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News editors: Mikael Kahrle & Johan Carlsson |
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Apoptygma Berzerk collect their many covers Nov 29 2006 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Norwegian electropoppers Apoptygma Berzerk have collected the covers they’ve done over the years, and also provided some new ones, on “Sonic Diary”. Old ones include OMD’s “Electricity”, Kraftwerk’s “Ohm Sweet Ohm”, Marilyn Manson’s “Coma White” and many more. New ones include Keane’s “Bend and Break” and Visage's "The Damned Don't Cry". We also find a new version of “All Tomorrows’ Parties” featuring Nico who sang on Velvet Underground’s original. The album is out on December 1, and also comes in a limited edition with some new remixes, by for example Mesh, Ladytron and Sono. The new single "Cambodia" - the Kim Wilde cover from "You and Me Against the World" - is also out on December 1. The video has been out on the net for some time. Lustans Lakejer in Swedish Eurovision Song Contest Nov 29 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) A while ago we told you that Johan Kinde had written the song ”Allt vi en gång trodde på” for the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest semifinals 2007. Now, when the particpants have been presented, we learn that the song will actually be performed by his very own Lustans Lakejer, including Tom Wolgers.
The reissues are: "Lustans Lakejer" (1981), "Uppdrag i Geneve" (1981), "En plats i solen" (1982), "A place in the sun" (as Vanity Fair, 1983), "Lustavision" (1984) and "Sinnenas rike" (1985).
In Strict Confidence issues quadratic disc box Nov 29 2006 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) German industrial pop band In Strict Confidence brings the behemoth “The Serpents Kiss” box. We have it and can tell you it's a nice-looking triple EP cartoon box with 19 songs on quadratic discs (!). It has new songs like "Rain" and "Shadow Hides Sun" as well as remixes. Only 999 signed and numbered copies will be made, so ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! The box is meant to coincide with the upcoming European tour, and is out on January 19 (Minuswelt). Buy it at the concerts or order it from ISC’s own web shop or some of the selected stores that offer this box.Last chance to vote for Wave Gotik Treffen Nov 24 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The band voting for Wave Gotik Treffen closes in eight days, so why don't you go to their voting page. WGT 2007 will be held in Leipzig on May 25-28. Buy a bunch of trees - together with your Arvika ticket Nov 24 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The Arvika Festival, located in the mighty woods of Värmland, Sweden, released the first 1000 tickets today, at the reduced price of SEK 595 ($ 86). At the same time, you can buy 5, 10 or 20 trees (!). These will be planted in Namibia. Arvika Festival launches a campaign called Kärlek till skogen (Love for/to the forest) in an effort to fight global warming and raise awareness. The Arvika Festival is now back on its feet financially is scheduled for July 12-14, 2007. This year's event was a huge sold-out (15 600 visitors) success with Nitzer Ebb, The Knife, The Young Gods, Thåström, Teddybears Sthlm, Covenant, Juno Reactor, Ladytron and many more.
Spetsnaz' German tour cancelled Nov 20 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Popular Swedish EBM duo Spetsnaz has quit their German tour as support act for And One (and their concert at sea during the Das Boot event) due to differences of opinion between the two members Pontus and Stefan after their gig in Dresden. They will try to solve their issues and Pontus tells his German label Out of Line that he will work on new music regardless of the outcome. Their latest release is the EP "Hardcore Hooligans". Skinny Puppy album details Nov 19 2006 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
In September we told you about the new Skinny Puppy album (scheduled for a January 29 release) and now we have the cover and some more details. The product will be called "Mythmaker" and the track listing looks like this: 1 "magnifishit", 2 "daL", 3 "haZe", 4 "pedafly", 5 "jaHer", 6 "politikiL", 7 "lestiduZ", 8 "pasturN", 9 "ambiantz", 10 "ugLi". AD Order "Mythmaker" from Music Non Stop - discounted price (£ 9.99) in Nov. |
All the Lustans Lakejer albums from the eighties have finally been rerelased on digipak CD in a limited edition of 1 000 copies per CD, with refreshed layouts, bonus tracks and biographies. 
