Category: Synthie/EBM/Industrial

Promotion for music from the genre Synth-pop / EBM / Industrial

Recommended: MikTek – Speculations EP (AR_002)

Artist:
MikTek

Title:
Speculations EP

Label:
Abstrakt Reflections

Cat#:
AR_002

Release Date:
8th February 2010

Format:
digital (free download)

Tracklist:
01. Speculations
02. Memory Plugs
03. Dreamlayer
04. A Walk In A Cloud (with In A Mindset)
05. Small Things Matter

Info :
Speculations is Miktek’s second EP, but his first release for Abstrakt Reflections. By drawing his influences from a wide spectrum of electronic music styles, he started producing his own sounds in 2002 under several names.

Speculations gives you a great impression of his recent works, by creating a special, spooky atmosphere infused with solid and deep beats.

Listen:
“A Walk In A Cloud” (with In A Mindset)

Download:
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Websites:
MikTek
Abstrakt Reflections

out now: Recoil – Selected [Mute Records]

 

Artist:
Recoil

 

Title:
Selected

 

Label:
Mute Records

 

Cat#:
MUTEL17

 

Release Date:
19th April 2010

 

Format:
CD, 2xCD, Vinyl, Deluxe box & digital

 

Tracklist CD & Digital Edtion:
CD1-01.
Strange Hours

CD1-02.
Faith Healer

CD1-03.
Jezebel

CD1-04.
Allelujah

CD1-05.
Want

CD1-06.
Red River Cargo

CD1-07.
Supreme

CD1-08.
Prey

CD1-09.
Drifting

CD1-10.
Luscious Apparatus

CD1-11.
The Killing Ground
(Excerpt)

CD1-12.
Shunt

CD1-13.
Edge To Life

CD1-14.
Last Breath

 

Tracklist CD, Vinyl & Digital Expanded Edtion:
CD1-01.
Strange Hours

CD1-02.
Faith Healer

CD1-03.
Jezebel

CD1-04.
Allelujah

CD1-05.
Want

CD1-06.
Red River Cargo

CD1-07.
Supreme

CD1-08.
Prey

CD1-09.
Drifting

CD1-10.
Luscious Apparatus

CD1-11.
The Killing Ground
(Excerpt)

CD1-12.
Shunt

CD1-13.
Edge To Life

CD1-14.
Last Breath

CD2-01.
Supreme
(True Romance)

CD2-02.
Prey
(Shotgun Mix)

CD2-03.
Drifting
(Poison Dub)

CD2-04.
Jezebel
(Filthy Dog Mix)

CD2-05.
Allelujah
(Noisy Church Mix)

CD2-06.
Stalker
(Punished Mix)

CD2-07.
The Killing Ground
(Solid State Mix)

CD2-08.
Black Box
(Excerpt)

CD2-09.
5000 Years
(A Romanian Elegy for Strings)

CD2-10.
Strange Hours
’10 (featuring The Black Ships)

CD2-11.
Missing Piece
(Night Dissolves)

CD2-12.
Shunt
(Pan Sonic Mix)

 

Press Info:
Recoil Selected, a brand new selection of classic Recoil tracks will be released on 19 April 2010. The track listing has been chosen by Alan Wilder who explains: “The collection is made up of my personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience.”

Recoil Selected will be available as a single CD, double pack CD, limited edition 4 x vinyl box plus a limited edition deluxe 4 disc box set which is exclusively available from Mute Bank.

The double CD, vinyl box and deluxe box set features many new remixes and alternative versions, chosen and edited together by Alan Wilder and Paul Kendall, who has worked with Wilder for the past 10 years. The album features a varied selection of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Toni Halliday and Maggie Estep.

In support of the album, Recoil has announced details of an Events tour, A Strange Hour with Alan Wilder & Paul Kendall, with dates across Europe and in the US between March & May. Each date promises to be a unique event – with special guests – and these live presentations mark the first time Recoil has ventured out of the studio.

