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Sunday, November 01, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 11/6/09
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Category: Music

Daylight Savings Time Is Over!

Yeah! We get back the hour that The Man stole from us way back in, like March, or something. Isn't that just like The Man, always stealing' our shit and keepin' us down. So, my Deka-Peeps, it's time to get ready. The revolution will not be televised, cuz it's on the radio, my babies!

But, first, check this out Comrades!

ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP on www.live365.com. E.O.'s online radio station - OVER TEN HOURS of music currently up - running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Here's the link!

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DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, NOV. 6th AT 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, NOV. 7th AT 1am PST ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

(Yet another great concert that the complexities of modern life kept me from attending...)

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - "The Fountain" (import - new release)/"Siberia" (2005)/"Flowers" (2001)/"What Are You Going To do With Your Life?" (1999)/"Evergreen' (1997)/"Very Best of: More Songs To Learn and Sing" (2006 - 1 CD + 1 DVD)/"Ocean Rain" (Original: 1984 / deluxe anniversary edition: 2003): As you read this, some of you may be all, like, "What's E.O., the Lord of Darkwave & Synth, doin' spinning Echo & The freakin' Bunnymen?!!" Hey, lemme give ya the 411 - I was playing what was then New Wave, and what is now often called "Alternative," when many of you reading this were just a twinkle in your daddy's eye! In fact, I'm so old that I recall when Echo & The Bunnymen were a brand new band, and songs like "The Killing Moon" and "The Cutter" were some of the newest, most cutting-edge songs coming out of England. What I admire most about EATB is that they aren't just resting on their 80's laurels, but continue to write great music. I'd even say that the band is writing some of their best songs now, at this point in their career. If you listen to "Siberia" from 2005, I would match that to anything the band wrote in the 80's. While I think the new album "The Fountain" just barely misses the mark in being as good as "Siberia" was, it's still a really good album. Ian McCulloch still has that one-of-a-kind, instantly recognizable voice, albeit sounding a bit worn lately. Fortunately, that only adds to that pathos in a lot of the songs. Will Sergeant is still one hell of a guitar player, and always comes up with memorable riffs and interesting lines. McCulloch and Sergeant are now the only two original members of EATB left, but they wrote all the songs anyway, so the songwriting core of the band is still intact. I don't know how much more I can tell you about EATB that you don't already know, but here is a bio on the band courtesy of Wikipedia. Oh, by the way, I'll also be featuring EATB's fantastic side-project Elektrafixion, which released their one and only album, the excellent CD "Burned," in 1995. More about that below:

(OK Bunnymen, up against the wall, arms at your side, and don't move!)

From Wikipedia:

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk group, formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their original lineup consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut album, Crocodiles, met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, Heaven Up Here (1981), again found favour with the critics and reached number 10 in the UK Album chart. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980's, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with "The Cutter", and the attendant album, Porcupine (1983), reached number 2 in the UK. Their next release, Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band's UK chart success, and has since been regarded as their landmark release, spawning the hit singles "The Killing Moon", "Silver" and "Seven Seas". One more studio album, Echo & the Bunnymen (1987), was released before McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career in 1988. The following year, de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident, and the band re-emerged with a new line-up. Original members Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson were joined by Noel Burke as lead singer, Damon Reece on drums and Jake Brockman on keyboards. This new incarnation of the band released Reverberation in 1990, but the disappointing critical and commercial reaction it received culminated with a complete split in 1993.

After working together as Electrafixion, McCulloch and Sergeant regrouped with Pattinson in 1997 and returned as Echo & the Bunnymen with the UK Top 10 hit "Nothing Lasts Forever". An album of new material, Evergreen, was greeted enthusiastically by critics and the band made a successful return to the live arena. Though Pattinson left the group for a second time, McCulloch and Sergeant have continued to issue new material as Echo & the Bunnymen, including the albums What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999), Flowers (2001), Siberia (2005) and The Fountain (2009).

(Echo & The Bunnymen - just searchin' for the stage, man)

History

Early years

Ian McCulloch began his career in 1977, as one third of the Crucial Three, a bedroom band which also featured Julian Cope and Pete Wylie. When Wylie left, McCulloch and Cope formed the short-lived A Shallow Madness with drummer Dave Pickett and organist Paul Simpson, during which time such songs as "Read It In Books", "Robert Mitchum", "You Think It's Love" and "Spacehopper" were written by the pair. When Cope sacked McCulloch from the band, A Shallow Madness changed their name to The Teardrop Explodes, and McCulloch joined forces with guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson to form Echo & the Bunnymen. This early incarnation of the band featured a drum machine, assumed by many to be "Echo", though this has been refuted by the band. In the 1982 book Liverpool Explodes!, Will Sergeant explained the origin of the band's name:

We had this mate who kept suggesting all these names like The Daz Men or Glisserol and the Fan Extractors. Echo and the Bunnymen was one of them. I thought it was just as stupid as the rest.

In November 1978, Echo & the Bunnymen made their debut at Liverpool's Eric's Club, appearing as the opening act for The Teardrop Explodes.

Echo & the Bunnymen's debut single "The Pictures on My Wall" was released on Bill Drummond's Zoo Records in May 1979, the B-side being the McCulloch/Cope collaboration "Read It in Books" (also recorded by The Teardrop Explodes approximately six months later as the B-side of their final Zoo Records single "Treason"). McCulloch has subsequently denied that Cope had any involvement with the writing of this song on more than one occasion.

By the time of their debut album, 1980's Crocodiles, the drum machine had been replaced by Trinidad-born Pete de Freitas. The lead single, "Rescue", climbed to UK #62 and the album broke into the Top 20 at #17, following critical acclaim. Their next album, Heaven Up Here (1981), was an even bigger critical and commercial success, reaching the UK Top Ten (#10), although a single lifted from the album, "A Promise", could only reach UK #49.

Mainstream success

In June 1982, the Bunnymen achieved their first significant UK hit single with "The Back of Love" (#19). This was followed in early 1983 with their first Top 10, the more radio-friendly "The Cutter", which climbed to #8. The parent album, Porcupine, hit #2 in the album chart. Now firmly established as a chart act, further hits followed with a one-off single, "Never Stop" (#15), and "The Killing Moon", a preview from the new album featuring a dramatic McCulloch vocal, which became the band's second UK Top 10 single at #9.

Following a PR campaign which proclaimed it "the greatest album ever made", 1984's Ocean Rain reached #4, and today is widely regarded as the band's masterpiece. Single extracts "Silver" (UK #30) and "Seven Seas" (UK #16) consolidated the album's continued commercial success. In the same year, McCulloch had a minor solo hit with his cover version of "September Song".

Echo & the Bunnymen toured Scandinavia in April 1985, performing cover versions of songs from Television, the Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and The Doors. Recordings from the tour emerged as the semi-bootleg On Strike. Unfortunately for the band, Ocean Rain proved to be a difficult album to follow up, and they could only re-emerge in 1985 with a single, "Bring On the Dancing Horses" (UK #21), and a compilation album, Songs to Learn & Sing, which made #6 in the UK album chart. However, all was not well in the Bunnymen camp, and Pete de Freitas left the band. Their next album, the self-titled Echo & the Bunnymen (1987), was recorded with ex–ABC drummer David Palmer, but when de Freitas returned in 1986, it was largely re-recorded. Eventually released in mid-1987, the record sold well (UK #4), and was a small American hit, their only LP to have significant sales there.

In the United States, the band's best-known songs were "The Killing Moon" (from Ocean Rain) and "Lips Like Sugar" (from Echo & the Bunnymen), although "Bring On the Dancing Horses" is well-known as one of the songs on the soundtrack to the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink. They also contributed a cover version of The Doors song "People Are Strange" to The Lost Boys soundtrack.

1988 split

McCulloch quit the band in 1988 and de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident in mid-1989. After former Colenso Parade singer Oscar turned down an offer to take over from McCulloch,^[10] Pattinson and Sergeant recruited ex-St. Vitus Dance vocalist Noel Burke and drummer Damon Reece. Keyboardist Jake Brockman (a touring member of the band for several years previously, and a contributor to the 1987 album) was promoted to full member, and the five-piece recorded Reverberation in 1990. This did not generate much excitement among fans or critics, and the group was abandoned in 1992. McCulloch, meanwhile, had continued his solo career, with the albums Candleland in 1989 and Mysterio in 1992.

Reformation

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Echo and the Bunnymen at Paradiso, Amsterdam, in 2005.

In 1994 McCulloch and Sergeant began working together again under the name Electrafixion; in 1997 Pattinson rejoined the duo, meaning the three surviving members of the original Bunnymen lineup were now working together again. Rather than continue as Electrafixion, the trio resurrected the Echo & the Bunnymen name and released the album Evergreen (1997), which reached the UK Top 10.

Immediately prior to the release of the band's next album, What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999), Les Pattinson quit to take care of his mother. McCulloch and Sergeant have continued to tour and record as Echo & the Bunnymen, touring repeatedly and releasing the albums Flowers (2001) and Siberia (2005). The group's current touring incarnation comprises McCulloch and Sergeant along with Stephen Brannan (bass), Gordy Goudie (guitar), Nicholas Kilroe (drums) and Ceri James (keyboards).

In 2002 the group received the Q Inspiration award. The award is for inspiring "new generations of musicians, songs and music lovers in general." The band were said to be worthy winners as they have done much to promote the Mersey music scene. In a later interview for Magnet magazine, McCulloch said "It validates everything that we've tried to achieve—cool, great timeless music. It's not like an inspiration award affecting the past, it's affecting the current music."

On 11 September 2006, Echo & the Bunnymen released an updated version of their 1985 Songs to Learn and Sing compilation. Now re-titled More Songs to Learn and Sing, this new compilation was issued in two versions, a 17-track single CD and a 20-track version with a DVD featuring 8 videos from their career.

In March 2007, the Bunnymen announced that they had re-signed to their original record label, Warner, and were also working on a new album. The band were also said to be planning a live DVD, entitled "Dancing Horses", which also contained interviews with the band. This was released in May 2007, on Snapper/SPV.

On 11 January 2008 Ian McCulloch was interviewed on BBC Breakfast at the start of Liverpool 08. He was asked about new Bunnymen material and he revealed that a new album would coincide with their gig at the Royal Albert Hall in September. He went on to say that the album was, "The best one we've made, apart from Ocean Rain."

In a 20 April 2008 interview with the Sunday Mail Ian McCulloch announced The Fountain as the title of the new Echo & the Bunnymen album with producer John McLaughlin, which was originally due to be released in 2008 but was finally released on 12 October 2009. The first single from the album, "Think I Need It Too", was released on 28 September 2009.

On 1 September 2009 keyboard player Jake Brockman died on the Isle of Man when his motorbike was in collision with a converted ambulance. www.myspace.com/thebunnymen

(Ian can and will poke your eyes out with his hair...)

Discography

Studio albums

(1980) Crocodiles - UK #17

(1981) Heaven Up Here - UK #10, U.S. #184

(1983) Porcupine - UK #2, U.S. #137

(1984) Ocean Rain - UK #4, U.S. #87

(1987) Echo & the Bunnymen - UK #4, U.S. #51

(1990) Reverberation - UK #19

(1997) Evergreen - UK #8

(1999) What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? - UK #21

(2001) Flowers - UK #56

(2005) Siberia - UK #83

(2009) The Fountain

("Burned" promo front cover - I have a sealed copy that looks just like this)

ELECTRAFIXION - "Burned" (original: 1995 [out of print] / 2 CD deluxe import version: 2007 ): I REALLY like this one and only album by this Echo & The Bunnymen side-project. Actually, it wasn't really a side-project, in that EATB were broken up at the time, and wouldn't officially re-form until two years after "Burned" came out. I think that "Burned" easily equals the best of anything EATB ever put out. What I like about Electrafixion and "Burned," is that they went for a bit of a harder-edged sound, and didn't try to duplicate the sound of EATB. To this day, I have never grown tired of listening to "Burned," and that is saying something coming from me. The record just flat out kicks ass. I think it was a totally underrated release at the time it came out. It was actually out of print for a long time, but was re-released on import in 2007 as a 2 CD deluxe version. This new version contains pretty much every song that Electrafixion ever recorded, and since Echo has re-formed, probably ever will record, unfortunately. Here's a brief bio on Electrafixion courtesy of Wikipedia:

http://www.last.fm/music/Electrafixion/+images/28658449

(Blow smoke in my face, & I swear there'll be trouble, Ian!)

