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Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - "ongs 4 Hate & Devotion - ltd. 2CDs"
29th October 2010, Out Of Line
Crossing the borders between art, rebellion, passion, apocalypse and sex, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio have managed to settle in their very own musical niche with their opulent and intense sonic sculptures. “Songs 4 Hate & Devotion” is an emotional rollercoaster ride driven by the intense voice of Tomas Petterson that alternates martially majestic monuments of orchestral sounds, marching drums and percussion with very intimate and fragile moments, mingles Cold-Wave-, Shoegazing- and Minimal-elements with folkloristic structures and that manages to slip in the odd musical quote as well. The Swedish duo has carefully opened and evolved its unique sound into a wholly exceptional epic that consequently evades any easy categorization. Pop music for non-conformists. „Songs 4 Hate & Devotion“ is released as a limited first edition double CD containing the bonus disc „4 More Songs 4 Hate & Devotion“ and as a strictly limited vinyl edition sporting an alternative track listing.
www.myspace.com/ordorosariusequilibrioSCHWEFELGELB - "Das Ende vom Kreis"
29th October 2010, Tapete Records
Das Ende vom Kreis (The end of the circle) ... That's the title of the second album coming out in October. A monster of an album! If on their debut Schwefelgelb brilliantly combined brute electronic body music à la à;GRUMH or Front 242 with catchy melodies and melodic detail, they now not only further continue to do so on "Das Ende vom Kreis", but take it to the extreme. On the one hand a cool elegance that keeps reminding you of the sound of the Sheffield scene (Human League, Cabaret Voltaire) - for instance the touching "Zu Zweit" - on the other hand the hard, but never simple beats. In this respect, on Das Ende vom Kreis (The end of the circle) Schwefelgelb have managed to square one and the same: smart music, with the chance to pogo dance to it plus music that can't deny and doesn't even want to deny where it's coming from but nevertheless sounds as fresh and progressive as if the Roland TR-808s have just recently rolled off the assembly line.
www.myspace.com/schwefelgelbFORMALIN - "Bodyminding"
29th October 2010, Out Of Line
How do you set a city to music? Two lads from Berlin that go by the name of Formalin have dared the attempt to tackle the gargantuan task of creating a sonic monument for their hometown, aptly naming the resulting sound “Berlin City Industrial.” Their brainchild is raw, aggressive, unpolished, dirty, repulsive, beautiful, glamorous and stylish all at once – just like the world’s most exciting city. Singer and mastermind Tominous and drummer and producer Gabor merge daring and creative sound design with relentlessly harsh sonic works branded with a highly addictive potential: a rough and fascinating club sound that shamelessly provokes where other bands prefer to follow long-faded trends. “Bodyminding” is a purging sonic storm for a shop worn genre, created in the spirit of the early works of Skinny Puppy or Mentallo & The Fixer, but with a sound that has its sights set on the future and that is heavily infused with the spirit of Germany’s capital. The Hard-Electro-pioneers from Hocico were so impressed by the band’s music that they invited Formalin to support them on their European tour without further ado. Berlin – the steel work symphony of a metropolis!
www.myspace.com/formalinNUDE - "Basic Guerilla Moves"
22nd October 2010, Sabotage Concept Records
The NUDE phenomenon began with their pre-album releases "RUFF, RUGGED & RAW" and a classic re-recording of Heaven 17’s 1982 UK hit "Let Me Go" receiving rave reviews. NUDE’s versatility and conscious attempts to avoid labeling and musical comparisons have produced their latest ground breaking album "BASIC GUERILLA MOVES". NUDE band members are comprised of an international line-up with an extraordinarily creative sound design within the electronic music scene, successfully incorporating the very best elements of Breakbeat, Drum & Bass, BigBeat and Electropunk. The results are addictive, adrenaline fuelled pumping beats, hooklines, raucous vocals, wild electronics and a liberal dose of manic Germanics. In the tradition of BASEMENT JAXX, CHEMICAL BROTHERS, NOISIA, UNDERWORLD, FAITHLESS and the PRODIGY, NUDE engulf their fans with "blow yer mind LIVE" gigs. The NUDE album "BASIC GUERILLA MOVES" was born out of those experiences for fans and band alike – bootleg copies of videos of live recordings had spread like wildfire across the net, long before this album materialised. NUDE have warned, the official release will knock your figure huggin’ boots off. NUDE promise "BASIC GUERILLA MOVES" sounds and songs will prove they have little respect for conventional genre specific rules and restrictions. The "BASIC GUERILLA MOVES" album will be available as a digital release and include 14 songs + bonus tracks and secret studio snippets, the results of a 2 year ongoing tour of NUDE DJ GUERILLA and their experiences during their NUDE-LIVE sets.