Alan Wilder’s years in the music industry have seen him go from studio assistant to session keyboard player, but it was his 14 years as a member of Depeche Mode where he really honed his skills. With his attention to detail in the studio, Wilder pushed the boundaries even within the restrictive climate of commercial pop. As an antidote to the demands of the Mode, his studio project Recoil was born in the mid-eighties. Two albums were released: ‘Hydrology’ (1988) and ‘Bloodline’ (1990) both giving an indication of his expanding horizons. After his departure from Depeche Mode in 1995, Wilder resurrected Recoil full-time and has since released ‘Unsound Methods’ (1997), ‘Liquid’ (2000) and most recently ‘subHuman’ (2007).

 

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out now: Menschdefekt – The Human Parasite [Infacted Recordings | Metropolis Records | Deathwatch Asia]

Artist:
Menschdefekt

Title:
The Human Parasite

Label:
Infacted Recordings | Metropolis Records | Deathwatch Asia

Cat#:
FACT3140 | MET655 | DWA 105

Release Date:
16. April 2010 (Germany)
11. May 2010 (USA)
17. April 2010 (Japan)

Format:
CD & digital

Tracklist:
01. Plague [The Human Parasite]
02. Dedicating Hate
03. Psycho Bitch
04. Instincts Of Corruption
05. Schizophrenia
06. Fragile Existence
07. Dekadenz
08. The Way
09. Mind Control
10. Piggy
11. Black Harvest
12. Dark Side
13. Fragile Existence (Acylum Remix)
14. Dekadenz (C-Lekktor Remix)
15. Instincts Of Corruption (FGFC820 Remix)
16. Fragile Existence (ES23 Remix)

Track 13 – 16 are bonus tracks for Japanese edition only!

Info :
Originally formed as a solo project by Dominik R. in 2004, Fredrik was added to the Menschdefekt line-up in 2009. Influenced by different genres such as Trance, FuturePop and others, the band’s sound is a fusion of Electro, Industrial and Goth with aggressive vocals that reflect their socially critical and provocative lyrics. As their namesake implies, their music focuses on topics of war, nationalism/ fascism, murder, consumer consumption and our wasteful society.

Menschdefekt’s first album, Realitaetsverlust, was produced and distributed in 2006, as a result of a friend´s request. Their second album, Degeneration, with even clearer song-structures and a more sophisticated sound, followed in the middle of 2007.

2008 was a big year for Menschdefekt. They won the Aesthetic Perfection Remix Contest to have their remix of “Schadenfreude” on Aesthetic Perfection’s A Violent Emotion bonus CD, and they released their Psych[a]otica EP. In addition, the band recorded their breakthrough hit “Stalingrad” in cooperation with Stahlnebel and Black Selket. The track found its way onto dance floors world wide, as well as spots on internet radio, and compilations such as Interbreeding X (BLC Productions) and Endzeit Bunkertracks Act IV (Alfa Matrix Label Group).

Their success in 2008 brought them to the attention of Infacted Recordings in Europe and Metropolis Records in North America who signed them to release their third album, The Human Parasite in 2010. With The Human Parasite, Menschdefekt has laid out its manifesto, and done so with driving force. In Japan there will be a special limited edition with bonus tracks released on Deathwatch Asia.

Listen:
Menschdefekt@myspace

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Websites:
Menschdefekt
Infacted Recordings
Metropolis Records
Deathwatch Asia

out now: Sinessence – Thrillseeker [Calyx Records]

 

Artist:
Sinessence

 

Title:
Thrillseeker

 

Label:
Calyx Records

 

Cat#:
CR033

 

Release Date:
09th April 2010

 

Format:
CD, download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Between

02.
It Has Began

03.
Sadist

04.
White Room

05.
We Come And Go

06.
The Murmur Of The Wind

07.
Vacuum Silence
(Club Mix)

08.
Become One

09.
Thrillseeker (Recherche)

10.
Cut

11.
Hero

12.
The Cursed Center

13.
Even

14.
Superlative Black

15.
Nihilism

16.
Rummelsburg

 

Press Info :
The band Sinessence that consists of two sound engineers from Berlin, Sten and Ryko, as well as the Paris djane Lili, thrives on the different musical backgrounds of their members.

