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tenek - WHERE'S THE TIME? (TELEMATIC HOLIDAY 80 EDIT)
'tenek' is the latest project from Geoff Pinckney (The Nine/Mesh) and Pete Steer. The sound features shades of classic electronica fused with a contemporary twist. tenek released their eponymous debut ep cd in September 2007 which has received excellent feedback and reviews. They are now applying the finishing touches to their forthcoming album 'Stateless' which will be released through the new, friendly Toffeetones label in the very near future. The first single from the album is called 'Where's The Time?' and was released on Monday 20th October 2008. Live shows are planned for 2009 and new dates are always being added so keep checking in. We also like the name to be spelt with a small 't' too. It's important to us! The latest "tenek" single 'Where's The Time?' is available from the Toffeetones records store http://www.toffeetronic.co.uk/tt_shop.html
ANDREA MILANA - HARMONIC MOTION
Andrea Milana, born in
All different materials through the creation of a unique artistic expression. A mix of elements from the past, vintage sonorities, warm sounds, electronic arpeggio geometries; the synthesizer is the first actor and the scenography at the same time.
Album available at:CDBaby ; iTunes ; PayPlay ; Amazon
His work leads the path from electronic sonorities to vintage ones, with some fusion influences. Main influences for him are: Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Jeff Lorber, Pat Metheny, Weather Reports, and the vintage sound of the '70s and '80s.
His tracks are currently gaining serious attention by major labels such as Epic, J Records, Universal, Columbia Records, and Dreamworks, in addition to attention by talent scouts, artist management firms, film/tv music publishing companies, and more.
Since age 8, he has written songs, while singing, playing his own instruments (both live acoustic and digital), and producing his own music, in addition to producing over 25 other artists and bands. Jake also remixed tracks for a Virgin/Atlantic recording artist, distributed internationally through MMD music and Detroit Authentic Records. Jake Niemi’s inclination towards both melodic song form and cutting-edge music technology has shaped his unique style. Without exception you’ll find him pouring his heart and energy into every note, every word, every beat. Over a decade of previous radio broadcasting experience yielded a solid understanding of music that works in the mainstream, leading Jake to inject a "commercial" quality and feel into his music production and songwriting. It doesn’t end there. To make the circle complete, more than anything Jake’s trademark is to make a connection to God and human beings—and to make a difference… with a primary focus on such things (as opposed to money, fame, or success which he considers to be secondary). The Jake Niemi buzz is all at once a rock star vibe and a feeling of home. You are sure to feel something, and will certainly not walk away unchanged.CULT WITH NO NAME - SOFT SKILLS
Sotto Voce formed in 1991 when SK teamed up with legendary Toronto D.J. and record producer Steve Bolton. The duo released a string of successful singles - "Dreams (One Night)", "Higher And Higher", "Happy People" (Featuring Vanelle check), "Big Piano" and "Rome" which all received extensive radio play across Canada and high positions in most dance and club charts. Steve Bolton and SK also worked with Karen Corbin writing and producing her hit single "High On Love". Big shout outs to Craig McConnell Green Pail Productions for his fantastic work on the Sotto Voce singles and to Tarl Armes Aponaut/The Alliance for his work on Higher And Higher, Happy People and Dreams (One Night). Major thanks to Frank Lauraitis for his enthusiasm and encouragement and for running me all over Toronto and creating fantastic performance soundscapes. Big thanks to James 'beta one' Depinho for the fab mixes. Major shout out to Karen Corbin for your wonderful vocals and writing on Dreams and for making High On Love such a success! Thank you thank you to Scott, Ashan and Andrea for dancing your hearts out for me at the Sotto Voce live shows around Toronto you all made it such a blast! Without all of you these Dreams would not have been realised.
As Sotto Voce SK performed at clubs throughout Canada, at the Italo Fest summer festivals, Summer Rush at Kingswood Music Theatre and Powerjam at the Molson Amphitheatre. He performed alongside La Bouche, Quad City Dj’s, Dr Alban, Robin S, Clock, Real Mcoy, Reel 2 Reel, Black Box and many others. SK has also recorded with Inner Sanctum releasing "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" on Popular Records Canada followed by the cover of The Smiths classic "How Soon Is Now?" released in 1998 on Malarky Records in the UK, Submarine Records in the U.S., Popular Italia in Italy and Popular Records in Canada. How Soon Is Now? entered the official UK charts and top 5 in the Ministry dance chart and Indie charts. SK now lives back in the U.K. and completed the album "Wait" there with producer Pete Ware who has previously worked with Hazell Dean and Divine in the 80's. A duet with Diva Hazell Dean "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was completed in 1999. Thank you Hazell and Pete it was an honour to work with you both.
