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Massive re-issue from Out Out May 15 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon) "Pepperbox Muzzle", the 1989 debut album from US-based Out Out has been given the deluxe re-issue treatment to become a box set stunningly titled "Pepperbox Muzzle: Demobox". Now augmented by a second disc of unreleased material, a metal tin, comprehensive liner notes and two lovely badges, it's sure to make any fan smile. This album bears no resemblence musically to the recent Out Out album "Virtual Sound Images" which Release reviewed a few months ago quite positively. Parade Ground: the sophomore effort May 14 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon)
Parade Ground were best known for their 12" singles "Hollywood" and "Dual Perspective". They have worked with Colin Newman (Wire) in the past and were responsible for the vocal construction on 242's "Fuck up Evil" and "Evil Off" albums. This is the first new studio activity by the band since the late 1980:s. First listen to Recoil's "subHuman" May 11 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) and Mattias Huss (Uppsala/Stockholm, Sweden)
Alan Wilder has posted a new video on Youtube, filmed by himself in his studio. The new Recoil album "subHuman" (July 2) has just been mastered and also mixed in 5.1 surround sound for the bonus disc. Alan shows he's working on a single edit for a track called "Prey", probably the first single. A short clip of "Prey" is played in the video (check it out here). It has a typical Recoil sound, as does most of the album. Release has listened to "subHuman", which features the vocals of blues singer Joe Richardson on five songs endowed with a gritty Mississippi streak, as well as English vocalist Carla Trevaskis on the remaining two tracks, both ethereal and aggressive. A review will follow. Scroll down for another Recoil posting. Free The Knife film screening tonight May 11 2007 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan) UK fans of The Knife need to take note of this – the premiere film screening of The Knife’s “Silent Shout” - dubbed as an audiovisual experience – is taking place this evening (May 11) in Manchester, and for free! “Silent Shout” acts as a prelude to the release of their three disc deluxe edition of the film (of the same name), due for release on July 2. The film was recorded at The Knife’s Gothenburg concert in April 2006, and gives a rare glimpse of a band that pride themselves on their visual live aesthetic. This event is likely to be the first of a few further screenings in the UK, a notable one being at the Glastonbury Festival in June. The important information then – the premiere will take place as part of the Futuresonic Festival, and will take place before Bugged Out! at Sankeys, Manchester, in the UK. The doors are set to open between 8pm and 9:30pm for the screening, so it is likely you will need to get there early. The The “Silent Shout” DVD was first released in Sweden as a one disc product in November last year (reviewed here). The party's over May 10 2007 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon)
Bassist Peter Hook has confirmed the rumours swirling about that Manchester institution New Order have split for good: "I suppose it was the interview with clint boon that started it all off he'd asked me for a few words on Perry Farrells satellite party single dogstar (which he thought was great) so i went on and lo and behold mentioned the New Order split so i suppose because it was me sayin it it was out at last. I'm relieved, really hated carryin' on as normal with an awful secret so lets move on shall we?" Formed in 1980 out of the ashes of the immortal Joy Division, New Order defined the 1980:s and a good chunk of the 90:s with their genre-commanding 12" singles and albums. The new millenium, however, saw the band left behind by the times and they produced only two studio albums, 2001's "Get Ready" and 2005's "Waiting for the Siren's Call". Neither one were nearly as high profile or vital as their earlier works and the continual side ventures such as Electronic and Monaco apparently took their toll. Whether or not Sumner and Hook will ever work together again is in doubt. Fear not, not one but two film biopics of Joy Division are currently in production; until then watch or re-watch "24 Hour Party People". Further news as it is made public. New single from Strasse; album in the works May 10 2007 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
They have continued to play live with the new material, and now we are treated to a new single and video: “Shakespeare Was an American” that is released on iTunes. A new album is also in the works, with the working title “The Night Club”. Luminol Grammofon also have plans to release the old “Följa John” album, but in English instead of Swedish, as it actually was supposed to be. “Slow” will be the title, set for release in 2008 it will also include some previously unreleased tracks. VNV Nation head for Sweden and the Caribbean May 10 2007 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
As we have reported earlier, the Arvika festival has released one new artist each day during April. Three big names was released during the last days: VNV Nation, Hot Chip and Pain. VNV Nation will return to Vintergatan, the main stage at the festival, where they did a much appreciated show two years ago. We also want to remind you that they are also booked to headline the gothic theme cruise through the Caribbean, scheduled to take place in October. On the cruise the band will release an exclusive CD, not to be sold anywhere else. You can read a review of their new album “Judgement” here and check out Arvika's latest additions at On Stage.
