This week: Hello! This week is a much lighter week than the barrage of releases we added last week, but there are some VERY interesting albums available in today's newsletter that you will want to take note of. First, the new Left Spine Down double CD remix album is up for pre-order. Not only does this album feature one of the best rising talents in industrial today, but this remix collection gives you remixes from mind.in.a.box, Angelspit, Memmaker, Decoded Feedback, Cyanotic, Dismantled, and many many more. A totally worthwhile set at a good price! Next up, Lusine returns with a BEAUTIFUL album for Ghostly International that we are NOW SHIPPING. This album blows away all previous Lusine stuff, and is a definite necessity for you 2009 top 10 list! Ad Noiseam gives us three releases all of which are soon shipping. A new CD+DVD from Raoul Sinier, another weird album from The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Ensemble, and another great CD from DJ Hidden. With the suprise return of Angels of Venice this Fall, we are stocking up on their earlier 2004 album, which is now available at mid-price. Dross:tik Records out of our very own Toronto is back with a release from John Kameel Farah blending experimental jazz, surrealistic orchestral textures, along with electronic music production. We also have a killer industrial-hardcore comp on its way to us brought to you by Lenny Dee and an assortment of other killer Industrial Strength Records artists.
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*****THIS WEEK'S MUST-HAVE RELEASE !
LEFT SPINE DOWN "SMARTBOMB 2.3 - THE UNDERGROUND MIXES"
Synthetic Sounds will release the album entitled Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes in October that features over 20 new remixes plus the bands 3 music videos in iPod ready format. Mind.In.A.Box, Angelspit, Dismantled, Cyanotic, Memmaker, Psy'Aviah, Decree, Amduscia, Decoded Feedback and Helalyn Flowers are just some of the names on the album that is sure to fuel industrial and EBM dancefloors world wide. Released on Synthetic Sounds and available September 29th, 2009.
DISC 1
1 Lab Tape 42 Pt 3 - July 22, 1943
2 Hang Up - Angelspit Remix - 174 bpm
3 Welcome To The Future - Future 8th Mix by Splatterpunk - 121 bpm
4 Reset - Man & Machines Remix - 170 bpm
5 Last Daze - Memmaker Remix - 180 bpm
6 Lab Tape 42 Pt 2 - Assignment Report
7 Prozac Nation - Retro Radio Radutron Mix by The Rabid Whole - 180 bpm
8 Hang Up - Tethered Mix by Klaxxon - 174 bpm
9 Reset - Stiff Valentine Remix - 167 bpm
10 Policy of Hypocrisy - Essence of Mind Remix - 176 bpm
11 Lab Tape 42 Pt 4 - August 12, 1943
12 Prozac Nation - Psy'Aviah Remix - 134 bpm
13 Welcome To The Future - Electro Mix by Decoded Feedback - 180 bpm
14 Reset - Maqlu Remix - 174 bpm
15 Prozac Nation - Helalyn Flowers Remix - 130 bpm
16 Welcome To The Future - Synthetic Dream Foundation Remix - 150 bpm
17 Lab Tape 42 Pt 6 - August 12, 1983
18 Controlled Voltage - kAINE-O-Matic Mix by Decree - 140 bpm
DISC 2
1 U Can't Stop The Bomb - Cyanotic Remix - 181 bpm
2 Reset - Testube Treatment - 170 bpm
3 Welcome to The Future - Cunt Mix by Amduscia - 183 bpm
4 Policy of Hypocrisy - Shiv-r Remix - 148 bpm
5 Last Daze - Psykkle Remix - 98 bpm
6 Last Daze - Everything Goes Cold Remix - 196 bpm
7 U Can't Stop The Bomb - Dismantled Remix - 180 bpm
8 Policy of Hypocrisy - Mind.In.A.Box Remix - 176 bpm
9 Last Daze - Los Muertos Mix by Joey Chaos - 196 bpm
10 Last Daze - Music Video
11 Reset - Music Video
12 Welcome to the Future - Music Video
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9202LUSINE "A CERTAIN DISTANCE"
NOW SHIPPING!!
