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Fields
of the Nephilim comeback single in May
• Now it is finally confirmed:
at May 15, gothic legends Fields of
the Nephilim releases the first single after the split nine years
ago. Fans can look forward to several festival performances as well as a possible
tour later this year. /Jens Krause
Sadovaja debut album on Monday
• The Gothenburg innovative
electronica duo Sadovaja
will deliver their debut album "Kill Your Darlings" via Memento
Materia on Monday. Sadovaja is fronted by a female singer called Sarah
Assbring. /Mikael Kahrle
Moby hits number one
• With help from the new
single "Natural Blues", Moby
has reached number one in the English sales charts with his about one
year old album "Play". /Mikael Kahrle
New album from Tarwater
• The German postrock lieblings
Tarwater are set to release
their new album "Animals, Suns and Atoms" on April 28. Expect mellow electronic
weirdness the way only Germans can do it. The song "All of the Ants Left Paris"
can be heard right now at their label website,
www.kitty-yo.de.
/Mattias Huss
EnCounter leaves Energy Rekords
• The Swedish female fronted
synthpop act EnCounter have
left their record company Energy Records and are currently looking
for a new record deal.
- We have good hopes of finding the lust for making new music again, they
say and state that they have nothing against the Energy staff. /Mikael
Kahrle
Ravenous third album almost here
• The new, ten track Ravenous
album has been given a name, it’s called "Phoenix", and it’s due out this
coming Monday, April 17. They’re currently under contract with successful
label Bloodline. /Niklas Forsberg
Swedish promo festival in London
• The Swedish Midweeker
happening is the latest attempt to bring Swedish music abroad. Taking place
at London's Scala on April 27, the mini festival presents some of the
Swedish alternative top acts to the Brits. The artists appearing are Bergman
Rock (Bob hund),
The (International) Noise Conspiracy,
Nicolai Dunger, Thomas
Rusiak and The Weeping Willows.
The organisers are hoping to take the event to New York and Tokyo later in
the year. /Mattias Huss
Prodigy member's solo careers
• Leeroy
Thornhill has left The Prodigy
to pursue a solo career with the project Flightcrank.
Maxim of The Prodigy has
been working on a solo career for some time now. He will release the single
"Carmen Queasy" on May 29, where he sings a duet with Skunk
Anansie's Skin.
An album will follow after the summer. /Mikael Kahrle
Three
dimensional single
• German band Carnival
of Dreams, now with Carlos
Peron as one of the members, has released a single called "Dreidimensional".
There are two versions of the title track, and two bonus songs, of which one
is a German cover of Justin Hayward’s
"Nights in White Satin". Their music is danceable, dark and electronic. /Niklas
Forsberg
Laika cancel tour
• Laika
have cancelled the rest of their current tour. /Mikael Kahrle
Two new synthpop singles from
ADD
• Two new A
Different Drum bands have released new singles recently.
The new Iris single is the
first track from their successful "Disconnect" album, "Lose in Wanting". It
contains mixes from Echoing Green,
System22 and others.
Blue October are also back
with a new single called "Stranded". It contains two extra tracks. This is
the first release with their new singer, since the former tragically past
away last year. /Niklas Forsberg
New
Secret Service material
•
Swedish Secret
Service will release a greatest hits compilation world-wide in August.
The band is reunited and has recorded two new songs for the CD. "Destiny"
and "Sound of the Rain" are said to have the classic Secret Service
sound. Two old songs have also been reworked.
Secret Service was started in 1979 and a successful pop act with hits like "Oh
Susie" and "Flash in the Night" in the eighties. Front man Ola
Håkansson is nowadays president of Stockholm Records.
The first steps towards a reunion were taken in 1997, when Secret Service made
some Antiloop remixes, which was never released.
/Mikael Kahrle
Four electro companies join forces
• Electronic
music record companies Bloodline, SubSpace Communications, TCM/Vision
and Memento Materia join forces towards the international market under
the name Electronic Music Service - EMS. All four will have distribution
through Playground Music in Scandinavia from now on. /Mikael Kahrle
Disappointment for And One
•
And One and Virgin have probably
aimed too high with their new album "Virgin Superstar". Since the
last album "9.9.99 9 Uhr" reached position 15, the goal for the new
album was top-10 in the official German charts. This goal has been missed heavily,
since it's only reached position 33. /Jens Krause
Mobile Homes single delivered today
•
The new single from
Mobile Homes, "It's All for the Best",
was shipped today. The video has been successful on MTV. The band is
currently working on a computer game for their web site. /Mikael Kahrle
Pain
is heading for Germany
•
Swedish
industrial project Pain is currently in
Germany for promotional activities. The album "Rebirth" will be released
in Germany on May 15.
Pain has been extremely successful in their home country. For example, their
debut single "End of the Line" has sold gold. /Mikael Kahrle
Manson and Cult pays tribute to Doors
• Marilyn
Manson and The Cult are two of
the bands who participates on the new Doors
tribute "Stoned Immaculate". /Mikael Kahrle
Primal Scream focus on USA
•
The
US release for Primal Scream's "Xtrmntr"
is set to May 2. On May 26 they will embark on their first American tour in
eight years. They will visit eleven cities and the finale is in San Francisco
on June 10. /Mikael Kahrle
