Sounds like: Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval, Kurt Vile, Feist, Cocteau Twins…
Already one of the “keep an eye on” bands in both Humo and De Morgen forecasts early January and the debutsingle “Shell” was immediately picked up at Radio 1 daytime rotation and Studio Brussel “Select” show…there is clearly something in the air with those Bits…
Musicians Tim Coenen, Jules Lemmens, Peter Pask and Steven Holsbeeks gather around singer-songwriter Karolien Van Ransbeeck to bring heartfelt lyrics. The mood is intimate, subtle, sometimes even restrained. Yet every so often the band flies off the handle with boisterous guitars, soul and drive.
On stage Few Bits knows exactly how to pull the right strings and move the audience in more ways than one.
The band did already several supports for artists like Heather Nova, I blame coco and Jessica Lea Mayfield but was also on the bill of respectable festivals like Crossing Border or Les Nuits
CONCERTS
LIVE:
22/02 café salle jeanne deurne
23/02 cc de posthoorn hamont achel
26/02 arenbergschouwburg antwerp
28/02 depot leuven
02/03 cactus bruges
27/03 beurs bxl
13/04 c-mine genk
16/05 4ad diksmuide
Electric Voice II featuring Martin Dupont, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Tropic of Cancer and more scheduled for March 1st release
Electric Voice Records just released two more exclusive tracks from their much anticipated Electric Voice II Compilation. The record is slated for a digital and limited vinyl release on March 1st. Due to heavy demand, those looking for the LP version are encouraged to take advantage of the label's pre-order option in order to ensure availability.
Electric Voice II
On this deluxe compilation, Electric Voice Records offers yet another exploration of historical and contemporary underground music. Whereas last year’s Electric Voice V/A release focused on alternative approaches to electronic pop music, this new album mines a darker spectrum of genres, one that spans more than three decades of minimalist synth and industrial work.
Here, new generation artists like Tropic of Cancer and Martial Canterel (Xeno & Oaklander) are seen to extend rather than revive the music of their influences. Electric Voice II marries these young artists with pioneers from the beginning days of this music, truly groundbreaking acts like Ike Yard, the first America band to sign with Factory Records, and Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV’s enigmatic Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, now performing some of her most poignant material to date as Thee Majesty.
Other featured artists include Das Ding and French group Martin Dupont, who both offer cuts from their respective early 80’s archives. There are also exclusive tracks by ADN’ Ckrystall, Frank (Just Frank), Vita Noctis, and Nine Circles. Taken together, the seamless flow of these tracks, despite the span of generations, makes clear the continued relevance of these practices and pure electronic sounds. To celebrate this collection, acclaimed artist Juan Mendez (Silent Servant) provides cover artwork, with additional design by Dmytrij Wulffius. Brandon Hocura at Polyphasic Studios offers the meticulous final master.
Tracklist:
A1 Real Eyes - Thee Majesty
A2 Who Will Remain - Martial Canterel
A3 Der Stasi Palace - ADN' Ckrystall
A4 Bit of Smile - Martin Dupont
A5 Fall Apart - Tropic Of Cancer
B1 Traversez le Pont - Frank (Just Frank)
B2 Elysians - Ike Yard
B3 Serial Killer - Vita Noctis
B4 Mercy - Nine Circles
B5 End Credits Roll - Das Ding
Good news for the Laibach-fans as they have released their first video ever "Mi kujemo bodočnost" ("We are Forging the Future!") for the very first time on-line.
The clip was filmed in Ljubljana's legendary FV club in 1983.
The two drunken bastards from Bocksholm (Peter Andersson of Raison D'être and Lina Baby Doll of Deutsch Nepal) are finally back with a new album and this time they have unleashed the Beast.
Any mythological idea that Boxholm has become a great peaceful Eden is from now on eternally disproved. No one is safe anymore, not even the horror of Kisa. Birath - the Beast of the forge - is back and we are all captives inside his devilish mind, at least for 60 minutes after pressing play.
Enjoy with a bottle of moonshine
Previously unreleased soundboard recordings from legendary Australian Industrial act SPK (headed by Graeme Revell - today a renowned film soundtrack composer).
Tracks 2-4 were recorded at Heaven, London October 31, 1982. Tracks 6-12 were recorded at Brixton Act, London, April 20 1983.
Tracks 1 and 5 are studio recordings from 1982. This is a mostly undocumented period in SPK's history between the raw sound of "Leichenschrei" and what became the "Metal Dance" direction
Tracks: Genetic Transmission Alt, Maladia Europe, Suture Obsession, Despair, The Sickness, Ich Klage An, Satori, Kult Of The Human Head, Die Elektrischen Varspiele, Hopi Burial, Haiti, In The Dying Moments. Digipak.