The band, founded by Sten in 1997, bears some resemblance in sound processing to bands like Mentallo & the Fixer, Skinny Puppy or Front Line Assembly, which comes from Sten’s musical roots. Beside his main band Sinessence, Sten is also involved in other ambient-, industrial- and pop projects, and for a few years he was a member of Terminal Choice.

Ryko comes from the noise/industrial sector and he colours the production style with noise attacks and square-edged melodies. Lili’s heart beats for Front 242 and Oldschool electro/E.B.M. So the band’s own motto arose: “Phat hooks on screaming sounds with noisy flavour”.

Their debut CD “Thrillseeker” is full of powerful beats, careful arranged sounds and a fascinating intricacy. But also the texts are convincing because the willing listener can frequently discover a message – a band which has to tell something. The much variable vocals and versatile vocal lines complete the Sinessence sound perfectly. The sound isn’t obtrusive, but it is smoothly absorbed by the consciousness of the listener. So they achieve something that a lot of releases in this genre are lacking. A self-willed but own sound that will emerge for the patient listener bit by bit and gives hope for a new generation of electro heroes.

As an appetizer for their fulltime album, Sinessence released their digital-only single “Between” in December 2009. It contains exclusive tracks – like the French song “Noir Blanc” or the remixes by Supreme Court and Dismantled. The video of “Between” already got a lot of attention before the single was available. The threesome have played live on several festivals like “Planet Myer Day”, on their own concerts in Germany, Poland and France, and as support for bands like Fixmer/McCarthy, Solar Fake, Haujobb, Sero.Overdose, Painbastard or Rotersand.

But Sinessence didn’t only convince on stage, they also satisfy the scene of their quality by providing their own sound and highly acclaimed remixes. So, in January the long awaited album of the electro legend NITZER EBB was released, including an exclusive Sinessence remix of the song “Once You Say” whose backing vocals were contributed by Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore. But also other acts, such as Solitary Experiments, Mezire, Mechanical Moth or Leather Strip, were impressed by the quality and put a Sinessence remix on their new album release.

 

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out now: De/Vision – Popgefahr [Popgefahr Records]

 
Artist:
De/Vision

Title:
Popgefahr

 

Label:
Popgefahr Records

 

Cat#:
POP001

 

Release Date:
19th March 2010

 

Format:
CD, Deluxe Fan edition, download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
mAndroids

02.
Rage

03.
What’s Love All About

04.
Time To Be Alive

05.
Plastic Heart

06.
Be A Light To Yourself

07.
Ready To Die

08.
Flash Of Life

09.
Twisted Story

10.
Until The End Of Time

 

Tracklist Bonus Version:
01.
mAndroids

02.
Rage

03.
What’s Love All About

04.
Time To Be Alive

05.
Plastic Heart

06.
Be A Light To Yourself

07.
Ready To Die

08.
Flash Of Life

09.
Twisted Story

10.
Until The End Of Time

11.
Free World

 

