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| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | | 7:33 pm |
| | Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | | 10:59 am |
| | Thursday, September 24th, 2009 | | 8:09 pm |
ATTRITION - Covered - Wrapped in the guise of my friend
 "Attrition is
experimentation of the highest order...in a world all of their own, orbiting
some strange star with an atmosphere of fear to breathe…" Musictap.net
Wrapped in the guise of
my friend
A T T R I T I O N
- c o v
e r e d -
3 decades of the music of ATTRITION
4 years in the making , the
album features interpretations of 17 of the most well known ATTRITION tracks, by
bands from all over the world…
With
long established names in the industrial, gothic, metal and avante garde scenes
standing side by side with the new
wave.…including
Murder Happens and En Esch (from KMFDM)/Stromkern/Imprint/Machine in
the Garden/Stoa/
High
Blue Star/Chiasm/My Silent Wake/Remora/Protea/Unwoman and
more....
Selected and mastered by founder Martin Bowes.
“Over
the years I have been moved by the many cover versions of our music that started
appearing.
Always amazed that people were touched enough by our songs to
want to interpret them in their own way.
I thought it was timely that i put together an album to represent
these works...I hope they mean as much to those listening now as they have done
to us....”
Martin Bowes.
2009.
Released this October on Wax Trax II
for the USA and Canada, and our own Two Gods label for the rest of the
world.
We have advance copies here with us
NOW....
and....Order the album direct
from the ATTRITION website
and receive the “Wrapped...” digital download only EP
completely FREE - with 8 more covers from
Sharks. Beati Mortui. Audra. Phantom Vision. Iammynewt. Mortal Clay. Veronique Diabolique
and
Vice Deviant
available
for only $13.99 (USD)
or
while you are there take advantage of our limited 2 CD's for $24 (USD) offer
...
Be seeing
you
very soon...
Martin &
Sin
" Creating and exploring rich shadowy electronic
soundscapes...interweaving the ephemeral with the operatic, the sound can at
once calm your soul and chill your bones..." The
Hatchet/USA
CD Track listing:
1. Nyarlathotep - Favourite things
2.
Murder happens with En Esch - Which hand?
3.
Imprint - Reflections
4.
Chiasm - A girl called harmony
5.
Stromkern - The cage
6.
My Silent Wake - Two Gods
7.
High Blue Star - I am eternity
8.
Machine in the garden - Dreamsleep
9.
Fluxussyndrom - A great design
10. Elephant Leaf - The second hand
11.
Remora - Fusillade
12.
Terrotimo - Kharb
13. Unwoman - Adam & eva
14.
Accolade - The silent mind
15.
Patricia Wake - Fate is smiling
16.
Protea - Into the waves
17.
Stoa - A girl called harmony
EP Track listing:
1. The Sharks - Monkey in a bin
2. Phantom Vision - A girl called harmony
3. Iammynewt - Acid tongue
4. Vice Deviant - A'dam & Eva
5. Beati Mortui - To the devil!
6.
Audra – Dreamsleep
7.
Veronique Diabolique - Death truck
8.
Mortal Clay - Fate is smiling
and please....we
always appreciate it if you can repost any and all of this news....help spread
the word.... ! | | Friday, September 18th, 2009 | | 11:38 pm |
| | Monday, September 14th, 2009 | | 8:30 pm |
Connexion Bizarre Review Of Skullduggery You Are Here. [Nowhere]
Skullduggery - You Are Here. [Nowhere]
Pro CD-R, Trozoc, 2009
www.myspace.com/skullduggery
![Skullduggery - You Are Here. [Nowhere]](http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_skullduggery_yahn.jpg)
It's three years now since I first came across this artist, on the
Glitch Mode compilation "H0rd3z Ov Thee El33t!", as one of many artists
that I first heard there that I thought 'hmm, must check them out again
sometime'. Some vanished, others I went and bought the albums. This was
one, I'll admit, that I thought had vanished until this album appeared.
The track on said compilation - "A Violent Reaction" - was great, and
at the time I was almost willing an album to come.
So, the album is here, how is it? There are no mellow intros here,
for a start - from the very first second a complex, wheezing polyrhythm
bursts out of the speakers at you (if you have it on loud it's a hell
of a shock, too), which works well as an intriguing pointer of what is
to come. By the time the second track, "Everything", comes around,
things are much slowed down, with a languid, near-buried vocal to match
the slow-pace perfectly. "Grotamh" takes us into IDM territory, with
irregular rhythm, phasing effects and more vocals. These are perhaps
the big surprise here, as most electronic music of this complexity
(and, frankly, this far out in the left-field, not in a million million
years could this ever be called mainstream) shuns vocals as much as
possible.
There is only one group of artists in industrial who, over the
course of their career, have experimented this much and got away with
it (indeed pushing the genre into realms most never even expected) and
that would be Skinny Puppy. Like other albums I've heard in recent
years, it's difficult to escape their spectre when creating tracks
crackling with this many ideas, and the first overt Skinny Puppy-feel
comes on in "In-Security", with sampled guitars, drawled, treated
vocals and punchier beats bubbling in a veritable soup of effects. An
ace track, though, influences or not.
Remarkably, it gets better, too, with the (very, very) dark
lullaby of "Angel", with its vocals that sound like they are recited
right next to your ear thanks to clever mixing, and the sparse, pretty
electronics never intrude too much. The calm is shattered by the
drum'n'bass attack of "Religion = War", a seemingly angry tirade at
those who use religion as an excuse for war. An old subject, yes, but
hardly one without enough in the way of sources to provide a fresh spin
on it, as it does here. The whispered vocals are really creepy, though.
"Calamity" isn't especially notable, but "Relapse" certainly is. A
fast-paced, techno attack, it is another curveball in an album
seemingly stuffed with them. "My Rightful Place" is about as 'normal'
as things are going to get here, while "Jacobs Ladder" is four minutes
of pure spite. "Sacrilege" weirded me out, but not as much as the
straight-up synthpop of "Truth". The closing title track, with its
cut-up radio samples and graceful piano brings to mind walking down a
city street and catching innumerable snippets of conversation, but
never engaging in any of them. Which perhaps sums up the title nicely.
