With influences from 1970s synthpop pioneers such as Jarre and Kraftwerk filtered through the cinematic soundscapes of 1980s electronic film scores, Vieon takes the sounds of the analogue past and dystopian future and blends them together with catchy synth hooks, bass grooves and epic solos to create evolving, emotive and spacey electronic music that will move you.
With a true retro sensibility that is rare amongst the current crop of electronic bands, Vieon's The Sound Of The Future takes all the best bits of their influences and manages to create something quietly euphoric and triumphant, part Vangelis, part Goldfrapp, part Kavinsky and all their own. This album will work it's way into your mind and take you through a Tron-esque landscape full of bright, neon possibilities.
With Vieon’s debut album available in September 2014 via AnalogueTrash Records; the future is definitely bright.
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Having just released their debut album on Gringo Records/Art for Blind, Leeds' punks Broken Arm share the new murderous video for album title track, 'Life Is Short'. Shot in twelve hours, the video was inspired by the French film Man Bites Dog/It Happened in Your Neighborhood, general low budget horror and grim kitchen sink dramas. Watch it below...
Broken Arm's debut full length is an exercise in grooving noise rock, filth and disillusionment. Broken Arm have the perfect knack for writing a catchy post punk tune and smearing a healthy amount of dirt all over it.
Broken Arm formed in Leeds in the late 2000’s from the ashes of noise punk outfits Sailors, Woman, Like a Kind of Matador and more recently Mob Rules. Their debut release “Shields Mystical” was a short and punchy CD EP released in 2008. After a lengthy absence the band eventually followed up with their first outing on vinyl, the 7” EP “Negative” released in 2011 by Gringo Records.
Once described by the band themselves as agro-party punk, Broken Arm’s sound is frequently compared to that of various US hardcore punk bands, primarily from the rosters of AMRep, Touch and Go and SST Records. Their debut album Life is Short sees them flit effortlessly between their two distinct musical personalities, the catchy and scrappy noise rock band and their more reflective and at times dirge ridden side, sometimes within the confines of a single song.
The album is split release between Gringo Records (Nottingham) and Art For Blind (Cork, nee Leeds) and will be released on Vinyl and digital download only. The album was recorded in Leeds by Matt J (Hookworms, Joanna Gruesome & Mazes) at Suburban Home.
Meet Belgian band Pilod. Hibernate is the last track from the debut album Sunny Forecast
Directed by Yves Peeters from www.tricoteuse.be
Amazing shoegaze to discover!
CONCERTS
08/10 Cabron/Antwerpen
30/10 Slow/Barcelona (ESP) met 9M Lied
31/10 Ultra-local Records/Barcelona (ESP)
31/10/2014 Secret (Indie) show/Barcelona (ESP)
01/11 Festival/Solsona (ESP) met Black Islands
22/11 Sojo/Leuven met Soldier Six en Swingers
29/11 Festival Culture Bar-Bars/Lille (FR) met Fall of Messiah
06/12 Roadhouse/Lier met Wasted Fridays
30/01 JH Splinter/Oud-Turnhout
From 29th October you can see the newest movie by Cédric KAHN ('Les regrets', 'Une vie meilleure'), based upon the story from Xavier Fortin and his two sons Okwari and Shahi'Yena
Witht Mathieu KASSOVITZ ('La haine', 'Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'), Céline SALLETTE ('De rouille et d'os'), David GASTOU, Sofiane NEVEU, Romain DEPRET
DUTCH VERSION
Een film van Cédric KAHN ('Les regrets', 'Une vie meilleure'), gebaseerd op het waargebeurde verhaal van Xavier Fortin en zijn twee zonen Okwari en Shahi'Yena
Een vrije adaptatie van het boek Hors système, onze ans sous l'étoile de la liberté van Okwari, Shahi'Yena en Xavier Fortin, geschreven met Laurence Vidal
Met Mathieu KASSOVITZ ('La haine', 'Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain'), Céline SALLETTE ('De rouille et d'os'), David GASTOU, Sofiane NEVEU, Romain DEPRET
Een productie van Les Films du Lendemain in een co-productie met Les Films du Fleuve
VIE SAUVAGE vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van Philippe Fournier, alias Paco, en zijn twee zonen Okyesa en Tsali Fournier. Paco slaat alle afspraken omtrent de voogdij in de wind en beslist zijn zonen van zes en zeven jaar niet naar hun moeder terug te brengen. Hij wil hen voortaan zelf opvoeden in communes op ver afgelegen plekken, één met de natuur. Ze beleven niet alleen de angsten en gevaren van het vrije leven maar ook de de hechte vriendschappen en de geneugten ervan.
De zoektocht naar de verdwenen jongens duurde 11 jaar en hield heel Frankrijk in de ban.
Release in België op 29 oktober 2014
CARRIE FISHER a.k.a. PRINCESS LEIA comes to Ghent during FACTS
She’s also known for her roles in The Blues brothers, When Harry Met Sally, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Scream 3, The Big Bang Theory and many more.
For more info about FACTS, click here.