From Wikipedia:

Electrafixion were an alternative rock band, formed by former Echo & the Bunnymen members Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant in 1994, joined by bass guitarist Leon de Sylva and drummer Tony McGuigan. They released one album, Burned, and four singles and EP's before splitting up in 1996, due to the reformation of the Bunnymen. A posthumous limited edition 7" single, "Baseball Bill" was released in 1997. When touring, the band included Julian Phillips (formerly of Marion) on bass and his brother, George Phillips, on drums.

(The bad boys of Electrafixion)

Discography

Albums

Burned (1995, WEA/Warners, CD/C, 0630 11248-2/-4) UK #38 (2 weeks)

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 10/30/09
Current mood:

tired
Category: Music

Happy Halloween, My Deka-Ghouls!

I have some extra special, heavy duty stuff to ring in your Hallow's Eve, Eve right! Check out these super spooky Artist Features! But first....

ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP on www.live365.com. E.O.'s online radio station - over seven hours of music currently up - running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Here's the link!

http://www.live365.com/stations/dekadancer?play

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, OCT. 30th FROM 9pm UNTIL SAT. OCT. 31st AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

HALLOWEEN IN DEUTSCHLAND FEATURE!!!!

(Rammstein - taking a break from setting themselves, and the world, on fire)

RAMMSTEIN - "Liebe ist für alle da" (new release - 2 CD limited edition version)/"Völkerball" (2006 limited edition - 2 CD + 2 DVD): Those masters of Germanic mayhem are back with, finally, a new album! I just picked up the limited edition, 2 CD version, and I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. However, there is a good deal of controversy floating around out there about the new song and video "Pussy." Gee, why would a new song and video from Rammstein called "Pussy" generate any controversy? I just don't understand it. I'll also be featuring the highly limited 2 CD + 2 DVD version of the live release "Völkerball," which happens to come contained inside a beautiful and very large hardcover book that includes tons of great photos. I can't think of a better way to kick off my Halloween Deka-Show than with some live Rammstein, can you? Here's a bio on Rammstein courtesy of Wikipedia:

(Rammstein hangin' at a backyard barbeque, and YOU are on the menu!)Rammstein is a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Richard Z. Kruspe (lead guitar and backing vocals), Paul H. Landers (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (bass guitar), Christoph "Doom" Schneider (drums and electronic percussion) and Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards). They are widely accepted as part of the Neue Deutsche Härte scene, alongside bands such as Oomph!, Eisbrecher, and Die Krupps. Their sound has been dubbed as Tanz-Metal (lit. "Dance Metal"). Their songs are usually in German, but they have also performed songs entirely or partially in other languages such as English ("Pussy", "Amerika", "You Hate", "Angel"; covers of Depeche Mode's "Stripped" and Ramones' "Pet Sematary"), Spanish ("Te quiero puta!"), French ("Amour" and "Frühling in Paris"), and Russian ("Moskau"). As of 2005, they had sold over 30 million records worldwide. Rammstein's entire catalogue is published by Universal Music Group. Since their formation in 1994, Rammstein has had no changes in their band line-up nor have any members left the band.

Rammstein takes their name indirectly from the German town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, the site of the flight show disaster on 28 August 1988. The band's signature song, "Rammstein", is a commemoration of the Ramstein airshow disaster. The second "m" in the band's name makes it translate literally as "ramming stone" to convey the Teutonic sound of their music. In a short period before the band became well known, they performed using the name "Rammstein-Flugschau" (literally meaning "Rammstein-Airshow").

Although the majority of their songs are written in German, Rammstein has had success across the world. It was confirmed in 2007 that the band had re-united from their vacation and had begun working on their sixth studio album, Liebe ist für alle da, which was released on 16 October 2009 in Europe.

(Rammstein ponder if they should hold a concert first, and then blow up the factory, or......)

History

Formation and early years (pre-1994)

Rammstein was founded by guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe. In 1989, he escaped to West Berlin and started the band, Orgasm Death Gimmicks. At that time, he was heavily influenced by American music, especially that of Kiss. After the Berlin Wall came down, he moved back home to Schwerin, where Till Lindemann worked as a basket-weaver and played drums in the band First Arsch.

At this time, Richard lived with Oliver Riedel, of the band The Inchtabokatables, and Christoph "Doom" Schneider (of Die Firma). Richard realized that the music he had previously created did not properly suit him; He envisioned something that would combine machines as well as the sound of hard guitars. The three started working together on a new project. Richard soon found it extremely difficult to write both music and lyrics at the same time, so he persuaded Lindemann to join Rammstein. Richard first discovered Till when he overheard him singing while he was working.

A contest was held in Berlin for amateur bands in 1994, the winner of which would receive the opportunity to record a four track demo CD in a professional studio. Kruspe, Schneider, Riedel and Lindemann entered and won the contest, which caught the attention of Paul H. Landers, who wanted in on the project upon hearing their demo. To complete their sound, Rammstein then attempted to recruit Christian "Flake" Lorenz, who had played with Paul H. Landers previously in Feeling B. At first Lorenz was hesitant, but eventually agreed to join the band.

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Rammstein using pyrotechnics during one of their most notable songs, "Feuer frei!" at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in 2004.

Herzeleid (1995–1997)

Rammstein began to record their first studio album entitled Herzeleid in March 1995 with producer Jacob Hellner. They released their first single Du Riechst So Gut on 17 August and later released the album on 24 September 1995. Later that same year, they toured with Clawfinger in Warsaw and Prague. Rammstein headlined a tour of their own through Germany from 2 December to 22 December consisting of 17 shows which helped to boost the band’s popularity. They then went on several tours throughout early 1996, releasing their second single entitled Seemann on 8 January 1996.

On 27 March, Rammstein performed on MTV's Hanging Out in London; their first performance in the UK. Rammstein's first major boost in popularity outside Germany came when music director Trent Reznor chose two Rammstein songs, "Heirate mich" and "Rammstein", for David Lynch's film Lost Highway. The soundtrack for the film was released in the US in the fall of 1996 and later throughout Europe in April 1997.

Rammstein then went on to tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland from September to October 1996, performing an anniversary concert on 27 September called "100 years of Rammstein". Guests to the concert included Moby, Bobo and The Berlin Session Orchestra, Berlin director Gert Hof was responsible for the light show.

Sehnsucht and Live aus Berlin (late 1996–2000)

Rammstein started recording Sehnsucht in November 1996 at the Temple Studios in Malta. The album was again produced by Jacob Hellner. The first single off of the album, entitled Engel was released on 1 April 1997 and later reached gold status in Germany on 23 May. This prompted the release of a fan edition of the single, named Engel - Fan Edition. This contained two previously unreleased songs, "Feuerräder" and "Wilder Wein". Release of the second single from the album Sehnsucht was "Du hast", which hit the German single charts August 1997 at number 5. Rammstein then continued touring in the summer whilst Sehnsucht was released on 22 August 1997. The album reached number 1 after only two weeks in the charts. Simultaneously, Herzeleid and both the singles off Sehnsucht ("Du hast" and "Engel") were in the Top 20 of the German charts. Rammstein continued to headline sold out shows throughout Europe in September, October and November 1997 before releasing their cover of Kraftwerk's "Das Modell". The single included another unreleased song entitled "Kokain". On 5 December 1997, Rammstein embarked on their first tour of the United States with KMFDM.

On 22–23 August 1998, Rammstein played to over 17,000 fans at the Wuhlheide in Berlin; the biggest show the band have ever played there up to that date. Supporting acts were Danzig, Nina Hagen, Joachim Witt and Alaska. The show was professionally filmed, intended to be released on their upcoming live DVD, Live aus Berlin.

Rammstein embarked on a live tour with Korn, Ice Cube, Orgy and Limp Bizkit called the Family Values tour in September through to late October 1998. To further continue their success in the US, Sehnsucht received Gold record status on 2 November.

The Band was nominated at the MTV European Music Awards for Best Rock Act and performed "Du hast" live on 12 November that year.

Rammstein had further success in 1999, starting off the year in February with a nomination for Best Metal Performance at the 42nd-annual Grammy Awards. A year after it was filmed, the Live aus Berlin concert was released on CD on 30 August 1999, with a limited edition double CD also available. Two weeks after it was released, Live aus Berlin went to number one in the German Album Charts. On 13 September and 26 November 1999 the video and DVD versions of the concert were released respectively.

Mutter (2000–2002)

The recording of Rammstein's album Mutter took place in the south of France between May 2000 and June 2000, and it was later mixed in Stockholm in October of that year. During Christmas 2000, Rammstein released an MP3 of "Links 2 3 4" as a taster for their new album.

2001 was a busy year for Rammstein, starting in January and February with the band playing the Big Day Out festival in Australia and New Zealand. January also heralded the shooting of the video for their upcoming single, "Sonne", recorded in Potsdam at Babelsberger Filmstudios from 13–15 January 2001. The video was released on 29 January 2001. The single for "Sonne" was released on 12 February 2001 in Europe, featuring an instrumental version of the song, two remixes by Clawfinger and "Adios" from the upcoming album.

Mutter was released on 2 April 2001, sparking another Rammstein tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On 14 May, the second single off the album, "Links 2 3 4", was released, along with a video of the single on 18 May. After a tour throughout Europe in June, the band then toured the U.S., Canada and Mexico from June to August 2001.

"Ich will", the third single from the album, was released on 10 September 2001 and a Tour edition of the Mutter album was released, featuring alternative artwork and live versions of "Ich will", "Links 2 3 4", "Sonne" and "Spieluhr". From 8–12 January 2002, Rammstein traveled to Prague to participate in a minor scene for the film xXx. The band is seen in the opening scene, performing their song "Feuer frei!" in a concert. "Feuer frei!" was released across Europe as the first single from the xXx soundtrack on 14 October 2002. Rammstein released two remixes of the song. Furthermore, the single's track listing included "Du hast" and "Bück dich" cover versions by Battery. The video for the single was edited by Rob Cohen, which contains part Rammstein performance at the beginning of the film and part snippets from the film itself.

(Rammstein - Till's down! Must have eaten too much fire!)

Reise, Reise (2003–2005)

Rammstein recorded Reise, Reise at the El Cortijo studio in southern Spain between November 2003 and December 2003, it was later mixed at Toytown studio in Stockholm, Sweden in April and May 2004. The first single from the album was "Mein Teil", released on 26 July 2004. The video was shot in the Arena, in the Treptow district of Berlin. Outdoor shooting took place at the Deutsche Oper (Opera House) U-Bahn station on Bismarckstrasse. The director was Zoran Bihac, who also filmed the "Links 2 3 4" video. The video for "Amerika" was filmed on 6–7 August 2004 in the ruins of the former cement works in Rüdersdorf near Berlin, Germany under the direction of Jörn Heitmann (who also directed the "Ich will" video, among others). The space suits for the moon scenes were borrowed from Hollywood and 240 tons of ash were needed to create the moon landscape. The video premiered on 20 August 2004.

The second single from Reise, Reise was "Amerika", released on 13 September 2004. With the album released on 27 September, it went straight to top 10 charts throughout Europe. According to the Billboard charts, Rammstein were now the most successful German-language band of all time. Rammstein then toured Germany through November and some of December 2004, releasing the single "Ohne dich" on 22 November.

In February 2005, Rammstein toured Europe again. By 28 February 2005, Rammstein had played 21 concerts in front of more than 200,000 spectators in ten countries. It was on this tour that the band was faced with several lawsuits resulting from severe fire breathing accidents involving audience members. "Keine Lust" was the fourth single released from Reise, Reise on 28 February 2005.

From 27 May to 30 July 2005, Rammstein played festivals across Europe. Footage from these concerts eventually ended up on Rammstein's live DVD Völkerball, released in November 2006.

Rosenrot and Völkerball (2005–2006)

In August 2005, Rammstein revealed the name of their next studio album: Rosenrot. Their first single from the album, "Benzin", was released on 5 October 2005, with its video premiere on 16 September 2005. The album Rosenrot was released worldwide on 28 October 2005. Directly following the release, the album continued the success of its predecessor, Reise, Reise, placing on top 10 charts in 20 different countries.

16 December 2005 marked the release of the title track on the album Rosenrot. The video for "Mann gegen Mann" was released on 6 February 2006, with the single being released on 3 March. On 19 February 2006, Rammstein had an asteroid named after them, 110393 Rammstein.

