It took more than 30 years but here it finally is : the new website of ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL :
First gig in 2014 of THE ARCH will be in their hometown Breendonk.The 11th of january they will share the stage with UK legends ATTRITION and TYLEAN.
DJ's Dirk Ivens and Borg will provide some nice tunes after the shows.
Damage : 6-8 euro
Aesthetic Perfection’s Daniel Graves is not one to allow himself or his music to stagnate. Every release has shown an artistic growth and a fearless approach to songwriting. The result is something all too rare in music, where an artist has developed a unique, recognizable sound, without falling into the trappings of clichéd formulaic songwriting. On the new album, ‘Til Death, we find an act exploring the artistic freedom that comes with no longer being willing to answer to anyone but himself.
Leading up to this new record, we saw the release of three drastically different singles, "Antibody," "The Dark Half," and "Big Bad Wolf". In true AP fashion, taken individually, none of the singles give the listener more than an inkling of what to expect from the full LP. But when taken as a whole, the three singles encapsulate the essence of what to expect from ‘Til Death. Beautiful, haunting and eclectic.
Whether it be the IAMX-tinged swagger of "Showtime," the eerie, almost Depeche Mode vocal patterns of "Lovesick" or the hook-laden dark pop of "Oh, Gloria!," 'Til Death shows Graves at his diverse best.
Three years after their so far last mastepice "Llyr" (Prikosnovénie), the Italian masters of beauty ATARAXIA return with their completely new opus ‘SPASM’ on Infinite Fog. The first Deluxe Digibook-edition comes with an EXCLUSIVE bonus-CD and is limited to 252 copies!
This special edition is placed in a A5-sized HEAVY Hardcover Digibook with oversized 16 pages booklet. Ataraxia in their own words on this new album: "Is this the bitter-sweet side of ourselves? We portray great misery, of course, and a tipically human desperate need of survival but, at the same time, joke and irony are always present to exorcise the fear of decay and death. Here we are just musicians playing airs that make you dance and cry at the same time, and while doing this we say to ourselves: "Take your bloody knife and start exploring your killing nature, be not politically correct, sing and play as a fu*king gorgon if you wish and have fun."
Break-out within herself! LEANDRA has been very busy beside her solo-trail since her debut album “Metamorphine”: Due to a split she turned her back on her former band JOE. She impressed and joined Diary Of Dreams, followed by Apoptygma Berzerk and recently played together with the most successful German Acts of 2013 Die Priester and Santiano.
Beside that LEANDRA made some guest performances with Die Kassierer and Frei.Wild. No wonder it took her five years to finish her next solo-longplay album. Was it an educational journey or was she only looking for some inspiration? “Of course I wanted to gain experience on stage and play together with different bands, but when it became dangerous and I felt that I fall apart I had to cut things off. It was after the long touring with Santiano that I realized I couldn’t be myself at this job any longer. Mostly because of dollar symbols in my eyes I went too far” – says the stage workaholic LEANDRA.
After a mental breakdown and a burn-out hospital-stop LEANDRA was aware of the fact that she spent too much time with the ideas of other people. “The tour with Apoptygma Berzerk was the freest I have ever made in my life. I felt that I was able to present and perform this kind of music with all my heart and soul, even if it wasn't me who wrote it. Everything that followed after I practically compared with this tour. Through it I learned that I am allowed to unconditionally be myself and that I don't need to pretend.” Influences by Apoptygma Berzerk are unmistakable on Isomorphine, especially the track “Calling” - a duet with Stephan L. Groth.
