Christian Ryder, the frontman and "mind" of the Italian project, has the rare capacity to transform his music into something unique and unrepeatable, performing compositions of highest level that always hit the target. In the new album "Jedem Das Seine", the polychromatic combination among electrowave, electropop and 80's intuitions, generated sound perspectives extraordinarily attractive and intelligently various in their musicality, thanks to instrumental alchemies and vocal structures constructed with great experience which know how to conquer the listener from the first moment.
Linear, vibrating and pulsing drum-programming creates danceable rhythmics, sometimes minimal, actively connected to ultra-melodic flurries of synths, to backlights of guitar and to an alternation of cloudless vocals, sometimes obscured by more harsh tones: the songs of this release are a continual succession of pop technology, suggestive retro-wave elements and elegant modernism, for a full-length of immense value that you will remember as the best of the band's repertoire.
The new TourdeForce, further matured, is innovation, research and resourcefulness: he now stands proudly on the electro scene, proposing twelve tracks of rare magnificence that will astound the entire audience: beyond the concept of the beautiful and destined for greatness: "Jedem Das Seine" is exactly the album that you are waiting for.
After a tweet by the partner of David Gilmour, there were already a few days rumours concerning a new album, but now, Pink Floyd officially confirms: there will be a new PF album, "The Endless River", in October 2014.
Official statement :
Pink Floyd can confirm that they are releasing a new album "The Endless River" in October 2014. It is an album of mainly ambient and instrumental music based on the 1993/4 Division Bell sessions which feature David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The album is produced by David Gilmour with Phil Manzanera, Youth and recording engineer Andy Jackson. Work is still in progress, but more details to come at the end of the Summer.
Sex Hands were formed by three childhood friends from the North Wales coast. After relocating to Manchester, Alex, Dylan and Edwin played their first show in 2011 on the Comfortable on a Tightrope stage at SFTOC, Salford. A month later Joe Logan of Waiters was recruited for his sweet bassy licks and amazing posture. From then on the band has been on a rock 'n' roll whirlwind, playing shows with the likes of Trumans Water one night and The Babies the next.
After their previous releases which include a split 7" with Daily Life (on the Icecapades label, which features artwork by Sex Hands' own Alex Humphreys and Manchester artist Lucy Jones) as well as the self released mini album, Season One (Giant Hell), this is Sex Hands proper-real-life-hi-fi-fully-rockin'-full-length record on Faux Discx/Negative Space.
With artwork by Manchester based artist Mike Redmond that compliments the band's rough around the edges, scorched pop rock, PLEH is 13 tracks of non-stop melody mashed fun time hug and roll hits.
Influences include The Clean, Pixies and Weezer. Sex Hands are not a garage pop band, they have never practiced in a garage. They never practice.
Tracklisting:
1. Space Song
2. Flat Mate
3. Pivot
4. Gay Marriage
5. Hairdo
6. Chandler In A Box
7. Hot Cheddar
8. On A Break
9. Tommy
10. The One Where the Stripper Cries
11. Hug 'N' Roll
12. The Curse
13. An Eight
Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the UK Blu-ray and DVD release of Bound, the mid-90s neo-noir which marked the debut directorial feature from the Wachowski siblings (Lana, formally Larry, and her younger brother Andy). The movie will make its uncut UK Blu-ray debut on 28th July 2014 in a newly restored transfer with a host of brand-new extra features.
Opening in late ’96 in the USA and early ’97 in the UK, Bound, if anything, looks even more striking today than it did on first release. On its initial opening, it was far from being the only inventive low-budget crime flick doing the rounds. While once upon a time, independent films prided themselves on eccentricity and integrity, the game-changing success of Pulp Fiction created a run on loquacious crooks, ironic violence and plans going awry and, predictably enough, Bound was lumped in with this cycle.
The passage of time reveals just how unfair this was. With hindsight, it’s clear that the Wachowskis were drawing on a very real appreciation of genre, in particular the crime fictions of the 40s and 50s, an era of hardboiled novels and film noir, and this strongly influenced how they steered the film. For example, Joe Pantoliano was advised by his directors to base his performance as Ceasar on Humphrey Bogart’s character in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and it’s not hard to see why: just like Ceasar, Fred C. Dobbs is driven to ever more extreme lengths by the lure of money.
