Beneath the surface of the UK lies a vast and secret network of abandoned nuclear bunkers. Sometime in the future the population of Great Britain has retreated into these bunkers. The reason for this exodus is not clear. Nuclear attack? Chemical attack? Germ warfare? Or perhaps even free will. What is known is that beneath the surface, in the bunkers, people live the utopian dream, communicating wordlessly via a highly developed new subconsciousness. There is no need for money and food is plentiful. The old gods have been forgotten. People now offer prayer to a piece of silverware, referred to as the 'New Pagan Sun', found in a bunker at Stoke on Trent, near to the location of the 1980 Darts World Championship final between Eric Bristow and Bobby George.

British Nuclear Bunkers is the new album by Luke Haines. It was recorded using entirely analogue synthesisers. Apart from an occasional vocal the only organic sound used is a recording of Camden Borough Control Bunker being attacked late at night by Luke Haines.

Maximum Electronic Rock and Roll.

British Nuclear Bunkers will be released by Cherry Red Records on CD on October 16th 2015 and on Vinyl (with a free 7' single) on October 23rd 2015.

Luke Haines has made many albums and written some books. Google him if you are interested. If you're not interested then don't bother googling him - do something else instead.

Luke Haines will be converting Bush Hall into a nuclear bunker for a Maximum Electronic Rock and Roll show on October 21st. He will then be touring nuclear bunkers around the UK.

The track listing of the album is as follows:

SIDE A

1. THIS IS THE BBC

2. BRITISH NUCLEAR BUNKERS

3. CAMDEN BOROUGH CONTROL

4. TEST CARD FOREVER

5. COLD FIELD MORNING UNDER BLISS

SIDE B

1. BUNKER FUNKER

2. PUSSYWILLOW (KIDS SONG)

3. MAMA CHECK THE RADAR AT THE DADA STATION

4. NEW PAGAN SUN

5. DEEP LEVEL SHELTERS UNDER LONDON

BONUS 7" VINYL

SIDE A

1. ELECTRONIC TONE POEM

SIDE B

2. HACK GREEN

The Zombies made their name in the 1960s with hits such as ‘She’s Not There’ and ‘Tell Her No’ and the legendarily majestic "Odessey And Oracle” LP.

• The band’s serene, sublime sound combines the subtle keyboard skills of Rod Argent with the beautiful vocals of Colin Blunstone.

• After Rod and Colin pursued their own successful careers for many years and the pair reunited in 2004.

• The follow-up to 2011’s Breathe Out, Breathe In, STILL GOT THAT HUNGER contains many brand new songs written by Rod Argent, plus ‘Never Get Over You’ by Colin Blunstone, and a new version of their 1965 single ‘I Want You Back Again’.

• The album was recorded at State of the Ark Studios in London with producer Chris Potter (The Verve, The Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels).

• The Zombies will be touring Spain, France and the UK in support of their new album.

• Rolling Stone Magazine: "Having influenced the likes of Nick Cave, R.E.M. and Foo Fighters, (The Zombies are) riding the wave of a heralded comeback album (2011’s), and chomping into a new generation of brains with their time-tested earworms.”

The new album Still Got That Hunger is now out on Cherry Red.

Track Listing:

1. MOVING ON

2. CHASING THE PAST

3. EDGE OF THE RAINBOW

4. NEW YORK

5. I WANT YOU BACK AGAIN

6. AND WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN

7. MAYBE TOMORROW

8. NEVER GET OVER YOU

9. LITTLE ONE

10. BEYOND THE BORDERLINE

Best Original Film Score of the Year goes to Antonio Sanchez's music for 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'

The World Soundtrack Academy announced the winners of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards, the closing event of the 42nd Film Fest Gent, on the evening of Saturday 24 October at Kuipke in Ghent.

This year’s Best Original Song written directly for a Film is ‘The Apology Song' from 'The Book of Life’, with music by Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams and performed by Diego Luna. Discovery of the year 2015 also goes to Antonio Sanchez for ‘Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’. The Sabam Award for Best Young Composer goes to Peer Kleinschmidt and John Paesano's music for ‘The Maze Runner’ won the Public Choice Award.

After the annual presentation of the prestigious film music prizes, Brussels Philharmonic and the Flemish Radio Choir, conducted by Dirk Brossé, played a striking selection from the extensive oeuvre of the guest of honour, Alan Silvestri. He composed the score for 'The Walk', that had it's worldpremiere at the concert. The film music by Discovery of 2015 Daniel Pemberton, with the premiere of the score for 'Steve Jobs' was also given a well-deserved place in the concert, as was the music of Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patrick Doyle with the premiere of the music for 'Cinderella'.

The photos of the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert can be downloaded in high resolution from the festival website.

OVERVIEW AWARDS

Best Composer of the year

Michael Giacchino 

Best Original Film Score of the Year

'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)' by Antonio Sanchez

Best Original Song Written for a Film

The Apology Song from 'The Book of Life'

Music by Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams, performed by Diego Luna

Discovery of the Year

Antonio Sanchez for ‘Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’

Sabam Award for Best Young Composer

Peer Kleinschmidt 

Public Choice Award

‘The Maze Runner’ by John Paesano

Lifetime Achievement Award

Patrick Doyle

The 16th World Soundtrack Awards will take place on the 22nd of October 2016.

Out of the blue Alfa Matrix has released “Feed Her To The Wolves”, the brand new 4-track download single from electropop act Ayria. The single - available now via Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify,... - acts as a teaser for the first follow-up release since Jennifer Parkin’s successful “Plastic Makes Perfect” album from 2013. The new album will be titled “Paper Dolls” and will be out somewhere in 2016. The single was again produced by Sebastian R. Komor.

Included in this single are 2 original tracks (the title track and “Underneath The Water”) plus 2 remixed versions of the tracks.

Tracklist:

Underneath The Water

Feed Her To The Wolves

Underneath The Water (Sebastian Komor Mix)

Feed Her To The Wolves (Judgment Version)

After paying homage to Walter Gropius’ dream, written down in his 1919 Bauhaus Manifesto, Belgium’s electronic act Metroland is about to close their triadic series with the release of a new double EP: “Re-design” and “Re​-​Design (Spacious Edition)” which is the third and final single release from their latest 3CD album “Triadic Ballet” (after the double EPs “Zeppelin” and “The Manifesto”) which is available here.

The 2 different download EPs each hold 3 songs. The regular edition comes with an exclusive 7inch remake of “Design” plus a total make-over by Belgian musician Polynomiq and the exclusive B-side track “Vers La Côte D’azur”.

The second EP – the Spacious Edition – comes with remixes by Jean-Marc Lederman, better known for his work with The Weathermen (and several other projects), and Jauzas The Shining. Add to that a Notstandskomitee remix of “Vers La Côte D’azur”.

The 2 EPs are available for download from today on via Bandcamp, iTunes etc and for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

The band is at the moment working on a new concept album. Details will be revealed when the first studio sessions have been completed later this Winter.