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Jean Michel Jarre breathes new live into "Oxygene" with 50 machines on stage. "The experience to hear this music live and reborn is absolutely amazing and this is one of the best shows I have ever seen", the reviewer writes. +++ Erasure | Nitzer Ebb | M'era Luna | Arvika | Sónar | Wave Gotik Treffen |
The third Michigan album, "Pulse of Pain", has opened up a few new doors for the Swedish electropop trio from Memento Materia. And German label Infacted Recordings helps promoting Michigan in the promised land of electronic pop music. We decided to have a quick chat with the band about the new album and what comes next. We learn that a new EP is in the works.
To the Spotlight!
Covenant were centimeters from quitting. But now the recharged band aims at version 2, with a new line-up, studio, sound and album. A new song was premiered at Das Boot where we sat down with Joakim Montelius and new member Daniel Myer.
To the Spotlight!
After nigh on 30 years, the entity, nay the beast, known as Einstürzende Neubauten has evolved into an independent being without need for any conscious effort from the five multi-talented genial dilettantes that make up its core. Release finds bassist and musical jack-of-all-trades Alexander Hacke in a fine mood, speaking about love and magic, and a band at its ultimate productive peak.
To the Spotlight!
+++ Kent | Backlash | The Birthday Massacre
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2007 according to the Release writers
The Best 2007 list are here. Check out the Release writers' favourite albums, songs, live artists, newcomers and artists.
Staff news: Mike Whyte back in London
Release writer Mike Whyte is back in his old hometown London after three years in Japan.
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Reviews with Portishead |
| Portishead: Third 7 | A band in transition | May 5 |
| Pulpa: Fightmusic 2 | Should be pulped | May 4 |
| Meat Beat Manifesto: Autoimmune 5 | Jack Dangers misses the mark | May 2 |
| Juno Reactor: Gods & Monsters 9 | Into the glittering darkness | Apr 30 |
| Rome: Masse Mensch Material 8 | Poised for greatness | Apr 30 |
| Alice in Videoland: She's a Machine 8 | Surrender to the energy! | Apr 29 |
| Autechre: Qaristice 8 | Gorge yourself at the electronic feast | Apr 26 |
| Hocico: Memorias Atras 4 | We do believe we've heard this before | Apr 26 |
| Sadman: Cold in the State of Me 6 | Quality pop from newcomer duo | Apr 26 |
| Bobby: Thursday in This Universe 5 | Style over substance | Apr 25 |
| Zeigeist: The Jade Motel 9 | Electropop debut of the year? | Apr 16 |
| Bauhaus: Go Away White 7 | Yes it's Bauhaus alright | Apr 7 |
| Wumpscut: Schädling 1 | Scavenging the formula once again | Apr 1 |
| Colony 5: Buried Again 6 | Dark clouds over C5 land | Mar 31 |
| Drew Daniel: 20 Funk Jazz Greats 7 | New light shed on TG's legacy | Mar 26 |
| Chandeen: Teenage Poetry 8 | A new Chandeen return | Mar 19 |
| 4-DMode-1: Rekonnekted 7 | Japanese legends return after 21 years | Mar 17 |
| Elegant Machinery: Feel the Silence 7 | Promising comeback with grammatical flaws | Mar 11 |
| Johnny Hollow: Dirty Hands 8 | At the heart of it all | Mar 10 |
| Arcana: Raspail 9 | Eloquence rewards it's own | Mar 5 |
| Moby: Last Night 5 | Let's party like it's 1989 | Mar 5 |
| Firefox AK: If I Were a Melody 7 | A refreshing slow burner | Feb 28 |
| Leandra: Metamorphine 4 | The image overrules the content | Feb 25 |
| Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree 9 | Psychedelia from the former electropop queen | Feb 22 |
| Qntal: VI Translucida 6 | The encore doesn't deliver | Feb 19 |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig! 9 | The sleazy narcotic cabana is open again | Feb 18 |