Alien Skin

“Depression as familiarity, past love as a sealed grave, silence as violence, closeness as surrender” [Nobody Forced Me to Love]. Alien Skin is the solo project of George Pappas, formerly of Australian synth band Real Life, whose 1984 global million-seller “Send Me An Angel” became a defining synth-pop single. Since 2008, Pappas has used Alien Skin to pursue a darker, more intimate language of electronic minimalist coldwave, darkwave and post-punk. Official site: alienskinmusic.com Steeped in icy wistfulness and post-punk existential detachment, Alien Skin draws from 1980s coldwave minimalism: analogue electronics, reverberant vocals and hypnotic drum machine pulses for devotees of cassette-era European underground. Alien Skin’s sonic lineage traces through Lebanon Hanover, She Past Away, Molchat Doma, early Clan of Xymox and 80s Depeche Mode - artists echoing isolation, alienation, emotional collapse, dystopia and the beautiful bleak. Across a prolific catalogue since 2008 - including 'Depress Me,' 'Your Stabbing Silence Is Murder,' 'Escape from Myself,' 'I Want My Asylum,' 'It's OK to Be Human,' and 'Kill Me Now Before I Die' - Alien Skin has built a body of work drenched in existential gloom, detachment, and melancholic void drift.