Ego Likeness is the combined effort of Donna Lynch and Steve Archer. As a pair they have explored many different avenues of music, from spoken word, instrumental work, dance music and dark electronica. Steve and Donna began Ego Likeness in 1999 as an industrial trip-hop project. One year and many band members later, the duo recorded Dragonfly. This full-length independent release explored new territory, breaking away from the dirty trip-hop sound of their first demo, Songs From A Dead City. Archer and Lynch gave Dragonfly a smoother electronic sound while maintaining the same dark feel of their early work. Since that time, Ego Likeness has gone from a two-person show to a five-person live band. Ego Likeness' second full-length album, Water to the Dead on Dancing Ferret Discs, showcases the songwriting of Archer/Lynch as well as the live heavy sound of the other musicians. Water to the Dead features heavy electronic dance songs, organically-written guitar-based electronic rock, as well as stripped down songs based simply around piano and vocals. They are already at work on the unnamed follow-up album, which will feature a heavier noise and percussion-based sound while still holding on to the synth and melodic elements.
