Absolute Body Control formed early 1980 by Dirk Ivens (voice/synths) , Mark De Jonghe (synths) and Veerle De Schepper (backing vocals)
Soon after the lineup changed and Eric Van Wonterghem became Dirk's musical partner untill 1984 when the band was put on non active and both members where or are still involved in projects like THE KLINIK, INSEKT,DIVE, BLOK 57, SONAR and MONOLITH.
ABC released a 7" single "Is There An Exit?" (1981) , appeared worldwide on several compilation albums / tapes and became one of the first Belgian electronic acts who proved to be succesfull on stage.
In total they released 5 tapes and a compilation cd "Eat This" but the public intrest was still there and it took them over 22 years to reform in 2006 and play at the most important Indie festivals all over the world.
Since a few years now the complete backcatalogue is available again and with the release of the long awaited new Album „Shattered Illusion“ (2010) the interest and success of Absolute Body Control was never so popular.
After the well recieved MCD "Sorrow" wich was the first Single taken from the album and released on the Sonic Seducer label , it's time for the 2nd MCD output "Surrender no resistance".
Both MCD's will be combined for the digital (Sleepless) and vinyl ( Minimal Maximal) release called "Mindless Intrusion".
This years ABC exists for 3 decades and still goin strong !
LIVEDATES :
FRI 06.05.11 Traffic Club - Rome - Italy
SAT 18.06.11 Universal Dog - Lahr - Germany
FRI 24.06.11 La Gaité Lyrique - Paris - France
SAT 25.06.11 Blackfield Festival - Gelsenkirchen - Germany
SAT 23.07.11 Shadowplay Festival / Xpo - Kortrijk - Belgium
SAT 13.08.11 John Dee Live Club - Oslo - Norway
SAT 27.08.11 Infest Festival / Bradford University - Bradford - U.K
SAT 03.09.11 NCN6 Festival - Deutzen - Germany
SAT 15.11.11 Industrial Festival - Wroclaw - Poland
Ask the Dust,the shoegaze/cold-wave/modular synth rock band from Paris, Fance,is keeping theirs fans patient by releasing a new digital EP, entitled “Coversand stuff”, available right now on band’s E-shop.
Including covers from Daft Punk, David Bowie or The Police, as well as an unreleased track called “Sailor loveburns”.
This new effort is also online for entire free streamingat the same place. So, be kind... enjoy and share.
By the way, Ask the Dustwill host next Thursday (May 26th) on stage @ Backstage O'Sullivan (Paris, France) a new type of shoegaze concerts : the 21st Century Shoegaze Nights.
For this first night, they have invited UK shoegazers Demontré to share the stage with them.
For fans of Autolux, Sonic Youth, My Blood Valentine, TV on the Radio...
EBM-fans alert!
We have some good news to tell as the guys from Combat Voice decided to make their gig at The Dark Cats Cafe in Mons a free one.
There will be a live presentation of the first album 'The Last Flow' all with an exclusive Visual Show.
To end this evening in style, there will be an After Party by DJ 'O'.
Location:
The Dark Cats Café
Place de Warocqué, 1
7000 MONS (BE)
21:30 - Free Entrance
Also keep your eyes open for a forthcoming interview on Peek-A-Boo.
Hanin Elias, a living Icon of the 90ies, Riot Girl, Front Woman, Founding member of Atari Teenage Riot and labelfounder of Fatal Recordings.
Now Hanin returns with a new album Called “Get it back”. The long-awaited and much anticipated album is a bridge between Elias’s familiar digital hardcore style and her newfound explorations in other genres.
While she lived in French Polynesia on a small island in the south pacific for five years she worked on new material with Chilean musician Diego Sagredo (ICI) who invited her for shows in Santiago.
Influences are widely spread and unpredictable as always. Hanin Elias wants her listeners to have an open mind and a open heart for all kinds of musical directions. On the Album we have the opener “Get it Back” with her guitarist and Bandmember Marcel Degaz(Die Krupps), and also a new version with the Berlin based Group Mutfak of “You Suck”.
Both songs are inspired by Electro, No Wave and Dubstep. Hanin Elias’s vocals take on new grace with the melodic, gothic workings of “Melancholia,” a fitting title for the somber, downtempo side of the album also found in Tying Tiffanyeuphoric mix of 2001’s “Future Noir.”Dead Eyes” with Velvet Underwear’s Yeti Popstar is a real dancefloor smasher with co-vocalist Mismeriser from Paris
” The well known “Riot” girl side of the artist is reflected in songs like “Axis shifting” with Sindaddy and “Do You know!!!” with Diego Sagredo has scream-rapping, an ode to her digital hardcore past. A collabaration with Chilean based industrial artistVigilantewith the track “New Order” also shows that Hanin has still political messages in her music.
“I want you” is a collaboration with a Tahitian Band Tikahiri, very known in French Polynesia. This song has a very erotic vibe.
The Song “Money” is a Flying Lizard Cover, absolutely cold and dancable! The Dead Eyes remix by Lorenzo Montana and Hanin Elias was spontaneously created during the mastering process and became a new version of the song that could be best described as rockstep.
Peek-A-Boo is already waiting for this (we’re sure of this!) godlike-release.
Next month will see the light of the newest Genocide Organ, the meisters of power-electronics and it’ll be released on TESCO.
The latest new Genocide Organ album dates back to 2005.
Six years later the world is challenged by well-known old and antic patterns and presumed economic reasons. Just like always, it are people who seeked more than money and that’s what the new record is about, the overall topic of mercenary or more.
Like always Genocide Organ´s music is straight forward - expanding all genres and categories.
A powerful assault and aggressive undertone interchanges with a dense depressive mood.
All tracks are new but have been partly played live during their last live appearance..
