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Belgium's Organic signed by Sweden's CCP label May 16, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Swedish label Complete Control Productions (CCP) which has specialized in hard electronic bands, has signed Belgian band Organic. It's a duo that mixes electronics with "the power of fuzzy post punk bass". The first release will be the single "Waves Are Running" next month followed by the album "Fist, Food & Fury" in August. A CCP compilation is taking shape as well, with artists such as Portion Control, Agent Side Grinder, The Pain Machinery and Severe Illusion. Psyche classics remastered May 15, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Infacted Recordings in Germany continue with their massive undertaking: a synthpop and EBM classics collection with 30 releases. Now it's time for some Psyche to be remastered and released on the compilation "As the Brain Collapses". All the old hits are on here, like the great "Prisoner to Desire", "Unveiling the Secret", "The Brain Collapses", "Mr Eyeball Ooze", "Misery" and "Insatiable". The majority of the collection offers tracks from Psyche's early rawer, edgier days when Psyche was Canadian brothers Darrin and Stephen Huss. The limited edition CD (1000 copies) is out in 10 days. Björk cancels concert dates May 11, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Björk has cancelled several concert dates including Sónar São Paulo, Primavera Sound, Optimus Primavera Sound and Balaton Sound because of a polyp near her vocal chords. The doctors advise her to rest her voice. The Roskilde festival and Stockholm Music & Arts are still on. Dead Can Dance release date set May 10, 2012 | By: MiIkael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Dead Can Dance's comeback album is now set for an August 9 release. August 9 also marks the start of their extensive tour. Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerard have worked on the album since the autumn of 2011 and since early this year, they are recording in Ireland’s Quivy Studios. S.P.O.C.K "Best of" compilation is here May 9, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Swedish synthpop act S.P.O.C.K signed with Toronto's Artoffact label a while ago and the first release is a "Best of" compilation called "Another Piece of the Action - The Best of the SubSpace Years". As the title suggests, the product only features tracks from when they were signed to SubSpace Communications. Their early Energy Rekords material is not available on Spotify either. Some compilation tracks are included in rare single or EP versions. S.P.O.C.K will also play in North America for the first time in ages, at the Kinetik festival on May 20, where the first copies of the CD will be sold. The Kinetik festival in Montreal, Canada, takes place on May 17-20 and this year Haujobb, Combichrist, Beborn Beton, Grendel, Hocico, Blutengel, E-Craft and Nachtmahr are part of the line-up. When I visited the Electrixmas festival in Sweden in December 2011, S.P.O.C.K premiered new catchy songs, member Crulle-E said goodbye and a new member had joined the band. This is one of many line-up changes through the years, with Alexander "Android" Hofman being the only original member. The Prodigy mentions title of new album May 4, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) British punk-electro outfit The Prodigy have been working on a new album since 2009 when "Invaders Must Die" came out. Now NME reports that the new album is tentatively called "How to Steal a Jet Fighter", and is supposedly "heavier and darker" than the last one, which main man Liam Howlett calls a "party album". They will debut new songs at this year's Download Festival which they are headlining, and I'm hoping we will see an album release after the summer. Future Sound of London release "Environments 4" May 3, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans focused almost all their energy to the psychedelic prog-rock outfit Amorphous Androgynous after their seminal FSOL albums in the nineties. Recently though, they've been steadily releasing material under their Future Sound of London moniker again, and the latest is an album called "Environments 4", a treat for us who enjoy their more electronic output. It's available in their own web shop. Of course, we can also hopefully look forward to the duo's collaboration with Noel Gallagher, a psychedelic album featuring reworkings of songs from his solo album under the name Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Just a few days ago though Noel has been quoted as saying that he doesn't know if it's ever going to be released. Marc Almond and Diamanda Galas invited to Meltdown May 2, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Thanks to: Kristoffer Noheden
