News editors: Mikael Kahrle & Johan Carlsson

Deine Lakaien release DVD

• The German darkwave stars Deine Lakaien are going to release a “Live in Concert” DVD on November 3 (preliminary date), with around two hours of sound and video from their latest tour and an eleven minute interview. The DVD will first be shown in Leipzig at Darkflower on October 24. And for you who do not yet have a DVD-player - it’s cool. The concert will also be made available on a double-CD. /Karin Martinsson

New Vancouver band produced by Chris Peterson
• Four blokes from Vancouver who call themselves Left Spine Down are working on their debut album, after releasing the self-released EP ”Click”. Readers with good memory might recognise one of the members, namely Adrian White. He has played drums for Frontline Assembly live on some occasions. Further FLA connection comes in the form of Chris Peterson, who is producing the album. Left Spine Down describe themselves as "cyberpunk aggro-electro", and you can listen to a track here. /Johan Carlsson

The first wave of info on SAMA 2004
• We have just received the first info on the next Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards (SAMA), the annual one-day fest in Gothenburg, Sweden. After only one year at the Vågen venue, SAMA moves to Trädgår'n (also the new successful home of co-organisers Romo Night). SAMA will this time around be held on a Friday instead of a Saturday - on April 2 to be exact.
The traditional pre-SAMA party has previous years been the day before the big day.
- Pre-SAMA will be at Trädgår'n one week prior to SAMA, during a Romo Night, says Kristofer Elofsson from SAMA.
He goes on and explains SAMA will be over two o'clock as usual and the three hours between two and five available at the new venue will be called "post-SAMA", with no live acts, just pure dance euphoria.
Twelve acts will perform on three stages. Six of the names are known to us at this point, and the remaining six will probably be revealed in about one month's time. So far, And One, Alice in Videoland, Panzerveps, Slagsmålsklubben, Backlash and Sophie Rimheden shows the mixed nature of SAMA (since all these artists are quite different from each other).
- Instead of aiming at a big headliner, we try to get a good mix of interesting bands and something for everyone. We are aware of the fact that a lot of visitors focus on maybe two live acts and spend the rest of night partying with friends and so forth. There is no time to attend all gigs anyway, Elofsson says.
1 500 tickets are available from November 1 onwards with a price tag of SEK 350. The last SAMA was sold out eleven weeks prior to the event. The voting process begins on January 1. /Mikael Kahrle

All 41 videos on new Pet Shop Boys DVD

• The new single from Pet Shop Boys is called ”Miracles” and is pulled from the upcoming compilation ”PopArt” (November 17). The quite typical Pet Shop Boys single is produced by Adam F and Dan Fresh and shows a return to a more electronic sound. You can listen to it on www.petshopboys.co.uk.
”PopArt” will be available on a double CD and limited edition triple CD, but also on vinyl - and DVD with 41 videos on it (!). That’s every video the boys have ever done, remastered and in chronological order. In addition to that, extended versions of ”Domino Dancing”, ”So Hard” and ”Go West” is included as well as a three hour interview/commentary by Neil and Chris. /Johan Carlsson

Exit Dismantled
• Gary Zon in industrial project Dismantled has now finished his new EP called ”Exit”. It includes a couple of new tracks and remixes, as well as a demo of ”Backwards”. The stand-alone single is out in November, but you can also get it as part of the ”Dependent Club Assault” package where it co-exists with Seabound and Pride and Fall’s new singles.
The title of Dismantled’s second album is ”Post Nuclear” and it is scheduled for February. /Johan Carlsson

FLA fan tribute disc unleashed
• "Replicate 01" (MOMT) is now out and features many artists covering that enigma of enigmas, Canada's Front Line Assembly. Most notable amongst the bands covering FLA would be the UK's K-Nitrate (ex-Cubanate). This disc is available via the Mindphaser web site and definitely shows much love from the fans for Mr Leeb. The feelings are apparently still there after the infamous Wave Gotik Treffen incident. /Peter Marks

Second gig for Bon Harris' Maven in LA

Maven live 2002.
Courtesy Maven Management

• Vaughn "Bon" Harris' new project Maven played a live date at the Los Angeles club Spaceland yesterday, on Monday October 6. This is the second ever gig for the band, who used it as a showcase for recently completed material for their first CD.
See Release's last news on Maven and Bon's old (and slightly more well-known band Nitzer Ebb) here. /Alex Veronac

The Young Gods release ambient album
• Some might wonder what The Young Gods have been up to lately. Well, we have learned a new instrumental ambient album entitled "Music for Artificial Clouds" is coming out early next year on Intoxygene. The French label is currently reorganising. /Kristoffer Noheden, Mikael Kahrle