On 17 November the first Rammstein Live DVD since Live aus Berlin from 1998 was released. Völkerball shows concert-performances by the band in England, France, Japan and Russia. The Special Edition is extended by a second DVD, which contains the documentaries "Anaconda in the net" by Mathilde Bonnefoy and the "Making of the album Reise, Reise" by Rammstein guitarist Paul Landers. The limited edition was released as a large black and white photo-book with photos by Frederic Batier, who had accompanied the band through their recent tours. The photo-book edition contains two DVD's and two live albums.

Liebe ist für alle da (2007 onward)

The band took a time out in 2006, and began work again in 2007. In an interview with German rapper Bushido (who contributed the "Electro Ghetto remix" of "Amerika") on 21 January 2007, Bushido reported recording a song with Rammstein, called "Vergiss uns nicht" ("Don't forget us"). In this interview, Bushido also mentioned that he was unsure whether it would be on their "Best of" album or not. This was the first mention of a "Best of" album, or the new album all together. On May 6, Rammstein announced a European Tour dates on their website. In addition, keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz confirmed this in an interview with Metal Hammer Germany in November, stating that they would have most likely released a new album in 2008. The band did not tour during 2007 due to album production. Their website confirmed work on a new album, but no word of a "Best of" album has yet been mentioned. In January 2008, guitarist Richard Kruspe confirmed on the Talking Metal Podcast that Rammstein was recording an album as they spoke, during that same interview he confirmed a "big world tour" following the next album to contain U.S. dates.

On 4 November, the band finished the pre-production in Berlin and went to the Henson Studio in LA. After 7 intensive weeks they had recorded the drums, guitars and most of the vocals.

Two very short (less than two minutes) "making of" videos have been released during the development of the album. One video, released on the band's website, shows drummer Christoph "Doom" Schneider recording drums for one of the tracks ("Mehr"), and the second, released on the band's MySpace page, features keyboardist Flake Lorenz practicing notes for another track.

The June '09 release of Metal Hammer featured an interview with Rammstein-manager Emanuel Fialik. In regard to the upcoming album Fialik quoted "Musically, it has the force of Mutter while the beauty of the melodies of Sehnsucht – Just so it has fixed in my ears." and also that it will feature two soft ballads and the rest will be "hard as a rock". He even went as far to say that the disk is the biggest surprise since the birth of his son. The interview concluded with Fialik stating "It is musically the best Album, which until now has Rammstein recorded!"

In July 2009, the title track "Liebe ist für alle da" leaked onto the internet, along with promotional materials. This has led Universal Music to take action against certain fan sites.

It was confirmed in August 2009 that the new album will have 11 tracks, and mixing of the album - which was taking place in Stockholm - has been completed. On September 1, 2009, it was confirmed on the band's website that "Pussy" will be the first single from the new album. On the same day, The Gauntlet posted a promotional video for it. The video also confirmed the new album title, Liebe ist für alle da. Later, the title was confirmed again in an interview with Paul Landers for RockOne magazine.

The music video for "Pussy" was released 30 minutes early on September 16, 2009, at 20:30 GMT, released especially for the adult website Visit-x. The video contains graphic scenes of male and female nudity as well as women engaging in sexual activity with the band members. Metal Hammer released an edited version of the video onto their website. www.myspace.com/rammstein

Discography

Herzeleid (1995)

Sehnsucht (1997)

Mutter (2001)

Reise, Reise (2004)

Rosenrot (2005)

Liebe ist für alle da (2009)

(Eisbrecher - They want to love you like a reptile)

EISBRECHER - "Sünde" (2008 import version - latest release)/"Antikörper" (2006)/"Eisbrecher" (2004 debut): I can't think of a better band to follow Rammstein on this week's Deka-show than this one! Eisbrecher are considered part of the same Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness) scene as Rammstein. While Eisbrecher are most definitely hard, they can also be quite melodic. While they employ heavy guitar riffage much like Rammstein, they also tend to use just a bit more of the electronics in their mix than their more famous German brethren. While Eisbrecher don't light themselves on fire when they play live, they are a band that could eventually rival Rammstein as leaders in the German NDH scene. Here are two bio's on Eisbrecher for you to check out.

(Eisbrecher - "Touch our snake, love our snake!")

From www.metropolis-records.com:

In 2002 an unexpected Ice Age seized the world of music. After leaving the electro act Megaherz because of artistic differences, singer and mastermind Alexander “Alexx” Wesselsky (lyrics/vocals) along with sound-engineer and DJ Noel Pix (composition/keyboard, guitar, producer), founded the industrial dark-electro rock band Eisbrecher. The pairs aimed to create music far beyond all usual Metal clichés – modern electro Trip-Rock. Emotional, honest, forthright – Eisbrecher forges delicately brutal music without compromises. Heavy industrial guitar sounds, driving electro, and Alexx’s distinctive voice are clothed in beats both modern and danceable. The lyrics take their listeners on a cold seductive journey through individual human relations in a world growing darker.

Their debut Eisbrecher and the following album Antikörper pulled out all the stops and catapulted Eisbrecher into the spotlight. Within two weeks of its release, Antikörper made it to #85 of the German Media Control Charts, no small feat for a new underground act. Songs such as “Vergissmeinnicht” and “Leider” filled the dance floors worldwide, and the ensuing tours helped to fuel

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 10/23/09
Current mood:

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Category: Music

Hello My Deka-Babies!

More Elektro/Synthpop love for ya on this week's Dekadance! Before we dive into it all, check out this important info:

ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP on www.live365.com. E.O.'s online radio station - over seven hours of music currently up - running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Here's the link!

Now, on with the Deka-Show!

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, OCT. 23rd FROM 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, OCT. 24th AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

A NAME & A NUMBER FEATURE #2 .... and more!

(Tom Shear aka Assemblage 23 - He wants to party with you)

ASSEMBLAGE 23 - "Compass'" (new release - out Tues 10/20 on Metropolis)/"Meta" (2007)/"Storm" (2004)/"Defiance" (2002)/"Failure" (2001): I've got two more bands with numbers in their names for ya on this week's Deka-Show; Assemblage 23 & Seven Red Seven (more about them later). Tom Shear aka Assemblage 23 drops his new album, entitled "Compass," this Tues. Oct. 20th. If it's anything like his past albums, get ready for some sonic awesomeness! A23 combines Elektro, Synthpop, and EBM into a heady mix that is hauntingly melodic, yet full of dark passion and dynamic rhythms. Tom's deep vocal style adds to the air of mystery and emotional intensity. I'm going under the assumption that I will have a copy of the new A23 album in my hands in time for Friday's show. If my assumption is incorrect, I will feature Filament 38 & Code 64 instead of A23. Here's a bio on A23 courtesy of Metropolis Records;

(Tom Shear aka Assemblage 23 - Only a brave man in a plush chair turns his back on the tide!)

From www.metropolis-records.com:

Tom Shear began constructing music at home under the moniker Man On A Stage in the late 1980's. Most of the music was very simplistic and poorly constructed, with no vocals at first but as time went on they occurred more often. While working on Man On A Stage, Tom Shear also was playing bass live for a punk-influenced band collectively known as the Advocates.

In 1988 at a Depeche Mode concert, Assemblage 23 was born. Tom was amazed by the industrial dance music that the opening DJ was spinning. His love of the electronic synth-pop sounds mixed with heavier darker aggression proved to be an turning point for him.

While in college, in addition to working on Assemblage 23 non-stop, Shear also collaborated with two friends, Mike Ukstins and Matt Guenette on a synth-pop project, Procession. The band didn't last long, but provided Shear with performance experience and practice. At first, Assemblage 23 was more of a hobby for Shear rather than a permanent project. There were occasional attempts and demos sent out, but when they lead to no interest in the band, Shear reverted back to making music for fun and his friends. In 1992, he self-released a collection of songs called "Wires". Several radio stations began playing the new act, and fledging magazines, such as Industrial Nation, began to show interest.

But it was a side project of Shear's called Nerve Filter that helped Assemblage 23 get some much needed recognition. On a whim, Shear sent copies of Assemblage 23 and Nerve Filter to Peter Stone of Xorcist, who in return handed them over to Don Blanchard of the now defunct 21st Circuitry Records. However, Blanchard's interest was not in Assemblage 23 but in Nerve Filter, although, a few Assemblage 23 tracks would later be released on several compilations. Arts Industria released the first 'official' Assemblage 23 song "Graverobber" on their Construction No. 009 compilation. Several more times Shear sent out demos to various labels, and even while being frustrated by the lack of interest, he still wrote more Assemblage 23 songs.

(Tom Shear aka Assemblage 23 - where the hell is the pizza guy? it's been thirty minutes already!)

Finally in 1998, the Canadian label, Gashed Records signed Assemblage 23 and released their first album, Contempt in 1999, and the follow-up, Failure in 2001. Shortly after the release of Failure, Assemblage 23 had a falling out with Gashed Records and left the label to sign with Metropolis Records, who later that year re-released both Contempt and Failure. With only those two albums, Contempt and Failure, Assemblage 23 became one of the biggest names in industrial and EBM music today.

To further the American electro act's success, a third album, Defiance, was completed for October 2002. Defiance pushed Assemblage 23's sound to the limits of only the imagination. Signature melody constructions, driving rhythms, non-stop beats, and highly emotional and personal lyrics made Defiance a logical follow-up to the widely reveled Failure.

For 2004, Assemblage 23 returned with two singles, Let the Wind Erase Me and Ground, and their fourth album Storm. Dubbed the most complex Assemblage 23 release thus far, Storm experimented with innovative sound compositions and elements, solidifying A23’s position as the most successful American EBM act to date.

Two and a half years passed after the release of Storm, Assemblage 23 released the Binary single, and Meta album. Several tracks on Meta have the signature A23 sound while others are slightly different in approach. The album was a giant leap forward in the way of Assemblage 23’s sounds production and shattered any and all preconceived notions about the band and their music.

In 2009, Assemblage 23 released the Spark single as a precursor to his newest album, Compass. Each output shows a more polished and mature sound. Solid beats, interesting melodies, and meaningful lyrics give the album a dynamic clarity. From the intensive opening track, “Smoke,” to the danceable “Impermanence” through the heart-wrenching closing track, “The Cruelest Year,” Compass takes Assemblage 23 to the next level with each unforgettable song. www.myspace.com/officialassemblage23

(Seven Red Seven - "Shelter" - front cover):

SEVEN RED SEVEN - "Bass State Coma" (1994 - out of print)/"Shelter" (1991 debut - out of print): You want classic Synthpop, American style? Look no further than Seven Red Seven! Comin' at ya straight outta Chi-Town, 7R7 managed to put out one of the classic Synthpop albums of all time with "Shelter" in 1991 on long deceased now tiny indie label Speed Records. You'd never know it though, because the production values on "Shelter" were excellent. Another item of note is the fact that 7R7 put out their masterpiece when the Synthpop genre was almost extinct. By 1991, most of the 80's Synthpop bands had died out, and Nirvana and Grunge were king. However, that didn't deter 7R7 from releasing "Shelter," and thus Synthpop history was made. The duo tried to make a stab at the Techno world with their second release, 1994's "Bass State Coma,' which didn't quite work out as they planned. While "Bass State Coma" is not the classic that "Shelter" was, it still had several great songs on it. The only real drawback to "Bass State Coma" was the overabundance of instrumentals on the album. All the songs on the album with vocals are great, including an excellent cover of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." "Bass State Coma" never saw wide release, and was later re-issued in 1997 on now extinct tiny Texas Synthpop label Jarrett Records as "Liquid." For some reason, the song "Bass State Coma" was left off of "Liquid," which makes the whole thing somewhat confusing. The well-known Synthpop band Iris covered the 7R7 song "You're The Answer" on their 2003 album, "Awakening." In fact, I'd say Iris is the band that sounds the most like 7R7 of all the Synthpop bands out there right now. so, if you dig Iris, you'd love 7R7! Here's a short bio on 7R7 courtesy of Last FM:

(Seven Red Seven - back in the wilderness years of Synthpop)

From www.last.fm. :was a Synthpop band formed in the early 1990's, consisting of two Chicago natives, Mitchell Adrian & David Michael. After two releases that garnered only minor success, the pair moved on to producing albums for other acts. (E.O. Note: Seven Red Seven may have been only a minor success in the mainstream music world, but they were HUGE in the Synthpop world - especially at a time, in the early 90's, when Synthpop had all but disappeared!)

