Producer/composer Phil Western (Download/PlatEAU/...) passed way on this day, 3 years ago.
Phil Western (°12 August, 1971, † 9 February, 2019) was a producer/engineer/composer and programmer who has been active in music for close to 20 years and has close to 40 albums released to date.
He is known for his collaborative work with his close friend Cevin Key (Skinny Puppy) in the electronic music projects like Download and PlatEAU, as well as his own solo albums, many of which have been released on his own label, The Record Company. His production and engineering work includes remixes for Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Monster Magnet and many others.
May he rest in peace.
DISCOGS
Darkwave act, NEONPOCALYPSE, brings a smile to the end of days with new EP, '-ish'
NEONPOCALYPSE, the first ever solo project by Then Comes Silence frontman Alex Svenson, releases its first EP, -ish.
Svenson explains that the six-track NEONPOCALYPSE EP fulfils a personal as much as a musical need: "I needed to fix my mind on something else. The band takes up a lot of my time and this is just a side project to find a new input... and a new output.”
The music by NEONPOCALYPSE is the end of days to a swell tune with a zippy beat. If the world is going under, enjoy the beautiful scenery and suck carefully on the last joyful moments... with a smile on your lips.
Tracks like, "Broken Circles' blend sounds similar to John Foxx and Simple Minds, yet with an unmistakably modern twist, thanks as much to Svenson’s familiar velvety croon and strong sense of melody. Others like "Game Over" and "Lips And The Light" pay homage to early industrial and 80s synth scene artists.
-ish is available now on limited edition CD and digital formats via the Swiss Dark Nights label.
Siren Song” is the fourth EP and X-IMG debut of Argentine producer & DJ Dominique Slva. With a background in classical music and violin she fuses a sophisticated blend of broken beats, supernatural textures, crystalline melodies, ethereal vocal cut-ups and intricate percussion to create a dream like work consisting of 5 original tracks. As she explains: “Siren Song is an attempt to distance myself a bit from the dancefloor tracks, the idea was to make something more mysterious and not rigidly grounded into reality or the typical club format.” It also includes is a remix of the track “Lovers Cannot See” by SARIN.
Release is planned in the beginning of March 2022.
On INTO THE ANCIENT, Grammy-nominated recording artist Peter Phippen explores the gleaming mystical sonorities of ancient and modern flutes. Within a 12-track album of haunting new age world music, Phippen and co-producer / synthesist Ivar Lunde Jr. offer a captivating collage of the flutes’ translucent chimerical whisper and subtle electronic sound images. It's a shimmering panorama illustrating the gauzy veil of perception that separates our present state from the airy world of the spirits.
This month it’s been 26 years since Ministry released their cover version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’!
This month it’s been 26 years since American industrial metal band Ministry released their cover version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’ (February 1996).
The song was performed earlier during a charity concert in October 1994, with Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam performing the backing vocals. Later the studio version of the song was recorded and released as a 4 track CD single from Ministry’s sixth studio album, Filth Pig. The song also appears on the 2008 Ministry cover album, Cover Up.
In the Rolling Stone magazine’s review of Filth Pig, critic Jon Wiederhorn wrote that the cover "amalgamates a deep distorted bass line, clicking electronic percussion, jangling acoustic guitars, ominous curls of feedback and Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen's trademark howls”.
Lay Lady Lay (CD) Tracklist
| Lay Lady Lay (Edit) | 5:10 |
| Lay Lady Lay (Album Version) | 5:45 |
| Paisley | 4:50 |
| Scarecrow (Live) | 8:18 |
Lyrics
Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
Stay while the night is still ahead
Stay lady stay
Heaven's fills our head
Whatever colors that you have in your mind
I show them on to you and you see them shine
Stay lady stay
Stay with your man a while
Till the break of day
Then you're gonna see him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing, he's ever seen
Why wait any longer for the world to begin?
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing over you?
Lay lady lay
Lay across my big brass bed
Stay lady stay
We're gonna build the whole night ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you all night
Lay lady lay
Lay lady lay
Lay lady lay
Lay lady lay
Lay lady lay
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
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