Krystal System launches video for 'Nuclear Winter'.
Available now is a brand new KRYSTAL SYSTEM video, "Nuclear Winter". The cybernervous video, which a lust for the eye, holds a motorbike sequence in the beginning of the clip which was made on a wasteland near Paris. The ride itself was shot in the south of France around Cassis, roughly 700 kilometers further. "We were lucky we didn't cross any cops on the road...", so the band told their label.
A free download for the "Nuclear Winter" track is available here.
The track for the video is taken from KRYSTAL SYSTEM's "Nuclear" album on Alfa Matrix.
The French duo KRYSTAL SYSTEM aka Bonnie (female vox, guitars) and Seven's (male vox, synths & bass) are based in Paris and bring a mix of metal guitar riffs, industrial beats and fast catchy synth sequences. Add to that Bonnie's provocative juvenile filtered female vocals (both in English and French) backed by Seven's harsher voice.
Their "Nuclear" album is also released as a deluxe double-CD limited carton box edition with poster and a bonus CD featuring several exclusive remixes by the duo itself as well as the unreleased cyber punk cut "Dead World", plus a selection of fruitful collaborations between KRYSTAL SYSTEM and artists like the famous Japanese DJ Taiki, their neighbors TREPONEM PAL and PUNISH YOURSELF, DJ's Ethan Fawkes and DJ Drill/Edrive69 or yet label mates masters IMPLANT andAMGOD.
The people from Body Farm Festival (the festival around Parade Ground and their friends) inform us that the second edition has an other date.
This event still takes place at Le Botanique in Brussels but the date is now 14th October.
Next to the brothers Pauly (aka Parade Ground) you can also see Morpheus Secrets (featuring Samy Birnbach from Minimal Compact-fame), Dive, Underviewer (Front 242), Nothing but Noise (Front 242), Dive and Tzii.
Look below how genius Parade Ground are on stage these days!
Two brand records will be soon out on Dark Entries.
The first album is a re-issue of the debut album Flesh by Jeff & Jane Hudson.
This will be expanded with an extra LP of singles and EP material. Jeff & Jane Hudson are a husband/wife duo from Boston who got their start in the art punk band The Rentals in 1977.
Their first single No Clubs was released in late 1980 and showcased a lo-fi avant garde all synthesizer band.
The World Trade EP came next in 1981, expanding their brand of post-nuclear electronic pop. Their vocals qualities were distinct; Jeff quivery and drug-addled while Jane more detached and icy.
The duo reached their pinnacle with 1982′s seminal Flesh.Perhaps one of the United States biggest achievements in the entire "synth" movement of the 80s. The music was electro-pop employing early Roland synths and the TR808 drum machine.
Completing the discography is the Special World 7″ released in 1983 before the band emigrated back to Boston and stopped recording and performing.
This deluxe edition has been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkerley directly from the original master tapes.
LP 1 is the Flesh LP and LP 2 features the No Clubs and Special World singles plus the World Trade EP.
Each double LP set comes in a gatefold sleeve with unreleased photos, original artwork and a lyrics sheet.
All 2xLPs come with a free digital download card!
Another new one is the reissue of Starter.
Starter was a minimal electronic/synthpop group from Switzerland, formed in 1980 by vocalist and fashion designer Francis Foss, Claudine Chirac (from fellow Swiss Wave group Grauzone and Jet Harbour. Originally the band also included Stephan Eicher who co-wrote two songs but departed before the band recorded their debut album.
STARTER began in the city of Bern when Francis, Claudine and Jet decided to create their own brand of New Wave music inspired by Gary Numan and Kraftwerk.They released their debut, self-titled album Starter in the summer of 1981, making this summer the 30th anniversary of this long out-of-print and extremely hard to find LP!
Using early analog Roland and Korg synthesizers, STARTER’S music seamlessly merges wistful electronics from Germany’s Neue Deutsche Welle movement and powerful vocal stylings from French chanson.
The next few Dark Entries Records releases are in the works!
Parade Ground – The Golden Years – LP
System Liliputt – Harpa LP
Europa – La Ultima Emocion! LP
Vita Noctis – Against the Rule 2xLP (co-release with Daft Records)
Synthpop pioneers Erasure are back with Tomorrow’s World, the band’s first album in more than four years.
The new album is releases in autumn 2011 and is produced by one of the dance scene’s most exciting new talents, Frankmusik.
Tomorrow’s World was written in New York, London, and at Vince Clarke’s cabin studio in Maine following a short break, which found Andy Bell recording and releasing his second solo album Non Stop, and Vince Clarke reuniting with former Yazoo partner Alison Moyet for a recent tour.
It was recorded in Maine, London and Los Angeles between January and June 2011, with Vince using his vintage collection of analog synths for the final touch. The end result is a collection of electronic songs that sound totally contemporary and classic at the same time. All songs are written by Bell and Clarke.
After Erasure’s return to the stage for Short Circuit presents Mute at the Roundhouse, a one-off performance which saw Vince Clarke perform with very special guests Alison Moyet and Feargal Sharkey, Erasure recently embarked on their Total Pop! Tour a series of dates for summer 2011 playing their hits as part of Forestry Commission Live Music, where acts perform in spectacular woodland locations across the country.
The band have also confirmed a show at Guilfest on 17 July and a US tour.
Robert Smith goes electronic, or something like that as he teamed up with The Japanese Popstars, an electronic band from Derry, Northern Ireland.
The song is named "Take forever" and if someone says it's the best thing he did in ages, what can we add to this?
