https://thecassandracomplex.net/mera-luna-line-up-2016/) - [We're playing festivals in Germany this year!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/were-playing-festivals-in-germany-this-year/) - [EU tour in November!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/eu-tour-in-november/) - We've just posted the tour dates for November! Confirmed so far are the following dates: 21 November: Hamburg Logo 22 November: Leipzig Moritzbastei 23 November: Berlin K-17 25 November: Prague Lucerna Music Bar More dates may still be added! Tickets available now from www.eventim.de and the neuwerk Shop at www.neuwerk-music.de The shows are also listed - [Pics & interview at Peek-a-Boo Magazine](https://thecassandracomplex.net/pics-interview-at-peek-a-boo-magazine/) - Lots of excellent pics from the Rewind Festival here at Peek-a-Boo Music Magazine! - [Rewind pics from Dani Vorndran](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rewind-pics-from-dani-vorndran/) - The awesomely talented Dani Vorndran (aka Black Cat) has posted a ton of pics from the Rewind Festival over on her page. Go check them out, they are excellent... - [CX Tournee in November!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cx-tournee-in-november/) - The Cassandra Complex sind im November für 4 exklusive Shows auf Tour. 3 dieser Shows finden in Deutschland statt und zwar in: Hamburg Leipzig & Berlin Eine weitere Show ist in Prag bestätigt. Tickets für die Deutschland Shows gibt es ab dem 16.04.2012 bei den jeweiligen Clubs, bei allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen & im neuwerk Shop. - [Getting ready at the Rewind Festival](https://thecassandracomplex.net/getting-ready-at-the-rewind-festival/) - This is what it looks like just before a show by The Cassandra Complex... Andy & Volker tune their guitars while new keyboardist Axel Ermes gets his computer ready. - [Rewind Festival review](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rewind-festival-review/) - There's a great review of the Rewind Festival we played at recently over at the Reflections of Darkness website, with some very cool pics. Thanks for giving us 9/10 guys! We will try to make that 10/10 on the next tour! ;-) - [New Orleans](https://thecassandracomplex.net/new-orleans/) - Owing to illness and various other problems, the members of SunGod helped out at our recent show at Southern Gothic Festival in New Orleans, where we did an amazing (and very different) set than we usually do. We played songs that we rarely play, including stuff like Nothing Personal and My Possession off Wetware. Major - [Bodybeats Festival May 1](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bodybeats-festival-may-1/) - We're headlining the second Bodybeats Festival in Antwerp on May 1. Great lineup of bands too... Tickets are 25 Euros for the day, so if you're anywhere near Belgium, don't miss it! - [Coming soon...](https://thecassandracomplex.net/coming-soon/) - [Castle Party in July](https://thecassandracomplex.net/castle-party-in-july/) - We've just confirmed that we're playing at Castle Party in Bolkow, Poland next July. Put it in your diary now! - [Aftershow Party in Hamburg](https://thecassandracomplex.net/aftershow-party-in-hamburg/) - New flyer for the Hamburg show: not only will the gig be great, we've added an Aftershow Party with a couple of the best DJs in Germany - looks like it's going to be a great night! If you're in North Germany don't miss it! - [Zillo competition - win free guest passes to the next show!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/zillo-competition-win-free-guest-passes-to-the-next-show/) - Zillo-Verlosung: Gewinnt Karten für das exklusive Cassandra Complex-Konzert am 04.09. in Hamburg Die kultigen Briten Cassandra Complex spielen am Freitag den 04. September eine exklusive Soloshow in Deutschland im Logo Club in Hamburg. Zu diesem außergewöhnlichen Anlass verlost Zillo exklusiv 5 x 2 Gästelistenplätze. Dies wird die erste Live-Shows der UK-Cyberpunx um Rodney Orpheus nach - [Two shows in Germany in September](https://thecassandracomplex.net/two-shows-in-germany-in-september/) - We've booked a couple of shows in Germany: September 4: Hamburg Logo September 5: Nocturnal Culture Festival - [Pics from Heerlen](https://thecassandracomplex.net/pics-from-heerlen/) - Nando Online has posted an excellent photoset from Heerlen to Flickr. Check it out... - [Heerlen videos now on YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/heerlen-videos-now-on-youtube/) - Thanks to the fabulous 18Thanatos some video from the Heerlen show is now online, and looking good! Start here... Heerlen - Nightfall - [Heerlen show diary](https://thecassandracomplex.net/heerlen-show-diary/) - Thursday afternoon: Just got home from college. The original plan was to drive