Backwards to re-issue Maurizio Bianchi & Ryan Martin's 'As Strong As Death Is'
For roughly the past 40 years, the cryptic tally of works by Maurizio Bianchi has formulated a somewhat religious rite of passage, a communion of tone and definition based around his various devotional phases in his life. Coming to the forefront of industrial music and noise composition in the late 1970’s, just as the world was recovering from the jarring wake left behind by groups such as Throbbing Gristle and Whitehouse, Bianchi was bundled within the zeitgeist of extreme experimentation due to the use of provocative subject matter and sonic assault. Though by 1983, Maurizio Bianchi seemed to have “disappeared” after conflicting releases and disappointing acceptance amongst his peers. It was not until the mid-90’s when Maurizio Bianchi resurfaced, now with a focus on spiritual guidance and restraint, that he released varied recordings of his newly sculpted ambient works and re-visitations of his now classic albums from the previous decade. Up until present day, Bianchi has enjoyed a renaissance of interest in part due to his expansive reissues of previous works and his dedication to new recordings, which state that Bianchi is still a zenith in the world of the experimental electronic music.
Around 2008, New York City based artist / musician Ryan Martin, of industrial outfit York Factory Complaint andCopley Medal, started correspondence with Bianchi about the reissue of his mechanically clinical ambient masterpiece, Endometrio, for release on Martin’s co-founded imprint, Dais Records. During this time, Martin was forming his own solo label to release private edition works under the title Robert & Leopold and asked Bianchi to present his recent exploratory violin compositions as the label’s debut release. Since that time, Bianchi and Martin have collaborated in various forms including the release of Bianchi’s recent exploration, Arkeomene, and the featuring of Martin’s artwork on the cover of Bianchi’s contentious single, Amentest. Most notably however was the complex and deliberate musical collaboration between the two entitled
As Strong As Death Is.
Spanning the course of two years to write and create, composers Maurizio Bianchi and Ryan Martin took on the pilgrimage of scoring the abstract concept of marriage based on the biblical Song of Solomon. Employing a variety of prepared electronics and conventional instruments along with accompanying strings, tapes and sampled recordings, this abstract collaboration seeks to flesh out the union, to understand the universal desire to be one and explore the yearning for partnership.
Constricted lullabies walk down the aisle to create a consortium of moving, ghost-like haunted consolidation. Mixed and edited by Anthony Mangicapra (Hoor-paar-Kraat) and mastered by Kris Lapke (Alberich / Hospital Productions). Recorded in both New York City and Opera, Italy between the years 2010 and 2012, which saw its initial release in 2013 as a limited double cassette on Martin's own Robert & Leopold imprint in an edition of 100 copies, which quickly went out of print. Italy-based label Backwards has now reissued this manuscript in the form of a double LP vinyl release for listeners in 2016.
Faces On tv debut ep is a collection of hitsingles including "Love/dead" and the new STUBRU Hotshot single and titletrack "Traveling Blind"! Its a 5 song masterclass EP and all 5 songs are potential hitsingles! And this is just the beginning! Faces On Tv is the coming band of 2016! Not only because of his hi crafted singles with a Balthazar quality stamp on it or his major talent to produce singles, but also because Faces On Tv is the only Belgian artist who is just 27 years old and is responsible for at least 15 breakthru album productions in 2015/2016, such as Jef Neve, Gabriel Rios, Bazart, Soldier's Heart, Marble Sounds, Douglas Firs, Warhola, Nordmann, Glints and last but not least the first solo album of Maarten Devoldere of Balthazar called Warhaus!
Warhaus is produced/mixed by Faces On Tv's Jasper Maekelberg and there the story does not end! Jasper will also join the WARHAUS band on tour sept/oct 2016 thru Europe! Faces On Tv is not only a local phenomenan! With hitsingle Love/Dead, Faces On Tv expanded his unique sound cross borders into Holland, Italy, France, UK, Poland, USA etc....Music blogs/sites across Europe have cheered Faces On Tv as the new band from Belgium with a sound so unique that a new style is born: trip pop deluxe! Faces On Tv is here and we will know it by the hits they leave behind:-)
Love’s Labour’s Lost from Mainz, Germany, have just released their latest Mini-CD In the night… In the dark.
After their debut EP Lost in 2005, a Single called Goldstaub and a second EP named Resurgence the 4 guys show once more that Gothic Rock isn’t dead! They represent a modern piece of the old Goth melancholy with its dark guitar sounds and profound lyrics.
The band was found in 2003 and has played together with bands such as The Birthday Massacre or Coppelius and also performed on the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig twice. Thomas, O.M.A., Torch (ex Saltatio Mortis) and Robert are going to play another show on July, 1st in Oberhausen together with Then Comes Silence.
Feel free to listen to Good Morning-Midnight from the new EP here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha-YbiUYSGo
LLL on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Loves-Labours-Lost-112069495597/?fref=ts
The German Electro project System Noire is about to release their debut Single On The Other Side on June 18th via darkTunes.
The record offers 5 tracks. Besides the theme song, who is featuring Henrik Iversen of NamNamBulu who lent his voice for this danceable Electro smasher, the Single contains remixes by ES23, Desastroes, Binary Division and Electronic Frequency.
As it is limited to 50 copies, hurry up and secure yours here: order@systemnoire.de
2 Years have passed since the release of the eponymous debut LP Angels Die Hard. A period that has been all but quiet and restful for Thomas, Rob and Alex.
Rob has been travelling barefoot with nothing more than his sling bag to draw rivers and soccer stadiums all over the world and had some time to record an album full of steel drumming along with a group of singing Myanmar army officers.
Thomas and Alex started a flute/marimba duo-project and did a short Asian tour as a support act for some a-list artists (like Enya), but they got fired after 2 gigs.
Thomas then picked up his old profession as a tree inspector (mostly bamboo) and spent a month meditating in a small cave near Kyoto, eating nothing but honey, brought in by the bees that also lived there.
Alex moved to Thailand to produce 3 female friendly police action movies. There was no dialogue in the movies. The movies were simply called (in order of release): A, D & H. The movies went straight to DVD.
Early 2015 the band wanted to record music to express their feelings of happiness and love for each other. They came together to record their new album with the aid of Elko Blijweert and Jan Stoop. Alain Rylant helped them out with some percussion and also did a lecture about knives.
Resulting in 7 songs, brought together on a vinyl only release. The name of the album: 'Mood Ring'.
'Mood Ring' will be released on May 20th through via Heaven Hotel and distributed by Sonic Rendez-Vous (Benelux). In UK the album will be released on July 1st via Jezus Factory and distributed by Shellshock.
ANGELS DIE HARD will present their new album 'MOOD RING' 22nd of MAY @ BOOT TENACE (Lobroekdok) in ANTWERP at 8.00 PM. Other live dates to be announced soon!