To do this album justice (its scope is vast, and to cover all the
musical styles touched upon here would probably take most of my word
limit on their own) it's an album you don't need to be reading about,
other than to be recommended it. It's not going to be for everyone, but
it's really worth giving a try - you will either find it an engaging
curiousity or a massively rewarding and challenging listen. I'm in the
latter camp, and more than a few listens in I'm still finding bits I
missed.
-- Adam Williams [9/10 Taken from: http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_skullduggery_yahn.htm | | Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 | | 1:10 am |
ReGen Magazine Review Of Skullduggery You Are Here. [Nowhere]
 Skullduggery
You Are Here. [Nowhere]
Trozoc Productions
Posted: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
By: Ilker Yücel
Editor
Perhaps
too sonically schizophrenic for mass appeal, but elements of IDM and
industrial mixed with traces of synthpop make for an exciting debut.After
several years lurking in the underground, releasing the odd track on a
compilation or two, collaborating with Chris Cozort of Iammynewt on the
Ohaka release in late 2008, and after much urging from friends
and fans, Jayme Bass finally blesses the post-industrial music scene
with a debut album chockfull of his signature glitches and acidic
atmospheres. You Are Here. [Nowhere] presents 13 tracks of
Bass' signature sonic manipulations, combining the frantic pace and
mangled structures of IDM with the raw and caustic feel of industrial,
with elements of largely danceable electro and EBM thrown in to keep
the listener grounded in some familiarity that is otherwise stripped
away. Whereas most artists and groups who attempt to infuse more
experimental textures into their music tend to get just a tad bloated
as far as length and "size" are concerned ("size" being the sheer
breadth of layers and audio elements at play in a single track), Bass'
approach seems geared more towards appealing to the modern club-goers
in search of a song they can latch onto on the dance floor without
boring them with excessive length. Each of these tracks is filled to
the brim with sound, and yet it's always just enough that the beat and
the bass lines remain pervasive, with the vocals - feral and vicious,
and in the case of tracks like "Everything" and "In-Security" are also
very reminiscent of ohGr - given just enough room to perform above the
cloudy musical landscape. Not only that, but Bass does not allow
himself any easy outlet, shifting moods from the auditory mindfuck that
is "Angel" to the breakbeat-laden political commentary that is
"Religion = War" and even to the melodically trippy and synthpop-esque
"Truth." Of course, this is not to say that Skullduggery is instantly
accessible to everyone across the electro music spectrum; many will
undoubtedly be thrown off by the extreme tonalities and find
Skullduggery to be a tad too schizophrenic for mass appeal. Still, You Are Here. [Nowhere]
is at least an excellent debut release from a young and exciting new
artist with the promise of even greater and more off-kilter things to
come.
Taken from: http://www.regenmag.com/Reviews-1939-Skullduggery-You-Are-Here-Nowhere.html
| | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 | | 11:36 pm |
iammynewt - Altercation - OUT NOW!!!!
That's right kiddies 'Altercation' the iammynewt remix album is out right
now for you to own! Get it direct from iammynewt here for 8 bux!!!!
Featuring the remixing talents of Cyanotic, Defrag, Empty, Lucidstatic,
Mangadrive, Pask, Skullduggery and Torrent Vaccine. You have never
heard iammynewt like this before, so now is the time!!!!  Track Listing1. Egor (Defrag Remix)
2. LOUsid (Lucidstatic Remix)
3. Egor (Mangadrive Remix)
4. LOUsid (Empty Remix)
5. back UP (Torrent Vaccine Remix)
6. back UP (Skullduggery Remix)
7. LOUsid (Pask Remix)
8. LOUsid (Cyanotic Remix) $8.00 direct from the iammynewt Merch store here: http://www.theconnextion.com/iammynewt/ | | Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | | 1:57 pm |
| | Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | | 11:52 pm |
| | Monday, April 20th, 2009 | | 8:25 pm |
Connexion Bizarre webcast playlist April 20, 2009.
 Webcast & Radio Show
Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("You Need It. You Want It." with music selection by DJ RazorGrrrl)
Moctan - Plastic Error Mind (Special Bunker Edit)
[V/A. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns - Das Bunker]
Hypnoskull - The Most Feared Man On Earth
[Industrial Owes Us Money - Ant-Zen Records]
Famine - lesion powder sickness (fixed)
[Every Mirror Turns Black - Bugs Crawling Out of People]
Interlope - New World Order
[Petits Arrangements Entre Amis - Expressillon]
Dev/Null - Gorechestra
[Necrobestial Sadobreaks - Cock Rock Disco]
Marching Dynamics - Confederate
[The Workers Party Of Haiti - Hymen Records]
Edgey - Malice Spoils
[The Abuse Technique - Hive Records]
iammynewt vs. Skullduggery - shitMuppET
[Ohaka - Trozoc]
Synth-Etik - Four More Points
[Phantom - Hands Productions]
Bong-Ra - House of Armageddon
[V/A. Maschinenfest 2008 - Pflichtkauf]
Rabbit Junk - Power
[Project Nonagon - The Struggle II - RabbitJunk.com]
DJ Donna Summer - Rock Rock Rock (Aaron Spectre Remix)
[V/A. Rock Rock Rock Remixes - Cock Rock Disco]
End - A Girl Called Trouble
[A Girl Called Trouble - AeroCCCP Recordings]
| | Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | | 12:09 am |
Lucidstatic - Gravedigger Review by Moving Hands Magazine
..Lucidstatic .."Gravedigger".. Format: CD Online date: 2/3 Label: Tympanik Audio Genre: breakcore, experimental 8/10 Mmm, at last I found something to make me wake up on this horrid Sunday afternoon. This entity origins from the cold and vast landscapes of Alaska and the music is breakcore/industrial/power noise/experimental/IDM etc. Seventeen tracks and a duration of over one hour and nine minutes makes this album sure worth your hard earned money. It's a very complex album with a whole lot of things going on all the time. All songs differ a lot and that's great because you don’t get bored after a few songs as can happen with this kind of music. There are a whole lot of collaborators on this album too: Mono Penguin, The Plastic Eulogy, Ironworm, Sumbraxis, Downstroyd and Iammynewt to be precise. I think the mix of all these genres I mentioned earlier is really making the music original and I can't wait to hear more from Lucidstatic in the future, until then this record will spin a lot in my stereo. ../Johannes van der Meer http://www.movinghands.net/reviews/detail.asp?id=1151 | | Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | | 9:49 pm |
