The new Ghost & Writer track "Gambit", just released on the Septic X compilation album is praised by both, the press and the club DJs.
Also Ghost & Writer are currently working on a new album scheduled to be released in November 2012. The album's working title is "Red Flags And Sick Mirrors" and it will put Frank M. Spinath (from Seabound and Edge Of Dawn fame) and Jimmyjoe Snark (from legendary act The Weathermen) through more sonic explorations of immortal themes such as death, fear, trust, beliefs, lust, and several other sins we won't go into detail about right now.
There’s “nowhere to run” from KMFDM’s "Amnesia".
"Amnesia" is the follow-up single to last year’s rousing anthem "Krank", which debuted on the Billboard Singles Chart at #15 and the Billboard Top Dance Singles Chart at #3 (spending over 6 weeks on both charts). Amnesia will be released in May 2012 on Dependent for Europe.
"The decision to pick "Amnesia" as the lead-track for the 2nd single off the "WTF?!" album was an easy choice" says KMFDM leader Käpt´n K. "It being the 'other' dance-track and you people's somewhat bewildering desire to dance your asses off, was a match made in heaven. Let it rip !!!"
"Amnesia" includes 3 remixes of 3 different songs, one brand new exclusive song and the album version of “Amnesia” as well, for a total of 5 tracks, providing almost 25 minutes of music. All of the remixes found on Amnesia come from material originally on KMFDM’s 2011 album "WTF?!".
KMFDM’s founder and leader, Sascha K. takes point with his remix of “Amnesia”, a club/electro rework with a hefty stomp that is guaranteed to have lovers of the Ultra-Heavy-Beat reporting to the dancefloor in record numbers. Norway’s industrial-orchestral act Morlocks threw a CD onstage while KMFDM was playing at a festival in Germany. Since then they have become one of Sascha K.’s favorite new bands and have been called on here to work their strange brand of magic on last year’s single "Krank”, giving it a total revamp. Finally, Rotersand have a go at the explosive takeover track "Come On - Go Off".
The release’s brand-new and exclusive song “I (Heart) You” finds KMFDM taking their industrial grinder to the synth-pop/future-pop sound. The results are, as one would expect, uniquely KMFDM.
The single’s inclusion of “Amnesia (Album Mix)” serves as an introduction for those who have not yet picked up the band’s well received record WTF?! which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Electronic Album Chart and #8 on the Billboard Electronic/Dance Album Chart in 2011.
The artwork for Amnesia was created by KMFDM’s longtime visual partner Brute!. The image is from a concept by Käpt'n K. (riffing on Edvard Munch’s famous painting "The Scream"). The accompanying booklet also contains a message for KMFDM fans and fully detailed credits.
Here again the full tracklisting:
01. "Amnesia" (Käpt'n K. Mix)
02. "Amnesia" (Album Mix)
03. "Krank" (Morlocks Mix)
04. "Come On - Go Off" (Rotersand Mix)
05. "I (Heart) You"
The brainchild of Peter Bjärgö, this legendary Swedish ethereal/neoclassical act is back with a new release after four years of silence since their last full-length, Raspail.
While 2010 saw the re-release of their first four albums with The First Era 4XCD box set, we now offer a superb follow-up to their long tradition of awesome melancholic melodies.
Longtime fans will rejoice in these mesmerizing songs, and new fans will surely be conquered. This mini-CD also serves as a prelude to their upcoming full-length As Bright As A Thousand Suns, scheduled for a May 2012 release on Cyclic Law.
Stray is the yin to the yang of Erica Dunham's main project Unter Null. While Unter Null is harsh and violent, Stray is more dance and electro oriented with a less distorted voice. Stray's new album "Let Me Go" will be released May 4 on Alfa Matrix. You can listen to sound clips of the tracks on Soundcloud.
Cherry Red releases two albums by The outsiders : Calling on Youth and Close Up.
The Outsiders were Wimbledon's official entry into the 1977 UK punk menagerie. The line-up of Adrian Borland (vocals, guitar), Bob Lawrence (bass), and Adrian Janes (aka Jan - drums) had in fact been playing together for a few years before punk took off. Citing the Velvet Underground as their main influence, The Outsiders was a classic example of an existing band that, through the explosion of punk, managed to elevate themselves to a higher level, there by securing more gigs and even getting records released.The band's music is rooted in classic rock and roll, but served with adequate amounts of speed and attitude to fully warrant the use of the punk rock tag.
Quite uncommonly for the times, The Outsiders’ first release was not a 7", but an album. Financed in large by Adrian Borland’s parents, the LP "Calling On Youth" was released in 1,000 copies on The Outsiders’ own Raw Edge label in May of 1977 (some of the album’s recordings date back to 1976). The music is produced as well as mixed by the band and the cover is designed by Adrian Borland. The LP has the honour of being the very first DIY-released punk album by a UK group. Musically, it is a sprawling affair with everything from acoustic takes to harder edged punk rock.
Then finally in November came the group’s first 7" and The Outsiders transformation into a 100% punk band was now in place. There is no acoustic guitars or extended solos in ear-sight on the "One To Infinity" 7" EP. This cataclysmically great and underrated EP (included here) contains four razor cuts deploying a catchy buzzsaw punk sound in the vein of The Saints. By all factors, this 4-tracker is a vintage 1977 punk record.
For the first time this record has been released on CD and comes with full endorsement from the Borland estate and new extensive notes by Brittle Heaven’s Rients Bootsma as well as being re-mastered with the help of Robert Borland
