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March
11 2005
Finally
some word from Kraftwerk
• News
is spreading about upcoming
live releases from Kraftwerk,
recorded during their 2004
tour of the world. Due
out soon, if all goes as
planned, is a double DVD,
double CD, multichannel
SACD and a box with four
vinyl albums. The package
is called “Minimum
Maximum”, but a release
date is not yet official.
Kraftwerk has also announced three
new gigs for 2005:
June 30, Rock Werchter Festival,
Belgium.
July 3, Eurockéennes de
Belfort, France.
July 4, Montreux Jazz Festival,
Switzerland.
/Johan Carlsson
Pet
Shop Boys working in
Italy
• The
two electropoppers Neil
Tennant and Chris
Lowe in Pet
Shop Boys are
working on their new
album, slated to come
out sometime in spring
2006. So far they’ve
written eight songs for
it, and they are currently
in Italy, working with
programmer Luca
Baldini who is
also a DJ and member
of duo Dance
Society.
In other news, the boys have
compiled a disc each in the “Back
to Mine” series, where
musicians choose their favourite
tracks. It will be issued as
a double disc affair soon.
The dynamic duo has also written
a new song for the Swedish disco
outfit Alcazar called “Baby”.
This is the second song they’ve
written for Alcazar. /Johan
Carlsson
First NIN gig ever
in Sweden
• Two
of the leading Swedish
festivals have revealed
some of their plans.
On top of the list
is of course the first
live gig ever on Swedish
soil for Nine
Inch Nails at
the normally quite
predictable Hultsfred
Festival (June
16-18), where Trent
Reznor and co
will play alongside
countrymen
Marilyn
Manson, Tori
Amos, Slipknot and
Slayer.
NIN were supposed to
play in Stockholm many
years ago, the gig
was cancelled at the
last minute (I noticed,
at the entrance...)
while the band remained
in Germany where they
also played. The expensive
US NIN and Manson shows
at the same festival
with about the same
audience might be called
overkill. Or fantastic.
The Arvika
Festival (July
14-16) would probably
have been proud over
just one of these industrial
superstars but
so far we have only
heard about DAF,
Silverbullit, Dimbodius,
Slagsmålsklubben, Doktor
Kosmos and Håkan
Hellström.
It wouldn't surprise
us if Arvika, after
last year's catastrophic
result, makes sure
they don't miss several
mainstream and alternative
stars (like the mentioned
Mr Hellström) this
time around. That doesn't
necessarily mean that
they let the Release
readers down - they
have never done so
in the past. This fine
fest has a new site
at a new URL: www.arvikafestivalen.se. /Mikael
Kahrle
March
5 2005
An
unspoken duo from Canada
• Mikela
J. Mikael and Len
Paul are the two
behind Unspoken,
an electronic duo from
Canada. Their sound is
a mix of spoken word, emotive
vocals and trip hop electronica.
In 2004, Len – also
active in electronic act Freaky
DNA – made
the original soundtrack
for the highest grossing
Canadian documentary ever, “The
Corporation”, with
Mikela as the narrator.
Mikaela has also worked
with video maker Rod
Chong and Front
242’s Daniel
Bressanutti in M.O.R.F,
and later on with Junkie
XL in Speedtribe.
She’s also worked
a lot as an actress, and
has appeared in several
movies and television shows,
including “L Word”.
Unspoken’s debut album is
due out later this year. /Johan
Carlsson
Michigan,
Germany
• Swedish
electropoppers Michigan will
get a German release
via Infacted in
April. It’s their
second album “Ultimate
Sky” that’s
getting the new release,
complete with three bonus
tracks from the “Red
Dawn” single, and
new artwork. /Johan
Carlsson
"Intermezzo"
with Dupont
• The
hardhitting old-school
EBM band Dupont from
Sweden is no longer a
trio, but a duo consisting
of Ricardo and Danucci (Daniel
Jonasson, Stockholm festival
and club organizer).
They're back with a new
album entitled “Intermezzo” and
this time they’ve
incorporated a more modern
style, with some techno
influences. The album
contains eleven tracks,
including two remixes
by their friends Covenant and Interlace.
Out on March 7 on Life
Is Painful. /Johan
Carlsson
Welcome Alice...
• ...Kahrle, daughter
and first child of
Release owners Mikael
and Lotta Kahrle. Her
"release date" was
March 2, 22:52, Östra
Sjukhuset in Gothenburg.
She weighed 4,4 kg
and was 54 cm long.
/A proud Mikael
Kahrle
March
1 2005
Melody
Club to play for 400
000 Kylie fans
• Swedish
pop band Melody
Club has just been hired
as support act for Kylie
Minogue's 37 date long
"Show Girl" tour, starting
on March 19. So far,
400 000 tickets have
been sold. Melody Club's
latest release is the
single "Boys in the Girls
Room". /Mikael Kahrle Vote for the fourth Lowe
single
• Lowe leave
it up to the fans (at their web
site) to chose
the fourth single to be
picked from their debut
album "Tenant" in May.
Lowe is still looking for
international partners
and as usual, they have
a few live dates in their
schedule: London on March
26 and SAMA,
where they are
nominated in three categories.
/Mikael
Kahrle
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