Their first album, Shelter, was released in 1991 on Speed Records. Minor hits from the album were Thinking of You and That Way Again, which both were released as singles, in 1991 and 1992, respectively. The album blended Synthpop, industrial and even some techno sounds into a sound reminiscent of bands like Cause & Effect, Cetu Javu and Anything Box. The second album - Bass State Coma, released in 1994, saw the pair moving further into an industrial/techno sound. The title track was released (in remixed form only) on the CD single Acceleration 7. The other track to see single release was Superstition, a cover of the Stevie Wonder song. (E.O. Note: This Wikipedia entry is incorrect, in that "Bass State Coma" was released on the ALBUM "Bass State Coma," which was later re-released minus that track, for some unknown reason, as "Liquid." "Bass State Coma,'"the album, is quite are, and wasn't widely released).

Seven Red Seven

(Rupesh Cartel - "Man, these hotel rooms are getting smaller everyday!")

RUPESH CARTEL - The A Different Drum Extended Singles & B-Sides: I freakin' LOVE this Synthpop duo from Sweden! Rupesh Cartel play some of the catchiest, most melodic, most downright addicting Synthpop you will ever hear in this or any other lifetime. Also, I love the vocals of Viktor Ginner - they perfectly match the music. Kudos to Maestro Todd Durrant at A Different Drum for putting these guys on his label! All three RC albums are available at www.adifferentdrum.com, with the first two albums on the ADD label, and the third and latest, "Anchor Baby" being an import. However, what I'll be featuring on this week's Dekadance aren't the RC albums themselves, but the fantastic extended mixes released by the band. I love every one of the band's extended singles, along with their fine B-Sides. What I love most about these mixes is that they all take the great original song, and make it even better with the extended mix. These RC mixes remind me of the way extended mixes used to be in the 80's, where bands would just make a more fleshed out version of the original song. With a lot of the extended mixes I hear today, most of the time you can't even recognize the original song because it's been altered so much. I HATE THAT! Thankfully, there is none of those shenanigans to worry about with these RC mixes. Great stuff! Here's a bio on the band courtesy of their MySpace page;

(Rupesh Cartel - they make such a cute couple!)

From www.myspace.com/rupeshcartel:

Nightclub Paparazzi is where you want to go if you feel like getting drunk when you are in the small town of Nyköping, Sweden. That is where Daniel Gustafsson and Viktor Ginner first spoke, a late night a few years ago. By closing time that same night they had decided to start making music together. Daniel has said that his first impression of Viktor was that he seemed nice but looked kind of geeky. As true as that may have been, they soon had a bunch of songs recorded. These first songs where the beginning of Rupesh Cartel, and some of the songs actually ended up on the debut album "Mainland" - released in April 2005. Rupesh Cartel plays dancey, thoughtful and kind of melancholic synthpop. The band released their second full-length album in 2007. The record is called 'The Disco and the What Not' and was released through Stockholm label Megahype. In early 2009 their third studio album, "Anchor Baby", will be out on Megahype and A Different Drum.

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DEKADANCE w/ E.O.

Fri: 9pm - Sat: 1am PDT

KSCU 103.3 FM

Santa Clara CA. USA

DEKADANCE is in its 25th year on KSCU!

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 10/16/09
Current mood:

drained
Category: Music

Hello Again, my Deka-Friends!

Welcome to this week's Deka-Update! Before we go any further, check this out!

ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP on www.live365.com. E.O.'s online radio station - over seven hours of music currently up - running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Here's the link!

Now, on with the Deka-Show!

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, OCT. 16th FROM 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, OCT. 17th AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

(Who wants to see Covenant? I DO!)

COVENANT - "Skyshaper" (2006 - latest studio release)/"Northern Light' (2002)/"United States Of Mind" (2000)/"Europa" (1998)/"Sequencer" (original: 1996 / reissued: 1997, 1999)/"Dreams Of A Cryotank" (debut - original: 1994 / reissued 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999): I just read online at Side-Line Magazine that the long-awaited new Covenant album, entitled "Modern Ruin," has been delayed until Spring 2010. I've included the article below. While that is a for sure a bummer, you might be cheered up by the flyer above, as Covenant will be in concert here in San Francisco this Sat, night, October 17th! So, expect some new songs to be played from the upcoming album, as well as the Covenant classics you know and love. In honor of their appearance here in the Bay Area, I'll be featuring the entire Covenant catalog on Dekadance this week! How kool is that?!! I'll say it for you right now, you're welcome!!! If you are unfamiliar with the sound of Covenant, they sound like...wait, these guys have been around a long time...if you are unfamiliar with the sound of Covenant, exit the musical cave you've been dwelling in, and go buy one or all of their albums! There, I just saved myself some typing! Here's some bio info on Covenant courtesy of Wikipeda, and that Side-Line article I mentioned:

http://www.last.fm/music/Covenant/+images/408483

(Covenant - "they always walk single file to hide their numbers")

From www.side-line.com:

Just before embarking on a mid-America West Coast teaser tour for their upcoming album, Covenant's Eskil announces via a post on the official Covenant website that their new album "Modern Ruin" will be delayed and will only see the light of day in mid-spring 2010, at the earliest. The delay has been caused by what Eskil calls "the reconstruction of the band's German label SPV". Meanwhile the band are performing new songs: "(...) I would like to take the opportunity to say thanks to our many friends around Terra Firma for the patience enduring our new songs when they are being shaped and rebound. There won't be any rewards in afterlife though as we consider afterlife most improbable as desirable. This is our time, its your time."

Covenant consisting now of Daniel Myer, Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius, will be touring the USA without Joakim. Imperative Reaction's Sam will be replacing Joakim.

From Wikipedia:

Covenant is a band from Sweden whose music comprises a mixture between electropop and electronic dance music. They have been releasing their music since the early 1990's.

(Covenant - Can you say, "Computer Love"?)

History

In the late 1970's and early 1980's, electronic music and several of its sub genres became a preferred musical style among European underground culture. It gained favor initially within major cities and eventually trickled into the continent's more socially secluded regions. This new wave of music was discovered at different instances by a group of young friends living among the shadows of Helsingborg, a scenic municipality in western Sweden. Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius, and Clas Nachmanson, three teenagers with mutual, youthful curiosities for science, philosophy, and matters of existence, were enthralled by the unique presentation and the emotional content offered through the music, specifically by that of bands such as Kraftwerk, The Human League, and by EBM pioneers Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb.

The friends carried this fascination with them to university life in Lund, a municipality lying approximately 50 kilometres (32 miles) southeast of Helsingborg. In between their academic endeavors and discussions of worldly affairs, they assembled a small recording studio in Nachmanson's bedroom and began to experiment with their own musical compositions. In 1989, the name "Covenant" was selected for the group—a name derived from the unspoken, spiritual bond the trio professes to share.

As Covenant, the three produced their first publicly-released track, "The Replicant", by invitation of Swedish record label Memento Materia. "The Replicant" was released on a compilation album in 1992, and the track thrilled label executives, prompting them to ask for a full album. In 1994, the group compiled enough songs to release the album, which became Dreams of a Cryotank. Dreams was well received by critics and fans alike, and with its success, the boyhood friends decided to take their musical efforts more seriously. They upgraded and added more equipment, relocated their studio, and committed to tour.

(believe it or not, they are in their bathing suits in this pic - hey, it's damn cold in Sweden!)

In 1995, Covenant performed at a festival in Germany upon the request of Off-Beat Records. The band impressed Off-Beat's attending A&R representative, who signed them to a record deal the following day. Excited by the prospect of broader exposure, the crew eased further away from their educational pursuits and devoted themselves to completing a new album, 1996's Sequencer.

With Sequencer, the band sought to improve upon the weaknesses they found in Dreams by combining sequencing, diverse melodies, and commanding lyrics. It became an instant classic among many observers, some of whom boldly declared it "the best electro album of the decade." It would go on to be re-released a number of times throughout the world and remains a club favorite in many settings.

Later in the year, San Francisco-based record label 21st Circuitry agreed to distribute Covenant's albums in the United States, expanding the band's reach in the process. As results, the group created the Theremin EP in 1997 specifically for an American release and started to accept tour dates throughout the US and Canada.

The trio's third full-length album, Europa, debuted in 1998. Europa carried Covenant's aggressive, often distorted brand of music into the beat-driven realm of synth pop, marking the beginning of a gradual evolution in the band's collective sound. Also in 1998, they sued the Norwegian black metal/Industrial metal band The Kovenant (then known as Covenant) for the rights to the name "Covenant", arguing that they had the name first. The Norwegian band changed their name, relenting and allowing both bands to go on with as few problems as necessary.

(Covenant - "They're too sexy for their suits...")

Covenant spent 1999 touring, changing record labels, and on the preparation of another album. Off-Beat Records went out of business, and Dependent Records was created by former Off Beat employees. Together with a few selected former Off-Beat acts, Covenant joined Dependent. In addition, Covenant was signed with SubSpace Communications in Sweden, effectively ending their tenure with Memento Materia. Meanwhile, 21st Circuitry Records ceased operations, leading the three to find a new home in America with Metropolis Records (Metropolis had bought the rights to the 21st Circuitry back catalogue). Shortly thereafter, the band's first three albums and the Theremin EP were re-issued in the US under the Metropolis label.

United States of Mind was released in 2000, and with it, Covenant's tendencies strayed further into synth pop. A stand-alone single called Der Leiermann, sung to the tune of the album track Like Tears in Rain, was a version of the German Art song of the same name, sung entirely in German (every other Covenant song has English lyrics). This song originally was a poem from Wilhelm Müller, which has been set to music by Franz Schubert as part of the poem cycle "Die Winterreise".

A live album, Synergy, was released later in the year; it featured tracks from the band's first four albums played in concert. The group continued with 2002's Northern Light, which they portrayed as having a more somber, colder sound in comparison to their earlier offerings. In another transition between labels, the European release of Northern Light was handled by Sony Music's Ka2 division rather than Dependent or Subspace.

While they continue to produce music together, Montelius and Simonsson have since taken up residence in separate countries; Montelius resides in Barcelona, Spain, and Simonsson lives in Berlin, Germany. Nachmanson remains in Helsingborg.

Covenant released its sixth studio album, Skyshaper, in March 2006 to an overall positive reception. The band toured Europe prior to the album's release and now plans to tour the United States beginning in September 2006.

In March 2007, Covenant announced that Nachmanson would not be touring with the band in 2007. His replacement will be Daniel Myer of Haujobb. In an interview with Side-Line magazine Covenant's Joakim Montelius says he is not sure if Clas will still continue with Covenant.

In October 2007, Covenant released the road movie "In Transit" on DVD. It contains material from the world tour undertaken in support of the album "Skyshaper" and documents the band's travels in Europe, North America, South America and across Russia for a period of 18 months. The band confirmed Clas' departure on the DVD documentary.

www.myspace.com/covenant - OR - www.metropolis-records.com

(Covenant's Eskil - OK ladies, begin your swooning....)

Personnel

Current members

Eskil Simonsson – lead vocals, lead composition, engineering, lyrics, production, synths

Joakim Montelius – lead lyrics, composition, production, synths, additional vocals

Daniel Myer – engineering, production, synths, additional vocals (began touring in 2007, now writing and working in the studio)

Former members

Clas Nachmanson – engineering, production, synths, additional vocals (left in 2007)

Discography

Full-length albums

Dreams of a Cryotank (December 1994)

Sequencer (May 1996; March 1997 - 2nd ed.; July 1999 - US version)

Europa (April 1998)

United States of Mind (February 2000)

Synergy (November 2000) : Live Album

Northern Light (October 2002)

Skyshaper (March 2006)

In Transit (October 2007) : Live Album

Modern Ruin (2009 - no specific release date set)

(Ladies & Gentlemen - I present the great Jarkko Tuohimaa of Neuroactive)

NEUROACTIVE - The A Different Drum Singles: Finland's Neuroactive has been a musical staple on Dekadance for many years now. Neuroactive is really the musical alter ego of Jarkko Tuohimaa, who is the handsome lad pictured above and below. Jarkko knows his way around a synthesizer, that's for damn sure! He has written some of the most memorable Synthpop of the last ten years, and beyond. For two albums, 1999's "Fiber-Optic Rhythm," and 2001's "Transients," Jarkko worked with a man who I think has one of the finest voices in Synthpop, a kool kat named Kimmo Karjalainen. Kimmo's vocals were, in a word, awesome. I still listen to those two albums all the time. The earlier Neuroactive stuff had a darker, EBM vibe to them, thanks to the fine other vocalist that Jarkko worked with, a man named Vesa Rainne. Unfortunately, both Vesa and Kimmo left Neuroactive, so for the last two albums, 2005's "N-Gin"and the new CD "Antidote," Jarkko has worked with a variety of the best vocalists in the world of Synthpop. To me, Neuroactive has been up there among the best bands in Synthpop for many years now, and I HIGHLY recommend you check out/pick up their releases. Besides being a master musician, Jarkko is also a nice guy. While I haven't met him face to face, as he lives in Finland and I live in California, I have communicated with him several times via email. Plus, we are both Scandinavian, so that automatically makes us Scanda-homie blood bros! Many of these Neuroactive singles from the A Different Drum label are out of print, but some may still be available - all the albums can be found at A Different Drum. Here's a bio on Neuroactive courtesy of the band website, listed below:

(Jarkko of Neuroactive - watch out! he's using ultrasonics!)

