en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/group/80s+Gothic/journal The Last.fm group journal for 80s Gothic. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Lysander/journal/2009/11/04/34w583_2009%27s_mandelbrot_set Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:28:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Lysander/journal/2009/11/04/34w583_2009%27s_mandelbrot_set Actually, 2009 hasn't been a bad year at all for new releases. Having initially thought it was one of the most dreadful years on record for new music [which is what I tend to think every year] there were some good new discoveries and great older releases to unearth.

We're still a few weeks away from the mid-December Rubicon, but in what is becoming a mini early-November tradition, here are my personal thoughts on the best so far this year.

Halo Manash - Am Kha Astrie:



Halo Manash's previous albums were a little too droney and self-indulgent for my liking, a lot of the time sounding like 60 minutes of a football rattle in a wind tunnel. Am Kha Astrie, along with The Language of Red Goats , is a much more ambient and mature effort. Split across seven tracks with numbers ranging from disquieting to demonic, it's possibly the most composite and rounded album the band have yet produced.

Atrium Carceri - Souyan:



AC gets a lot of flack from the dark ambient crowd, mainly because they've been around longer and are one of the most popular bands. Previous albums were way too oversampled but this time round AC have really reigned in the atmosphere, dropped the sampling to its lowest since Cellblock and come up with an album of perfect dark ambient combinations.

Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition:



This would be higher up the list if it weren't for the first three minutes of the album, Mariusz's crooning of "I hope my sell-by date didn't expire yesterday" being horribly cringeworthy. After this though, things rapidly improve and with ADHD Riverside have put out their best work since Second Life Syndrome. After the rather lost and directionless Rapid Eye Movement, ADHD is a far more realised work with the band actually making an effort to write decent music rather than coasting for 70 minutes of wankery.

Tome / Seven Morgues - Deep in Marble:



This split album is the combination of two projects from the same artist, Israel's Oren Ben Yosef. Most of the time just using pure vocal combinations, Tome and Seven Morgues build up an atmosphere of disenchanted, dark and demonic rituals. The use of clean vocals, hums and tortured, hissing cries is a devastating and disturbing combination, and as a result Deep In Marble comes across as one of the most difficult listens in ambient music I can remember. I recall a time when Enemite and even raison d’être seemed difficult to get through, but there's always another album to eventually take things to the next level - which Deep in Marble has done effortlessly and admirably.

Katatonia - Night is the New Day:



The almost perfect successor to the almost perfect In The Great Cold Distance, NITND develops the maturity and focus of its predecessor but gives it a heavier coating. Even though the atmosphere and colour of the album are exactly in the same class as I've come to expect from Katatonia, there is a slight feeling that they're going through the motions and letting the ball roll of its own accord rather than influencing its direction anymore. Nevertheless, it's a high quality album and one of the classiest 'metal' releases this year.

Keelhaul - Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity:



Having previously played a kind of progressive metal/metalcore fusion, the band's 2009 album sees them more or less veer straight into technical metal. The album is largely instrumental with beefy, solid production, catchy riffs and the odd passage which is so confounding it keeps you coming back out of pure intrigue. This is one of the few metal albums I have to sit down and pay attention to to digest, a musical Rubik's cube which needs time and focus to appreciate. Along with its humorous - and intentionally mocking - song titles, it's a highly interesting and captivating piece of work.

Redemption - Snowfall on Judgment Day:



After the slightly disappointing Origins of Ruin, Redemption have returned with a much surer trajectory - hardly surprising given Nick's physical condition. This time round the feeling is very different in the Redemption camp. Gone is the nebulous "I can take it or leave it" feel of OOR, this time everything is sharpened: guitar solos, vocals, riffs, drumming. Everything is expertly - and emotionally - done, with Ray Alder delivering some fine vocal melodies conveyed through intensely personal lyrics.

Album of the year candidate(s):

This was very difficult indeed given the two at the top, both highly commendable for their own reasons. A very close second goes to:

Black Math Horseman - Wyllt:



In a time when most female-fronted metal has been defenestrated and decried by the large majority of fans, BMH have come out with something entirely different and welcome. OK, it may not be metal in the standard definition of the term, edging more towards post-rock/metal and ambient, but it's one of the freshest 2009 releases. Largely instrumental with only the odd smattering of echoey, pained female vocals, Wyltt is a lonely voice in the world of metal - vox clamantis in deserto - ringing out to be noticed and understood. This won't appeal to those looking for metal in its more standard forms, but for those needing something new and innovative. Each passage, each bar and each note has its own individuality and feeling, made even better by their simplicity. In the end it's the stark, bare-bones feel of the music which makes it even more powerful, effective and unnerving. A fantastic debut.

