January 2014 Mix
First mix of the new year is up and waiting at sendspace.
01. Sol Invictus - An English Garden
02. The Shroud - Vision
03. Toys Went Berserk - No Warning
04. Crass - Bata Motel
05. Modern Eon - The Grass Still Grows
06. Ataraxia - The Bay Is White in Silent Light
07. Relatives Menschsein - Verflucht
08. Young Marble Giants - Brand-New-Life
09. Savoir Adore - Speed Bump
10. Stillste Stund - Blendwerk Antikunst
11. Metal Mother - Mind_off
12. Plumerai - Avernal (V3)
13. Blackbird Raum - A Rat in Thy Dream
14. Chrysalis Morass - Ehrenfels Nacht
15. True Widow - Creeper
16. The Jet Black Berries - Ring of Steel
17. Crime and the City Solution - My Love Takes Me There
I've only recently stumbled on Neue Deutsche Todeskunst as a micro-genre of electronic music. I've always thought of Das Ich as an industrial dance band, and could never explain why I like them so much more than other industrial dance bands. It all makes more sense if I think about them as pop ambassadors of NDT (or, at the time, pop ambassadors for Goethes Erben). Discovering the name of the micro-genre also gives me a handful of bands to investigate, including Relatives Menschsein and Stillste Stund, both new to me this month.
Chrysalis Morass is a great band name. It was a side-project of members of Eat Your Make-Up, and apparently both bands are now defunct. More evidence that the surprising and delightful deathrock revival of the '00s is over. Sad.
A few of my favorite bands aren't widely popular, and I can understand why. (Neubauten, Deine Lakaien, Marc Almond, there are reasons why they aren't number one with a bullet.) Ataraxia is a favorite that seems to have drastically underachieved their potential popular appeal. Pretty and interesting melodies, varied but largely traditional instrumentation, beautiful vocals. Why doesn't every Cure fan on earth have a few Ataraxia CDs for their club-night cool-downs?
01. Sol Invictus - An English Garden
02. The Shroud - Vision
03. Toys Went Berserk - No Warning
04. Crass - Bata Motel
05. Modern Eon - The Grass Still Grows
06. Ataraxia - The Bay Is White in Silent Light
07. Relatives Menschsein - Verflucht
08. Young Marble Giants - Brand-New-Life
09. Savoir Adore - Speed Bump
10. Stillste Stund - Blendwerk Antikunst
11. Metal Mother - Mind_off
12. Plumerai - Avernal (V3)
13. Blackbird Raum - A Rat in Thy Dream
14. Chrysalis Morass - Ehrenfels Nacht
15. True Widow - Creeper
16. The Jet Black Berries - Ring of Steel
17. Crime and the City Solution - My Love Takes Me There
I've only recently stumbled on Neue Deutsche Todeskunst as a micro-genre of electronic music. I've always thought of Das Ich as an industrial dance band, and could never explain why I like them so much more than other industrial dance bands. It all makes more sense if I think about them as pop ambassadors of NDT (or, at the time, pop ambassadors for Goethes Erben). Discovering the name of the micro-genre also gives me a handful of bands to investigate, including Relatives Menschsein and Stillste Stund, both new to me this month.
Chrysalis Morass is a great band name. It was a side-project of members of Eat Your Make-Up, and apparently both bands are now defunct. More evidence that the surprising and delightful deathrock revival of the '00s is over. Sad.
A few of my favorite bands aren't widely popular, and I can understand why. (Neubauten, Deine Lakaien, Marc Almond, there are reasons why they aren't number one with a bullet.) Ataraxia is a favorite that seems to have drastically underachieved their potential popular appeal. Pretty and interesting melodies, varied but largely traditional instrumentation, beautiful vocals. Why doesn't every Cure fan on earth have a few Ataraxia CDs for their club-night cool-downs?