The first single Lux is inspired by the latin meaning of the word which means Light up the darkness.
The album will be out on the 10th of November via ANYWAVE/MANIC DEPRESSION RECORDS and the mood consist in such gloomy, suspense-filled material with dark colours melodies and atmosphere of claustrophobic menace. Cascading from jangling, psychedelic and warped guitars to galloping tribal drumming, via endless layers of mesmerizing synths."
Schonwald is a duo from Italy formed by Alessandra Gismondi (voice and bass guitar) and Luca Bandini (guitar, synths and drum machines).
Schonwald is all about atmospheres: hypnotic minimalist mood and a noise inclination with echoes of Suicide, New Order, The Cure, mingling with synth melodies straight from the '80.
Don’t let the Germanic name fool you, the first Italian band signed to HoZac Records (Chicago) in March 2013. Schonwald emerge on their US debut single slithering with unsettling vibes right from the start. This two-piece unit has been surreptitiously dwelling in the shadowy corners of the European underworld for a few years now, releasing their debut LP in 2009 on Pocket Heaven Records (Lux).
Schonwald are now encroaching on world submission with the unleashing of their long-anticipated “Mercurial” single. A chilling and hopelessly bleak drum-machine rhythm sets the tone, parting the waves of rippling darkness into a massive surge of inescapable, hushed-yet-crushing electronic melancholia.
European post punk at it’s finest, Alessandra and Luca of Schonwald create a pulsing, black-lit atmospheric electronic vibration so cold, hypnotic, and simple, it’s perfect for our endlessly frozen world.
Last album "Dream for the Fall" was out on the 25 of September 2014 via Anywave/Manic Depression Records (Paris).
Schonwald live debut was in London at "Myogenic Festival" and their records have been supported by 5 European tours through Italy, England, France, Switzerland , Portugal, Germany.
They played as special guest for UK Decay, Clan of Xymox and they've been invited to play at "WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN 2015".
The new single from Post Punk veterans Killing Joke haslanded on Spotify and is called "I'm the Virus". Later this year their new album will be released through Spine Farm Records.
DIARY OF DREAMS - „Grau im Licht“ Release & Tour 2015 with special Guest THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA
On 16th October 2015 the brand-new DIARY OF DREAMS album „Grau im Licht“ will be released and it will be as dark and violent as it can be expected. There is no shortage of grand gestures – dark rhythm bulwarks throw themselves against massive guitar strongholds, while electronic walls of sound carry Adrian’s charismatic vocals through the compositions. And of course the album also features the typical melodic-melancholic synth hymns and deep-delving ballads.Thus, this new work has become everything the perfect Diary of Dreams album should be: powerful, melancholic, irate, rousing and thought-provoking!
The album release is accompanied by the "Grau im Licht“ Tour 2015 in November that will be supported by the Swiss band THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA - who already was part of the last acoustic tour -as special guest.
DIARY OF DREAMS - “Grau im Licht” Tour 2015 mit special Guest THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA
11.11.2015 Nürnberg (D), Z-Bau/Galerie
12.11.2015 München (D), Backstage Werk
13.11.2015 Karlsruhe (D), Substage
14.11.2015 Stuttgart (D), ClubCANN
16.11.2015 Frankfurt (D), Batschkapp
17.11.2015 Bochum (D), Zeche
18.11.2015 Bremen (D), Tivoli
19.11.2015 Hamburg (D), Markthalle
20.11.2015 Leipzig (D), Werk 2
21.11.2015 Warschau (PL), Progresja Music Zone
22.11.2015 Berlin (D), C-Club
27.11.2015 Antwerpen (BE), Zappa
On the new album, Prophecy, we find God Module further evolving into the monster it was meant to be. combining elements of harsh Techno, Darkwave, Goth and Industrial, Founder and mastermind Jasyn Bangert has presented his best album to date. We find God Module as unapologetically full of malice as ever. Prophecy is unrelenting, danceable, driving, dark EBM from one of the best artists in the genre today.
01. Wasteland
02. Second Coming
03. Secrets
04. Endless
05. Claws
06. Abduction
07. We Are Legend
08. Deceit
09. Red Ribbons
10. Transform
The new record is Alan Palomo’s flawless bridge between the lofi and spontaneous sounds of Neon Indian & the more dance-oriented approach of his earlier recording moniker, VEGA.
Part of the album was created on a cruise ship with Alan and his brother Jorge, who was working on the ship as a bass player in the house band. They set up a studio in one of the cabins and tracked songs between margaritas as the ship traversed the Bahamas from Florida. Palomo then returned to the mainland to finish the record doing tracking in Austin, Atlanta and New York including a stint at DFA’s Plantain Studios. The result is more funk-centric and varied than his previous material.
Alan teamed up with Alex Epton (XXXchange) to mix the album, using trashy B movies and New York flicks as a reference point for the albums tone. More than ever, the goal of this LP was intended to be a film score to an imaginary film playing indefinitely at the neglected theaters or porno booths of Alan’s head.
The album wasn’t without its drama with Alan slipping on some icy stairs on his way to the studio, requiring 9 stitches and leaving him with a scar that will forever remind him of the record.
Upon the albums completion, Alan noted “most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More deliberate. I like to call the places I go to Night Schools.”
To celebrate the marriage of his previous project’s aesthetic into one and his eureka regarding its themes, he dubbed this double album, VEGA INTL. Night School