directly to CXHQ and try to get a quick rehearsal in this evening, since we missed rehearsing last weekend because of my horrendous gastroenteritis. However it now seems Andy can't make it this eve, and I'm incredibly far behind in stuff, so - [Black Cat pics from BIMFest](https://thecassandracomplex.net/black-cat-pics-from-bimfest/) - Some excellent pictures from the BIMFest show have been posted by Black Cat on her site. Thanks for those shots BC! - [BIMFest videos now on YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bimfest-videos-now-on-youtube/) - If you missed BIMFest, you now have a chance to see just how fabulous we were. 18Thanatos18 has posted a couple of songs on YouTube for your viewing pleasure... Datakill Presents Enjoy! - [Old CX publicity photo on ebay](https://thecassandracomplex.net/old-cx-publicity-photo-on-ebay/) - For the real collectors out there, a genuine early publicity photo of us is now listed on ebay. This one is from way back around the time of Feel the Width, just before we did Theomania... I'm half tempted to buy it myself, just for the nostalgia value :-) - [BIMFest review @ Reflections of Darkness](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bimfest-review-reflections-of-darkness/) - BIMFest was great, thanks to all who came. Extra-special thanks to Emelie from Psy'Aviah for introducing us too! The first review is out already at the Reflections of Darkness blog. Here are the important bits... Music & Performance The announcement on the festival website said “THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX will prove they’re still alive and kicking...”. - [Sun God album available](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sun-god-album-available/) - The Sun God album is out on Amazon MP3! This probably means that it's also live on iTunes and eMusic etc. If anyone has an account with these stores could they check and let me know? Oh, and would be great if someone could make a review... - [Show in Heerlen in January](https://thecassandracomplex.net/show-in-heerlen-in-january/) - Not much info yet, but it's on January 30th at Nieuwe Nor in Heerlen, Holland (right next to Aachen, Germany) and will cost 12,5/15 Euro to get in. More info as we find out... - [Bimfest in December!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bimfest-in-december/) - Check out the poster below... - [33% off all CX shirts for one week only!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/120/) - Buy 2 shirts or more and get a 33% discount on all men's t-shirts and women's tees purchased directly from The Cassandra Complex custom shirt store! To get the discount, all you have to do is to enter the code: SEASONSTART2008 in the cart area and click 'Redeem your coupon'. This deal will not last - [Wetware @ Amazon MP3](https://thecassandracomplex.net/wetware-amazon-mp3/) - On the left you'll notice we've just added a widget that allows you to listen to some of our music, and buy it directly as high quality MP3 (without DRM!) from Amazon MP3. Currently just Wetware is there, but more is coming shortly! - [german tour cancelled](https://thecassandracomplex.net/german-tour-cancelled/) - We've just very reluctantly made the decision to cancel the German shows next week. We hate cancelling shows, but serious personal issues mean there's really no other option right now. We're currently aiming to reschedule them for the autumn. Major apologies to all those who already bought tickets. We'll make it up to you as - [Shows in the next month!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/shows-in-the-next-month/) - Don't forget we're playing some shows in the next weeks: April 18: Bath, UK May 1: Bochum, Germany May 2: Berlin, Germany May 3: Hamburg, Germany We'll be bringing lots of merchandise, like T-shirts and some rare CDs to each show, so bring some extra cash along! We always like to hang out at the - [New flyer for Hamburg](https://thecassandracomplex.net/new-flyer-for-hamburg/) - Here it is - please pass this around and get as many people as possible to the show! If you need a hi-res version for printing, just let us know. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge... - [Hamburg flyer - print out and pass around!