From www.elisanet.fi/neuroactive:

Neuroactive is one of the most successful Finnish technopop bands on the international scene. Neuroactive was formed in 1991 by J. Tuohimaa, V. Rainne and V. Brusi. Neuroactive had their first record deal with Cyberware Productions in 1994 which lead to their first release "Morphology" within the same year. The most successful tracks on that album were "Obsession", "Tension" and "Burning". The first album was mainly influenced by electro and industrial techno and most of the tracks were taken from old demos which were made during the band's early days. In 1995 Neuroactive released the EP "Neuron". It got very positive feedback from European press and audience.

1996 was year when Neuroactive didn't release any albums nor singles. Most of the year was spent remixing, gigging and preparing a video for "Space Divider", which was the song most radios and clubs picked up for their playlists. In 1997 this video won the 2nd prize in the Finnish national TV's JYRKI (MuchMusic Finland) music program in the category of "The Best Finnish Debut Video Of The Year". The highly acclaimed second album "Phonic Trace" was released in 1997. It included hits like "Space Divider", "Surface" and "Shapeless". It introduced a new, pure electronic sound, matched with some catchy synth hooks and more melodic vocals. "Phonic Trace" established Neuroactive in the Scandinavian synth-pop fore front. In 1998, the American audience raised their interest in Neuroactive.

dramatic line-up changes

Shortly after the release of "Phonic Trace" two members of the band, V. Rainne and V. Brusi, left from Neuroactive. J. Tuohimaa decided to continue Neuroactive by himself. At first he thought about making the next album in the drum and bass/jungle vein with guest vocalists and mostly instrumental tracks, but future showed a new direction...

At the beginning of 1998 J. Tuohimaa requested K. Karjalainen (of [Active] Media Disease) to sing a track called "Parallel" which led to a mutual understanding to create an album more in the synthpop territory. They were so satisfied with the results that they decided to continue in co-operation. The current line-up is K. Karjalainen on vocals and lyrics, and J. Tuohimaa on programming and composing. This co-operation breeded the "Parallel Lifeforms" CDM. In the summer of 1998 the "Phonic Trace" CD was licensed to America by a label called A Different Drum. After a few months Neuroactive decided to move entirely onto A Different Drum. The "Parallel Lifeforms" CD single was released on A Different Drum in November of 1998. It has received very positive feedback from the American press.

new album, new style

The third full length CD, "Fiber-Optic Rhythm", was released in March 1999. It reveals Neuroactive's new blend of techno-pop and electronica styles. It has new variable song structures and also guest vocalist MIDIHEAD from Monolithic and Geoff Pinckney from The Nine.

Compilations and Remixes

Neuroactive has participated on more than twenty compilations all over the world: Cyberl@b, 5-years of electronic tears, Risen, Electrauma 3 and Neo-Industrial Resistance, to mention a few. The main goal has been to make exclusive remixes or whole new tracks for each compilation release. Therefore there is plans to release sort of back catalogue from the past compilation remixes called "Compiled". Neuroactive has also remixed other electro/Synth-pop bands like Blue October, Aghast View, Aiboforcen!, The Nine, Brave New World, and more.

Neuroactive turns techno-pop

"Today I see my music has gone through an evolution, from my own version of EBM through some ambient techno to today's Techno Pop. Today there are some influences from great artists of Drum and Bass or Goa Trance, but mainly my music just stays inside the term of "Techno Pop". I'm trying to get away from the EBM label in my music. As music has to be labeled to listeners - I think Techno Pop includes enough variety for me to move.." - J. Tuohimaa.

All of Neuroactive's music is created in their own recording studio "Soundwave 2000" (previously called Neuronaut Studio). Most of the sounds are created with old mono analogue or analogue modeled synthesizers. Neuroactive's favourite synthesizers are the Korg MS-20, Sequential Pro-One, and Roland JP-8000. Drum sounds are created with samplers and processed with the computer.

"Fiber-Optic Rhythm" is licensed to Cyberware Productions in Europe and to Out of Line in Germany.

(Jarkko ponders the future of humanity)

The Tour

Neuroactive toured in USA summer 2000. Successful USA Summer Synth-pop Tour included tour dates:
May 25th in New York City NY at Lions Den, May 28th in Washington DC at The Black Cat, May 31st in Northampton MA at Club Metro, June 1st in Philadelphia PA at Newmarket Cabaret, June 4th in Chicago IL at Club Neo. Bands that joined Neuroactive for Summer Synth-pop Tour were: Iris, Echoing Green, Cosmicity, Faith Assembly, Neuropa, B! Machine, Count to Infinity.

A Different Drum (USA) / Cyberware Productions (Europe) has released a limited edition 2 CD (22 tracks) called "Neurology (1994-2000)" that takes all of the Neuroactive remixes that were made especially for compilation CD's in the past and will put them nicely in one place for old and new fans. This release includes material from the band's early days until the present. "Neurology (1994-2000)" is released 23rd of December 2000.

Another interesting release series is coming from A Different Drum which is called "A Different Mix Vol. 3". This third sequel will introduce Neuroactive's remix work on various interesting A Different Drum bands tracks (Alphaville, Iris, B!Machine, etc.) . Out now...

Brand new album from Neuroactive "Transients" was released November 6th 2001 from A Different Drum. Musical style and sound remains unique to all Neuroactive releases. With this release Neuroactive introduces slightly softer side of their work but still includes some floor fillers like: "Play" and "Wonders of the world".

Next album N-GIN

Neuroactive has finally mastered new electro album: "N-Gin". One of the reasons album was delayed were 'cos during the process of "N-Gin" Soundwave 2000 studio was moved to new location and made new acoustics. Album will include guest singers: Viktor Ginner from Rupesh Cartel, Carlene Bachman from Blind Faith And Envy, Kristy Venrick from The Azoic, Nate Nicoll from B!Machine and Kirk Taylor from The Dignity Of Labour. New album will sound more harder and more electronic than ever before...

"This album has been hard release to finish. There has been tons of material made for this album, but only fraction made into the final release."
-J. Tuohimaa

The album should surprise fans a bit with a slightly different twist. New album will introduce band in more faster tempo Techno-Trance-vibe with slight blend of synth-pop melodies. Most of the material is upbeat and therefore more club friendly than previous release. Unfortunately Kimmo (Vocalist on last 2 albums) left Neuroactive shortly after "Transients". Check out sample track "New Sensation" on audio page. Track was also released on Alfa Matrix compilation Cyberlab 4.

www.myspace.com/neuroactive -OR- www.adifferentdrum.com

(Neuroactive -"Antidote" - front cover)

Discography

Albums

Morphology (1994)

Phonic Trace (1997)

Fiber-Optic Rhythm (1999)

Neurology 1994-2000 (2000)

Transients (2001)

N-gin (2005)

Antidote (2009)

(Active Media Disease - "Organic" - front cover)

(ACTIVE) MEDIA DISEASE - "Organic" (2000 debut [and only] release - out of print): First of all, I gotta thank my pal Tommy T of the DSBP label (www.dsbp.cx), who actually had a new, sealed copy of this very hard to find CD that I picked up from him recently. Thanks Bro! You remember me talking about the fantastic vocalist Kimmo Karjalainen in the Neuroactive segment above? Well, he was also in a band called (Active) Media Disease, which I will also be featuring on this week's Deka-Show. AMD put out only one release, the excellent album "Organic," before deciding to call it a day. The sound of "Organic" is in a similar Synthpop musical vein as Neuroactive, but with a harder-edged, more aggressive approach on some tracks on the first half of the album. Some other tracks on the CD, particularly the second half, are mellower and more Synthpop in style. Kimmo's amazing voice shines throughout the album, which, when combined with the great music, makes it a must-have CD for your collection - if you can find it, that is! Here's a little blurb I found from VP Teittinen, one of the members of AMD. Unfortunately, there isn't much info on the web about AMD - but at least we have the music, right? Enjoy!

(Active Media Disease - "Organic" - back cover)

From www.last.fm.com:

(Active) Media Disease released the album “Organic” in the USA in, I think 1997, and after the record company Interbeat kinda vanished, the band did the same. Actually I guess there were two egoistic artists in the band and sometimes that’s one (or two) too many, so we decided to call it quits and continue making music within other projects.

Kimmo Karjalainen went on to write lyrics and sing for Neuroactive on several albums, while I explored new territories under the project name “Devotional”. You can listen to some of my stuff at myspace.com/devotionalweb

I also created a MySpace page for some Media Disease remixes I made that never got published, you can check ‘em out at myspace.com/activemediadisease

Music never dies, it just gets older and weirder. ;D

Take care! - vp teittinen, ex-md member.

www.myspace.com/amdunofficial

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Sunday, October 04, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 10/9/09
Current mood:

busy
Category: Music

Good To See You Again - Welcome Back....

To yet another Deka-Update. It's back to the Elektro/Synthpop on this week's Deka-Show, after last week's foray into Gothic Metal. Before we go into all that, be sure to check out my internet radio station, which is called ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP, at www.live365.com. I have over seven hours of music on there now for you to enjoy! Tell a friend! Here's the link:

Now, on with the Features....

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, OCT. 9th FROM 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, OCT. 10th AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

A NAME & A NUMBER FEATURE!!! (Band's with a number in their name - get it?!!)

(Cesium_137 - they'd like to ask you a few questions...)

CESIUM_137 - "Identity" (new release)/"Proof Of Life" (2007 release)/"Intelligent Design" (2006 release)/"Elemental" (2004 release): The new album by this excellent duo is due to come out on Tues, Oct. 6th. I'm hoping I will have received it in time for Friday night's show, but you know how the mail is these days. In case I don't, as a back up plan, I will play SEVEN RED SEVEN and CODE 64 in place of CESIUM_137. If I receive the new CESIUM CD in time, then Cesium will be featured. The sound of Cesium_137 is a mix of Elektro/Synthpop/Futurepop with Trance overtones sprinkled liberally throughout. Add in vocalist Isaac Glendening's distinctive vocals, and you have, in a nutshell, the Cesium sound. These guys have really grown by leaps and bounds musically from their first Industrial-style release in 2001, entitled "Advanced/Decay." With each new release, the band further refines and advances their sound, which is all you can really ask for in a band, isn't it? So, let's hope I receive the new Cesium album in time, and can feature it for you on Friday's show. Here's a bio on Cesium_137 courtesy of Metropolis:

(Cesium_137 - find the sharpest angle - end of the building, or Isaac's hair!)

From www.metropolis-records.com:

Isaac Glendening and Matthew Cargil formed Cesium_137 in 1998. Experimenting with various forms of dance music and making an effort to generate new tones within their compositions, the duo began performing at various underground nightspots in their native Philadelphia area. They were uninterested in becoming grouped into the emerging "rhythmic noise" scene, and sought inspiration in classical forms of song structure while maintaining their passion for original sounds. Finding a common interest in progressive electronic music, and pop song structures, Cesium_137 put together a cassette demo for Tom Shear of Assemblage 23, and later recorded a demo Shear produced. This demo, The Art of Controlling and Composing, brought Cesium_137 much success. Their hit song, "Language Without Lies," played on underground radio stations and at night clubs all over the world.

