They're one of the bands we can't stop talking about, even with less than 20 minutes of music released. We're taken with Shannon and Bruno; it's really they're fault we are smitten. Another super fan, Kile (aka grossymmetric) seems a little obsessed, and lucky for us in a good way! Check out the Light Asylum [...]

This past weekend, NYC presented a number of only-in-NYC type concerts to help locals feel like they did some unique shit before the summer was over. For me, that meant seeing Lemonade, Reggie Watts, and Small Black at a open-air dumpster pool party that served lobster rolls for refreshments (that was a first), and joining Scott, Corban, and Juicy J at the Fool's Gold party on Labor Day where the refreshments were considerably danker (ditto). But the best of this Very Special Weekend's shows was also the freest: a no-cost, relatively intimate double bill in the taco-carted backyard [...]
S.C.U.M 's debut album, 'Again Into Eyes', is expected to drop the first week of October on Mute Records. While you're waiting, enjoy this remix of S.C.U.M's 'Whitechapel' by New York City's underground act Light Asylum , where post-punk morphs into straight up dance. Listen to the remix and download it below.
S.C.U.M are to release their debut album Again Into Eyes on September 12th. Their singles so far, 'Summon the Sound' and 'Amber Hands' have been impressive, as has their dark swirly shoegazey vibe. Ahead of the album's release S.C.U.M have unveiled Light Asylum's rework of forthcoming single, 'White Chapel'. Light Asylum have transformed ‘Whitechapel’ from burning post-punk to [...]
Como bien saben, el primer EP de Light Asylum se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos de los ultimos meses y ahora, mientras se encuentran de gira y preparando lo que sera su album debut, se han dado a la tarea de hacer este remix del mas reciente sencillo de S.C.U.M "Whitechapel" el cual me parece ya es el segundo que sale de manera oficial como adelanto de lo que sera tambien su album debut fechado para el 4 de Octubre a traves de Mute . Y bueno, por lo que he escuchado de [...]

In our review of Canadian electro-goths Austra 's latest effort Sparkle (Remixes) , a collection of remixes of songs from their debut Feel It Break , we marveled once again as the rookies stole the show. Now, the rest of the world will get its chance to hear the effort when it hits brick and mortar stores (it's out now digitally) on August 23rd via Domino (courtesy of Pitchfork ). Along with the tracklist below, make sure to take a listen to the remix of "Beat and the Pulse" [...]
This summer Bruno Coviello—probably best known as Light Asylum's man on synths—moved to Berlin, where apparently there are no windows and every day is night. His Continuous Summer Mix MMXI is greased black. The songs ... read more

light asylum - "a certain person" (download) I had a hard time picking which song to post from Light Asylum 's debut EP In Tension . I'm not really sure how to describe them, but they are a duo from Brooklyn who make dark, almost gothic synth pop songs. They put on a high energy live show, and they've shared the stage with TV On the Radio, Salem and YACHT , to name a few. I HIGHLY recommend you pick up [...]
This month's Remixtape opens with a rework of the Miracles Club by Cut Copy, a pair of remixes by Grimes, a submission by Gwilym Gold of the band Golden Silvers, and a dancehall rework of Gang Gang Dance by the legend Lee "Scratch" Perry. It's ten tracks and 93MB, downloadable via this zip: Read More...
Over the past two years, Brooklyn vet Shannon Funchess has gone from being Brooklyn's most recognizable backup singer (see: !!!, LCD, TVOTR) to fronting the locally celebrated dark wave project Light Asylum. Shannon says she grew up loving "Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, The Cure and The Human League," and if you add Grace Jones, light sabers , and horses' whinnies to the equation, you have a fair starting point for Light Asylum's In Tension EP. "A Certain Person" captures Shannon in one of her most romantically vulnerable states ("Shallow Tears" notwithstanding), and filmmaker Eden Batki's [...]
Released via LVMH's Nowness site (swag), Light Asylum's beautiful documentary-style video for "A Certain Person" shows Shannon Funchess and Bruno Coviello at their most powerful—being themselves. Directed by Eden Batki and filmed during the band's ... read more
Here's a nice new Light Asylum video for 'A Certain Person', one of our favorite songs of 2010 . Their debut EP In Tension is out now on Mexican Summer, buy it . The clip was directed by Eden Batki , read more about it here . MP3: A Certain Person Light Asylum website .

From the NY area, more exactly from Brooklyn, the duo of Light Asylum have been around for a couple of years. Searching for a label, and now finally they released the 4-track EP "In Tension" earlier this year on Mexican Summer . A full-length album is to come 2012. What is Light Asylum then, it's a dynamic duo consisting of Shannon Funchess and Bruno Coviello. And Shannon, hey, what deep voice she's got there, at first I thought it was a male synth voice until I understood it was Shannon's cool dark and special voice, [...]

I'm protected Ricardo Tobar - Mi pieza esta llena de cosas (Max Cooper remix) Light Asylum - Dark Allies Civil Civic - Run Overdrive Hypnolove - Midnight Cruising John Tejada - The Dream Carte Blanche feat Alexis Taylor - With You Sebastien Tellier - Universe
This year was the L Magazine's third stab at its Williamsburg-based, CMJ-reminiscent Northside Festival. And from all accounts and perspectives, it was its most successful. It was the most Northside has felt like a real thing deserving of real attention, anyway: Instead of individual venues throwing disparate shows with great bands all over town - which describes past installments of the fest but also every other weekend in Williamsburg every year - this year's Northside managed a deservedly heightened state of awareness due to a heightened state of show booking. There were concerts held under the Northside banner that felt [...]

Dark, deep synth-y electro. Take two groups from this 'genre' and you get SALEM 's remix of Light Asylum 's "Shallow Tears (Like a Storm)." The treatment that Detroit-based SALEM gives to the Brooklyn-based duo's track is haunting and a little bit eerie, replacing the vocals with heavy distorted effects and drum-machine beats. It's reminiscent of SALEM's album "King Night," which was arguably one of the best albums of last year. Grab a copy of the original track off Light Asylum's In Tension EP on Mexican Summer . [...]
As summer approaches, you'll see a spike in posts and playlists on IRC, not to mention plenty of new releases. This week's Best New Releases, don't contain any big 2011 anticipated drops, but there are still some terrific singles and albums from bands like Vetiver, Dark Mean, PlanningtoRock, Woods, in our opinion, include fresh albums [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

If you weren't aware that this version of "Shallow Tears" from Light Asylum was a remix, you might just think it's a new SALEM song. There's not much that's recognizable from the original version, but that doesn't take away from it's greatness. Shannon Funchess' voice is pitch shifted, echoed and stuttered all over the place creating a wobbly, foggy, and spooky new tune. SALEM's signatures are all over this, so it's more like a new SALEM track that features a loose and warped Light Asylum sample, but either way, I'm feeling it. Check it out! [...]
Light Asylum : Shallow Tears (Like a Storm - SALEM Remix) - MP3 A l’occasion de la réédition du EP In Tension de Light Asylum , SALEM s’est attaqué à l’un des titres, Shallow Tears (Like a Storm) , un rework moins sombre que ça à quoi le band nous a habitué jusqu’ici. To celebrate the re-issue of Light [...]
Light Asylum are famously mighty live, sometimes Herculean and sometimes super dark, but always beaming so much power from Shannon Funchess' vocal chords and Bruno Coviello's keys. And they've built themselves up largely on that ... read more