martes, 26 de abril de 2011
Lacuna Coil - In a Reverie
Style: Goth Metal.
Similar Artists: The Gathering, Theatre of Tragedy, Lake of Tears.
Recording year: Century Media, 1999.
On its 1999 full-length debut, IN A REVERIE, the Italian goth-metal ensemble Lacuna Coil offers up a melodic yet moody set of songs that prefigures a successful formula. While the group features both male and female vocalists, singer Cristina Scabbia often steals the show with her expressive voice, which is equally effective on amped-up, guitar-driven tunes ("My Wings") and orchestral, pop-tinged numbers ("To Myself I Turned"). Although the band would expand its atmospheric sound even further on later releases (most notably, 2002's COMALIES), this album reveals that Lacuna Coil's bold aesthetic was well formed from the beginning.
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lunes, 13 de diciembre de 2010
Sex Gang Children - The Hungry Years (Best Of)
Style: Goth Rock.
Similar artists: Christian Death, Fields Of The Nephilim, The Damned.
Recording year: Receiver, 1999.
By early 1982, the Sex Gang Children were regulars at the Clarendon Hotel in Hammersmith, where they recorded their debut album, the cassette-only live album Naked. The Illuminated label moved in for them within weeks of its release; the band's first single, the four-song Beasts EP, was in the stores by August 1982. Days later, however, it was out of them again, after somebody realized they'd not procured the necessary permissions for the Diane Arbus photo on the picture sleeve. With a major lawsuit apparently imminent, the record was briefly withdrawn while the sleeves were removed, but still Beasts reached number eight on the indie chart and hung around the listings for much of the next 12 months.
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domingo, 17 de enero de 2010
Aviador Dro - Vano Temporal
Genere: Post Punk, Electronic
Similar Artists: Gary Numan, Devo, Kraftwerk
Recording Year: Lollpop, 1999 .
In 1977, a group of friends from Madrid's Santamarca Institute decided to form a punk rock band called Alex y los Drugos, later turning into techno pop in a new project known as Holoplástico, which changed its name to Aviador Dro soon after. They were part of the Movida Madrileña.
In 1980, La Chica de Plexiglás and La Visión became the group's first records, followed by Programa en Espiral and Alas Sobre el Mundo. Two years later, the band founded its own label, called Discos Radiactivos Organizados (DRO). After issuing 1983's double album Síntesis, Aviador Dro started touring around Spain, soon having the opportunity to open for Stranglers and David Bowie. In the year 2000, Cosmos Records released a tribute called Aviador Dro Re: Programado Robots Para los Atomos, featuring Aviador Dro's originals, performed by Ford Proco, Spunky, Calígula 2000, and Panoptica, among others.
In 1982 they created Dro, a Spanish independent label.Fields Of Haze.
sábado, 9 de enero de 2010
Tom Waits - Mule variations
Género: Experimental Rock, Beat Poetry
Artistas similares: Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Howlin' Wolf
Año de grabación : Anti/Epitaph, 1999.
Sale Adrián, ahí está tu disco. Disfrútalo.
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and as a supporting actor in films, including Down By Law and Bram Stoker's Dracula. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places – although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known to the general public in the form of cover versions by more visible artists, "Jersey Girl," performed by Bruce Springsteen and "Downtown Train," performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations.
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martes, 5 de enero de 2010
Falco - Greatest Hits
Genere: New Wave, Pop
Similar Artists: ABC, Adam Ant, The Art Of Noise
Recording Year: Gig Germany, 1999.
The follow-up, "Jeanny," was banned outright by radio as a result of its theme of prostitution, but nevertheless went on to top the German charts. While 1984's Junge Roemer attracted little attention, in 1986 Falco issued Falco 3, highlighted by the single "Rock Me Amadeus," a campy blend of classical music and synth pop which topped both the American and British charts. While the rock ballad "Vienna Calling" was a minor hit, Falco's subsequent efforts, including 1986's Emotional and 1988's Wiener Blut, fared poorly; he had been long out of the spotlight when he died in a car accident on February 6, 1998 at the age of 40.
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Chldren On Stun - Overland
Genere: Goth Rock
Similar Artists: The Wake, Black Type for a Blue Girl, Miranda Sex Garden
Recording Year: Resurrection Records, 1999.
Formed in August 1991 and taking their name from a song by the band The March Violets, Children on Stun appeared to enjoy a relatively large amount of success in a short space of time. Treen left within a year of the band forming. The band's first gig took place at a club called "The Crypt" in Hastings. In the same year, the band also recorded their first demo, entitled "Elegance", and also made an appearance in Mick Mercer's second book on the gothic rock genre: this boosted the band's popularity and gained them much publicity.