NUDE - the nucleus.
NUDE - pure energy.
NUDE- innovation.
NUDE - the passion.
Whether LIVE on stage or CD, NUDE are the missing link:– about to be released upon an unsuspecting, impotent Pop-World. "BASIC GUERILLA MOVES" is NUDE – no more, no less!
SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS - "Compendium 2 (LTD.)"
22nd October 2010, Out Of Line
15 years of Solitary Experiments! This memorable jubilee of one of Germany’s most popular Melodic-Electro-bands simply calls for a celebration in form of an exceptional compilation CD. 15 special, previously unreleased Solitary Experiments tracks (including collaborations with other artists, remixes by other artists, remixes for other artists and new interpretations of the band’s biggest hits) make this limited album release ( 1500 copies in a deluxe Digipak) an extraordinary “birthday treat” for fans and newcomers to the band’s oeuvre. Illustrious names such as Wumpscut, Dance Or Die or Noisuf-X have collaborated with Solitary Experiments for “Compendium 2”, which also features a rare remix that the band created for Italian cult-act Kirlian Camera. It is hardly any wonder that the first instalment of “Compendium”, which was released three years ago, was sold out in no time. A special birthday tribute for one of the most influential German Electro-bands of our time!
www.solitaryexperiments.de www.myspace.com/solitaryexperimentsLEGACY OF MUSIC - "[co]operation"
22nd October 2010
Nick and J.P. are going to release their new album "[co]operation" under the motto "Back to the future!".
www.myspace.com/legacy-of-musicFLATLINE - "Enjoy The Noise"
18th October 2010, Ionium Records
In 1996, after the preliminary separation of the Dark Gothic band 'Ghosting', bassist Holger Wirth and producer and DJ Christian Michael founded the project Flatline. At first they worked with two guitarists in the same style as the previous called ‘Ghosting’ one. Holger and Christian but then decided to enrich the EBM scene and abandoned from then on the guitars. Influenced by the greats of the 80s, they struck new musical paths. The result was several compilations such as the "Made in Germany" Compilations 1 & 3 of the label "Fire Cracker" and an EP called "TOXIC BLOOD”. It was followed by several Supportgigs for bands such as Welle:Erdball, Estampie, Dance or Die, Crüxshadows and Funker Vogt, a compilation post on the "Dark Awakening 3" Compilation and they also won a remix contest on ZILLO’s homepage for Funker Vogt's "Final Thrill", which finally was published on the "Revivor" album by Funker Vogt. The current album "ENJOY THE NOISE" was released by the band in 2009 as a free-download-version and now finally appears as an official release at Ionium Records - still available as free-download under a Creative Commons license and further more it’s now available in all major download stores.
REIZstrom - "Dwarfs Like Giants"
15th October 2010
...Now here is the second electro-strike... REIZSTROM are back! After their debut release last year, singer MeCha and musician Skip Intro are about to release their second album DWARFS LIKE GIANTS to prove that they can uphold or even raise their level. A lot of things happened last year, REIZSTROM could be found on several albums and compilations, including both remixes and original songs and the number of friends and fans increased continuously, so they wanted to live up to their reputation with their second piece of work. They have remained true to their love of playful and multifaceted songs and claim the term „Synthetic Beat“ for their music because it lies somewhere between electro, synthpop and EBM. There are songs to dance to (The Hurting Light, Paralyzed, The Plague) as well as to dream to (Pathetic) and to think about (Caution, Breakable). Furthermore their good friends NTRSN, DEFENSE MECHANISM, TITANS and LPF12 have done excellent remixes for the album. It’s their stated aim to bring on delicacies that don’t taste like junk food but satisfy the sophisticated sense of taste without being forgotten in the blink of an eye. DWARFS LIKE GIANTS will again self distributed by the band. The first 100 CD’s are limited and will be released as digipack and if you are not a nostalgic person you will be able to get the album in digital form as well. Now it’s your turn to get excited with this album and to tell the tale REIZSTROM are back to shake the scene again!
www.myspace.com/reizstromTHE LOVECRAVE - "Crisalide"
15th October 2010, RepoRecords/Al!ve
After releasing their excellently kicking album "Soul Saliva" earlier this year, Italy's talented dark rock crew are ready to unleash their next tasty menu. With "Crisalide" singer Francesca Chiara, Tank Palamara (guitar, production), Bob "The Machine" (drums) and Simon Dredo (bass) offer a jam-packed adventure (11 tracks plus video clip) that seduces with exciting and varied tone colors. Besides the infectious cover version hit single "Thriller" (Michael Jackson) and the accompanying video, the vivacious South Europeans lead us into a world of exclusive remixes, unreleased demo versions, live songs and unplugged tracks which have been recorded 2007 in London, UK. Back then one of the biggest UK radio stations, TotalRock, invited the Italian band and arranged a gig for them at the famous Camden Underworld in London. As a highlight of this journey, the band recorded four unplugged tracks in TotalRock's Sonic Studio. Since their inception in 2004, The LoveCrave have evolved in a remarkable way, also due to their extensive live experiences (amongst others touring with The Birthday Massacre, festivals like M'era Luna , WGT) and their very great friendship among themselves. With the strictly limited enhanced CD "Crisalide" the crew makes another big step forward. A must-have item for the fans!