The Inner Sanctum album was completed with Mark Albericci in London and included "How Soon Is Now?", "Dive" and "This Island Earth". Thank you Mark you are an electronic master crafstman, your tracks are kick arse! Mark is now part of Intervurt check out their site: www.intervurt.com
Both albums were released through peoplesound.com. In 2003 SK worked with DJ Corel on the tracks "Electric High" and "La Luna" Thank you Shane for the great music and for helping me set up my studio number 1! SK has recently relocated to the Birmingham area and is looking for collaborators for Electro/Retro/Electronic dance projects. SK's new project Amberphonik is a Kimera of 80's Italo Disco and Hi-Nrg combined with Electropop.
Florian Gasperini producer and dj , is at the moment resident dj in PACHA Barcelona ,cdlc club and budha bar. He was the official dj in the 80th birthday party of HUGH HEFNER from PLAYBOY MANSION in 2006 in bcn. Also he played at different private parties like : swarovski , bread & butter bcn , paris dakar , scotch & soda , bacardi , open tennis and many more ...
In 2006 , there was an official release of compilation cd of cdlc . Florian Gasperini is working as a dj since 1994 . He Began his career playing in clubs in FRENCH RIVIERA from there he went to the whole of europe : LONDON, SWEDEN, GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY, CORSE, GREECE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, IBIZA ...
He is autor and producer of electronic and house music since 1997. The sessions of Florian Gasperini have been heared in numerous clubs in Barcelona : LIKE:PACHA, EL CEL, BE FREE, ELEPHANT, DIOBAR, REPUBLICA, TORRES DE AVILA, FISH, FRITZ, EIGHT TWO, 759, DANZATORIA, CATWALK, SHOKO,MONDO,PARTIES PRIVATE EN IBIZA, ECT...
Latest prod and remix : unsatisfied , can you feel it , lost in bcn , disco mafia , big stand up , let's boogie , in my mind .....
Some of this themes came in at number one in Spain.
THE LIGHT DREAMS - FUTURE PERFECT
http://www.myspace.com/thelightdreamsmusic
MACH FOX - LIKE CLOVER (5 LEAF CLOVER MIX)
http://www.myspace.com/machfox
Among the lifetime residents of Abyssville are those rock and rollers whose faith in the liberating rebellion of Electropunk music gets crossed up into a personal need to defy convention and authority - all authority. Clinging to icons whose cools convey a fearless sense of adventure, they are buffeted by the rigors of a lifestyle that would embalm a vampire and propelled by audience expectations of superhuman hedonism and indulgence.
Mach FoX is the quintessential Electro-Rocker, a glam punk who digs the roots, a true believer in the machine backbeat. A man who lives the music as if it means something, and gives himself over to it in a near fatal rock ritual. An Electropunk who dresses in his habit defiantly, disgustedly- like a close-fitting tattered mesh shirt, Mach and machines have become as inseperable as Mach and his old hat and goggles. Time and again, he hauls himself through the fire to prove that he is no myth- but a keeper of the flame. If Marc Bolan was the godfather of glam then Mach FoX will most certainly sire the child of Mpls. Electropunk.
SYNCHRO NINE FACTOR - MORE THAN MACHINES (AUTOVON MIX)
http://www.myspace.com/synchroninefactor
http://www.myspace.com/snfremixes
Since the late ‘90s, Atlanta’s Synchro Nine Factor has been a mechanized force on the local and national scene. Hardcore industrial fans have witnessed the band’s performances with the likes of Chemlab, Sister Machine Gun and Zeromancer while more casual listeners might have heard snippets of songs from the band’s 1999 debut CD Right Wing Conspiracy on MTV’s Making the Video and elsewhere.
