Based in Berlin, DE since Nov 2008, Video Rideo is Athenian vocalists Eleni Nasiou and Anastasia Papatheodorou, and Belfast's James Mcshane (Bass, Programming) and James Murphy (Guitar, Programming). Their first project is a fractured mix of industria, shoe-gaze, dark wave and trip-hop with close ties to a host of early 4AD artists (Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Birthday Party). The lyrics of their current body of work, whether in Greek, French or English, are subtle affronts to the archetypal themes of love and philosophy and are in parts lifted heavily from the writings of N…
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