ReGen Magazine Review Of Digital Decay
Various Artists Digital Decay Trozoc Productions / Death Wax Records Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2009 By: Ilker Yücel Editor   Trozoc Productions' noisome compilation of post-industrial, glitch-laden instrumental artists at least does its part to present the current crop of underground artists. Chris Cozort has certainly been doing well for himself in the underground music scene, making his name as a producer and mastering engineer for artists as diverse as Cyanotic, Diverje, Mangadrive, and even the legendary Pigface. Having released several tracks on various compilations under his Iammynewt moniker, he released on his Trozoc Productions label the Ohaka collaboration with Skullduggery, presenting the world with his own inimitable style full of deep synthesized bass lines and edgy glitch-laden rhythms. Now in association with Death Wax Records, Trozoc releases Digital Decay, showcasing as every good compilation does a cross-section of the scene's current rising stars in the world of underground post-industrial. Kicking off the album with a bang are Copy Paste Repeat, blazing out a series of noisy sample and synth manipulations and choppy breakbeats that would make Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" sound like child's play, and Adonikam's equally frantic "Corrosion," a powerful track that meshes elements of extreme metal with drum & bass as chilled out ambient progressions of pads and pianos creep in and out of the mix. The rest of the compilation attempts to follow suit, but when listening to the overly repetitive beats and bass lines of Iammynewt's "Back UP" or the slow buildup and tense atmospheres that ultimately never reach a satisfying climax on Pask's "Too Human," one realizes that Digital Decay is not going to be without its duds. This is not to say that there are any truly bad tracks on the album; while the creepy electroclash rhythms and ambient loops of Iammynewt's "Egor" may be a tad repetitive, or the thrumming bass under subdued sonic environments akin to a pitch black forest create a sensation that is simultaneously soothing and tensely eerie, they may not be the best tracks, but they're not lacking in enjoyment. Mangadrive's "Archaicruin" deserves a fair amount of praise for not being your ordinary club track as it contains some rather interesting synth progressions and effects that belie the simplicity of the beats, while "Alpha Prefix[ed]" by Adipocere is perhaps the most surprising entry as it begins simply enough with bass, beats, and samples that almost seem whimsically childish in their rudimentary nature, but then the track does a complete 180 as gated synths overlay a slightly more industrialized beat, making for an old school sounding track. From the spectral ambiences and abstract progressions of rubbery bass and intense breaks in Cyrusrex's "Atmostfear" to the disturbing cacophony of tweaked distortion and noise that ends the compilation in "Burn an X in Your Head" by Eating Wires & Lighting Fires, Digital Decay is by no means a perfect collection of the scene's hottest stars. One can certainly tell that there are some truly forward-thinking and talented artists arising in the post-industrial scene, while others seem to still be struggling to find their footing and identify themselves with a sound and style worth paying attention to. But of course, this is the purpose of any compilation, and one hopes that even in the less-than-stellar tracks that audiences will find something to hold their interest. Taken from: http://www.regenmag.com/Reviews-1771-Various-Artists-Digital-Decay.html | | Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | | 10:11 pm |
CYBERAGE RADIO PLAYLIST 2/1/09
LISTEN now---- http://www.cyberage.cxthe most diverse and steady mix of elektronic music... from the underground! 5 hours a week....new shows,new music, new views, mixes, and some ranting fun! http://www.dsbp.cx -the DSBP catalog with lotsa great deals, specials and carrying all the best independent EBM, electro-industrial,synthpop,power noise,experimental and dark d'n'b,ambient,glitch,static,deep bass,and ethereal electronics..and more. *Hear us LIVE each Saturday Late night from 1-6 am (MST)on the link. http://www.kunm.org (505) 277-5615...call live! and see what up! for more info and submission info,please send an e-mail to.. (tommyt@dsbp.cx) Hello to all! The new CYBERAGE RADIO SHOW is UP! the 2/1/09 show.download it /stream it.PLease think of others too, and don't use up all the bandwidth..We do our best to keep it diverse and a mix of new and intresting electro-industrial,coldwave,EBM,power noise,IDM, experimental,darkwave,drum-n-bass,glitch,b reakbeat and more sub genres that all encompass the CYBERAGE! ======================================== ========================= Lots of new and hot electronic/industrial/synthpop power noise/d'n'b/freeform music to cover tonight.. We also get to premiere lots of new music first here on the RAGE!! spread the word and always get more to listen here...this is the real deal... 24/7 you can hear us at http://www.cyberage.cxOr you can hear us LIVE!!On the radio 89.9fm each Saturday Night in New Mexico and on the web at ( http://www.kunm.org) Please keep in contact with us and the bands we play and support the real underground! have a nice listen ===TOMMYT==== TUNE in and get into the NEW! join our myspace group at.. http://www.myspace.com/cyberageradio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \ 2 PLAY FEATURES ------------------------- ** COMBICHRIST - "today we are all demons" -METROPOLIS ** DIVERJE - "stitched" -DSBP ** MANGADRIVE - "tbwnr" -MANGADRIVE ** EMPTY - "never get to you" -APHOTIC AUDIO ** DE/VISION -"noob" -METROPOLIS ** V/A - EMERGING ORGANISMS V2 -TYMPANIK AUDIO ** V/A - DIGITAL DECAY -TROZOC Enjoy the CYBERAGE RADIO show! We thank our THOUSANDS of listeners each week! ! ======================================== =============== *check out the archives for a years worth of Cyberage shows! http://www.cyberage.cxsend all submissions to... CYBERAGE RADIO c/o TOMMY T 237 CAGUA NE ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. 