Soon afterwards Vincent Guzzardo joined the duo as a live drummer, bringing a raw enthusiasm for synthpop and EBM, as well as an intimate knowledge of chord progression to their music. They began recording a full-length album with a self-release in mind at West Orange Laboratories and began working with Producer Daniel Kesserich. While recording the album, they caught the attention of Tonedeaf Records, who signed them to release the debut, Advanced/Decay. Their first single, "The Fall," became a dance floor hit. Comprised of remixes by several underground artists, this single took them back to Tom Shear with his remix of "Language without Lies." That song, and "The Fall (edit)" made Side-Line magazine dub their music "a revelation" in the field of EBM.

Advanced/Decay took various elements of the old school EBM and synthpop masters and fused it with projections of the future of electro pop. The disc was Cesium_137's first step into the professional arena and was incredibly popular in the underground Electro/Goth scene. Following that release and many compilation appearances, Tonedeaf Records released their second single, "Regrets." Unfortunately, following that single was the attack on September 11th which led Matt Cargil to join the U.S. Navy.

(Cesium_137 - live & direct!)

Following this loss, preparation began for the next album that not only embraced the band's enthusiasm for trance and synthpop but employed unique sound structures to create a more original sound. The band worked only with notable producers and engineers to ensure quality and to give the band access to a larger variety of tone generation source production options. While more than half of 2004's album Elemental was produced by Cesium_137, the remainder was produced in conjunction with Soundwave2000 Studios in Finland, Danse Macabre Studios Germany, and with their favorite new media Composer, Andreas Meyer (aka Forma Tadre). Cesium_137 also worked on a few mixes at the infamous Studio Crash! with dance music guru and friend Dave Falciani. Each member of the associated team has a background in classical music study, and contemporary electronic music production, bringing a true understanding of song structure in each fold of the production process. Simply put, Elemental was the dream Cesium_137 conjured into reality. It is a perfect synthesis of classic pop song structures, emotive vocals, and hard dance music grafted into one form. Several months later, the Luminous EP was released, featuring remixes by such bands as Imperative Reaction, Haujobb, Flesh Field, and Sweep, as well as four brand new tracks and a multi-media mini movie for the song "The Weakener."

The band began working on their next album, Intelligent Design, during the course of 2005. To tide fans over until it was completed, Cesium_137 released the digital only single, Hollow. Since their humble inception, Cesium_137 hasn't been afraid to experiment with different ideas. With the release of their third album in 2006, Intelligent Design, this evolution had never been more apparent.

While still maintaining their electronic body music roots, Cesium_137 has continued to embrace other electronic dance music genres in order to forge a fresh sound and keep the dance-floors busy. For the duo’s 2007 album, Proof Of Life, they enlisted the talents of accomplished electronic musician/producer Paul J. Geissinger (aka Starkey) for the vocal production elements and drastically changed their mix studio to open up fresh and innovative (analog) avenues of aural manipulation. The evolution of this new sound focuses on Cesium_137’s classical music tendencies as well as their rampant technophilia. Proof Of Life gave thirteen reasons why Cesium_137 is one of the front runners in the trance-pop genre. Prior to the release of the album, the duo released a digital only single for Flight.

In February 2009, Metropolis Records released the out of print The Fall (Version 2) EP as a digital only release. Advanced/Decay (Version 2 Extended) was also released digitally on March 31, 2009. For October, the band is set to unleash their newest album, Identity. Never an act to stagnate musically, Identity finds the band once again pushing the boundaries of electronic music. Seamlessly combining EBM, pop, and trance has been Cesium_137’s modus operandi since its inception, and it quickly becomes evident that they have once again hit their mark. From the opening notes of “Embers,” Identity proves to be harder, darker, and more driving than any of C137’s previous works, while still delivering the melodies that have become their signature sound.

Cesium_137 is named after a radioactive isotope of caesium. It continues a tradition in industrial music of incorporating a number in the band name, which became popular after the example of Front 242. It also continues the narrower tradition in industrial music of adopting the name of an isotope as the band name, as with Carbon 12 and Front 242 offshoot Cobalt 60. www.myspace.com/cesium137
Discography
Studio Albums
Advanced/Decay (2001)
Elemental (2004)
Intelligent Design (2006)
Proof of Life (2007)
Identity (2009)

(Colony 5 - why, oh why, did we glue our cheeks to this wall?!!)

COLONY 5 - "Buried Again" (2008 import - latest release)/"Fixed" (2005 import release)/"Structures" (2003 import release)/"Lifeline" (2002 debut release): Colony 5 is an awesome Elektro/Synthpop duo from Sweden. They play an ultra-melodic style of Synthpop, with some harder Elektro overtones thrown in as of late, particularly on their latest, the 2008 import "Buried Again." Colony 5 are right up their with Synthpop genre leaders De/Vision and Camouflage in both songwriting and production skills. Vocalist P-O Svensson has a great voice, and the keys and programming by Magnus Kalnins are superb. I have never heard a bad track from these guys. If you are a fan of modern Synthpop, you should go out and immediately purchase every release by Colony 5. That is not only a recommendation, it is a command! Here's some bio info on Colony 5 from various sources:

(Colony 5 - is that the bar way over there?)

From www.colony5.com & www.myspace.com/weseekcolony5:

And a new album was announced despite several rumors of Colony 5 splitting up or not releasing anything else. It was planned for early that year but this fourth album being their uncompromising, fun album they continued working on it until November and set a early 2008 release date instead. The new single “Knives” is being released inside 2007 though. And it's promising an album with heavier sounds, dirtier sound and less commercial melodies, but with the ever present soul of C5 always being there.
Colony 5 also changes their Germany/Austria/Switzerland record company, signing a deal with Infacted Recordings. They also work closely with Epicentre Booking for their shows in mainly Germany.

2006
2006 is a silent year, the only release is ReFixed which is the FIXED album remixed by Amplifier straight through.
Colony 5 also did not perform so much this year, playing only Arvikafestivalen and some gigs around Norway, Denmark and Germany.

2005
Colony 5 has now been a duo for over a year and now it's time for the first real release. The first single "Plastic World" was unleashed in Feb/March, it is taken from the album FIXED which is then released the 18th of April worldwide.
It is a more diverse album than before still within the regulated formula we've worked with since the very beginning of Colony 5. It's dance floor friendly, melodic and emotional.
This time Colony 5 wins a SAMA award for best song with "Plastic World."

2004
2004 was a good year for Colony 5 despite only releasing a singles collection "Colonisation" featuring three new songs (the single was supposed to be a double A-side called "Fate/Accelerate" with Science as a B-side but they opted to released it exclusively on "Colonisation".
They also visited some new countries (Russia and Mexico for example) but kept the amount of gigs down to focus on the new album. But the work put in to C5 in 2004 didn't become visible until the beginning of 2005 when the release of the new single "Plastic World" and the album �FIXED�.
Colony 5 also shot a video for "Plastic World" as a low budget but humorous minimalistic adventure. Colony 5 again got nominated for a SAMA award, this time looses out to Statemachine

2003
On the 31st of March Colony 5 releases their new single "Black" with three new songs on it. It's followed by the second album "Structures" on the 19th of May. On the album there is also a video for the song "Black" that got some respectable air-time on Onyx.tv

Colony 5 are also nominated at SAMA as Best Newcomer, but sadly looses to Melody Club.

During the summer Colony 5 plays the big festivals, Arvikafestivalen, Wave Gotik Treffen and M'era Luna. They also appear on the NBC Giga channel as special guests and did an interview for the program Starsearch on Onyx.tv

The fall is time for more production and a much needed vacation for all. Sadly it also becomes more than a vacation for Johan who leaves the band 1. Nov.

P-O and Kalnins keep the name and work on.

2002
Colony 5 releases their first own CD in the form of the EP "Colony 5" followed by the full length CD "Lifeline".

In the summer of 2002 Magnus Kalnins joins the band and C5 releases the second single, Follow Your Heart, with three brand new songs.

2001
Johan Nilsson joins the band in March. In April C5 performs live in a contest called "Quest for Fame". Most of the demo synthbands from Sweden participates in the contest and Colony 5 ends up at second place right after Michigan.

In July C5 appears with the song "Stay young" on the Compilation Monument 7 (released by Powerspot / Memento Materia)

In August Magnus Löfdahl leaves the band.

2000
C5 appears with the song "Liquid Love" on two compilations: Monument 6 (released by Powerspot / Memento Materia) and Shadow Dancing released by A Different Drum.

1999
Colony 5 is founded by P-O Svensson and Magnus Löfdahl in March.
The whole project is more of a hobby than a serious music band, and the music is more or less influenced by synthpop. After a while the music changes and the sound becomes harder and faster.

From Wikipedia:

Colony 5 is a Swedish Futurepop/synthpop/EBM band founded in March 1999. P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with Magnus Löfdahl. The music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent. They have toured through Europe - Denmark, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Estonia as well as the United States, and Mexico.

The band's name is a reference to a location mentioned in the second Star Trek episode, Charlie X.

Following a performance at the Quest for Fame contest (they came second), they began recording their first EP, Colony 5, and their first full CD, Lifeline. they released their second single, "Follow Your Heart", then in 2003, the single "Black," and the album Structures, which was featured on NBC Giga. Their output slowed in 2004 and 2005, as they toured eastern Europe. They released a collection of singles called Colonisation and a new album in 2005, Fixed.

The band came in second at the "Quest for Fame" competition and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" at the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2005. And again for Best Band and Best Song (Plastic World) at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2006 which they won.

On December 14 2007 Colony 5 released the first single from their, then upcoming full length album, Buried Again.. The "Knives" MCD showed off a harder sound as a first taste of what the album would sound like. Buried Again was released in February 2008 on Memento Materia for Scandinavia, Infacted for Germany and ArtOfFact in the USA.

Colony 5 is currently working on a new album.

Members

P-O Svensson (1999 –)

Magnus Löfdahl (1999 – 2001)

Johan Nilsson (2001 – 2003)

Magnus Kalnins (2002 –)

Discography

Albums

Lifeline – 2002

Structures – 2003

Colonisation – 2004 (Best of)

FIXED – 2005

ReFixed – 2005 (FIXED remixed by Amplifier)

Buried Again – 2008

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Monday, September 28, 2009

Forgot To Include 69 Eyes SF tour date in latest Deka-Update
Current mood:

distractable
Category: Music

The 69 Eyes on tour:

05.10.2009

Bottom of the Hill

San Francisco, CA, USA + The Becoming + Dommin

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 10/2/09
Current mood:

rockin
Category: Music

Greetings to you lovers of all things Deka....

First, I want to thank those of who have been checking out my month-old Internet radio station, ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP, at www.live365.com. I now have 7 hours of music up on my station! Many of you have chosen my station as a preset, several have picked it as a favorite, and a few of you have become VIP's. That's great! Keep it up! Please tell a friend about it! Here's the link: http://www.live365.com/stations/dekadancer?play. Now, here's this week's Features! Just a heads up beforehand - I'll be throwing you all a bit of a "musical curve-ball" on this week's show. Hey, gotta keep you on your toes! Remember, variety is the spice of life....

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, OCT. 2nd FROM 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, OCT. 3rd AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

GOTHIC METAL NIGHT!!!

(The 69 Eyes - your mom would like them....)

THE 69 EYES - "Back In Blood" (new release)/"Angels/Devils" (2007 limited edition 2 CD + DVD set)/"Paris Kills" (2002 release)/"Blessed Be" (2000 release): I've featured these "Helsinki Vampires" on Dekadance before, and now I have reason to feature them again with the release of their brand new album, "Back In Blood." They have toned down the keyboards somewhat with this new release, but the band's patented "Goth-N-Roll" is still in full effect. If you are unfamiliar with these Finnish masters of musical mayhem, fans of bands like Sisters Of Mercy, or of their better known fellow countrymen HIM, would dig The 69 Eyes. The Eyes started out as a kind of Glam Metal band, but now they play a very catchy hybrid brand of Goth/Rock/Metal, with enough rhythmic edge and melodic hooks to appeal to just about any modern music fan. The change in musical direction started with the 2000 release "Blessed Be." Since I don't like the early style of music the band played, I won't be playing any of their releases before 2000. While The Eyes are much bigger in Europe than here in the States, they have picked up a pretty sizeable following now here as well. In fact, they are playing here in SF on . Here's a bio on The 69 Eyes courtesy of Wikipedia:

(The 69 Eyes - "table for five please...")

