One of the greatest songs about love and addiction.
“Well, I sure thought I had her. Lord, I know she had me. What I thought was heaven is just falling debris. Well, I may not be crazy but I got one hell of a start. Somebody pick up my pieces. I think I’m fallin’ apart.. and the fall to the bottom could tear you apart. And they’ll be pickin’ up pieces of you and your heart.” – Willie Nelson
For more info: itunes.apple.com/us/album/teatro/id122417
This entry was written by , posted on March 25, 2012 at 7:07 am, filed under music and tagged addiction, love, sad, Teatro, Willie Nelson. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I have large boxes of music memorabilia going back to the early 80s. I have all the backstage passes and anything else I could grab from my time on the Depeche Mode 101 tour. Boxes of obscur fanzines featuring anything I could find on EBM acts. Huge boxes of flyers some going back as far as the “IT” club (above the World on Houston St…. remember that?). It’s impossible to get it all into digital form in one sitting so as I slowly get to it I will share it with you here.
“A souvenir (from French, for a remembrance or memory), memento, keepsake or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it.” – Wikipedia
See the full photo set: flickr.com/thingstocomerecords/7215…
This entry was written by , posted on March 24, 2012 at 7:00 am, filed under music and tagged Depeche Mode, Front 242, Memorabilia. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
As a whole image and full canon of songs I dislike Ministry. However the few good tracks I think they have are steller. “I Prefer” is one of them. Pure synthpunk late 80s madness. If I had to pick the best Ministry album it would be the one this track lives on aka The Land of Rape and Honey (1988).
“Have you run into the human race? Have you run into the world?” – Ministry
For more info: wikipedia.org/The_Land_of_Rape_and_Honey
This entry was written by , posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:19 pm, filed under music and tagged 1980's, industrial, Ministry, synthpunk. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I really wanted to post the track “Pajazzo: by Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons but I couldn’t find an embed anywhere. This Swedish band was only together for about two years (1980-1981). It’s a shame they didn’t record more back then because I love there Devo meets goth synthpunk style.
“Since disbanding, their songs have become well sought-after by collectors of punk, gothic rock, deathrock and art punk music.” – Wikipedia
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_and_the_Plastic_Spoons
This entry was written by , posted on March 14, 2012 at 4:22 am, filed under music and tagged 1980's, Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons, Sweden, synthpunk. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Imagine waking up, looking in your email box and finding an email from a member of Front 242. That happened to me today. DanielB reached out to me to let me know about his project Nothing But Noise. His email comes at an interesting time. Last weekend I ended up on Youtube watching November Növelet’s Misanthropy video. I realized for the first time that like any genre there is great and average. Misanthropy just blows me away so I started looking for more in the genre. I found more I liked and this morning after reading the email clicked to the Nothing But Noise website. I have to admit I was a little worried. I knew I had to honor one of my musical teachers by posting about his music on the blog. But what if I didn’t like it? I did a quick scan of the page. Images of silhouetted men coordinated in front of machines. They got this part correct. Image does matter and usually it’s a tip off if the music is going to be anything special. Before I hit play on the videos I noticed at the bottom of the page some gear. I found Livewire, Moog, MakeNoise and analog sequencers. I started to get excited. You see in the hands of these Belgians 80s Emulators or real analog works. Its the VSTs and such I’m not so sure they know what to do with. So I hit play and with great relief I am very pleased. It’s a serious effort. Yes I am starstruck but I never lie about music. This is good and as you can see by another recent 242 related post (link) I’m glad to be hearing from my old friends again.
“Nothing But Noise is the new musical project from Front 242′s mastermind Daniel Bressanutti, Dirk Bergen (ex Front 242) and Erwin Jadot. Upcoming is the project’s first album “Not Bleeding Red” (expected to be released… April 12, 2012).” – side-line.com
For more info: nothingbutnoise.be
This entry was written by , posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:48 am, filed under music and tagged Daniel Bressanutti, Dirk Bergen, Erwin Jadot, Front 242, Livewire, MakeNoise, modular, moog, NBN, noise, Nothing But Noise. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I’m not a follow the band wagon type of person so I can tell you I never liked Jeff Mills techno act Underground Resistance. I did like one track. I liked it a lot. Of course that track is The Punisher. Now you know.
“The Punisher as a track by itself can set off a riot on the dance floor.” – TurnOff
For more info: discogs.com/Underground-Resistance-Punisher
This entry was written by , posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:50 am, filed under music. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Electronic Body Music recorded in Germany (1984). Transfered from cassette. One of my favorites. Heartless!
“Pure Electro Madness !” – netmax.ch
For more info: discogs.com/Stratis/release/1285056
This entry was written by , posted on March 8, 2012 at 6:03 am, filed under music and tagged 1984, EBM, electronic body music, German, Heartless, Herzlos, Stratis. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Jean-Luc De Meyer singing the 1982 Front 242 song Kampfbereit in his side project Underviewer. He’s been singing this song for 30 years and it’s great every time.
“And the wind makes the sand fly. Hand Grenades. Ready for battle.” – Jean Luc De Meyer
For more info: discogs.com/artist/Under+Viewer
This entry was written by , posted on March 3, 2012 at 8:40 am, filed under music and tagged 1982, Belgium, EBM, electronic body music, Front 242, Jean-Luc De Meyer, Kampfbereit, war. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Wonderful song from Vita Noctis. So great at 1:24.
“Belgijski minimal new wave, album ‘In The Face Of… DEATH’ (1984)” – wavenotdead
For more info: discogs.com/artist/Vita+Noctis
This entry was written by , posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:15 pm, filed under music and tagged Vita Noctis. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
If your into Electronic Body Music then you certainly like this Petra Flurr + Modernista release “Selbstmord”. I’ll be hanging with Petra in Berlin a few months from now (more on that later).
“The New Cult duo For The New Subculture.”
For more info: facebook.com/petra.flurr
This entry was written by , posted on February 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm, filed under music and tagged EBM, electronic body music, Modernista, Petra Flurr. 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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