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The Venus Fly Trap
Alex Novak - Vox
Andrew Denton - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals & Programing

Additional Players
Paul Cox - Backing Vocals
(Track 8,9), 12 String (Track 9)
Nathan Bundy - Additional Keyboards
(Track 4,6)
Sylvie Denton - Spoken Word (Track 1,2)
Anthony Denton - Spoken Word/Backing Vox
(Track 1,9)
Martin Bowes - The Exterminator


Recorded at Villers Wood, The Cage Studios,
Orange Pippin and Spiral Archive
Engineered & Mixed @ Villers Wood (UK)
by Newton Dander
Vocals Recorded @ The Cage Studios (UK)
by Martin Bowes
Additional Vocals / Acoustic Guitar Recorded @ Orange Pippin (UK)
Mixed & Mastered at The Cage Studios
by Martin Bowes

Produced by VFT 2015~2017

Music by A.Denton/Lyrics by A.Novak
© Venus Fly Trap 2018

Dedicated to Michel Casteran (RIP)


ICON ... In the future everyone will be
famous for 15 minutes...
Warhol / Marilyn multiple images...
Mars / Venus is there life on them...?
Screen idols and goddesses,
the celluloid pantheon... immortal?
Who does she think she is...?
Legend, iconic, overused phrases,
tv celebrities, famous for being...?

VITESSE... built for speed...streamlined
structure...propulsion, eyeliner eyes...
like a beam of headlights...
skin tight structure... one of the heroines
of this tale.

Wild child...VOODOO VOODOO...
voodoo child, snake eyes... revenge took her
to the darkside.

Acid casualty... in this interval... FLASHBACK...
rite of passage... mesmerised... psycho-delic.

Bubonic, bucolic, typhus temptress in the
perfumed garden... in the wink of an eye...
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE...
instant karma, instant nirvana...

THE RETURN OF THE SIDEWINDER... bela stalks
the streets... alone, without the metal boys,
who have departed this mortal coil, despatched
by assassins... the strobe light casts a long
shadow...

GENESIS OF THE DALEKS...post-atomic
survival... in cased in metal... a by product of a
nuclear war... we want to exterminate you...
Time passes... getting older... wood chip shines,
the thin veneer... you are my

PUPPET... staring
eyes and frozen smiles... shed no tears... frozen
over the years.. do androids dream of electric
sheep ?

IN THE MOONLIGHT... Gold and silver like the
sun and moon... ancient and hidden... nature
worship, duality... night and day, fire and water,
earth and air... the elements... are all gods an
invention of our imagination ?

Icon
Vitesse
Voodoo Voodoo
Flashback
Deadly Nightshade
Return of the Sidewinder
The Genesis of the Daleks
Puppet
In the Moonlight


Complete "Icon" reviews

Pulse-Alternative Magazine

New album from the wonderfully eclectic Venus Fly Trap, a band who have been defying easy categorisation for 30 years. They are one of those few bands, like PiL or Killing Joke, who have a sound that is constantly evolving but nevertheless remains easily identifiable.

'Icon' is a welcome return from Venus Fly Trap and it's the kind of album that'll keep rewarding you on repeat listen.

Newboots

The VFT sound is instantly recognisable, but never falls into the trap of being too repetitive. Indeed, after the scene-setting instrumental title track that pulses with film dialogue, each of the remaining eight tracks could be pulled off the album and released as a single.

Icon Album - Venus Fly Trap (VFT) UK Band with Alex Novak, Andy Denton Drums, Andy Denton Guitar, Andy Denton Programming, Glass Modern Records 2018, Northampton, Darkwave,Icon
Vitesse, Voodoo Voodoo, Flashback, Deadly Nightshade, Return of the Sidewinder, The Genesis of the Daleks, Puppett, In the Moonlight. Icon Album - Venus Fly Trap (VFT) UK Band with Alex Novak, Andy Denton Drums, Andy Denton Guitar, Andy Denton Programming, Glass Modern Records 2018, Northampton, Darkwave, Icon, Vitesse, Voodoo Voodoo, Flashback, Deadly Nightshade, Return of the Sidewinder, The Genesis of the Daleks, Puppett, In the Moonlight.Icon Album - Venus Fly Trap (VFT) UK Band with Alex Novak, Andy Denton Drums, Andy Denton Guitar, Andy Denton Programming, Glass Modern Records 2018, Northampton, Darkwave,Icon, Vitesse, Voodoo Voodoo, Flashback, Deadly Nightshade, Return of the Sidewinder, The Genesis of the Daleks, Puppett, In the Moonlight. Icon Album - Venus Fly Trap (VFT) UK Band with Alex Novak, Andy Denton Drums, Andy Denton Guitar, Andy Denton Programming, Glass Modern Records 2018, Northampton, Darkwave, Icon, Vitesse, Voodoo Voodoo, Flashback, Deadly Nightshade, Return of the Sidewinder, The Genesis of the Daleks, Puppett, In the Moonlight.