Legendary producer Martin Rushent who brought us ao The Human League's breakthrough album Dare died yesterday at his home at 63.
The news was announced on facebook by Martin's son Tim.
Having worked with names as diverse as Shirley Bassey, Yes, T-Rex or Fleetwood Mac from the early seventies on, he put his teeth in punk from the early beginning. Bringing bands like Stranglers, 999, XTC, Generation X or Buzzcocks to stardom.
In the early 80's he started his own Genetic label signing Ultravox, Visage and Spandau Ballet, the plans were bombed by their respective parent labels. At the same time he invested the massive amount of £250.000 into a state of the art studio, which produced the first single for the label and solo debut for Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley: Homosapien.
But the breakthrough came with the Human League's 1981 Dare album, putting his name deffinitely on the map and making his CV a roster of 80's powerpop/wave names.
His latest work included the Pipettes second album
The newest EP on EE Tapes is out now and available at your Wool-E Shop.
The latest release on EE Tapes is a 7"inch, printed at 250 copies and featurs Nostalgie Eternelle.
Nostalgie Eternelle (1986-1991) were the German duet of Stefan Heinze (Inox Kapell) and Dieter Mauson (one half of Delta-Sleep-Inducing Peptide with Siegmar Fricke).
EE Tapes present their first 7" vinyl EP with 4 tracks from 1988 only released on tape before!
Rumour goes they're rehearsing new repertoire for a comeback this year....
Described as dark minimal synth-pop / wave straight from the basement!
First 85 copies are numbered and come with 2 extra photographs.
The full edition comes with an insert and a sticker.
Soon be reviewed on your Peek-A-Boo
Eternal Pride reissues the collaboration of Der Blutharsh and Deutsch Nepal
Eternal Pride reissues the 1999 collaboration of the leading martial / industrial / ambient formations Der Blutharsch & Deutsch Nepal.
The state of despair and hopelessness is the main theme of the music. Death floating in the uncertainty, death as the basic obsession standing behind all your thoughts and feelings - the monotonous, cold language and fixed scenes.
Albin Julius & Lina Baby Doll stand here for the chroniclers of Europe, its dramatic historical way which gave rise to the bloody outbreaks and mystical spiritual revelations - war as the phenomenon of human nature which is constantly testing itself for strength.
Apocalyptic despair is the theme of the whole album, which was released as a limited edition 10'' in 1999, and which is now available on CD in a digipak.
Just good news that is coming out of the Elektro Kommando-kamp.
We earlier informed you about Liquid G.'s release and immediately we have to add the return from Restricted Area.
After 7 years of absence (the last release being Fun and Fearless, Life Is Painful Records) Restricted Area are back with an double album.
The new double CD is entitled "Core Excess" and consists of CD 1: a melancholic electro/synthpop album and CD 2 (Underdog E.P.): a 10-track EBM album in its purest definition.
According to EK it represents the best work by Peter Elm who is in his artistic flair peak!
Below you can find the link to their newest video.
You never heard from them before? Mind you, we haven't as well but as Peek-A-Boo is an undergroundzine we suppose it graces us that we focus ourselves on bands that seem to be forgot by the so called serious media, whatever that might be!
UHU release their "Return to Atlantian"-EP and they're fromLatvia.
UHU was already featured on renowed labels as International Deejay Gigolo Records , Frigio Records and Transient Force.
His sound plays in a futuristic world, where the beats are bases for synthetic bass lines, and where the androids are dancing syncopated rhythms.
The EP is dedicated to the lost island Atlantian, where probably has lived a civilization with high level of scientific knowledge if compared to the human evolution.
Quite nice, not?
Well second is Antoni Maiovvi seens as the missing link between Italo Disco, soundtracks of the 80s, Synth Pop and New Wave.
Antoni Maiovvi. Born in Bristol and now based in Berlin, the Maiovvi's tracks are a perfect balance between sadness and euphoria. His EP is described as a trip into the past, the present and the future, a kind of exposure of analog equipments with their epic and unmistakable sounds.
The underground, remember....
