Already primed following the release of the transitional ‘Sunne’ and ‘Murasaki’ EP’s earlier this year - Cheatahs return with their second album ‘Mythologies’ on October 30th.
Culled from North America, Germany and the UK, this multi-national quartet continue their journey following 2014’s acclaimed self-titled album. Ever evolving from their inception, ‘Mythologies’ is witness to a band that has developed in the interim - attributed in no small part to a touring itinerary that traversed the US in three-pronged aural attack with like-minded sonic souls Wavves and FIDLAR. Meanwhile, no less busy this side of the Atlantic saw triumphant dates with No Age and a seemingly never ending European jaunt with Metz which brings us to….’Mythologies’
Recorded over the past year and in hand with their debut, ‘Mythologies’ takes in a vast array of influences whilst taking its name from Roland Barthes’ 1957 collection of essays on semiotics and myth. A rollercoaster of sonic thrills - the cinematic widescreen brilliance of ‘Channel View’, the motoric rhythms of ‘In Flux’, the cascading sonic beauty of ‘Freak Waves’ or the scintillating beauty of ‘Seven Sisters’ and ‘Signs To Lorelei’ before the seismic surge finale of album closers ‘Mysteci’ and ‘Reverie Bravo’, it’s a marked and ambitious departure….
As the band says: “We had no permanent base whilst making this album and creating it in so many varied locations undoubtedly influenced us in a positive sense. We felt very nomadic and the sense of freedom inspired us to experimentation.”
The newfound sense of freedom has inspired and certainly influenced the self-produced ‘Mythologies’. Recorded at various locations in London, Marc’s studio home, a monolithic high-rise next to MI5 headquarters overlooking the Thames (one floor above offices that once housed anti-terrorist units in the 60’s), a converted church in Ramsgate and the fabled environs of Chemikal Underground’s Glasgow studio Chem19.
Mythologies is
1. Red Lakes (Sternstunden)
2. Channel View
3. In Flux
4. Freak Waves
5. Signs To Lorelei
6. Hey, Sen
7. Deli Rome
8. Colorado
9. Su-pra
10. Seven Sisters
11. 紫 (Murasaki)
12. Mysteci
13. Reverie Bravo
and available on double LP, CD and digitally (WEBB440)
Cheatahs are
Nathan Hewitt - vocals, guitar
James Wignall - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Marc Raue - drums, keyboards
Dean Reid - bass,vocals, keyboards
Alter Ego vzw proudly presents ‘Alchemia’.
An exclusive evening of atmospheric drone, ambient noise and deep listening with BARST, RM74, Charnia and Monnik on 01/november 2015 at Magdalenakerk, Bruges.
Artists in residence are Menerva Tau and Reflected Faith (No Faith Visuals, Valentina Gelsonero Mangeri and Angelo Roccagli) who will make an art exhibition around the theme Alchemia. Nicole Twister will present her SEPPUKU installation in a separate room and poetress Delphine Lecompte will introduce three new poems to emphasize the artistic concept.
This evening was made possible with the support of Consouling Sounds. Special thanks to Sander Jacobs for the lay out of the poster. You can visit his page www.sanderjacobs.be.
Photo on the poster for this event is made by Anna O. Photography. We are thankful for her support. https://www.facebook.com/annaophotography
Information about the special price formulas for the event:
Presale: 10€
Presale special*: 13€
This includes a promo package of Consouling Sounds which contains:
- Transitional - Nothing Real, Nothing Absent (CD)
- Fear Falls Burning - Frenzy of the Absolute (CD)
- Taiga - Flora Chor (VINYL)
Doors: 13€
Dresscode: silence/dress warmly
TICKET RESERVATIONS can be made via: alteregovzw@gmail.com
Het vijfde evenement van Alter Ego vzw getiteld ‘ALCHEMIA’ gaat door op 1 november 2015 in de Heilige Maria Magdalenakerk te Brugge.
De line up situeert zich vooral in de drone/ambient sfeer met Charnia die er een speciale drone set komt spelen, Monnik, RM74 en headliner BARST. Artists in residence zijn deze keer Menerva Tau, Reflected Faith, Nicole Twister en Delphine Lecompte.
Tickets kosten 10 euro, 13 euro met een promo pakket van Consouling Sounds inbegrepen die bestaat uit: - Transitional - Nothing Real, Nothing Absent (CD) - Fear Falls Burning - Frenzy of the Absolute (CD) - Taiga - Flora Chor (VINYL) Aan de deur betaal je 13 euro.
Reservaties zijn mogelijk door een email te sturen met vermelding van je naam en gewenst aantal ticket(s) (met of zonder promo pakket) naaralteregovzw@gmail.com.
Meer informatie over het evenement vind je op onze facebookpagina waar we geregeld audio en info over de muzikanten en art exposanten zullen delen. Onze website is momenteel nog aan een update toe.