In 1992, the band supported the popular goth rock band Rosetta Stone on their UK tour. Later on that year, they released their second demo, "Choices".The band went on to release two more demos in 1993, entitled "Monochrome I" and "Monochrome II". They used the profits from these demos to release their first single, "Hollow", which became a club hit throughout Europe and the UK. The band secured a record contract with Cleopatra Records in 1994 and released the album Tourniquets of Love's Desire. This album was well received within the UK goth scene and boosted the band's popularity.
Towards the end of the year, the band was approached by the label M&A and asked to produce an EP. This resulted in the Overland EP being released. Overland was the last release by the band to feature guitarist Pete Finnemore who "left the band to pursue other things in life."
Kyle Whipp (formerly of 'Soul Inside') joined the band in 1995 as their new Bass player with Manning moving to guitar. The band's first gig featuring Whipp took place at London's Camden Underworld. The EP Celebration Drug was released later on in the year and included the popular track "Whiskey a-go-go". In August of the same year, the band went on a tour of Scandinavia. As well as this, the band released another EP titled Celibacy and Anadin which included remixes by Rosetta Stone. After the release of this EP, the band ended their contract with Cleopatra.
1996 saw the band begin to record their new album, Mondo Weird, which was not released until 1997. The band also released the single "Pin ups, Soap Operas and Natural Disasters" in this year. A remix CD called Outrageous, Outlawed, Outspoken was released by M&A in 1998: during the same year, the band announced that they would be splitting up. They played their final gig at the Camden Underworld on the 24 May 1998. M&A also released a CD of this gig, entitled Seven Year Itch. In 2005 M&A released a compilation called Rough Trade on a Cheap Promotion, featuring the band's b-sides, alternate song versions and demos.
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lunes, 21 de diciembre de 2009
The Church - A box of birds
Genere: Indie Rock, Alternative
Similar artists: XTC, World Party, The hollow men
Recording year : Cooking Vinil Records, 1999.
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Canberra in 1980. Initially associated with New Wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of "progressive rock," featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay.
The Church's debut album, Of Skins and Heart (1981), earned them their first radio hit "The Unguarded Moment." They were signed to major labels in Australia, Europe and the U.S. However, the U.S. label was dissatisfied with their second album and dropped the band without releasing the album. This put a dent in their commercial success, but they made a comeback in 1988, with the album Starfish and the American Top 40 hit "Under the Milky Way." Subsequent commercial success proved elusive, however, and the band weathered several line-up changes in the 1990s. The last decade has seen them settle on their current lineup, which features the original three founding members plus drummer Tim Powles.
"A box of birds" is a cover album that could be seen as the last refuge of a dying band, but that's a cynical reading of the situation. At their best, covers albums can be fun and even revealing, as the band stretches out and play with their favorite songs. Such is the case with the Church's A Box of Birds. Their roots have always been evident -- they were fans of '60s psychedelia, plus bits of '70s album rock and prog rock and post-punk. Not surprisingly, that's what's heard on A Box of Birds, but they've been very clever about their choices; only Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes," Hawkwind's "Silver Machine." and Neil Young's "Cortez the Killer" are covered regularly by other bands.
A survey among readers of Melbourne newspaper The Age garnered 37,000 votes and the majority chose "Under the Milky Way" as the best Australian song of the last 21 years.
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martes, 15 de diciembre de 2009
E - Craft - Electrocution
Género: Electro
Artistas similares: Toy, The Birthday Massacre, Xotox
Año de grabación : ElectricBlue, 1999.
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sábado, 31 de octubre de 2009
Faith and The Muse - Evidence of Heaven
Género: Goth, Dark ambient,
Artistas similares: Trance to the sun, Shroud, Attrition
Año de grabación: Neue Asthetic, 1999.
Faith & The Muse es un grupo cuya característica es la composición musical con un sentido dramático del romanticismo dentro de composición darkwave. Integrado por Monica Richards y William Faith, componen un tipo de melodía gótica tipo isabelina y con matices victorianos, involucrándose con ritmos de rock and roll, ambos fueron integrantes de varias bandas previas a la formación de Faith & the Muse.
Su tercer álbum, Evidence of Heaven, es la representación de un libro de historias llenas de romanticismo obscuro y naturaleza arcáica.
