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Front Line Assembly works with Ministry on new album March 15, 2010 | By: Johan Carlsson (London, UK)
We have known for a while that Front Line Assembly has been working on a new album, and now we have some more details. The new record is called "Improvised Electronic Device", is out on Metropolis this spring, and will be preceded by the single "Shifting Through the Lens". On Ministry's MySpace page there is also confirmation that Al Jourgensen have worked with FLA on the track "Stupidity" from the new album. Not only did Al provide lyrics and vocals, he also arranged and mixed the track in his studio. The song is dedicated to the memory of WaxTrax! CEO:s Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. Fever Ray announce further live dates March 12, 2010 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) It appears that due to overwhelming demand for the phenomena that is Fever Ray two more dates have been announced. These will be Brixton Academy, London on September 8 and La Cigale, Paris September 9. Read our newly published review of "Tomorrow, in a Year" by The Knife. Release at the Bloc festival with Autechre this weekend March 11, 2010 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK)
As Release readers may know, the Bloc Festival, held in Minehead between March 12-14 is becoming a favourite with UK electronic music festival-goers – with acts as diverse as Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London, Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk) and Lee "Scratch" Perry having played in the past. This years line-up is just as strong – Luke Slater, Autechre and Model 500 will all play live at this years festival – and Release will be there to document it all. Read our report of the 2009 festival here. New Front 242 DVD in April March 10, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
On April 30, Front 242 will release their second official DVD. "Moments in Budapest" was filmed on December 6, 2008, and the DVD will hold 81 minutes of live show plus interviews and a photo gallery. The first edition will be limited to 4 000 copies including a metal pin, embroidered "Helicopter 242" military patch, a printed card and a label compilation. Current 93 celebrates 25 years March 9, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Current 93 celebrates their 25 years of existence with two different, major performances in London on May 28-29 together with guests such as Nurse with Wound and Comus. This is the first time Current 93 and Nurse with Wound share the stage. The new album "Baalstorm, Sing Omega (December 1971" (released under the name '.'93 CURRENT 93'.') will be released on May 28 and available at the shows. Movie score by Goldfrapp and Portishead men March 8, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) A new movie score for "The Passion of Joan of Arc" from 1928 will be recorded by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory and Portishead's Adrian Utley. The music will be presented live on a Bristol screening in May. Goth and industrial festivals in BeNeLux March 5, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The three-day Gothic Festival in Waregem, Belgium, takes place during July 16-18. The extensive program includes stars like Skinny Puppy (pic), Front Line Assembly, Covenant, Funker Vogt, VNV Nation, Alien Sex Fiend, Dive, Unheilig, Marsheaux and Rabia Sorda. The festival stands out a bit by booking a group of bands from the neofolk, neoclassical, martial industrial and ambient genres, for instance Triarii, Triore, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Arcana, In the Nursery and Faith and the Muse. Skinny Puppy also headlines Gothicfest 2010 on July 30 in Steenwijk, The Netherlands. Other live acts there are, for instance, Das Ich, Destroid and Mindless Faith. Sami Sirviö plays guitar on the new Familjen single March 4, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Familjen's "Det snurrar i min skalle" was a hit in Sweden 2008 and gave him plenty of live opportunities, not only in his home country but in the rest of Scandinavia, Australia, UK, Germany and Italy. Expect some serious touring after the new album; gigs are being booked as we speak. Familjen has also made a name for himself as a remixer, for artists like Kent, Rex the Dog, Fever Ray and Lykke Li. The Klinik and X Marks the Pedwalk to WGT March 3, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Wave Gotik Treffen is busy booking live acts for this year's festival which takes place all over the city of Leipzig during May 21-24. The organisers have just confirmed The Klinik, X Marks the Pedwalk, Sol Invictus, S.P.O.C.K, Rotersand, Diary of Dreams, Elegant Machinery, Arcana, Catastrophe Ballet, Faith & the Muse, Mona Mur & En Esch, Trial, Sex Gang Children, Orange Sector, Lacrimosa and many more. Sturm Café is open again March 2, 2010 | By: Tobias Eliasson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The Swedish EBM-act Sturm Café consisting of Jonatan Löfstedt and Gustav Jansson called it quits in April 2009, just when it seemed it was time for a new album after “So seelish, so schön!” from 2005. They did two farewell shows, one in Sweden and one in Germany where they have a big fanbase. This however didn’t last a year, because now the band have returned and the result is “Koka Kola Freiheit”, a 7” single limited to 200 copies on their own Sturm Café Records. We contacted Gustav to find out what happened. – Jonatan and me have continued to be good friends, and one day we went into the studio just to play around, without any demands. The result of that became “Koka Kola Freiheit”. It felt vital and fresh; so we decided to start again. You have left Progress Productions and started your own label instead. – We wanted to try something new, run everything ourselves and have 100% control. Progress was really good for us, and they have helped us a lot during these years, but in combination with the restart we felt that this was the natural step. What are your future plans? – Well, we really don’t want to plan too much ahead; we want everything to be spontaneous and free. But I wouldn’t be surprised if we have one or two more releases in 2010. AD 17th Sónar in June March 1, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
This year's Sónar will take place on June 17-19. The 17th Barcelona festival of "advanced music and multimedia art" has just released new live acts and some of the headlines are The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Plastikman and Hot Chip. Previous Sónar festivals have hosted stars like Yazoo, Devo, Goldfrapp, Orbital, Beastie Boys, Martin L Gore and Massive Attack. |
