A SPELL INSIDE are back with a bang! 5 years after their smashing album „Loginside“ now „Autopilot“ is arranging for soaring flights of music. 13 brandnew songs which are proving that A SPELL INSIDE still are one of the german top acts in the synth-pop genre. In the past the band used to contribute one german song to each album. But now they are doing the opposite thing. As a result of an internet voting this time there are 12 german and only 1 english song on „Autopilot“.
Medical Records presents two of the most striking and iconic reissues in its catalog. The first of the two Severed Heads reissues is 1983’s “Since The Accident”. Severed Heads are one of the most diverse and expert sound palette engineers and are also repeatedly overlooked and far underrated. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, they formed in 1979. The band was composed of many different members though it’s existence but Tom Ellard has always been the constant since 1979 when he joined the band. The group’s early recordings were characterized by manipulated tape loop experiments, cleverly modulated noise elements and repetition. This period is very well suited to the early industrial period. Over time, the sounds morphed into more melodic leanings with pop elements and more prominent synth leads and backbone. “Since The Accident” was released in 1983 on UK “Ink” records.
The LP exemplifies the transition point between experimental structure and loops into the catchy pop hooks that would later define such releases as “Rotund For Success”. Difficult to classify, it is a masterpiece of electronic music. The opening track “Relic Of The Empire” is a slow sequenced magnificent piece with time-stretched samples overlaid with multiple tracks to create a symphony quite unlike anything heard before. The hit “Dead Eyes Opened” (charted in 1985 as a single) is a dance floor friendly track with crafted synth hooks fused with bursts of noise intertwining with interesting vocal samples. “Gashing The Old Mae West” is a perfect example of how the record can take a dark turn into the style of the earlier Sev Heads with jagged industrial crunched out tape loops and folding in and out samples. Though signed to 80’s industrial label icon Nettwerk in North America and often classified in the same vein, these records are not easily definable and actually have a life of their own.
Though commonly misclassified with a lot of the late 80s industrial/goth scene (as well as touring with Skinny Puppy at one point), Severed Heads would be more accurately in good company with acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, early Coil, Chris & Cosey (and CTI), and the like. Long out of print and a rarity on the collector’s market, it is presented with original repro jacket. Remastered by Tom Ellard form the original source masters. Presented on high-quality 180gram heavyweight black and white vinyl. Features bonus LP insert compiled by Tom Ellard with ephemera from the time. Limited Edition.
AU REVOIR SIMONE announce European live dates and share new video for 'More Than'
Following a sold-out show at The Garage in February, Au Revoir Simone will return to London on 21st June for a performance at the Electric Ballroom as part of the Camden Crawl. The show will be in the middle of a string of European dates:
17th June - La Gaîté lyrique , Paris
18th June - Magnolia Summerstage, Milan
19th June - Bolognetti, Bologna
20th June - Villa Aperta 2014, Rome
21st June - Camden Crawl @ Electric Ballroom, London
11th July - Optimus Alive, Lisbon
12th July - Les Ardentes Festival, Liege
The band have also shared the video for their single 'More Than', which captures their own footage from recent tours around the world. They've said of the video:
"People are always asking us what being on tour is like and how it feels to get to travel to so many different countries and meet so many new people, so we thought that a great way to share our experience is by filming some of it and turning it into a video. This video is a collaboration of all the footage the three of us shot while on tour in Tokyo, Sweden, Switzerland, and London. We wanted to capture the frenetic pace of nightlife, the eclectic scenery of each venue, and all the fun people who show up every night and make our jobs so rewarding and awesome."
Their latest album ‘Move in Spectrums’ was produced by the band and Violens’ Jorge Elbrecht and saw Au Revoir Simone – consisting of Heather D’Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart – create some of the finest songs the band have recorded. Having each taken a break after touring their last album ‘Still Night, Still Light’, they individually started writing again. Eventually, they shared their creations with each other; the result produced the sort of excitement and magical chemistry that has always marked the friendship between these three ladies. They swiftly became engulfed in creating another record. ‘Move in Spectrums’ is an honest refraction of three lives weaving together in a thirst for life, sensation, truth and love.
Out now is the new SCHWARZBLUT "album Gebeyn aller Verdammten" (Eng: Bones of the damned). This album, a must have for Das Ich and Laibach fans, is their 3rd full-length album and offers upbeat material full of raw synths combined with film score-like orchestrations.
The album includes texts by 17th, 18th and 19th century poets and philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807-1887) and Moritz Graf von Strachwitz (1822-1847). Although being their most up-tempo album ever, "Gebeyn aller Verdammten" features the band’s most prominent classical arrangements to date.
"Gebeyn aller Verdammten" is available in a CD and 2CD version including the 8-track remix bonus disk ‘Korperreliquien’ with remixes from CONSUMERJUNK, ANGELS & AGONY, NOCX, HELALYN FLOWERS, STURM VS PASZ, AESTHETISCHE, ZEON and CARSTEN ALTENA. For ANGELS & AGONY this is their first reappearance in years and hopefully also means their comeback..
SCHWARZBLUT was founded in 2007 and signed with Alfa Matrix in 2009.Through Alfa Matrix the band released the EP "Sehlenwolf" (2009), their debut album "Das Mausoleum" (2010) and their sophomore full-length release "Maschinenwesen" (2012). Early 2014 Schwarzblut returned to the scene with the 5-track EP "Bis aufs Blut", which was also teaser for this new album.
The band’s goal is an inflammable cocktail of partly structured, partly improvised energy. But in the end the band is about rock. And roll, if you wish. Never a f*** dull moment. If you are the kind of person that needs labels, try ‘guerrilla rock’ or ‘post punk’ for size. Betonfraktion is streetwise. All the more, not to say mostly because the street is were they find their lyrics. Not meant to be a metaphor, this. Swarth picks up scraps, literally. Hastily written scrawls, love poems, snorters, you name it. No matter how filthy they look. There’s no sense in discriminating rubbish! Frank Crijns, guitar & devices
Marzj, drums
Störsender Swarth, voice & noise
Music by Frank Crijns
Lyrics by Störsender Swarth
Recorded by Niels Duffhues @ Bunker Hollow Studio
Mixed and mastered by Joris Bonis & Betonfraktion @ Sonis
TRACKLISTING:
1. Synthetic Anti-Riot Speech #2 (Medium Strength)
2. Dynamite, Dynamite
3. Rattle Your Brain
4. De Slingerlul (Just the Muscle)