Faith & the Muse showcase a bittersweet musical composure and a dramatic sense of romanticism within darkwave compositions. Monica Richards and William Faith, the duo behind the gothic Elizabethan melodies and Victorian soundscapes, involved themselves in dark rock & roll early on, playing in various bands and creating musical chaos before the ethereal mystery of the Faith & the Muse.
Third album of their career, Evidence of Heaven, is a heavy storybook of dark romanticism, archaic in nature, mold the illustrious theatrics found on Evidence of Heaven. Faith's guitar work is scalding, fiercely driven over Richard's haunting vocalics. Sonically, the band's demeanor is roughcast around dripping poetics, specifically on "Scars Flown Proud." This particular cut is raging with the fear of fear, but also welcoming the beginning of the next life. It's eerie in the manner that Richards' confident lyrics build momentum, making such complexities apparent for the remaining songs on the album.
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jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009
Goethes Erben - Kondition Macht
Género: Goth rock, Post Punk, Alternative rock
Artistas similares:
Año de grabación: Zeitbombe, 1999.
Goethes Erben es una banda Alemana, formada en 1989 por Oswald Henke y Peter Seipt. El grupo se ubicó en la escena musical a inicios de los 90’s junto a otras bandas, construyendo un nuevo estilo en el contexto del movimiento gótico y dark wave Alemán. A mediados de los 90’s tomó lugar un cambio de estilo e imagen. Desde ese entonces Goethes Erben concibió un trabajo más bien inspirado en el rock y el avantgarde.
Durante la formación de la banda permaneció la idea de aferrar textos hablados en Alemán como punto central de la música, lo que explica también el nombre de la banda, que será para simbolizar esa idea. Sus presentaciones - denominadas «Teatros Musicales» por Goethes Erben - son producciones musicales avantgardistas.
En la base de la banda está el emplear a su lengua materna el alemán en textos hablados alrededor de la música, de ahí el nombre de la banda para simbolizar la idea. Sus interpretaciones o ejecuciones las refieren como - herederos de teatro musical de Goethe - .
Goethes Erben is a German band, formed in 1989 by Oswald Henke and Peter Seipt. The group was located in the musical scene at the beginnings of 90's, next to other bands having constructed a new style in the German context of the gothic movement and dark wave. In the middle of the 90 ' s took place a change from style and image. From that then Goethes Erben rather conceived a work inspired by the rock and avantgarde.
In the base of the band the German spoken text is mainly important to use it around the music, as it explains the name of the band to symbolize the idea within. Their interpretations or executions - inheriting of musical theater of Goethe -.
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domingo, 2 de agosto de 2009
Two Witches - Eternal Passion
Género: Goth Rock, Post Punk, Dark Ambient
Artistas similares: The Wake, Miranda Sex Garden, Eden
Año de grabación: Nightbreed Recordings, 1999.
Grupo Finlandés de corte gótico creado en 1987 con el nombre 'Noidat', integrado por Anne y Jyrki . Para 1988 comenzaron a cantar en Inglés y cambian el nombre a 'Two Witches' y para mediados de año realizan su primer concierto en su ciudad natal. Luego de muchas entrevistas deciden integrar a dos nuevos músicos a la banda, Nauku y Toby, alineación que permanece hasta el momento.
Finnish group of gothic cut created in 1987 with the name ' Noidat' ('Witches') integrated by Anne and Jyrki. For 1988 they began to sing in English and they change the name to ' Two Witches' . For half-full of that year they realise its first concert in its native city. After many interviews they decide to integrate two new musicians to the band, Nauku and Toby, alignment that remains until the moment.
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lunes, 13 de julio de 2009
The Best of Zoth Ommog - Totentanz
Compañía de discos alemana la cual tuvo un periodo de vida muy corto, pero promovió muchos de los grupos del ambiente electro industrial de principios de los 80's que hoy en día se reconocen como influyentes para el género. La compañía fué establecida por el productor alemán -Andreas Tomalla- también conocido como Talla 2XLC y posteriormente dirigida por el productor Torben Schmidt. La compañía realizó álbumes de bandas como Leather Strip, X Marks the Pedwalk, Bigod 20, Lights of Euphoria y Klinik entre 1989 y 1999.
Material actualmente descatalogado.
German disc company which had a very short period of life, but promoted many of the groups of the electro industrial movement in the principles of 80' s, nowadays it's clear how influential it was. The company was established by the German producer - Andreas Tomalla- also known as Talla 2XLC and later directed by producer Torben Schmidt. The company realised albums of bands like Leather Strip, X Marks the Pedwalk, Bigod 20, Lights of Euphoria and Klinik between 1989 and 1999.
