Beauty In Chaos has released their new video of the track titled ‘Hollow (Crimson Cupid Mix)’ featuring Cinthya Isabella from Lost Gems, from their latest album ‘Signs In The Heavens Reality Upside Down’, recently released via 33.3 Music Collective.
While the lush cacophony of sonic atmospheric goodness and a guitar-based wall of sound appeal is the initial catch in the hook, the real thing that grabs you is the aspects of collaboration between Cinthya and BIC. If you have heard ‘Signs In The Heavens Reality Upside Down’ yet (embed below) then you get the sense of diversity between the tracks while watching this video in isolation from the rest of the album. And encompassing Cinthya’s unique blend of angelic falsetto and heir of experience makes the song a part of her signature sound.
Emotion as a notion and sound as a soliloquy, Cinthy and Beauty In Chaos take a left turn for the BIC catalog and give shoegaze a new phase by taking a few steps deeper into that audio abyss of progression.
‘Signs In The Heavens Reality Upside Down’ is out now on Bandcamp, and most other streaming platforms, and a limited edition deluxe double CD HERE.
Check out our other features with Beauty In Chaos HERE.
About Beauty In Chaos & ‘Signs In The Heavens Reality Upside Down’
In following with BIC’s modus operandi, this 29-track Limited Edition double-CD offers re-envisioned versions of tracks from their fourth studio release, ‘Dancing With Angels’, along with two ‘bonus’ tracks.
Based in Los Angeles, Beauty In Chaos was formed in 2018 by guitarist Michael Ciravolo (formerly of Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel and current President of Schecter Guitars) with Grammy-nominated producer Michael Rozon (Ministry, Jarboe, Wayne Hussey, The Melvins), who also mixed and co-produced Ministry’s forthcoming ‘Squirrelly Years’ album (out in summer 2025).
“I feel ‘Hollow’ is a standout track on ‘Dancing With Angels’, but I thought we could show it in a different light with Cynthia and I’s mutual affinity for ‘90s shoegaze. Michael Rozon and I redid everything except Cynthia’s original vocals…. Revamping the chords and adding a judicious amount of fuzz and reverb-drenched guitars!!” Ciravolo also alluded that the ‘crimson cupid’ moniker given to this re-envision was more than a slight nod to My Bloody Valentine!” says Michael Ciravolo.
“We shot the ‘band’ footage to the album version of ‘Hollow’ while on the set of ‘Diving For Pearls’. When we recorded this remix version, Cynthia and I thought we could morph in some new footage, and with some ‘movie magic’, I think we got a beautiful visual throwback to those great ‘90s 4AD/Creation videos!”
Ciravolo’s and Isabella’s paths crossed by chance when her band Silence in The Snow performed at The Echo in Los Angeles. Her new project Lost Gems is a collaboration with producer Alex DeGroot (co-producer and live multi-instrumentalist for Zola Jesus).
“We talked after about a shared love for many bands and musicians. After we collaborated on ‘Hollow’, we decided to pursue a remix version inspired by our admiration for Lush, MBV, and Slowdive, which has turned out to be a really fun and beautiful experience! Being invited into the BIC collective and creating music with truly good people is a gift,” says Cynthia Isabella.
Earlier, Beauty In Chaos shared a ‘back-to-back’ video of ‘Children Of The Revolution’ featuring Ministry’s Al Jourgensen on vocals and ‘Open Your Eyes’, paying homage to T.Rex / Marc Bolan and The Lords of the New Church, respectively.
Returning participants on this album include Ashton Nyte, Mark Gemini Thwaite, Kitty Lectro, Tyler Bates, Kevin Kipnis, and Julian Shah-Tayler, with a cast of newcomers as William Faith (The Bellwether Syndicate), Frontal Boundary and Combichrist’s Andy LaPlegua. Beauty In Chaos also worked with Ashton Nyte and Cynthia Isabella to create two ‘almost acoustic’ versions of their songs, which Ciravolo cites amongst his favorites.
Previous BIC releases involve members of The Cure, Ministry, Cheap Trick, The Offspring, Gene Loves Jezebel, Marilyn Manson, Human Drama, Bauhaus, Nine Inch Nails, Van Halen, A Flock of Seagulls, dUg Pinnick (Kings X), ICE-T, Rolan Bolan, and guitar icon Zakk Wylde.
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