
LILITH
by Sean CooperThe combined efforts of producer Scott Gibbons and vocal contributor Rachel Wilson, Lilith is an experimental electronic/dark ambient group with feet planted with equal force in industrial and power electronics. Unlike artists normally associated with the latter two genres, however, Liliths music is conceived from the standpoint of simplicity and resourcefulness, with Gibbons artful approach to the musical potential of mundane objects and only very minimal production trickery substituted for industrial/noise musics curt, often messy impudence. A graduate of the University of Chicago Masters program in the Philosophy of Religion, Gibbons undergraduate and graduate careers were split between books and unhindered improvisational outings, first with the Chicago ensemble New Elementals, then solo as Nipple Runs and Laughingwind. The Elementals were as renowned for their live performances (which often included elaborate costumes, thea...