For all you rivetheads and industrial electro lovers the summer ends in style. Vampire Freaks surprises us with a free compilation album with no less then 36 songs, containing exclusive + rare tracks/remixes from bands like KMFDM, Suicide Commando, Komor Kommando, Angelspit, Aesthetic Perfection and many others! The Industrial/Electro Edition was compiled by Jet, Deathwish, Cliff Cage and End: The DJ. You can find the album here.
Here is the full tracklist:
1) Aesthetic Perfection - The Bitter Years (Straftanz Remix)
2) KMFDM - Come On Go Off (Rotersand Remix)
3) Be My Enemy - New Wave (Club Remix)
4) Angelspit - Princess Chaos (Metafakt Remix)
5) Mindless Faith - I'm Pretty Much Fucked (Wired Remix)
6) Komor Kommando - Predator (Northborne Mix)
7) Xperiment - Bloodgame
8) Dismantled - Disease (VF Mix)
9) System Syn - Chemical (Alter Der Ruine Mix)
10) Surgyn - Sever (Soman Remix - VF Version)
11) Massiv In Mensch - Transformation III (Feat. vx and mind.in.a.box)
12) 16 Volt - Fight or Flight
13) BlakOPz - Its Not Human v2.0
14) Suicide Commando - Die Motherfucker Die (Mentalsiege Mix)
15) The Great Americon - Blank
16) Uberbyte - Gott Mit Oontz
17) Jakalope - Witness (Sin City Mix by HiJacker)
18) iVardensphere - Virus (Outbreak)
19) Blood on the DanceFloor - My Gift & My Curse (James Egbert Mix)
20) Ludovico Technique - This Life (Remix by Pretender)
21) Left Spine Down - Ready or Not (Zardonic Mix)
22) Sin DNA - Afterlife
23) Life Cried - Hallowed Be Thy Name (genCAB Mix)
24) Mighty Mike Saga vs. Mindbender - Rise (Imperial Mix)
25) Fear Generator - Elektronik Pain
26) Heresy Theory - Hold Me Down (Jump Mix)
27) Technikult Of Flesh - Electro Bitch
28) Blue Stahli - Corner (Lost Sitar Mix V3.0 by TweakerRay)
29) Common Man Down - Your Flesh
30) Ok-ztein-Ok - Ok-ztein-Ok
31) Terrorkode - Sew My Eyes (feat. Javi Ssagittar from Terrolokaust)
32) The Gothsicles - INFL8-R (XuberX Mix)
33) 3kStatic - Black Body Radiator
34) Human Factors Lab - As The Church Bell Chimes
35) Empusa - Fallujah (Life and Death Mix)
36) Fearpassage - Our Children (Father Mix by Dyskhord)
Last night at about the same time as the Pukkelpop disaster in Belgium (so far 5 confirmed death and 140 wounded due to a short but heavy unforseen local storm), the reknowned German punk & wave club Zwischenfall burned down.
According to Zwischenfall's facebook-page the fire started at around 19.00 in the roof of the building that houses the club. Lightning is probably the cause.
The roof has completely collapsed onto the first floor that resided the main hall of the club. The damage has still to be assessed, but the fear has risen that together with the fire the extinguishing water has ruined the main part of the club.
So far no victims have been reported.
Our heart goes out to both the Zwischenfall owners and the victims and their families & friends plus the organisers of the Pukkelpop disaster.
(picture courtesy of Andre Mels)
Daniel Graves, the founder and sole creative member of AESTHETIC PERFECTION, announced today that he has signed his signature project to Out Of Line Records in Europe and Metropolis Records in North America.
Both labels will be releasing All Beauty Destroyed,his fourth album, in November of this year.
There will be a standard single CD edition and a limited double CD version. "There's an intentional irony in having a band called "Aesthetic Perfection" and naming your album All Beauty Destroyed," notes Graves "It's this struggle between personas, the dark and the light, the Jekyll and the Hyde."