The 69 Eyes are a Gold selling Finnish rock band. They are currently signed to EMI Finland. The band's albums are now distributed worldwide. The End Records acts as the band's official North American distributor, as Nuclear Blast Records provides distribution in Mainland Europe, Ireland and the UK. Australia will be handled by AmpHead Music. All Asia and Latin America releases are handled by EMI affiliates.

Music style

The 69 Eyes' music was described as mix of the gloominess of gothic rock with guitar-powered rock'n'roll. Their music is influenced by other artists such as The Doors, Elvis Presley, Hanoi Rocks, Billy Idol, and The Sisters of Mercy as well as vampire films and literature. The term "Goth 'n roll" is used by fans to describe their style.

Band history

1989 - 1999

Formed by a group of friends in the bars of Helsinki, Finland in the summer of 1989, a nod to illustrate the band's tight-knit friendship is that the lineup has stayed the same since creation. The band originally played glam metal inspired music, different from their current gothic rock style.

The band released their first 7 inch EP, "Sugarman", in 1990, followed by another 7 inch, "Barbarella" in 1991. These releases paved the way for the bands first album Bump 'n' Grind released in 1992 which contained some re-recorded versions of songs from the first 2 EP. This same year, the band released their final 2 7 inch EP's, titled "Juicy Lucy" and "High Times Low Lives". In 1994 through a Japanese Label the band's second CD release was unreleased, the compilation album "Motor City Resurrection". It has since been re-released with 8 bonus tracks worldwide. Though this release featured no new songs, it collected the majority of the bands early material and contributions to other compilations. It was followed in 1995 by Savage Garden which featured Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy on the track "Wild Talk". Also released during this time were 2 VHS tapes "Motor City Resurrection" and "Savage Tales" available only through the band's self-run fanclub which are seen rarely, if ever for sale online. In 1997, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, which fans generally mark as the last "glam" album before the milestone success of 1999's Goth rock infused, Wasting the Dawn which was released internationally on Roadrunner Records and marked the band's major label debut. The album's hit single, the title track Wasting the Dawn lyrically paid tribute to The Doors' Jim Morrison and was released as a digipack CD, which is now a rare find for fans of the band. Jyrki 69 developed a concept video for this track which featured long-time friend and collaborator HIM member Ville Valo posing at a snowy cemetery as the ghost of Jim Morrison. This video was released on VHS in Finland featuring a behind the scenes feature, both the video and feature were later added as extras on the Helsinki Vampires DVD.

2000 - 2002

Spring of 2000 brought the single Gothic Girl which spent months on the Singles Top 10 and on Finnish nation radio playlists. It brought the band their first gold record. After recording their sixth studio album, Blessed Be, the band did their first short tour for Wasting the Dawn in Germany which included a show at the M'era Luna Festival. Support for the tour was Norwegian rock band Zeromancer.

Released in September 2000, Blessed Be rose straight to number 4 on the Finnish Album Charts and stayed in the top 10 for over a month. The second single was Brandon Lee, the third was The Chair and Stolen Season was the fourth. Videos were filmed for the first 3 singles.

In 2002 the band released Paris Kills, which would be known as their breakthrough album. It stayed for weeks as number 1 in Finland and went gold in a month, June 2002. In Germany it rose to number 35 in the first week. After touring Europe and Finland for months, a sold-out show at Helsinki's famous Tavastia Club was filmed and documented in November for use in the "Helsinki Vampires" DVD.

(The 69 Eyes - They went as a Finnish Goth/Metal band for Halloween)

2003 - present

At the end of 2003, The 69 Eyes were signed to EMI Finland, as they geared up to record their highly successful Devils album. The well-timed "Lost Boys" single was released in Finland at this time, paying homage to the film of the same name as anticipation for the full length album grew.

2004 saw the release of Devils, their 8th album, to which they toured the UK in support of Wednesday 13. Once again the album was number one in their native Finland and reached gold in a month. It was their first release on a big major label Virgin/EMI. Released in their native Finland in October 2004 later on in Europe through Virgin/EMI and in October 2005 in USA through 456 Entertainment it is also their 4th album to reach gold status and again another number one position on the Finnish TOP 40 album charts.

In 2005 The 69 Eyes played nearly one hundred shows around the world in fifteen countries, from Mexico to Japan. Devils was also released in the USA. The band filmed their video for their biggest ever hit single "Lost Boys" in Hollywood and the Philadelphia area, directed by the band's friend and MTV superstar Bam Margera.

In 2006, The 69 Eyes toured for the first time in the USA in March with Program The Dead & Damone, appearing on Last Call with Carson Daly. Their new album Angels, the sequel to their 2004 album Devils, was released in March 2007. Shortly after their Early 2007 tour with Cradle of Filth & 3 Inches Of Blood. Their latest album Angels was released on the 25th of June 2007 in the UK. The first single from the album is "Perfect skin" which went straight to number 1 on the Finnish singles chart. The second single is "Never Say Die". Angels debuted at number 1 in Finland and has since gone gold.

The band did a summer 2007 US tour with Wednesday 13, Night Kills The Day, & Fair To Midland, and supported Within Temptation on tour in the UK in November. They played 125 shows world wide in 2007.

In 2008 they released their first live album titled The 69 Eyes: Hollywood Kills. The album was recorded at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood in March of 2006.

The band began 2009 by touring in Europe as a part of Hellhounds Fest with Tiamat and Ava Inferi. The band started recording their tenth studio album with Grammy award winning producer Matt Hyde. He is most known from his works with Slayer, Monster Magnet and Fu Manchu. The recording process took place both in Helsinki and Los Angeles. The new album has been titled Back in Blood will be released on the 28th of August in Europe and the 15th of September in the USA. In early June, Bam Margera directed the music video for the first single from the album, "Dead Girls Are Easy." The video premiered on playboy.com on 17 of July 2009. The 69 Eyes also toured Australia for the first time in mid June, playing in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. www.69eyes.com

(The 69 Eyes - the "Helsinki Vampires" have come for your soul!)

Discography

Studio Albums

Bump 'n' Grind (1992)

Motor City Resurrection (1994)

Savage Garden (1995)

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1997)

Wasting the Dawn (1999)

Blessed Be (2000)

Paris Kills (2002)

Devils (2004)

Angels (2007)

Back in Blood (2009)

(UnSun - "The End Of Life" front cover)

UNSUN - "The End Of Life" (2008 debut release): I've featured this recent debut release by this fine Polish band just once before here on Dekadance, but it's such a good album, I thought this week would be a good time to spin it again. UnSun combine Metal guitar, Goth keyboard atmospherics, and the heavenly vocals of the quite lovely to look at vocalist Aya. Sometimes Aya's Polish accent slips out when she sings, but that just adds to her allure in my book. The musical mastermind in UnSun is Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz, who is also in the much heavier, and much better known, Metal band Vader. With UnSun, Mauser combines Goth melodicism with a nice "edge" of Metallic heaviness. The sonic mix of the band has a broad-ranging appeal that just about any fan of dark music can enjoy. Here is a bio on UnSun courtesy of Wikipedia, along with a few enticing photos of vocalist Aya for you to enjoy.

(UnSun's vocalist Aya - just out walkin' her hellhounds)

UnSun is a Polish Gothic Metal band formed by guitarist Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz of death metal band Vader. Their debut album, entitled The End of Life, was released on September 22, 2008 by Century Media.

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(UnSun's vocalist Aya - I think I'm in love....)

Biography

The band was originally founded by Polish guitarist Mauser of the death metal band Vader, with Aya as vocalist. Originally named Unseen, they later changed their name to UnSun to reflect their blending of death metal influences and melodic vocals. Mauser and Aya decided that they would like to continue this project and added additional musicians to complete the group. In 2007, the group was signed with Mystic Production. Their debut album, "The End of Life," was recorded at Studio-X in 2008, and released worldwide through Century Media Records. www.myspace.com/unsunmusic

(UnSun's Aya - I think I'm MORE in love....)

Members

Annelyse "Aya" Stefanowicz - vocals

Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz - guitar (ex-Vader

Wawrzyniec "Vaaver" Dramowicz - drums (also Indukti)

Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha - bass guitar (also Vesania)

(UnSun - straight outta Poland, baby!)

Discography

The End of Life (September 22, 2008)

(Delain - "April Rain" cover)

DELAIN - "April Rain" (new release)/"Lucidity" (2006 debut release): This Dutch Symphonic Goth/Metal band was started by keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, who used to be in the well-known Dutch Symphonic Goth/Metal band Within Temptation. In fact, Martijn's brother Robert is still in Within Temptation, and is not only the musical force behind that band, but also has two children with the very lovely vocalist for Within Temptation, Sharon den Adel. Not that Delain doesn't have an incredibly beautiful and talented vocalist of their own in Charlotte Wessels, who is pictured below. Guitarist Ronald Landa also provides accompanying male vocals on some tracks. Delain is a fine group that could easily become one of the top bands in the now burgeoning Symphonic Goth/Metal scene. I say that due to the fact that Delain avoid some of the over-the-top pitfalls that a lot of similar bands fall into. Usually, I like long tracks by a band, EXCEPT in this genre, where I actually prefer shorter songs. Why? Because a lot of Symphonic Goth/Metal bands, when they do write a long song, which is fairly often, tend to go on WAY too long. While I dig the Finnish Band Nightwish, they have a song on their latest studio release that clocks in around 15 minutes long, or something like that - which just becomes way too damn ponderous and grandiose even for me. Delain seem to, for the most part, avoid that - particularly on the new album "April Rain." The songs on that album are fairly short and to the point, and don't meander all over the damn place. That should make their songs more palatable to radio - if only mainstream radio would play a band like Delain, which of course they won't, because mainstream radio in the U.S. SUCKS! That's is, of course, where shows like mine come in, thank you very much. Here's a bio on Delain courtesy of Wikipedia:

(Delain - they like to party, they like to disco....)

Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band. The band was founded by the ex-keyboardist of Within Temptation, Martijn Westerholt.

(Delain vocalist Charlotte Wessels - I feel I'm caught in "Charlotte's Web" - and I like it! )

Biography

Delain was founded by Martijn Westerholt, the ex-keyboardist and brother of one the founders of Within Temptation, Robert Westerholt. He left Within Temptation in 2001 when he suffered from Pfeiffer's disease. He started Delain in 2002. The band started recording the debut album in July 2005, after they had signed a contract with Roadrunner Records.

The band consists of Martijn Westerholt (keyboard) and Charlotte Wessels (vocals). Furthermore, the live band consists of Ronald Landa (growling and guitar), Rob van der Loo (bass), and Sander Zoer (drums).

For their first album Lucidity they invited several well known musicians: Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot (bass, vocals), Liv Kristine from Leaves' Eyes (vocals), Ariën van Weesenbeek from ex-God Dethroned, Epica (drums), Ad Sluijter from ex-Epica (guitar), George Oosthoek (growling) and Guus Eikens, both former members of Orphanage, Sharon Den Adel from Within Temptation (vocals) and Jan Yrlund from Imperia (guitar).

Delain's first album Lucidity was to be released April 2006, but was first postponed to the end May and after that to 21 August before it was finally released on 4 September. Samples of their music have been released on their website, and full versions of the songs Sleepwalker's Dream and The Gathering, as well as the music video for the song Frozen. From Lucidity they released the singles Frozen, See Me In Shadow and The Gathering, the last one being a download-only single.

At the end of 2007 Delain stated that they intend to release a second album in 2008, so far, the band has begun playing two new songs live: "Stay Forever" & "Start Swimming". In November 2008, it was announced on their official website that the new album, April Rain, would be released on February 9th, 2009. Also, they played a new song on Dutch television called I'll Reach You. This turned out to be a different version of the song than would appear on the forthcoming album.

Since then, the release date of April Rain has been pushed back to March 30, 2009, to coincide with foreign release dates. The first single from the album was the title track April Rain. www.myspace.com/delainmusic

("Lucidity" cover)

Members

Charlotte Wessels - vocals

Ronald Landa - guitars and vocals

Rob van der Loo - Bass

Sander Zoer - drums

Martijn Westerholt - keyboards

Discography

Albums

Lucidity - 2006

April Rain - 2009

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DEKADANCE w/ E.O.

Fri: 9pm - Sat: 1am PDT

KSCU 103.3 FM

Santa Clara CA. USA

Dekadance is in its 25th year on KSCU!