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/hamburg-flyer-print-out-and-pass-around/) - [Andy & the BBC help new musicians](https://thecassandracomplex.net/andy-helps-new-musicians/) - From the Manchester Evening News: GUITAR-playing solicitor Andy Booth has been plucked by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters and BBC Radio Two to advise up-and-coming artists on legal issues. Andy, a partner at Manchester firm Turner Parkinson and guitarist with the 1980s band The Cassandra Complex, who recently re-formed to tour Germany and - [Another support act @ Bath](https://thecassandracomplex.net/anoterh-support-act-bath/) - We've just confirmed another support for the Bath show: the rather good SPC ECO. New flyer below. If you live out near that area, do feel free to print out some flyers and spread them around! - [Nightfall - WGT 2007](https://thecassandracomplex.net/nightfall-wgt-2007/) - Those of you who were at the WGT show in Leipzig last year might have noticed a lot of video cameras on stage... the first results of that video shoot have just been posted... Nightfall - WGT 2007 Add to My Profile From the forthcoming live album "A Thousand Points of Light". Recorded live at - [Bath show is confirmed!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/bath-show-is-confirmed/) - [Gigs in UK & Germany in May!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/gigs-in-germany-in-may/) - Sadly we're not able to play Wave Gothic Treff this year, but by way of compensation we're doing some gigs anyway! We're doing three in Germany, and maybe one in the UK. Here's the list: 18 April - Bath, UK (tbc) 1 May - Bochum Zwischenfall 2 May - Berlin K17 3 May - Hamburg - [CX @ Facebook](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cx-facebook/) - We've just set up a new Facebook page for The Cassandra Complex. If you use Facebook, please go over there and become a fan! - [CX page @ discogs.com](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cx-page-discogscom/) - There's a very detailed listing of CX releases at discogs.com, so if anyone wants to check out all the things we've done, we definitely suggest you check that out. Also note that you can rate what you think of the records there, so please give us some good ratings if you can... Rodney has just - [Wetware on iTunes](https://thecassandracomplex.net/wetware-on-itunes/) - Wetware is now available on iTunes! Just the thing for Yule listening if you haven't got it already. - [Album Reviews Page](https://thecassandracomplex.net/album-reviews-page/) - We just added a new page of album reviews to the site - there are a couple of Wetware reviews up there now. If you know of any other reviews we can reprint, do let us know! - [One Millionth Happy Customer @ YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/one-millionth-happy-customer-youtube/) - I've just uploaded a little video Paul shot on stage at Sao Paulo. It's us doing One Millionth Happy Customer during the encore - first time we'd played it in a very long time. Well, we rehearsed it earlier that day in the soundcheck, but we'd never even rehearsed it until that day... - [Sao Paulo review](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sao-paulo-review/) - Nice review of the Machina festival at Projeto D.Monia. Roughly translated it says: Finally the long-awaited band Cassandra Complex entered the stage, producing a strong show in a perfect mixture between rock and electronics with a lot of guitars and synth sounds. The performance of singer Rodney Orpheus was memorable as he celebrated with the - [Volker's pics from Sao Paulo](https://thecassandracomplex.net/volkers-pics-from-sao-paulo/) - Volker has put up some pics from Sao Paulo on his MySpace page. - [Second Shot in Sao Paulo](https://thecassandracomplex.net/second-shot-in-sao-paulo/) - Someone's put up a YouTube video of us doing Second Shot at the Sao Paulo show. Not great quality, but worth seeing. What a great show that was! More pics and videos coming later... - [Signing @ Soulshadow](https://thecassandracomplex.net/signing-soulshadow/) - Last night we had an excellent time at Sao Paulo's best indie record store: Soulshadow... Pics below, or watch a short video clip from the session. - [CX DJ in Sao Paulo](https://thecassandracomplex.net/87/) - O Machina Festival e o Audio Delicatessen convidam você para participar da pré-Machina Festival Party II, que acontece no dia 29/11, quinta-feira, véspera do evento. A partir das 21h será servido um coquetel no lounge do bar/clube Audio Delicatessen e, na pista, a banda britânica The Cassandra Complex assume os picapes ao lado dos DJs - [Soulshadow today!