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Bangface Weekender with Aphex Twin Apr 26, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) Bangface Weekender will be back September 14-16, and will be extra special for those who like the work of Aphex Twin. The event will not only have Aphex as its headline act, but will also see the 21st birthday celebrations of his record label, Rephlex Records, too. As this is early days yet, expect more acts to be added in the months up to the event, but to date the information is as follows. The Rephlex showcase will include acts from across the label’s roster, such as D'Arcangelo and DMX Krew, with associates of the label, like Venetian Snares and Luke Vibert also playing across the festival. The event will take place at the Trevelgue Holiday Park in Newquay, Cornwall. Gary Numan and Orbital to play Bloc in London Apr 21, 2012 | By: Mike Whyte (London, UK) Taking place now at the London Pleasure Gardens rather than their spiritual home at Minehead, Butlins, Bloc festival will be back for a two-dayer on July 6 and 7. The new venue will see a wider range of artists perform than previous events - the headliners of Snoop Dogg, Richie Hawtin and Steve Reich on the Friday highlighting this diversity. Alongside these acts can be found a number of artists of interest to Release readers. There's Orbital, Squarepusher, Battles, James Blake, Ellen Allien and Gary Numan across the range of artists already confirmed, with more to follow. Front Line Assembly cancel summer shows Apr 19, 2012 | By: Johan Carlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) In order to focus on studio work, Front Line Assembly has cancelled all the summer shows of 2012. They will keep themselves busy with an instrumental game soundtrack album for "Airmech", a new full length album, and possibly a new Noise Unit album! Phew. Their concert at Amphi Festival will be replaced by Rhys Fulber and his project Conjure One. To make this event really special he's going to play both Conjure One and Delerium tracks, plus some FLA tracks that haven't been played live for a long time. Ralf Hütter: new Kraftwerk album "soon" Apr 18, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
The sole remaining original Kraftwerk member Ralf Hütter has told New York Times that a new album will be finished "soon". Of course, "soon" for Kraftwerk can mean anything from 3 months to 10 years as we have learned in the past. - We didn’t fall asleep. The 168-hour week is still going on since the beginning, since 1970, he told the newspaper. New Ultravox album after 28 years Apr 17, 2012 | By: Mikael Kahrle (Gothenburg, Sweden)
After reuniting and touring successfully, Ultravox are ready to release their first studio album in 28 (!) years. The 12 track album "Brilliant" is set for a release via EMI on May 28. The title track will be the first single. Ure, Currie, Cross and Cann plan further touring after the album is out. |
