Today, it’s exactly 32 years ago that Nitzer Ebb released Join In The Chant (12mute64 / 10th August 1987).
It was the 3rd and last single to be taken from their debut album That Total Age. Like the album this 7” / 12” was released by the renowned British label Mute Records. The song hit #9 on the US dance chart in 1987 and became a Balearic Beat anthem in clubs around the world. Even to this day this track is still a dance floor filler.
Tracklist 12"
A1. Join In The Chant (Burn!) - Remix by Phil Harding
B1. Join In The Chant (Gold!) - Remix by Miller*, Flood
B2. Join In The Chant (Lies! - Instrumental)
Lyrics
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Guns, guns, guns, guns
Fire, fire, fire
Gold, gold, gold, gold
Church, church, church, church
Guns, guns, guns, guns
Fire, fire, fire
Muscle and hate
Muscle and hate
Muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle
Lies, lies, lies, lies
Books, books, books, books
Burn, burn, burn, burn
Fire, fire, fire
Gothic/Post-Punk duo CYBORG AMOK have recently unleashed their debut, self-titled LP. The album covers conflict, hope, loss, betrayal, estrangement and depression, looming in the darkness on the fringe of the gray.
CYBORG AMOK resides somewhere between the brilliance of twilight and the apocalyptic darkness. Their gothic infused synth-rock sound delivers the listener a panorama of synthetic waves, twisted organic tones and a slightly pop crust … the language angels speak in the darkness.
Greg Bullock states: "Much of the inspiration for my music comes from life experiences. I will also read or see something going on in the world that moves me to write a song to chronicle the event."
CYBORG AMOKs self-titled album was released in both digital and CD formats. The album is a compilation of two previous EPs that are now extinct. New music blog Right Chord Music described the release as “Gloriously brooding and timeless in its introspection.”
"This mix of almost DAF-esque electro with all sorts of chamber instruments, fluctuating between post-thirties beats and modern club grooves, is a tremendously entertaining ride full of humor, short stories, and essentially what Neue Deutsche Welle culminates in. It all comes together in the glorious synthesis of the arts that is Rummelsnuff."
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For the first time in the German album charts! "Dear gals and chaps, Captain Rummelsnuff thanks you for the loyalty you kept him through the calm and stormy times," says the joyfully, surprised Captain.
Out Of Line Music congratulates Captain Rummelsnuff & Asbach and the crew on this achievement and extends a big thank you to all of their loyal fans and affiliates.
On the new album, the captain sings about the delicious sweet dish "Eiorschägge" and "Sauerkraut". The latter, by the way, is Rummelsnuff's first "real" a cappella song: "A song like an old folk melody, as if it had always been there," he describes it aptly. A firm pinch of humor is of course not missing – the side effects of the vitamin-rich vegetables are known to all and are musically underlined by "the woody heights of the captain's bassoon". "Zeppelin", a story about the "whales of the air", leaves the maritime cosmos of Rummelsnuff and exudes a touch of the Thirties. In "Bootsmann", a "very rummelsnuff-like shanty," you "patiently sail over the long waterways of the inland". Of course, the electronic "Feuerwehr", "Müllabfuhr", which is equipped with its cozier beats and "Kreuzheben" get things really going. Suppose you want to get the steeled Rummelsnuff at home in a miniature. In that case, you should secure the limited box - as a little and limited fleet of 12cm hand-painted figurines of the captain are waiting for you – together with the CD and cassette (!) – to get into the loving hands of their affectionate owners. "Äquatortaufe" to touch and with all the senses.
ITracklist:
01 Gelber Drachen
02 Äquatortaufe
03 Bootsmann
04 Berlinverbot
05 Interkosmos
06 Kreuzheben
07 Eiorschägge
08 Berliner Forsten
09 Müllabfuhr
10 Wolf und Einhorn
11 Zeppelin
12 Feuerwehr
13 Vater
14 Sauerkraut
15 Landmann
16 Vacances
On this day, 31 years ago, MOEV released it’s fourth album, Head Down (8 august 1990). It was their last album released on Nettwerk Records and the last one featuring singer Dean Russell, who died in 1994 of complications due to AIDS. In an interview Dean Russell once explained what the name of the band meant, he stated that " Mauve - M.A.U.V.E is a pretty purplish pink, and Moev - M.O.E.V. is the colour of insanity". After Dean's passing the band took a 10 years break and returned in 2011 with a new studio album Ventilation. In 2014 released their, up to today, latest album "One Minute World, albeit only in digital format.
The album features Sarah McLachlan on backing vocals on a few tracks.
MOEV - Head/Down (1990 LP/CD)
1. In and Out 5:43
2. Sadistic Years 4:32
3. No Flash in the Sky 4:23
4. Fear 4:07
5. Noise 4:20
6. Head Down 5:02
7. Smog 3:53
8. Face 4:23
9. Miracle 4:29
CD bonus tracks
10. In and Out (Extended Mix) 7:30
11. Head Down (Extended Mix) 6:24
MOEV
Dean Russell – vocals, production
Tom Ferris – keyboards, programming, production
Kelly Cook – bass, drums, programming, guitar, keyboards, production
Sarah McLachlan – background vocals (4, 5, 7)
Producer
John Fryer – Producer, Drum Programming, Recording
Alaskan Dark Punk/Death Rock Duo, CLIFF AND IVY Bring The Night With New EP!
Alaska's premiere dark punk/death rock duo, CLIFF AND IVY, have recently unleashed their new four song EP, Bring Us The Night. Available on limited edition 7" vinyl and digital formats.
CLIFF AND IVY's music is influenced by magic. Their psychedelic style lyrics are derived from synesthesia. The mission of Bring Us The Night is to make fast dark punk songs with weird supernatural themes. "To hit 'em hard and leave 'em wanting more. Calling all to embrace the dark; to rise, slay, and rise again."
For fans of goth, death rock and dark punk
