News editors: Niklas Forsberg & Mikael Kahrle

Nick Cave releases new album in April

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• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are set to release their new album "No More Shall We Part" on April 2 next year. The first single "Love Letter" will arrive in March. The new Cave songs are recorded in the classic Abbey Road Studios in London. /Kristoffer Noheden, Mikael Kahrle

Dance or Die: new album, new label
• The Berlin darkwave/electro act Dance or Die hope to be able to release a new album in March. Member and studio wizard Andreas Goldacker is currently working on the final mix. The new material is slightly reminiscent Dance or Die's old days. The last album, "Dehumanizer", was released on the major label Polydor, but this time it's time for an independent label. /Jens Krause

Garden of Delight's live album set for release
• Goth rockers Garden of Delight plan to release their live album in February on the Polish Black Flames label. The mixing phase is just finished.
- We had a lot of work with this stuff. Some of the tracks were not recorded well. We tried all the best and the result is not bad, they say. /Mikael Kahrle

New Warp signings
• Warp Records have signed Tortoise and, more surprisingly, actor and director Vincent Gallo, the man behind the movie "Buffalo '66". /Kristoffer Noheden

Saft ends short but successful career

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Carl Steinmarck of Saft live at the Arvika Festival.

• Swedish pop duo Saft has decided to quit and focus on other projects. They mailed us a few minutes ago.
- We have been thinking and talking for a long time and reached the conclusion that we're not up to working with Saft right now. Some of you might be disappointed - and others relieved - over the fact that we disappear now, singer and musician Carl Steinmarck says.
Saft has had a short but successful career and is considered one of the leading Scandinavian synthpop acts. The have released two albums and seven singles. Their first album was given a ten by us and they have been given Swedish Alternative Music Awards. Saft's attempts to reach out to the German market have been something of a failure, however.
The members of Saft will of course continue as musicians. Carl Steinmarck is, as reported long ago, working with Hyper together with Robert Enforsen, ex-singer of Elegant Machinery.
- The sound is not unexpectedly a mixture of Saft and Elegant Machinery. There are also other plans. Unfortunately, I can't talk about them right now. However, I promise that it's not about chorus-pop this time.
Saft doesn't rule out that they might come back one day. /Mikael Kahrle

Finally, good signs from Camouflage
• According to Side-Line, German pop stars Camouflage are working on new songs and they will record a new album in England during February. A new best of compilation is also on its way. We have previously reported that it was unclear if the new album was about to be completed.
Furthermore, they will re-launch their web site in January. Now, it only offers a live track. /Mikael Kahrle

Skinny Puppy to Wave Gotik Treffen?

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Nivek Ogre at the Doomsday Festival in August.

• Leipzig's Wave Gotik Treffen has released their first wave of bands. The headlines so far are Front 242, Fields of the Nephilim, Camouflage, Coil, And One, Das Ich, S.P.O.C.K, In Extremo, Haujobb, Diamanda Galas, In Strict Confidence and Blind Passengers. It is also likely Skinny Puppy will show up, although nothing is confirmed. Both Cevin Key and the organisers InMove are rumoured to have been given indications. /Mikael Kahrle

Catching up with And One
• And One recently participated in a anti-nazi event organised by MTV Germany, alongside H-Blockx, Guano Apes and others. And One played two songs and were interviewed.
Keyboardist Rick has more health problems and will not be able to appear on stage during the German Dark Storm festival tour. And One has found a suitable replacement in Project Pitchfork's Dirk Schäuber.
And One say they expect to release a new album during 2001 and will work on new songs between other tasks. For some time, their web site announced a follow-up to the "I.S.T." album, but now it's down.
And One have decided to be available for several summer festival gigs. Front man Steve Naghavi will also take a couple of remix assignments. He has been hired by Berlin's funk rock stars Die Ärzte for two remixes to a forthcoming maxi single. /Jens Krause

Mouse on Mars electro side project debut in February
• The interesting debut album "Durch die Zeit" (Ausfahrt) from a band called Dossche arrived the other day. Dossche features a member from Cologne's future-electro-combo Mouse on Mars and offers varied electronic music with lyrics in German. Some similarity to Rammstein can be found. And One's Steve Naghavi has remixed the song "Existenz". /Jens Krause, Mikael Kahrle

Tiamat front man solo album shows new sides

• Johan Edlund, front man of goth stars Tiamat, has released the debut album "This Dollar Saved My Life at Whitehorse" under the name Lucyfire. It shows other sides of him and has a more direct rock sound. /Mikael Kahrle

New album by Australian Ikon in March
• Australian dark rockers Ikon promises a new melancholic album in March called "On the Edge of Forever" (Apollyon). /Mikael Kahrle

Human League comeback expected in March
• Synthpop veterans The Human League will make yet another comeback, as next March will see the release of a new album through Roadrunner. /Kristoffer Noheden

Pet Shop Boys and Oasis donate Roskilde fees

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• Pet Shop Boys and Oasis both cancelled their shows at last years Roskilde Festival, after nine people were killed in the tragic accident. Now, the British bands have decided to give their performance fees (after expenses) to charity and festival safety purposes. /Mikael Kahrle

New Canadian synthpop label born
• A new label specialised in synthpop has popped up in Canada. Kinetic Response Records are currently signing new bands to their roster and have already released an album with US band Lode and the compilation "Kinetic Art", distributed through A Different Drum. /Niklas Forsberg

Genesis P-Orridge biography to hit the shelves in 2001
• "Future Beat" is a biography about the life and work of Genesis P-Orridge, written by Greg Zobel. It will be published by Last Sigh Magazine in early 2001.
From his early experiments in COUM Transmissions to his latter-day work with Thee Majesty, Genesis P-Orridge has been on a journey of constant change. He was part of the birth of industrial music with Throbbing Gristle. He has explored cult mechanisms. And he brought acid house to the UK with Psychic TV. Some work has been brilliant, a lot not so brilliant. But, love him or hate him, he has managed to remain a thought-provoking individual over the span of four decades. /Kristoffer Noheden

Ninthwave plans for OMD tribute
• American label Ninthwave Records have survived the critical initiation stage and are looking forward to 2001 with great anticipation. They plan to release an OMD tribute and a new Ganymede single in February, as well as a few surprises. /Niklas Forsberg

Atrocity will release next album on Motor
• German goth band Atrocity has signed with Motor Music and will release the album "Gemini" there. The sound is a blend of gothic rock and metal. Liv Kristine Espenaes (Theatre of Tragedy) will contribute with some vocals on the album. /Jens Krause