Press Info :
In postmodern times, when listening habits and perception permanently keep being adjusted, it is hard to make reliable prophecies concerning the future of the music industries or their producers. So it seems even more delightful that DE/VISION remain solid as a rock in such turbulent times. For more than twenty years Steffen Keth and Thomas Adam have been releasing extraordinary albums with high hit potential, always turning their attention beyond the usual, exploring musical boundaries and sometimes even causing some irritation amongst their loyal fan base. Ironically it was during their time with the major label WEA Records that DE/VISION experimented the most and the boldest, not only thinking cross-over but also practising it in a refreshingly creative way. This excessive trying out of new styles allowed DE/VISION to define the quintessence of their qualities and musical orientation. The end of this period was marked by their change-over to the indie label Drakkar in 2001 as well as by the reduction of the band to only two remaining members, Steffen and Thomas, who heralded the new beginning with the apt album title “Two”. With the following albums “Devolution” (2003, “6 Feet Underground” (2004) and “Subkutan” (2006) the duo consolidated and specified their electro sound, revisited their faceted past with the colourful “Best of” compilation, and along the way stumbled across a new band constellation: The established producing team Arne Schumann and Josef Bach joined the band for song writing, their first collaboration as a quartet being the exclusive track “Love Will Find A Way” from the “Best of” album. With fresh wind in their sails they started working on their new album “NOOB” which was to be released in the late summer of 2007. The same exciting cross between soft but striking pop melodies and fascinating retro elements recurs on “POPGEFAHR”, a title that also decorates the newly found DE/VISION owned label and once again demonstrates the band’s creativity in finding neologisms, always with a twinkle in the eye.

“On the one hand the term POPGEFAHR clearly stands for the kind of music that we write best – electro pop. The title gives people a first idea where the musical journey is headed”, explains Steffen, proud father of a strapping boy since New Year’s Day. “The album title is further meant to draw the attention to the new self-contained label. For others this might not be of such relevance, but for us it represents a big step towards even more independence. For me the term even carries a further significance. I cannot refrain from a slight irony with all the experience I have gained over the years, that in certain circles and scenes POP is considered a GEFAHR, German for danger. Pop is sort of a commercial sell-out; if I listen to pop music I cannot be cool etc. For this reason certain people do not really listen when, for instance, we release a new album. Our music is judged even though not one single note has been heard yet.”
On the new album danger impends only in form of DE/VISION typical sing along anthems. Since their early beginnings DE/VISION have been a band that has confidently stood out against the crowd with their extraordinary song writing qualities. “POPGEFAHR” makes no exception. In an almost feisty and flirtatious manner the album presents ten ambitious electro tracks, all of them rough around the edges but going straight to one’s head, at the latest when reaching the irresistible choruses.

The anthem-like opera “mANDROIDS” not only in its title merges human qualities with artificial intelligence, but turns out to be a musically coherent symbiosis of mechanical rhythms, electrified sounds and deeply human, heart-warming harmonies. The single “RAGE” on the other hand presents itself invitingly mellow; only to furiously protest with screeching-rasping sounds and distorted voice in its chorus. This interplay of emotions and sounds runs like a thread through this atmospheric album. Songs like “PLASTIC HEART”, the other single track “TIME TO BE ALIVE”, “TWISTED STORY”, “READY TO DIE” or “FLASH OF LIFE” seduce the listener with their compulsive catchy melodies, danceable rhythms and recurring nostalgic sound gimmicks. In contrast to that the tracks “WHAT’S LOVE ALL ABOUT”, “BE A LIGHT TO YOURSELF” and “UNTIL THE END OF TIME” come along as extremely lyrical pop pearls that bring out the high standards set by DE/VISION for this album. The intention was to pour in their positive experience of last year’s tour as duo with a pure electro set into the production process of “POPGEFAHR”.

“We just had a great time and decided quite early on to do the upcoming tour again as a duo.” Steffen recalls. “It would have been absolutely stupid not to make use of this concept. “POPGEFAHR”is an electronic album, which we are very happy to present live just as it is. Soundwise we put an emphasis on perfecting our sound universe and on bringing back the old virtue of composing strong, memorable melodies. In a way with “POPGEFAHR”we went back to following our instincts.”

It is right there that the ten pop diamonds infect the listener with a virus that sticks to the ear canal. An antidote has not been found …
Following up on their last year’s tour’s success with a pure electro set DE/VISION are going to bring “POPGEFAHR” onto the international stages in the same manner commencing spring 2010. They are further planning an extensive tour of North and South America for early autumn.

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