News editors: Niklas Forsberg and Mikael Kahrle

Kent b-side collection in December
• Jocke Berg, vocalist and front figure of Swedish Kent, has announced that the long awaited b-side collection will be released in the end of the year, probably in the beginning of December. He also said that the band will go into the studio again to record "some fun stuff". /Niklas Forsberg

New Delerium album on November 21 and big break in UK

• Delerium's next album is called "Poem" and will be out in North America on November 21. As of now, no release date is set for the rest of the world. Nettwerk states that a European release will take place somewhere during the first half of 2001.
As usual, Delerium has hired several guest artists. This time we get to hear Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer), Aude, Mediaeval Babes, Jennifer McLaren, Rani, Joanna Stevens (Solar Twins), Kirsty Hawkshaw and Matthew Sweet.
"Poem" will also be delivered in a limited edition with a four track extra disc. This disc includes the single track "Silence" featuring Sarah McLachlan. It is taken from the 1997 (!) album "Karma". The single has surprisingly reached number three in the UK single charts now and is the big break for Delerium in the territory. TV and airplay rotation, media coverage - the big machinery is on. Delerium has even been invited to Top of the Pops, the TV show that these days is dominated mostly by boy and girl bands. It's not certain if they will accept. Good old Bill might need to think twice. Who would have thought something like this could happen, having the old extreme industrial ambient Delerium stuff in mind? What a laugh. /Mikael Kahrle, Johan Carlsson

Noise band causes tinnitus?
• Swedish noise band Institut has just released the album "Great Day to Get Even" on Cold Meat Industry. They made a bit of a name for themselves earlier this year with gigs at Wave Gothic Treffen and Eurorock. Another show, at the Museum of Art in the Swedish town Norrköping, ended with an unnamed British artist claiming that it had given him tinnitus, and threatening to send the band his medical bill. /Kristoffer Noheden

The second Red Flag album this year soon here
• "The Crypt" will be the name of the next Red Flag album. It will be the second album release for the American duo this year. It's due out on November 21. /Niklas Forsberg

Johan Malmgren sings on the new S.P.O.C.K single

• The new release date for S.P.O.C.K's single "Where Rockets Fly" is November 20. The title song comes in radio and original versions as well as in two remix takes. There are two other new songs on the single: the up beat "When We Were Humans" and the pompous "Utopia". The latter is reminiscent of Vacuum and has Johan Malmgren on vocals. All songs have a well polished surface with strong hit potential.
A review is being prepared. /Mikael Kahrle

My Dying Bride hard-to-get songs compiled
• My Dying Bride has compiled a CD called "Meisterwerk 1" (October 23) with hard-to-get tracks, live recordings, demos and the video for "Cry of Mankind". A second compilation will follow. A new ordinary album will hopefully be delivered early 2001 on Peaceville. /Mikael Kahrle

Talla 2XLC 22 year jubilee with ten hour DJ set

• On November 3, the "techno pope of Germany", Talla 2XLC celebrates 22 years behind the turntables. What he did during the late seventies and early eighties is unknown to us (being a kid?), but Moskwa TV, Bigod 20, Techno Club, Music Research, Zoth Ommog are well-known Talla trademarks. Being a DJ, he celebrates by playing a ten hour marathon DJ set in his "home", Techno Club in Frankfurt, surrounded by friends.
His newest release is the single "World in My Eyes" (Universal). /Mikael Kahrle, Jens Krause

Kraftwerk freak Funkstar de Luxe delivers remix album

Photo by: Isak Hoffmeyer

• Funkstar de Luxe was the top name on the Kraftwerk cover tribute "Technicolour" (Cascade/Energy). But it's for a cover of a completely different artist the project is famous. The Bob Marley remix single "Sun Is Shining" has sold more than one million copies. Now, Funkstar de Luxe puts out a remix album called "Keep on Moving (It's Too Funky in Here)"on Edel/Hypnotic (ex EBM label Hard Records) with house versions of classics from Grace Jones, James Brown and others.
Funkstar de Luxe is the Dane Martin Ottesen, who started making music after he heard Kraftwerk's "Electric Café" in the eighties. /Mikael Kahrle

Full throttle for Bloodline

• Several new electronic releases are out, or will be out shortly, on Bloodline.
XPQ-21's debut "Belle Epoque" is said to contain a blend of techno, rock and industrial. Unheilig will release their first single on Bloodline as well, "Sage Ja!", and this is something for fans of Rammstein or Pain.
Decoded Feedback's album is called "Mechanical Horizon" and the new, strong single by Neuroticfish is called "Velocity".
Recently, we have mentioned the new EP:s by Melotron and In Strict Confidence. /Niklas Forsberg

New EP by Boards of Canada
• British Warp artist Boards of Canada return with the new EP "In a Beautiful Place out in the Country" on November 13. /Kristoffer Noheden

Meg Lee Chin releases new EP and supports The Damage Manual
• Any day now, Meg Lee Chin will release a new seven track EP. Entitled "Junkies and Snakes", it will feature remixes by Martin Atkins and Dub War. Coinciding with this, she will support The Damage Manual on their US tour. /Kristoffer Noheden

Atari Teenage Riot release new single featuring RATM guitarist
• Atari Teenage Riot's new single "Rage" will be released November 6, and features Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. An alternative mix of the song also features MC D-Stroy from leftfield hip hop act Arsonists. The John Hillcoat directed video for the band's last single "Too Dead for Me" will also be included. /Kristoffer Noheden

