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24.04.2024 - Live Review: Kettcar - Cologne 2024
Palladium, Cologne, Germany 19th April 2024Kettcar - “Live 2024" - Support: Shitney Beers Hamburg Indie Rock band KETTCAR had been very quiet for a long time. Their last studio album ‘Ich vs. Wir’ from 2017 was followed by a tour and the live album ‘... und das geht so’ at the end of 2019, but from then on it was quiet around the band. It almost seemed as if the pandemic had pulled the plug on the band. But that was far from the truth: since the beginning of 2024, the Hamburg band have released single after single and finally a new studio album. ‘Gute Laune Ungerecht Verteilt’ even made it to #1 spot in the German album charts immediately after its release, clearly showing that KETTCAR are back.
Source: Reflections of Darkness
24.04.2024 - Sensuous Enemy announces new album ‘The Awakening’ on Distortion Productions
(Photo by Grant Griffiths / Artwork by Katy Sewell) Distortion Productions announces the release of the new Sensuous Enemy album “The Awakening”.
Located in Madison, WI, the darkwave electronic industrial band Sensuous Enemy signed to Distortion two years ago with the “Rebirth” EP along with the “Fire in the Dark” single. Having recently returned to the stage, the band describes the album as follows: “‘The Awakening’ is a concept album and an ongoing journey of the dark side of the soul. It covers experiences ranging from death, to accepting who we are, to the light that emanates from inside all of us. This album has been a collective effort from Sensuous Enemy as we fought through many trials over the past couple of years. We hope this album touches our fans and brings them the comfort and understanding that we have all been seeking.”
“The Awakening” is available today as a limited edition CD from Distortion Productions and through all digital and streaming platforms.
The Awakening by Sensuous Enemy
Source: EBM.gr
24.04.2024 - Wumpscut: Single „Tanz den Tod“ + Album
Mit "Tanz den Tod" haben Wumpscut einen Vorgeschmack auf ein kommendes Album veröffentlicht. Mehr Infos hier!
Source: Sonic Seducer
24.04.2024 - And Then You Die digitizes long sold-out ‘Geisteskrank’ EP
Finnish industrial pioneer, And Then You Die, continues the digitization of its early catalog, announcing the remastered release of the “Geisteskrank” EP via Skithund Records on digital channels on May 3, 2024, and this over 30 years after its originally sold-out cassette release. The EP was originally released as a MC-cassette in 1993 via Medical Records and offers dark and experimental industrial music.
And Then You Die was formed all the way back in 1990 and were one of the first electro/industrial acts in Finland. The roots of the project’s sound lie in dark music with such artists as Einstürzende Neubaten, Swans, Godflesh and Scorn. The group paints their soundscapes with loops and sequences, heavy bass, guitars, analog synthesizers and sometimes even real drums.
Over the years the And Then You Die has released limited edition VHS singles, vinyl’s and cd’s plus a wide bunch of digital releases. With minimal promotion they have gained a certain cult status and been referred as one the best kept secrets in Finland. And Then You Die released their latest album “Electric Uterus” on May 2021.
Related newsAnd Then You Die – Electric Uterus (Album – Skithund Records)Here’s the remastered version of “Geisteskrank”.
Geisteskrank by And Then You Die
Source: EBM.gr
24.04.2024 - Louis Carnell and Marta De Pascalis collaborate on ‘Twelve’ single to mark release of ‘111’ full length (incl. Daniel Miller)
(Photo by George Nebieridze) London-based electronic music producer Louis Carnell and Marta De Pascalis share a collaborative single today, “Twelve”, marking the release of the 15-track double vinyl “111” which brings together all of the collaborations from the series: Keeley Forsyth, Lee Ranaldo, Ben Vince, Yasa Asmar, Coby Sey, KMRU, Okkyung Lee, Wu-Lu, Green-House, Daniel Miller, Laraaji, Marta De Pascalis, Leila, Nailah Hunter and Damsel Elysium.
Carnell explains the project: “As the engine of modern life funnels us into states of loss and isolation, 111 aims at a utopian poetics of hope. Re-aligning connections by exploring mutual spaces 111 attempts to empower its listener & forms an equivalent environment for each collaboration. Each artist that features on 111 has provided me with multiple moments of solitude and resilience & I’m thankful to them all. Visually there are no obvious signifiers of hope, a reflection on the feeling or practice is individual to its arbitrator, but in their existence, we form a foundation of promise & possibility.”
Each track in the series is accompanied by one of three visual works by Arcin Sagdic (Maison Margiela, COMME des GARÇONS, Burberry) and Louis Carnell, extending Carnell’s visual collaborations that have included Daniel Sannwald, Frederik Heyman and Peter De Potter.
Related newsHow interesting was the Vince Clarke Q&A session in London? Find out here on video!Carnell is scheduled to perform at the ICA, London on 23 May on a bill with Keeley Forsyth, his first collaborator for the series. 111 live events have included performances at Café OTO and Stoke Newington Old Church in London and the Volksbühne in Berlin.
Here are a few more tracks.
Source: EBM.gr