Dependent Records is proud to announce a record that "is sure to make its mark on underground dance-floors all over the world with ease."
"Empirion's new E.P. "I Am Electronic / Red Noise" will be out on September 23rd this year in limited vinyl and CD is perhaps their strongest material as of yet. The E.P. marks the first impression into their long anticipated forthcoming album "Resume". As you can guess by the title, this is a double A-Side E.P., where each track represents one side of the influences of Jamie Smart and Oz Morsley. "I Am Electronic" is a grinding breakbeat/trance maelstrom with an irresistible vocoder voice arrangement. "Red Noise" represents the industrial roots of the band and is an update to Nitzer Ebb style EBM paired with IDM elements and strong (human) vocals. Man vs. Machine!"
The E.P. is available as CD-Single with 6 tracks and two bonus tracks, the vinyl is a limited edition of 1000 copies (with 300 in red vinyl) and two exclusive mixes of the A-Sides.
Today it’s exactly 30 years since Siouxsie & The Banshees released their single Peek-a-Boo.
Today it’s exactly 30 years since Siouxsie & The Banshees released their single Peek-a-Boo. It was released on 18th July 18th 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album, Peepshow. Peek-a-Boo was rated "Single of the Week" in both Sounds and NME.
The song's peculiar sound is due to its experimental recording which was based on a sample. The song was built on a loop in reverse of a brass part with drums which the group previously arranged a year before for a cover of John Cale's 'Gun'. The band selected different parts of that tape when played backwards, editing them and re-recording on top of it, adding a different melody plus accordion, a one-note bass and discordant guitar. Drummer Budgie also added another beat. Once the instrumental parts were finished, Siouxsie sang her lyrics over it. The lyric track was further manipulated by Siouxsie's use of a different microphone for each line of the song. It took the band a year to arrive at this result.
Peek-a-Boo was one of Siouxsie and the Banshees' most recognizable and popular singles; it was also the group's first to chart in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 53 in the week of 3rd December. The song was very popular on alternative rock radios and received heavy play on MTV. In September 1988, Billboard magazine premiered a new Modern Rock Tracks chart, which measured radio airplay on US modern rock stations; "Peek-a-Boo" was the chart's first No. 1 song. In the UK, "Peek-a-Boo" became their fifth Top 20 UK hit, peaking at number 16 in the Singles Chart.
The music video was chosen by The Chart Show to be their "Best Video of the Year" for 1988. On the Beavis & Butt-Head episode "Sperm Bank," Beavis noted while watching the video that "this is music for people who don't have any friends”.
Peek-a-Boo (CDS/7”)
a. Peek-a-Boo
b. False Face
Peek-a-Boo (CD Maxi-single)
1. Peek-A-Boo
2. Catwalk
3. Peek-A-Boo (Big Spender Mix)
4. False Face
5. Peek-A-Boo (Silver Dollar Mix)
Peek-a-Boo (Lyrics)
Creeping up the backstairs
Slinking into dark stalls
Shapeless and slumped in bath chairs
Furtive eyes peep out of holes
She has many guises
She'll do what you want her to
Playing dead and sweet submission
Cracks the whip deadpan on cue
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Reeking like a pigsty
Peeling back and gagging free
Flaccid ego in your hand
Chokes on dry tears, can you understand?
She's jeering at the shadows
Sneering behind a smile
Lunge and thrust to pout and pucker
Into the face of the beguiled
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo (Golly jeepers)
Peek-a-boo (Where'd you get those peepers?)
Peek-a-boo (Peepshow, creepshow)
Peek-a-boo (Where did you get those eyes?)
Strobe lights pump and flicker
Dry lips crack out for more
"Come bite on this rag doll, baby!
That's right now hit the floor"
They're sneaking out the back door
She gets up from all fours
Rhinestone fools and silver dollars
Curdle into bitter tears
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo (Golly jeepers)
Peek-a-boo (Where'd you get those peepers?)
Peek-a-boo (Peepshow, creepshow)
Peek-a-boo (Where did you get those eyes?)
Peek-a-boo (Golly jeepers)
Peek-a-boo (Where'd you get those peepers?)
Peek-a-boo (Peepshow, creepshow)
Peek-a-boo (Where did you get those eyes?)
Peek-a-boo (Golly jeepers)
Peek-a-boo (Where'd you get those peepers?)
Peek-a-boo (Peepshow, creepshow)
Peek-a-boo (Where did you get those eyes?)
Where did you get those eyes?
Where did you get those eyes?
(Songwriters: N Sioux / Steven Severin / Johnny Mercer / N Budgie / Harry Warren)
Today, exactly 38 years ago, Joy Division released their second and final studio album, Closer.
Today, exactly 38 years ago, Joy Division released their second and final studio album, Closer. It was released on 18 July 1980 on the renowned UK label Factory Records exactly two months after the tragic suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis (18 May 1980). Today, Closer is still considered as one of the major releases of the New-Wave and Post-Punk era.