New mini album by Lolita Storm
• Hot on the stiletto heels of their sleazy debut album "Girls Fucking Shit Up", Brighton quartet Lolita Storm will release a new six track mini album, "Sick Slits" on November 6. /Kristoffer Noheden

Covenant live album a month away
• The Covenant live album "Synergy" (Dependent) is set for release on November 27. "Synergy" will also be available in a limited edition with a complimentary video including five or six video clips. /Niklas Forsberg

Nine Inch Nails remix album details

• November 21 is the new date for Nine Inch Nails' delayed ten track remix CD "Things Falling Apart", that we wrote about in August. Here is the track listing:
1) "Slipping Away (into the Void)" - manipulated by Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder, 2) "The Great Collapse" - unreleased song from "The Fragile" sessions, 3) "The Wretched (version)" - remixed by Keith Hillebrandt, 4) "Starfuckers Inc (version)" - remixed by Adrian Sherwood, 5) "The Frail (version)" - remixed by Benelli, 6) "Starfuckers Inc (version)" - remixed by Dave Ogilvie, 7) "Where Is Everybody? (version)" - remixed by Danny Lohner and Telefon Tel Aviv, 8) "Metal" - Gary Numan cover, 9) "10 Miles High (version)" - remixed by Keith Hillebrandt, 10) "Starfuckers Inc (version)" - remixed by Charlie Clouser. /Kristoffer Noheden, Mikael Kahrle

New In Strict Confidence EP with four exclusive songs

• One of the highlights from the latest In Strict Confidence smash hit album "Love Kills!", "Zauberschloss", is now released as an EP. The song is featured in four different versions. L'ame Immortelle have made a quiet mix focused on the atmosphere and emotions of the song. Four other songs are included - "Stern", "Hass", "Weltuntergang" and "Meer aus Tränen". All these are exclusive for the maxi. "Hass" is a cover of the Das Ich classic. /Jens Krause

New Underworld album possibly out next spring
• Despite the departure of DJ Darren Emerson, Underworld are currently working on a new album. They hope for a May 2001 release, and intend to put parts of the new material up on their website, while recording the album. /Kristoffer Noheden

Johnny Cash cover Nick Cave and U2
• Country legend Johnny Cash, the original Man in Black, has released a new Rick Rubin produced album, "American III: Solitary Man". It contains covers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' death row epic "The Mercy Seat" and U2's "One". /Kristoffer Noheden, Mikael Kahrle

Second Peel session EP from Autechre
• Electronica pioneers Autechre will release their second EP of live tracks from the John Peel radio show. Including four tracks, it will be released on November 20 (Warp). /Kristoffer Noheden

Dkay.com model hang himself in torture chamber

• The model featured on Dkay.com's "Hell Is Heaven" single cover, Darco, has tragically hanged himself in his torture chamber. He was about to record a CD in the Atom H studios.
Another DKay.com model, Marina, who stars in the "Hell Is Heaven" video, has tried to kill herself by jumping from a Hamburg building. She survived, fortunately. This occurred after a fight which involved Dieter Bohlen of Modern Talking at a night club . /Mikael Kahrle

Martin Gore has worked on new songs in Vancouver
• Martin Gore of Depeche Mode and his friend Paul Freegard visited Vancouver, Canada, during the recent two week break from the work on the new album. They worked on two new Depeche Mode songs during an eight day stay, before they returned to the studio in California. So far a total of twelve new songs are being recorded.
Paul Freegard has said that the new album will be minimalistic and a bit weird with brilliant songs.
During the break, David Gahan went to his wife in New York and Andy Fletcher to London. /Mikael Kahrle

New singles from Tin Pan Alley

• Swedish electronica pop band Tin Pan Alley is about to release a new single named "My Love Has Got a Gun". This summer they delivered another single called "Jippee-I". Both single songs are taken from the forthcoming album "Via Copenhagen". Tin Pan Alley's music has been compared to Björk's, Portishead's and Enya's. /Mikael Kahrle

Melotron releases EP in Europe and album in USA

• The new "E.P.SODE.3" from electropopers Melotron was released on September 11. It was celebrated on the recent "Party for the Masses" in Hamburg on September 30. Melotron performed their new material on this Depeche Mode party and the audience was enthusiastic.
On the EP, the Neubrandenburg boys offer six tracks and a CD-ROM track, the video for "Tanz mit dem Teufel". "Du bist es nicht wert" from their latest album "Fortschritt" is included and has also been reworked and is then called "Du bist es (immer noch)". The reason to purchase the EP is the four new songs, however, where Melotron shows what high quality electropop with German lyrics can be like today.
"Fortschritt" was licensed to WT2 in the US in September. WT2 is the electronic follow-up to the legendary Wax Trax! label.
Melotron is one of the headlines on the ongoing "Pleasure & Pain" tour through Germany. /Jens Krause, Mikael Kahrle

New techno signing to Eternity Records
• Eternity Records, the home of bands like Saft and Sissy Prozac, has signed an artist called Marcel from northern Sweden. The music is said to be commercial underground techno. /Mikael Kahrle

Electro duo Backlash hires female singer

• Swedish instrumental synth duo Backlash is now a trio with a singer, since they have hired a vocalist called Malin Andersson. New tracks are being made for the album "Sci-fi Pop". Backlash released an EP on Warner in 1999, which we gave a seven. /Mikael Kahrle