www.thelovecrave.com www.myspace.com/thelovecraveFADERHEAD - "Black Friday"
11th October 2010, L-TRACK RECORDINGS
Hamburg's FADERHEAD is back with a brand new long player to be released via L-Tracks Recordings on 11th October 2010. FADERHEAD's fourth full length album 'Black Friday' is a 16-track concept album of a Friday night gone wrong featuring guest vocals from Ted Phelps (Imperative Reaction), Chris Pohl (Blutengel/Terminal Choice) and Shaolyn (Face Down), it also contains a 15-minute short movie staring And One’s Steve Naghavi.
www.faderhead.com www.myspace.com/faderhead666Culture Kultür - "Spirit"
11th October 2010, Caustic Records
"Culture Kultür" was born in 1992 in Malaga, Southern Spain, evolving from a EBM style with distorted voices to a more electro sound with energetic beats, melodic synths and complex lyrics boosted by powerful vocals. After their signing with Out of Line in 1999 they have supported the mexican band Hocico in the Tierra Electrica '99 Tour, played in mayor european festivals as WGT, M'era Luna, Infest & Eurorock, doing gigs in USA, Mexico and Canada, and included dozens of songs in different compilations. Their single DNA Slaves reached the 10th position in DAC charts, and their second album, "Revenge", contains hits that have been spinned all over the world, becoming a club classic. The band has released in June'05 a new album called "Reborn", which has been acclaimed as one of the best releases in its genre and also reached #3 position in DAC charts (German Alternative Charts). "Spirit" is the long expected return of Culture Kultür five years after their last work,"Reborn". This new album represent the perfect mix between hard worked melodies, club oriented rhythms, dark cadences and reality inspired lyrics. But there is more in this work beyond the classic danceable tracks that have made the band style popular. We can find a musical aperture to the mid-tempos whose result is both surprising and touching. Its heavy beats, catchy choruses, real life topics, and vital attitude make this album a work that represents the present of underground electropop. The universe is full of spirit and you are part of it...
www.myspace.com/culturekulturMOON.74 - "Newborn"
1st October 2010, Echozone
The eagerly-awaited debut album „Newborn“ from MOON.74 will be released on the 1st of October 2010 and it is the result of three years intensive creativity. The solo artist, workaholic and self-taught musician wrote all the songs and lyrics by himself. He also mixed and produced the entire album and effectively manage himself single-handedly. MOON.74 has placed a benchmark for sophisticated songwriting, captivating its audience with potential hits, encompassing catchy and hymnal melodies. „Newborn“ is a musically intense, emotionally-accented and finally authentic album. The bulk of the songs are based on either personal experiences or pick up on societal themes. Inspired from dreams or thoughts of love and pain. Simply, all that makes life so interesting and with which everyone can identify. The various styles in evidence in this work make it more than just a genre-album. It has an enormous scope, from Electro to Rock/ Pop elements up to epic Ballads which all add to create a distinctive and unmistakably compact and emotional sound. The sound of MOON.74.
www.moon74.de HOCICO - "Tiempos De Furia"
1st October 2010, CD, Digi2CD, ltd. Box, OUT OF LINE
Times of fury… Tiempos de Furia! The album title pretty much sums up the inferno that the Mexican Hard-Electro-pioneers are unleashing on their new CD. The snout has not been sporting such a raw and aggressive bark since the early days: unbridled electronic anger meets lashing beats. Fittingly, Erk Aicrag and Racso Agroyam have driven the production into much rougher and harder sounding terrains than on the previous albums. Music-wise, electronic-slam-dance-riots like the title track and the massive “Bite Me” meet heavy mid tempo onslaughts and excursions to the dark side, making the new long player the most versatile work in the band’s opulent oeuvre. Add to that Hocico’s trademark talent for creating memorable melodies and a highly creative sound design and you get a club-compatible hell ride with addictive qualities. “Tiempos de Furia” will be released as a regular CD album, a limited edition with bonus disc and 3D cover art, as well as a lavish fan box with a myriad of extras. Unleash your fury!
www.myspace.com/hocicoh