The Silence Industry – Permanent Crisis
Label: AF Music
Release date: 2011
Total running time: 00:36:39
“Permanent Crisis” is meanwhile the 6th release of The Silence Industry. The 5-song EP continues, what has begun with the parent “The Teeth of Tomorrow”. Complex guitars in gothic rock robe, combined with elaborate bass riffs offer a thrilling feeling of angst.
As the title “Permanent Crisis” reveals, it is a very pessimistic release. Though the desire and the yearning are present in every moment, as everyone awaits it from The Silence Industry. A more than adequately retrospect of modern Goth-Rock on the ruins of the information era.
| TRACKLIST |
| 01 - Permanent Crisis 02 - Tangled (In Shade) 03 - We 04 - The God of Speed 05 - Empire of Obscurity 06 - Permanent Crisis (Remix) |
Curious – Arrhythmia
Label: AF Music
Release date: 2008
Total running time: 00:46:38
n the summer of 1999 CURIOUS was called into being in Bielefeld. Before they started to write their own songs, in the beginning the band raged themself out on song-material from icons like The Cure, OMD and the Chameleons. After a self-produced EP titled "Falling" (2002) CURIOUS released their debut album "The Intimate Stranger" (Genetic Music), which sparked sumerous fans as well as trade press in Germany. After the CD-release was outsold in 2008 there was a digital re-release on afmusic, that caused a stir cross-border.
On first gigs together with Mark Burgess (Ex-Chameleons) in 2003 and many live performances the band quickly convinced a fast-growing audience of its qualities. At that time CURIOUS considerably improved their style and thereby a distinct image evolved, an image that leaves enough space for innovative and individual elements beside the unmistakeable 80's wave influences.
"Arrhythhmia" was published on Sonorium in November 2008 as the second and for now also last longplayer creation by CURIOUS. At the same time afmusic published the net-single "Days" under a Creative Commons License. Songs like "Days", "To Run With The Hare And Hunt With The Hounds" or "J. Mary (Sweetheart)" put dancefloors in motion just like the song "Thrill B" that was released earlier as a bonus track. "Resurrection", "Dazzled" or "The Way To Nowhere", which are more smooth and atmospherically charged with emotion, invite to relax and ponder at the end of a bus day. "Arrhythmia" was recorded in the Senor Rock Studios (Bünde) and then mixed and mastered in TS-Musix Studio (Zweibrücken).
One year after the band's final gig there will be also a digital re-release of the album under a Creative Commons License as a free download. It will be available on afmusic and miscellaneous download portals on 15th of February 2011.
| TRACKLIST |
| 01 - Resurrection 02 - Days 03 - Slowly Decaying 04 - To Run With The Hare And Hunt With The Hounds 05 - To Ashes Down 06 - J. Mary (Sweetheart) 07 - Face A Wall 08 - Dazzled 09 - The Way To Nowhere 10 - Holy Ground 11 - Thrill B |
Art Of Empathy - Posthuman Decadence
GENRE: Rock, Dark Wave, Dark Ambient, Neofolk
Label: Co-released with 7th Crow Records, afmusic, FunerART and Wildness Records
Release date: 2010
Total running time: 1:04:10
AOE is a one man project founded by Jef Janssen in Diest, Belgium. It’s music can be described as a mixture between neofolk and darkwave: grounded on acoustic guitars, combined with dreamy or dark synths and whispering, haunting vocals. Sometimes dark romantic, sometimes apocalyptic. Always nature-loving, always driven by melancholy. After the success of the dreamy 'Evening Sessions', AOE returns with the new album 'Posthuman Decadence'. Like in the past, this project is all about creating beautiful, dreamy songs. But this time it is with a dark, apocalyptic touch. 'Posthuman Decadence' tells the story of the struggling man, trying hard to give meaning to his life. Although he tries his best, he slips further and further away from his original nature. His intentions are often good, but in the end, he falls into decay. It’s then he gets confronted with his dependence on nature and his beloved ones. Available in FLAC!
| TRACKLIST |
| 01 - The Design 02 - Good Morning Sick World 03 - Don't Mind 04 - Recreation 05 - If This Is A Man 06 - Beautiful War 07 - Still Dancing 08 - Virile Earth 09 - The Source 10 - The Paradox Of Essence 11 - Dying Cosily 12 - Posthuman Decadence |
Creative Commons license: Attribution - Non Commercial - Share Alike 3.0
Dreams Of Dying Stars - Stardance
GENRE: Electronic, Dark Ambient, Dark Wave, Funeral Doom, Drone
Label: Nulll
Release date: 2003
Total running time: 1:13:14
Founded in june 2002, 'Dreams Of Dying Stars' is a mix between dark ambient and dark wave, resulting in long, sad and wavey tracks with a dark atmosphere. The first album was finished in december 2002 and released in april 2003, 'Stardance' offers 5 long tracks filled with melancholy and dark, spacey ambiences.
| TRACKLIST |
| 01 - In Orbit 02 - Devourer Of Worlds 03 - Drowning In The Sun 04 - Stardance 05 - Distant Void |
Creative Commons license: Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivs 3.0
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