PORTION CONTROL – UNREST IN THE GRIME MM013

A selection of outtakes and unreleased demo’s from this U.K electronic cultband.

In a collectors limited edition of 500 hand-numbered vinyl copies , no re-press.

This album includes a FREE cd version, not to be sold seperatly !!

A1. PANCREAS

A2. UNREST IN THE GRIME

A3. HIGH RISE

A4. CLAUSTROPHOBIA

A5. HEY HEY TRIP

B1. VICTORY

B2. ROGUE PRESSURE

B3. PUNCH

B4. NEW SUN

Tracklisting and info at MINIMAL MAXIMAL , a sublabel from www.daft-records.com

Pre – listening and short bio : http://www.bodybeats.be/en/artists/portion-control/

Portion Control is a British electronic and industrial band from South London. The band calls its music style electropunk or hard rhythmic electronics. They have been name checked by Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Orbital, The Prodigy, and others and copied by many other artists.

Portion Control first formed in 1980 and the original incarnation of the group existed until 1987. They released a variety of seminal recordings on a variety of indie labels, some self-produced but mainly on Illuminated Records, as well as Rhythmic Records and Dead Man's Curve. In 1984 the band supported Depeche Mode on their UK and European tour. In early 1987 Portion Control joined the management roster of Tom Watkins and signed a record deal with London Records and promptly vanished. They reformed a few years later as Solar Enemy which survived from 1990 to 1993. Portion Control weren't seen again until 2002 when fansite 319 Online announced a resumption of activities by the band resulting not long after in a free downloadable software demo featuring graphics, a rare remix of an old track, and samples of new material. Nothing else was released by them, however, until early 2004 with the release of the critically acclaimed double album Wellcome (the title inspired by the work of Sir Henry Wellcome). Since then Portion Control have been active with concert and festival appearances as well as multiple releases on a variety of formats.

NUMB – The Valence Of Noise MM014

All their hard to find compilation tracks for the first time compiled on one album.

In a collectors limited edition of 500 hand-numbered vinyl copies , no re-press.

This album includes a FREE cd version, not to be sold seperatly !!

A1. SHITHAMMER (dread & bled mix) 

A2. EUGENE (Pickaxe mix by Pig and Andrew Burton)

A3. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR (theme from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood)

A4. BLOOD ( crash and burn edit )

B1. HALF – LIFE

B2. BLIND (hyper dilated mix) 

B3. SUSPIRIA

B4. STATIK

Tracklisting and info at MINIMAL MAXIMAL , a sublabel from www.daft-records.com

Pre – listening and short bio : http://www.bodybeats.be/en/numb/

NUMB is the brainchild of Don Gordon after his previous musical adventures in Pin-ups, Images In... Vogue (also starring drummer Kevin Crompton a.k.a. Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key) and Proof By Nine. Co-founded with Sean Stubbs and David Hall the band started in 1986 as an art project designed to address issues of social desensitization, releasing their first limited edition cassette “Blue Light” in 1987. 

Their debut selftitled LP came out the same year , a terrifying assortment of emotional assaults: confusion, anger, and alienation taking musical forms and ravaging the senses.

Sean Stubbs/Sean St. Hubbs was the first lead vocalist for NUMB, during the 90's he played drums on several subsequent tours in Europe and the U.S. 

Christmeister, released in 1989, took a much more aggressive stance than their debut. With their electronic approach being augmented by aggressive guitars and lyrics spewed forth in a torrent of tuneful howls from madman Blair Dobson ripped apart the emotional stability of its listeners.

In 1993, NUMB's third CD, “Death On The Installment Plan” was released upon the unsuspecting public. This album was described as a "high-intensity blast of near madness" with guitars, synthetics and vocals by Conan Hunter working in a near-perfect collusion.

The following year, NUMB's mini-CD “Fixate” was released, including remixes from Death On The Installment Plan and several live tracks. 1994 also saw the release of “Wasted Sky”, a post-apocalyptic vision of technology as religion, of truth as virtual reality. 

After Wasted Sky, Don Gordon added The Fourth Man David Collings to its ranks, and had the opportunity to hone their skills on the road. Koro is a documentation of the band's live power, recorded in Japan in 1995.

The band released “Blood Meridian” in late 1997: a collection of primal dance fury, pure electronics sans guitar, electronica with attitude; and followed it up the following year with “Language Of Silence”, a CD guaranteed to fill dance floors with new and old fans, all the while keeping the mediocrity of mainstream techno at bay with its uncompromising harshness and brilliant arrangements. A mini-CD with 5 remixes of the track Suspended followed.

Don Gordon did some remixes for a.o. Dive, Esplendor Geométrico and The Klinik; took care of the production for some Lung releases (two 7" singles and the cassette/CD release Magnium Opiate) and composed scores for two short films: A Dream Of Naming (a German-Canadian co-production) and Six Hundred Million Breaths (a Canadian independent short). Soundtracks were completed for the play Photographic Memories which premiered at the Vancouver New Play Festival and for the performance piece, Blood Of The Lambs structured loosely upon the traditional requiem which was presented with Madeleine Morris at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. In 2000 Don put Numb on non-active and moved to Vietnam.

