Alfa Matrix has been using the catchline "Electronic Music With Attitude" as their main label slogan for years. Their recent signing from Australia, AVARICE IN AUDIO, are a band that truly embrace the Alfa Matrix mantra, and show expertise in their craft with a unique blend of Synthpop/EDM and Dark Electro stylings. Coming into their own on the successful lead single "Frostbite" released a few months earlier, the full length debut is here in the form of "Shine & Burn", a mixture of melodic trance and emotional aggression sure to set the world on fire: "Stars exist to Shine & Burn"...
Cold soundscapes, decadent baselines, romantic leads and a beauty and beast style vocal dichotomy between members Jade Pegg & Gerry Hawkins. Gerry's screaming and frantic vocals directly contrast with Jade's ethereal operatic vocal style, transforming the songs almost into an emotional war of attrition. The lyrics from Gerry are schizophrenic in delivery and subject, rushing from heartbreak to addiction, to self imposed punishment and struggling with celebrity. While Jade's delivery comes with the touch of promise, of hope for finer things in the future. Songs like "The Cassandra Complex", "Bleed As One" & "Punished" show what the two are capable of, delivering a new style hybrid of genres together to make something catchy, thought provoking and danceable.
Combined with extra collaborations with maverick dark electro producers ASCENSION EX, futurepop act XP8, futuristic artist REDUX and electro-rock darlings MiXE1, Jade & Gerry show off their versatility and genre slicing styles with surgical precision.
Evoking comparisons to AYRIA, GRENDEL, L'AME IMMORTELLE or yet ASHBURY HEIGHTS and using the modern production styling of bands like NERO, AESTHETIC PERFECTION & VNV NATION is what AVARICE IN AUDIO deliver, a ultimate sonic experience rarely heard on a debut album naming them as candidate newcomer of the year on electro land?
The deluxe double-CD carton box edition of the album is augmented with remixes from huge names like C-LEKKTOR, ASSEMBLAGE 23, ∆AIMON, NITRO/NOISE, STUDIO-X and many more delivering their personal swings to the AIA sound.
This album is what will be PROGRESS Productions’ absolute priority this year! Sometimes, not that often comes a band that we believe are able to really rewrite history in electronic music. A band that has something that others simply do not have. Wulfband is one of these rare bands!
The members wants to remain secret. There is no information about the band members, their whereabouts. There is no big biography story to tell, no long list of previous bands the members have been part of. Wulfband like the wolf comes out from the dark and hits you. But instead of fangs that bite you, their weapon is crushing beats and driving basslines with aggressive and driving vocals.
Music that attacks and attacks until you submit totally. Wulfband is here to dominate the EBM-scene. Big words you say? Real words we say! When the wolfs come out. You have nowhere to escape! A must for fans of Nitzer Ebb, DAF and similar true Electronic Body Music with attitude!
Dunkelziffer is one of the scenes most influential electro band's sixth studio album. Gigs, festivals and tours carried the name [:SITD:] around the world. Their club hits as Snuff Machinery, Laughingstock, Richtfest I & II, Kreuzgang and Rot are milestones, and timeless classics on international dance floors. In [:SITD:]'s cosmos various electronic styles melt into a sinister fascinating opus with an unmistakable signature. Their equally sweeping and hymnlike melodies, supported by hammering beats and driving grooves, have become a unique trademark. The three protagonists Carsten Jacek, Tom Lesczenski, and Francesco D'Angelo reinvent themselves time and again without denying their musical roots. With Dunkelziffer the trio presents itself at the peak of their creative endeavors.
Gloomily, powerfully, and morbidly the new songs amount to a menacing thunderstorm, while the lyrics keep digging heavily and deeply in the furtive, ruthlessly revealing the abyss of the human psyche. On 10/31/2014, Dunkelziffer will be released at Scanner/ Dark Dimensions in three different formats: As a regular cd, a very limited double cd (in a beautiful digipak including a Hellfeld bonus cd with 10 exclusive tracks, in addition to a special for all collectors and friends of analogue listening experiences on vinyl (in 2 different colors). Furthermore, the Ruhr Area band filmed a video for the title song with director Boris May (Klangstabil). It will be available on all established portals on the release date.
The release will be supported by a tour (together with label mates BhamBhamHara as special guests) in November and December 2014.
London-based three-piece The Wharves have shared a second track from their upcoming debut, At Bay. Featuring intricate guitars, soaring harmonies and the addition of a foreboding male vocal choir, 'The Grip' recalls the labyrinthian structures of Fleetwood Mac, Stealing Sheep and Sleater-Kinney's The Woods' era. Listen below...
The Wharves combine gracefully minimal psyche-rock with fuzzed out folk. Their songwriting remains consistently rich throughout At Bay largely due to the startling harmonies of Gemma Fleet (bass) and Dearbhla Minogue (guitar) bonding each of the albums 13 tracks. The glorious production courtesy of Rory Attwell (The Vaccines, Mazes, Veronica Falls) makes for one of 2014’s most unique debuts.
They invoke the reverberated spook of 60s girl groups, the mid-fi guitar crunch of Kim Deal’s The Amps, the vocal flavours of The Roches and the narrative and structural panache of 70's progressive folk. Marion Andrau’s thunderous drumming drives through these compositions, ensuring the wealth of disparate influences remain focused and celebratory.
Live shows:
3rd Oct, Paper Dress Vintage, London
1st Nov - New River Studios, London:
'AT BAY' ALBUM LAUNCH w/ Actual Crimes & Joya
13th Nov - Total Refreshment Centre, London
19th Nov - Spatchcock, London
1984-2014 : 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA MUERTE
Precursors and inventors. Hated, despised and sometimes, adulated.
“…I give exactly 6 months to La Muerte to becomean international legend…”GILLES VERLANT – VIF 10/84-B“
"…the brute force that many chest-puffing Brit fakesclaim for themselves in print…”NME-UK
This event will take place on Saturday 8/11/2014 - 8pm @ Gouverrnementstraat 7 - 9000 Gent
COMPLETE PROGRAMME:
LA MUERTE
Excuse Excuse (support)
DJ Bronco BillyXpo
Esther W.“Drag Strip 69” a film by Marco Laguna
LA MUERTE IN 2014 ARE :
- Marc du Marais : vocals
- Dee-J. : guitar
- Michel Kirby (Lenght of Time): guitar
- Tino de Martino (Channel Zero): bass
- Christian Z. (Length of Time): drums