After taking a bit of a hiatus over the past few years, Synchro Nine Factor has been busier then ever in recent months. With the departure of longtime bassist and programmer Robby Johnson, the core duo of Nelson and Jamie Hagood decided to regroup by stripping down the darkwave sound they had become known for in favor of a more traditional rock approach.
But before starting this new chapter, the siblings revisited Right Wing Conspiracy and it’s slightly more guitar-oriented follow-up, 2003’s re[deploy], by giving the songs a remix treatment on the appropriately titled re[mix]. Released in late 2007, re[mix] features contributions from the likes of Autovon, PsiVamp, John Omen and Stan Satin.
While re[mix] played up the band’s electronic and industrial past, the more recent release, 20:20, heads in a direction more akin to alternative metal acts like Helmet, Prong and Alice in Chains. While samples and effects haven’t been completely abandoned, songs like “Where Do We Go From Here” and “Skyscraper” seem much more metal oriented in hindsight, thanks in part to the addition of Keith Downs on drums.
Prior to the release of the EP, the band has remained busy with live performances throughout the Southeast. Synchro Nine Factor continues the 20:20 push with a steady stream of live shows to support its release to radio and media outlets. Joining the band onstage is bassist Gary Gilbert, a veteran performer who also adds to the band’s hard rock approach.
With a new lineup, a heavy hitting new release and a reinvigorated musical approach, Synchro Nine Factor is poised to reclaim its dominance on the Atlanta music scene and beyond. And while the sound has changed somewhat, this revamped version of the band is likely to attract fans of the previous albums while also drawing in new listeners looking for a refreshing twist on mainstream metal.
NEOTERIC RESEARCH UNIT - PHOSPHORESCENCE
NEOTERIC RESEARCH UNIT is a London based electronic, ambient and experimental music project of Bernie Scranney. The music is mainly Ambient; inhabiting the zone of between 90 to 120 bpm, and has been electronically mastered for optimum listening between 2am and 7am. Neoteric Research Unit is named after a top-secret government facility from an episode of the 60's British cult TV show 'The Avengers'. The adjective 'neoteric' means: modern; new; recent. Of recent origin.
NEOTERIC RESEARCH UNIT is available on iTunes CLICK the iTunes sign below to go straight there
THE GLIMMER ROOM - HOME WITHOUT THE JOURNEY (part 4)
http://www.theglimmerroom.co.uk
The new Glimmer Room album Home Without The Journey is now available from the A-Frame catalogue. After a two and a half year slog the new album is finally ready! Home Without The Journey is without a doubt Andy Condon's finest moment to date. Andy has managed to craft an album that is a melodic as it is melancholic, with pieces that have a fluid and tidal feel to them. Well after all this time and false starts the new album is out and available.
From the PRESS PACK - I know everyone always say's this but I truly think this is the best work I have ever done, you just cant believe how proud of this album I am
Home Without The Journey is the third studio album from The Glimmer Room. Two and a half years in the making, this is the most complex and intricate album Andy Condon has recorded to date. The title track moves through many delicate movements in the twenty-eight minuets of the track, from the full and dense moments we move into a tidal ambient landscapes and back again. It all ends up as a subtle sonic monument to all the lessons learned working on the first two The Glimmer Room albums. Carbon Statues the second track was recorded in a sleepless weekend after being left home alone. Again Andy follows the wish to explore the more fluid style of music introduced in Home Without The Journey. The result is a very introspective and delicate melodic piece wrapped up in almost tidal washes of processed sounds. The track features the voice of the late Robert Oppenheimer. The third track Cool Blue And The Plough is a track of two halves; the first slowly introduces a long and evolving cyclic sequential theme punctuated with bursts of melody. This acts as the perfect introduction to the last half and the climax of the album. This last part brings with it the feeling of the sun breaking through the clouds with a melancholy melody and a choral pad that was recorded to sound like a sonic double helix running through the track. Cool Blue And The Plough features The Jupiter 8’s OJ on fretless bass guitar. Making a break away from the modern trend to make CD’s sound as load as possible but at the cost of a loss in dynamics. Home Without The journey has purposely been mastered in a way that holds back on shear volume to make way for an album that follows the highs and lows in a much more intimate and emotional way.
