LA SCALTRA releases first video single from the forthcoming album FREAKSHOW
They have an affinity for horror movies and venerate Vampira, Morticia Addams and Lily Munster. They are dreamy, wicked, full of fantasy, mysterious and aloof. They are Aeleth Kaven (vocals, song-writing & composer) and Dae Widow (vocals), two banshees intent on sharing sorrow, pain and loneliness with their fabulously unique voices. Dae loves hope and East-Asian mysticism, Aeleth prefers the occult worships destructive Black Metal. The antithesis is their manifesto, inspiring their dissimilarity and shaping their youth. They recount the search for a particular place where injured souls find succour, tranquillity and where they can settle down. A place protected by darkness in which one can be anything one wishes to be and do as one pleases, indulging in one’s hidden fantasies. And they discovered that darkness is not necessarily to be feared but can be in fact most extraordinarily beautiful indeed.
Enjoy their first single/video taken from the upcoming album Freakshow below!
Ze hebben een iets met horrorfilms en aanbidden Vampira, Morticia Addams en Lily Munster. Ze zijn dromerig, onvoorspelbaar, vol fantasie, mysterieus en gereserveerd. Ze zijn Aeleth Kaven (componist/zang)) en Dae Widow (zang), twee banshees die het plan hebben opgevat om hun verdriet, pijn en eenzaamheid te delen door middel van hun muziek en hun fantastische en unieke stemmen. Dae houdt van hoop en Oost-Aziatische mystiek, Aeleth verkiest meer het meer occulte en destructieve Black Metal te aanbidden. Deze tegenstelling is hun manifesto en hun inspiratie bron, hun verscheidenheid en de verschillende vorming die zij in hun jeugd meekregen. Zij vertellen over de zoektocht naar een plaats waar gewonde zielen zich kunnen nestelen en hulp en rust kunnen vinden. Een plek die door duisternis wordt beschermd, en waar men alles kan zijn wat men wil zijn, waar men doet wat men wil en verborgen fantasieën kan uitleven. Ze ontdekten dat duisternis niet noodzakelijkerwijs schrik hoeft aan te jagen, maar dat het ook buitengewoon mooi kan zijn.
Geniet van de video!
In collaboration with Side-Line-Magazine, the Norwegian musician Håvard Ellefsen aka Mortiis releases a free 3-track charity single “Too Little Too Late” via Bandcamp.
The single features 3 tracks including a remix by En Esch (KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot) which is exclusive to this single.
The other 2 tracks are the album version of “Too Little Too Late” which is taken from the album “The Great Deceiver” (Omnipresence Productions) and “The Ugly Truth (Je$us Loves Amerika Remix)” which is taken from the album “The Great Corrupter” (Omnipresence Productions). Also included in the full download of the single is the back of the cover artwork featuring full credits.
This free single is part of a series of singles which will be released over time via Side-Line by bands who support the charity projects Side-Line is backing.
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In samenwerking met Side-Line plaatste de Noorse musicus Håvard Ellefsen aka Mortiis een gratis liefdadigheid single "Too Little Too Late" op hun Bandcamp.
De single heeft 3 tracks waaronder een exclusieve remix van En Esch (KMFDM, Pigface en Slick Idiot), die enkel via deze single te verkrijgen zal zijn.
De andere 2 tracks zijn de albumversie van "Too Little Too Late", van op het album "The Great Deceiver" en "The Ugly Truth (Je $ us Loves Amerika Remix)" van het album "The Great Corrupter" (Omnipresence Productions). Ook inbegrepen is het volledige artwork met credits.
Deze gratis single is onderdeel van een serie singles die via Side-Line zullen worden vrijgegeven door bands die de liefdadigheidsprojecten van Side-Line ondersteunen.
Mauri is a DJ, producer, creator of performance art and audiovisual projects, promoter, journalist and remixer related to electronic music, some more, some less risky, in their different mutations, since 1986.
In 2017 he publishes his seventh album, Cyborgs (its debut on Nøvak), an ambitious sonorous work, in background and form, on what it means to be a cybernetic organism. The 'translation' of the term cyborg: "a creature composed of organic elements and cybernetic devices, generally with the intention of improving the capabilities of the organic part through the use of the technology".
“Cyborgs is an album in honour of all those people who have opened a path to the future, those people who have implanted something in their body that makes them live better, something that is already normal today and that opens a door to the future of humanity, where it will be discussed at a political level among transhumanists and the bioconservatives, that is, those who fight for humans to have a longer and better life, and those who opposeit.
