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I wanted to put together a bunch of Agness’ links and media here so I can come to one little room for a hit. njoy.

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“Waiting For My Ghost” at CD Baby:

Agness Twin:
Agness Twin was created by Lady E in 2004. It began as a collaboration of different artists with her as the main focus of the project. The styles of the songs range from down tempo, shoe gaze, Americana and rock with an ambient tone creating eclectic sounds.

In 1998 Lady E began her music career in San Francisco and formed the band ‘Agness’ who was played frequently on the college radio station KUSF. The name Agness stems from a true story of her mothers twin ‘Agness’ who died from the hives at only two months of age. She lives on through the music. In 2003 Lady E moved to LA and went solo thus creating ‘Agness Twin’. She recorded, produced and engineered a cover of the Duran Duran song ‘Girls on Film’ in 2005. In 2007 she worked with David J (of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets),and Vinsantos, on Vinsanto’s album A Light Awake Inside. She is featured on the songs ‘After All’, and ’16 Seconds’. She has worked with cellist Joyce Rooks who is featured on all of the songs on the album Waiting for my Ghost. Lady E is also in a band with Drew Pluta called ‘The Golwering Eyes’ who have played all around LA and San Francisco.

Agness Twins live shows are a range of songs with ambient beats, the live drums of Rickki Furcoat and screaming guitars to intimate acoustic guitar and vocals. The album Waiting for my Ghost is Agness Twin’s first debut album. The songs are dark ballads of lost love, triumph over tragedy, and alter egos. It takes you to a far away place and brings you right back. Ambient, dreamy, and catchy.

Agness Twin – Girls on Film.mp3

Below: Music by: Agness Twin, Vinsantos – Starring: Lanny Kittleson, j9 fierce Juliet K, James n’ Anastasia, SailorHank + DarbyJane as the reaper.

The Sixth Toe by Agness Twin with Vinsantos @ Hotel Utah Saloon 4_27_10

” Agness Twin is the brain-child of one Lady E who wrote all the material found on “Wating for my Ghost” as well as handling the singing/guitar playing/synth administrating duties. What the Lady presents is a collection of noir-tinged songs based in the dirgey, slightly droney-rock whose heritage can be traced backed to greats like PJ Harvey and Tanya Donelly. The rock element is by turns driving and hypnotic. To this she adds the cello work of Joyce Rooks and the occasional piano bits curtesy of the great Vinsantos which gives the album a wonderfully sepiachord edge. The end result are songs that swing smoothly from driving rock to off-kilter numbers that are like the evil flip-side of pop. Lady E is sometimes brash, sometimes coaxing, but always remarkably seductive. I would happily spend more time in Lady E’s world. This one’s a keeper.” — SepiaChord

Agness Twin was created by Lady E in 2004. It began as a collaboration of different artists with her as the main focus of the project. The styles of the songs range from, down tempo, shoe gaze, Americana and rock with ambient tones creating eclectic sounds. In 1998 Lady E began her music career in San Francisco and formed the band “Agness” who was played frequently on the college radio stations KUSF & KFJC. The music was experimental (Romeo & Juliet meets Pink Floyd). The name Agness stems from a true story of Lady E’s mother’s twin “Agness” who died from the hives at only two months of age. She lives on through the music. In 2003 Lady E moved to LA and went solo thus creating “Agness Twin”. She recorded, produced and engineered a cover of the Duran Duran song “Girls on Film” in 2005. {“The rare cover that’s both a significant departure from the original and stellar in its own right”}..said by a subscriber on The sixtyone. In 2007 she worked with David J. of Bauhaus, & Love and Rockets, and Vinsantos, on the album “A Light Awake Inside”. She is featured on the songs “After All”, and “16 Seconds”. She has worked with cellist Joyce Rooks who is featured on most of the songs on the album “Waiting for my Ghost”, Agness Twin’s Debut album. Agness Twin’s live shows are a combination of Lady E’s custom made double neck electric 12 string & 6 string guitar creating pretty & ambient sounds to screaming distortions accompanied with Rikki Furcoat’s loose but heavy drums. Rikki Played drumms in Capsule Queen, Agness, Grass Belly and many other SF bands in the late 90s. Agness Twin’s newest edition is the wonderful Tom Mackerness. Classically trained in String bass/ cello/ violin/ & bass guitar. He played with the epic noise/punk band Popesmashers, creates electro-acoustic soundtrack music with Don’t Die, and Johnny Clashes with Armed Forces Radio; with just enough time to be in the Magic No. 9.
“Waiting for my Ghost” is an arrangement of dark ballads of lost love, triumph over tragedy, and alter egos. It takes you to a far away place and brings you right back. Ambient, dreamy, and catchy. Influences range from Blonde Redhead, Cocteau Twins, PJ Harvey, Breeders, & Throwing Muses ….& anything from the 4AD Label.
from Agness’ Jango page.