Home Without The Journey available on CD now from www.A-Framemedia.co.uk
Downloads available at www.downloadplatform.com/aframe_media
Further digital distribution will be available from I-Tunes and all major download sites within a few months.
Wholesale enquiries: sales@a-framemedia.co.uk
THE GLOBAL ZONE - PEAKS
A Fusion of electronic styles blended together to create the distinctive TGZ2 flavour. Some free downloads are available at http://music.download.com/tgz2
The Global Zone 2 are also featured in the new FRAMEWORK electronic compilation CD.
FRAMEWORK ALBUM (Featuring THE GLIMMER ROOM, THE GLOBAL 2, sickmoth and others) - PRESS RELEASE
A-Frame Media : Framework
Release Date: 1st Oct 2008
Now available the first A-Frame compilation Framework, featuring 12 of the most sublime electronic tracks Andy Condon could lay his hands on. Inspired by the Some Bizarre compilations of the early eighties, the 12 artists from the far corners of the electronic music scene where invited to become a part of this project, artists including among others Mute Records regulars Komputer and John Foxx’s comrade in arms Louis Gordon. Headshock, Places and A-Frame’s own The Glimmer Room and The Jupiter 8. This whole collection is a testament to the depth and quality of the music that is now being produced and released and all far from the corporate gaze of the dying mainstream music industry.
Artists & Tracks Include -
Sickmoth – This Might Hurt
The Glimmer Room and Sara Ayers – Don’t Tempt Me (exclusive)
Headshock – Cloisters
Signal Generator – Memory Helmet
Places – Paper Clouds (particles mix)
The Global Zone 2 – Peaks
Dreamaiden – Deeper
Komputer – We Become (exclusive track)
Mister Midi – Space Rocket
Louis Gordon – Movie Stars
Ion – Evensong
The Jupiter 8 – Dusk (exclusive)
For more information contact A-Frame Media: sales@a-framemedia.co.uk
Get your copy of "Framework 1" from A-Frame Media website: http://www.a-framemedia.co.uk/catalogue.htm
Framework - Various Artists - only £6.00 !!! wow
sickmoth - FORGOTTEN
http://www.myspace.com/sickmoth
http://www.alpha9records.com
UK-based sickmoth has been making eclectic electronica for nearly a decade, ignoring genre constraints to go where his mind takes him and using a combination of live performances and audio mangling to create a journey through light and dark. Diverse influences are obvious as no two sickmoth tracks sound the same.
sickmoth is also involved in several collaborative projects, the most high profile being Aural Lab, which is due to release an album in early 2009 on the Splendid Imaginings label; The Electrip (http://www.myspace.com/takeanelectrip); and he is the drummer in rock band Lemon Shaft (http://www.myspace.com/lemonshaft).
Two free albums are available for download at www.archive.org: 'Sticks & Stoned' and 'Technosonicfusion'. Two free EPs released via The Aquavelvas netlabel are available at http://www.aquavelvas.com. sickmoth's most recent release, 'The Lumine EP', is now available from all good download stores including iTunes, e-music and Rhapsody. He has also recently been featured on A-Frame Media's 'Framework' compilation, and that label will be releasing his upcoming 'Accimentalism EP' early in 2009.
Finally, sickmoth's new collaborative project with fellow UK producer Hyoscene, Aural Lab, has added new songs to http://www.myspace.com/auralab from the forthcoming debut album due for release soon on Splendid Imaginings.
For more information and free music, visit http://www.sickmoth.com
OUR DAUGHTERS WEDDING - LAWNCHAIRS
http://www.myspace.com/ourdaughterswedding
http://www.almacantarrecords.com/product_info.php?cPath=51&products_id=82
Nearly forgotten in the drifting mists of time, the sounds of Our Daughters Wedding have returned to the world and, curiously enough, have nothing to do with anyone's daughter or anybody's wedding. Our Daughters Wedding was a three-member synthesizer rock group that was born in the Bay Area nearly 30 years ago. The trio - Layne Rico, Scott Simon and Keith Silva - had a dream of bringing a new kind of music to the Bay Area and perhaps the world. Their songs included "Lawnchairs" and "Buildings" and "Raincoats & Silverware," among others. "Lawnchairs" is, perhaps, the best remembered.
