Out via the Hamburg-based label Echo Beach on March 1st is the Kraftwerk tribute “Kraft”Dub”Werk” by Kid Loco meets Soul Sugar.

Behind Kid Loco we find Frenchman Jean-Yves Prieur, who released singles like “She”s My Lover” and “Love Me Sweet” and the album “A Grand Love Story”. Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar has been featured on numerous Kid Loco productions for more than twenty years.

The Hamburg label Echo Beach, which has already issued dub commissions for a number of pop and new wave classics, now does it again with dub-versions of some of the greatest classics by German cult-act Kraftwerk. One of the tracks was already released on the compilation “King Size Dub Vol.23”.

The release is out on vinyl and on CD, however the CD includes 4 bonus-tracks.

The tracklist:

1. Ruckzuck
2. Autobahn (Bass Version)
3. Radioactivity
4. Antenna (Vox Edit)
5. Trans Europa Express
6. The Robots
7. Neon Lights
8. Computer Love

CD bonus tracks:

1. The Robots (Dub)
2. Trans Europ Express (Dub)
3. Antenna (Bonus Beat)
4. Autobahn (Nb Edit)

Check out “The Robots” below.

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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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The Montreal, Canada-based coldwave act Scene Noir are releasing a download EP on Friday, called “Violent Summer”. You can preview all 3 tracks right now on Bandcamp, and also pre-order them there.

The band recorded the material for this new EP in Montreal in July 2023. Behind the production helmet we notice Andrew Velvet (Cold Model Studios). The EP will be released on Velouria Recordz.

The line-up for this EP consisted of Aislinn Vaudry (vocals, synths), Kevin Hills (bass), David Brennan (guitar) and Andrew Velvet (vocals, synths, guitars).

Scene Noir formed in 2011 when Andrew Velvet (vocals, guitar, synth) and Dave Brennan (bass, guitar vocals) began playing indie venues and festivals around their native Montreal. In 2012 Scene Noir opened for the UK’s Attrition on their Canadian tour, with Andrew Velvet also playing synths for the headliners.

2014 brought the release of “Waves” their first full length on Cold Model Records. This was followed by another Canadian tour in company of Montreal’s Echo Beach. 2017 marked the release of “From Dreams to Memories”, a more electronic/goth sounding release featuring the singles “Another Night Of London Rain” and “Submission”.

By 2018 the two new band members, Aislinn Vaudry (guitars/vocals) and Kevin Hills (bass), had joined the formation. In 2021 they released their third album, “Telegraph”, via Velouria Recordz.

Here’s the new EP. Read the review of ‘Violent Summer’.

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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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Out via Velouria Recordz is the new album by the Montreal post-punk act Scene Noir: “Telegraph”. It’s the band’s 3rd full length release and it was recorded in Montreal and New York over the course of 2021. “Telegraph” holds 8 tracks.

Scene Noir formed in 2011 when Andrew Velvet (vocals, guitar, synth) and Dave Brennan (bass, guitar vocals) began playing indie venues and festivals around their native Montreal. In 2012 Scene Noir opened for the UK’s Attrition on their Canadian tour, with Andrew Velvet also playing synths for the headliners.

2014 brought the release of “Waves” their first full length on Cold Model Records. This was followed by another Canadian tour in company of Montreal’s Echo Beach. 2017 marked the release of “From Dreams to Memories”, a more electronic/goth sounding release featuring the singles “Another Night Of London Rain” and “Submission”.

By 2018 the two new band members, Aislinn Vaudry (guitars/vocals) and Kevin Hills (bass), had joined the formation.

Coming up is a music video for the track “Foreign Stranger”, to be launched later this fall. It was recorded by the full band in Montreal and New York and produced by Andrew Velvet out of his home studio.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

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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