Dead Can Dance have just announced their European dates for the 2012-2013 tour. They will play at the Cirque Royal in Brussels on 29th September 2012. The tickets will be on sale on Friday 2nd March via their website.
Other concerts in the neighbouring countries include Paris on 27th September and Utrecht on 26th September.
The band have also made "Live Happenings - Part III" available for free download here. Enjoy!
The Neon Judgement's Docuvision will be shown on Acht. It is scheduled to be screened six times between March 10th and March 17th. Check the link below to find out about the exact days and times.
The documentary relates the story of the band from it's early days in 1984 until 2010, with lots of archival footage and commentaries by Dirk Da Davo and TB Frank, as well as guest appearances by Terence Fixmer, Luc Van Acker, The Hacker, Patrick Codenys (Front 242) en Dave Clarke.
The new Ghost & Writer track "Gambit", just released on the Septic X compilation album is praised by both, the press and the club DJs.
Also Ghost & Writer are currently working on a new album scheduled to be released in November 2012. The album's working title is "Red Flags And Sick Mirrors" and it will put Frank M. Spinath (from Seabound and Edge Of Dawn fame) and Jimmyjoe Snark (from legendary act The Weathermen) through more sonic explorations of immortal themes such as death, fear, trust, beliefs, lust, and several other sins we won't go into detail about right now.
There’s “nowhere to run” from KMFDM’s "Amnesia".
"Amnesia" is the follow-up single to last year’s rousing anthem "Krank", which debuted on the Billboard Singles Chart at #15 and the Billboard Top Dance Singles Chart at #3 (spending over 6 weeks on both charts). Amnesia will be released in May 2012 on Dependent for Europe.
"The decision to pick "Amnesia" as the lead-track for the 2nd single off the "WTF?!" album was an easy choice" says KMFDM leader Käpt´n K. "It being the 'other' dance-track and you people's somewhat bewildering desire to dance your asses off, was a match made in heaven. Let it rip !!!"
"Amnesia" includes 3 remixes of 3 different songs, one brand new exclusive song and the album version of “Amnesia” as well, for a total of 5 tracks, providing almost 25 minutes of music. All of the remixes found on Amnesia come from material originally on KMFDM’s 2011 album "WTF?!".
KMFDM’s founder and leader, Sascha K. takes point with his remix of “Amnesia”, a club/electro rework with a hefty stomp that is guaranteed to have lovers of the Ultra-Heavy-Beat reporting to the dancefloor in record numbers. Norway’s industrial-orchestral act Morlocks threw a CD onstage while KMFDM was playing at a festival in Germany. Since then they have become one of Sascha K.’s favorite new bands and have been called on here to work their strange brand of magic on last year’s single "Krank”, giving it a total revamp. Finally, Rotersand have a go at the explosive takeover track "Come On - Go Off".
The release’s brand-new and exclusive song “I (Heart) You” finds KMFDM taking their industrial grinder to the synth-pop/future-pop sound. The results are, as one would expect, uniquely KMFDM.
The single’s inclusion of “Amnesia (Album Mix)” serves as an introduction for those who have not yet picked up the band’s well received record WTF?! which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Electronic Album Chart and #8 on the Billboard Electronic/Dance Album Chart in 2011.
The artwork for Amnesia was created by KMFDM’s longtime visual partner Brute!. The image is from a concept by Käpt'n K. (riffing on Edvard Munch’s famous painting "The Scream"). The accompanying booklet also contains a message for KMFDM fans and fully detailed credits.
Here again the full tracklisting:
01. "Amnesia" (Käpt'n K. Mix)
02. "Amnesia" (Album Mix)
03. "Krank" (Morlocks Mix)
04. "Come On - Go Off" (Rotersand Mix)
05. "I (Heart) You"
The brainchild of Peter Bjärgö, this legendary Swedish ethereal/neoclassical act is back with a new release after four years of silence since their last full-length, Raspail.
While 2010 saw the re-release of their first four albums with The First Era 4XCD box set, we now offer a superb follow-up to their long tradition of awesome melancholic melodies.
Longtime fans will rejoice in these mesmerizing songs, and new fans will surely be conquered. This mini-CD also serves as a prelude to their upcoming full-length As Bright As A Thousand Suns, scheduled for a May 2012 release on Cyclic Law.
