Electro
Meet: Gioumourtzina’s ‘Blakk Metall’: An Interview
Gioumourtzina is a two-piece synth-heavy duo out of Thessaloniki, Greece. Their sound is a unique one, as it mixes and matches pieces of early 80s alternative, electronic, and Gothic vibes into a very modern sound. There’s a little Depeche Mode here, some Echo and the Bunnymen there, add a pinch of New Order and some …
Compilation – On-U Sound presents: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985 – 1990
Okey dokey, Adrian Sherwood is back with the follow up to the first Sherwood at the controls this time hitting from ’85 to ’90. Electro, Industrial, Noise, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Dub. This time up we get five unreleased tracks plus four tracks previously only available on vinyl, sleeve notes and the usual goodies, so lets have a stroll …
New Music: Promise Keeper – Porous Silk
London producer/singer-songwriter Promise Keeper has released his new track, and second in total. Called Porous Silk, it mixes up the sort of 80’s pop funk of Tears for Fears with some Italio-Disco, and a splash of piano house. He’s not just satisfied with that though, throwing the kitchen sink (if that kitchen sink say were …
Track: Lucaléy – Earth
New from Danish Europop duo Lucaléy is “Earth”. A preview of their forthcoming album, it’s a track complete with positive environmental messages, wibbling synths, harps, squelching beats, and uplifting trance vocals. “We are your warriors” they growl, and the track eventually returns to the refrain “You keep Spinning Around”. Following the previous tracks “Truth” and …
Track: Panic! at the Disco – Victorious (RAC Remix)
Portugese producer RAC has long been working his remixing magic for some of the biggest acts on the planet, including Kings of Leon, The Shins, Bloc Party and Death Cab for Cutie. Now he’s got his hands on Victorious, one of the stand out tracks from Panic! at the Disco’s recent Death of a bachelor …
Live Review: Hong Kong Dong/the Poneymen, Le Hangar, Liege 15.04.2016
Le Hangar gigs are always an enjoyable affair. The Leffe prices are the best in town and there’s a large open fire in the centre of the room full of crackling logs, giving a cosy campfire ambience, (you still have to go outside to smoke though!). Tonight’s show is free, as part of a larger …
See: The Dumplings release video for Technicolor Yawn
Let’s get this straight, The Dumplings are not a (completely) new band. The Polish duo’s protagonists, Justyna Święs and Kuba Karaś first met at a song competition in 2011, and have released a couple of albums, No Bad Days and Sea you later, through Warner Music Poland. It’s just the rest of the world (including …
Track: Essaie Pas – Retox, plus album news
What happens when you arrive back off a years worth of touring. Well, if your Montreal duo Essaie Pas, aka Marie Davidson and Pierre Guerineau, it coincided with eviction from their home and, separately, rehearsal space. Moving to a desolate industrial complex in the height of winter, they pair ran around corridors playing old acid …
New Music: Malcolm Middleton – You & I, plus album news
Oh Malcolm Middleton – its been a while. Some seven years in fact, since his last (solo) album Waxing Gibbons. We’ve missed that poetry and prose, that wit and anger and charm and emotion, and for all the listening back over Arab Strap records its nice to have something new to get your teeth into, …
Track: TEEN – Tokyo
Ahead of the release of their third album, Love Yes, out on Carpark Records on February 19th, TEEN evoke the spirit of The Human League, drag it into 2016, and sprinkle it with ideas of sexuality and spirituality with a new single, Tokyo. Described lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson as being about “ a …