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And One singles hold three B-sides and nine live tracks Jun 15 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) After "Military Fashion Show" in May, And One plan to release a second new single soon thereafter. "So Klingt Liebe" ("This Is What Love Sounds Like" in German) hits stores in mid Summer, July 14. The single comes in three versions called S, E and X, each one with the same radio and club versions, followed by one exclusive B-side and three live tracks per version. Among the live tracks we find "Recover You" and "Deutschmaschine". "Military Fashion Show" was a catchy And One track with reused sounds and ideas, dating as far back as the early "Anguish" days. Free Madrid festival for electronic music Jun 15 2006 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) A quick heads up for anyone in Madrid, Spain during the period of the June 23-24. The DeciBELIO festival will be held across the two above-mentioned days, and will feature a whole plethora of electronic music talent – and all for free. Artists featured include: Pan Sonic, Hellfish, Funkstörung, Radium and Bong-Ra, amongst many others.
Nick Cave adds more solo shows Jun 15 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Nick Cave will play a number of solo shows in September and has added new dates to the tour schedule, which looks like this now: Reykjavik (Iceland), The Hague (The Netherlands, two dates), Paris (France), Athens (Greece), Antwerp (Belgium, two dates), Luxemburg, Zabre (near Katowice, Poland), Prague (Czech Republic). Two new albums from Melody Club Jun 15 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Swedish pop stars Melody Club have entered the studio together with producer Klas Åhlund (Teddybears Sthlm) to record their third album. First, in September, Americans can look forward to a US album called "At Your Service" with songs from Melody Club's two previous albums. 400 DJ:s invade Berlin Jun 11 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Loveparade is as we all know the biggest open-air party for electronic dance music. The 2006 edition will hit Berlin on July 15 and features 40 floating stages along Straße des 17. Juni. The number of DJ:s is simply stunning: 400 from 17 countries. Among the artists we find Tiesto, Tomcraft, Joey Beltran, Westbam, Mediengruppe Telekommander and Paul van Dyk. Tony Pettit's NFD return with second album Jun 10 2006 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) "Dead Pool Rising" (Jungle) will be out June 12 and is the second full-length album from English doom rockers NFD (Noise for Destruction). Their debut "No Love Lost" was released in 2004 and garnered a less than stellar review from Release. Formed by ex-Fields of the Nephilim bassist Tony Pettit in 2003, NFD have enjoyed considerable success both at home in the UK and on the European mainland. No word yet as to whether the band will be touring with Carl McCoy... Boards of Canada EP offers four new tracks Jun 10 2006 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) Also, a Japan-only special-edition has been released, featuring all of the above plus a special trailer video. “Trans Canada Highway” is available now on Warp Records.
Memento Materia celebrates 15 years Jun 8 2006 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) Memento Materia celebrate their first 15 years in the music business with a special release, due out in Autumn 2006. The limited edition compilation box set is set to feature all the artists who have been a part of the roster since the label's inception 15 years ago. We believe all has been featured in Release in some way or other; we started 5 years earlier than the label. There is no possibility to tell you what will be on the discs yet, as the set list is to be decided through a tie-in competition, where the entrants send in their suggestions as to what should be on there. If you want to enter, send your suggestions for the top three songs ever released by Memento Materia/Protoyp, along with your name and email address to birthday@mementomateria.se - the winners will receive a copy of the box set for free. The competition is set to end on June 31. Depeche Mode tribute with B-side covers Jun 8 2006 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) “Bright Lights, Dark Room”, a compilation tribute album of rarities and B-sides from the Depeche Mode back catalogue is due to be released in July. The double CD will be available in a special double-CD digipak, and will feature 30 covers by a variety of electro artists (centered around the UK Cryonica stable). The artists who have contributed tracks include Inertia, Swarf, and Blue October among many others. Some events are to be held in and around London, featuring the Cryonica artists Blue October, Swarf and Inertia. Official CD release for Kent charity single Jun 2 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The new Kent CD single "Nålens öga" will be available from Sound Pollution at the Hultsfred Festival on June 15 and then show up in record stores the week after. "Nålens öga" has been available as a digital single for some time now, as a part of a Rädda barnen charity campaign. Catchy electropop band signs with Megahype Jun 2 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Rupesh Cartel mix electro, house, eighties pop and futurepop. Their vocalist has produced Firefox AK and played with Tiger Lou.
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We have received Boards
of Canada's new EP “Trans
Canada Highway”. It
is essentially a release
to promote the track “Dayvan
Cowboy”, from the recent
album release “The Campfire
Headphase”. However, the
package proves to be much
more than that. There are
four new original BoC
tracks featured on the
EP; the new material
being a slight return to
the classic Boards sound.
The disc is rounded off
with an Odd Nosdam remix
of the “Dayvan Cowboy” track. 