For years, Jeff McIlwain has been recording music as Lusine that expertly straddles the electronic/pop divide; with A Certain Distance, McIlwain cracks open his productions to reveal the beauty lurking within. A Certain Distance sees McIlwain employing human vocals and pop structures, hooks and melodies in the service of something warmer and more welcoming than the Lusine of old. Mapping human emotions via technology may be an insurmountable task, but A Certain Distance brings McIlwain closer than most to achieving the impossible. McIlwain has been gradually building his Lusine persona from the jagged majesty of 2005’s Ghostly debut Serial Hodgepodge through the drifting atmospheres of 2007’s Language Barrier (on Hymen Records). Now, with A Certain Distance, Lusine has finally arrived, synthesizing decades of electronic music both popular and experimental into a sophisticated, catchy, and danceable sound unlike anything else. Lassoing bits of downtempo and ambient, pop melodies and leftfield noise, and a smattering of techno and house both minimal and maximal, A Certain Distance is ultimately a work of singular beauty by an artist in full command of his craft. Released on Ghostly International.
1 Operation Costs
2 Two Dots
3 Tin Hat
4 Thick of It
5 Twilight
6 Baffle
7 Every Disguise
8 Double Vision
9 Gravity
10 Crowded Room
11 Cirrus
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9203***** HOT PRE-ORDERS
RAOUL SINIER "TREMENS INDUSTRY CD+DVD"
Raoul Sinier's fourth full length album sees this Paris-based multi-talented artist repeat the tour de force that was his 2007's "Wxfdswxc2": the thirteen tracks of "Tremens Industry" come packaged together with more than two hours of videos and documentaries. Not only a logical continuation of his discography or an accurate way to get acquainted to his art, "Tremens Industry" is Raoul Sinier's definitive and most important release to date. While Raoul Sinier's gritty but playful, naïve but complex sound has become a trademark of his music, "Tremens Industry" is an album in which he re-invents himself anew as a musician. Following the hip hop beats of "Wxfdswxc2" and the complex, intense "Brain Kitchen", "Tremens Industry" is Raoul Sinier's most accessible album to date. He now writes real songs ("The Hole", "List Of Things", Elle A Raison", "Boxes"), combining vocals with a more focused use of his incredible self-made guitar (whose birth is documented on the DVD). Walking a thin line between the electronic innocence and broken charm of his instrumental material (such as the title track or "Overthoughts Reprise") on the one side and the deep soul of his songs on the other, this new Raoul Sinier offers with "Tremens Industry" his coming-of-age release, in which his maturity rivals with the surprising coherence of the whole album. Released on Ad Noiseam and available October 30th, 2009.
CD:
1 Overthoughts
2 Sand Skull
3 The Hole
4 Alternative Rush
5 Map for a Tactical Nonsense
6 List of Things
7 Boxes
8 Confusion Room
9 Overthoughts Reprise
10 Elle a Raison
11 Tremens Industry
12 This Little Mouse
13 Hard Summer
DVD:
Videos & extras
running time: 1h 45min
PAL, region free
English & German subtitles
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9196DJ HIDDEN "THE WORDS BELOW"
Offering a sequel to what is already seen as a masterpiece wasn't an easy task for DJ Hidden. And still, "The Words Below" manages to take this producer sharp, beautiful and percussive sound a step higher than 2007's "The Later After". Intense, crisp and varied, this new album doesn't only confirm that DJ Hidden is at the very top of the pyramid of drum'n'bass producer, but forces us to ask ourselves how we could have thought otherwise. In 2007, DJ Hidden's "The Later After" (Ad Noiseam adn73) brought a wave of appraisal and excitement from fans and producers alike. It will have taken two years to bring a sequel to this very remarked first full length album. More detailed, more varied and crafted with even more care, this sophomore effort, "The Words Below" is set to confirm the admiration that one can have of DJ Hidden. Released on Ad Noiseam and available October 30th, 2009.
