In rememberance…
…of a great synth pop pioneer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_8nNNZqD4]
Have a great weekend
Re-shuffle in Covenant with new member
Covenant were centimeters from quitting. But now the recharged band aims at version 2, with a new line-up (Daniel Myer), studio, sound and album. A new song was preimiered at Das Boot and the album recordings start in February.
But is this new talent enough to keep the group going, here you can find out more about his background in Architect and Haujob
architect is a hybrid of minimalistic drum’n’bass and smooth ambient soundscapes explored by the electronic mastermind daniel meyer.
like an architect who built up his constructions in different layers and channels, also daniel is working with this method by using only sampling tools. he’s constructing abstract sonic buildings which seem to be peculiar transparent – like concrete frames without any surfaces in a pleasant familiarity. the cold polyrhythmic drumcodes are bet into a melted ambience of safety and grace. it’s the warm timbre of this ambient drum’n bass recording which creates its own unique sonic profile.
Read the full story about Covenant here >>
Exciting or horrible with AndOne
Normally these attempts are horrible, LOL
“Bodypop 1 1/2” is the newest release from And One featuring a string of covers. According to singer Steve Naghavi the choice for this EP was made when he noticed that today’s scene youth has no idea of the essential anthems from “our good, old musical heroes”. As a result the band covered classics by Depeche Mode (“Never Let Me Down Again”), Front 242 (“Operating Tracks”), D.A.F (“Der Mussolini”), Nitzer Ebb (“I Give to You”) and The Cure (“Kyoto Song”). The band also added two more live cover versions on top next to a bonus video clip for “Steine sind Steine”. Released on Out Of Line and available from December 14th, 2007 on. Recommended! Tracklist:
Never let me Down Again
Operating Tracks
Der Mussolini
I Give To You
Kyoto Song
The Walk (live)
Fools (live)
CD –Rom Track �Steine Sind Steine” Video
And of course as usual an AndOne video to enjoy – spice up your day
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hhVWXAPjY]
The future of synth music…
The future of synth music – I hope not (well some of my friends may like this => you know who you are 
)
As much as I like Covenant, I am not sure where this is heading
Well I bring you Eskil’s side project (on request, hehe) Cement, enjoy…..
Have a great weekend, Cheers
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8DRqWn4-D8]
A link to more stuff on Cement:
http://www.depechemode.de/electro/2007/01/covenant-neues-zur-live-dvd-live-dates/
or at http://www.myspace.com/cementmusic
And One – Traumfrau
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mZ7aEm_Ex8]
or as Welle used to say:
Nur tote frauen sind schön!! LOL
Btw another Reason 4 tutorial: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=5334
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