Material currently out of line.
Tracks.
Disco 1.
1. Adrenaline Rush (Vegger Version) - Leather Strip
2. Antius - Leather Strip
3. Strap Me Down - Leather Strip
4. Leather Strip Part II - Leather Strip
5. Abattoir - X Marks The Pedwalk
6. Desolation - X Marks The Pedwalk
7. Helpless - X Marks The Pedwalk
8. Resist (Lard Mix) - Armageddon Dildos
9. Frontline of Violence - Armageddon Dildos
10. Godshit - Psychopomps (Re-Possessed Relievo version)
11. Animals - Psychopomps
12. The Slaughter - Psychopomps
Disco 2
1. Sacrelige - Mentallo & The Fixer (Angel Of Death mix)
2. Rapid Suffocation - Mentallo & The Fixer
3. Guilty - Klutae
4. Nothing to Hide - Klutae
5. Kalt Wie Stahl (W.W.B.) - Orange Sector
6. Mean Machine - Blok 57
7. Gods and Children - Yeht Mae
8. Kind of Loss, A - Ringtailed Snorter (new mix)
9. Succumber - Spahn Ranch
10. Deal in Sex - Lights Of Euphoria (Protection mix)
11. Deep Down - A-Head
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viernes, 10 de julio de 2009
Black Heaven - Obscurity
Género: Electro Industrial
Artistas similares: In Strict Confidence, Haujoubb, Wumpscut
Año de grabación: Sad eyes, 1999.
Grupo Alemán integrado por Martin Schindler, integrante del grupo Mantus (Composición, letra y voz) y Thalia (Voz). Segunda producción del grupo grabada en 2002 con 'Over the Rainbow' Records.
German group integrated by Martin Schindler, member of the group Mantus (Composition, letter and voice) and Thalia (Voice). Second production of the group recorded in 2002 with ' Over the Rainbow' Records.
miércoles, 8 de julio de 2009
Skinny Puppy - Singles Collect
Género: Rock alternativo, Electro industrial
Artistas similares: Sex Gang Children, New Order, Public Image Ltd.
Año de grabación: Nettwerk, 1999.
Siguendo la línea de grupos bien conocidos como Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire y Suicide, Skinny Puppy se formó en 1982 en Canadá el grupo avant-industrial 'Skinny Puppy'. En un principio conformado como dúo por 'cEvin Key' (Kevin Crompton) y 'Nivek Ogre' (Kevin Ogilvie) elaboraron su primer demo en cinta llamado 'Back and Forth' con la compañía canadiense -Nettwerk- y posteriormente el EP 'Remission' en 1984.
El tecladista Wilhelm Schroeder se unió al grupo en 1985 y sacar al mercado su álbum debut 'Bites', pero fué reemplazado el año siguiente por Dwayne Goettel, cuyos samples y sintetizadores dieron al grupo un significativo desarrollo en el estilo gótico-industrial-electrónico que sería su sello años más tarde. Producciones posteriores como la de 1986 'Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse', 1987 'Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate' y 1988 'VIVIsectVI' ahondaron en ese estilo musical.
'Singles Collect' es una compilación realizada en 1999 de los tres primeros álbumes.
Un muy buen álbum para tener en cuenta en momentos de búsqueda existencial.
Following line of well known groups like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and Suicide, Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Canada. At first conformed like pair by ' cEvin Key' (Kevin Crompton) and ' Nivek Ogre' (Kevin Ogilvie) they elaborated its first demo in a tape called ' Back and Forth' with the Canadian company - Nettwerk- and later the EP ' Remission' in 1984.
The keyboard player Wilhelm Schroeder united to the group in 1985 and take out to the market its album debut ' Bites' , following year was replaced by Dwayne Goettel , whose samples and synthesizers gave to the group a significant development in the gothic-industrial-electronic style that would be its seal years later. Later productions like 1986 ' Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse' , 1987 ' Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate' and 1988 ' VIVIsectVI' they went deep in that musical style.
' Singles Collect' it is a compilation realized in 1999 give a peek of the three first albums. A very good album to consider at moments of existential research.
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martes, 7 de julio de 2009
Tribute to The Cure
Covers de varias bandas del sello Cleopatra a canciones de esté legendario grupo.
Para aquellos que ya oyeron hasta el hartazgo las mismas versiones y les sigue fascinando la canción, ya que en cada corte el grupo invitado le imprime su sello personal, destacan la versión de 'Electric Hellfire Club' a la canción de -killing an arab-, -Lullaby- del gran 'Leather Strip', y 'The Shroud' con la canción -Sinking-.
