Sophia

dark ambient

There is more than one artist with this name: Sophia, eigentlich Sophia Bauckloh, ist eine deutsche Popsängerin und Komponistin aus Wetter in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Geboren: 30. Juni 1995 (Alter 27 Jahre) Künstlername: SOPHIA 1) Sophia is a martial industrial act from Sweden. The band is the brainchild of Peter Bjärgö (born Peter Pettersson), also of Arcana. Using martial and heavy industrial rhythms, choral sections, neoclassical orcestration and dark ambient soundscapes, Sophia crafts a dark and oppressive soundscape of nihilism, bitterness and sorrow. Sophia was first started in 1998 when Peter Bjärgö recorded plenty of songs as a side project to Arcana. Those songs were unfortunately destroyed and the thought of a harscher side project blossomed again in 2000. The first album was recorded with the intention of making songs for a live performance. Together with Per Åhlund, Peter Bjärgö performed a few live shows and in 2001 the first release came out, entitled Aus Der Welt. In 2001 Ia Bjärgö, Peter's wife, joined the band and the jounrey moved on. With the albums Herbstwerk, Seduction of Madness, Death,Dumb and Blind along with Spite, Sophia became one of the most well known and recognized underground industrial bands in the world. When Ia Bjärgö 2retired from Sophia, Stefan Eriksson entered as a new co-worker to Peter. After the release of Deconstruction of the World, which he also made together with Stefan Eriksson, Sophia was put torest for many years. It ...