FLOWERS IN FLAMES
After their self-titled 10-track debut album in 2008, FLOWERS IN FLAMES are back with their new EP. With the elaborated combining of different influences, such as Shoegaze, Post Punk and Psychedelic Rock, they form a soundscape, which, paired with the bands’ energy, leaves a lasting impression on every dancefloor. Swinging guitars, a driving base and a really comfortable voice, united with stomping drums release a soundstorm, that pulls the listener into a very own world between Indie,
Post Punk and Psychedelic and absorbs him. FLOWERS IN FLAMES offer their very own interpretation of bands such as Bauhaus, Joy Division or The Cure, mixed with modern elements of bands from today.
MADAME B
The french Post Punk / Psychedelic-exceptional artist Madame B., who already caught lots of attention with their earlier albums and the numerous collaborations with other bands and musicians (ex. Guilty Strangers, Camp Z...) is back with a new album, as well. "From Darkness, The Light" once again offers a skillful mixture of classic post punk, french cold wave, a hint of punk, mixed with psychedelic elements, which will enthuse fans of her previous albums.
From heavy, almost Lydia-Lunch-ish songs, up to calm, thoughtful, partly menacing songs, oneself gets exactly offered, what displays post punk from the very first beginning on: individual sounds, experiments and a distinctive touch.
SOCIOPHOBIA
Once more mastermind Nightchild A. (The Nightchild, Andromeda Eye, Gentle Zombies) gets into the realms of Deathrock, to present his meanwhile numerous fans a new Deathrock-EP. "Anxious" is not a new invention of the wheel, but a very own interpretation of Deathrock. Those, who are well versed in this genre, will quickly find analogies to bands such as Christian Death, Screams For Tina or other classics, but also some very own elements, like the elaborated keyboards, straight guitar riffs and a driving rhythm station. For fans of that genre, there won’t be any wishes left, disregarding of more songs.
www.zorchfactoryrecords.com/official-releases/item/168-madame-b-from-darkness-the-light.html
Emotional, fierce, intensive: eighth album by German Electro-Dark-Wave-Band. After the huge success of “Cubed” in 2010 (#1 of German Alternative Charts for 8 weeks) the band comes back with a follow up in 2013. The new album again shows that the band of mastermind Torben Wendt holds the creative pole position amongst German Electro-Dark-Wave-bands.
Formed in Reutlingen in 1996 Diorama are deeply melancholic without using too many stereotypes. The 12 new tracks combine impellent and spheric electro elements with influences from prog- and alternative rock. Great !
Filmfreaks releases in the Benelux the controversial Norwegian horrorclassic The Thrill Of A Kill.
The movie was made for a sleazy 5000 Euro and the trailer got banned in Norway. But as we like it always a bit darker at Peek A Boo, we present you this teaser. Watch at own risk.
The dvd is now available in the Benelux
The heat is definitely on as next week Bimfest will take place.
Last year Front 242 were our headliners but this year they come seperated in the form of Nothing But Noise and Underviewer.
Nothing But Noise are noisy stuff by no-one less then tweaking Front 242 mastermind Daniel B., Dirk Bergen (former Front 242) and Erwin Jadot.
Buy your tickets before it's too late and hey...you save a bit of money.
METROLAND launch video for London underground tube mapping engineer 'Harry Beck'
Out now is a brand new video from the Kraftwerkian Belgian electronica duo Metroland. The video "Harry Beck" (in a remix by Növö) is dedicated to Harry Beck, an English engineering draftsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. The remixed version is taken from the Metroland CD-only release "Mixing The Gap"
The video itself includes the first drafts Beck drew up of the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draftsman at the London Underground Signals Office. The London Underground was initially very sceptical of Beck's radical proposal, but it was tentatively introduced to the public in a small pamphlet in 1933. It immediately became popular, and the Underground (in the Uk and abroad) has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since.
Metroland was started as a musical concept around the whole metro system. Less known is that the band recorded a soundtrack for some of the biggest metro stations worldwide, including London, Moscow and New York. Each unique track was handed over to the marketing department of said stations to use it. So if you hear Metroland through the boxes in New York, Moswcow, London, etc. You now know why.
Metroland will be playing on this year's BIMFEST
