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–based eclectic chanteuse and composer who blends cabaret, goth, trip-hop and jazz into unique cinematic soundscapes. Alu is featured on the soundtrack to
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The Midnight Meat Train ''The Midnight Meat Train'' is a 2008 American horror film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name. Its plot follows a photographer who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher", and discovers more th ...
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and Echoes Radio. Her post-apocalyptic ballad "Last Lullaby" is included in the 2007 controversial action thriller "Juncture" by film director James Seale. Alu's song "Circus Cosmos" was Echoes Radio Producer/Host John Diliberto's No. 1 Song of 2008 and her second CD "Lobotomy Sessions" made his Top Ten List of 2008 for Best Album. "Lobotomy Sessions" was also one of Echoes 25 Essential Albums of 2008 (Staff Picks and Listeners' Poll). Alu was nominated for two 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in the Female Singer Songwriter Best Album ("Lobotomy Sessions") & Best Song ("Buzzin' in my Brain"). On October 12, 2009, Alu's album "Lobotomy Sessions" placed number 33 in the Top 200 CDs for 20 Years of Echoes Radio.


Discography

*Alu: Mrs. Hypochondriac (2016) *Alu: Madhouse Masquerade (2012) *Still: Echoes Living Room Concerts Volume 15: Features a Live In-Studio Performance of Alu's song "Recluse" (2009) *
Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading horror author ...
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The Midnight Meat Train ''The Midnight Meat Train'' is a 2008 American horror film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name. Its plot follows a photographer who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher", and discovers more th ...
soundtrack: (Remix of Alu's song "Recluse" by
Justin Lassen Justin Lassen (born August 27, 1981, in Denver, Colorado) was a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and remixer who has worked in the film, sound design, and video game industries. He died on February 22, 2021, of apparent natural causes. E ...
) (2008,
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) *Alu: Lobotomy Sessions (2008) *Digital Bliss Volume 1 compilation: ("Confessions to the Undertaker") (2007, Boutique Electronique Records) *Music in A Net Volume 1 compilation: ("Last Lullaby") (2006) *Novocain: Alu provides special guest back-up vocals on "Heartbeat" (2005, Blue Pie, Mugatu Records) *Alu: Infomercial Gasmask (2004)


References


External links


Echoes Radio/NPR interview with Alu
accessed April 1, 2018.
Alu "Circus Cosmos" Video
accessed April 1, 2018.
Alu "Casket Salesman" Video
accessed April 1, 2018.
Profile
allmusic.com; accessed April 1, 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alu American women singer-songwriters 21st-century American composers Musicians from Los Angeles Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American women composers