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/soulshadow-today/) - Looks like we'll be at Soulshadow record store this evening (Wednesday). Anyone in Sao Paulo who would like to meet us - please come along and say hello! Also we're having a party tomorrow night (Thursday) let us know if you want to come! More info later... - [CX on eMusic](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cx-on-emusic/) - Wetware & the Twice As Good EP are now also available via eMusic. This is the music download service we use ourselves - it's all independent stuff, no DRM, good quality MP3 files. If you're looking to download our stuff, this is a good place. We also spent most of last week in the studio - [CX on Napster](https://thecassandracomplex.net/cx-on-napster/) - The first download site to offer the Wetware album and the Twice As Good EP is Napster! If you've got a Napster account already, go get them today... Within the next few weeks they will also be available on other download sites such as eMusic and iTunes as well, so if you use one of - [Pics from WGW](https://thecassandracomplex.net/pics-from-wgw/) - Some nice pics from the Whitby show, courtesy of Davefish... - [Downloads coming...](https://thecassandracomplex.net/downloads-coming/) - Up until now most of our records haven't been available for download anywhere. That's been deliberate, since we don't approve of the restrictive Digital Restriction Management used by most download sites, or of their payment policies. However that's about to change... We're currently uploading Wetware, the Twice As Good EP, and Rodney's Sun God album - [pics roundup](https://thecassandracomplex.net/pics-roundup/) - The gug_ru LiveJournal community has a list of places where you can find recent CX pics. I want to post some more here, but until then check out this list. - [Whitby review](https://thecassandracomplex.net/whitby-review/) - Got back from Whitby last night, after a long and fun-filled weekend... Got up early on Friday to finish packing our gear. Poor Volker had to get up at 3.30am to get a plane from Hamburg to Manchester. Andy picked him up there at some ungodly hour while the rest of us hit the road - [rehearsing in the cold](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rehearsing-in-the-cold/) - It's getting really cold here in Manchester, and Paul, Andy & I have all been at CXHQ for the past couple of days rehearsing for the Whitby show (Volker is still stuck in Germany until Friday). The rehearsals are going great, but the heating system has broken down here, so we're freezing. Oh well, at - [Sao Paulo flyer](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sao-paulo-flyer/) - [Sao Paulo date changed!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/sao-paulo-date-changed/) - We've just changed the date of our forthcoming show in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It will now take place on November 30 - so if you're planning to go, make sure you keep that in mind! We've been rehearsing for the Whitby show and it's sounding good, though we had to do less than we anticipated - [Rodney appears in the new Pet Shop Boys video](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rodney-appears-in-the-new-pet-shop-boys-video/) - Rodney (accompanied by CX live mixer Bob & merchandising person Cathryn) is in the video for the new Pet Shop Boys single Integral! You have to watch carefully, but you'll see him flicker past near the end. Here's a still from it: - [WGT review](https://thecassandracomplex.net/wgt-review/) - There's a great review of the Wave Gothic Treff show at Nemesis To Go There's one more band to go. The headliners are due on stage any minute. Suddenly, a backdrop of LEDs blazes into life, as if someone's tapped a vein of raw electricity. Shadowy figures take up instruments. This is Cassandra Complex, a - [Special discount offer in our Custom Store!](https://thecassandracomplex.net/special-discount-offer-in-our-custom-store/) - Until September 30 you can get a discount of 2 GBP (British pounds) off any item in our Custom Store. Just follow the link and use the code: KJWHRQE2YV0O - [Andy appears in The Times](https://thecassandracomplex.net/andy-appears-in-the-times/) - Yes, everyone's favourite guitarist, Mr. Andy Booth recently got featured in The Times of London. Andy talks about his life as a lawyer and about the CX reunion. Check it out! (And big thanks for Davina for the pic) - [new CX custom store open](https://thecassandracomplex.net/new-cx-custom-store-open/) - We've had success with our eBay store in the past couple of months so we've decided to extend things a little and open a new custom on-demand store as well. So far we've got some nice CX2K, Wetware and Sex & Death themed items up there that we think you might like. Go have a - [kill your children](https://thecassandracomplex.net/kill-your-children/) - wakamiya just posted a video of Kill Your Children from an old gig at Bochum Zeche up to YouTube. Still looks and sounds pretty damn good... Yeah! - [New song uploads on MySpace](https://thecassandracomplex.net/new-song-uploads-on-myspace/) - We've just posted a couple of rare tracks to our MySpace player: Twice As Good (Genytal Mix) is a remix by our very good friends Daniel & Patrick from Front 242 Nothing Personal is a small sweet song that Rodney wrote and recorded at home during the Wetware sessions. Both songs are available on the - [more pics from Gotham 8](https://thecassandracomplex.net/more-pics-from-gotham-8/) - Some nice pics