Flavor of the Week #39

Velvet Acid Chist
www.velvetacidchrist.com
www.myspace.com/velvetacidchrist
( ;D --> Velvet Acid Christ had their origins in an 80's high school electronics class, where Bryan and Chris would debate the merits of Amiga versus Atari. Bryan and Grigory Bilham (an early member of VAC) were at the time working in a punk/funk band, which, by 1990, was altered to the trio of Bryan, Chris, and Grig. The band's name was originally Cyberchrist, although this was changed within a few months to Velvet Acid Christ, named (so they say) in honor of a bad acid trip. Grig left the band in 1992, leaving the core of Bryan and Chris (although various other people have had revolving door membership in the band). Bryan and Chris cite a number of influences to their hard driving industrial sound, including Legendary Pink Dots, the Cure, Skinny Puppy, Orbital, and a surprising number of metal bands, including Napalm Death, Godflesh, and Metallica. They also expose a number of social issues, including animal rights and their concern regarding the basic survival of mankind against the onslaught of technoloy. VACs masterpiece and most recent full-length CD release Lust For Blood is possibly VACs most complete and diverse album in the past ten years. Lust For Blood is an aggressive return for one of electronic music’s most prolific artists. Angry and other times haunting vocals are forged to incessant beats, permeating melodies, and relentless bass lines. As an homage to early electronic music, guitars are once again introduced into the mix of patches, pads and circuits.)
Maldire
VAC_amazon
www.dependent.de/shop/Album/Velvet-Acid-Christ---Maldire.html
Evoke
http://soundcloud.com/dependent-1/velvet-acid-christ-01-evoke
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/09/flavor-of-week-38.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/08/flavor-of-week-32.html
 
Front Line Assembly
www.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly
www.mindphaser.com
( ;D --> Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber.)
AirMech
http://soundcloud.com/dependent-1/front-line-assembly-01-airmech
( ;D --> Carbon Games has signed Front Line Assembly to create an original album for AirMech. "For AirMech, the first thing I thought of was trying to get music that sounded like Front Line Assembly, so then I figured I should at least try and contact the band on the off chance they would be interested in talking with us," says James Green, Game Director at Carbon Games. "I was thrilled when the news came back that they would be interested in working on a game project again."Front Line Assembly is one of the pioneering bands in the electronic industrial world and continues to be guided by founder Bill Leeb. The AirMech album has been under development since late 2011 in parallel with the progression of the game. Selections of the music will be deconstructed for use as dynamic music, which reacts to conditions during battle. The trademark structure of FLA's music made this collaboration an exciting opportunity for both teams. This album is entirely instrumental, and stands as a compelling FLA album on its own.)
Arise
http://soundcloud.com/dependent-1/front-line-assembly-02-arise
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/04/front-line-assembly-www.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.comLi/2007_09_01_archive.html
 
Purity Ring
http://www.myspace.com/purityring
http://thepurityring.tumblr.com/
http://soundcloud.com/purity-ring
( ;D --> is a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. Their debut album Shrines will be released by 4AD on July 24th.
Purity Ring make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful, bone-rattling immediacy of modern hip hop. Megan’s remarkable voice is at once ecstatic and ethereal, soaring joyfully through Corin’s carefully chopped beats, trembling synths, and skewed vocal samples.)
Shrines
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Belispeak (party trash remix)
www.discobelle.net/2012/09/11/purity-ring-belispeak-nacey-remix/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuOjXBoM8HU&feature=plcp&fb_source=message
 
Fischerle
http://soundcloud.com/fischerle
( ;D --> Fischerle is the solo project focusing on the soft edges of the genre known as dub-techno. Starting from fairly literal interpretation of dub, the project developed in a direction which is to absorb all intriguing and experimental sounds. Fischerle avoids characteristic for dub-techno metaphysical pathos and descriptive terminology. His achievements are seven distinct EP’s, each of which is a flirt with various genres of music like deep-house, glitch, minimal, modern classical or drone.)
Rozros
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lungma (soon on minicromusic
http://soundcloud.com/fischerle/fischerle-lungma
 
Dimantle
www.myspace.com/dismantled
www.dismantled.org
( ;D --> Dismantled is the sole product of Gary Zon whose unique blend of progressive electro-pop rock has crossed boundaries, meshing everything from the pop of Paula Abdul to the grind of Nine Inch Nails into a sonic attack like no other.)
Whole Wide World E
D_amazon
http://open.spotify.com/album/1fSTnKVYBBhWnYtaY1bfle
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-37.html
 
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