The songs on Closer were drawn from two distinct periods. The earlier guitar-driven compositions like Atrocity Exhibition, A Means to an End, Colony, Passover and 24 Hours were written during the latter half of 1979. The other songs like Isolation, Decades, The Eternal and Heart and Soul were written in early 1980 and included more prominent use of electronics and synthesizers.
Regarding the album's lyrical content, Bernard Sumner recollected: "We'd go to rehearsals and sit around and talk about really banal things. We'd do that until we couldn't talk about banal things any more, then we'd pick up our instruments and record into a little cassette player. We didn't talk about the music or the lyrics very much. We never analyzed it”. Bernard also remembers Ian Curtis saying he was feeling strange because “he felt like all his words were writing themselves. He also said that he had this terrible claustrophobic feeling that he was in a whirlpool and being pulled down, drowning."
Closer was recorded between 18–30 March 1980 at Britannia Row Studios in London. It was produced by Martin Hannett. His production has been highly praised by the music press. However, as with their debut album, both Hook and Sumner were unhappy with Hannett's work. Peter Hook later complained that the track "Atrocity Exhibition" was mixed on one of his days off and when he heard the final product was disappointed that the abrasiveness of his guitar part had been laden with effects and toned down. He wrote; "I was like, head in hands, oh fucking hell, it's happening again. Unknown Pleasures number two... Martin [Hannett] had melted the guitar with his Marshall Time Waster. Made it sound like somebody strangling a cat, and to my mind, absolutely killed the song. I was so annoyed with him and went in and gave him a piece of my mind but he just turned around and told me to fuck off."
The album cover was designed by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville, with a photograph of a Italian tomb on the sleeve. Designer Peter Saville commented that he, upon learning of singer Ian Curtis's suicide, expressed immediate concern over the album's design as it depicted a funeral theme, remarking "we've got a tomb on the cover of the album!"
Closer as a 12” vinyl album reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The Album was also chosen as Album of The Year by NME and is still placed highly in various top 10 lists like Best Album of the 80s (Slant Magazine, Pitchfork Magazine, Q magazine, …) and number two on Sonic Seducers “10 key Goth albums”. It got 10/10 review scores by Akk Music, NME, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone album guide, Select, Spin Alternative Record Guide, Uncut and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music
By 1982, the album had sold over 250,000 copies worldwide.
Shortly after this release the remaining members chose New Order as their new and future band name.
Closer
Side A
1. Atrocity Exhibition
2. Isolation
3. Passover
4. Colony
5. A Means to an End
Side B
6. Heart and Soul
7. Twenty Four Hours
8. The Eternal
9. Decades
All songs written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner.
DIRK DA DAVO - mostly known from his past with THE NEON JUDGEMENT and on top of that pacemaker of NEON ELECTRONICS - has not been on holiday after ending THE NEON JUDGEMENT in 2015. For the last 2 years DDD focused on digital EP releases through his label dancedelicd.com.
There were PROTEST EP, Dirk's first solo work since 1987! DDDJMX EP, co-operating with the fabulous JMX aka JEAN - MARIE AERTS, who along with LUC VAN ACKER produced The Neon Judgement's BLOOD AND THUNDER album (1989). 3DFLY EP, co-operating with MAKE MAKENA who formerly co-worked with SCREAMING TREES, THE THE, BOOTSY COLLINS and many more...
CONCERT DATES NEON ELECTRONICS/NE:
5th October: MATRIX, Bochum (Germany)
6th October: JH WOMMEL, Wommelgem (Belgium)
Peek-a-Boo Magazine #30 out now with temporary free download of the song 'Peek-a-Boo' by Christian Death!!
Your beloved FREE underground music zine Peek-a-Boo is out there again!
This time with a feature interview with the notorious American Goth Rockers Christian Death! For this special occasion the band decided to treat our readers with two (temporary) free downloads of their song Peek-a-Boo, taken from their Born Again Anit-Christian album (1990).
Peek-a-Boo
Peek-a-Boo (Cradle Of Filth version)
Reviews within this magazine
- ANDERS MANGA : Perfectly Stranger
- APSURDE : See Me Coming
- ASTRASONIC : Passengers
- CONSPIRACY COVEN : Conspiracy Coven
- DARKNESS ON DEMAND : Back To Psychoburbia
- FERAL BODY : Chain Ritual
- HA:PEOPLE 355 : One Bear, Two Bicycles And One Xylophone
- JOHN FOXX : METAMATIC (2018 BOX)
- LIZARD SMILE : Wandering in Mirrors
- NEGANT : No !
- PAULINA CASSIDY : Drawing Up A Storm
- SIMPLE MINDS : Walk Between Worlds
- STRUCK9 : Ritual Body Music
- ANYTHING : directed by Timothy McNeil
- DER HAUPTMANN : (2017) German-Polish-French biographical drama, black & white, directed by Robert Schwentke based on true facts.
Interviews within this magazine