Röyksopp latest in "Back to Mine" series May 7 2007 | By: Mike Whyte (Tokyo, Japan)
The Röyksopp mix includes a broad sweep of styles from electro to p-funk, with tracks from such luminaries as Talking Heads, Art of Noise, and Funkadelic. There is also an exclusive Röyksopp track in the mix, presented under the pseudonym Emmanuel Splice. The CD is available now courtesy of DMC World. You can be in Erasure's live video backdrop May 7 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
The new single from British synthpoppers Erasure is "Sunday Girl" from their latest "The Light at the End of the World". Available as CD single, limited CD single as well as 7" vinyl picture disc, it features mixes and one new track called "Take Me on a Highway". For the upcoming tour, Vince and Andy will place several plasma and LCD screens on stage with a montage of images and video clips. And you can be in them. They want waist up and head shots as well as full body shots in different styles. Check out www.erasureinfo.com for consent forms and inspiration. Party hard with Shocks x2 May 7 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) The biggest hard industrial/noise/gabba/power electronics party so far in Sweden will be held in Gothenburg on May 12. Five international guests hit the DJ decks, including the founder of Ant-Zen records Stefan Alt who makes an extremely rare DJ gig. The others playing are Willfuck (FR), Middle M (FR), Slavefriese (DE), Simon Underground (UK) and Sweden's own Pigs in Bass. For more information, check out www.shocksx2.com. Björk's Timbaland-produced album out on May 7 May 3 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden)
The first single "Earth Intruders" is out now. The album itself comes as CD, limited edition CD and double vinyl. Björk is going on a huge tour in support of the new album, and will also play a lot of festivals. Check out www.bjork.com for updated info. More Pet Shop Boys on DVD May 3 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) The upcoming live DVD with the Pet Shop Boys is called "Cubism" and should be out on May 21. It was filmed in Mexico City in November 2006, and the disc also features a short bonus film titled "Pet Shop Boys in Mexico", and an audio commentary by Neil, Chris and stage director David Barnard. Two different sleeves will be available, one with Neil and one with Chris. Seabound singer at the Edge of Dawn May 3 2007 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Fans of Seabound will probably enjoy the new album by Edge of Dawn. Consisting of no other than Seabound singer Frank Spinath and Mario Schumacher, they have made "Enjoy the Fall", a thematic album about borderline personality disorder. The sound is pretty reminiscent of Seabound, which means it's melodic and brooding electropop. Picture LP from Absolute Body Control May 2 2007 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Old Belgian EBM project Absolute Body Control impressed me and many of the other visitors at last year's Tinitus Festival in Stockholm. Now Dirk Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem release a picture vinyl LP in a limited edition of 525 copies, with completely new versions of ten of their classic songs. The LP is called "Wind [re]Wind", recorded in February and out now on Minimal-Maximal. |
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The famous and influential Back to Mine series of mixed CD:s is back – with Röyksopp its latest recruit. The series, which has featured mixes from artists including New Order, Orbital and Pet Shop Boys, has become known for allowing the artists more personal selections for the mixes, along the lines of what they might play at home after hours, hence the “Back to Mine” of the title. 
Look out for "Volta", the new Björk album out on Monday (May 7). It features an eclectic mix of producers and collaborators such as Timbaland, Antony Hegarty (from Antony and the Johnsons), Mark Bell, Konono no1 (musical group from Kinshasa), Min Xiao-Fen (Chinese pipa player and vocalist) etc. 