Electro-Industrial artist SPANKTHENUN reveals their MIND CONTROL EP & Leaether Strip Remix Visualizer
8th August 8 2019: USA electro/industrial artist SPANKTHENUN proudly announces the release of their digital EP, Mind Control. The EP features remixes by Leaether Strip and iVardensphere. Also revealed is the new visualizer clip for the Leaether Strip remix of the song, "Rotting Meat."
This is the second of three releases leading up to the full-length Initial Decay Control release. The deepest cut on this release is the long unreleased live favourite "Spiderbaby"… this, a new glitchy interpretation of the track inspired by the cult classic movie TETSUO: THE IRON MAN.
For fans of: Nine Inch Nails, Ministry and KMFDM
"It's a rarity in this scene to have a band or project that perfectly exemplifies both insanely hard work and professional, quality output. SPANKTHENUN does exactly that. Simply put, SPANKTHENUN is a swift kick in the balls of electronic/industrial music."
- NoiseBeneathTheSnow.com
Biography:
SPANKTHENUN is an electro/industrial group focused on bringing big catchy beats, hooky synth lines and catchy lyrics to dark music. Sometimes you will get pulsing EBM designed to shake the club, like the collaboration with legendary EBM band Leæther Strip, "Rotting Meat (Mind Control)." Or you will get an old-school Industrial beat programmed like a trap/hip hop beat with a vocal track reminiscent of early goth and industrial records from decades past, like "The Clock" from their initial release Regression Complex now on Spotify and iTunes.
SPANKTHENUN doesn't plan to release music in the traditional cadence of single, single and then album. SPANKTHENUN will release smaller EPs and singles to highlight themes and concepts. No filler here, all meat! Only massive beats!
Releases will also come via social media and YouTube or releases directly to radio shows. SPANKTHENUN will release videos and cuts of unreleased songs and then will pull them from the public forever. Right now you can hear exclusive remixes only through certain playlists on streaming services and on YouTube.
The bootleg is back! SPANKTHENUN will release unofficial remixes and reconstructs of other musicians songs too. Right now you can hear the blistering club banger of GOD MODULE's - "First Last Wish," unofficial, not approved, reworked and reimagined by SPANKTHENUN... only on social channels.
SPANKTHENUN is working with some of the most respected names in the Industrial/EBM/Electro business, as well as hip hop and EDM/House producers to develop a unique energetic and exciting new sound.
Zeroes is the third single from Danish ebm/synth/electro outfit M73. M73 is John R. Mirland known as the composer and producer of Am Tierpark, Negant, Mirland and many other projects. M73 features Mirland not only composing and producing but also as a vocalist. “Zeroes” is a song about digital loneliness and fake online relationships set to the sound of M73s take on classic ebm and dark electro.
The single is mastered by John R. Mirlands Am Tierpark bandmate Claus Larsen of Leæther Strip/Klutae.
Post-Punk Act VAZUM Releases Video For Their Cover of BAUHAUS' 'She's In Parties'
Detroit-based post-punk/dark rock act VAZUM is pleased to reveal the video of their cover of the classic Bauhaus track "She's In Parties." The track appears on their new release, VARIANT available digitally via Bandcamp.
For fans of: Bauhaus, Joy Division & REM
VARIANT also features a cover of Bauhaus' "The Passion Of Lovers", the video can be viewed HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyINudjkxq4
"The band lavishly gifts us with larger-than-life melodies and godlike riffs, embracing the future through the past! "
- Last Day Deaf
"Some perfect imperfect rough ‘n’ ready noise for a generation of angry, hard-hitting noise-alt-rock packed with raging guitars and post-punk vocals that will appeal to fans of Basement, Interpol and/or A Place To Bury Strangers. This is energy, and anger in its purest, most valid form."
- Soundsphere
BIOGRAPHY:
VAZUM is a dark-rock band from Detroit, MI. Since forming in 2017 they have independently released 3 albums. Their most recent one, VARIANT, draws on the band's post-punk and goth influences, featuring covers of the Bauhaus classics "She's in Parties" and "The Passion of Lovers. "
VAZUM is led by Zach Pliska who has previously played drums in a myriad of Detroit bands. Wanting to step to the forefront he sings and plays guitar in VAZUM. Pliska is joined by Zachary Anderson on guitar and Michael O'Connor on bass who both contribute to the songwriting process. The band has a wide range of influences and is further pursuing different directions to take their music.
Full-length release VARIANT available as Name Your Own Price via Bandcamp
Today, it’s exactly 32 years ago that Nitzer Ebb released Join In The Chant (12mute64 / 10th August 1987).
It was the 3rd and last single to be taken from their debut album That Total Age. Like the album this 7” / 12” was released by the renowned British label Mute Records. The song hit #9 on the US dance chart in 1987 and became a Balearic Beat anthem in clubs around the world. Even to this day this track is still a dance floor filler.
