Archive for October, 2009

DJ Obsolete Aeon
Playlist from 30th October 2009
15:00 – 18:00 at Hydrogen
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Bryn Christopher – Sour Times
Booth & The Bad Angel – Dance Of The Bad Angels
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (Remix)
Gad – Pray
K’s Choice – Everything For Free
Devastations – Sex & Mayhem
Tom Waits – Kommienezuspadt

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Charity project: Elektrofront Erzgebirge, Black Rain and Promofabrik release as an collaborative project the exclusive double CD-compilaton “Help can´t wait”.

The complete profit received by this compilation will be donated to Humedica. Humedica will immediatly transfer all this profit to the projects of PENIEL SOCIAL INSTITUTE in India which takes care of poor and orphaned children in Bihar, the poorest region in whole India. With this money, we can directly support two schools, a children´s home and a hospital.

This compilation unites great artists like Leaether Strip, Die Krupps, Vigilante, Jäger 90, Soman, Elite, Die Perlen, A Spell Inside, Wynardtage, Cephalgy, Project Pitchfork and many more.

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Ever since their debut, ‘Truth is Fanatic’, exploded like a bomb, it has been impossible to imagine the clubs and the alternative charts without ROTERSAND.

Also with their new album, ‘Random is Resistance’, they have once again succeeded in performing the balancing act between club-friendly music and a total work of art.

They mix chilled-out electrobeats with shimmering futurepop sequences. Trancelike sounds with atmospheric samples. Clear-cut melodies with warm and charismatic vocals. Subdued new wave with classical strings. Nor do they shy away from acoustic guitars and pop hooklines, creating a unique universe that pulls together all strands of electronic music and which remains masterfully emotional and above all, intelligent.

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After a three year absence, Bristol’s hottest underground export in heart-wrenching electronic pop is back. MESH, the duo of Mark Hockings and Rich Silverthorn, return with „A Perfect Solution“, possibly the most mature, mutable and yet toughest album of their career. While no one doubts Mark Hocking’s status as an exceptional vocalist, a complete listen to this album also serves to highlight the band’s songwriting and arrangement skills. Once pegged as a purely retro synth act, MESH have mutated into a true live band, and the resulting versatility in the arrangements transforms what might have merely been 11 good songs into outstanding ones.

Thematically, “A Perfect Solution” is a bit darker than previous releases. The tone of the album is typified by “If We Stay Here”, a tale of broken relationships between people who once loved each other but who now just exist in the same space. The massive housing facade pictured on the coverfurther symbolizes the painful dramas which take place behind its windows. The wires running throughout the artwork are both safety lines and shackles – anything but “A Perfect Solution”. Were the album musically as dismal andhopeless as it is lyrically, “A Perfect Solution” might be too much to handle, but luckily MESH know how to strike the delicate balance between ”bitter” and “sweet”.

Alongside the regular jewelcase CD edition (mind 140) the album will also be available as strictly limited collectors box set incl. the album, 7″-single, poster and a special size 48-page booklet (mind 141).

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EBM is alive! A huge wave continues to roll back through clubs and festivals. The resurrection of old heroes like Leather Strip, Tyske Ludder and Vomito Negro, not only find it easy to recruit new fans, but also manages to activate the old “couch potato” fans once again. The “EBM Collection Vol. 1″ goes one step further and reverts to the original roots: EBM on vinyl! “EBM Collection Vol. 1″ brings together many great names of the EBM scene with exclusive versions, such as E-CRAFT, PRAGER HANDGRIFF, IONIC VISION, TYSKE LUDDER, VOMITO NEGRO, LEATHER STRIP, CONTAINER 90, STURM CAFE und DRP.

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