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Portion Control live activity announced Mar 15 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) England's finest, Portion Control have just confirmed a series of live dates which will commence on July 8 in London and will conclude on July 31 at the Arena in Vienna, Austria. Native Austrian son Bill Leeb and his travelling circus will headline ironically. In other PorCon news, the band have plans for a tour-only CD-R of new tracks and remixes which they will be hawking only at the shows, so don't miss it. Portion Control also have an appearance scheduled at the tenth anniversary edition of Infest in Bradford, UK and live action from the band will be witnessed at this year's Arvika festival. New single from IAMX Mar 15 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) The next single from IAMX's critically acclaimed "The Alternative" album is "Nightlife". A remix contest will be held, and the winner get to have his or her remix on the single. They are looking at a release in the beginning of June. No words on unreleased tracks. English electro from MoMT Mar 15 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) The English electro label MoMT Records is busy with a couple of interesting releases. First off, we have Skink, an electronica outfit by Paul Mulholland in the same vein as Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Plaid and the more soft Aphex Twin tracks. The self titled album is out on March 26. Next up is hardhitting K-Nitrate – the project by Graham Rayner from Cubanate and Christian Weber. They are soon here with a new album called “Active Cell”. Expect hard techno beats coming at you in full force on March 26. The download only “Songs from the Hydrogen Bar: a Tribute to Chemlab” is also out on, yeah, you guessed it, March 26. Among the participating artists we find Flesh Field, 16 Volt, Cyanotic and UCNX. Signs of Life from Berlin Mar 13 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) Just when all hope had been lost, Berlin-based legends Dance or Die have posted a snippet of a new track called "Sleeping in Your Crave" from their forthcoming 2007 album on their Myspace site. This is the first work to emerge from the band since 2001's "Schlafendeenergie" and carries on in true Dance or Die style. Formed in 1988, Dance or Die became one of the leading examples of the dark electro movement with their debut singles "Move" and "Fire!" still being club staples to this day. They have released five albums to date: "3001" in 1991, "Psychoburbia" in 1993, "Everspring" in 1995, "Dehumanizer" in 1998 and the aforementioned "Schlafendeenergie" in 2001. An interesting bit of trivia for Release readers, musical composer A.N.G.O. leaves other founding member vocalist Wagner to perforrm the shows with an array of backing musicians. They are best known for their enigmatic ode to nihilism, 1994's single "Time Zero" released on the long-gone Machinery Records. Many of their works exhibit a tendency towards a pointless future and are renowned for sounding like no one else. Live dates are currently not listed for the band nor is a release date for their new album but we will keep you informed as this becomes available. Elusive prepare new album Mar 13 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA)
"Locked Doors, Drinks and Funerals (Songs from the Desert)" willl be out on May 18 and coincidentally is the third album from batcavers Elusive. A song medley has been posted on Myspace and a video medley on Youtube. Their previous two albums "Destination Zero" and "The Great Silence" were issued by Pandaimonium Records so it's a safe bet this one will be as well. Got flour? More M'era Luna Mar 13 2007 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
M'era Luna has added I AM X, Suicide Commando, Client, Nosferatu, Angels and Agony, Big Boy, Proceed, Rabia Sorda (with Hocico's frontman) and 32 Crash (with Jean-Luc De Meyer) to this year's festival line-up. Always see previous News entries and/or the Links - Live section for more festival details.
And then there were Four Mar 8 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) Guitarist Andy Taylor has once again left Duran Duran and according to the band's website, it is a permanent split. Simon, Rodger, Nick and John are continuing work on their follow-up to 2004's "Astronaut". More news as we get it. The busiest man in Denmark Mar 8 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
The most productive man in industrial since Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber released eight albums in 1994 and 1995 (under different names, it should be noted) is undoubtedly Leaether Strip’s Claus Larsen, who is already finished with his new album “The Giant Minutes to the Dawn”, after the onslaught last year with a triple-disc release from Leaether Strip, and a double-disc from side project Klutae after his long hiatus. As usual, a considerable array of different editions is available when it goes on sale on April 13. First off, the regular CD edition, then there’s the two CD plus DVD option, and finally we have the super limited fan box which includes all of the above, plus a T-shirt and some other fan goodies. Review complete, but it's a bit early to run it.
