Flavor of the Week #16

Agent Side Grinder
www.agentsidegrinder.com
www.myspace.com/agentsidegrinder
( ;D --> Agent Side Grinder’s slick and gritty modern take on the minimal wave, post-punk, and industrial sound(s) of yesteryear come alive in a stripped, cold, and pop-like fashion on the act’s newest album Hardware. “On this record, ASG once again steps into their musical time-machine, has a rendezvous with old masters such as Kraftwerk, Einsturzende Neubaten and Depeche Mode and invite them all on a reckless, rhythmic journey into a bleak future.” While a fitting description of Hardware from the Agent Side Grinder website, its own legs extend more than that of its expected retro drapes.)
Hardware
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( ;D --> "Hardware" is the third official album release by Swedish electronic band Agent Side Grinder. On this record, ASG once again steps into their musical time-machine, has a rendezvous with old masters such as Kraftwerk, Einsturzende Neubaten and Depeche Mode and invite them all on a reckless, rhythmic journey into a bleak future.
Dressed in black work-wear, equipped with an arsenal of analog machines and loaded with their strongest material to date, Agent Side Grinder is ready to challenge the sounds of both the past and tomorrow. Other passengers include Swedish indie icon Henric de la Cour and the new champions of melancholy, Skriet.)
Agent Side Grinder & Henric de la Cour - Wolf Hour (Red Idiot Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ww2QwjjciIA


Bernie Allen
http://soundcloud.com/bernie-allen
www.myspace.com/sweetbeats69
( ;D --> Bernie Allen is a trained Audio Engineer and producer out of Vancouver Canada. His work has been signed with a number of electronic music's top labels and featured on releases which have enjoyed support from many of the industry's biggest names.)
5th Planet EP
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Stargazer
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Telepathy 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TByRwmkdybQ


Compact Space
www.compactspaceworld.com
www.myspace.com/compactspace  
( ;D --> Compact Space was founded by Christian Eigner, Daryl Bamonte and Florian Kraemmer.For many years Eigner has played drums for Depeche Mode and has co-written a number of songs with Dave Gahan - for Depeche Mode as well as for Gahan’s last solo album, which he also co-produced. As a musician Eigner has contributed to hundreds of albums for various artists. Bamonte began working for Depeche Mode from the start of their career in 1980, taking on a varierty of roles before moving on in 1995 to work for The Cure for several years. The trio is completed by singer Florian Kraemmer. Kraemmer, like Eigner a native of Vienna, is the son of an actress and an opera singer, and took classical piano training from the age of eight. To date, he has worked mainly as a TV composer and has preserved his passion for classical music. The trio shares creative equality when they work on their songs. Daryl writes the lyrics, Florian develops the melodies and Christian puts together the powerful music that marks Compact Space with their own unmistakable style as soon as you listen to them. Compact Space has recently signed a worldwide licensing deal with Ferryhouse Productions in Hamburg. The first album "Nameless" and "Push Push" EP will be released simultaneously on 24th June 2011. The album was mixed by Paul 'P-Dub' Walton, and the aesthetics of Compact Space are also visually consistent: Danny Drysdale, who filmed among other things the Killers' hit "Human", made the video for "Push Push".)
Nameless
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Push Push video 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxrPdXyNJ4


Shifted
www.facebook.com/shiftedUK
http://shifted-music.com/
http://soundcloud.com/shifted
www.myspace.com/shifteduk
( ;D --> 2011 has seen Shifted rise swiftly from the murky shadows of UK Techno. Little is known of who the cryptic producer is, but rest assured of his credentials. 'Drained', his first of two EPs on Luke Slater's esteemed Mote Evolver imprint instantly grabbed the attention of the Techno fraternity. A heavy, muscular and stripped sound was born from what was to become one of 2011's most exciting Techno artists. Releases under the pseudonyms Pacific Blue and Relay soon followed, continuing along Shifted's Techno lines, but built on a deeper, more understated sound.)
Crossed Paths
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Coax
www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_AZeq8OgU


Martin Roth
www.martinroth.net
( ;D --> Martin Roth's "NuStyle" productions have taken clubland by storm throughout 08 including the Beatport 1 three weeks-on-chart-peak "Sensation Seeekers" and his NuStyle.)
EP "Verloopt In Berlin."
Beautiful Life / Make Love To Me Ba
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( ;D -->Flirting with techno and minimal beats, while hinting at tech house, trance and electro his NuStyle has equally appealed to existing fans including Paul Van Dyk, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren and Above & Beyond who are now beginning to be joined by industry stalwarts from across the fields of house, tech, progressive and minimal in support of the unique genre infused tracks … and names such as Chicane or renowned Pop-Acts like The Sugababes, Keane, Ich&Ich or Rosenstolz all personally requested the MR-Remix Treatment.)
Beautiful life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_z-s73Swh4&feature=related

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