87108 "time is my enemy" --------TOMMY T--------CYBERAGE RADIO==== DSBP ( http://www.dsbp.cx) 2/1/09 artist track album label ======================================== ================================= kmfdm -apathy -xtort -metropolis bile -legion -demonic electronic -bilestyle biopsy -cx state -cervix state sequences -dsbp penal colony -hypothalamus now -unfinished business -dsbp panic lift -save yourself -witness to our collapse -hive rec terrorfakt -welcome to hell -teethgrinder -metropolis tamtrum -datura dream -some atomik songs 2005 -dsbp **soman -innocence -sound pressure 2.0 -metropolis ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- autodafeh -pull the trigger -hunt for glory -sigsaly trans gencab -version 2 -transmuter II -hive rec man and machines -revolt -analog hearts, digital minds -dsbp obszon geschopf-sinister bleeding(avoidance of doubt) -v/a interbreeding X -blc productions no longer human -autonomy -antipathy -cop int'l fgfc820 -forsaken -law and ordnance -cop int'l **mlada fronta -uuo118 -v/a emerging organisms 2 -tympanik ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- **combichrist -kickstart the fight -today we are all demons -metropolis **combichrist -i want your blood -today we are all demons -metropolis distorted memory -gods wrath -burning heaven -cop int'l **diverje -evil one -stitched -dsbp c-lekktor -stigmata -the silence procession -cop int'l ionic vision -new breed(encoder remix) -bitter isolation -dsbp siva six -you see the six(soman remix) -v/a promofabrik 2009-promofabrik tapage -lockswitch -the institute of random events - tympanik ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- **soman -divine -sound pressure 2..0 -metropolis **soman -pantau I vs II -sound pressure 2..0 -metropolis **combichrist -get out of my head -today we are all demons -metropolis electro synthetic rebellion -gone -post-industrial -dsbp excubitors -fehler im system -v/a promofabrik 2009 -promofabrik wynardtage -if theres no tomorrow -the grey line -cop int'l zeller -kamtchka restart -audio vandalism -hymen ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- **diverje -smell the blood -stitched -dsbp brian botkiller -welcome to postwar usa -welcome to postwar usa -fwank nanocrack -the lit hacker -v/a oscillation 2007 -fwank **mangadrive -karma(feat viscera drip) -tbwnr -mangadrive **mangadrive -duck and cover -tbwnr -mangadrive nexus VI -dr evil -apocalypse -nexus VI schema factor -high voltage -redux -schema factor schema factor -subservient -redux -schema factor ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- **empty -never get to you(dismantled remix)-never get to you-aphotic audio **empty -forgotten dreams -never get to you -aphotic audio lost signal -drowning -eviscerate -23db fright doll -leaving you -assimilation illusion -quantum release **de/vision -what you deserve -noob -metropolis **de/vision -love will find a way -noob -metropolis blue october uk -spinning on the full stop -walk amongst the living -add nebulo -accident -avutma -hymen ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- infected mushroom -special place -vicious delicious -reincarnate dark soho -depth of emotion -sun spot -bne **iammynewt -egor -v/a digital decay -trozoc **lucidstatic -p4triot -v/a digital decay -trozoc **pask -too human(version) -v/a digital decay -trozoc **dino felipe -white shirts stain -v/a digital decay -trozoc ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- **rope -the flightless bird -v/a emerging organisms 2 -tympanik **ginormous -red cliff -v/a emerging organisms 2 -tympanik **anhedonia -different places -v/a emerging organisms 2 -tympanik ======================================== ================================== 5 Hours of New ELECTRONIC MUSIC each week! http://www.cyberage.cxKUNM, ALBUQUERQUE 89.9FM keep the Cyberage music alive! support the bands and labels! --TOMMYT appreciates you TOO! | | Monday, February 9th, 2009 | | 11:37 pm |
Wounds of the earth Lucidstatic interview...
Friday, February 6, 2009 Lucidstatic Interview  An interview with Lucidstatic, quasi-fresh from releasing his debut album "Gravedigger" on Tympanik Audio.  So how’s the weather up there in Alaska? It’s been pretty fucking cold down here.It’s been hit or miss lately, we had a cold snap that lasted a few weeks where it stayed about -20 but now at least we’re in the positives Further up north it was falling to -40 with winds. Harsh weather That is nuts man, how do you stay alive?Hide indoors, smoke outside away from the electronics, fuck all winter and consume large quantities of whiskey.lol So I can’t think of any other musicians from Alaska off the top of my head. What’s good there? Bands/clubs/scene etc?It seems like the clubs cater to rap/rock/metal acts primarily. The underage clubs use to host diverse genres, but due to politics and a lack of respect for what they/we had most of the clubs have vanished. All that is really left is the occasional rave. Other great electro acts up here consist of PigFat, Saturn never Sets, Dyschord, MDP and a few odds and ends. The ability to play a gig locally though is pretty limited for the genre unless you know a few people, or you could do the four on the floor rave bit. So, Alaska is right next to Canada. Now Canada has a fucking awesome electronic music scene, although maybe moreso on the Eastern Side. Do you think that awesomeness leaks over into Alaksa, or is it all a bunch of Sarah Palins who shoot wolves from airplanes?I’m leaning towards the latter. Seems like in the last 10 years industrial/electro fell off the map. Now it’s emo scream and hot topic clones Ok, so now for the generic question: what is Lucidstatic? How did you come up with the name?The name is one I came up over a decade ago. I used it originally as a pen name for ‘zines etc. the idea is understanding the static...making sense of the randomness of life. I figured it wouldn’t pigeonhole or stereotype so I used it for my first solo project which has taken on a mind all of its own. Now the name fits more than ever. Your style is a mash up of a whole bunch of different and crazy electronic styles (breakcore, idm, glitch, noise, etc). What made you want to work with this style of music? How did you get into this kind of stuff?It began due to the classic missing musician at band practices. I had lent odds and ends to a few projects and nothing ever became of them due to over production or general lack of drive to put it out for the public. I began fully working with software in about 2003. I became pretty familiar with Reason 1.0 and Fruity Loops. Over time I began using a midi keyboard, attempting to get accustomed/coordinated after years of playing guitar and bass. Slowly the music started gathering a nice balance of live recording to software sequencing. On the style of music…I love music that has the power to kick you in the balls. I hate the happy pop because it seems like sitcom life where you always think “who lives like that?”