1. Prologue
2. The Traveller
3. Drawn In
4. Poisoned Chocolate
5. A Different Yesterday
6. The Dreamer
7. The Narrators
8. It Feels Wrong
9. No Notice
10. Cover Up
11. Broken Seconds
12. The Words Below
13. The Devil's Instant
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9197THE MT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION "SUCCUBUS"
Seductive but perilous, he Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble's new session under the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation name is a new combination of drones and jazz. Creating sensual, murky and dark atmospheres, “Succubus” the evolution of this band, with stronger horns and a focus on hypnotic, soundtrack-like material. A deep, dark and yet seductive trip again for the corporation. After the corpses, the succubus. While rehearsing for their post “Mutations EP” shows, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble recorded a new improv session under their Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation moniker on the 15th of January 2009. Faithful to the original TKDE concept of drawing inspiration from movies, they recording what later became “Succubus” while watching Jess Franco's film of the same name. This iconic 1969 movie, with its strong erotic mood, fragmented story line and oneiric photography encompasses perfectly the goal and means of TKDE / TMFJDC, in the way the band builds mesmerizing, deep and otherworldly atmospheres. Released on Ad Noiseam and available October 30th, 2009.
01. The Sexy Midnight Torture Show
02. Erotic Love Queen
03. Strange Dreams
04. Castles By The Sea
05. The Admirals Game
06. The Morning After
07. Perverted Pleasure Party
08. A Bad Trip
09. A Place For Fantasies
10. Murder Amongst Mannequins
11. Fleeing The Scene
12. Deadly Rehearsals
13. Faustine
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9198ANGELS OF VENICE "FOREVER AFTER"
With the return of Angels of Venice with a new album on Accession this Fall, we are bringing back their now-classic 2004 release, Forever after. Features a beautiful version of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters and a must have for fans of Heavenly Voices or Dead Can Dance. Released on Accession.
01 Nothing else matters
02 Persentio
03 Voyage of the sea witch
04 Starshine Lullaby
05 Non Allegra
06 Forever after
07 I dreamt That I dwelt in Marble Halls
08 Parson`s Farewell
09 Wildflowers
10 Adagio in F Major
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9199JOHN KAMEEL FARAH "UNFOLDING"
John Kameel Farah along with Dross:tik Records presents “Unfolding”, the second full length album from the long time Toronto based pianist and electronic music producer. “Unfolding” exhibits Farah’s creativity and vast musical influences, blending experimental jazz, surrealistic orchestral textures, along with electronic music production, deep bass lines and Arabic percussion into a seamless cacophony of morphing time signatures and head spinning rhythms. Composed and performed on his piano and Fender Rhodes (electric keyboard), Farah displays his talent for arrangement, virtuosity and artistry, weaving his pieces with modern electronic music production techniques. At times, the pianos are multi-tracked, giving the impression of several pianists performing with an orchestra or jazz ensemble. Drawing inspiration from Middle-Eastern influences and his classical piano training, Farah merges the traditional and avant-garde classical techniques, Jazz fusion and Middle-Eastern musical landscapes while wielding into the fray the genres of drum and bass, electronica, breakcore and dubstep. The diversity of influences and complexity of the arrangement results in an album that is both challenging to the listener and pleasurable to the ear. Released on Drosstik and available September 29th, 2009.
01. The Opening
02. Crystalline
03. Uprising
04. Expanse
05. Calling (of the sea)
06. Jinju Dervish
07. Sama’i Farah
08. Augury
09. Longing
10. The Cataclysm
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9200VARIOUS "LENNY DEE PRESENTS: IFS6 INDUSTRIALIZATION"
IFS 6 is a collection of exclusive Industrial Hardcore & Hardtechno tracks compiled by the legendary DJ Lenny Dee. Industrialization combines well known ISR artists like Tymon. Broken Rules, Fiend & Lenny Dee with acts like the Horrorist, Sei2ure (NL), Liquid Blasted (Moscow) and remixes from Australia's Dep Effect & Third Movement's NVitral . Each track is full length ready for CD DJs and listeners who crave every beat. Released on Industrial Strength and available September 30th, 2009.
