10 -- The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 14, 1994 The Mirandas blossom in hell By HEATHER PHARES "I live in sort of a dream world," said Katharine Blake, founder and sole original member of the chaotic, intense quintuplet Miranda Sex Garden. "I'm inspired by the strange things that go on inside my brain when I'm sleeping." That much is apparent from even a quick listen to Miranda Sex Garden's output from their short but prolific ca- reer. "Madra," their first album, is a pristine collection of madrigals like "While Gentle Springtime Lasteth" and "Gush Forth My Tears," which was remixed into a cult dance hit. The EP "Iris" sees the band moving toward more of a "rock" sound with the addi- tion of violins and organs. Last year's "Suspiria(Italian for"whisper")" added even more dimension to the Miranda's sound. Songs such as "Open Eyes" and a cover of David Lynch's "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" soared, swooned andgrowledmajestically; new drummer and guitarist Ben Golomstock and Trevor Sharpe added fuel to Miranda SexGarden's fiery new sound. This year finds the band releasing "Fairytales of Slavery," the band's most accomplished work to date. Alex Hacke, a member of the seminal indus- trial band Einsturzende Neubauten, produced "Fairytales ..." and pushed the band beyond its creative limits: rocks, a wok, an electric drill and a cheese grater are used on the album along with viola, glockenspiel and harmonium. Hacke was definitely an interesting producer to work with, ac- cording to Blake, he was "drunk! A lot more fiery and spontaneous, too." She feels that this album will sur- prisealotof unsuspecting listeners: "A lot of people think we're kind of ethe- real, like the Cocteau Twins, because they haven't heard us," she said. Also intriguing abouttheMirandas' latest is the title "Fairytales of Sla- very." It's about "the idea of something horrific being presented in a magical way. Kind of a fairytale, with a charm- ing presentation of something quite sinister," Blake explained. She also knows plenty about nightmares, of both the sleeping and waking varieties. "There's (dream) I had when I was a child, where I was on a giant wheel that kept turning and turning on a great conveyor belt - sort of a sadomasochistic dream, really. There was no escape, but that was kind of the kick in a way." As for waking horrors, she also has a fearsome tale: "I had a bag of shit thrown at me once onstage, on the Depeche Mode tour (in Ger- many)! We were playing for 22,000 people in the stadium and it was quite unreal, completely berserk; they were quite fascist about Depeche Mode be- ing the only band they could tolerate." For now, the future plans for Miranda Sex Garden after their tour (their second only of the United States) remain hazily indefinite. But Blake prefers it that way: "I really don't know (what we're doing in the future). We'll try something new next time. We don't steer this; it's steering us!" Though Blake describes Miranda Sex Garden live as "six people onstage playing instruments," their show on the 15th at Club Hell promises to be much more exciting than that. Seeing their rare blend of classical beauty and Miranda Sex Garden are just a bunch of girls (and two guys) who want to blossom into life, like a zebra orchid. modern grit will be a treat that few people on this side of the Atlantic have seen or will see. See Miranda Sex Gar- den while the bloom is still fresh. MIRANDA SEX GARDEN perform Saturdav at Club Hell (7 Mile and Woodward, Detroit). Doors open at t p.m., tickets are $10for those 18 & over. Call (313) 368-9687. 'Drum' is a striking, enrapturing musical attempt By SHIRLEY LEE Dialogue is a false thing, an in- vented mode ofcommunication. When words fail to transcend messages, mu- sic springs instantaneously into exist- ence. It sustains the fluidity, abandon- ing the conventional use of discourse. It seizes you by the throat in a fervent effort to engage you in its mystical, dark world. When imbued within the realm of film, it can drag you from a cozily sheltered theater and leave you helpless in shoddy living quarters within a crowded slum. "Latcho Drom" is one of these striking, enrapturing musical attempts. With its exquisitely fabricated cos- tumes and kaleidoscopic cinematogra- phy, "Latcho Drom" spins you into ecstasy. As the lights of burning candles turn the sky to flame, young women m IMM Latcho Drom Directed by Tony Gatlif comb their hair and don veils while men wrap ceremonial turbans around their heads. Beyond the visual ele- ments that so mesmerize the audience, "Latcho Drom" concerns itself fore- most with the story of the wandering Gypsies of Europe. Chronicling the 10-century-long journey of the Gypsies from Turkey to Eastern Europe, and finally, to France and Spain, director Tony Gatlif trav- With its exquisitely fabricated costumes and kaleidoscopic cinematography, 'Latcho Drom' spins you into ecstasy. eled through Gypsy-populated terri- tory in the hopes of recounting the story from the survivors' viewpoint. The Rom people, also dubbed the Gitane, Haleb, Tsigane, and Bohemian, faced severe ostracism in India, trig- gering their lengthy migration in about the year 1000 A.D. "Latcho Drom" translates from the Roman Gypsy lan- guage to "Safe Journey." While neither a documentary nor See DRUM, Page 11 University of Michigan School of Music Thursday-Sunday, October 13-16,20-23 Life Sentences, by Richard Nelson Group Theatre of Michigan, directed by John Russell Brown Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Building Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 general, $7 with U-M ID; $4 students (764-0540) Thursday-Sunday, October 13-16 Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George Musical Theatre Production Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Tickets: $16, $12, students $6 (764-0450). 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