The former Lords Of Acid vocalist, Mea Fisher (aka DJ Mea) and her solo project, Me And My Nightmare just unveiled the new single and video, “Don’t Forget Me”. The single features En Esch (Slick Idiot, , Pigface, Ex-KMFDM) on keyboards.

“Don’t Forget Me” is Mea’s tribute to her mother, Patricia who tragically passed away after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 84. A common occurrence during the stages of Alzheimer’s disease is when the patient loses their memory.

Mea says, “As her only child, the fear of being told that someday my mother might forget me terrified me to the core. I feared it everyday but it didn’t happen. She always remembered her “little baby girl” all the way to the very end. Never once did she forget me. It was a gift, even though I lost her.”

“Don’t Forget Me” is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp from now on.

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Former Lords of Acid vocalist, Mea Fisher, has returned with her new project Me and My Nightmare, launching the single “Devil Inside”, featuring industrial legend En Esch (Slick Idiot, PIG, Pigface, ex-KMFDM). The track combines guitar riffs, metallic percussion, and synths “to bring to life a twisted tale of temptation and the underworld” as Fisher describes it.

Originally written for Lords of Acid, Fisher reimagined “Devil Inside” blending heavy metal elements with industrial beats. Apart from En Esch we also find guitars by Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails).

The single coincides with the release of a video, where Fisher fully embodies the “devil inside”.

Having garnered attention in the ’90s as a Chicago house scene DJ, Fisher transitioned to industrial rock with Lords of Acid before creating Me and My Nightmare. This new release signals her return to the industrial-electro forefront.

“Devil Inside” is available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify and Bandcamp.

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(Photo by Berry Behrendt) Frankfurt-born but Berlin-based artist En Esch (PIG, former KMFDM) has signed with the LA/Minneapolis-based label GIVE/TAKE (home to Justin K Broadrick’s Pale Sketcher, David J of Bauhaus and more). His new single “Push” drops March 3rd, with a full EP forthcoming later in 2023.

“Push” will also hold a remix from dark electronic artist KPT. Maintaining a steady output of solo work, beginning with 1993’s “Cheesy” on TVT Records, En Esch’s new LP, his first in over seven years, is slated for release in 2023 on GIVE/TAKE.

En Esch is Nicklaus Schandelmaier, a German drummer, programmer, producer, guitarist and singer who has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, Slick Idiot, and . And more recently with NUKES, a 16 member band that includes Chris Connelly, John Bechdel, Mario Alberto Cabada, David J and more. It was KMFDM’s Sascha Konietzko who claims to have given Esch his nickname because the latter felt that his real name was inappropriate for the stage.

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We got a few questions regarding this, so yes, the Chicago-based industrial band, Project .44, have unleashed their first album in sixteen years, “(The Storm Before) Reform”. It’s the band’s first full album output although there has been a sporadic single, some compilation contributions, and an EP and lead-man Chri5 Harri5 has been busy for a few years with Sean Payne (Cyanotic) on the Glitch Mode Recordings offshoot CONFORMCO.

Harri5 explains the 16 years of album silence: “Well after we released our debut, ‘The System Doesn’t Work’ on Invisible Records, we put out a follow up remix CD in ‘07 and then still had five years left on our deal. We were in limbo. Recording had started and demos have lived, some, up to ten years. After we were free we got the braintrust together, Louis Svitek, Charles Levi, MTL, and long time producing friends The Thump and Seibold and went full bore into finishing the jams.”

After seven more years, two reissued releases from the Give/Take label, appearances at SxSW, Mechanismus Fesival and Sanctuary Festival, Project .44 was able to take the final sprint and complete work on their new album.

You get 11 tracks of brutal Chicago industrial with Chri5 Harri5 and fellow industrialists Louis Svitek (Ministry/ReVco), Charles Levi (Thrill Kill Kult/Pigface), Seibold (Hate Dept.) and guest appearances from En Esch (KMFDM/Pigface) and Lady E (Slick Idiot).

The CD features 3 bonus tracks with remixes from Jim Marcus (Die Warzau), Phildo Owen (Skatenigs) and Sean Payne (Cyanotic) The cassette and vinyl features 2 bonus tracks with remixes from Walter Flakus (Stabbing Westward) & Mark Trueman (Choke Chain).

Check out the video for “Murder Weapon” featuring En Esch.

And here is the full release.

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In collaboration with Side-Line Magazine, the Norwegian musician Håvard Ellefsen aka Mortiis releases the free 3-track charity single “Too Little Too Late” via the magazine’s Bandcamp page.

The single features 3 tracks including a remix by En Esch (KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot) which is exclusive to this single.

The 2 other tracks are the album version of “Too Little Too Late” which is taken from the album “The Great Deceiver” (Omnipresence Productions) and “The Ugly Truth (Je$us Loves Amerika Remix)” which is taken from the album “The Great Corrupter” (Omnipresence Productions). Also included in the full download of the single is the back of the cover artwork featuring full credits.

This free single is part of a series of singles which will be released over time via Side-Line by bands who support the charity projects Side-Line is backing. Feel free to donate if you want to, you’ll be making a difference for someone else in need.

Be sure to check www.mortiiswebstore.com and mortiis.bandcamp.com for further good music!

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Genre/Influences: Electro, industrial, rock.

Background/Info: Klaus Schandelmaier better known under his artist name En Esch and his involvement in bands such as KMFDM, Pigface and Slick Idiot is back on track with a new full length under his own name. While En Esch released a few productions together with other artists, “Trash Chic” is his third album.

Content: “Trash Chic” is a solo-album although accomplished by the help of multiple ‘familiar’ contributors/guests such as Mona Mur, Guenter Schulz (ex-KMFDM), more collaborations with Trixie Reiss (Crystal Method), Alison Mack (Honest Marquee), Tasha Katrine & Rob Zilla (both More Machine Than Man), Raymond Watts ao.

The album became quite diversified although featuring the familiar ingredients of En Esch. The typical guitar riffs –which remain pretty close to KMFDM, mixed with electronic loops and an industrial sound atmosphere are still making the essence of this work. The vocals are mainly spooky while the female guests inject a more sensual touch.

There also is a remix of “Do Me” (which is a song that was originally released on the previous album “Spänk!”) by Leather Strip.

+ + + : En Esch is an artist I respect for having created his own style. It remains an essential aspect of this album, which  mixes electronics with guitar, alternating harder, danceable cuts with softer and sometimes more experimental pieces. I’m still totally wild about the guitar riffs creating this industrial touch. There’re a few great cuts featured and I especially want to recommend “Sweet Lord” and “Super Ego” while the Leather Strip remix is another attention grabber. The fans will be pleased to discover an album featuring 18 songs.

– – – : I like the title of the album although the title-song is a rather disappointing cut. A few more experimental-minded tracks aren’t exactly the best exponents of this work. En Esch remains pretty faithful to his sound formula so there’s no real trace of innovation here.

Conclusion: “Trash Chic” is an appropriated title for an album moving in between hard, familiar and typical En Esch songs at one side and softer cuts where he likes to experiment on the other side. The fans will get what they want!

Best songs: “Sweet Lord”, “Super Ego”, “A Bullet Fires In One Direction”, “Sucker”, “Do Me – Leather Strip Rmx”.

Rate: (7)

Band: www.enesch.de / www.facebook.com/slick.idiot.1

Label: www.distortionprod.com / www.facebook.com/distortionproductions

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