To celebrate the release of their newest single "The staircase" the minimal popduo Xeno & Oaklander are heading for an European tour in July, here are the dates :

July 6th London

Kicker Conspiracy party at The Lexington

96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB – Angel tube station with Oppenheimer Analysis

July 8th Amsterdam

Nieuwe Anita – Xeno & Oaklander are followed by Future Islands

July 9th Switzerland Zurich

Longstreet Bar

July 10th Italy Milan

Q21 at Via Padova 21

Xeno & Oaklander are preceded by Newclear Waves (Mannequin) and Italo Connection (Fred Ventura)

July 11th Switzerland Basel

New Jerseyy Gallery, a special live soundtrack by Xeno & Oaklander set to a projection of Liz Wendelbo's new film ‘Sets & Lights’

July 12th Austria Vienna

Future Echo party at Fluc

Xeno & Oaklander are preceded by a screening of Liz Wendelbo's new film ‘Sets & Lights’ and Dream Affair (Brooklyn) and Crazy Hospital

July 13th Germany Stuttgart (Esslingen)

Komma– College Club Parties – Maillestr. 5-9, 73728 Esslingen

July 14th Germany Berlin

Death # Disco meets Brave Exhibitions party at the King Kong Club, Brunnenstr. 173, with Mueran Humanos,

July 16th Hungary Budapest

Kuss Mich party at Roham with Martial Canterel

Formed in 2005, the Ottawa-based Canadian trio Encephalon, consisting of Matt Gifford, Sam Mainer and Alis Alias, have kept the electro-industrial underground waiting with bated breath for five long years.
Since stunning the electro world with their 2006 track "Responder“ on Septic VI, , the duo have contributed tracks to no less than 7 other compilation, each of which has become an underground hit, their latest offering "Daylight" being no exception.

 Encephalon have also contributed the track "Rise“ to the 2009 cyberpunk film "The Gene Generation“, the horror pic "Necromentia“ and also have a guest appearence on the new Fractured album earlier this year.

Time, then, that the Canadians put out a CD of their own, due to hit stores this fall in the form of their debut album. Focusing on themes of isolation, futurism and human evolution,

"The Transhuman Condition“ is sure to bring Encephalon’s fantastically dark soundscapes to a wider audience beyond electro insiders, independent filmmakers and scene DJs.

US based Industrialists Imperative Reaction return in 2011 after a couple of years in silence.

The band will release an 8-track single, entitled "Surface" as an appetizer for the forthcoming studio album.

Besides remixes from Scandy, Sebastian Komor, Shok’s Zeitmahl, Pull Out Kings and Rotersand, you’ll be treated with the b-side “What Is Left To Say” in an exclusive club edit.

Here is the full tracklisting of the "Surface" single:

01. Surface

02. What Is Left To Say (Club Edit)

03. Surface (Club Version)

04. Surface (Under The Surface Remix by Scandy)

05. Surface (Sebastian Komor Remix)

06. Surface (Shok’s Zeitmahl Remix)

07. Surface (Pull Out Kings Remix)

08. Surface (Rotersand Rework)
 
The single will be released digitally in Europe on August 5, 2011 through Dependent Records.
 

The original and full version of "Surface" you can already check out as video clip

'Harlequins' is the first single from the upcoming album 'Harlequins Of Love' by Belgian rock combo Customs.

Set to be released on September 23rd 2011, 'Harlequins Of Love' is the follow up album to debut 'Enter The Characters'.

Here are the first upcoming concerts

Thot has a new single out called The Shy Summer and available for streaming/free download (see link below).

This song (the first one ever written for the album Obscured by the Wind, but kept as a bonus song in the 13 tracks edition) is now part of a new EP entitled Fig.5: The sun catcher and is a following to the Vegetal Noise Music Story.

It is be available since 21th of June, on free download or pay what you want, including remixes by Thot but also by Coloned Up and Mister Down (dubstep duet from Brussels), and an acoustic version of the single.

A limited physical package including new t-shirt and cd with bonus song will be also available on Thot's webstore and at gigs.

soundcloud.com/thotmusic/thot-the-shy-summer.