True Zebra aka Belgian sound & vision wizard Kevin Strauwen, releases his 3rd album "War of the words".
His first single ‘Everything is mediocre’ is out now on Youtube. (see below)
The full album will be released on May 27 with Electrock Recordings.
Known for his DIY - attitude and internationally praised for his previous releases, ‘Adoremotion’ and ‘Debut /// True Zebra‘ , with this album he pushes the boundaries of his edgy alternative view on the electronic rock & dance scene even further into tighter-grooves, industrial-esque rhythms and spookish melodies with a nerve.
Album will be available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, Tidal and everything else.
Limited edition hard copy (every cover is unique) pre-order available at: http://truezebra.bandcamp.com
‘War of the words’ was conceived in a living room surrounded by skunks in the shadow of Los Angeles' Griffith observatory.
Inspired by the city noises around the observatory at night, Kevin started writing and recording his new album.
He decided to sample L.A. and incorporate those noises into his songs.
After a two months stay in Los Angeles Kevin returned to his hometown of Leuven (BE) with a hard-drive full of ideas,
electronic rhythms and sampled noises. If you expect to hear the sunny side of LA, think again…
With a minimal state of mind and focused at the emotions fighting low self-esteem, attacks of progression, the album resulted in 10 tracks that will move the dark backbone of your soul.
“War Of The Words” became a dark futuristic journey into the seeds of depression, the acknowledgement of those causes and the start of a transformation into the unknown.
Dark Passenger, the ninth album from electro-industrial duo Decoded Feedback, explores the darkest secrets buried deep inside us all. It is a grim shadow that follows us throughout our lives and we reveal it only to those we truly trust. Dark Passenger takes us on a shadowy and euphoric journey of pulsating beats and ambient melodies that begin with the first single, Waiting for the Storm.
Bleib Modern, the German cold wave sensation that surprised us last year with its album Vale Of Tears comes to Mechelen. On Saturday, 7th May the band comes to Mechelen , in the Kamikaze (Douaneplein 7A). The support act is Rock Rally winners Whispering Sons. A concert every Peek- A-Boo reader should note in his diary.
On this Facebook page you will find all information.
Bleib Modern, de Duitse coldwave sensatie die ons vorig jaar verrasten met hun album Vale Of Tears komt naar België. Op zaterdag 7 mei komt de band naar Mechelen, in de Kamikaze ( Douaneplein 7A).
Het voorporogramma is minstens even interessant: de verdiende Rock Rally-winnaars van 2016, Whispering Sons. Een concert dus die iedere Peek-A-Boo in zijn agenda dient te noteren.
Op deze Facebook-pagina vind je alle info.
For the celebration of their 35th anniversary year of existence in 2016, Belgian electronic music pioneers FRONT 242 decided to re-release several of their albums together with Alfa Matrix, their partner in crime over the last 15 years now… These remastered versions showcase FRONT 242’s innovative and unmatched sound in the best audio quality made possible by today's audio technology.
For the occasion of the re-release of the “Pulse + Still & Raw” album, FRONT 242 also decided to release a deluxe collector box edition of “ Pulse” (a judicious track-list selected by Daniel B. as a kind of DJ set…).
The vinyl-sized carton box features a military camouflage design with a spotted varnish printed FRONT 242 logo and a die-cut “2” across the upper cover (once assembled with the two other limited collector box sets released for the anniversary series, you get the “2-4-2” cut across the 3 box sets).
The “ Pulse” anniversary collector box is strictly limited to 1242 copies and includes the following items:
1 x FRONT 242 “ Pulse” - Gatefold LP (black vinyl - 180 gr)
1 x FRONT 242 “ Pulse” - Carton Sleeve CD (same track list as the vinyl LP)
1 x FRONT 242 « live 2 » (carton sleeve CD) Ancienne Belgique 89. Front By Front : a professionally mixed exclusive15-track live recording from the band’s concert at the legendary Ancienne Belgique in Brussels – Belgium in 1989
1 x FRONT 242 lanyard (white & red printed on black)
1 x laminated « Pulse » live pass
2 x FRONT 242 posters (315mm x 220mm)
1 x V/A - "Sounds From The Matrix 017" (carton sleeve CD): an exclusive Alfa Matrix label compilation featuring 20 label mates of FRONT 242
“Pulse” was originally released in 2003 and is to date the last official studio album of FRONT 242. It gets marketed again this time as a double-CD with the “Still & Raw” Mini-Album as second disc.
Back in 2003, this album really took the FRONT 242 fanbase by surprise, breaking 10 long years of studio silence (besides some side-projects and other live recordings), revealing something new, different and once again absolutely ear-challenging, offering an inspiring look to the future of electronic music. Taking things further and pushing the limits of their machines, the legendary FRONT 242 showed that it was time to move on and that repeating their famous 80’s sound would have been unoriginal and in full contradiction with the band’s adventurous core spirit. “Pulse” being another work of pioneering electronic mastery on which creativity is genuinely abound. A sophisticated album on which the 242 team manipulates their instruments with unmatched dexterity, implementing synths and breakbeats in a quite unique and unpredictable way and bringing unmatched dark and passionate vocals in more subtle and melodic ranges never before demonstrated on FRONT 242 discs…
This is definitely an album that can only be appreciated fully after repeated listens. Simply lose yourself in the atmospheres and rhythms to really decipher and enjoy completely “Pulse” and its accompanying “Still & Raw” mini-Album. So listen carefully…
Third full CD on EE Tapes, honoured and excited!
This charming couple from Wallonia [Benedict G and B. Ghola from Insane Music] started as BeNe GeSSeRiT in 1981 and never stopped making music ever since.
Obviously new studio recording equipment was needed over the years, which remodeled their style but never their true spirit: this is supercool insane music!
We had the privilege to select most of the exclusive tracks for this particular album, a weirdexperience, having no songtitles nor infos at all!
Eccentric ???? Yes Ssssir!!!!
With a little guitar help from Daniel Malempré (M.A.L.) on 2 tracks.
Comes in a 6-panel digipak limited to 400 copies including a 2-sided full-colour photo insert.