. I like something gritty and dirty that doesn’t pull any punches. Why did you name your album “Gravedigger”?The idea for the name came from sifting through old works that had a great basis but poor execution. It felt like I was robbing graves and rearranging the parts … I had two favorite tracks that sadly got cut from the release but I’m going to push for them on the next, ‘Represent’ and ‘Bad Feeling’. ‘Bad Feeling’, the original was on my lo-fi debut back in 05, “Air Filter”, and I still love the drums on it. ‘Knuckledust’ and ‘Headhunter’ had been nothing more than songs of sequenced drums until The Plastic Eulogy and Mono Penguin threw down. Just breathing some new life and letting the dead walk about. You’ve got a bunch of collaborative tracks on the album. Why do you choose to do collabs, and is this going to be something that you continue on to future releases?I love collabs. I ,like many others, criticize the hell out of what I do. But I love so many other people’s work that when I got the chance for a label release I was like “jump onboard”. I’ve been working with Mangadrive, iammynewt and Angel of Violence both for over a year now and I wanted them to get the notice I think they deserve. Me and Mono Penguin had been working on each others tracks here and there and collabin’ on remixes so, why not right? Ironworm and downstroyD are two of my close friends in AK so that made for some easy collabs due to locale. I came across The Plastic Eulogy and simply loved his sound and talent (i.e. I want to eat his brains) so I wanted to get his take on some drums and the result was ‘Knuckledust’ (which originally was going to have vocals...maybe next time..?) I just enjoy workin’ with people. As long as they’re dedicated than we can bounce off each other and the results…goddamn! Is there another Lucidstatic album in the works? What can we expect?Right now I’m working on a few projects with other people including finishing work on the upcoming Pandora’s Black Book and Angel of Violence releases. I should be releasing a download from the label of Gravedigger remixes and a net label was interested in some work soooooo...I have a dream themed album in the works. I think the next full length disc released by Tympanik will be incredible…you can probably expect some guest slots and more NOISE Tell me about the Lucidstatic studio. Hardware/software?Hardware: microkorg, electribe emx, electribe er1,electribe ea1, kaospad kp3 roland sp606, rolandtr505, maudio triggerfinger and 49 key midi keyboard, shure mics, a couple broken alesis drum machines, epiphone guitar, buncha pedals, spider line 6 amp, circuit bent speak and math Software: reason 4.0, soundforge, audacity, fruity loops 7, audition, recycle, some NI instruments and scattered VST Interesting that you have a circuit bent speak and math. Did you bend that yourself? Any plans for more weird noise generating devices?A friend, brian bent it and gave it to me as a present. He got me hooked on the circuit bent and tape destroy genres. New twisted toys? Maybe, I know for a fact I will be tinkering with field recording gear for some ambience/royalty free samples What’s a good bit of studio advice?Try and try again. Sometimes the problem is just the smallest adjustment or one misplaced cord. Learn your equipment and know how to EQ and reduce residual noise. You can make the greatest music never heard by man because the sound quality was so bad. I listen to my work from 2004 and 05 and wow...always try to improve your understanding and never be afraid to ask for advice from other musicians. So you’ve got another project called Pandora’s Black Book. What’s that one all about? What kind of style, what’s different, when does the album drop, etc?That would be my melodic meets experimentation project. Anything that falls outside of what I want for lucidstatic, pandora grabs and revises. The project is much more string/piano oriented but often runs close to sounding like lucidstatic with some of its grittier tracks. We’ll call it the soft side of the noise. What have you been listening to lately?Stone temple pilots, 12 rounds, broken fabiola, esa, danzig, gnr, some ministry/revco, access to arasaka off EO2, tapage, larvae, cubanate and god I could go on and on I usually have a couple discs on rotation in the bedroom and car stereo and then some on the pc I’m a music junky all around man  links: Tympanik AudioLucidstaticLucidstatic on MyspacePOSTED BY DAN BARRETT AT 8:35AM Taken from: http://woundsoftheearth.blogspot.com/ | | Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | | 12:51 am |
Chain D.L.K. review of Lucidstatic - Gravedigger!
 Artist: LUCIDSTATIC [ jimmy {at} crlstudio {dot} com ] Title: Gravedigger Format: CD Label: Tympanik Audio [ info {at} tympanikaudio {dot} com ] Distributor: Ant-Zen Rated:   Nowadays Electro/Industrial scene brings only very seldom artists to the daylight, which can use the term ”innovative” to describe someone’s music style. The Alaska-based sole effort of Jimmy Church, LUCIDSTATIC, is surely one of this few acts, on which this term doesn’t sound platitudinous. We had Jimmy and LUCIDSTATIC, as well as his rather Downtempo-like side-project PANDORA’S BLACK BOOK already with some previous and self-released items on here. So I’ve been warned in advance what kind of storm would join my home entertainment. Even if it is fucking cold for the most part in Alaska, LUCIDSTATIC offers a hot and heavily pounding rhythm torturing kind of music. By taking inspiration out of styles like IDM, Breakcore, Powernoise and classic Industrial tunes, the percussive elements are the leading and driving force behind this act. Complex rhythm programming can sound layered, here you’ll get the proof for this thesis. And if Jimmy integrates too a sort of a synth-driven ambience in between his percussion rows, he earns surely the most applause for tracks like ”Mercy Of A Bullet”, ”Unknown Test Subject” or P4tr10t”. Some special collaboration with different but rather more unknown acts like IAMMYNEWT, SUMBRAXIS or THE PLASTIC EULOGY are featured as well. ”Gravedigger” is a pure adrenaline-driven onslaught, whose valuable content needs to get discovered. Worth to spend your bucks on!. Taken from: http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=4872 | | Friday, January 2nd, 2009 | | 11:58 pm |
"Ohaka" mentioned in Regen Mag's Top 10 of 2008!
