Chris Burda and Martin Grimm, of Hamburg, Germany, founded the instrumental music project Collapse Under The Empire in the summer of 2008. In a short time, international magazines including Q-Magazine, Rocksound, and Clash took notice of the band and became excited about the cinematic sound of their first two albums. They appeared, for example, on the legendary Emo Diaries compilation on Deep Elm. After their psychedelic mini-album "The Sirens Sound" and the split EP "Black Moon Empire" with the russian band Mooncake, Collapse Under The Empire released the first part of their double concept work, "Shoulders & Giants" in fall 2011. With "Framgents Of A Prayer" and the new mini-album "The Silent Cry", they shorten the waiting time on the long-awaited second part of their concept work, "Sacrifice & Isolation", which will appear in November 2013.
On "The Silent Cry", Collapse Under The Empire demonstrates their facet-rich side and cover a great mix of styles in six tracks. Everything is represented, including electronic playfulness, strong outbursts, and orchestral and piano tracks. Every track generates its own voice and depth and stands on its own.
The single "We Are Close As This" will be released on March 15, 2013. It sounds like the soundtrack to a dusky science fiction film with its threatening undertones.
Frank Weyzig (ex-Clan Of Xymox) is back with new material from Born For Bliss.
The EP "Innocent" to be released on Echozone as special limited Digi-EP and digital download in Spring 2013.
Peek-A-Boo is looking forward to hear Franks new stuff. Soon more on these pages.
Complete artwork and final tracklist of Snowy Red's Tribute '_ever Alive' unveiled
Weyrd Records, the Belgian label of Weyrd Son, aka Michael Thiel (the son of Snowy Red Micky Mike), has unveiled the complete artwork of the much awaited Snowy Red tribute double album, "_ever Alive", which is due to be released in May. This wonderful tribute comes in an arty and classy deep black gatefold. The amazing cover photography is by Betsy Vanlangen, from New Jersey.
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On this double album, released in vinyl format and in limited edition, Michael Thiel has selected a number of small alternative bands from all around the world, to show that the spirit of new-wave music is still very much "_ever alive"! The bands joined their forces to this project to form one of the most spectacular and adventurous lineup in the genre to shed new light on Snowy Red's highly original and inspiring dark synthpearls. The result is a new interpretation of 16 classics with a powerful new sound where tradition and innovation are meeting at the top.
The final tracklist is as follows:
Album No.1
BESTIAL MOUTHS - Never Alive
//TENSE// - Deep Desire
STRANGE POWERS - Sinkin' Down
SCORPION VIOLENTE - Euroshima (Wardance)
MUSHY - Baby Tonight
VIOLET TREMORS - It's So Good
MIRROR MIRROR - Nowhere
MEDDICINE - The Long Run
NOVE MURA - Breakdown
Album No.2
REVELATOR - Euroshima (Wardance)
ANIMAL BODIES - Lies in Your Eyes
NEWCLEAR WAVES - Blood Blood Blood
SAFYEE - Torpedo Good Luck
LED ER EST - A Picture
BRIGHT FUTURE - Breakdown
MARBURG - Nowhere
DEATHDAY - Don't Loose Control
The first song from the double album has been published on internet: it's "Nowhere", originally from Snowy Red's LP "The Right To Die" (1982), and it's covered by Marburg, the minimal wave/industrial band from Łódź, in Poland. It comes with a video of Łódź featuring "daily post industrial decay". Watch it below.
MARBURG - 'Nikąd (Nowhere)' excerpt from '_ever Alive - a tribute to Snowy Red' // Weyrd Son Records 2013 from Weyrd Son on Vimeo.
Philadelphia shoegaze outfit NOTHING have just premiered their new video for the track 'The Dives (Lazarus In Ashes)'.
NOTHING is currently on a US tour alongside WHIRR which will take them to the west coast and back including a stop at this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, TX. Dates are as follows:
3/11 Nashville, TN @ The End
3/12 New Orleans, LA @ Fair Grinds Coffee House
3/13 Houston, TX @ Walter's
3/14 Austin, TX @ SXSW (Philly Showcase at The Annex 1808)
3/15 Austin TX @ SXSW (March Madness at The Annex 1808)
3/16 Austin, T @ SXSW (Graveface Showcase at The Velveeta Room)
3/18 Albuquerque, NM @ The Gasworks
3/19 Murreita, CA @ The Dial
3/20 San Diego, CA @ C3 Performing Arts Center
3/21 Fresno, CA at CYC
3/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Eagle Rock Center For The Arts
3/23 San Francisco , CA at Sub-Misson Art Space
3/23 Santa Cruz, CA at 418 Project
Isolated in an upstate, NY bedroom studio exists TSTI, a solo project by artist S. Smith described as ‘dark, hazy synthetic pop.’ Constructing musical landscapes that combine pounding drum machines with elevated melodies, TSTI stirs the echoes of his 80’s influences into a pot of contradicting emotions to establish a diverse yet familiar and powerful sound.
The genesis of TSTI began in a 2003 but did not show its face until the summer 2011 with the self-released, 4 song demo Black Envelope EP. The first 10 months of 2012 TSTI spent writing, recording and mixing his full-length release “evaluations” which consist of 9 tracks assessing those that surround him. With evaluations now unleashed, Smith is deep in the writing stages of the next installment.
