Skinny Puppy’s new album is about to be released. Like a lot of old Industrial or EBM bands I lost faith that I would hear much new stuff that I would be interested in. However, when I heard the song 101 (2011) by the SP related Ohgr project I knew somewhere the old fire existed. Well here we have the new album Weapon and Skinny Puppy bought some of their old equipment back, dusted off other toys left in closets and return to their roots. You can hear a full preview of the new album at Revolver Mag (link). Listen to the songs Wornin’, saLvo and the new version of Solvent and you are transported.
“Wow! Sounds like Skinny Puppy again.” – Alexis Latorre
For more info: skinnypuppy.com
This entry was written by , posted on May 17, 2013 at 5:50 am, filed under music and tagged industrial, Skinny Puppy. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
It’s Thursday so basically the weekend starts now right? To get us into the mood check out this Matt Minimal set. There are parts of this say at 6:34, 26:12, 33:14, 40:08, 43:50, 50:13 that will make you put your makeup on, grab a drink and get the party started. Purely deep bass and techno fun.
“Matt Minimal @ Tapedeck Special Electrosound.tv 10.02.2011 with Miro Pajic & Jens Schröder in Berlin!”
For more info: mattminimal.com
via Jerome Kuehnert
This entry was written by , posted on May 16, 2013 at 7:12 am, filed under DJ, music and tagged DJ Set, Matt Minimal. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
There is an interesting Mixcloud show you may want to start following called The Notorious New Wave Show (link). Instead of a DJ mix it’s more like a proper radio show with the host Gina Achord announcing the song titles and artists. I really like her track selection.
“Tonight we have the exclusive track from Isaac Junkie featuring Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17. You will be hearing it here first tonight! We have a new Visage track, and our double shot week- which is a play of two songs by each new artist so you can be exposed to new music with some great bands. And count them, two new songs from the new B.E.F CD Dark and we’ll continue to do a new track each week until the release of the cd on May 27th. Some of the new bands we’ll be playing tonight are No Longer Neon, Analog Angel, Vile Electrodes, Low Tide Theory, and tons more!” – Gina Achord
For more info:
This entry was written by , posted on May 10, 2013 at 6:47 am, filed under music and tagged mixcloud, new wave, synthpop. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
David Carretta is one of the best techno meets EBM producers. His new podcast 2:move is out and features one of my tracks (Take this Step) among about 15 other really interesting dancefloor movers.
“Carretta captivates the crowd with some of the best synth lines money can buy. He really seems to lust for syncopation.” – Zombee (via Discogs)
For more info: ejectmanagement.com
This entry was written by , posted on May 6, 2013 at 8:21 am, filed under DJ, music and tagged David Carretta, dj, EBM, mix, The Horrorist, Things to Come Records. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Sound of Science have released their first synthpop single Hydrodome. This is Tom Carpenter and Jason Huffman band. Tom as you know is the man who creates the Analogue Solutions synthesizers. He has some great remixers on this single: Daniel Myer (Haujobb), John von Ahlen, Northern Kind and Julian Beeston. The next Sound of Science single will feature someone all Wire to the Ear readers know well so stay tuned.
“All alone in the hydrodome I can’t take it anymore.” – SOS
Buy now: iTunes
This entry was written by , posted on May 3, 2013 at 9:49 am, filed under music and tagged Daniel Myer, Jason Huffman, John von Ahlen, Sound of Science, synthpop, Tom Carpenter. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s a few songs released on UK’s Survival records. The band Drinking Electricity was from Scotland and consisted of Anne-Marie Heighway and David Rome. Released in 1982 and I hear a Korg KR-55.
“Face the left. Face the right.” – Anne-Marie Heighway
For more info: discogs.com/artist/Drinking+Electricity
This entry was written by , posted on April 28, 2013 at 8:27 am, filed under music and tagged Drinking Electricity, Scotland, synthpop. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here we have the story of the song Television Set. It was a song Depeche Mode performed live at the beginning of their career. Interestingly, no one in the band wrote the song which is probably why it never appeared on an album. I love that the song was recorded on the cassette above over a Cure track.