Dec
31 Top 10 Albums of 2008 Posted by: Ilker Yücel It's that time of the year again, when the holidays come and go, when we look back and reflect on what we've learned and experienced over the last 12 months, when we think of all the good and bad things that have helped to shape us into the people we become. Music is a large part of that experience, and each year always leaves some sort of lasting impression as we think about those songs, albums, and artists that etch themselves into our minds forever. Last year, ReGen Magazine offered the readers the Top 10 Albums of 2007, eschewing our past method of simply posting a cross section of the staff's individual picks for the year. Continuing down that path, we now give you the Top 10 Albums of 2008 as selected and voted by our various staff and contributors. These are the albums that we as individuals and we as the whole of ReGen feel stand above the tremendous amount of music released in 2008, paving the way for newer and better music to make its way in the future.  10. Memmaker: How to Enlist in a Robot Uprising (Hive Records) Montreal's Memmaker has certainly made an impression with a rousing brand of technofied EBM and hard trance that belies the noisier excursions of both Hive Records and band member Yann Faussier's work in Iszoloscope. Together with Guillaume Nadon, Faussier has crafted an album of pure, unadulterated electro energy that has taken clubs by storm, brushing similar acts like Combichrist and Modulate aside for supremacy of the dance floor. Part of the appeal of How to Enlist in a Robot Uprising is the humor employed as they take overly familiar samples from films like Total Recall and The Lost Boys and utilize them in ways that seem to revel in absurdity, as if to poke fun at the clichés of a scene that they are part of. Robotic synth and vocal effects combined with drum and percussive patterns that border on rudimentary would also seem hackneyed and lazy if not for the sense that Memmaker were deliberate in their use of such overused formulas, albeit given an acidic edge thanks to the band members' experience with rhythmic and experimental noise. One can hardly call the album a groundbreaking set of music, but one listen to How to Enlist in a Robot Uprising makes it clear that it was intended to be quite simply... fun. It's a party album, and every year, there should always be at least one of those that everybody can get into. This is it!  09. Bauhaus: Go Away White (Bauhaus Music) They are one of the purveyors of goth rock, captivating audiences for decades with their sometimes sinister and surreal, always mysterious and enticing style. Bauhaus made quite the splash in 2008 with their fifth studio album, their first in 25 years, and what the band has stated will be their final outing... and what an outing it is, bidding farewell to their illustrious career with 10 songs that were recorded in 18 days in 2006. While the band's chemistry is unquestionably in action within these songs, Go Away White possesses a whimsical urgency that may seem unbecoming the band's past work to longtime fans. However, one simply can not deny the interplay between Daniel Ash's sonorous and ever experimental guitar tones with Peter Murphy's distinguished and impassioned croon, backed by the roaring bass of David J. and the deceptively simplistic percussion of Kevin Haskins; it's the Bauhaus we've all come to know and love over the years, tempered by maturity and experience, still pursuing their dark and bittersweet sonic designs. Perhaps this album should've been released more than two decades ago during their heyday; perhaps they needed that time to make an ultimate statement to encapsulate their legacy; perhaps they came full circle only to realize that time had changed them, their music, and the world enough that they dared not become anachronistic... who can say? If nothing else, 2008 can be remember as the year Bauhaus made their final fervent farewell to the world.  08. Angelspit: Blood Death Ivory (Dancing Ferret Discs) Australia's Angelspit has been steadily making waves in the goth/industrial scene with their aggressive use of caustic beats and bass lines, topped off with an adrenalized delivery of playful vocals and lyrics. Some might consider it by-the-numbers club-style industrial, and it is not without that element of appealing to the dance floor-centered masses. However, the band expands on the fetishistic sexual energies exhibited by their debut, last year's Krankhaus, and drives their formula further to incorporate themes of society's obsession with self-centeredness, demonstrating a development of their lyrical qualities. As well, the duo of Destroyx and ZooG put all of their production and sound design powers to the fore, making Blood Death Ivory every bit as in-your-face as their debut. It's hard to say if they represent the future of the industrial/electro scene, but with their sophomore album coming so strong and so soon after Krankhaus, one can definitely tell that Angelspit's shining star remains bright.  07. Autoclav1.1: Love No Longer Lives Here (Tympanik Audio) With the lines that differentiate genres becoming steadily blurred to the point of becoming nonexistent, it takes a certain kind of artist to make something really special that stands out in the field. Autoclav1.1 is one such artist as with Love No Longer Lives Here, Tony Young has taken his brand of glitch-laden ambient IDM into more organic territories, incorporating elements the heavy guitars and symphonic elements of dark metal with his usual experimental electronic modes. Sweeping strings and frigid pianos mesh with intricate beat structures, topped off by a healthy dose of sonic angst, creating a sound that is at once emotionally intense and technically complex. Released on Tympanik Audio, a label that has been making an impression in 2008 with their steadily growing array of adventurous and experimental artists in the field of noise, ambient, and all points in between, and with appearances by ESA's Jamie Blacker and Cradle of Filth's Dave Pybus, Autoclav1.1's Love No Longer Lives Here is a remarkable effort that stands as an example of what music in the post-industrial genre can achieve when more attention is paid to evolving the style and tearing down the barriers.  