Don't miss out on ElectriXmas 2008
If you enjoy new EBM and synthpop acts make sure to check this concert out, myself I am just having a hard time sleeping struggling with jetlag in San Diego (an 8 hour time difference from Europe)
electriXmas is delighted to announce that mad industrial scientists Agonoize will be joining this year to make the party go with a bang!! Check the Artists section for more info!
Bands confirmed so far : Agonoize, Interlace, Autodafeh and Biomekkanik
Make sure to book your tickets 
Welle:Erdball single released on CD
German electro-pop act Welle:Erdball’s single, Ich Bin aus Plastik, is available now on CD. Originally released as a limited edition vinyl single, Ich Bin aus Plastik was first issued in April of this year and sold out immediately. The CD edition features four exclusive bonus tracks as well as two versions of the title track, but does not include the cover of Kraftwerk’s “Die Roboter” that was included on the vinyl version. Welle:Erdball are currently on tour in Germany; visit the links for more information.
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New Steelberry Clones album available at iTunes
Hi all
Two good announcements:
1. This blog has now passed 100.000 unique vistors
2. A brand new Steelberry Clones album is out – Dig’it.
For those of you familiar with us would most liekly describe it as pure electro ambient synthpop. Make sure to check it out on iTunes and hopefully you will enjoy it enough to sponsor it.
Cheers Ola
Robert Marlow is back with new material
Robert Marlow returns helped by Vince Clarke
Vince Clarke seems to be as productive as ever, we just received the news that a new album by his childhood friend Robert Marlow, “Inside/Outside” will be released in October.
Clarke once again helps him arrange and produce the album, which is the first album since “The Peter Pan Effect” that got quite some attention back in 1999 when Swedish label Energy made it available.
Marlow did a number of shows in Sweden during that time, including a small tour with Canadian band Rational Youth.
For those of you not familiar with Marlow’s past, please enjoy this old time classic of his:
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Depeche Mode: Tour of the Universe
Tour Of The Universe
The dates for the European leg of Depeche Mode’s upcoming tour, “Tour of The Universe 2009,” are now available! Tune in now to the LiveNation web site to view the Depeche Mode press conference, broadcasting LIVE from Berlin! We are announcing some exciting news for the upcoming year. If you miss it, don’t worry. The LiveNation link above will also be hosting replays of the press conference starting within one hour of the original web broadcast! We will also have a “highlights” video clip on the site within a few days.
All dates and cities are here >>
Kraftwerk: Interview with Ralf Hutter
Published by:NZHERALD.CO.NZ
Thank you for taking the time because I appreciate you are busy. You are playing in Krakow in a couple of days?
Yes, we are travelling there tomorrow and we are doing three dates and finishing a festival, we are some kind of ‘highlight’. I think it will be a beautiful occasion in an old industrial complex re-functioned for cultural events. So we travel tomorrow to set up.
Does it take Kraftwerk longer to set up than most bands given the amount of technology you have?
No, faster I think. Two or three hours. But it is more like checking cables and connections and having the computers working properly. It’s not so much a physical set-up.
Is it easier now to perform live than it was say 20 years ago because the technology is better?
Definitely, we’ve been very lucky that the technology developed in our direction. (laughs) This is what we envisaged in the late 70s when we worked with mostly analogue [equipment] of course. Then we composed the concept of [the album] Computer World coming out in 81 and we didn’t even have computers at that time. So that was more like a visionary album. We only got that technology, a small PC, around the tour of that album and we used one on stage just writing letters. Just typing them in, not even in synch or anything. Just live, and a guy putting that on screen.
Read the full interview here >>
Featured artist: Red Cell
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RED CELL was formed by Per and Jimmy during the winter of 2002/2003. They recorded their first demo, called “In Command”, in February 2003. The sound was very raw and was called “Industrial metal” by the local press. Per came up with the band name Red Cell who appears in the TV-series Nikita. The band name was actually one of the first thing Per and Jimmy decided before they started to compose melodies.
After that they hooked up with Stefan (who played guitar on their first demo) and Jens on synthesizer, and the sound quickly developed into a more electric type of music. After the “I am the way”- demo, they recorded their third demo “Related skin” who received good reviews and when they won the big Swedish demo-contest Quest For Fame, they had their first record contract. But they later turned down that deal. After that they played in most of the biggest and small cities in Sweden and also visited Copenhagen, Denmark, and they slowly began to plan to release an album. And in January 2005 they signed to Torny Gottberg and his Progress Productions, located in Gothenburg, Sweden.
On the 7th of September 2005 their debut album “Hybrid Society” was released and went up on 7th Place at the swedish official metal charts and 53rd place on national official charts. After that the guys did a tour in Sweden and during 2006 they played their first gig in Norway. That was also the first gig without Jens who decided to leave the band. In 2008 the band will release their first record in three years, named “Lead or Follow”.
Depeche Mode tour dates
Depeche Mode
According to several big fan sites, Depeche Mode will host a press conference at the Olympia Stadium in Berlin on October 6. The conference will reveal all details on the band’s upcoming tour in 2009. The band is also said to be working on their upcoming album together with Ben Hillier, but this isn’t confirmed from official channels.
More news on this as it becomes official.
Goldfrapp launch tour at New York Fashion Week
Das Boot 2008, will you be there?
Das Boot (SWE) going 100% electronic
Bands announced so far are: VNV Nation Blutengel Infected Mushroom Elis Records (SWE) DJ-showcase
Don´t miss out on the video >>
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