Billy Chainsaw says: “While re-watching Godard’s Alphaville some years ago, the thematic and visual similarities between the movie and the writings of William S. Burroughs hit me harder than a slug from a.45. The more I investigated the connections, the more apparent they became… until my journey reached a conclusion that resonates in Burroughs’ last ever written words: ‘Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is. LOVE’.

The work of UK artist Billy Chainsaw, the collection of mixed media art delivers a visual cut-up of the work of author William S. Burroughs and director Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 movie Alphaville. Chainsaw’s art sees Burroughs and Alphaville’s male protagonist, Lemmy Caution, move in and out of the fictional cities of Alphaville and Interzone (a location that features heavily in Burroughs’ writings); both conspiring to smash the shackles of control, both in search of love.

1.Love? What is it?

2.Lemmy Caution

3.Inter Alpha Love

4.Bluclear Atmos

5.Most Natural Pain Killer That There Is

6.Destination Interzone

7.Organ Donor

8.Alphabill (Endless Dystopian Visions)

Grand pianos Wurlitzer organs, Tibetan bells, keyboards recorded by Anni Hogan @StudioBlue (4C.H.I.P)

Sound design, synths, mixing and mastering by Martin Bowes @The Cage Studios

Produced by Martin Bowes & Anni Hogan

Pre-production on 3&5 ItchyEar @StudioBlue

Cover image Natural Painkiller by Billy Chainsaw

All tracks Hogan/Bowes

Available now as 24bit wav download and special CDR edition from the official bandcamp site

After the EP trilogy "Escape", "Hate" and "Wrong" Norway's Essence Of Mind returns with a brand new album - "The break up" - which will be out on April 10th. For their 4th album the band decided to give the buyers of the physical format, the CD, some extra tracks which will not be included on the download version of the album which can now be pre-ordered on Bandcamp (and in the next days on iTunes and Amazon too).

As a bonus the physical version of the album features the powerful melodic and 80's tainted electro rework by Technomancer of "Wrong", the dancefloor remix by Xenturion Prime of "Hate" and the exclusive mix of "The Other Side" by Vigilante. 

Source: Side-Line

Warner Bros. has won a bidding war for the movie rights to It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, a memoir by Lynsey Addario.

Jennifer Lawrence is attached to star in a package that also includes director Steven Spielberg and producer Andrew Lazar.

Addario is a war photographer who has spent time in war zones ranging from Afghanistan to the Congo to Somalia. She is one of the few females in a predominantly male club and was also at one point kidnapped.

Wynn Wygal, an exec at Lazar's Warners-based banner Mad Chance Productions, was instrumental in bringing in the book. This is the second major project to be thrown in development centering on a real-life figure to which Lawrence is attached. In January, she and her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence boarded The Dive, the true love story of Cuban diver Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras and the French-born diver Audrey Mestre.

Lawrence is currently shooting Joy, in which she portrays Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano.

Spielberg, Lazar and Warners first teamed to make American Sniper before Spielberg left the project over budgetary concerns. This look at war will be a take two.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

From 11th March in all theatres : CHAPPIE

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman 

In the near future, crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo and ensure that Chappie is the last of his kind.

Depeche Mode founder Martin Gore will release MG, a solo LP of 16 electronic instrumentals, on April 28th via Mute. Gore began work on the album following the March 2013 conclusion of Depeche Mode's Delta Machine tour, writing and producing the material at his home studio in Santa Barbara, California. 

In a statement, the synth-pop pioneer – who has written the bulk of Depeche Mode's material since co-founding the band in 1981 – says the idea of an instrumental album had been brewing for years. "I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic and give it an almost sci-fi-like quality," he says. "Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun."

The MG moniker is an extension of VCMG, an electronic collaboration with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clark. The duo released three EPs and one full-length album, 2012's Ssss.

"As a songwriter, I am aware of the power of words,” Martin said. “Especially when they are juxtaposed in the right way with chords and melody. I am also aware of the power of pure music and the emotions that can be created by musical atmospheres and that is what I wanted to capture with this project."

Source: Rolling Stone