06. Left Spine Down: Fighting for Voltage (Bit Riot Records / Synthetic Entertainment) Vancouver has been home to some of industrial music's most revered acts, most famously Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly. Now adding to the ranks is Left Spine Down, and with their debut album, Fighting for Voltage, the band ushers in a new brand of industrial rock, full of drum & bass textures, caustic synthesized atmospheres, and guttural guitar glitches - a combination the band has dubbed iPunk. Produced by FLA's Chris Petersen, Fighting for Voltage recalls all the belligerent and uncompromising spirit of ‘90s coldwave, complete with several distorted ambient interludes. Top it off with lyrics that touch on the most extreme ends of the sociopolitical climate, everything from the apocalypse to technology's grasp on modern society, and you have a recipe for what has become one of the most celebrated new acts to emerge in the last five years. Originally released via the Synthetic Entertainment label earlier in 2008, the album was reissued on Bit Riot Records soon after, joining alongside fellow industrial rockers like Cyanotic and mindFluxFuneral. If nothing else, this serves as an indication not for the resurgence of coldwave and industrial rock in the underground music scene, but Fighting for Voltage also proves Left Spine Down's potential to be among the next generation of industrial heroes, forging a new path that blends the best elements of the old and new.  05. Einstürzende Neubauten: The Jewels (Potomak Records) Few bands have been as prolific and as forward-thinking in the industrial genre as Einstürzende Neubauten. With countless releases under their belt, Blixa Bargeld & co. have taken their creative process a step further than most with their online supporters program through which fans can participate in critiquing the band's new material as it is being written. Such was the case with The Jewels, originally released one track at a time as a digital only album, reissued in 2008 as a full-length release. While the band never strayed from their use of unorthodox instrumentation, always holding true to their industrial roots using everything from power tools to homemade objects, Neubauten had employed a greater use of melody and more traditional song structures since the mid ‘90s. As such, The Jewels presented a welcome return to their earlier work, relying less on accessible melodies and more on experimental and abrasive atmospheres reminiscent of earlier classics like Halber Mensch and Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T., albeit perhaps less caustic. Ever the avant-garde noisemakers, Einstürzende Neubauten clearly made The Jewels as much to satisfy their adventurous spirits as for those fans that have stuck with them just long enough to allow them to come full circle and offer up a work that was as transcendental as anything they released during their inception.  04. Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (Roadrunner Records) Who Killed Amanda Palmer? That is indeed the question, for this first solo outing from Dresden Dolls member Amanda Palmer is one of the most eclectic displays of dark cabaret and alternative pop music ever released. Palmer's vocal delivery is as erratic as the songs themselves, her voice running the gamut from restrained and brooding to vitriolic and biting to frantic and purely melodic, often times recalling Robert Smith at his best. Spinning eccentric and energetic tales that are lyrically often deeper than their titles would indicate, the music may seem stripped down at its core, never little more than piano, drums, and strings. However, it is this minimalist mentality combined with Palmer's penchant for seemingly flying off-the-cuff in a musical frenzy that allows this solo album to stand apart from her work with the Dresden Dolls. With appearances Rasputina's Zoë Keating, Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray, and Ben Folds, Who Killed Amanda Palmer? is every bit as mysterious as the title would indicate, but as the essay by Neil Gaiman in the album's liner notes portrays, the music is not without an element of the quirky and even a touch of the psychotic.  03. Portishead: Third (Mercury Records) More than a decade after their last release, Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley - collectively known as Portishead - returned with their long anticipated and appropriately titled Third album. However, those expecting the band to rehash its renowned style of audio noir and jazzy trip-hop were undoubtedly surprised to find that the band had a few tricks up its sleeves. Still as dark as ever and no less experimental with their sonic flights of fancy, but Third saw the band pursuing a much more electronic, even industrial sound, layered overtop their familiar beats adorned by the haze of a decrepit vinyl record. Gone are the turntable scratches, replaced by understated synthesizer flourishes and dreamy acoustic twinkles the likes of which would send chills down the most hardened soul's spine. But if that sounds like too much of a deviation in style for you, fear not, for Gibbons' voice is as cold and as brooding as ever, making it easy to imagine her on a smoky stage backed by a band sullenly playing at 2:00am singing her tales of heartbreak and bitterness. To hear her sing is a reminder to all of us that this is indeed the Portishead we've missed for over a decade, and that given enough time, a good band can surpass itself and live up to the promise made by their past successes.  02. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti Records) One of the longest enduring acts in the alternative rock and underground goth scene, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have always defied strict categorization, infusing elements of rock, blues, vaudevillian cabaret, and dark jazz into a sound that is at once melancholy, capricious, and introspective. As the second album since longtime member and Einstürzende Neubauten front man Blixa Bargeld's departure, and the first since the release of the Grinderman side project, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is something of a rarity in the band's discography, possessing a much more stripped down, garage rock sound, not entirely devoid of their morose atmospheres, but injected with a bit of sonic haberdashery that finds the band at their most upbeat. While Cave has never shied from allowing glasslike shards of light to show through his lyrical and vocal darkness, he's rarely even sounded so enthused as he does on this album, at times even sounding like David Byrne with a slight case of smoker's cough. However, it is all of these qualities that help make Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! stand as an indication of the band's willingness to defy their own set of conventions and prove that their exploratory spirit has not waned with age, a trait that is so sorely lacking in today's goth underground scene. Bands and artists from all walks of life would do well to take a lesson from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' example.  