The UK picture cover of The Digital Cowboy Record EP
Lawnchairs, they sang, were everywhere. And who can deny that? Unfortunately, the group was about 10 years ahead of its time and far from the painfully repetitive mainstream rock of the late '70s. People were still blearily focused on the Bee Gees, Pink Floyd and The Knack. One day in 1980, members of Our Daughters Wedding decided to expand their horizons, packed themselves into a boat-like 1968 Chevrolet Caprice and headed east for the New York music scene. From there they took Europe by storm, touring from Germany to Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. The group found itself part of a growing new Eurosound and the Bay Area was left wondering what ever happened to those lawnchair guys.
By 1985, the band was no more and all anybody had were memories and a few vinyl singles on the Design Records Label (we love you Lil $), A special 5 song Mini Album and a full length Album on the EMI America Label, a Division of Capitol Records. Our Daughters Wedding, however, was not to be forgotten and, just a few weeks ago, their never-before-released 22-track CD compilation "Night Life: The Collection" was launched by Almacantar Records and is available at http://www.almacantarrecords.com
This was a breath of fresh air for Our Daughters Wedding aficionados like Alan Novak, a longtime insider with the electronic rock trio. "They were pretty phenomenal then and I think they're still phenomenal now," said Novak, a driving force behind the CD revival. "They were just great musicians." Two of the band members, Layne Rico and Scott Simon, are living in Los Angeles and New Jersey, respectively. Rico is a corporate jet pilot and Simon is raising horses. Although the pair are no longer the electronic warriors of the 1980s, they're both excited about the compilation CD and are talking about getting together in February to make some new music. After an appeal the band have now made contact with the gov Keith Silva!!
The CD is available now!! - You can buy the fab NIGHTLIFE : "The Collection" from Almacantar Records http://www.almacantarrecords.com
Now just $14.99 $13.99
Tracks
Lawnchairs, Auto Music, Nightlife, Take Me, Elevate Her, Target For Life, Love Machine, Dance Floor, She Was Someone, Always Be True, Red Alert, Hotel Room, Track Me Down, Moving Windows, No One's Watching, She's Out There!, Daddy's Slave, Airline, Longitude 60, Raincoats & Silverware, Buildings , Lawnchairs (Original Version)
A complete collection of Our Daughters Wedding including 2 new songs "Take Me & She's Out There".
PJE - CONVEX
http://www.myspace.com/pjetunes
The track 'Convex' is taken from the 2008 album 'Multiply'. The 'Multiply' album is available as a FREE download on Rack & Ruin Records. http://www.rackandruinrecords.com/artists/pje.php
PJE is
LADY VEVOM - CINEMA HOUSE
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Lady Venom, born Anna Asbury in Washington, Pennsylvania, was formed in October of 2006 composing Electronic (Dark Ambient, House, Industrial, Techno) as well as Latin, World, Reggaeton, and Jazz. She currently resides in Louisivlle, Ky. Lady Venom's debut album, Malachi's Maze, was released December 9, 2006 followed by the self-titled Lady Venom, January 10, 2007. In March of 2007, Beautifully Dead was formed as a side project composing Dark Ambient, Classical, Glitch, and Industrial. April 2007 saw the release of Let The Bombs Drop followed by Beautifully Dead's debut release in May, Dark City. Lady Venom's Mellow/Jazz album Eventide was released September 21, 2007 followed by The Unholy Trinity, a three-track Industrial-Metal album. The Unholy Trinity features the track 666 Miles (March On), 2008 IAIA Golden Kayak Nominee for Best Industrial/Beat Rock Song. Her latest releases include Tribalism (April 2008) and Baile! (May 2008). Lady Venom is also a writer of song lyrics and published author of Dark/Gothic Poetry under the pseudonym Ofira Sephiroth. Her first book of poetry, Unspeakable Truths, Volume 1: Damnation Begins, was released December 6, 2007. Versified Darkness, Ofira's second book of poetry, was released October 18, 2008. Lady Venom is currently working on two new albums (Ice and The 13th Floor), two new albums for Beautifully Dead (The Exorcism Of Mary and The Forbidden Serenade), and two new books of poetry. |
JEAN MONTAG - VIANETTE (THE ULTIMATE MIX)
