Created specifically as a side project for the Body Lovers' instrumental music effort, the Body Haters is the brainchild of Michael Gira, former co-leader of Swans, who has used the time since that band's conclusion to pursue a variety of musical interests. While the Body Lovers project involves a large number of musicians to create evocative, wide-ranging pieces, the Body Haters is Gira plus only three others manipulating a variety of previous recordings from Body Lovers sessions and elsewhere to create chilling electronic minimalist music. At this point there is no indication that the Body Haters will put out anything further than the sole release to date, 34:13, but there is always the possibility that Gira may return to this guise as the Body Lovers itself continues its projected three album path. ~ Ned Raggett, Rovi