Every year DWA manages to find some new spin on the concept of compilation albums – and 2015 is no exception!
This summer we present you with an eclectic collection of cover versions originally written and performed by 80s icons A Flock Of Seagulls, Army Of Lovers, Depeche Mode, Beastie Boys and Den Harrow, 90s alt rockers Deftones and Korn, industrial scene legends Grendel and And One, dating back as far as 1975 with seminal electro pioneers Kraftwerk all the way through to Nicki Minaj shaking her booty just a couple of years ago.
And yes “present” might just be the key word here – because you can pick this up for JUST ONE LOUSY US DOLLAR if you feel so inclined!
Well over a couple of years in the making since the original idea started being floated around the DWA roster, the level of satisfaction at this finally seeing the light of day is palpable…
Bands known principally for electronic music like vProjekt and Technolorgy reveal their talents on more traditional guitars and drums, acts like Terrolokaust and Sirus known for their electro style tackle 90s alt rock anthems…
Including 8 tracks previously unreleased, and by popular demand an instrumental mix of CygnosiC‘s massive international hit “Mad Desire”, we bring you THE soundtrack of the summer 2015…via DWA's own Bandcamp-storefront all for as little as JUST $1 or however much you may think it is worth… ;-)
Cyclone Empire proudly annouced that they signed the Swedish doom death underground band Moondark. Moondark already exist from 1993 but didn' t released very much ( due to lack of any deal). A demo and the cd 'Shadowtape'. Now they planned a new album for 2016.(wg).
The current line-up in 2015 are: Alexander Högbom – Growls (VOLTURYON, SPASMODIC, OCTOBER TIDE, CENTINEX) Mattias Norrman – Guitars (OCTOBER TIDE, ex-KATATONIA, INTERMENT, DELLAMORTE) Johan Jansson – Guitars (INTERMENT, PARASIT, ex-DEMONICAL, REGURGITATE, DELLAMORTE) Allan Lundholm – Bass (INTERMENT, ex-CONVULSION, CIRCLE OF CHAOS) Kennet Englund – Drums (INTERMENT, DEMONICAL, CENTINEX, ex-UNCANNY, DELLAMORTE)
"I Must Remember" is the 8th full-length release from the veteran electro group CTRL.
The new release will be 11 tracks in length with a departure from the sound of previous
records. No sequencers were used to track the music, a first for the band.
What remains is the core content of the band without all the flickering window
treatments. 17 years after their first release, the band continues to evolve.
The only thing constant is change....and CTRL.
Vertical Slump are Simon Marsham (guitars, vocals), Andrew Milk (drums, vocals), Ed Shellard (bass, vocals) and Peter Simpson (synthesizers), a quartet of time-served hands at the DIY foundry who are/were also involved in (amongst others) the bands Shopping, Gloss Rejection, Omi Palone and Circuit Breaker.
This collection of songs was recorded in February of this year at Sound Savers studios with Mark Jasper, and follows on neatly from where a cassette E.P of early demos left us, released earlier in 2015 through Mïlk Records.
In collaboration with Mark, they have produced a fully formed and insistent record, oozing with confidence and vigour. It is four tracks of galloping, compelling post-punk wherein vocals are gulped with ardent intensity; guitars jag and agitate across the mix, veering from the sweetly melodious to the darkly dissonant, while basslines rumble and lope hand-in-glove with sparse and sympathetic percussion. Keys change, amps squawk, and tense locked-in cadences give way to silvery, sweet-spot choruses.
Mastered with an added slice of punk grit by the evergreen Daniel Husayn at North London Bomb Factory, these recordings can be seen as both a pulsating introduction to a band, and a persuading proposition of what’s to come in the future.
'Ruined Value' will be released on Friday 2nd October digitally and on 7” through all good stockists. The band will be playing the following UK dates around the time of the release:
August 31st - Power Lunches, London, w /Sievehead + Frau + Bad Manifest
September 22nd - Birthdays, London, w / Lust For Youth + Static Palm
September 25th - Eagle Inn, Salford, w / Terrible Truths
September 28th - The Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield, w / Fehm + John The Baptist’s Head On A Plate
September 29th - JT Soar, Nottingham, w / Debris Slide
September 30th - Cardiff TBC
October 1st 2015 – 7” Launch at DIY Space For London, w / No Form, Woolf + Cianuro
Ahead of their London shows later this year, Eden Circle have shared their debut single ‘Follow The Road’.
Recorded with producer Simon Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club), the lyrics were written as a protest against "people's disconnection from the world around them, living their lives on social media." Paired with soaring harmonies and delicate layers, it makes for an uplifting and impressive first cut from the young Kent outfit.
The four-piece formed earlier this year, with their origins going back to their schooldays when singer Joel Whitewood and guitarist Josh Best-Shaw found they shared the same classroom dreams of a musical future. To add to their beginnings as a core songwriting duo with shared roots, Josh and Joel make up the classic pairing of a strong-minded signature guitarist and a naturally gifted singer who can soar and dive around the guitars lines.
To complete the requirements they both grew up with a deep immersion in a musical form a few degrees away from the rock band norm. Joel played cornet as a child, Josh played clarinet, piano and sax. Both of them became choristers at Canterbury Cathedral, gaining a vocal expertise which would feed into the band's harmonies. Even before they squared their circle with the addition of 18-year-old drummer and occasional producer Nathaniel Graham, plus bassist Zak Tozer, and barely out of their teens began playing shows around their native Kent, they had a lot of favourable signs in the background. They’ve progressed quickly, recording demos and gigging as much as finishing off A-levels would allow. The DNA of their personal histories was clearly giving the music a special emotional power. At the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long and fascinating road, with many breathtaking views, Eden Circle are making a seriously auspicious start
