{{Short description|British electro-industrial group}} {{Redirect|Ian Palmer (musician)|other people|Ian Palmer (disambiguation){{!}}Ian Palmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Hexedene | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = yes | origin = [[Maryport]], Cumbria, England | genre = [[Electro-industrial]] | years_active = 1997–2001 | label = Matrix Cube | associated_acts = Gethsemane, Streem | website = | current_members = | past_members = Katie Helsby<br />Ian Palmer<br />[[Jonathan Sharp (musician)|Jonathan Sharp]] }}
'''Hexedene''' were an English [[electro-industrial]] group comprising vocalist [[Katie Helsby]] and guitarists [[Ian Palmer (musician)|Ian Palmer]] and [[Jonathan Sharp (musician)|Jonathan Sharp]]. They were recognized for fusing [[techno]] and [[Industrial music|industrial]] with leading female vocals. Helsby and Palmer signed their project Streem to a large record label after recording sessions finished for Hexedene's first album and as a result departed to leave Sharp as the sole member.<ref name="sonicboomchoking">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/hexedene-1.html |title=Hexedene: ''Choking in Lilies'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=April 1998 |volume=6 |issue=3 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> The band released two albums: ''[[Choking on Lilies]]'' in 1997 and ''[[Bullet Proof Diva's]]'' in 2001.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=hexedene-mn0000569761|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hexedene |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
==History== Hexedene was conceived in 1997 by composer [[Jonathan Sharp (musician)|Jonathan Sharp]] as a side project to his band [[New Mind (band)|New Mind]].<ref name="lacrochelune">{{cite book |first=David |last=D'Halleine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ycd7AwAAQBAJ |title=La Croche Lune |publisher=[[Lulu.com|Lulu Press, Inc.]] |date=November 24, 2011 |page=154 |isbn=9781470965204 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="giantrobot">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R2s_AQAAIAAJ |title=Purr Machine |journal=[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]] |publisher=[[Eric Nakamura]] |date=1998 |issue=11–13 |pages=31 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cmjmar">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnT5zmQuHMMC |title=RPM Radio Airplay |journal=[[CMJ New Music Report]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=March 29, 1999 |volume=58 |issue=611 |pages=51 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> In order to produce the music Jonathan Sharp wrote completed songs between 1995 and 1997 that he sent on tape to Katie Helsby and Ian Palmer to layer vocals and guitars. After the band recorded in studio together Hexedene released their debut studio album ''[[Choking on Lilies]]'' on Matrix Cube in 1997.<ref name="cmjaug">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CkEAAAAMBAJ |title=Dance Top 25 |journal=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=August 1998 |volume=60 |pages=58 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="allmusicchoking">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000035216|pure_url=yes}}|title=Hexedene: ''Choking in Lilies'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> The album received praise for layering its [[techno]] sound with [[Gothic rock|gothic]], [[Industrial music|industrial]] and [[pop music]] leanings.<ref name="lollipopmagazine">{{cite journal|first=Scott |last=Hefflon |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1998/09/hexedene-choking-on-lilies-review/ |title=Hexedene: ''Choking in Lilies'' |journal=Lollipop Magazine |date=September 1, 1998 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> In 1998 [[Re-Constriction Records]] re-issued the album for American audiences with an expanded and rearranged track listing.<ref name="sonicboomint1">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/mission-control/inteff.html |title=Interview by Jeremy Pfohl (Effigy) |journal=Sonic Boom |date=1998 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cmjnov">{{cite journal |last=Moose |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVDTEZdWha0C |title=Dialogue |journal=[[CMJ New Music Report]] |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=November 10, 1997 |volume=52 |issue=545 |pages=47–48 |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
Helsby and Palmer departed from the band in 1998 when [[Roadrunner Records]] signed their band Streem.<ref name="sonicboomchoking"/> In 1999 [[Daemon Cadman]] of [[Waiting for God (band)|Waiting for God]] collaborated with Jonathan Sharp to record the [[Shirley Bassey]] song "[[Diamonds Are Forever (soundtrack)|Diamonds Are Forever]]" for the ''[[Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun]]'' various artists compilation.<ref name="ink19">{{cite journal|first=Geoff |last=Baumgartner |url=https://ink19.com/1999/04/magazine/interviews/the-messy-divorce-of-waiting-for-god |title=The Messy Divorce of Waiting for God: An Exclusive Interview With Former Lead Singer Daemon Cadman |journal=Ink 19 |date=April 13, 1999 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> After a year of development Hexedene's second studio album ''[[Bullet Proof Diva's]]'' was released on August 15, 2001, by Matrix Cube.<ref name="sonicboomint2">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/mission-control/tale.html |title=The Tale |journal=Sonic Boom |date=2002 |access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Discography== ;Studio albums *''[[Choking on Lilies]]'' (1997, Matrix Cube) *''[[Bullet Proof Diva's]]'' (2001, Matrix Cube)
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