Each track on the album has the title of a cyborg and the music tries to reflect what they have implanted in their body.
I wanted to make a different album than I had done so far. This album, at a musical level, is more in the wave of Sweep Generators than I did in 2015 in Kvitnu, a more experimental and noisy wave.
I try to use programs differently than most people use them. I do not use midi nor drum machines, sequencers and audio editors only. First of all, I create my own library of sounds with sounds made and recorded by me and then I use them with programs. The way to create each theme is different. For example, Eyeborg did it in 2014, and then I worked sequencing my own library of sounds, whereas Harbisson is a very short part of Eyeborg slowed to 65%, adding a sound that emulates a bass and some other sound. Cheney originally was an ode to Mika Vainio but in the end I retook it by the theme cyborg, adding sounds of bells and percussive sounds (the Vainio essence is evident). Cyborg Coding is a single sound passed through raspberry pi, programmatically encoded and sequenced. In Clapp mainly the sounds are made through a modular... and so I could explain each of the topics and how I did them”.
Mauri / Harbisson (Cyborgs, 2017) from Nøvak on Vimeo.
Earlier this week, musician Holger Czukay passed away at the age of 79. His body was found by a neighbour in his apartment, a converted former cinema and music studio complex in near Cologne. Earlier this year, in July, Czukay's wife Ursula died at the age of 55.
Czukay, together with Irmin Schmidt, founded the cult band Can in 1968. Both studied at the Cologne music academy Karlheinz Stockhausen. They combined elements of free jazz, classical music and rock rhythms with complicated harmonies and all kinds of electronic effects making them pioneers of the New Wave and electro music genre.
In 2001, Can Guitarist Michael Karoli died, and earlier this year also drummer Jaki Liebezeit passed away.
In 1977, Czukay left Can to pursue his solo career and worked with music icons such as Brian Eno, Jah Wobble, Conny Planck, David Sylvian and Eurythmics.
Eerder deze week overleed muzikant Holger Czukay op 79 jarige leeftijd. Zijn lichaam werd door een buurman gevonden in zijn tot een appartement omgebouwde voormalige bioscoop- en muziekstudiocomplex in Weilerswist, nabij Keulen. Eerder dit jaar, in juli, overleed al Czukays vrouw Ursula, op 55-jarige leeftijd.
Czukay stichtte samen samen met Irmin Schmidt in 1968 de cultband Can. Beiden studeerden aan de Keulense muziekacademie Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ze combineerden free jazz, klassieke muziek en rockritmes met complexe harmonieën en allerlei elektronische effecten. Daarmee worden ze beschouwd als pioniers van de New Wave en electro muziek.
In 2001 overleed Can gitarist Michael Karoli, en begin dit jaar ook Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit.
In 1977 verliet Czukay Can om verder te gaan als solo artiest en werkte onder meer samen met muzikale iconen als Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Jah Wobble, Conny Planck, en Eurythmics.
The legendary industrial music label Wax Trax! Records schedules southern California pop-up shop and artist Q&A fall of 2017 in conjunction with the upcoming Wax Trax! documentary.
(Chicago) August 18, 2017. Today, Wax Trax! Records announces a special artist Q&A discussion exploring the independent record store and label documented in the upcoming film, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT: The Story of Wax Trax! Records. The one day event will be held at Hollywood’s Montalbán Theater on Thursday, November 9, 2017 and will examine the Chicago record store and label that gained notoriety throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Wax Trax! Records’ roster originally included influential bands such as Laibach, Front Line Assembly, COIL and KMFDM, helping create the music genre now commonly referred to as “Industrial”.
The Hollywood event will feature key artists from past Wax Trax! bands Front 242, Ministry, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and The Revolting Cocks discussing the long anticipated Wax Trax! documentary as well as their early days on the label. A special pop-up shop will also open in the theater offering original vinyl pressings, collectables and memorabilia from the Wax Trax! archives. Tickets to the event will include a limited Wax Trax! documentary poster, not commercially available.
As a special bonus, a test screening of INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT: The Story of Wax Trax! Records will be played immediately before the artist discussion. One FREE ticket to the private test screening will be available with admission to the Wax Trax! panel and Q&A. Limited VIP tickets are also available for special artist access and event premiums.
Tickets are available now at www.waxtraxfilms.com
