Martin Carr was the main songwriter of The Boo Radleys. He was the force behind their position as stars of Alan McGee's Creation Records, their chart hits and NME front covers. Tapetes roster is large and varied: lots of local bands, but also some from the US, Scandinavia and Austria, plus, in Lloyd Cole and Bill Pritchard, a couple of hugely accomplished UK artists with deep history and maverick tendencies. Martin Carr fits that bill perfectly: a songwriter whose work is pop but not necessarily populist, and whose trajectory reveals an ambivalent relationship with conventional sensibilities. Indeed, its an issue he grapples with on one of The Breaks keynote songs: "Here I am swimming in the mainstream/I tell my friends I subvert it from within. I tell myself Im happy as I am."
'V' star JANE BADLER sings on newly released JUNKSISTA single 'Live A little'
The German electro duo JUNKSISTA aka Boog and Diana S. are revealing the first excerpt of their forthcoming studio album "High Voltage Confessions" with the "Live A Little" EP.
The EP is the fruit of a very special collaboration of the band with renowned singer, actress and 80's icon star JANE BADLER (remember the sexually charged villain Diana of the cult classic SF television program 'V'?). The song was already picked up to serve as the main theme in FABIO SOARES' new short film "Bitch Popcorn Blood".
The title track was remixed by the international top producer LAYZEE who in his former life was rapper of the 90's Eurodance superstars Mr.President. The single also features an exclusive non-album song, the minimal electro track "Time".
MERCIFUL NUNS are one of the few bands that foster their own unique style which is actually rather cool. Seldom have I encountered such a telling and comprehensive work of art comprising graphics & cover art, stage imagery, lyrics, videos, trailers and still images of the band as that which has become representative of the MERCIFUL NUNS. “Post Goth?” - Artaud’s telling response to the question how the MERCIFUL NUNS’ sound could be defined. Somehow one cannot help but agree with such sentiment. What Artaud Seth, Jawa and Jón Tmoh deliver with METEORA VII is arguably an outstanding work of art, laced with Post-Goth hymns as only the MERCIFUL NUNS can offer. Setting an extraordinarily elevated standard in musical quality, never excessive but always hitting a point of focus, we find ourselves taken back to the mystical places Artaud traversed during his first musical incarnation: GARDEN OF DELIGHT and their seminal album NECROMANTEION IV – ancient Greece and the Hellenic Pantheon.
When listening to METEORA one quickly realises that the contextual lyrical plane recently occupied by Artaud has changed. Surreal and fictionalised events replace otherworldly themes as well as complex and universal questions pertaining to the origins of mankind. We move into a “Soul Room” in the KARMA INN, accompany ELEKTRA along “Concubine Street”, interpret signs & symbols from the future on the PHANTOM WALL, race through life at the SPEED OF LIGHT and lose all earthbound traction whilst exploring curious and strange entities, traverse Eleusinian grounds and observe the spawning of new galaxies until we finally reach an Acheronian place of calm and solitude in A PLACE BEYOND.
Tracklist:
METEORA VII (Digi Pack Edition)
1. ELEKTRA
2. PHANTOM WALL
3. KARMA INN
4. A DAY THAT FADES II
5. SPEED OF LIGHT
6. EULUSIAN GROUND
7. ZERO G
8. A PLACE BEYOND
Live Concerts
01.11 Angloueme (France) - French Nunhood Gathering at LaNuitFantasma
22.11 Mexico City (Mexico) - Mexican Nunhood Gathering at NecroClub
07.02 Sao Paulo (Brasil) - Brasilian Nunhood Gathering at SummerWaveFestival
21.03 Berlin (Germany) - German Nunhood Gathering at DarkSpring
Dawn.
The sky is dark with a soft glow of orange beginning to emerge, the world is quiet and people are still sound asleep. You step out and breathe the cool crisp morning air while your feet stand firm in the soil, wet with morning dew. You're empowered by your recent dreams, you feel pristine and clear: all is now possible.
Dusk.
When the sun is slowly settling over the horizon and a blue florescent glow is all that remains. Stars begin to appear twinkling against the background of a darkening sky. The cool wind begins to blow, flutters your shirt and tousles your hair. The night is about to rise and take the world in its claws...
My name is Mari Kattman and I am the female vocalist for “Mari and The Ghost”. These are just some of the visuals which kept coming to my mind while creating the vocals for our project. The strong, powerful moments when you are alone with your thoughts and all of nature is conspiring with you, to move you. All is pleading to inspire.
My name if Jean-Marc Lederman and you may know me from The Weathermen or Ghost & Writer. The music with Mari is a ride down feelings I usually didn't paint so much with my other projects: intimacy, sensuality, darker yet subtly grooving electronic landscapes.
Sacred Bones has long been closely linked with tight-knit regional punk scenes, with roster artists representing everything from the icy precision of Copenhagen (Vår, Lust for Youth) to the acid-fried psych vibes of Tempe, Arizona, (Destruction Unit) to the grimy lawlessness of New York City (The Men, Pop. 1280, Anasazi). Institute stands at the center of another thriving scene in Austin, Texas, and we’re proud to be releasing their Salt EP.
Formed in Austin in March 2013, Institute includes members of Wiccans, Glue, Blotter, Recide and more. Before they were even a proper band, singer Moses Brown had a couple of raw post-punk songs sitting on a four-track at his house. Once the lineup solidified, the band touched up one of those songs (“Dead Sea”) for a demo, then quickly wrote enough material to flesh out that demo (re-released on Deranged), a seven-inch (on Katorga Works), and now their debut EP for Sacred Bones.
We fell in love with this band as soon as we heard those early anarcho punk-influenced demos, and then saw a blistering set from them in their hometown earlier this year. The Salt EP is as sharp as the band’s earlier work but suggests longer, more experimental forms (“An Absence”) and a more incisive lyrical perspective, dealing with topics from existentialism to Brown’s experience as a closeted youth. Institute have already toured with their new labelmates in Destruction Unit, and we’re elated to officially welcome these young men into our family.
