Lustmord

During the late 90's absence Lustmord's legendary Brian Williams concentrated on other activity, including collaborative projects and work as Music Sound Designer for over thirty Hollywood motion pictures, including The Crow; Strange Days; From Dusk Till Dawn; The Craft; Spawn; The Negotiator; Bride of Chuckie; The Siege; The Insider and Pitch Black while more recently he has been composing music for Television and Video Games.
Active in music for twenty five years under the name Lustmord, Brian first gathered attention as part of the small group of individuals that spawned the original "industrial" music scene out of the United Kingdom in the late seventies.

The two albums quickly established his reputation as one of the leaders in the genre of atmospheric "ambient" music with his use of diverse recording sources such as cosmological activity, caves, crypts and catacombs, and later recordings utilized extensive computer manipulation of natural recordings, and are credited as single-handedly creating the "dark ambient" movement, with Lustmord albums have appeared on numerous "all time top ten" and "best" lists, both in print and on the internet.
In the early eighties he was a member of SPK, one of the most influential groups of the industrial music genre, and from 1985 until 1999 owned and managed the record label, Side Effects and served as a technical and artistic consultant for Mute Records (London).
He has collaborated on projects with a diverse group of artists including Clock DVA, John Balance (Coil), Robert Rich, Paul Haslinger (Tangerine Dream), Jarboe (The Swans), Monte Cazazza and Chris & Cosey, as well as touring extensively throughout Europe and America as both performer and technician.
In 2004 Lustmord recorded the critically acclaimed album "Pigs of the Roman Empire" with Melvins, (founders of "Grunge" rock) which so far has sold over 17,000 units.
One of Lustmord's latest successes also include music sound design for the motion picture Underworld, as well as co-producing of the score album. He has also contributed to the latest Tool album and to their current DVD release.

Brian Williams is much in demand by Motion Picture, Television and Video Game productions for his distinctive music and sound design. He also has a twenty five years history of recording his own influential albums under the name Lustmord, and has worked with many pioneers of electronic music, and has over 40 motion picture credits to his name.

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