The film’s visuals discreetly look back to an earlier age too; Violet plainly takes her fashion tips from the femme fatales of yesteryear. Elsewhere, the cool lines and classical styling of the apartment give it a non-specific period quality. Indeed, aside from some now obsolete technology – square televisions! mobile phones with aerials! – and some mid-90s barbering, there’s remarkably little to date Bound.
Of course, the echoes of older crime films are most obviously felt in the script: the basic set-up (lower-class worker hooks up with a dame who has an inconvenient partner) is very clearly a riff on The Postman Always Rings Twice. But, of course, in every previous iteration of The Postman Always Rings Twice, that lower-class worker had been a man. What made Bound so distinctive was that it was all about women. More specifically, it was all about lesbians...
Bound is far more subversive than the boys’ night out it could so easily have been, a film that plays around with conventions of both gender and genre, putting two women at the heart of a crime picture and letting them succeed on their own terms.
Although the sexual politics are the most immediately distinctive aspect of the film, the sheer skill with which the Wachowskis realised their vision is noteworthy. This was their first time at the bat and, if nothing else, Bound is a tremendously assured debut.
Arrow Video’s newly-restored presentation of the feature, transferred from original film elements, comes with a bumper crop of special features, including all new interviews, with stars Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly and Joe Pantoliano
The disc will also include the new feature Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of Bound in which director of photography Bill Pope, editor Zach Staenberg, and composer Don Davis discuss their experiences on creating the look and sounds of the film.
Alongside this, the Blu-ray disc will also feature the original theatrical trailer, a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith and a sizable collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by noted critic James Oliver
Synopsis:
Before making their name with worldwide smash hit The Matrix and its two sequels (which they similarly wrote and directed), sibling duo The Wachowskis debuted with this sizzling neo-noir thriller financed by legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis.
Gina Gershon (Showgirls, Face/Off) plays Corky, a young woman recently released from a five-year jail term for, as she puts it, the “redistribution of wealth”. After a brief lift encounter with her sexy and sultry neighbour Violet (Jennifer Tilly) the pair strike up a steamy love affair under the nose of Violet’s unhinged Mafia boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). Soon the two women are hatching a plot to steal $2 million from Caesar and his associates – but if you’re going to mess with the mob, you’d better be sure you do it right…
Hugely well received upon its release, reviews for Bound saw some critics comparing the Wachowskis with the Coen Brothers – and Blood Simple in particular – whilst Roger Ebert heaped praise on the film, declaring it to be “one of those movies that works you up, wrings you out and leaves you gasping”. By turns shocking and funny (and with plenty of lesbian sex scenes thrown in for good measure) Bound is an astoundingly assured debut which oozes style and sensuality.
Special Features
· High definition digital transfer
· High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
· Optional 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo audio (with DTS-HD Master Audio and Uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
· Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
· Audio Commentary with Writer/Directors the Wachowskis, Stars Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, and Joe Pantoliano, Editor Zach Staenberg, and Consultant Susie Bright
· Femme Fatales – Interviews with Stars Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly
· Hail Ceasar! – An Interview with Actor Joe Pantoliano
· Here’s Johnny! – An Interview with Actor Christopher Meloni
· Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of Bound – Interviews with Director of Photography Bill Pope, Editor Zach Staenberg, and Composer Don Davis
· Vintage EPK Featurettes (US & International Versions)
· Theatrical Trailers
· TV Spots
· Still Gallery Images
· Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
· Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver
"Distorted Religion" is the newest single from Kevorkian Death Cycle's and the follow up to their critically acclaimed comeback album "God Am I". Distorted Religion continues KDC's rich history in the Industrial scene. Distorted Religion contains two new tracks as well as two remixes by Hex Rx and modern legends Assemblage 23. It will be available as a digital download only and KDC has made a new limited edition t-shirt to coincide with the new single. It will be released on Negative Gain Productions July 22nd worldwide.