Tracklist 12"
A1. Join In The Chant (Burn!) - Remix by Phil Harding
B1. Join In The Chant (Gold!) - Remix by Miller*, Flood
B2. Join In The Chant (Lies! - Instrumental)
Lyrics
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Guns, guns, guns, guns
Fire, fire, fire
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Church, church, church, church
Guns, guns, guns, guns
Fire, fire, fire
Muscle and hate
Muscle and hate
Muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Books, books, books, books
Burn, burn, burn, burn
Fire, fire, fire
ANNOUNCES VINYL REISSUE OF ‘EXSOLVE’ / RELEASED 4TH OCTOBER
TOURING WITH EMMA RUTH RUNDLE IN SEPTEMBER
Internationally acclaimed composer and virtuoso cellist Jo Quail has today launched her own label AdderStone Records with the first release being the vinyl re-issue of last year’s album ‘Exsolve’. Released on 4th October the double vinyl edition of ‘Exsolve' has been specially remastered for this format, and includes a brand new (fourth) track 'Reya Pavan’. Jo comments,
I set up AdderStone Records largely as a vehicle for my own releases, and 'Exsolve' as a special edition, double vinyl will be my first. The idea of my own label has been in discussion for a while but in the last 12 months my profile has grown and this seems like a great way to draw attention to my previous albums for a new audience. I love the metal festivals and bands I’ve been part of this year but my influences are wide and eclectic. I want to maintain my own identity and I hope drawing my work together under Adderstone Records can aid that.
I intend to work backwards through my albums to make vinyl re-mastered editions of now-sold-out earlier releases, with Five Incantations coming out in early 2020, including a very special bonus track.
In the future I'd like to record and release some of my orchestral and ensemble works through AdderStone Records. I've always been independent and self-released, and I'm very happy to continue doing so until such time as I can't carry everything to the post office every day (!) though a logical step in the future will be to look for a partner in distribution. It is an ambitious undertaking to set up AdderStone Records and put out these releases but at the same time it feels good and right to have a 'home' for my music.' I have very talented people around me whose opinions I value and trust and who will always offer salient advice so I don’t feel I’m alone.
Whether it’s a CD or vinyl the overall look and feel of the finished package is all part of it for me and I value being able to maintain control of that area of production. The artwork, sleeve notes and packaging are a part of the whole creative process and as such I feel should reflect the individual journey of each album in the various stages of composing, recording and producing the music and I refuse to compromise on this ethos. All of my CD releases have been uniquely packaged with several layers within the artwork itself, there for discovery should you so wish! With the physically larger format offered by vinyl sleeves I can be even more detailed with my packaging, which might be difficult to do under someone else’s label.
Over the past few years Jo Quail has been touring extensively across Europe performing alongside the likes of Boris, Amenra, Caspian, God is an Astronaut, Myrkur, MONO, Årabrot, and Winterfylleth. Festival performances include ArcTanGent, WGT, Dunk!, Tramlines Festival, Handmade Festival, two separate concerts at the invitation of Robert Smith for his curation of the Southbank's Meltdown Festival and most recently Hellfest. To support the release of this re-issue Jo will be touring the UK with Emma Ruth Rundle, followed by an appearance at Damnation Festival in Leeds.
‘Exsolve’ was originally recorded with Chris Fielding at Skyhammer Studios (Electric Wizard, Primordial, Witchsorrow) and released in November 2018 leading to coverage from the likes of Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, Echoes and Dust, Zero Tolerance, Cross Eyed Pianist and Distorted Sound. Most recently Jo was nominated in the Limelight category at the upcoming Progressive Music Awards. Commenting on the artwork for the vinyl re-issue Jo adds,
'The packaging is beautiful, featuring the original artwork of Christian Fletcher, the cover is embossed and debossed, the sleeves and inserts contain imagery from Simon Kallas plus my own notation, and there is a new set of accompanying sleeve notes from Adrian Ainsworth.'
As with the original three tracks on Exsolve new piece 'Reya Pavan' began from the same thematic motif with Jo stating, 'I worked with this, played with this, improvised around this and found, as with all the tracks, that this starting motif didn't actually feature in the finished work. I wanted to pay tribute if you like to this thematic inspiration, so I have handwritten 'Maquette' as I've named it, and included this as sheet music for solo cello within the sleeve of the vinyl edition.’
Pre-orders for the vinyl re-issue of ‘Exsolve’ coming soon via - http://www.adderstonerecords.co.uk/
Tracklisting:
1) Forge - Of Two Forms
2) Mandrel Cantus
3) Causleen's Wheel
4) Reya Paven
JO QUAIL UK LIVE DATES:
26th September, The Exchange, Bristol w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
27th September, Brudenell Social Club, Leeds w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
28th September, Beta, Nottingham w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
29th September, The Dome, London w/ Emma Ruth Rundle
2nd November, Damnation Festival, Leeds
14th December, Village Underground, London w/ Nordic Giants
Press:
‘Jo Quail breathes new life into the cello, for the first time making classical music’s long-standing influence on metal a two-way street’ - Metal Hammer
'Rarely has a “new to these ears” artist caused me to wish to hear everything they’ve ever produced and never miss anything ever again, but Jo Quail is that good’ - Drowned in Sound
‘You’re going to love the album’ - Prog Magazine
'Quail’s effortless virtuosity achieves sheer sonic alchemy’ - Echoes and Dust
http://www.facebook.com/JoQuailCello
Photo Of Jo Quail:- ©SimonKallas2018
https://youtu.be/vZHZl2ARMfI