01. ohGr: Devils in My Details (SPV Records) Leave it to a living legend to produce a work so expansive and experimental that it not only stands out in his already impressive discography, but also manages to land the number one spot for 2008. With Devils in My Details, Nivek Ogre and Mark Walk left behind the pop musings of their previous two albums under the ohGr moniker in favor of something more in line with their collective musical adventurousness. Derived from a single extended jam session, the songs on this album forego linearity and familiarity, instead focusing on a sonic stream of consciousness that plays as a complementary mirror to Ogre's famous erratic and mind-altering lyrical skills. That's not to say that there aren't a few catchy moments on the record, although they are scattered amid the sea of macabre soundscapes and explosively dark energies, not unlike what one would hear in Ogre's work with Skinny Puppy, although thankfully, Devils in My Details retains an individual character separate from both Skinny Puppy and past ohGr releases. As if that weren't enough, cult horror actor Bill Moseley - with whom Ogre acted in this year's Oscar-nominated Repo! The Genetic Opera - lends his own brand of eccentricity in the form of several spoken word passages. It's no wonder Devils in My Details makes ReGen's number one album of 2008; not only did it transcend the trappings of convention (both those of the genre and those of the band's previous output), but it also found acceptance with an audience demanding something new and exciting. Voting for a mere 10 albums is never an easy task, and it's fair to say that there are always many more great albums to be considered as being among the best of the year. Indeed, Aesthetic Perfection's A Violent Emotion and genCAB's II transMuter were among the highest rated releases, both full of blistering industrial textures with danceable rhythms, appealing to both the club crowds in search of abandon and those who prefer to listen intently through headphones. And then you have the more avant-garde and experimental releases from the likes of Iammynewt vs. Skullduggery with Ohaka, on which both artists duel in a series of frenetic glitch-laden industrial soundscapes, augmented by fractured breakbeats and subtle electro grooves. The same can be said of the furiously haunting The Angels of Prostitution by Worms of the Earth, a debut album that blurs the lines between dark ambient, power noise, and industrial in ways that could make even the most jaded horror film and music aficionado cringe in terror. There is also the belligerent EBM of Psy'Aviah's Entertainment Industries, blasting out their own brand of unapologetic industrial dance music, as well as the lush ambiences and melodic depth of Ascension of the Watchers' Numinosum. Tentative Response by Torrent Vaccine also deserves mention for its instrumental passages of ominous, gloomy, and sometimes oppressive atmospheres creating a sense of apocalyptic foreboding. On the other end of the instrumental spectrum was The Synthetic Dream Foundation' s Behind the Gates of Horn and Ivory, full of mystical excursions into trip-hop, classical, and hard electro for an eclectically enjoyable combination of sounds and styles. Other notable releases included Manufactura's Psychogenic Fugue, Avi Ghosh's Severing the Tie, and Uberbyte's Sic. Even the compilation releases of Extreme Women in the Dark Future and Gears Gone Wild by machinKUNT and Glitch Mode Recordings respectively deserve praise for their introduction of new and exciting acts to the goth/electro/industrial scene. So there you have it. Another year has passed, and more music has made its way to our speakers. Some of it has perhaps been not up to par, and one could even say a fair share of it downright sucked. And some, like those albums that we've mentioned here, has been rather exceptional. As ReGen remains steadfast in its dedication to being the most informative resource for the underground goth/industrial/electro scene and in promoting creativity and innovation, the Top 10 Albums of 2008 will hopefully stand as yet another example of just how far the music and the scene have come, as well as inspire another year of better music to come in the years to come! Taken From: http://www.regenmag.com/Blog-46-Top-10-Albums-of-2008.html | | Saturday, December 13th, 2008 | | 11:03 pm |
Empty - Never Get To You, featuring iammynewt!!!
 After some delay, we are proud to announce the launch of our latest release: " Never Get To You". We are now taking orders through the Aphotic Audio Online Store. The CDs will be shipping Monday 22nd of December. If you prefer to download the tracks, ShallowNation.net is offering an exclusive digital MP3 download of the release through the shop on their new website: www.shallownation.net Never Get To You sculpts the beginning of a new era for Empty, highlighting new sounds from the upcoming album through the fusion of Electronic-Industrial with elements of Glitch and pulsing electronics overlaid with vast, sweeping soundscapes. Featuring two new tracks, plus a cover of the cult classic "King of Kings" by The Models alongside remixes by Dismantled, ANGELTHEORY, Pask and iammynewt. | | Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | | 12:08 am |
Digital Decay is unleashed today!
 Track Listing 1. Copy Paste Repeat - A Track I Made 2. Adonikam - Corrosion 3. iammynewt - Egor 4. Lucidstatic - P4tr10t 5. Adipocere - blood money 6. Pask - too human [version] 7. mangadrive - archaicruin 8. Searad - War Of Delaus 9. Wolf Lust - The Book 10. Copy Paste Repeat - Headache 11. iammynewt vs Torrent Vaccine - KUTOFF 12. cyrusrex - atmostfear 13. iammynewt - back UP 14. Adipocere - alpha prefix[ed] 15. dino felipe - white shirts stain 16. Eating Wires & Lighting Fires - Burn An X In Your Head Everyone who has already pre-ordered copies... They are on the way!!!! If you did not pre-order your copy of " Digital Decay" need I remind you they are LIMITED EDITION!!!! Only 300 CDs pressed up for the world and they are way BOSS, so order yous today! Only $6 bucks from the estore here: http://www.theconnextion.com/iammynewt/ 16 Tracks of great original electronic music and fantastic art from Bomba! Get yours today!  This fine CD release brought to you by the folks at TROZOC and Death Wax Records... | | Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | | 12:02 am |
| | Friday, October 3rd, 2008 | | 11:46 pm |
Digital Decay - Pre-orders being taken now!
  Order Today, Ships By November!
Track Listing 1. Copy Paste Repeat - A Track I Made 2. Adonikam - Corrosion 3. iammynewt - Egor 4. Lucidstatic - P4tr10t 5. Adipocere - blood money 6. Pask - too human [version] 7. mangadrive - archaicruin 8. Searad - War Of Delaus 9. Wolf Lust - The Book 10. Copy Paste Repeat - Headache 11. iammynewt vs Torrent Vaccine - KUTOFF 12. cyrusrex - atmostfear 13. iammynewt - back UP 14. Adipocere - alpha prefix[ed] 15. dino felipe - white shirts stain 16. Eating Wires & Lighting Fires - Burn An X In Your Head  To Pre-order for only $6.00!!!! Go here now and reserve one of the finest electronic music compilations EVER RELEASED!!!! Click this link to Pre-order your copy of this Limited Edition Pressing: http://www.theconnextion.com/iammynewt/ Because when these gems are GONE, they are GONE! Only 300 copies to be released!!!! Don't miss out!!!! - Trozoc/Death Wax Camp |
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