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Recoil and Nitzer Ebb played "Personal Jesus" May 13, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The event of the year for our scene (?), the Short Circuit Mute festival in London is on, with performances from Erasure, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb, The Residents, Komputer, Laibach and many more. Will Depeche Mode play? With present and old members? Will Alan Wilder rejoin Depeche Mode? Who will guest who's live show? Anything can happen when the Mute family gathers for a weekend of concerts, DJ:ing (DJ Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, Moby, Daniel Miller etc), seminars, films, workshops (Flood) - and fun. Fredrik "Schlatta" Svensson is reporting, taking photos and conducting interviews for Release. He sat down with Alan Wilder today (who did not reveal anything). Later in the evening, Recoil was joined by Nitzer Ebb on stage and they performed "Personal Jesus", "Family Man" and "Faith Healer". City Hall plays "Behind the Wheel" May 13, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The bells of the City Hall in Norrköping, Sweden, will play Depeche Mode's "Behind the Wheel" each day at 16:55 for three weeks. Skinny Puppy set for September May 11, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The new Skinny Puppy album "HanDover" has finally been handed over to the record label for a tentative release date sometime in September. Frontman Nivek Ogre's new Ohgr album "Undeveloped" hit #1 in the iTunes US electronic charts yesterday. The CD release date is May 23 in Europe. Dance or Die comeback in one month May 11, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Berlin band Dance or Die was often featured in Release Magazine in the 90:s and we even organised a concert with them in Gothenburg. Hits like "Psychoburbia" and "Dance or Die" were frequently played by our DJ:s at clubs and concerts. On June 10, Dance or Die release the comeback album "Nostradamnation" on Out of Line. Dance or Die will play at Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig on the release day. Wagner and A.N.G.O. are joined by Chris L. from Agonoize live. Dismantled replace Die Krupps on FLA tour May 10, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Dismantled will support Front Line Assembly on the 25 stop North American tour that starts in a few days, as Die Krupps have to cancel due to visa issues. The new DIsmantled album "The War Inside Me" will be out in June. EP debut from Oslo-based electronic artists May 6, 2011 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK)
March 28 saw the release of the debut EP from Kontaktor - “Soundcheck”, available on Tape Delay Records. The EP features remixes done by Kontaktor, as well as some instrumental tracks done by the artists themselves. A buzz has taken off around the act thanks to their previous hyper-electronic single "Bocce Ball" making it to the finals of two prestigious songwriting competitions – the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and the International Songwriting Competition. Norwegian vocalist Hanne Merete features on both "Bocce Ball" and the EP track "Brent". SGA: no refunds now May 5, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) Several readers have asked us to gather more information about the cancelled SGA Festival (June 17-18, Stockholm). We talked to Tommy Brandt, head of SGA. Will the ticket buyers get their money back? - We can't offer any ticket refunds right now, but of course we will do so within reasonable time. We can't give an exact date. First and foremost we offer 2012 tickets in exchange. We have paid large sums to most of the booked festival acts with the ticket money. But the artists will not play. - The contracts states 50% must be paid in advance. If we cancel, the bands don't pay us back. Have all the live bands from the SGA club nights been paid now? - All but two (Mr Jones Machine and Trakktor). We're missing receipts from these bands and there are other factors as well. We're looking into this. Atari Teenage Riot return with new album and live shows May 3, 2011 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK)
"Is This Hyperreal?" is the new album from influential act Atari Teenage Riot, their first to be released on the LA Dim Mak label. The release will be supported by a tour across Europe and the USA, starting in London at the Islington Academy on May 12, with a key date being their appearance at the Bang Face Weekender in Camber Sands two days later. For more details of both release and tour dates, check out their site. CX Kidtronik (Saul Williams, Nine Inch Nails) is a new recruit in the band. SGA festival confirms cancellation May 1, 2011 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden) The head of the SGA, Tommy Brandt, has now confirmed the cancellation of the festival. SGA (Stockholm Goes Alternative) was supposed to make its debut on June 17-18, in Vallentuna outside Stockholm, with bands like Funker Vogt, De/Vision, Clan of Xymox, Assemblage 23 and Gravitonas. Tommy Brandt lists a number of reasons for the hard decision to cancel SGA, the top three being: 1) The negative publicity after booking Elegant Machinery. 2) The persons in the "inner circle" of SGA lost confidence in the event and quit. 3) Poor ticket sales and low interest. SGA intends to return in 2012. |