Minneapolis garage-punk luminaries L'Assassins have more than made their mark on the Twin Cities music scene. They've notched two European tours along with several U.S. sojourns, and they're about to hit the road behind their new seven inch. A-side "Fire of Love" was written specifically for L'Assassins by Twin Cities new-wave king Chan Poling (The Suburbs). Their savage B-side "Liar" sees the band at the snarling top of their punk-rock game. These two songs cement L'Assassins' international reputation as bad-ass ladies making bad-ass music in the vein of Thee Headcoatees, Trashwomen and The Pandoras.
When L'Assassins shared a bill with The Suburbs in the fall of 2014, lead singer Chan Poling had already become familiar with the band's amalgam of garage-surf-punk rooted in trashy B-movie culture. To their surprise, he approached them with a song he'd written with them in mind: "Fire of Love". L’Assassins and Poling quickly worked out an arrangement, and hit the studio with he and his Suburbs bandmate Steve Price producing. They also recorded the band’s own just-finished "Liar", supplemented by an organ part by Poling. The resulting record is an incendiary blast that slips perfectly into the rest of their four-year-strong catalog.
Vocals: Tea Simpson
Guitar, vocals: Monet Wong
Bass, vocals: Ariel Dornbush
Drums, vocals: Angela Clark
Just before the summer of 2015, the first EP of the North Limburg four-piece band Baltimore was reviewed on this site and Martijn Verlaak has informed us earlier this week about a recently recorded new song and a corresponding video clip.. We hope you will enjoy it!
Van de Noord-Limburgse viermansformatie Baltimore bespraken we net voor de zomer van 2015 de eerste ep en Martijn Verlaak liet onze deze week weten dat er een nieuwe song is opgenomen én een videoclip. Die stellen we graag ter beschikking van geïnteresseerde Peek-a-Boo-Magazine-lezers!
ZOMBIE GIRL returns with a brand new studio album on Alfa Matrix and this in various formats. The band around Renee Cooper is the best selling act on Alfa Matrix, and that immediately since the debut album "Blood, Brains & Rock'n Roll" was released. This time she joined up with the production team consisting of Kurt Maas & Dave Rave Ogilvie to deliver more crunchy beats and dark atmospheres.
Did you survive her last “Panic Attack”? Well… your favorite ZOMBIE GIRL will make you bleed some more! This time, the undisputed singing siren of the living dead, and one of Alfa-Matrix's leading artists, ZOMBIE GIRL strikes back with her new full length album “Killer Queen” out on Halloween 2015…!!!
Produced & engineered by none other than the highly skilled and renowned duo team of Kurt Maas & Dave Rave Ogilvie, this new album invites you to open up and enjoy these new “ZBM” tunes going from catchy dance pop songs to harsher somber distorted tracks. Boosted by dancefloor guru Lawrie Bayldon (STUDIO-X)’s mastering skills, the electrifying “Killer Queen” shakes your stereo system to the max with ZOMBIE GIRL’s characteristic heavy vibrating basslines, addictive kinky grooves and that soooo unique hypnotizing female voice that keeps haunting you days and nights…
Fall under her spell, join her zombie army and let ZOMBIE GIRL guide you through her new nightmarish journey through the walking dead, made of tracks like the ultimate hellish dance of “Rave Of The Dead”, the killer industrial opener “Thorazine”, the bleeding elektro assault of “Panic Attack”, the tormented dark pop title-track “Killer Queen”, the almost filmatic hot S/M session of “Pleasure Games”, the apocalyptic slo-mo groove of “Dead Inside”, the late night psychedelic craziness of “Night Drive” or yet the much 80’s inspired lamenting love song from beyond the grave “Kiss Kiss Kiss”…
The album also gets augmented by cover versions of BERLIN’s classic “Pleasure Victim” and THE CURE’s unmatched, “Fascination Street”, next to 4 dancefloor compatible remixes: the instant future-pop club hit “Rave Of The Dead” by PRE:EMPTIVE STRIKE 0.1, the modern dance retake of “Dead Inside” by AESTHETISCHE label mates, the bombastic orchestral dark reinterpretation of the “Pleasure Games” sessions by Japanese cult act DIABOLIC ART (DJ Taiki) and a harsh and heavy guitar crossover sonic rape of the “Killer Queen” by mister HELL:SECTOR…The whole zombie adventure being visually immortalized by the unique Japanese designer Tomoki Hayasaka (www.sheerheart.jp)...
The new era from ZOMBIE GIRL has commenced… Get ready for the new ZBM! Go Zombie… Go Zombie… Go ZOMBIE GIRL! “Stay away from the dead… They've all gone wrong… gone wrong, wrong, WRONG!”
The album is also available in a deluxe 2CD carton box edition with a bonus disc including an exclusive collaboration with HELALYN FLOWERS (and guest backing vocals by n0emi) and other remix work by an eclectic selection of artists in the like of PSY’AVIAH, ACYLUM, SIMON CARTER, VENAL FLESH, LLUMEN, PAX SONO, AVARICE IN AUDIO, EEXXEE, CARDINAL NOIRE, BLACK NAIL CABARET, SHADES:OF:HELL, COMPLEX MIND, DIFFUZION…