Marc & The Mambas (Marc Almond's old band from 1982-83), Diamanda Galas, Cyclobe, Myminerest, Elisabeth Fraser, Laurie Anderson and Planningtorock are part of the line-up when Antony (Antony and the Johnsons) directs Meltdown 2012. He has invited some of his favourite artists to play, perform and exhibit their work at Southbank Centre in London during 12 days, on August 1-12. Meltdown started on 1993 and Nick Cave, Laurie Anderson, David Bowie and John Peel are some of the celebrities that have directed this unique event in the past. Bangface Weekender with Aphex Twin Apr 26, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) Bangface Weekender will be back September 14-16, and will be extra special for those who like the work of Aphex Twin. The event will not only have Aphex as its headline act, but will also see the 21st birthday celebrations of his record label, Rephlex Records, too. As this is early days yet, expect more acts to be added in the months up to the event, but to date the information is as follows. The Rephlex showcase will include acts from across the label’s roster, such as D'Arcangelo and DMX Krew, with associates of the label, like Venetian Snares and Luke Vibert also playing across the festival. The event will take place at the Trevelgue Holiday Park in Newquay, Cornwall. Gary Numan and Orbital to play Bloc in London Apr 21, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) Taking place now at the London Pleasure Gardens rather than their spiritual home at Minehead, Butlins, Bloc festival will be back for a two-dayer on July 6 and 7. The new venue will see a wider range of artists perform than previous events - the headliners of Snoop Dogg, Richie Hawtin and Steve Reich on the Friday highlighting this diversity. Alongside these acts can be found a number of artists of interest to Release readers. There's Orbital, Squarepusher, Battles, James Blake, Ellen Allien and Gary Numan across the range of artists already confirmed, with more to follow. Front Line Assembly cancel summer shows Apr 19, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) In order to focus on studio work, Front Line Assembly has cancelled all the summer shows of 2012. They will keep themselves busy with an instrumental game soundtrack album for "Airmech", a new full length album, and possibly a new Noise Unit album! Phew. Their concert at Amphi Festival will be replaced by Rhys Fulber and his project Conjure One. To make this event really special he's going to play both Conjure One and Delerium tracks, plus some FLA tracks that haven't been played live for a long time. Ralf Hütter: new Kraftwerk album "soon" Apr 18, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The sole remaining original Kraftwerk member Ralf Hütter has told New York Times that a new album will be finished "soon". Of course, "soon" for Kraftwerk can mean anything from 3 months to 10 years as we have learned in the past. - We didn’t fall asleep. The 168-hour week is still going on since the beginning, since 1970, he told the newspaper. New Ultravox album after 28 years Apr 17, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
After reuniting and touring successfully, Ultravox are ready to release their first studio album in 28 (!) years. The 12 track album "Brilliant" is set for a release via EMI on May 28. The title track will be the first single. Ure, Currie, Cross and Cann plan further touring after the album is out. Front Line Assembly makes game soundtrack Apr 11, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) We recently got some more information about the upcoming Front Line Assembly album. It's a bit of a departure, since it's an instrumental game soundtrack! Of course they have previously done the music for Quake III and Quake III Arena. The game in question is Airmech from Carbon Games, and the music will be featured during gameplay, but it will also be released as an album in the fall, on Metropolis. The band's involvement doesn't end there though, as the members will be featured as pilots in the game, and there will also be a special Airmech variant made with input from the band. Rammstein marches towards USA Apr 3, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
24 trucks and a crew of over 100 men and women are needed when Rammstein tours North America. The spectacle starts on April 20 in Fort Lauderdale, 20 shows follows until late May. It's the "Best of" show that is presented to the Americans and Canadians. Bangface Weekender headlined by Aphex Twin Mar 29, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) Bangface will be continuing their famous Weekenders this September with a real special treat. Aphex Twin will play his first Bangface event, and also bring along Rephlex Records, who will be celebrating their 21st birthday with performances from across the labels' roster. The event will take place between 14-16 September in Cornwall – famously the home of Mr James himself. New Order and Daniel Miller to Sonar Mar 29, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK)
Just announced, and in addition to acts mentioned previously, New Order will now be playing Sonar in Barcelona in 2012. The seminal Manchester band will be headlining the Saturday at Sonar by Night. Other acts recently added include Cornelius (presenting the band Salyu X Salyu), and Daedelus, a favourite of the Sonar crowds. Mute boss Daniel Miller is also invited by Sonar. Upcoming album with Portion Control Mar 28, 2012 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The electronic pioneers in Portion Control are set to release a new album on April 16 called “Pure Form”. 14 new songs will be presented and this time they will work with the label Other Sounds, a division of Cherry Red Records. This also reunites the band with Dave Henderson, who released “Psycho-Bod Saves the World” on his label Dead Man’s Curve in 1986. If you order the album through the band's website you will also get some stickers and a poster. And be sure to check out the video below for some snippets. Kent back with “999” in just a week Mar 21, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