from Gotham 8 from Wildblanket. I especially like this one: - [amsterdam pics from City Baby](https://thecassandracomplex.net/amsterdam-pics-from-city-baby/) - [Davina's pics from WGT](https://thecassandracomplex.net/davinas-pics-from-wgt/) - Just put up a new photo album from WGT, taken by the very talented and wonderful Davina. It's also Davina's birthday today, so a very happy birthday from all at CXHQ to you! - [rss](https://thecassandracomplex.net/rss-2/) - In case you hadn't noticed already, we have an RSS feed from this site. If you use a modern web browser like Firefox 2, Opera 9, or even Internet Explorer 7 (ugh!) you can subscribe to the RSS feed to have the latest news from here pushed directly to your browser. It's a very cool - [user registration](https://thecassandracomplex.net/user-registration/) - We've just opened this site up to user registration. This means that anyone can log in and write comments to the posts we've made. It's a bit of an experiment, so we don't guarantee it'll stay that way, but let's see how it goes. - [Volker on MySpace](https://thecassandracomplex.net/volker-on-myspace/) - Volker just joined the 21st century and got a MySpace page. If you use MySpace, go friend him and say hello. Personally I hate MySpace: I dislike the layout, I dislike the way it keeps lagging out, and most of all I dislike the people who own it - the very right-wing News Corporation, who - [backstage @ WGT](https://thecassandracomplex.net/16/) - Some candid backstage shots from Bob: Soundcheck in the morning. Those LEDs were HOT. The crew were great, one of the easiest and best soundchecks we've ever had. Outside the venue before the show. It had already been sold out nearly an hour before, but people were still queuing in the vain hope of getting - [let's go to MTV](https://thecassandracomplex.net/lets-go-to-mtv/) - While looking for the link to the Schwarze Seiten interview from 2002, I stumbled across this... Let's Go To Europe on MTV! In case it wasn't obvious, Patrick broke his arm just before the shoot, which is why it's in that horrible white sling. We really should have shot around it, but for some reason - [schwarze seiten interview](https://thecassandracomplex.net/schwarze-seiten-interview/) - I did an interview just before we played at Wave Gothic Treff, check it out... Schwarze Seiten Interview - Cassandra ComplexAdd to My Profile | More Videos - [phone vids on YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/25/) - Someone's posted a couple of audience camera videos from WGT on to YouTube. Second Shot and Moscow Idaho. They look pretty good for cameraphone vids. Hopefully we'll have some of the real ones ready soon, Keith's editing them right now. - [More pics from WGT](https://thecassandracomplex.net/more-pics-from-wgt/) - Some amazing pics of CX at WGT here. Best ones yet I think. - [Wave Gothic Treff](https://thecassandracomplex.net/21/) - I've been out of touch for a couple of days while playing the WGT festival in Leipzig, Germany. This is a great festival, but it's not open-air like most places. Basically for four days they take over every venue in the city and run non-stop concerts and parties. We were headling the Kohlrabizirkus venue on - [london show](https://thecassandracomplex.net/20/) - So we played London last Saturday night... I was feeling pretty nervous about this show, we haven't played in five years, and every time we played London in the past it's been pretty horrid - London venues tend to not be of the highest quality in my experience. The fact that this was to be - [Whitby](https://thecassandracomplex.net/whitby/) - It's now official - we're playing the next Whitby Gothic Weekend. We're also thinking of maybe bringing the full video show for that, which we've never done in the UK before... Dates are: Fri 26th - Sat 27th October. I think we're playing on the Saturday night. Bands The following bands have been confirmed for - [amsterdam](https://thecassandracomplex.net/amsterdam/) - We just played Amsterdam. We were stunningly good, even if I do say so myself. Twice as good as London, if not more so. We had Slack, and lots of it. The audience loved it too Now it's 3.33 am and I'm in my hotel room still buzzing. Paul & Andy are in the bar - [March @ YouTube](https://thecassandracomplex.net/march-youtube/) - We've just uploaded a very rare CX video to YouTube for you all. It's the first ever promo video we ever shot, way back in 1985 for the March single. Check it out here! We've got tons of old videos in the archives back here, if there's enough interest we'll upload some more... so do - [some pics from the London show](https://thecassandracomplex.net/some-pics-from-the-london-show/) - [Gotham 8](https://thecassandracomplex.net/gotham-8/) - [live gear](https://thecassandracomplex.net/live-gear/) - As