Fans of Grave's previous albums won't be disappointed as All Beauty Destroyed continues in the dance floor tradition set by A Violent Emotion, Close To Human and Blood Spills Not Far From The Wound (recorded as Necessary Response), though with this new album, things take a decidedly darker and more sinister turn. "The Devil's In The Details", the first single self-released by Graves in a special hand-packaged CD and as a downloadable track in the Rock Band Network showcased the evolved sound that Graves expounds on with the new release.
The second single, "Inhuman", with its synthesized chant of No hope, No pain, No loss, No gain, is bound to keep DJs satisfied with its pulsing rhythm and shout-along vocals. "Under Your Skin", arguably the most unique track on the album, was recorded using no instruments other than Grave's multi layered voice. The title track features piano accompaniment from Panzer AG's Lauren Krothe and is the closest thing to a ballad as one can expect from Grave's twisted mind.
Aesthetic Perfection's live incarnation, which includes drummer Tim Van Horn, recently wrapped up its first headline tour of the USA (with support from Germany's Faderhead) and included a blistering sold-out performance at Los Angeles' legendary club Das Bunker.
The band is preparing for their first headline tour of the UK in November and will be announcing additional European dates shortly.
This constant touring, including previous runs supporting Combichrist, Imperative Reaction, S.I.T.D., Grendel and others have cemented Aesthetic Perfection's hard earned reputation as a powerful live force in the electro-industrial scene.
All Beauty Destroyed promises to be the darkest and most dynamic piece of work Graves has created.
As the LA Indy Media Blog notes, "Aesthetic Perfection is more than just rain in the desert, more than just food to a starving man: it is like having a friend jump into the fray as I am getting my butt kicked by 12 or 13 faceless stinking zombies."
Medical Records is happy to announce that MR-009 will be Lou Champagne System "No Visible Means".
It should be out in about a month or so (likely less).
Here is the description:
Originally self-released in 1984 on Pterodactyl Records, “No Visible Means” is the work of Canada’s own Lou Champagne.
Lou Champagne was active the Ontario music scene and also performed with other local musicians from that region as well.
The “Lou Champagne System” was the real-time guitar synth solo act of Lou Champagne. Due to his knowledge of electronics, he was able to link his guitar, synth, and synthetic drums into a working one-man solo act that was playable with floor switches and pedals.
The overall effect was the sound of a full band. “No Visible Means” was recorded in 1981-1982 and mixed in 1983.
It consists of 9 works of unrelenting sonic bliss.
The music can be described as synth-heavy, textural punk with a very diverse palette of styles drizzled in for a truly unique listening experience.
“Don’t Say I’m Here” opens the album with a bang showcasing Lou’s angular guitar effects and emotionally powered vocals.
“Propaganda Frustration” is a thick, modulated affair with overtones of minimal disco and motorik motifs that commands attention on the dark dancefloor.
“Machine Muzik” is a standout track with effects-laden jagged guitar hooks drenched in a haze of electronics.
From beginning to end, “No Visible Means” is a synth-punk masterpiece and will surely appeal to connoisseurs of the darker, synth-based outer limits of post-punk and jagged guitar-heavy new wave.
Available in the past only in limited quantities from Mr. Champagne himself, “No Visible Means” has been long out of print.
Medical Records is proud to reissue this LP with original reproduction artwork. Original ¼” analog tapes were restored, transferred, and remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA.
This reissue is officially licensed from Lou Champagne.
LP also includes original “nuclear circuit map” as an additional insert (with lyrics on flipside of insert).
Presented on high quality 180gram white vinyl in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies.
Take tribal drums, mix with pounding analogue synths and a killer club sound and what do you get?
Welcome to iVardensphere.
The new album, APOK, finds iVardensphere exploring different aspects of their sound, from dance floor stomping powernoise to more exotic flavors of tribal drumming blended with elements of trip-hop and a club-pleasing analog synth bumping EBM sound. APOK, iVardensphere's first release on Metropolis Records, also takes the band's passion for collaborations to a whole new level, bringing in guest artists including I:Scintilla, Caustic, God Module, and This Morn' Omina as well as featuring remixes by SKOLD, ESA, releveleR and Pull Out Kings.
Release Date: 8th November 2011
