Dez Mona is working on a new album and show entitled “Saga”. The premiere (Klarafestival – Flagey Brussels / DeSingel Antwerp) and the release of the album are scheduled for September, but the rehearsals are now underway in the Singel – Antwerp and can be followed via a daily blog.
An important aspect of this project is the collaboration with artists from different disciplines such as Nick Andrews, a British painter stranded in Antwerp who will literally color the show, Jan Pauwels: a light artist, designs an installation that will form part of the set, Veronique Branquinho: who makes the costumes, Jeroen Olyslaegers writes a story / novella about Saga.
Musically Dez Mona forms a partnership with BOX (a baroque ensemble).
The group is also working on the soundtrack of a French film (Une Estonienne a Paris) with the legendary Jeanne Moreau in a lead role. For this, tracks from the previous album ‘Kommt Hilfe “are edited and one or more new songs are being recorded. The film will participate in the competition at the Berlin Film Festival 2012.
BodyBeats and partners Peek-a-Boo & Dark Entries Magazine are proud to announce you their complete line-up for the 10 edition of our annual BIMFEST!
There are some fresh en relative new bands, like Swedish OI.B.M electro heads CONTAINER 90 (SE), more experienced and ripe artists l...ike the British E.B.M duo A.A.A.K (aka As Able As Kane), once on the Belgian cult label KK Records, the hardcore, E.B.M hooligans of TURNBULL A.C.’s (SE)(featuring Spetsnaz singer Pontus Stälberg) and SUICIDE COMMANDO (B) who will be celebrating 25 years of Belgian Hellektro by playing an exclusive vintage set with song taken from his first tapes and albums.
BIMFEST wouldn’t be BIMFEST without (revived) Belgian cult acts like DEVINITIVOS, PORTRAIT BIZZARE and FLESH & FELL, all of them presenting something new and something vintage, as well as new releases!
But still that’s not all! They also succeeded to catch some international (rebooting) cult acts such as UK post-punk-wave SECTION 25 (once Factory Records label mates of Joy Division) the Scandinavian EBM terrorists POUPPEE FABRIKK (SE) (First Belgian show ever!), electro-Industrial –EBM pioneers PANKOW (IT), CLOCK DVA (UK), and Clock DVA’s multi-media and research side project THE ANTI GROUP!
Last but not least to mention are Australian industrial-electro pioneers SEVERED HEADS who are returning to our Belgium soil for another TWO EXCLUSIVE CONCERTS (on Friday & Saturday)! Both sets will differ and contain some SEVERED HEADS classics as well as some never live performed songs!
And... Since it’s our 10 Birthday they will also have a little surprise for you all on Saturday, after midnight!
Both nights will be round-up by an after party featuring various VIP like DJ Lazer Stefan (Spetsnaz) and more TBC…
e-tickets alread available on The Bodybeats-site
Early Birds (untill September 1st!)
DAY 1: € 25
DAY 2: € 35
COMBI: € 55
Sleepheads (after September 1st)
DAY 1: € 28
DAY 2: € 38
COMBI: € 60
Lazy ones (at the doors)
DAY 1: € 30
DAY 2: € 40
COMBI: € 65
M83 is Anthony Gonzalez, born in Antibes, France. His music is inspired by Krautrock, 80’s pop, shoegazing scene and movie soundtracks.
Since 2001, M83 has released 5 albums, which all became cult, with remarkable success in the USA.
M83 has already influenced many contemporary artists, and some of the most famous asked him to remix their music: Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Goldfrapp, Deftones, Bloc Party and Placebo amongst others.
During the worldwide tour of his latest album ‘’Saturdays = Youth’’ (2008, produced by Ken Thomas), he supported the Killers in the USA, Kings of Leon in the UK, and Depeche Mode in France, Italy and Germany.
Naïve, Paris-based international label, will continue the story of this unique artist who conquered the American big spaces.
A new M83 album, that he qualifies himself being ‘’epic pop’’, is planned for the fall 2011.
The Los Angeles based industrial band, started by Clint Carney in 1997, have a new album out, but "All Seasons Pass" is unlike any previous System Syn album.
This album tells the true story of the final tragic days of a young woman, as seen through her eyes and through the eyes of those around her.
Also available is the book, "All Seasons Pass: the Complete Story," which reveals the real life story that inspired the album, including never before published photos and evidence.
In the meantime, the band is doing an intensive American tour with Imperative Reaction and God Module coming up, here are the dates :
9/23/11 Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse
9/25/11 Denver, CO @ Quixotes
9/27/11 Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
9/28/11 Milwaukee, WI @ Miramar Theater
9/30/11 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
10/1/11 New York, NY @ Cybertron(Sullivan Hall)
10/2/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
10/3/11 Richmond, VA @ Fallout
10/5/11 Atlanta, GA venue TBA
10/6/11 Jacksonville, FL @ Brewster's Pit
10/8/11 - 10/14/11 Gothic Cruise
10/15/11 West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street
10/16/11 St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local
10/18/11 New Orleans, LA @ Howlin Wolf
10/19/11 Houston, TX venue TBA
10/20/11 Dallas, TX @ Lizard Lounge
10/21/11 Austin, TX @ Elysium
10/22/11 Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
10/25/11 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/26/11 Portland, OR @ Fez
10/27/11 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
One of the reunions we were looking most forward to was the one from The Danse Society.
Their album "Heaving Is Waiting" from 1983 is undoubtely one of the milestones in the new wave-genre.
Out of a sudden Paul Nash, Dave Whiteaker and Paul Gilmartin teamed up with female singer Maeth Allsop to give The Danse Society a second life which seems to result in a new album named "Change Of Skin" that will be released this summer.
Will it be as good as that classic album? Let's see and wait....
www.facebook.com/pages/THE-DANSE-SOCIETY-REFORMATION-PLOT/227357422417