Release visited Camouflage tour final
• German synthpop trio Camouflage ended their current tour on Sunday September 30 (together with support act Kaycee) in Rostock's Mau-Club. The two hour plus concert was successful. It included old hits like "The Great Commandment" and "Love Is a Shield" as well as new hits like "Me and You" and "I Can't Feel You" (the latest single).
Don't miss Mattias Huss new Camouflage Spotlight. /Jens Krause

"Bottle Living" Dave Gahan's third single



• The next single from Dave Gahan's album "Paper Monsters" will be a "double A-side" with "Bottle Living" and “Hold on”. It will be available on two CD:s and one DVD. The tracks, as well as the song "Hidden Houses" will be remixed by Machinehead, Tomcraft and Kowalski. Out on October 27 on Mute. /Johan Carlsson

Two new Diamanda Galás albums in November
• Diamanda Galás is about to release her first new material since 1998's album "Malediction and Prayer". Two double albums are due out on November 24, "Defixiones, Will and Testament" and "La Serpenta Canta". "Defixiones, Will and Testament" is said to deal with genocide, and mainly features texts by exiled poets. With Galás interpreting songs by John Lee Hooker, Dan Penn and others, "La Serpenta Canta" seems to continue the investigations of soul and blues that Galás has previously made on albums like "This Sporting Life" and the mentioned "Malediction and Prayer". /Kristoffer Noheden

Dancing Ferret Disc release a four on one split-compilation
• The US record company Dancing Ferret Disc has released a split CD compilation with four different bands. All acts are featured with four tracks or remixes. The line-up of the first edition from the "Vier Faktor" series looks like this: The Crüxshadows, The Dreamside, Paralysed Age and Thoushaltnot. /Jens Krause

Wolfsheim release new single
• German synthpop stars Wolfsheim will release a new single on October 27 - a double A-side single with tracks not taken from the latest album "Casting Shadows". The songs on the single are called "Find You're Here" and "Find You're Gone". /Jens Krause

Broder Daniel completes new album as we speak
• Swedish alternative band Broder Daniel report they are close to finish the recordings of their new album and the studio work might be completed tomorrow (Friday) or early next week. First single "When We Were Winning" has been hugely successful. /Mikael Kahrle

Maschinensturm Festival with Das Ich

Das Ich live at Arvika 2002.
Photo by: Mikael Kahrle (Release)

• Tonight, Das Ich, Feindflug, Absurd Minds and three more performs at the Maschinensturm Festival 2003 in Germany's Hanau. /Mikael Kahrle

Next Gore single: "Loverman"
• The new single from Martin Gore’s "Counterfeit 2" will be "Loverman". The single will come bundled with a DVD including live tracks from Alcatraz in Milan earlier this year. The CD contains a radio version and a remix from Bola. "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen" is also included, in two remixes by some guys called Turner and Lawrence respectively. A 12" vinyl with the remixes will also be available. The single is out on November 17 on Mute.
In related news, Martin Gore has done a remix for Senor Coconut’s next single, "Smooth Operator". It’s a return of favours since Senor Coconut aka Atom Heart remixed Martin Gore’s track "Stardust", and also "Zenstation", the B-side of Depeche Mode's "Freelove". /Johan Carlsson

LFO back after seven years
• Mark Bell in LFO has finally made a new album after a seven years long hiatus. He spent those years producing albums with Björk and Depeche Mode for example, but now he has found the time to get back to his own project again, even though the other member Jez Varley has quit and is making music under the moniker G-Man. The album is called "Sheath" and is out now on Warp. You will recognize the style, but it’s a bit more modern, which is not surprising… /Johan Carlsson

"Maiden Voyage" for Alice in Videoland

Photo by: Dompi

• The debut album from hot Swedish body punk newcomers Alice in Videoland is called "Maiden Voyage" and will be released on November 5. It's said to be energetic and should appeal to both charts and clubs. Second single and video "The Bomb" is just out with an original and a "Body Version". /Mikael Kahrle

"101" footage lost
• The classic Depeche Mode documentary and concert film "101" is set for DVD release on October 20 (Europe) and 21 (North America). This double disc DVD version will include additional footage and interviews with the current three members of Depeche Mode as well as interviews with the famed "bus kids" who won trips to follow the Mode on their 1988 "Tour for the Masses". Alan Wilder has declined to do an interview. Mute founder Daniel Miller appears to discuss the beginnings and career of Depeche Mode.
Unfortunately, the entirety of the Rose Bowl show, which was initially promised to be included on this DVD, will not be here. The footage has gone missing and no one seems to be able to locate it. But a lot of effort has been placed on the DVD. Months have been spent in "labs and studios" so that the DVD quality is high with 5.1 sound.
In addition to all of this, there is a special screening on October 9 at the Prince Charles Theatre in London, England. On hand will be Andrew Fletcher with an introduction followed by a short presentation by the filmmakers D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Fletcher will conclude the evening with a q&a session. /Peter Marks