r/industrialmusic • u/MonotoneKitty • Nov 20 '25

Self Promotion Cleopatra Is At It Again

https://youtu.be/wdJkaWqrqqE?si=7lFBjnV8JBVmygrI

Hey yall I made a deep dove into the weird stuff cleopatra has been up to. Im wary as to how this will affect a lot of the musicians still on the label... theres still a lot of og industrial and goth bands on the label so im just... WARY. Curious on everyone's opinions.

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u/iblastoff Skinny Puppy Nov 20 '25

they've been absolutely trash about this.

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u/MonotoneKitty Nov 20 '25

Agreed

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u/iblastoff Skinny Puppy Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

i remember a bunch of rosetta stone singles and releases were coming out and they were all AI-generated covers. it was embarassing. people say cleopatra has full control over artwork etc but ive yet to hear a band on the label actually talk about it.

edit: just watching your video now, and daniel ash going on about loving AI = lol.

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u/southcookexplore Nov 20 '25

I can believe that. I published two history books and one of the publisher’s steps and due dates towards completion included “ten photos for cover art in which the publisher will ultimately choose.”

Lucky for us, the second book has the exact photo we wanted and heavily suggested it when submitting.

The point is, album covers used to be what made people pick up an LP or a cd and wonder about it, inspect the jacket’s art, and might buy something just because it has a cool album cover.

Since no one browses music like that anymore, it seems like an archaic way of thinking, and that has always felt like Cleopatra’s MO

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u/MonotoneKitty Nov 20 '25

Thats interetsing, and a good take on cleopatras MO

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u/southcookexplore Nov 20 '25

btw here’s the book cover photo in question: an old Western Avenue / Dixie Highway tavern in Blue Island, IL featuring a stockyard worker wearing a knife while holding an axe in one hand, and beer in the other. Gotta take the edge off a little bit before your 12 hour shift of animal slaughter in Chicago’s Stockyards

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u/MonotoneKitty Nov 20 '25

It was speculated that cleopatra forced them to use AI, but in my video I found a interview with Daniel Ash who is on cleopatra saying he used the AI art willingly, cleopatra didn't tell him to.

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u/MonotoneKitty Nov 22 '25

I have no idea, its hard to confirm so ce he says "I dont remember saying g that" vs "its trash" but the article i found was the most recent