Covers of several bands from the Cleopatra seal to songs of this legendary group.
For those who already heard to satiety the same versions and still fascinating the song. Each cut from the invited group prints its personal seal, are notable the versions of ' Electric Hellfire Club' to the song of - killing an arab-, - Lullaby- of the great ' Leather Strip' , and ' The Shroud' with the song - Sinking-.
lunes, 6 de julio de 2009
We Came to Dance 1 - Electro and EBM Compilation
Una pieza de colección de la disquera alemana SPV editado en 1993 y actualmente descatalogado.
En él se presenta una serie de tracks de distintos géneros (EBM, Electro e Industrial) pero con la característica de que todos fueron seleccionados como los temas más escuchados en los clubes de música underground y alternativa.
No hay más que decir, si eres fan de este género, escúchalo.
Rooster: Este disco cuando lo escuché por primera vez fué en CD, en el año de 1993, no lo pude adquirir por que el precio del disco estaba completamente fuera de mi alcance económico, ya que por ser material de importación y de una colección muy rara, era el pretexto perfecto para subir el costo a un disco ya de por sí con poca distribución. Años después busqué por todos los medios a mi alcance (importaciones, tiendas de discos, amigos que fueron a Alemania, downloads de internet, etc.,) pero no lo había, solo estaba la 'Zillo Compilation' que vino a ser la nueva versión para el mercado europeo y americano, de lo que fué esta colección en el viejo continente . Fué hasta el inicios del año 2009, es decir, 16 años después, que pude encontrar una copia del material... y me sentí tan bien cuando lo estába escuchando. Pero como toda alegría se incrementa cuando se comparte, pongo a tu disposición este grandioso CD, espero lo disfrutes tanto como yo.
A piece of collection from the German record company SPV published in 1993 and at this time out of stock.
Presents sort of tracks of different musical styles (EBM, Electro and Industrial) but with the characteristic of that all were selected like the themes more listened to in the underground and alternative music clubs . It is not necessary more to say, if you are fan of the genere, just listen to it!.
Rooster: This disc I listened for the first time in CD on 1993, I could not acquire it because the price was completely outside my economic possibilities, due it was an import material and part of a very rare collection, was the perfect excuse to raise the cost of the record. Years later I looked for all my possibilities (imports, stores of records, friends that went to Germany, Internet downloads, etc.,) but nothing, only ' Zillo Compilation' was on stock, that compilation came to be the new version for the European and American market. It was until the beginning of year 2009, that is to say, 16 years later, that I could find a copy of the material… and I felt so well when I was listening to it!!!. But as all joy is increased when it shares, I make your available this huge CD, I hope you'll enjoy as much as I.
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domingo, 5 de julio de 2009
A Tribute David Bowie - Goth Oddity
Tributo realizado por grupos pertenecientes al sello norteamericano Cleopatra en 1999 a canciones muy conocidas del 'Camaleón'. Entre los que se encuentran: The Mission, Alien Sex Fiend, Nosferatu, Christian Death, Cinema Strange, entre otros.
Escúchalo en compañía de una buena cerveza.
Tribute realised by groups pertaining to the North American record company Cleopatra in 1999 to songs very known of the ' Chamaleon'. Bands like: The Mission, Alien Sex Fiend, Nosferatu, Christian Death, Cinema Strange, among others.
Recomended listening with the company of a good beer.
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sábado, 4 de julio de 2009
Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Friends - A Flowerdance Collection
En esta ocasión, Fields Of Haze se honra en presentar a sus visitantes, una pieza de verdadera colección, la compilación de canciones preferidas tanto por Nick Cave como por Tom Waits, cada uno de ellos exponentes importantes de su corriente musical; uno del movimiento post punk en una línea nihilista otoñal y el otro de un jazz experimental con tonos de cabaret underground. Incluye duetos tan extraños como Tom Waits y Peter Murphy, o Nick Cave y Concrete Blonde, o Tom Waits y Elvis Costello, ...
Mejor escúchalo tú mismo.
In this occasion, Fields Of Haze have the honour to present to his visitors, a piece of true collection, the compilation of favourite songs of Nick Cave as Tom Waits, each one of them important in its trend; one belonging to the post punk movement in an autumnal nihilist line and the other from an experimental jazz with night club underground tones. It includes strange duos like Tom Waits and Peter Murphy, or Nick Cave and Concrete Blonde, or Tom Waits and Elvis Costello,…
Better listen by yourself.
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