Inertia and Armageddon Dildos hit the road Mar 8 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA) "Inertia" (Cryonica Music) is having the final touches applied to it by the UK band with the same name, who will be on tour with Germany's Armageddon Dildos during the month of April in the United States. Further US dates for the two EBM acts are soon to be added. Some long time Release readers will recall that Alexys B., Inertia's female vocalist did live vocals for Jonathan Sharp's Hexedene project years back. Famed Killing Joke guitarist Paul Raven will also guest on the new album. Within Temptation and Infected Mushroom to Arvika Mar 6 2007 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The latest additions to the Arvika Festival 2007 are Within Temptation, Infected Mushroom, Emmon, Bloc Party, Dark Tranquility, Marit Bergman, Mates and State, Tingsek, Keep of Kalessin, Miss Li and Iambia. Das Ich's "Addendum" Mar 5 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Several long sought after works from Das Ich including 1998's "Morgue" and their 1996 film score "Das Inner Ich" are due for re-release on April 24 via Danse Macabre Records. Also included in this massive release are the singles "Stigma", "Kindgott" and "Destillat". Additional material including demo tracks from way back in 1988 are also to be found on "Addendum". Tangerine Dream 40th anniversary concert Mar 5 2007 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) Tangerine Dream will celebrate their 40th anniversary (!) with a special concert at the London Astoria, their only UK date of the year, on Friday April 20. The band, originally formed in 1967, are set to air all new material for the event, from their soon-to-be-released studio album "Madcap’s Flaming Duty" (set for release on the April 2). It is believed the album will be performed in its entirety at the concert. The album is a collection of songs dedicated to the memory of Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd fame, who died last year. The song lyrics across the album are adaptations of 17th and 18th Century British and American poetry from the likes of William Blake and Percy B. Shelley. It will be a Dark Summer Mar 5 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon, USA)
The fifth edition of the Summer Darkness fest has recently confirmed the first bands who will be performing. It's Front 242, Modcom (VNV Nation side project), Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Rome, Heimataerde, My Dying Bride and Rotersand. This festival takes place in Utrecht, The Netherlands and will commence on August 9, concluding on August 12. Further updates to the artists involved as they come in. Architect disc before the Haujobb is completed Mar 5 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) As the work with the new Haujobb album continues, Daniel Myer has finished the new Architect album “Lower Lip Interface”. More ambient industrial with the immaculate production skills of Daniel should work perfectly. Mortiis in different shapes Mar 5 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
Mortiis has compiled a whole bunch of remixes of his tracks, made by acts like Zombie Girl, Gothminister, Velvet Acid Christ, Funker Vogt, Implant and many many more. “Some Kind of Heroin” is out now. Mortiis goes on a European tour together with Deathstars this spring, starting in Paris, France on April 1, and ending in Darmstadt, Germany on May 2.
Portishead is back Mar 2 2007 | By: Mattias Huss (Uppsala, Sweden) Little has been heard from Portishead since the turn of the century, but now the band appears to be hard at work on their third album. A new, unnamed song could be heard at a surprise gig in Bristol at the end of February. No release date has been set for the album, but it will be out on Island Records during this year, according to the band's MySpace blog. The Young Gods are ready to return Mar 2 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
“Super Ready/Fragmente” is the title of Swiss industrial rock band The Young Gods' new album. Expect it in stores in mid-April. Nine Inch Nails viral campaign for "Year Zero" Mar 2 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) A reader tipped us about the fascinating viral campaign that’s in motion for the upcoming future-themed concept album “Year Zero”. It all started when a fan noticed that some bold letters on a NIN T-shirt formed the phrase “iamtryingtobelieve”, which lead the fan to a web site, containing information about the drug Parepin. And so it goes on; I won’t tell you everything here, but can say it involves toilets in Europe. For a more in depth covering, check this article in the Rolling Stone magazine. Review of the new Nine Inch Nails DVD in progress. Jean-Michel Jarre brings us more surround sound Mar 2 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
Multi million electronica godfather Jean-Michel Jarre is active once again. This time with his new album “Téo & Téa”, a mostly uptempo, techno sounding full-length that’s coming out on March 26 on Warner. Accompanying the CD is a 5.1 DVD version. The first single from it is the title track, which is out now. |
