« Although Monoton dried up in 1992, its entire output consisting of a handful of mini-albums and limited-run EPs, its minimalist electronica appears increasingly ahead of its time. The sole work of Austria's Konrad Becker, it was a key influence on the brand of Eurotronica found on labels from Kompakt to Mego. Becker began hooking up analogue rhythm boxes and tone generators in late '70s Vienna, churning out a terse music of bleeps, pings and subsonic pulses, all plunged in tape delay and reverb. Blau — originally titled Monotonprodukt 02 — was Monoton's first release from 1980.
The buzzing machines often sound strained to their limits, yet the overall mood is sombre, a palette of greys and umbers punctuated by Becker's incoherent murmurs. “Dubwise” is a spooky premonition of Rhythm and Sound's Germanic reggae. Muffled steel drums resound around “Wirklichkeit,” while “Teil 2″ is seared with a violin drone. Even after 28 years Monoton's unearthly, steely beauty is preserved intact. »
Rob Young
This classic album is now reissued for the first time ever and original copies exchange for $200 nowadays.
Soon:
Complot Bronswick reissues
Richard Attenborough, who was honored for his helming and production of the 1982 Oscar best picture “Gandhi” but was best known to American audiences for his role in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” and its first sequel as park creator John Hammond, died on Sunday, his son tells BBC News. He was 90.
The stocky British filmmaker was awarded a life peerage by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 for his stage work and for his efforts behind and in front of the camera to promote British cinema.
While Attenborough had been a prominent character actor in his native country since the early 1940s, he also achieved much as a producer, motion picture executive and cultural impresario. At various times he was chairman of the British Film Institute, Channel 4, Goldcrest Films, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and Capital Radio and a director of the Young Vic and the British Film Institute. In the late ’70s.
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Exactly two years after Fatal Casualties debuted at Seja records with the highly acclaimed 'Paria' the band from Stockholm, Sweden is back with their second full-length album, slightly more hopeful entitled "Psalm". The dark sound on 'Psalm' has clearly indulged. Both in terms of melody and percussion it all ends up in a much richer, but also in even more disturbing sound yields. The album includes a re-recorded version of ‘Laica’ (we know of SITM remixes, but quite different) in which a glorious cameo for Darrin Huss, singer of the legendary Psyche. Fatal Casualties is the black pearl of electronic underground… Don't miss it!
Incubate is the annual celebration of cutting-edge culture. It is a festival exhibiting a diverse view on indie culture as a whole, including music, visual arts, film and contemporary dance, and a conference. It brings more than 200 cutting edge artists in an intimate context to an international audience. Black metal next to free jazz. Refreshing art next to inspiring debate.
Incubate takes place on 15 to 21 September 2014 in over 20 locations in Tilburg (NL).
289 artists will play at this years' Incubate in Tilburg.
The complete line-up can be found here.
Here you can order a ticket, they're still available.
The new promotional video for Soft Riot’s track “Your Own Private Underworld” has now premiered online. This track was released as a single last year as well as being included as the closing track on the album “Fiction Prediction”, also released last year. The album is available in Europe on Other Voices Records and in the Americas on Volar Records.
The video was shot in East London by the up and coming video production team Wild Beast Productions, comprised of director Mikko Makela and producer James Watson.
Soft Riot is JJD, a former Vancouverite based out of Sheffield UK, using an arsenal of synthesisers, mixers, effects and lighting to fill rooms with sinister, minimalist electronic "pop" songs equally influenced from dystopian film, soundtracks, psychedelia and various types of "wave" music. Over the past year Soft Riot has toured Europe three times, most recently France, Netherlands and Belgium as well as Moscow this past fall and a number of UK cities including London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. Recently Soft Riot has played the Gothic Pogo Party festival in Leipzig DE opening for Robert Görl of DAF, one of the early flagship bands on the legendary Mute Records.
