Three times nominated for a New Zealand Music Award, Jordan Reyne is an experimental musician born in New Zealand. She lived in Germany from 2006 to 2011, relocating then to London. Combining folk noir and industrial, her style challenges any categorization. The song ‘The Proximity of death (blue eyed boy)’ was included in the fifth album of […]
‘Aurea Mediocritas’ by Juan Manuel Mollevi
This years’ nomination of our Sky Captain Series to the Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Awards gave me a perfect excuse to publish a blog post on 2nd May with some reflections regarding international Steampunk contests (entitled: ‘Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Awards 2014… and beyond’). Amongst other things, I suggested in this blog post some international creators that I would […]
Decimononic at Wave Gotik Treffen 2013 (Part II)
It is easy to understand why Wave Gotik Treffen is considered one of the most important events for the goth (and steamgoth!) scene worldwide. An overwhelming concerts agenda, countless leisure activities, visitors from everywhere and a friendly environment are more than enough to reach this objective. I just wanted to drop a line to share […]
Steampunk jewelry tonight with… G. D. Falksen
1.- The interviewee G. D. Falksen is an author, lecturer, public speaker, and MC. He also studies history and blogs for Tor.com. While his repertoire spans a range of topics, he is currently most noted for his steampunk work and is one of the most recognizable figures in the steampunk literary genre and the related […]
Steamgoth in a nutshell (6 of 6).- Fashion: The Black Obsession
As we have previously explained, modern fashion is based on 19th century fashion. Goth and Steampunk styles are not exceptions to this… perhaps ‘discovering brown’ is not so important? 6.1.- 19th century fashion: the importance of mourning In March 1861, Victoria’s mother died, with Victoria at her side. By the beginning of December, Prince Albert was […]