The Shade have recently self-released our 4-track EP digitally to iTunes/Amazon/Bandcamp etc.
and they are working on their debut album.
They describe themselves as darkwave/synthpop/nu wave from Milan and they're certainly worth a listen.
Imagine Films informs us that Rebelle (aka War Witch) is now shown at the cinemas.
This new film from Kim Nguyen has already gathered great reviews and (even if it is a bit shocking) a must see.
The movie has an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.
Synopsis: Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona a 14-year-old girl tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
It’ll be a very busy period for Koch Media cos after have announced the release of both Bronson and El Gringo, we can reveal that at the end of January they’ll release Cash as well.
This movie features Chris Hemsworth (known from Snow White & The Huntsman and of course Thor).He plays sam who finds along with his wife a case with money. He thinks his trouble days are over, but he soon meet Kubic (Sean Bean from both Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones) who asks for his money. The beginning of a strange adventure.
Cash will be released on 23th January and is both available as DVD and Blu-ray.
Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky deliver their debut album 'April' as The Analog Session. A journey into electronic music, from the early 70s to modern techno, performed only with vintage analogue synths.
Initially conceived as a video project (currently with over 100,000 hits on Youtube), The Analog Session then became an album and finally a live performance. For Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky it’s not about being nostalgic for an era they represented but is more a progression and improvisation in the present music scene currently dominated by computers.
For many club based electronic music concerts (with the exception of academic or experimental concerts) essentially consist of a couple of artists, usually DJs, fiddling on their laptops, rhythmically nodding their heads along for the duration of the “concert”.
The Analog Session's natural vocation is the live performance and it was indeed conceived as a live improvisation of electronic music. What The Analog Session bring you is a real 'vintage synth' experience with a unique sound that cannot be imitated by any other instruments.
“We decided to use vintage synths, mainly dating back to the 70s. Their sound is still unique and cannot be imitated by hybrid synths or by digital synths and even less so by software synths. Such ‘vintage synths’ are still used at many professional studios by electronic music producers; but it is quite rare to see them on stage because of the many technical problems they present: they are very fragile, unstable in tuning and most of all it is impossible to record the timbre and recall it at each track.”
This was the spirit of early synth pop music back in the 70s of which both Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky have vivid memories from their first entry into the world of electronic music. However, the project does not intend to imitate such bands as Tangerine Dream. Forty years have passed, techno music evolved considerably and both protagonists have been developing long artistic careers gaining vast know-how and skills. It is not so much the 70s music they wish to retrieve but rather its “progressive” spirit as well as the ability to improvise, which has become more and more marginalised in the present music scene dominated by computers.
The new album tracks range from electro-disco to techno, opening up to melody and chord arrangements throughout. From the opening, rolling funk of ‘Ascension’ to the electro shimmer of ‘Effai’ and the tougher edged groove of ‘New Mandarins’ The Analog Session show us there’s still new life left in those old machines.
Diorama announce the release of the new and so far 8th album of DIORAMA "even the DEVIL doesn't care" on January 25, 2013.
The album has a total running time of over 68 minutes and contains the following songs:
01 maison du tigre
02 hope
03 the scale
04 my favorite song
05 the expatriate
06 summit
07 weiß und anthrazit
08 when we meet again in hell
09 the long way home from the party
10 hellogoodbye
11 my justice for all
12 over
The CD is equipped with a 20-page booklet containing highly elaborate paintings by Katharina Schellenberger;
The album is released on Accession Records.
DIOARAMA are looking forward to play the new songs (along with the old ones) on their upcoming Germany tour.
These are the tour dates confirmed so far:
01.03.2013 D Braunschweig Meier Music Hall
02.03.2013 D Leipzig Anker
03.03.2013 D Münster Sputnikhalle
04.03.2013 D Erfurt Club Centrum
05.03.2013 D Hamburg Knust
06.03.2013 D Köln Die Werkstatt
07.03.2013 D Frankfurt Das Bett
08.03.2013 D Bochum Matrix
09.03.2013 D Reutlingen Kulturzentrum FranzK (special guest: Felix Marc!)
The tour will be joined by SLAVE REPUBLIC who will be presenting to the public their brand new album "Quest for love", release date February 15th, 2013.
After the release of their debut "Electric One" in March 2010, a tour with DE/Vision, shows with diorama, Assemblage 23, SONO and a number of festival appearances (for instance at the Moscow Synthetic Snow Festival and at the Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig), the alternative synth pop heroes finally present a spectacular follow-up. The second album sounds darker, more resonant and mature than their debut. Co-operations were pursued with more determination, and together with producer Daniel Myer (haujobb, Architect, DSTR), the songs were lined out with great care for detail and perfection.
