Principe Valiente release second album “Choirs Of Blessed Youth”
The Swedish post punk / shoegaze band PRINCIPE VALIENTE and their dark architect Fernando Honorato, mesmerized their listeners with their exceptional self-titled debut album in 2011, resulting in an extensive and successful tour throughout Europe.
Having shared the stage with Peter Hook and The Light, Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) and playing at the WGT Festival in Leipzig (Germany), the band started to prepare their second album "Choirs of Blessed Youth".
Last year part of their new work was unveiled with the singles "Take Me With You" and "She Never Returned", a collaboration with producer Niklas Björklund and star producer Ed Buller who was responsible for their mixing and mastering. The official videos of both singles were produced by Videomaskinen (Tony Ahola, Niklas Kärreskog).
With "Choirs of Blessed Youth" PRINCIPE VALIENTE have managed to make an irresistibly beautiful and intense continuation of what was started in their debut album. Resting in the shadowy arms of melancholy, their refined sound glistens with a coating of elegant darkness captivating the listener’s heart.
Tracklist
01. The Son I’ll Never Be
02. Take Me With You
03. She Never Returned
04. The Dream
05. Wasted Time
06. The Fighting
07. Choir Of Blessed Youth
08. Fiction
09. Dying To Feel Alive
10. Temporary Men
11. Flower In You
Harsh EBM legends Grendel will be touring North America with the Ludovico Technique and DJ Electronic Commando. The tour starts July 26th in New York City and ending in Tampa, FL the end of August. The tour will be a total of 27 dates going though most of the USA and parts of Canada and Mexico.
VLRK started Grendel in 1997. To date Grendel has released four studio albums and four EPs. They have had numerous hit songs that are staples in the EBM scene. Grendel has also held top positions on the DAC and GEWC music charts.
The Ludovico Technique are rising stars in the EBM music scene. Their debut album "Some Things Are Beyond Therapy" was received well by critics and fans alike. Recent they released a remixed album called "We Came To Wreck Everything" containing remixes by artists like Aesthetic Perfection, Shiv-r, God Module and many more.
7/26/2014 New York City @ Stimulate/Cybertron
7/27/2014 Buffalo @ Broadway Joe's
7/29/2014 Omaha @ Hideout
7/30/2014 Denver @ Casselman's
8/1/2014 Los Angeles @ Das Bunker
8/2/2014 Tijuana @ Club Respekt
8/3/2014 San Francisco @ DNA Lounge
8/5/2014 Seattle @ Highline
8/6/2014 Portland @ Ash Street Saloon
8/8/2014 Salt Lake City @ Area 51
8/9/2014 Phoenix @ Horns&Halos Heat
8/12/2014 Austin @ Elysium
8/13/2014 Houston @ Numbers
8/14/2014 Dallas @ Boiler Room
8/15/2014 Oklahoma City @ Voodoo Lounge
8/16/2014 8/16/2014 St. Louis @ Crack Fox
8/18/2014 St. Paul @ Amsterdam
8/19/2014 Chicago @ Cobra Lounge
8/20/2014 Detroit @ Smalls
8/21/2014 Toronto @ Velvet Underground
8/22/2014 Pittsburgh @ Thunderbird Cafe
8/23/2014 Wilmington @ Asylum 13 3rd Anniversary Bash
8/24/2014 Richmond @ Fallout
8/25/2014 Atlanta @ Masquerade
8/26/2014 Jacksonville @ Eclipse
8/27/2014 West Palm Beach @ Respectable Street
8/28/2014 Tampa @ Orpheum
Zola Jesus has announced details of a brand new album, Taiga, out on 6 October 2014. Mute is proud to welcome Zola Jesus to our worldwide roster.
Nika, the 25-year-old behind Zola Jesus’ creative incarnations, is a singer, sole songwriter and producer. Written on Vashon Island, WA and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Dean Hurley, Taiga follows the widely celebrated albums, Versions (2013) and Conatus (2011). This is Nika’s fourth full-length album release and the first single from the forthcoming 11-track album is ‘Dangerous Days’,
In regards to the album title, Nika explains, “Taiga is the Russian name for the boreal forest. For me it feels very alive… very expansive. It represents a feral, untapped world that could happily exist without us. There are taiga forests in Northern Wisconsin where I was raised, and also in Russia where my ancestors are from, so it also feels very native.”
Liberated in the present and connected to the past, this album is a transition for Zola Jesus. Masterful layers of composition are bathed in familiar atmospheric vocals, but a new sensibility is deeply present. Taiga is at once challenging and accessible, and is undeniably branded with what Nika terms a “piercing ambition.” Such encompassing purpose, she explains, would be impossible without a newfound sense of artistic self. The album is a declaration of that purpose; one faced with jarring clarity in both its content and production. Nika summates, “For me, it feels like my true debut, because it is the first time I have felt so open and liberated.”
RepoRecords is very happy to announce that Funker Vogt - Mastermind Gerrit Thomas has again
chosen RepoRecords for the re-release of his backcatalogue titles, just as he did in the past.
Survivor is one of the most important releases of the cult band Funker Vogt and finally it is available
on CD again.
The limited Collector's Edition comes in a 3 CD digipak, containing the following releases:
Survivor, Revivor, Date of Expiration, Red Queen (feat. Joke Jay of And One) plus divers
bonus material, rare and unreleased tracks.
Completed by a detailed booklet with all original artworks and for the first time including all lyrics.
Altogether 42 tracks can be found on this 3 CD Collector's Edition, presenting everything a fan would ask for.
Especially for new and younger fans of Funker Vogt this is a good chance to complete their collection.
Fans will find the classic club-hits like „Date of Expiration“, „Final Thrill“ und „History“ which are still present
in the current playlists of the DJs and which are still played live at the Funker Vogt concerts. Moreover this
Collector’s Edition contains the extremely rare tracks like "Refugees", "Whenever a Child dies" and the
B-sides "Second World", "Chessmen's Square" and "Traumatic Event". The aforementioned track can also
be found as a remix by the famous GOA-expert DJ-Bim.
For the first time, the listener will get a view behind the scenes and can discover the evolution of a song from
the very first demo-edit (Fallen Man and Final Thrill) towards the final version.
And as if this is not already enough, the Revivor CD presents the interpretation of the Survivor songs by famous
scene acts like Icon of Coil, Dance or Die, Haujobb or T.O.Y.
With the release of The High Wire's new album 'Found In Honey' just three weeks away, the trio are pleased to share new track 'Angelspeech'.
The track showcases the London-based outfit's collective harmonies - also heard on new single 'LNOE' - with its clear electro-pop influences contrasted with twinkling keys. Listen here.
‘Found In Honey’ was produced by The High Wire, Andy Rugg and Rik Simpson (PJ Harvey, Portishead) and was recorded at Coldplay’s Beehive Studio in London. While R&B, psychedelia, shoegaze and folk can all be heard on the record - it’s the pop influences that resonate loudest, with key nods to 60s Motown, New Order, Soul II Soul and Gorillaz.
The High Wire began as a solo vehicle for singer/songwriter Tim Crompton. Soon after the completion of debut album ‘Ahead of the Rain’ in 2008, the line up expanded and now counts west coast Canadian Alexia Hagen and UK native Ross Forrest as core members alongside Crompton. The band released their second album 'The Sleep Tape' in 2010.
