Bat for Lashes - Strangelove

 

BAT FOR LASHES - STRANGELOVE

The combination of two of my favorite bands/artistes, one the writer and the other the cover singer could go either way. I found this track on BatForLashes.com in a post made in March 2011. I think is is jolly good - when is Natasha going to release some new stuff and play in the UK? Australia????

• 3rd June 2011 - Sydney Opera House, Concert…
• 4th June 2011 - Sydney Opera House, Concert…

"Strangelove" was Depeche Mode's eighteenth UK single, released on April 13, 1987, and the first single off Music for the Masses and made #16 in the UK charts.

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 From our Archive: by Jake Bright

After catching one of their performances in Bristol in April 2009, I was hooked. Clad in a boiler suit and a Jacobean ruff, frontwoman Natasha Kahn took absolute control. Her quirky mannerisms (howling at the audience; hanging prayer bells round her neck etc.) only added to the slightly bizarre nature of the performance. Surrounded by old TVs, glowing angels and stuffed woodland creatures, it was like looking into an Indie-Narnia.

Ex Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherly took her place on Bass and Guitars; Sarah Jones of New Young Pony Club fame took a seat behind the drums; and syth-maestro Ben Christophers joined on electronics and whatever else he could find. Together with Natasha, they recreated the sounds of the two albums with an added dimension - one that made you realise Kahn's dream extends far beyond what goes on in the studio. Read more...

Frank Joshua - Easy Two

Rain is a fantastic track but then again so is Kiss (Duet).... Without repeating myself (from other pages on SystemCulture) what I really love about Frank Joshua's music is the total commitment given to the way everything sounds: the vocals are rich and precise, the guitars sound like guitars (which is actually difficult to do) and ... etc. Quality always comes through in the end and this is a definite winner. Pass me another glass of wine please I'm going to listen again.

The ability to deliver a song that is listenable on many levels is a triumph and a rare gift. Great vocals, great arrangements; I salute the producer of these tracks - little bits jump out from the background, grab your attention, suck you in and then you are hooked. Read more...

Below is part of an interview on SystemCulture:

• As a (very) middle aged man I am an embarrassment to my children because...I still find 'new' music addictive. Do you think music is going through a Renaissance and that maybe there might be something new and exciting around the corner or is it all over and done?
  

Firstly I need to make it clear that embarrassing your children is the only clear job a parent has! Music’s long way from being over and done. I feel like I hear something that grabs my attention most days of the week. Which doesn’t mean I can’t get all middle aged on occasion (and complain about the lack of melodies in this “American rap music”) but mostly I keep finding myself surprised when I hear something that seems so obvious but which I’d never have thought of doing. And it’s even possible that not only do I over hear things that my kids are playing and like it, but that I might even introduce them to things! This certainly happens to me in my day job when the young things I work with put on a track and I can pick out the old samples in it. I’d like to think they’re impressed by that by I have a feeling they may not be! Read More...

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Framed - Here comes an exhibition:

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First Aid 4 Souls - Deathstep

I have always liked the work of 'First Aid 4 Souls'  and this latest release is even better than their last release Brutpop - read more about the label they are on here.

Atmospherical sounds with elements of ethno-rythm, classical strings and samples from computer games and SciFi-Effects - Deathstep is more than your average EBM beat blitzkrieg, it is almost subtle in places (?) and as their label's press release states; there are a lot of creative juices from America, England, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Japan mixed together on this thumping gem.

Very, very FAB!

Below is text from http://electroarc.wordpress.com/

Die aus Ungarn stammende Formation First Aid 4 Souls sind in ihrer Heimat keine Unbekannten mehr und István Gazdag war schon in den frühen 90er mit Bands wie Clock DVA oder Swamp Terrorists mit auf der Bühne. Erst im Jahre 2006 gründete er dann mit dem Schlagzeuger István Drimál zusammen das Projekt.

Aushänge Schild für das Projekt ist unter anderem, dass hier sehr viele Stimmen zum Einsatz kommen. Neben den festen Gesangsstimmen von Katalin Helfenbein und Attila Palfalvyst, bringen sich hier als Gaststimme Madalina Kertesz, Linda Daemon (Drugzone), Mark Duffield (I Am One) und Aaron Russell (Impurfekt) ein. Die Gesangsstimmen werden meist in verschiedenen Variationen verzerrt, nur selten gewinnt man den Eindruck das die Stimme unverfälscht geblieben ist.

Catalog No.: 1001019

Release date: April, 2011

Label: Electro Arc

Genre: Electronic

Style: Electro, Industrial

Cover Art: Gábor

All music by: István Gazdag

Tracklist:

01 You Are In A Box

02 Among Strangers

03 No More Smile

04 Agony

05 The Watchman's Circle I

06 Lifeforce

07 Sekuhara

08 House Harkonnen

09 Notes From Underground

10 Wrong Call To God

11 No Mercy (Cybertears Mix)

12 Seelenlos (Deathstep Version)

13 The Watchman's Circle II

14 Soulscape

15 The End Of Culture

Singers:

Katalin Helfenbein, Aaron Russell (Impurfekt),

Mark Duffield (I Am One), Mir Colon (Kifoth),

David Konsiczky, Istvan Gazdag