Tropic of Cancer Debuts “More Alone”at Room 205 Live

This week’s episode of Room 205 filmed during MFNW in Portland, OR, features an exclusive first performance of “More Alone”, the new track from Los Angeles-based Tropic of Cancer. Tomorrow, an alternate live version of the track will release as a split 12” with HTRK on Ghostly International’s Part-Time Punks Radio Sessions series.

Tropic Of Cancer is the solo project of Camella Lobo. Though her music has been labeled gothic, shoegaze and drone pop, Lobo’s take on her influences is anything but nostalgic. Tropic Of Cancer has managed to imbue its own elusive gaze and craft a strangely beautiful and intoxicating sound in the wake of its predecessors. Formerly a duo with minimal electronic artist Silent Servant (Juan Mendez), Tropic Of Cancer has been stoking a slow-burning cult following since its first EP (The Dull Age) on Berlin-based label, Downwards in 2009. The Sorrow of Two Blooms, an EP released in 2011 on UK imprint Blackest Ever Black, catapulted the band into the underground spotlight. Since then, Lobo has released a handful of acclaimed recordings on Mannequin Records, Sleeperhold Publications and Ghostly International. Lobo performs live with assistance from Taylor Burch of the band DVA DAMAS.

To sum it up, this song rules. Tropic of Cancer’s first full-length album is due early 2013 on Blackest Ever Black.

Room 205 x Tropic of Cancer: Helmut Lang Journal

Excited to see an episode of Room 205 with Tropic of Cancer on Helmut Lang’s Journal. The song & video were also used during the recent Helmut Lang Spring 2013 runway show.

Tropic Of Cancer – A Color (at Room 205)

Final installment of our Room 205 episode with Tropic of Cancer, featuring the long gaze and subtle ways of minimal wave chanteuse Camella Lobo and musical associate Taylor Burch.

Tropic of Cancer Performs “A Color” in Room 205

Today we present the third and final installment of our Room 205 episode with Tropic of Cancer, featuring the long gaze and subtle ways of minimal wave chanteuse Camella Lobo and musical associate Taylor Burch.

Los Angeles based artist Camella Lobo has been quietly releasing music under the moniker, Tropic Of Cancer, since 2009. Drenched in romanticism and soaked in themes of solitude, mortality and love, her music forms a strangely hypnotic connection with its listener. Lobo’s majestic vocals, warmly cradled by waves of ascending synths, plangent guitar, and foreboding beats, summon the listener into a world of dark decadence and delicate beauty. Tropic Of Cancer’s post-punk meets shoegaze output brings to mind a culmination of influences, ranging from Julee Cruise to Joy Division, yet asserts its own obscure sound that’s nearly impossible to classify. Formerly a duo with minimal electronic artist, Silent Servant, Lobo has enlisted the assistance of Taylor Burch to help execute her music in a live setting.

Special thanks goes to Camella Lobo and Taylor Burch for making this episode of Room 205 possible. Without their good will and graceful songs we couldn’t have done it. Thanks also to director Luis Farfan, set designer Tamarra Younis, audio engineer Jon Gilbert, DP Conor Simpson, editor Forrest Borie, producer Arlie Carstens and web czar Marcel Appelman. Yes, this is truly one of our all-time favorite episodes.

Tropic Of Cancer – Court of Devotion (at Room 205)

In their second installment of Room 205, Tropic of Cancer and director Luis Farfan contemplate the darker side of devotion.

Tropic of Cancer Perform “Court of Devotion” in Room 205

Today we’re excited to premiere the second installment of Room 205 with special guest Tropic of Cancer. In this performance, Tropic of Cancer and director Luis Farfan contemplate the darker side of devotion.

To match the plaintive, uneasy energy of the “Court of Devotion,” director Luis Farfan and editor Forrest Borie elegantly intertwine the band’s arresting live performance with symbolically charged imagery of the sacred and vast. The result captures the subtle visuals of cult chanteuse Camella Lobo at the peak of her sublime powers.

Tropic of Cancer – The One Left (at Room 205)

The ominous Tropic of Cancer deliver a stunningly nuanced performance of “The One Left” at Room 205

Tropic of Cancer Performs “The One Left” in Room 205

For this stark, spellbinding episode with musical guest Tropic Of Cancer, director Luis Farfan initially aimed to create an ode to 60s New Wave French cinema. To do so, he worked closely with director of photography Conor Simpson, set designer Tamarra Younis, editor Forrest Borie and sound engineer Jon Gilbert. Along the way however, through aural osmosis or some other divine alchemy, they beautifully captured the band’s mesmerizing live performance while simultaneously crafting a world of abstract symbols, ambient sounds and cinematic contrasts that is entirely elegant and arresting in its own right. From Chabrol and Godard to Julee Cruise and Joy Division, this is assuredly the most heady episode of Room 205 yet. Enjoy.

Los Angeles based artist Camella Lobo has been quietly releasing music under the moniker, Tropic Of Cancer, since 2009. Drenched in romanticism and soaked in themes of solitude, mortality and love, her music forms a strangely hypnotic connection with its listener. Lobo’s majestic vocals, warmly cradled by waves of ascending synths, plangent guitar, and foreboding beats, summon the listener into a world of dark decadence and delicate beauty. Tropic Of Cancer’s post-punk meets shoegaze output brings to mind a culmination of influences, ranging from Julee Cruise to Joy Division, yet asserts its own obscure sound that’s nearly impossible to classify. Formerly a duo with minimal electronic artist, Silent Servant, Lobo has enlisted the assistance of Taylor Burch to help execute her music in a live setting.

The next performance with Tropic of Cancer will launch June 26.