Direct download link: http://www.af-music.de/download/69/ (mp3 - 320 kbps)
Within just one year afmusic got off to a lightning start. The most
innovative netlabel in Germany for Darkwave, Gothic and Independent
Music celebrates on the label founder Falk Merten's birthday their
release-anniversary and distributes big presents to their fans – and
that are 16 in number on this fiftieth publication.
All are on this Anniversary-Compilation "AFMUSIC #50". Exactly one
dozen of it are previously unreleased or recorded exclusively for this
release. Beside many known afmusic-acts the sampler also presents an
absolutely new band. Therefore, it is less a retrospective, than even
more a look in the future of the label.
"AFMUSIC #50" indicates not only the variety and versatility of the
present releases, but also their high musical and artistic quality.
LATRISTE - the newest member of the label family - immediately deliver
with her first song a potential hit single. SMOKE FISH and EMERALD PARK
contribute dark-coloured pop pearls of the grade 1A and CONFUSION IS
NEXT are represented, just like LIGHT IN YOUR LIFE with a dreadfully
nice ballad. Thereby the music ranges from Shoegaze to the sturdy
Alternative rock.
SPINEFISH, (((S))) and ART NOIR provide for the dark sound-collage
which hold together "AFMUSIC #50" and lend a breathtaking atmosphere to
the album.
In between the big potential of a lot of afmusic-bands flashes: The
label-draught-horses ALL:MY:FAULTS cement with a never been there
mixture of 8-bit Postmetal and spoken words their exceptional position
as the most innovative German band of the scene. STROMBLE FIX's
"Dispirited" is more progressively Hybrid from Grunge and Deathrock,
"Enjoy" of REPTILE71 is more sombre than the legendary "Drowning one"
and CAMP Z present a modern version of the Sisters Of Mercy.
Crowning end of the completely successful afmusic-show is the "Smells
Like Teen Spirit" cover, which is the most stretching cover with wide
distance of this decade.
From the 7th of August "AFMUSIC #50" is ready to download for free on
www.af-music.de.
There you can listen to all present releases - free of charge and in
full length - or download in high quality for convenient rates. A
bookmark is worthwhile not only, but also because afmusic by now again
not only have two strings to their bow.
Tracklisting:
01. Emerald Park – Obscured By Lies (4:12)*
02. Smoke Fish – Hey!Talk! (3:23)
03. Stromble Fix – Dispirited (4:29)*
04. Confusion Is Next – Shooting at the Sun (Orchestra Mix) (5:00)*
05. all:my:faults – Es wird ein Regen kommen (5:00)
06. Spinefish – Memory (3:30)*
07. Plastique Noir – Genebra (Harry Tribute) (3:15)
08. Light in Your Life – It Would Be Fine (4:12)
09. Diskoteket – Untitled (4:53)*
10. Reptile71 – Enjoy (Demo 2000) (3:23)*
11. Camp Z – W.Hell.Come II (afmusic edit) (3:50)*
12. (((S))) – Mesmerized (remix by Angele Phase/Pete Salmang) (4:45)*
13. Art Noir – Silent Green (Chuck Mellow Groove Remix) (7:05)*
14. Rebentisch – Die Suche [Als Godzilla Japan Aß - RMX] (3:08)*
15. Latriste – Love Is the Number of Keys (3:40)*
16. Notes from Underground – Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:10)*
*exclusive / previously unreleased