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In August 2015 the belgian scene but in particular the electropop act Metroland suffered a tragic blow when their sound engineer and very close friend Louis Zachert, the group’s Passenger L, passed away. As a personal tribute, the 2 members, have now created a complete new album from scratch, “Things Will Never Sound The Same Again”, where every song, every note and the featured CD art is their way of saying thank you and goodbye to their close friend. Says the band: “The 11 titles on the album each describe or embody what Louis means to the band in general and to both Passengers on a personal level: his witty e-mail headers, the name of his recording studio, his genuine love for synthetic music, his other musical projects and, especially, life itself.” The album is available on CD via the Alfa Matrix CD/DVD webstore and as an HQ audio download via Bandcamp (other download stores will follow in the next 2 months). When you pre-order on Bandcamp you get 2 tracks now, plus the complete EP the moment it’s released. When comparing the music on this album to former releases, you’ll notice a darker edge though the band keeps on toying around with analogue synthesizers. You can listen below to 2 new tracks already.

Read the review of ‘Things Will Never Sound The Same Again’.

Side-Line also covered Metroland’s ‘Things Will Never Sound The Same Again’.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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Tags: Kraftwerk, Louis Zachert, Metroland