To the Bottom of the Sea
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To the Bottom of the Sea is the sixth studio album by Cuban American
dark cabaret
/Dark Wave singer Voltaire
. It was released in 2008, and it was Voltaire's first album to be released via his own label Mars Needs Music, since his contract with Projekt Records expired the year before.
It was the first album by Voltaire to feature a music video
: it was made for the track "Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)".
In this album, Voltaire makes a duet with Polish
singer Julia Marcell
on the track "This Sea", and makes a cover of her song "Accordion Player".
The song "Coin-Operated Goy
" is a parody of The Dresden Dolls
' "Coin-Operated Boy
".
Cuban American
A Cuban American is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba. Cuban Americans are also considered native born Americans with Cuban parents or Cuban-born persons who were raised and educated in US...
dark cabaret
Dark Cabaret
Dark cabaret may be a simple description of the theme and mood of a cabaret performance, but more recently has come to define a particular musical genre which draws on the aesthetics of the decadent, risqué German Weimar-era cabarets, burlesque and vaudeville shows with the stylings of post-1970s...
/Dark Wave singer Voltaire
Voltaire (musician)
Voltaire , is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician...
. It was released in 2008, and it was Voltaire's first album to be released via his own label Mars Needs Music, since his contract with Projekt Records expired the year before.
It was the first album by Voltaire to feature a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
: it was made for the track "Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)".
In this album, Voltaire makes a duet with Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
singer Julia Marcell
Julia Marcell
Julia Górniewicz, better known by her stage name Julia Marcell, is a Polish singer-songwriter, pianist and violinist who currently resides in Germany.-Career:...
on the track "This Sea", and makes a cover of her song "Accordion Player".
The song "Coin-Operated Goy
Goy
is a Hebrew biblical term for "nation". By Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "non-Jew". The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish.-In Biblical Hebrew:...
" is a parody of The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione...
' "Coin-Operated Boy
Coin-Operated Boy
"Coin-Operated Boy" is a single by The Dresden Dolls duo, taken from the self-titled debut album The Dresden Dolls. It was produced by Martin Bisi and released on December 13, 2004 by Roadrunner Records. "Coin-Operated Boy" was written by Amanda Palmer...
".