“Probably the most famous un-released Depeche Mode track is ‘Television Set’. Television Set was a song played by the band at virtually every gig during 1981, usually as their opening number in the first 6 months of that year. It was a firm favourite amongst fans at live gigs during that period. At the time many considered it DM’s best song. When asked why it wasn’t being released as an obvious choice for a single, the whispered reply was “Vince didn’t write it”. The origins of this classic song remained shrouded in mystery for years but the songs existence has always been well known to Depeche Mode fans through live bootlegs from this period. ‘Television Set’ was written by Basildon musician Jason Knott. Jason was in a local band called ‘The Neatelllls’ (spelt with 4 L’s) which also included well know Basildon drummer Peter Hobbs. Although they never actually formed a band together, Jason, Peter and Vince Clarke did rehearse together a number of times and this how Vince got to hear the song. Vince took the song through a number of incarnations, firstly a recording with friend Sue Paget ( his bandmate in “No Romance in China”) with Vince on guitar & vocals and Sue on Bass. The second version was a solo demo track made by Vince, sounding completley different, made with a synthesiser, drum machine and Vinces vocals. Finally, Vince introduced the song into his new band Depeche Mode. The photo shows the original cassette by ‘No Romance in China’ that contains their recording of T.V.Set. As you can see its has been recorded over a copy of ‘The Cure’s Three Imaginary Boys’, Vince’s favourite band at the time. Many thank’s to Sue for providing the photo.” – Basildon: New Town – New Life
For more info: depechemode.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 25, 2013 at 4:45 am, filed under music and tagged Depeche Mode, Television Set. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
What we have here is one of Depeche Mode’s earliest recordings. Some say is Vince Clarke on vocals however I’m not certain. YouTube commenters also say Fletch is the one playing the bass. What a great version and it shows right out of the gate these guys had “it”. I love how when the vocal “Resurrect, as a feeling…” comes in the first time it’s off/minor and then they sing it straight right after to show it’s power. That part is just wonderful. It also comes to a great crescendo towards the end.
“Resurrect, as a feeling, on my window, Of a past reunion.Resurrect as a feeling on my window Of a past reunion. Mission of a picture like the city and the air we breathe. The air we breathe. Air we breathe” – Depeche Mode
For more info: depechemode.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 22, 2013 at 7:28 am, filed under music, song writing and tagged Depeche Mode. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The record label The Seed is having a remix contest for my song Automatic. The song which is about guns was originally released in 2007 on my album Attack Decay. It’s such a strong dance track I still play it live.
Demo Dropbox: theseedmusic.label-engine.com
Download the Stems: sendspace.com/pro/dl/rek7iv
“The Seed is proud to announce that we are doing our first ever remix contest in association with Underground legend, The Horrorist. For your remix to be considered it must be uploaded to our demo dropbox by no later than May 13, 2013. The contest will be judged by The Horrorist and label management. Winners selected will have their remix released as part of the “Automatic; Reloaded” Remix collection out in June on the Seed.” – facebook.com/theseedmusic
For more info: facebook.com/theseedmusic
This entry was written by , posted on at 6:08 am, filed under music, political, promotion and tagged Automatic, contest, guns, remix, The Horrorist, The Seed, Things to Come Records. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
As this music video by the Cinnamon Chasers for their song Luv Deluxe show we all have options. Which path will you choose?
“Cinnamon Chasers is the electro/nu-disco moniker of producer Russ Davies (son of Dave Davies from legendary 70’s Rock band The Kinks)” – cinnamonchasers.com
For more info: cinnamonchasers.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 19, 2013 at 5:17 am, filed under music and tagged Cinnamon Chasers, music video, The Kinks. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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