Flowers in Formaldehyde

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2004 EP by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows

Flowers in Formaldehyde

EP by

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows

Released| 2004 (2004)
Genre| Darkwave
Length| 30:28
Label| Apocalyptic Vision
Producer| Anna-Varney, John A. Rivers
Sopor Aeternus EP chronology
| Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh
(1995)  | Flowers in Formaldehyde
(2004)  | A Strange Thing to Say
(2007)

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"Flowers in Formaldehyde" is the second EP by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 2004 as a companion to the album La Chambre D'Echo - Where the Dead Birds sing. Only 2,000 CDs and 700 LPs were pressed.

Originally announced as The Adventures of Ms Penny Dreadful, Flowers featured four new songs, two instrumentals of songs from La Chambre D'Echo and an extensive remix of "Do you know my Name ?" from Sopor Aeternus' first album, Ich töte mich.... The first half of the EP remains some of Sopor Aeternus' most pop-oriented work yet.

Flowers in Formaldehyde was re-issued the following year as part of the rarities box set Like a Corpse Standing in Desperation. Apocalyptic Vision explained that extensive counterfeiting of the EP was cause for its inclusion in the set.[citation needed]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Anna-Varney Cantodea.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "In an Hour Darkly"| 4:58
2.| "The Conqueror Worm (by Edgar Allan Poe)"| 3:28
3.| "Minnesang"| 3:36
4.| "Von der Einfalt" ("Of simplicity")| 1:40
5.| "Hearse-shaped Basins of Darkest Matter (instrumental)"| 3:39
6.| "Leeches & Deception (instrumental)"| 6:59
7.| "Extract from: The Voices of the Dead"| 0:58
8.| "Do you know my Name ? / What has happened while we slept ?"| 5:06

## Personnel[edit]

* Susannah Simmons: Violin
* Elizabeth Tollington: Cello
* Miriam Hughes: Flute
* Tonia Price: Clarinet
* Andrew Pettitt: Oboe
* Doreena Gor: Bassoon
* Tim Barber: Trumpet
* Julian Turner: Trombone
* Anthony Bartley: Tuba
* Paul Brook: Drums
* Anna-Varney Cantodea: Vocals, all other instruments and programming

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Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows

Studio albums|

* Ich töte mich...
* Todeswunsch
* The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller
* Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One)
* Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face Two)
* Songs from the Inverted Womb
* Es reiten die Toten so schnell
* La Chambre d'Echo
* Les Fleurs du Mal
* Have You Seen This Ghost?
* Poetica (All Beauty Sleeps)
* Mitternacht - The Dark Night of the Soul
* The Spiral Sacrifice
* Death & Flamingos

Extended plays|

* Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh
* Flowers in Formaldehyde
* A Strange Thing to Say
* Children of the Corn

Singles|

* The Goat / The Bells Have Stopped Ringing

Remix albums and compilations|

* Voyager: The Jugglers of Jusa
* Like a Corpse Standing in Desperation
* Sanatorium Altrosa

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