The follow-up to their critically acclaimed Interplay album (2011), was recorded and mixed at Benge's studio in London. Like Interplay, it's the sound of analogue synthesizers and drum machines - and on one track feedbacking guitars played by Foxx himself.
There's a raw, experimental edge to much of the material on the new album, which is linked together by a series of instrumentals.
Although not overtly autobiographical, the tone of the songs is a lot more reflective and emotional than their previous work. Many of the lyrics explore feelings of loss over opportunities and lovers missed - possible futures that remain unlived.
The electronic music created out of machines built 30 or 40 years ago creates an atmospheric, rough-edged accompaniment for this set of feelings and atmospheres. It's both analogue and forward-looking; echoes from the past but also still futuristic - a strange push and pull that mirrors the words perfectly. For the new shows Foxx and Benge will be joined on stage by two performers who are also solo musicians in their own right - Serafina Steer (Keyboards, Bass) and Hannah Peel (Keyboards, Violin).
John Foxx formed Ultravox in the 70s and has worked with a wide range of artists including Brian Eno, Xeno & Oaklander, The Soft Moon, Krautrock producer Conny Plank, Paul Daley from Leftfield, Cocteau Twins guitarist, Robin Guthrie and I, Robot director Alex Proyas. Paul Daley (Leftfield).
Brand new mini-album, released in a beautiful Digipak! It features 2 all new songs, one cover-version and 2 new versions of previously released songs. In October 2011, Dino Molinaro, Chris McCarter and David Burns went into Toyland Studios in Melbourne to record 3 new tracks.
This is the first material featuring David Burns on drums since 2003, and the result was more than satisfying. Chris chose 2 tracks to go on this new mini-album, the third, will be on a future single, some time in 2012. 'Where do I go from here' was written only a short time ago, whilst 'City of Night', was a work in progress since 2010, and completed with the lyrics written just prior to recording the track.
The mini-album also contains a cover of the Big Country track 'Come back to Me' from the bands classic 1984 album 'Steeltown'. Chris wanted to pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of Big Country’s Stuart Adamson's death on December 16 2001.
The CD also includes a new version of 'Distant Memory', originally on 'In the Shadow of the Angel' (1994) and of 'Where do I go from here', both by Toyland Studios’ Adam Calaitzis.
Hamburg-based Glam-Goth-rockers Lord Of The Lost enter the new year with a special treat for their fans: the new EP “Beside & Beyond” does not only contain a massively rocking cover of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” but also six more tracks that have long been requested by their loyal following at concerts or on Facebook. Among them are two previously unreleased new recordings of songs from the legacy of singer Chris “The Lord” Harms’ ex-band The Pleasures, a pompous reinvention of “Sooner Or Later” and an orchestral and cinematic version of the group’s big hit “Dry The Rain”, recorded in collaboration with Goth shooting stars Mono Inc.! Lord Of The Lost will be on tour with Eisbrecher in February!
Lords of Acid, the Belgian electro-industrial-techno outfit fronted by the legendary Praga Khan, has returned with Deep Chills, the outfit’s first new album in twelve years. Khan & longtime collaborator Erhan Kurkun (music and arrangements) follow up the smash success of the comeback single Little Mighty Rabbit with an all-new sonic orgy, and this time they have invited along musical perverts Murv (bass), Virus (Guitar), Kirk (Drums) and DJ Mea (Vocals).
With Deep Chills, the Lords once again defy convention, expectations, and some would say, standards of decency. From the Our Little Secret era influenced bounce of “Pop That Tooshie”, to the driven, acid house flavored, anthemic beats of “Children of Acid” and the elecro-rock vibe of “Love Bus”, Deep Chills offers an innovative, updated take on the deviant sounds that make Lords of Acid so loved.
Not ones to shy away from a little experimentation, Khan and co. expand their musical repertoire in all sorts of interesting directions. The surf rock and punk flavored “Surfin’ Hedgehog” will have you singing along instantly. The alt-country tinged “Slip N Slide” answers the question “What if Cowboy Junkies wrote really, really dirty songs?” The track “Paranormal Activity” features guest vocals by Zak Bagans (TV Host/ Producer for Ghost Adventures & Paranormal Challenge, NY Times Best-Selling Author of Dark World) and blends dark, menacing, stabbing trip-hop, haunting synths, and classic Lords of Acid grooves.
All in all, Deep Chills proves that Praga Khan remains one of the most innovative musicians in circulation. From the raw carnality of their 1991 release Lust to the electro-thrash of 2000's Farstucker, Lords of Acid has re-defined the pure pleasures of drugs, hedonism, and deviant sex for nearly twenty-two years. Now, despite numerous lineup changes, world tours, over 2.5 million album sales, and every possible point of crisis and conflict a band can face, Lords of Acid is returning to the unsuspecting again, this time with a new crew of deviants, dilettantes, and sonically transmitted diseases.
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