NITZER EBB return with new album and tour with Depeche Mode

When Bon Harris and Douglas McCarthy formed a band in 1982 to record their first demos, they did not expect to write music history.

The sound was rough and hard, an electronic adaption of the fading punk movement. Using a minimum of equipment – drums, a sequencer and the piercing voice of McCarthy – Nitzer Ebb soon became a synonyme for an important new musical style: Electronic Body Music, EBM.
After revolutionary albums like “That Total Age”, “Belief” or “Ebbhead” the guys went on different tracks for more than ten years until they revived the spirit with a reunion show of the first time.
The new studio record “Industrial Complex” proves how brilliant and relevant Nitzer Ebb are still today. It starts of with a moving bassline reminding on clubhits like “Murderous”. “Promises” is, despite of that, a very contemporary song. McCarthy’s vocals vary from fragile to offensive – the arrangement is detailed, edgy and full of energy: The entire NE-Universe experienced in an essence of four minutes. “Once You Say” is of similar power. With some elements of BigBeat and a fat, deep bassline it will get the audience on the move. The slow “Never Known” fuses an essence of the albums “Showtime” and “Ebbhead”. Acoustic drums, blues-like flair and laszive vocals built up to a dramatic final. “Going Away” of dark atmosphere and gentle piano sounds paired with unknown sensitivity make it a pure ballad. Nitzer Ebb’s extraordinary sense for melody and atmosphere has often been decently demonstrated in the past. Using the entire range of their musical spectrum and unleashing all emotions, “I’m Undone” is a vivid example of their variety. At the other end of the extremes, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” or “I Don’t Know You” bridge to the late 80s with their harsh and staccato-like EBM-drive.
Without any doubt, Nitzer Ebb achieved to retain the diversity of all their past works and to create a modern contemporary sound on the basis of a summary of each era of the band’s history. By that they have fulfilled all their personal demands and respected their roots entirely.
Starting in Berlin on January 9, 2010, through to Dusseldorf February 27, 2010, Nitzer Ebb will be the opening act for the final European leg of Depeche Mode’s “Tour of the Universe”. Los Angeles, CA, November 2, 2010:  The last time Nitzer Ebb shared the bill with Depeche Mode was 20 years ago, when they were the opening act on Depeche Mode’s 1988 “Music for the masses” Tour.  After two decades, Doug McCarthy and Bon Harris will once again join their good friends and former Mute label-mates Dave, Martin and Fletch on tour in Europe from January 9, 2010 through February 27, 2010.
Tour-Dates:
Jan 17, 2010|FR Lieven, Stade Couvert (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 19, 2010|FR Paris, Bercy (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 20, 2010|FR Paris, Bercy (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 22, 2010|BE Antwerp, Hof ter Lo
Jan 23, 2010|BE Antwerp, Sportspaleis (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 25, 2010|SW Malmo, Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 26, 2010|SW Gothenburg, Scandinavium (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 29, 2010|NO Bergen, Vestlandshallen (with Depeche Mode)
Jan 31, 2010|SW Stockholm, Globe (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 02, 2010|FI  Helsinki, Hartwell Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 04, 2010|RU St. Petersburg, SKK Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 06, 2010|RU Moscow, Olympiski (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 08, 2010|UA Kiev, Palace of Sports (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 10, 2010|PL Lodz, Hala Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 11, 2010|PL Lodz, Hala Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 12, 2010|PL Warsaw, Progresja
Feb 14, 2010|HR Zagreb, Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 17, 2010|UK Glasgow, Classic Grand
Feb 19, 2010|UK Nottingham, Rock City
Feb 20 2010|UK London, 02 (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 22, 2010|DK Horsens, Forum (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 23, 2010|DK Horsens, Forum (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 24, 2010|DE Dortmund, FZW
Feb 25, 2010|NL Amsterdam, Melkweg
Feb 26, 2010|DE Dusseldorf, LTU Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 27, 2010|DE Dusseldorf, LTU Arena (with Depeche Mode)
Feb 28, 2010|DE Stuttgart, Röhre
Mar 01, 2010|DE Frankfurt, Batschkapp
Mar 12, 2010|ES Barcelona, Sala Apolo
Mar 13, 2010|ES Madrid, Sala Macumba

Dov Watanabe’s setlist 11/24 (includes after-hours set)

DJ Dov Watanabe
Playlist from Tues. Nov. 24, 2009
21:00 – 01:00
Where Is My Mind??? – The Pixies
Dead Souls – Joy Division
Go! (Club Mix) – Tones On Tail
God Is A Bullet – Concrete Blonde
Mirror People – Love And Rockets
Cuts You Up – Peter Murphy
The Hanging – Garden AFI
Coming Down Fast – Daniel Ash
Now I’m Feeling Zombified – Alien Sex Fiend

SANTA HATES YOU launch the “Rocket Heart” EP

The creative strength of Peter Spilles is inexhaustible. With the brilliant PROJECT PITCHFORK album ‘Dream, Tiresias!’ still ringing in our ears, he follows it up with the EP ‘Rocket Heart’ from his unconventional project SANTA HATES YOU.

