Ayria returns with new 'Plastic Makes Perfect' album, 5 years after 'Hearts For Bullets'

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5 years after she released her "Hearts For Bullets" album, Canada's most popular female fronted electropop / EBM export product Ayria is back with a new album. Out today is the new CD "Plastic Makes Perfect" was again produced by Sebastian R. Komor and already sparked 2 singles, "Hunger" and "Plastic And Broken".

This new album is available in the normal CD format and also as a deluxe carton box edition with lots of goodies and a bonus remix disc featuring reworks from bands like Daniel B. (Front 242), Project Pitchfork, Komor Kommando, Rotersand, Aaimon, Psy'Aviah, Junksista, etc..

Note that there is an exclusive 3rd CD that comes for free for all fans buying the new album's limited edition via the Alfa Matrix e-shop or through Ayria's website (or during her US live tour together with Project Pitchfork in May and June). This 3rd disc is the 12-track "Pretty Plastic Mess" CD album with exclusive additional remix work from Rotersand, Armageddon Dildos, Essence Of Mind, Implant, Acylum, Ad:Key, Aesthetische, Cervello Elettronico, etc..

In further news, the Alfa Matrix label also offers this new 3CD release as download on its Bandcamp page including an immediate download of 2 tracks in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or other formats. (...)

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Ghost & Writer calls it quits

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(By Elise Din) - Ghost & Writer, the belgo-german band consisting of Seabound's Frank Spinath and The Weathermen's Jean-Marc Lederman, responsible for a couple of very good and well received albums ("Shipwrecks" and "Red Flags", out on Dependent Records and Metropolis) has apparently decided to call it a day. Fans could already discover a picture on the band's Facebook page which was quite clear (see above).

Is this another example of "split for musical reasons", as used by millions of people since the invention of the music band concept, or is there something deeper going on? Both Spinath and Lederman are indeed nice people, but also known for their short temper, which is only matched by their real talents as composer and vocalist/lyricist.

If true, this split is indeed sad and a loss for all lovers of fine electropop music. (...)

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Metallica launches trailer 3D-film 'Through the Never'

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And now something really industrial. Metallica has launched a first trailer for the 3D-film "Metallica - Through The Never" which is a mix of fiction and concert shootings. The film should be out in the cinema by fall of 2013. The plot: a groupie gets a mission during a Metallica concert and that mission will change his life forever.

You can see the first trailer below.

As far as a new Metallica album, you'll have to wait till 2014 for that. One thing is sure, the album will be out on the band's very own label Blackened Recordings (after leaving Warner Bros. Records in November 2012). At the same time the band is also preparing the reissue of all of their studio albums through their new label. Blackened releases will be distributed through Warner subsidiary Rhino Records in the United States, and Universal Music internationally. (...)

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John Foxx releases 3 disc 'Metadelic' compilation featuring BBC sessions

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"Metadelic" is a brand new three disc John Foxx compilation album (two CDs and a DVD) intended as a companion to 2010's "Metatronic". This album includes an entire disc's worth of material (14 tracks) which has never been released on CD before - including a previously unreleased version of "Endlessly" - the "Sparkle Mix".

The accompanying DVD features all of the promotional videos from between 1981 through to 1985 - including the "Top Of The Pops" performance of "Europe After The Rain" which has never been previously released officially in any format.

The release will be out on Edsel / Demon Records by June 3rd.

The full track-listing:

Disc One
1. Swimmer II
   
2. Miles Away
   
3. Europe After The Rain
   
4. Dancing Like A Gun
   
5. Endlessly
   
6. Twilight's Last Gleaming
   
7. Annexe
   
8. Sitting At The Edge Of The World (Alternative Version)
   
9. Ghosts On Water
   
10. An Ocean We Can Breathe
    
11. Through My Sleeping
    
12. Shifting City
    
13. Underwater
    
14. Never Been Here Before
    
15. Invisible Ray
    
16. Vapour Trails

Disc Two
BBC Session Versions:
2. Hiroshima Mon Amour (December 1983)
   
3. Twilight's Last Gleaming (December 1983)
   
4. In Mysterious Ways (June 1985)
   
5. Stars On Fire (June 1985)
   
6. Lose All Sense Of Time (June 1985)
   
7. Hanging In The Air (September 1985)
   
8. In Mysterious Ways (September 1985)
   12 Inch Versions:
9. Endlessly
   
10. Like A Miracle
    
11. A Kind Of Wave
    
12. Stars On Fire
    
13. Enter The Angel
    
14. What Kind Of Girl
    
15. Endlessly (Sparkle Mix)

Disc Three [DVD]
1. Miles Away
   
2. Europe After The Rain (Top Of The Pops)
   
3. Dancing Like A Gun
   
4. Endlessly
   
5. Stars On Fire
   
6. Lose All Sense Of Time

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Cassette release for A New Life

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A New Life, the new minimal synth wave project founded by Maurizio Pustianaz (Chain DLK Magazine), has a new release out, the cassette (!!) "Fright Treasures". The project was born in 2011 "because of a personal need to approach things in a fresh way" says Maurizio.

Musically, A New Life, is influenced by early The Human League and Soft Cell. The new tape "Fright Treasures" contains 8 tracks recorded during the last year and half.

You can listen to it below. Note that the cassette will be limited to just 50 copies. Be quick! (...)

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Nouvelle Phenomene 'Caresse' 2-track single on Bandcamp

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Nouvelle Phénomène, pop Noir newcomers from Budapest (Hungary), offer the brand new 2-track single "Caresse". On the single they are flirting with cold 80s sounds and taking their inspiration in new romantic, early synth-pop music and today's minimal synth scene.

This 2-track single is an appetizer to the forthcoming Nouvelle Phénomène full-length "Glory Of Romance" album which will be available as limited edition vinyl (x200) and CD with bonus tracks (x400) later this year via Other Voices Records.

You can listen to/buy the single below. (...)

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