TRACKLISTING:
1)Shout (Satronica & The Horrorist) / Mono Mania (BASTian W vs Martin W) /Bedroom Traxx (N-Vitral Remix) Broken Rules / Scorn of a Dying Glare (Armegeddon Project) / Bedroom Traxx (Dep Affect Remix) Broken Rules /A Day In The Life (Forsaken is dead) /Pro Addict (D-Spirit) / Mess With The Program (Broken Rules) / Guns (Jaykriss Remix) Daisy aka Mandragore / Strike It up Lenny Dee / Eclisse (LIAN) / Neuro Artillery (Liquid blasted) / Defunkt (Sei2ure) /HB16 (D-Spirit)
2) Dark_Leipzig (BASTian W vs Martin W)/ Minimize It (Broken Rules)/ Default Parameters (Broken Rules) /Frost Function (Stan Grewzell) / Robokind (Liquid Blasted) / Silent Rest of the Undefeated (Armegeddon Project) / Give it to me (feat. Dunderhead)LIAN / Nonlinear Dynamics (Tymon) / Down With the Real (Tymon) / Life Blood Pain Death (Tymon Rmx) Satronica / The Speaker Loud (Sandy Warez) / Why You Fuck Me Up (Cut A Kaos) / Hypertension (Sandy Warez) /Tuff Enuff (Fiend & Broken Rules)
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=9201***** NEWS FROM ARTOFFACT RECORDS!
URCEUS EXIT - COMPENSATION FOR THE SOUND OF SILENCE (2CD LIMITED EDITION)
Limited to 110 copies, 50% of which are reserved for EBMfest 2009!
Call us ambitious. Of all the sophomore releases we have heard through the years, nothing comes close to what Urceus Exit has conjured on Compensation For the Sound of Silence. As a pop album, the release is unforgettable. For synthpop, it is miles ahead of what is on the market today. Lyrically and musically, frontman Richard Duggan has over-reached and extended the possibilities of electronic pop beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. Compensation for the Sound of Silence is an epic album that will turn heads with tracks like “Drifting” and “The Worst that We’ve Become”. The listener is engaged and without a doubt every song is a sonic gem. In short, the album is brilliant and needs to be heard.
Compensation for the Sound of Silence will be released in three different editions on September 1st: first and most gloriously, there will be a 2CD limited edition, complete with alternate versions of every track on disc 2 that give the album a new freshness and a different spin. The limited edition comes in a beautifully designed ecopak double wallet and will include a double sided poster, two limited edition pins, and 320 kbps downloads while-you-wait for the CDs to arrive . These downloads will come complete with embedded track-art and smart-lyrics, recognizable in iTunes, Windows Media, and other popular players.
We are ambitious: this album needs to be heard. So the next edition will be a free download version available at artoffact.com. The files will be 128 kbps and freely distributable. If you like what you hear, you can purchase hi-res versions from iTunes or other retailers, or make a donation to our project. The iTunes version (version 3 for those keeping count) will include a PDF booklet available nowhere else. All of this available September 1st, 2009 exclusively from Artoffact Records.
-2CD limited edition: eco-pak, alt versions of all songs, double-side poster, 2 pins, 320 kbps download while you wait including embedded track-art and smart-lyrics.
- Free digital download version: 128 kbps - *coming September 1st.
- Digital download on iTunes: bonus PDF booklet included.
Order here:
http://www.artoffact.com/releases.phpGet the single on iTunes:
http://www.itunes.com/urceusexit/theworstthatwevebecome
