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New Recoil material on the way
• Alan Wilder’s new Recoil album is called “Liquid” and the release dates for both the CD and vinyl versions have been set to February 14. A single, “Strange Hours”, will be released after and not prior to the album. It will include two extra tracks and remixes. The single date is March 22. The dates are subject to change.
The album features nine songs and guest vocals from Diamanda Galás, American performers Nicole Blackman and Samantha Coerbell, the gospel singers The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet and the poet Rosa M Torras. Curve’s Dean Garcia plays additional bass.
Alan Wilder is considering making the album an enhanced one with videos, among other things.
A “Liquid” track entitled “Chrome”, is featured on the new Mute sampler “14 Irregular Files – a Mute Accumulation”, together with contributions from Moby, The Clarke & Ware Experience and many more (not Depeche Mode). /Mikael Kahrle

The Cardigans release EP and head for MTV Europe Music Awards

• The Cardigans will shortly release an EP called “Gran Turismo Overdrive”. It features five remixes by etno techno artist Nåid (Martin Landqvist). The tracklist: “My Favourite Game”, “Erase/Rewind”, “Higher”, “Hanging Around” and “Junk of the Hearts”. The EP is released in a limited edition only and will never be repressed.
The Cardigans can look forward to the forthcoming MTV Europe Music Awards on November 11 in Dublin. They are nominated in three categories: best band, best rock and best Nordic act. They will be one of the live acts during the event together with, among others, Marilyn Manson. The Cardigans will perform “Erase/Rewind” and this will be their last appearance before a long well-deserved break. /Mikael Kahrle

Crack crack
• Carl Crack from Atari Teenage Riot seems to be in deep trouble. Due to a strong psychosis, he has, during the past weeks, been unable to appear at the shows on the band’s current tour. It all started on a flight to Belfast when Crack tried to open the fire exit door during take off and also attacked a stewardess. The plane was forced to land and he was arrested, but not charged over the incident. /Erik Almgren

Full commercial release for The Clarke & Ware Experience

• We have previously reported about the joined project from Erasure’s Vince Clarke and Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware. The album “Pretentious” has been available from Mute Records’ mailorder since September 27, but the official commercial release is not scheduled until November 29.
"Pretentious" realise the potential of 3D soundscapes. The piece "Music For Multiple Dimensions", was commissioned by and composed for the National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield. Clarke and Ware have used Animix 3D visualisation software and a Lake Huron 3D audio processor. The CD has a 3D foldout inlay made by Martyn Ware. /Mikael Kahrle

Blipp release single and 17 songs on the Internet

• Swedish synthpoppers Blipp is back with a new conventional single, released by themselves. At the same time they publish 17 old tracks on the Internet, ranging from their early days 1991, when they called themselves Poetica Grotesque, to Blipp 1997. See http://www.mp3.com/blipp and http://www.mp3.com/poeticagrotesque.e/Mikael Kahrle

MNW acquire House of Kicks

• The Swedish independent giant MNW Records Group has acquired another Swedish, large indie, House of Kicks. /Mikael Kahrle

Eldritch in no hurry…
• After having finished a mini-tour in North America, The Sisters of Mercy are (once again…) close to start recording a new album. In an interview with Allstar, Andrew Eldritch says:
- We're in no particular rush about it, but we're putting songs down now.
Eldritch expressed his wish to work together with Ofra Haza again. He continued by telling the magazine that the album will only take him six months to finish. Although he's aiming for a spring 2000 release for their first single in ten years, he had to admit that the band has no label yet. The main problem whilst searching for a record contract, will be the money the label in question is supposed to invest in the band. Eldritch is apparently asking for three million US dollars... /Johan Astemark

New Order make movie song and plan for album
• New Order is still planning to make a new album in the near future. They are currently working on a song for the film “The Beach”. /Mikael Kahrle

Promising samples from the new Laurent Garnier album
• The French DJ Laurent Garnier (that recently has supported Kraftwerk live) will please his fans with the new album “Unreasonable Behaviour” (F Communications/PIAS) in January. The first sample songs sound electronic and promising. A vinyl DJ promo is out now. /Jens Krause

Playground gothic and industrial a&r manager
• The young Scandinavian record company Playground Music has given Carri Suksia (Cyberware label, Frantic magazine) the task to sign new gothic and industrial bands to the company. Playground has existed for four months and has started off with a bang. Playground represents Mute, Beggars Banquet, PIAS, XL and many more in Scandinavia. SubSpace Communications recently signed on for Playground distribution. /Mikael Kahrle

New Tiamat single

• On November 8, Swedish dark rock group Tiamat will deliver a new single called “For Her Pleasure”. They will hit the roads in parts of Europe from the end of November and on. /Mikael Kahrle

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