M-Tronic are very proud to welcome on M-tronic the legendary Asutralian band SNOG with a new 12" Transaprent Blue Vinyl limited ot 300 copies. Official release date is March the 30th !
Snog are sexy and dangerous.
“The Plug-In Drug” 12” presents 3 brand new tracks (from the forthcoming album “Babes In Consumerland”) with exclusive remixes and unreleased tracks. Deluxe presentation with striking original artwork and transparent blue vinyl !
They use ideas and philosophies as slyly crafted weapons. Mind-bombs from the loins of Eros.
A full 21 years since their first release (the provocative dancefloor-hit “Corporate Slave”) Snog have lost none of their fire, wit or intellect. Band mastermind Dee Thrussell’s long journey to recently arrive as a transgender woman informs every wry musical gesture and satirical lyric.
Joined by dear friends and collaborators Atom TM, Felix Kubin and Ash Wednesday, this is electronic music as you’ve never heard it before - blindingly articulate, fearless and yet strangely accessible.
2013’s incarnation of the legendary Snog is a now an all female act, a powerhouse trio delivering slyly subversive electronic pop.
How To Destroy Angels, Trent Reznor's project with his wife Mariqueen Maandig, Rob Sheridan and Atticus Ross, will release their debut album 'Welcome Oblivion' on March 5th. The whole album can be streamed on pitchfork.com. Enjoy!
Tracks (13)
01 The wake-up
02 Keep it together
03 And the sky began to scream
04 Welcome oblivion
05 Ice age
06 On the wing
07 Too late, all gone
08 How long?
09 Strings and attractors
10 We fade away
11 Recursive self-improvement
12 The loop closes
13 Hallowed ground
The debut single and video from Swedish electronic band Jode was released February 1st via the label DecoySounds.
'Untold' is produced, mixed and co-written by Christoffer Berg.
Christoffer is known for his production and mix talent on a number of high profile artists' projects including Depeche Mode's production team for upcoming 'Delta Machine' album, The Knife, Fever Ray, Massive Attack and many other artists.
Leven Signs' "Hemp is Here" really should be considered a classic of mid-80s UK avante garde, but it came and went in 1985, as both a cassette release (Unlikely Records) and vinyl release (Cordelia) in the blink of an eye. This duo of Peter Karkut and Maggie Turner managed to craft one of the strangest, most affecting albums of new wave experimentalism that I've ever heard. Due to the album's impossible-to-find status, it's been largely forgotten and continuously overlooked, but hopefully that will begin to change.
A chance encounter with the cassette version of "Hemp is Here" led me on an internet scavenger hunt before tracking Karkut down. Through the years he has continued developing his various artistic pursuits, recently having his short film Sunflower Supermodel in the London Short Film Festival. Turner 's path is a big foggier, though her collaboration with Karkut continues.
But what is it about "Hemp is Here" that makes it such a special record? At times it feels like a modern, electronic take on gamelan music with crashing rhythms and modal melodies corrupted via bewildering sonic manipulation. Karkut layers organ sequences over and over, constructing songs that have more in common tonally with music you'd hear in gothic cathedrals than any sort of school of electronic music. Think of a more diverse, Turkish-tinged "Flaming Tunes" and you might be getting close. "Hemp is Here" is a manic conglomeration of influences and ideas, ending up as a sensational playground of aural narcotics.
Leven Signs' music is full of tension and it's perhaps this element that makes it so memorable. On the surface, Karkut's complex compositions seem at odds with Turner's often-detached, stunning vocals, but it's the dichotomy of those two disparate elements that latch on and don't let go. This record is almost 30 years old and I'm still not sure what it should be classified as.
Stubnitz from Pete Karkut on Vimeo.
New Covenant album, due in September 2013, will be a bold direction for the band
With 2011’s excellent 'Modern Ruin' still a fresh memory, Covenant is already back in the studio working on a follow-up, tentatively titled 'Leaving Babylon'. Featuring material that spans from Northern Light-era demos to brand-new creations, 'Leaving Babylon' promises to be "a bold new direction for the band", according to the announcement:
"Beat-heavy yet introspective; Leaving Babylon is Covenant’s sonic exploration into uncharted emotional waters. It’s the feeling of memory made sound—the melancholy of Sweden in the wintertime, the strange beat of electric hearts, and the longing for forgotten parties."
Meanwhile, the band also announces a first leg of its tour, in Germany, also in September 2013.
Tickets here.