Selling points : Belgium – Limburg : Pick Up Cd Store (Wholesale / Mailorder / Shop) mmsale@scarlet.be

Belgium – Ghent : Wool E Shop (Shop / Mailorder)

Belgium – Antwerp : Fat Kat (Shop)

France : Vulcanoid (Mailorder)

Germany : Ant Zen (Distribution / Mailorder)

Kernkrach (Online shop) 

Italy + Worldwide : Audioglobe (Distribution / mailorder)

Mexico - City : Mecanica (Store) 

USA : Dark Entries (Distribution / mailorder)

Backcatalogue and/or available from MINIMAL MAXIMAL :

MM012LP CLOSE CIRCUIT CONNECTION II - Various Wave/ Electro artists. www.daft-records.com

MM011EP SECTION 25 – Invicta Max. http://www.bodybeats.be/en/artists/section-25/

MM010LP FRONT 242 – Transmission SE 91. (Sold Out)

MM009LP THE NEON JUDGEMENT – We never said you’re no good. http://www.bodybeats.be/en/artists/the-neon-judgement/

MM008LP PARADE GROUND - The 15th Floor. http://www.reverbnation.com/paradeground2012

MM007LP A SPLIT SECOND – Stained Impressions. (Sold Out)

MM006LP PORTRAIT BIZARRE – A New Day. http://soundcloud.com/portrait-bizarre/sets/a-new-day/

MM005DLP VITA NOCTIS – Against The Rule. http://soundcloud.com/vi-no

MM004LP CLOSE CIRCUIT CONNECTION – Various Belgian wave/ Electro artists. (Sold Out)

MM003LP ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL – Mindless Intrusion. (Sold Out)

MM002LP SHADOWS IN THE DARK – Various Belgian wave/electro artists. (Sold Out)

MM001LP ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL – Wind(Re)Wind. (Sold Out)

The history of mankind is full of revolutions, but on 26th March Warner Home Entertainment brings you the real revolution. The series takes places in a post-apocalyptic world and is produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, Fringe). Last year Revolution got an Emmy and that’s no surprise if you’re aware that Revolution got 7 million American viewers every week!

Now the first season of Revolution is out on both Blu-ray™ and DVD.

SYNOPSIS

Imagine a World in where all technology (from computers to light) falls out. What remains is a postapocalyptic landscape that is hosted by paramilitaric groups, freedomfighters and families who are fighting for their home in this epic adventure thriller from Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.

BONUSMATERIAL :

An In-Depth Look at the Revolution Pilot (BD, DVD)

Creating a Revolution (BD, DVD)

5 Webisodes (BD, DVD)

Gag Reel (BD, DVD)

Deleted Scenes (BD, DVD)

Revolution Cast and Creative Team at the 2013 PaleyFest (BD) 

After two milestone 2013 releases, 2014 is shaping up to be nothing short of extraordinary for the Front Line Assembly camp. FLA is kicking off the year by releasing ECHOES, the follow-up to 2013's long-awaited ECHOGENETIC & critically acclaimed instrumental soundtrack for AirMech. ECHOES is a remix collection of FLA's favorite modern artists reinterpreting the band´s now classic ECHOGENETIC.

Presented as both a 14-song physical album and an exclusive extended digital release, ECHOES features two new original songs, co-written by Ian Pickering of the Sneaker Pimps, alongside remixes from artists such as Comaduster, Sonic Mayhem, Youth Code, Slighter, Rhys Fulber, HECQ, Henrik Backstrom (of Necro Facility), Blush Response (Joey Blush from Scar the Martyr), Liebknecht (Daniel Meyer), Haujobb, Techdiff, Tweaker, Primitive Race, Atiq and Enk, and Cyanotic.

01. Contagion

02. Leveled - Sonic Mayhem

03. Ghosts - Comaduster

04. Killing Grounds - Rhys Fulber

05. Echogenetic - Youth Code

06. Deadened - Liebknetch

07. Next War

08. Echogenetic - Blush Response

09. Exhale - Henrik Backstrom

10. Prototyp - HECQ

11. Leveled - Slighter

12. Heartquake - Techdiff

13. Blood - Haujobb

14. Exo - Hijacker

One of the most prestigious releases comes this year from Lumière. The label has gathered all the works from Jacques Tati.

The box includes :

6 movies from and with Tati: Jour de fête (1949) - Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) - Mon oncle (1958) - PlayTime (1967) - Trafic (1971) - Parade (1974)

7 Short movies from and with Tati: On demande une brute (Charles Barrois, 1934) - Gai dimanche (Jacques Berr, 1935) - Soigne ton gauche (René Clément, 1936) - L'école des facteurs (Jacques Tati, 1946) - Cours du soir (Nicolas Ribowski, 1967) - Dégustation Maison (Sophie Tatischeff, 1976) - Forza Bastia (Jacques Tati - Sophie Tatischeff, 1978)

BONUS: Six hours (!) exclusive bonus material like documentaires about his work, film analyses from Stéphane Goudet, trailers, scènes with audiocommentary and a television show from Tati.

From 24^th February you can find this gem. Peek-a-Boo will celebrate this cinematographic event with a detailed review and an exclusive interview from someone who knows (well almost!) from Tati!

Nivek Ogre : "Anyone interested, please check out Abby Martin and her incredible news program 'Breaking the Set' on RT ,thursday, feb. 13th.
She was kind enough to do an interview with me regarding Skinny Puppy. It was a wonderful experience and i feel privileged to have met her, a real advocate of the truth within this sea of lies, lobbyists and spooks.She even came down to show after a very long day for her, dug the show, and even had the time to come back after and chat over a beer. She is one of the most candid and honest people i have ever met. We need more voices like her. pls. support her in all her endeavors"