Leæther Strip will be back with a fresh new self-released (world wide) album this fall 2011.
Release date is October 1st, and Pre-sales will start September 20th.
It will not be available in stores, and will only be sold through Claus Larsen and at concerts.
The album has 14 news songs and the first 1000 copies will be a limited edition hand numbered Digi-pack + a CD-ROM filled with new remixes and collaborations in Wav format from some really amazing artists, to be announced when pre-sales start.
Claus Larsen’s statement on the album:
This album has been in my head for many years, and after completing the somewhat aggressive Klutæ album “Electro Punks unite”, I really felt it was time to dig for my roots and to really embrace my melancholic and melodic side more than I have done over the years. The Songs have a very retro electronic sound that most of my listeners knows I love, and on most of the songs you will hear me actually sing like the good boy I also have deep inside. It was a hard job to dig him out.
I have also decided to make this album a fully self-released album. I love and need the direct contact with the listeners and sure I know I will not have a big distributor behind me but to have this contact is more important for me than sales, yes it sounds cheesy , but that’s how I feel.
I’m so excited about this album and I hope you will like my little trip down the dark road of melancholy.
Claus
Think it’s quiet on the Isbells front? Well, not only are they working hard on a second album for spring 2012 release but they’re also in the run for international stardom. For instance, they just signed a 2 album deal for the USA...the debutalbum will be released in the autumn by Rollcall Records.
Here are the upcoming tourdates :
12/08 dockville hamburg (ger)
13/08 steinbruch duisburg (ger)
14/08 nuremberg (ger)
16/09 bern (swiss)
17/09 basel (swiss)
19/09 zurich (swiss)
14/10 dortmund (ger) (with agnes obel)
18/10 koln (ger)
19/10 berlin (ger)
20/10 munster (ger)
21/10 munich (ger)
22/10 dresden (ger)
On our website you can see pictures which are taken by our photographer Xavier Marquis.
This is all possible thanks to the people from Indiestyle.
If you’re Dutch speaking then we absolutely recommend you to visit this site as they are following everything which is indie and beyond!
"Live In London 1982" is the Beat Generation revamped.
Recorded in Brixton four years before the death of Beat legend, this live set features Gysin reciting poems from the late '50s and early '60s, accompanied by a makeshift no wave backing band consisting of Slits bassist Tessa Pollitt (also on cello), Rip Rig Panic, drummer Steve Noble, Penguin Cafe Orchestra percussionist Gile and guitarist Ramuntcho Matta.
Most of the texts were written upon meeting Burroughs, at the time of the invention of the cut-up. The influence that Brion Gysin has had on contemporary music may never be taken fully into account. The music is resolutely avant rock: dissonant, provocative, and largely improvised. Gysin called this session "White Funk".
Live in London 1982 is an interesting document, which will appeal to connoisseurs of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin's legacy.
The Belgian label Alfa Matrix was started up exactly 10 years ago.
On this occasion the label decided to started up an own magazine in which they offer interviews and fresh news from the bands signed to our label, plus an extended Q&A with fans and customers from the label.
The magazine can be found on their website.