Stomping beats, driving sequencers and apocalyptic sounds are skilfully mixed with dark, aggressive vocals. Peter Spilles und his Italian partner in crime Jinxy give us, in an unexpected and seductive way, a musical kick up the arse which lends the whole an unnaturally sexy character.

SANTA HATES YOU are loud, aggressive, dark, rebellious, threatening, danceable, moving, passionate and intelligent. An alluring yet wild playground of electronic music, upon which the protagonists let off steam with lascivious poses and innocent expressions in order to clobber the listener around the ears with the concentrated strength of their beats and sounds, which nearly take your breath away.

The EP is packaged in an elegant digipak and is strictly limited to 2,000 copies. In addition to a cover version of the AND ONE hit “Deutschmaschine”, it also contains remixes from STRAFTANZ, SOMAN und REAPER plus a further bonus track. A must-have for every PROJECT PITCHFORK fan. Indispensable for all fans of hard as nails electronic music! If this particular Santa hates us, you¹d gladly unwrap this present and it’s good that this is the case. It is an enrichment among the gifts that is worth discovering. Let yourselves be seduced! SANTA HATES YOU are utterly cunning, brutish and so disturbingly sexy that they deliver the perfect soundtrack for nights danced away in clubs!

ORDER:
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SANTA HATES YOU @ MySpace:
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SANTA HATES YOU @ www:
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Zarabella Ming’s setlist 16. Nov.

DJ Zarabella Ming
Playlist from Monday, November 16, 2009
19:00 – 22:00 at Hydrogen
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Marilyn Manson — Running To The Edge Of The World (Album Version) [Explicit]
Suede — The Next Life
Dave Gahan — Down
Fever Ray — Keep The Streets Empty For Me
Woven Hand — Ain’t No Sunshine
Jon Crosby — Flames
Blue Foundation — Eyes On Fire

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Obsolete Aeon Setlist 13th November

DJ Obsolete Aeon
Playlist from 13th November 2009
15:00 – 18:00 at Hydrogen
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Calexico – Ballad of Cable Hogue
16 Horsepower – American Wheeze
Doves – The Outsiders
Nada Surf – Blizzard Of ‘77
Eels – Flyswatter
Garbage – I think I´m paranoid
The Flaming Lips – Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
The Vandals – Flowers Are Pretty
The Killers – Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll

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Zarabella Ming Playlist 10 November

DJ Zarabella Ming
Playlist from Tuesday, November 10, 2009
19:00 – 21:00 at Hydrogen
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Dax Riggs — High Monster
Agents Of Oblivion — The Hangman’s Daughter
Okkervil River — For Real
Concrete Blonde — Everybody Knows
IAMX — I Am Terrified
IAMX — The Great Shipwreck Of Life
Gary Numan, Rico — Crazier [Version]

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Damon Dollinger Set List 09. November

DJ Damon Dollinger
Playlist from 9 November 2009
21:00 – 23:00 at Hydrogen
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Cocteau Twins — Beatrix
Big Black — Colombian Necktie
Eels — I Need Some Sleep
Gavin Friday — why say goodbye
Creatures — Willow
Gang of Four — Damaged Goods
Naz Nomad and the Nightmares — Kicks

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Obsolete Aeon Setlist 6th November

DJ Obsolete Aeon
Playlist from 6th November 2009
15:00 – 18:00 at Hydrogen
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Editors – Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
Cyanna – On And On
dEUS – The Architect
Digitalism – Pogo
Mesh – Rest In Pieces
Matisse – Call Me, Call Me
The Killers – Mr. Brightside

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DJ Uastis Playlist

DJ Uastis Paine
Playlist from 3 November 2009
1-3pm at Hydrogen
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The Doors – People Are Strange
PJ Harvey (Dessert Sessions) – There Will Never Be a Better Time
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting [The Organon Mix]
Gorillaz – Tomorrow(Comes Today)
Fever Ray – Concrete Walls
Rotersand – Dirty
IAMX – Your Joy Is My Low (“Rockmixed” by Mister Torpedo)

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DJ Zarabella’s Monday fill-in playlist

DJ Zarabella
Playlist from Monday, November 02, 2009
13:00 – 15:00 at Hydrogen
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TV On The Radio — Don’t Love You
Autolux — Angry Candy
Blonde Redhead — Doll Is Mine
tweaker — Linoleum (featuring David Sylvian)
Cake — Shut the Fuck Up
Morphine — super sex
Arctic Monkeys — I Haven’t Got My Strange (Bonus Track)
Dean Martin — You’re Nobody Till Sombody Loves You
Fever Ray — I’m Not Done
IAMX — The Great Shipwreck Of Life

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