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Fri 9/25 On KSCU: E.O. Filling In 7-9pm - Then Dekadance Starts @ 9pm
Current mood:

adventurous
Category: Music

Hey D-Dancers,

Wanted to let you know that I'll be doing SIX HOURS of Dekadance radio love tomorrow, Fri.9/25, on KSCU. I'll be filling in for DJ Clev (who has the flu) from 7-9pm, and then Dekadance starts right after at its usual time of 9pm. You already know I'll be featuring PERFIDIOUS WORDS, PANDIQUE, and SERO.OVERDOSE on Dekadance tomorrow night, here's who I'll be featuring from tomorrow 7-9pm:

EURO ONE ALBUM WONDERS!

I'll be featuring 4 bands from Europe; two from Germany, one from Poland, and one from France...

All four bands have released just one great album, and then disappeared....

SEA OF SIN - "Urban Chemistry" (2000): An earlier out-of-print version of this album, entitled "Watch Out!" was released in 1995 on a small German label, now deceased, called Subtronic Records. Seven of the songs on "Watch Out!" are on "Urban Chemistry," so I still count it as only one album. If you like Camouflage, you'll LOVE Sea Of Sin! 3 of the songs on the album were produced by Heiko Maile of Camouflage, and he sings on two of them! "Urban Chemsitry was released in the States on Synthphony Records

MERGE - "Lost Heroes" (2001): Great album of Synthpop - original import version was on now Deceased German label Bloodline, licensed to label A Different Drum here in the states. EVERY SONG on this album is a excellent! If you dig modern German Synthpop, you'll LOVE Merge. They do a fantastic cover of "Ocean Rain" by Echo & The Bunnymen on the album!

COMMON DREAM - "Gravity" (2003 import): One of several great bands on the now deceased Polish label Black Flames Records. Common Dream have that classic Euro Synthpop sound that any fans of modern German or Scandinavian Synthpop bands would enjoy. The do an awesome version of "Bloodflowers" by The Cure as a b-side for the single "Someone Could" from this album, which I will also play for you! (Common Dream's "Bloodflowers" cover is also currently playing on my internet radio station, ELELTRO MUZIK NON STOP at www.live365.com).

STREETURCHIN - "Native" (2004 import): You know the "...several great bands on the now deceased Polish label Black Flames Records" I mentioned in the previous paragraph? - Streeturchin was one of those bands. Streeturchin are somewhat of a rarity, a great Synthpop band from France. The country of France is not known for being a birthplace for a lot of great Synthpop bands, but I would rank Streeturchin as my fave among the few I like from there. The vocalist has a VERY HEAVY French accent, but he sings in English. It might take a bit of getting used to for some of you, but I dig the way the guy sings. The sound is like a French version of De/Vision.

Thanks for listening! E.O.

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

DEKADANCE UPDATE for show airing 9/25/09
Current mood:

awake
Category: Music

Hello Again My Lovely Deka-Friends & Fans,

I have another ALL IMPORT show lined up for you this week....Damn! I am such a nice & generous guy! I don't even charge you for a show as great as this! How cool is that! I hope you all love me as much as I do! Here's this week's Deka-Features!

DEKADANCE ARTIST FEATURES FOR SHOW AIRING FRIDAY, SEPT. 25th FROM 9pm UNTIL SATURDAY, SEPT. 26th AT 1am PDT ON KSCU 103.3 FM IN SANTA CLARA CA. USA - ONLINE SIMULCAST AT WWW.KSCU.ORG

Hail Germania! - All German Bands Night #2!!!

(Perfidious Words - This pic is new)

PERFIDIOUS WORDS - "Feel Like Me" (new import CD + DVD)/"Breaking The Silence" (2003 import remix compilation + unreleased tracks)/"Spreading Silence" (2002 import release)/"Hydrogen Skies +" (2001 import debut re-issue with bonus tracks of 1998 import debut): Finally, after a LONG, SIX YEAR wait, we have a new album from Germany's Perfidious Words! It seems to have been worth the wait, as the new release "Feel Like Me," re-ignites the musical flame the band let die down during the long break since the release of their last CD, the excellent 2002 album "Spreading Silence" and its companion remix album from 2003, "Breaking The Silence." Also included in the new limited edition release is a DVD that features both live and video content. If you are unfamiliar with the sound of Perfidious Words ("PW"), let me first ask you a question...are you a fan of Depeche Mode? If your answer is "yes," then you will go absolutely ape-shit crazy for PW! PW sound more like classic D-Mode than D-Mode does at this point! In fact, if you were disappointed like I was with D-Mode's latest "Sounds Of The Universe," album, you should check out PW's new import release. "Feel Like Me" is the kind of album D-Mode SHOULD be creating at this point in their career. Vocalist Lars Rohnstock has a voice that is eerily similar to Dave Gahan's, (he even kinda looks like him!) though on the new album he can also sound occasionally like Robert Rowe from Cause & Effect. Instrumentalist Drazen Kostelac creates a Rock/Synthpop hybrid sound that also brings to mind D-Mode, with lots of shifts in tempo and volume. While PW sound a lot like D-Mode, they are not even remotely just imitators. PW write great songs themselves, and their similarity in sound to D-Mode is much more of an homage than an attempt to imitate. I like PW so much, I have placed three songs from the new PW album "Feel Like Me" on my new internet radio station on www.live365.com , ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP, at http://www.live365.com/stations/dekadancer?play. Here is a bio on PW courtesy of their MySpace site, listed below:

(Perfidious Words - This pic is from seven years ago)

From www.myspace.com/perfidiouswordsmusic :

Back in 1991 Drazen and a friend decided to start tinkering with synthesizers. Their adventures in sequencing began with the use of an Atari ST and the purchase of a Yamaha SY55 and the renowned SY77.
In the early days their work included mainly covers from acts like Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, and other synthpop legends.

Three years later (and after gaining serious proficiency on Cubase while attempting to write their own material) the friends were introduced to Lars who was just finishing school and coincidentally was looking to perform some songs at his own graduation party. That’s how they decided to join forces and seize the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience. And so they did... they had their first chance to play covers of songs from Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, REM, and even their own music!
They enjoyed their first gig so much that they decided to continue working together and write brand new material.

As time passed by, Drazen and Lars seemed to artistically connect, they would spend nights playing REM and brit-pop covers, and as they continued collaborating the project began to turn a bit more acoustic, with a much greater emphasis on guitar sounds... This may have prompted Drazen's friend to leave the band in June 1995 to start a project of his own.

It was a turning point for Perfidious Words. Drazen and Lars had to pull all their resources together in order to begin making their own recordings. They worked hard to attain the electronic equipment that allowed them to produce their first demos.

The first demos emerged in 1996, and the band did not waste any time in submitting them to as many record companies as they could. The feedback was tremendous. That is why Trisol Music Group, which was one of the first record labels to respond, signed them immediately.
And so in 1997 they finally were able to records their first EP ‚Ruined’ which was released in October of that year. Several CDs were released after that from 1998 to 2000, including 'It means a lot to me', 'Welt', and 'Zwischen Zeitrausch und Leben'.
In 2001 the sold-out 'Hydrogen Skies' was re-released as 'Hydrogen Skies+', containing bonus material such as b-sides and remixes of previous hits.
Four years after the release of their debut CD their eagerly awaited second album 'Spreading Silence' followed in April 2002. The quality of their music, insightful lyrics, their creativity and powerful melodies are the cause of the continuous growth of their fan base around the globe.
After a long period their next strike was finished. In September 2003 Perfidious Words released their mini-album 'Breaking The Silence' which included remixes by Infekktion, Tom Wax, Sero.Overdose, B!Machine, and many more. It also featured a new track in various versions and a Björk remake.
And the best is yet to come...The story continues.

(Cover of the new CD)

(Pandique - Much more than just "Show Room Dummies"!)

PANDIQUE - "In Sturm Und Leben" (new import release)/"Weltenklang" (2004 import debut): Pandique are another fine Elektro band from Germany, who play a potent mixture of Elektro & Synthpop, with just a touch of EBM thrown in to spice up the mix. Much like the aforementioned Perfidious Words, Pandique also have just released their first album in many years, five to be exact, since their fine 2004 import debut "Weltenklang." The employ a mix of both English & German lyrics, and have a female vocalist take the lead on a couple of songs. Other than that, I don't know much else about this mysterious duo, so here is a short bio from their MySpace site, listed below:

(Pandique - MIB baby! )

From www.myspace.com/pandique :

Torsten Kreissl and Thorsten Berschuck are Pandique.

They released their debut-album "Weltenklang" in 2004 via Pandailectric Records. Pandique describe their own music as electronic trance-pop and their mainly German and sociocritical lyrics put them in the ranks of And One, Apoptygma Berzerk and Melotron, without copying them. They also acted as remixers for bands like Interface, Funker Vogt and Endanger. The album, with German and English lyrics, is a wonderful mix of synth-based electro and pop tunes. For now we are preparing the second album title "In Sturm Und Leben" which will be released on 22th May 2009 on Echozone/BOB Media/Sony Music.

Discography

2004: Weltenklang

Reviewcuts

...I would not be suprised to see this band growing out to become a established synth-pop icon in their homeland....(side-line)

...Mit Weltenklang haben die deutschen Newcomer Pandique ein beeindruckendes Debut hingelegt...(Orkus)

...Fein kompakter Electropop für den denkenden Synthie-Freak mit Weltempfänger...(Sonic Seducer)

2009: In Sturm Und Leben

(Sero.Overdose - They like what they see, baby!)

SERO.OVERDOSE - "Heading For Tomorrow" (2007 import 2 CD set - feat. limited edition bonus CD of remixes)/"Reflected" EP (2005 import EP + remixes)/"No Time For 'Limited' Silence" (2005 import 2 CD set - feat. limited edition bonus CD of remixes)/"No Time For 'Club' Silence" (2004 import EP + remixes): I have been a big fan of this group from Berlin for some time now, and have featured them on the Deka-Show a number of times. After finally procuring the hard-to-find limited editions of 3/4 of their albums, I have several bonus CD's, each containing a slew of great remixes, to play for you on Dekadance this week. While I already had the limited "No Time For 'Club' Silence" EP sent to me via another label (Thanks DSBP! - www.dsbp.cx) that at the time was doing promotion for main Belgian label Alfa Matrix (www.alfa-matrix.com), I just recently managed to acquire the limited 2 CD versions of the 2007 release "Heading For Tomorrow" and the 2005 release "No Time For 'Limited' Silence". The 2005 EP "Reflected" I had picked up at a local indie record store some time ago, which also features some killer remixes on it. Sero.Overdose plays a superb mix of Elektro & Synthpop, which manages to have an nice edginess to it as well as tons of melodic content. Perfect for clubs, Sero.Overdose will have you shakin' yo rump and singin' along at the same time! I like Sero.Overdose so much, I have placed three songs from the 2004 import EP "No Time For 'Club' Silence" on my new internet radio station on www.live365.com , ELEKTRO MUZIK NON STOP, at http://www.live365.com/stations/dekadancer?play. Now, If I could just locate a copy of the 2005 limited edition of their 2002 import debut "Serotonin," I'd have them all! Here's a bio on SO courtesy of their MySpace site, listed below;

(Front Cover)

From www.myspace.com/serooverdose :

After a sold-out and successful debut on Trisol Records, and a bunch of German club hits and numerous compilation appearances, and their recent chart-hitting ep no time for club silence (out in December 2004), the Berlin boys returned in 2005 with their brilliant combination of alluring charismatic male vocals, carrying synth melodies and dancefloor electro beats. Although a second album is often said to be difficult to write, the German trio took the time to come up with a perfectly balanced album benefiting from a sharp, modern and detailed production work. Its not for nothing that many music journalists refer to No Time For Silence as Sero.Overdoses album of maturity! A subtle alliance of German synthetic pop with highly emotional vocals (both in English and German), edgy EBM sequences and dynamic rhythmics. A splendid mixture of moody pop songs and danceable future-pop tunes, with enough vocal and sonic diversity to please all fans of good electronic music. Fans of Covenant, And One, Melotron, De/Vision, Colony 5, Iris etc. will not resist to the sensual melodic body music of SERO.OVERDOSE

("Reflected" EP - cover)

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DEKADANCE w/ E.O.

Fri: 9pm - Sat: 1am PDT

KSCU 103.3 FM

Santa Clara CA. USA

http://www.live365.com/stations/dekadancer?play

(E.O.'s Internet Radio Station!!!)

DEKADANCE is in its 25th year on KSCU!

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