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Album imminent from Bargeld and Noto Aug 14, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Thanks to: Kristoffer Noheden
The fruitful collaboration between Alva Noto and Blixa Bargeld (ANBB) resulted in the five track EP "Ret Marut Handshake" (Raster-Noton, June 21). The union between Blixa's voice and cold electronics is impressive. The debut album will be released soon and live dates are being prepared. The EP is available here and on Spotify. Summer Darkness this weekend Aug 12, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Summer Darkness in Utrecht, The Netherlands, kicks off tomorrow and it's one of this summer's main festivals for our music on the European continent. The headliners on this three-day event are: And One, DAF, Leæther Strip, Project Pitchfork, Clan of Xymox, Amduscia, Dive, Grendel, In Strict Confidence and Diorama. Summer Darkness stands out by booking a number of artists from the ethereal and atmospheric industrial genres, for instance Brendan Perry, Sophia, Peter Bjärgö, Faith & the Muse and In Slaughter Natives. Unique product from JG Thirlwell Aug 11, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) | Thanks to: Kristoffer Noheden
There's a new Foetus album on its way (the latest we heard was "August", but you never know). In the meantime, take a look at Hydroze Plus, a collaboration between JG Thirlwell and Fred Bigot. They have released a clear ten inch vinyl EP on French label Optical Sound. It's a limited edition with packaging design by Thirlwell which is made "to resemble an anatomical text book with transparent layers". A digital release will follow. Catching up with Psyche Aug 9, 2010 | By: Alex Veronac (Geneva, Switzerland)
Psyche live at Zürich, March 2010 and the CD cover of "Remembering Dwayne". Release met with Psyche leader Darrin Huss while performing in Zürich on their "Until the Shadows" tour. Huss was able to speak about his recent recovery from a proactive surgery. - I was on a forced vacation; you think you're making music forever and something like this comes along... Huss was on stage back in November and able to continue light touring whilst continuing work on a twelth album. Joking, he says an apt title would be "Open Heart Surgery": - There's thirteen songs written already. It's been five years since our last record. I recently released a cover of Joy Division's "Disorder" on seven inch vinyl. Discussing the long band history and many keyboarders, Huss mentioned that he was approached on releasing some of the band's earliest recordings with Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy, Download). These recordings go back to late 1982 when Goettel had a short appearance in the Huss brothers project The Pinstripe Club. Artoffact Records in Canada is to release "Remembering Dwayne" by Psyche in September. Psyche's only audio release of a Goettel song so far was "Torture (Demo)" on the "Misguided Angels" compilation from 2000. First 10 bands to the new Stockholm SGA festival Aug 4, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
In June, we broke the news about Stockholm Goes Alternative, an outdoor festival for EBM, industrial, goth and synthpop in Vallentuna close to Stockholm on June 17-18, 2011. Now, the SGA organizers tell us the first 10 (out of 27) live acts are: Assemblage 23, Funker Vogt, Solitary Experiments, Elegant Machinery, Autodafeh, C-lekktor, Lost Area, Cephalgy, XP8 and Marlow. At this early stage we have not received confirmation from the artists or their agents. SGA says tickets will be on sale for the reduced price SEK 575 plus administrive fees on September 3 (regular price 775). A Different Drum considers subscription program Aug 2, 2010 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) US synthpop label A Different Drum is considering a subscription program to keep the new music flowing in physical format. If they feel that there is enough interest, the idea is to mail out one limited edition CD each month for a fee. Only 300 copies will be manufactured of each release (200 for the subscribers, 100 for the artist). This service will not affect the mailorder and A Different Drum would still release some products outside the subscription program. |