I mentioned in a previous post, The Cassandra Complex have been getting ready to play some shows at festivals around Europe over the next weeks. We've got a pretty different live setup than the average band, so I thought you guys might like to see it: Paul Asus F3jc laptop Echo AudioFire 4 Cubase ## Pages - [Gear](https://thecassandracomplex.net/gear/) - We often get people asking about what gear we use, so here's a selection of some of the things we have used over the years: Recording Systems: Yamaha CX5M Music Computer. The world's first mass market music computer, which even had a full 4-operator DX synthesiser stuck inside. Used for all of the sequences and - [About](https://thecassandracomplex.net/about/) - Back in the mid-80s, Irish musician Rodney Orpheus bumped into Paul Dillon in a Leeds nightclub while both were dancing to an early Die Krupps record. They decided to form a band that night, and did their first rehearsal the next day. A journalist called Andy Booth came to interview them and ended up staying - [Satan, Bugs Bunny & Me](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/satan-bugs-bunny-me/) - This was recorded by Rodney using a different band to the one that appeared on the early albums. As such, it's very transitional in its sound, and it doesn't sound very polished compared to our other albums. We were recording with basically no money and no record company back-up, so it was a real struggle - [Sex & Death](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/38-2/) - Sex & Death was in many ways a return to basics for us. We had finished building the studio that we'd begun during the recording of The War Against Sleep and were starting to get comfortable with working in a new way. Rodney had spent a quite a bit of time in America beforehand and - [Press Resources](https://thecassandracomplex.net/press-resources/) - Hi-res images suitable for printing: Pics from 2019 by Daniela Vorndran (you may reproduce these pics freely, but please attribute her in any reproduction) Colour close-up of Rodney Orpheus on stage Another color close-up of Rodney on stage, by Luc Luyten Rodney Orpheus B&W headshot (self-portrait, use freely) The Cassandra Complex logos & artwork This - [The War Against Sleep](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/37-2/) - This was the first album that we recorded in our own Wooden Horse Studio, just after our relocation to Hamburg. It also marked the return of Andy Booth to the fold, after an absence of a couple of years while he was learning to be a music biz lawyer. We had always wanted to make - [Cyberpunx](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/cyberpunx/) - Cyberpunx was that scariest of all things, a concept album; actually it was even worse, it was devised as a rock opera! Rodney says: "I've always felt that rock'n'role lyrics are the worst kind of literature, and I wanted to try to write something that had the depth of a novel. So I put together - [Theomania](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/theomania/) - This album is considered by many people to be the classic Cassandra Complex record. It took a lot of time and energy to make it just the way we wanted, and we seemed to be working on it endlessly. But the result is a beautiful record, one that we're really proud of. The title Theomania - [Grenade](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/grenade/) - Grenade was the first album we made and was released on Rouska Records in 1986. It's a fantastic album that was designed to showcase just how big our vision was. We still really like this album a lot, and we still play several of the songs in our live set. March was actually the first - [Hello America](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/hello-america/) - Hello America is a compilation of our early 12" EPs from 1985-1986, plus a couple of previously unreleased extra tracks. The album was originally compiled as our first release in the USA, and the title is taken from a collection of J. G. Ballard stories - we wanted to acknowledge how much he had influenced - [Wetware](https://thecassandracomplex.net/albums/wetware/) - The return of The Cassandra Complex after 6 long years of having a real life... And what a great record it is! The cover art is by the amazingly talented and beautiful Kathy Capri - that's actually her on the cover photo. She originally took it as a test shot, intending to use another model - [Live Reviews](https://thecassandracomplex.net/live-reviews/) - Live Review: Rewind Easter Fest - Gent 2012 (Day 1) Written by Sebastian HuhnFriday, 13 April 2012 21:10 Cassandra Complex Rodney Orpheus and Paul Dillon gave birth to THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX in 1980. 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