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After Tribantura comes Shift May 27, 2009 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The German label Infacted Recordings recently released “Lack of Sense” from Tribantura and now more forgotten music will see the day of light again. This time the band is called Shift and the album is called “Electrofixx”. Tracks from the self released 12” “Bugs” and the MCD “Electrofixx” released through classic label Zoth Ommog will be included. This EBM record will hit the stores on June 26. Lost tracks from Secret Service May 27, 2009 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
In the early 80:s, the electronic pop band Secret Service became the biggest music export from Sweden since ABBA. With hits like “Oh Susie” and “Flash in the Night” they managed to sell five million records before the split in 1986. Now, a new digital single called “Different” is released. The song was recorded in 1996 and was found when song writer and producer Tim Norell moved from his house and went through his possessions. The members are now working on a new album based upon the found recordings. Johan Kinde returns to the music May 27, 2009 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden) His first book came out last year, but now Swedish romantic pop veteran Johan Kinde returns to the music. He has decided to publish his new material under his own name again, for the first time since 1991. The first single “Jag hade slutat drömma om att känna så här” is out now, but only as a digital download. Fans of Lustans Lakejer won’t be disappointed; the sound is definitely in the same style. Once again he’s working with producer Jan Lundkvist - and Peder Livijn from System will assist. The album is expected this fall on both CD and a limited edition vinyl. To warm up he will play at Electric Garden in Stockholm on May 28; Kamera and Le Mans will be supporting acts. On a related note Kinde also performed with, among others, Alexander Hofman (S.P.O.C.K) and Paris at the “Some Great Reward 25th anniversary party” in Stockholm (Kinde performed “Blasphemous Rumours”). Backlash plan EP quadrilogy May 27, 2009 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Swedish electropop band Backlash plan no less than four different digital EP:s during 2009. No details have been revealed about the following three, but the first one is out now and called “Quiet Men EP”. As the title hints, it’s a salute to Ultravox with covers on both “Quiet Men” and “Slow Motion” from the 1978 album “Systems of Romance”. Together with a remix and a new song from Backlash this EP is a nice injection of quality electronic pop. Cult new wave profile Snowy Red dies May 26, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Martin Olsson (Gothenburg)
Snowy Red's Micky Mike (aka Marcel Thiel) has died at the age of 52. Snowy Red was an early act on the Belgian new wave and new beat scene. "Euroshima (Wardance)" and "Breakdown" are two of his more well-known songs. Dismantled: US tour and reissue May 24, 2009 | By: Peter Marks (Portland, Oregon USA)
EBM band Dismantled will embark on an American tour, which will commence May 27 in Hollywood, California, and conclude July 9 in Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the dates are part of a tour package with scene darlings Combichrist as well as Aesthetic Perfection and Julian K. Dismantled have reissued their third album "Standard Issue" via the Metropolis and Dependent labels. Additional tracks and new artwork are included in this latest "V2" package. Amphi Festival program complete May 22, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Mono Inc completes the impressive program for this year's Orkus Open Air Amphi Festival in Cologne on July 18-19. Some highlights: Absolute Body Control, Agonoize, Covenant, Feindflug, Fields of the Nephilim, Laibach, Leæther Strip, Marsheaux, The Birthday Massacre, Camouflage, Front 242, Hocico, KMFDM, Qntal and The Gathering. Pack your bags people. Three more Depeche Mode concerts cancelled May 20, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Depeche Mode fans worldwide are really worried and rumours are flying around as Depeche Mode cancels three more shows on their current tour, due to Dave Gahan's health condition. The newly dropped cities are Warsaw, Riga and Vilnius. London on May 30 is next. The Sturm Café is closed May 20, 2009 | By: Fredrik "Schlatta" Svensson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Where is my vocalist? Pop band Kite performed without their singer. Last Saturday record label Progress Productions celebrated its fifth anniversary at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg, Sweden, with eight Progress acts on stage. The last gig of the evening was with EBM duo Sturm Café and it was also the last gig for the band as they decided to call it quits not long ago. In one of the last songs of the gig, more or less the entire Progress crew – label and artists - were on stage. The same thing happened during the Necro Facility gig as well. The surprise act, and newest addition to the Progress roster, was experienced EBM duo Dupont from Stockholm. They gave it all on stage and will release their new, already completed, album “Entering the Ice Age” on August 19. Synthpop trio Mr Jones Machine gave a special "acoustic" set with no pre-programmed stuff. Other bands performing live were Mommy Hurt My Head, System, Kopfer Kat. The strangest gig was Kite's. Their singer Niclas Stenemo (on tour with Melody Club) was not present in person, instead he was featured in the back projections and thus no singing was done live. As a special bonus all guests got a unique 14 track CD with unreleased material from all the Progress artists, now available in digital stores. Suicide Commando to Out of Line May 20, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Out of Line, home of Combichrist, Hocico and many similar hard bands, seems like an obvious choice for Suicide Commando in Europe. Johan van Roy is currently recording a new single and album and Out of Line will also present a new line of Suicide Commando merchandising. In the US and rest of the world, Suicide Commando is signed to Metropolis. Dependent restarts label and signs Mesh May 18, 2009 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
German EBM label Dependent stopped releasing new material in late 2007, but has now decided to reopen this summer or autumn with new signings. - I was particularly shocked to discover some absolutely amazing new recordings and newcomer bands being unable to find label support and getting lost in the vast pool of mediocre bands on the internet, label boss Stefan Herwig says. Dependent will launch a strategic partnership with US label Metropolis, which means that Metropolis bands like Front Line Assembly will be handled by Dependent in Europe. Both labels will also sign bands together and first out is Mesh. Impressive collection from Norway May 18, 2009 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Apart from A-ha most of the music in Norway during the 80:s was rock in various shapes, the electronic scene was much more alive in Sweden. And sure, we a lot of postpunk here but we also get amazing tracks from bands like Det Gylne Triangel and Boxbury Beat. This is highly recommended for those of you who want to experience something new (but old). Thanks to Øystein Moe and his Hommage Records for making this possible, I hope we get to see many future releases from him. |
