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NITZER EBB return with new album and tour with Depeche Mode

January 23rd, 2010 |

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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)