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Six Depeche Mode shows cancelled May 15, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Due to Dave Gahan's condition, Depeche Mode have announced that four more shows will be cancelled, adding up to a total of six: Athens, Istanbul, Bucharest, Sofia, Belgrade and Zagreb. The Warsaw gig on May 23 is next and still on. "Depeche Mode apologizes to all their fans for this inconvenience", according to the official statement. Gahan undergoes further tests. - We have talked to the band's agent and all indicates the tour will be running again shortly, Hanna Olsson says. She is head of the Arvika Festival, where Depeche Mode are scheduled to play in July. Progress Productions celebrates with festival May 15, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The Swedish electronic music label Progress Productions was started by Torny Gottberg back in 2004 after he left Energy Rekords and is now one of the most interesting labels from Sweden. To celebrate the first five years they will put together a festival on Saturday, May 16, in Gothenburg at Musikens Hus. In total eight bands will perform, including a new signing that will be revealed, this will be band number 14 for the label. Also as we have reported before this will be the final show for Sturm Café. Other bands performing are Kite, Necro Facility, Mr Jones Machine, Mommy Hurt My Head, System and Kopfer Kat. There will also be an exclusive compilation that only will be available for visitors to the festival. New Tyske Ludder at WGT May 14, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
June 5 marks the release of the new album "Anonymous" from German old school EBM veterans Tyske Ludder. The first edition comes as a numbered digibox including special packaging, poster booklet, signed autograph card and a metal pin. The band will offer the new album at Wave Gotik Treffen, where they also will perform live. Summer Darkness in The Netherlands and M'era Luna in Germany are two other stops ahead. EBM in Swedish from Spark May 14, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
A new album will be released on May 18 and the title is “Ett lejon i dig” (a lion inside you). The band has had offers from various labels but finally choose to handle the release and distribution themselves; with help from friends. You can buy the album from their web page (www.sparkmusik.se), from May 18 and onwards that is. Updated: Dave Gahan treated in New York May 14, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Developing story, edited after publishing: Dave Gahan was rushed to the hospital after suddenly feeling ill with a severe bout of gastroenteritis while preparing for Tuesday's Depeche Mode concert near Athens. The audience was told the concert was cancelled from the stage (YouTube clip of the announcement). Thursday's Istanbul show is also cancelled. Turk news agency Anatolia says Dave Gahan will go to the United States for treatment and that concerts in Bucharest and Sofia (Saturday and Monday) might also be canceled. Interlace's "Nemesis" arrives today May 12, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Today harsh and atmospheric EBM project Interlace returns after a long hiatus with the single "Nemesis". The complex track debuted live at last year's electriXmas festival in Interlace's home town Malmö, Sweden. Interlace put much effort in their theatrical performances and have previously also played in South Asia and Germany. Now, they are heading for Canada's Kinetik Festival this week where the "Nemesis" CDM will be a bonus to a festival compilation CD. The CDM and digital single presents four versions of the title track and precedes the third album (details tba). The debut "Innuendo" came out in 2002, followed by "Imago" two years later. Parralox winner of the Emmon remix competition May 11, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Our Emmon "Lips on Fire" remix competition is over. The winner is Australian synthpop band Parralox. They will get their remix on a 12", iTunes, Spotify and Klicktrack. - A worthy winner and they have delivered a classic remix I really like, Emma Nylén (Emmon) says. Parralox formed in Melbourne last year but musical mastermind John van Ahlen has been writing and producing music for record releases and TV for over 15 years. Parralox have two female vocalist's, English born Amii who is currently living in Australia, and Roxy. Their modern synthpop debut "Electricity" was released in September last year and the follow-up is scheduled for September this year. We received 45 remix contributions from all over the world, including Colombia. The final top five ranking is: 1. Parralox, 2. Kvantisera, 3. Pretorium, 4. Atari Cowboy, 5. Perkelen. Unsigned: German-Swedish collaboration in Menschdefekt May 11, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
If you're into aggressive electronics à la Hocico, you might enjoy Menschdefekt. This newcomer is not original in any sense whatsoever, but they know what they're doing and they have a solid, catchy foundation to build on in the future. They won the Aesthetic Perfection remix contest in March. Their best known song is "Stalingrad", a collaboration with Stahlnebel and Black Selket which has shown up on two compilations and dancefloors here and there. Menschdefekt is Dominik (music, started the project in 2004) from Germany and Fredrik from Sweden (vocals and lyrics, joined 2009). Hocico frontman returns with Rabia Sorda May 8, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Hocico frontman Erk Aicrag returns with his solo project Rabia Sorda on May 29. The EP "Radio Paranoia" is an unusually catchy and eighties-influenced piece and the release comes with a B-side and remixes. An album is in the works. Mini live report: Leæther Strip returned to Gothenburg May 6, 2009 | By: Johan Carlsson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
For the first time since 1992, Claus Larsen - aka Leæther Strip - played in Sweden last Saturday. The last gig 17 years ago was arranged by no other than Release heads Mikael and Lotta Kahrle, at a bigger venue just down the road from this one in Gothenburg. Claus lives in Northern Denmark, not that far from Gothenburg. - It feels like five years ago, he told us and went on to say he was glad his back was better so that he could move around on stage. Club Target organised this night which which 200 tickets were sold-out in advance. Mikael, Tobias, Sussi and me from Release was present. Leæther Strip played his classic EBM hits for a wildly enthusiastic crowd. Claus seemed to be very happy to be back and the reception he got from the audience kept him playing for over two hours. He even tried shutting down his computer to get off the stage, but the cheers made him come back to perform another song for us. "Strap Me Down" generated such a sing-a-long that he couldn't hear himself on stage, and it was the evening's highlight for me since I think that the album "Solitary Confinement" is one of the finest EBM records in history. And actually, a sound board recording of that particular song is now available on his MySpace, recorded at the gig. Let's hope that it doesn't take another 17 years for him to get back to Sweden. Unsigned: Twilight tunes from Italy's Kernel Drop May 5, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA) "The Dreambox" from Italy's Kernal Drop is currently out. An album of very unusual compositions this work is the first from Kernal Drop (that we're aware of, that is) and is an enchanting cross-pollination of electro, ambient, idm and even some slightly world influences. This album currently has no label although we suspect it won't be long until Kernal Drop are signed and release further work. Unsigned: Old-school EBM from Organic Music May 5, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Organic Music is a Swedish EBM duo who likes their EBM primitive and raw, like in the early days of the genre. Member Klas has played in Harmful if Swallowed in the past. Their new demo "Organic Circuits" is out now. |