If you're on Twitter, you could follow an interesting (and drunk) Twitter drama where all four members of Kent posted about their adventures in Italy recently. And somewhere in the middle, they suddenly decided to announce their new single via the social network as well. Then the press release arrived. The track is called "999", is 6.53 long, and it's out on March 28. It's closely followed by their tenth album "Jag är inte rädd för döden" (means I'm not afraid of death) on April 25. As you might have read in our On Stage section, Kent is going on tour around Scandinavia this summer as well, in support of the album. They start in Helsinki, Finland on June 27, going through Sweden during the summer and ending in Bergen, Norway in August 25. Another Skinny Puppy live album Mar 21, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Metropolis just announced that they're releasing a Skinny Puppy live album. It's called "Bootlegged, Broke and In Solvent Seas", and was recorded in Warsaw, Bratislava, Hildesheim and Budapest during their last tour. The material hasn't been edited or tinkered with, it sounds exactly as it sounded on the day. Look for it on June 12. Assemblage 23 brings us "Bruise" in June Mar 16, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
Tom Shear and his project Assemblage 23 gave us a really strong album last time, namely "Compass". It will be interesting to see how the follow-up sounds, and we will soon find out, as "Bruise" comes out on June 12, via Metropolis. As is the norm these days, it will come as a two disc special edition with an extra CD with exlusive tracks and remixes by folks such as Daniel Myer and Grendel. Bill Leeb: New Delerium album on its way Mar 16, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Bill Leeb has stated on his Facebook page that a new Delerium album is finished, mastered and just waiting for artwork. We should expect an announcement soon, and a release this summer. Sonar festivals update Mar 9, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Sonar is back in 2012 with four festivals spread across the globe - Barcelona, the main festival, running between June 14 to 16 will feature such artists as Hot Chip, Modeselektor, Richie Hawtin, Squarepusher, Austra and Mouse on Mars, while two inaugral events in two different continents will be added to the 5th installment of Sonar Tokyo. Sonar Sao Paolo, between May 11-12, is destined to be the one to excite Release readers, with a line-up that will bring to Brazil artists to include Bjork, Justice, Squarepusher and Four Tet amongst many others. Emmaboda festival books Austra and Hocico Mar 9, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
After the Arvika festival is no more, it seems Emmabodafestivalen takes on more of "our" music in Sweden (even though they have booked interesting names in the past). Emmaboda has booked Hocico, Austra, VNV Nation, Maskinen and bob hund with more to come. The dates are July 25-28. Unsigned Only extends deadline Mar 9, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The Unsigned Only Music Competition we wrote about the other day has extended its deadline until April 11. Howard Jones tour imminent Mar 9, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) and Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Just to remind you that Howard Jones will embark on a UK tour from Wednesday April 11 - performing for the first time his first two studio albums in full. The dates will include major cities with 02 Academies around the UK, including Liverpool and Birmingham - with a date at Shepherds Bush Empire, London on April 21. Jones offers a free download of "Like to Get to Know You Well" (live) on his web site. Howard can be heard in his own radio series “Electronic 80s with Howard Jones” on Absolute 80s (Sunday evenings at 8pm). Laibach and Cevin Key remix Morbid Angel Mar 8, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) An astounding number of electronic/industrial/dub bands have submitted remixes for the Morbid Angel remix album "Illud Divinum Insanus - The Remixes". All songs are pulled from the latest full length "Illud Divinum Insanus" and here are just a few names: Laibach, Cevin Key + Hiwatt Marshall (Skinny Puppy), Synapscape, HIV+, Black Lung, Nachtmahr, Skold, Black Strobe, Project Pitchfork, Treponem Pal, Tamtrum and The Horrorist. Plus many more! It's out now on Season of Mist. Freddie Wadling goes to Progress Mar 7, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
In a surprising move, legendary Swedish musician Freddie Wadling (Blue for Two, Fläskkvartetten, Cortex, and old punk bands like Liket Lever and Leather Nun) has signed to Swedish synth label Progress Productions. Freddie and producer Per Svensson's new project Kingdom of Evol has a sound inspired by psychedelic rock, postpunk and industrial, so it's perhaps not as surprising as it would seem at first sight. Label head honcho Torny Gottberg says the sound is reminiscent of Cortex and Einstürzende Neubauten. The album called "Nocturnal Incidents" is planned for a May release, also featuring Ebbot Lundberg from Soundtrack of Our Lives, Joachim Nordvall, Leif Elggren and old Cortex producer (their first album in 1981!) Henrik Venant. Check out two tracks here. |