Leaving the primary spot to:

The Mars Volta - Octahedron:



TMV had already threatened to make a pop record after several albums of post-ten minute songs, indecipherable lyrics, dissonant guitar solos and frenetic tempo changes. It's easy to see why the band are both revered and reviled, but they're one of the most original, talented and inventive ensembles around. Octahedron is a sea-change from the loud and frenzied The Bedlam in Goliath and sees the band put out a more 'acoustic' and mellow album. Some of it may be a little too mellow in places, and it's a shock to the system that they can put something like this after the relentless, spasmodic Bedlam. Maybe this was exactly the point, and to be able to carry off both styles with convincing aplomb is a hugely impressive feat, especially when so many bands have failed to do so.

Pending albums of interest:

Kauan - Aava tuulen maa
raison d’être - The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice
The Morningside - Moving Crosscurrent of Time

Discoveries not released this year worth mentioning:

Arcana - Le Serpent Rouge
Armin van Buuren - Imagine
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Cloudkicker - The Discovery
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Dieter Müh / Mnem - Atomyriades
Duke Ellington - Money Jungle
Fates Warning - No Exit
Fates Warning - Parallels
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Forgotten Silence - Kro Ni Ka
Herbst9 - The Gods are Small Birds but I am the Falcon
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Katatonia - In the Great Cold Distance
Love Spirals Downwards - Flux
Lull - Like a Slow River
Maeror Tri - Myein
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Moonsorrow - V: Hävitetty
Niyaz - Nine Heavens
Savatage - In the Hall of the Mountain King
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Lysander/journal/2009/11/04/34w583_2009%27s_mandelbrot_set#comments http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5vtw_2.rocknacht_im_sound-saarland_am_22.08.2009 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:44:45 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5vtw_2.rocknacht_im_sound-saarland_am_22.08.2009

weitere Info´s unter:

Diskothek SOUND-Saarland]]> http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5vtw_2.rocknacht_im_sound-saarland_am_22.08.2009#comments http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5t8b_diskothek_sound-saarland_programm_august_2009 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:04:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5t8b_diskothek_sound-saarland_programm_august_2009 Hi Freunde, hier ist nun das SOUND-Programm für August 2009:



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Jeden Mittwoch:
Rock, Pop & Sound Classics
mit Dj Jake und Dj Meng

Öffnungszeit: 20:00 - 3:00 Uhr (2,50€)
in den Schulferien und vor Feiertagen bis
5:00 Uhr (3,-€)
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Samstag, 25.07.09
Rock vs. Metal-Night
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Gothic Rock,
Mittelalterrock,
Grunge, New Metal, Punkrock,
Rock- and Hardrock-Classics

Dj Meng

ab 22:00 Uhr
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Freitag, 07.08.09
29 Jahre SOUND - Best Of Sound-Party Vol. 2
Zu diesem Event tun sich die Sound-Parties
zusammen
und präsentieren ihre
"Fachbereiche" im ½-stündigen
Wechsel... :)

22:00 - 22:30 Uhr: Winy (Rock)
22:30 - 23:00 Uhr: Marco (Gothic, Wave,
Mittelalterrock, 80´s)
23:00 - 23:30 Uhr: Snoopy/Gomez (Man singt
deutsch)
23:30 - 24:00 Uhr: Jake/Meng (Rock, Pop&
Sound Classics)
00:00 - 00:30 Uhr: Winy (Rock)
00:30 - 01:00 Uhr: Marco (Gothic, Wave,
Mittelalterrock, 80´s)
01:00 - 01:30 Uhr: Snoopy/Gomez (Man singt
deutsch)
01:30 - 02:00 Uhr: Jake/Meng (Rock, Pop &
Sound Classics)
02:00 - 02:30 Uhr: Winy (Rock)
02:30 - 03:00 Uhr: Marco (Gothic, Wave,
Mittelalterrock, 80´s)
03:00 - 03:30 Uhr: Snoopy/Gomez (Man singt
deutsch)
03:30 - 04:00 Uhr: Jake/Meng (Rock, Pop &
Sound Classics)
04:00 - 05:00 Uhr: Im Wechsel, wer noch
will/kann... ;-)

ab 22:00 Uhr

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Freitag, 14.08.09
1. BLACK NIGHT
erwartet Euch eine interessante
Musikmischung
...aus den Bereichen:
Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Gothic, EBM, Melodic
Rock,
Dark Metal, Neue deutsche Härte usw..

...von Black Sabbath, Deep Purple über
Sepultura, Slayer, Soulfly, Venom und
Kreator
bis Tiamat, Within Temptation, Paradise
Lost,
Testament, Crematory, Celtic Frost, Amon
Amarth und Agonoize, Samsas Traum, Subway To
Sally, And One sowie VNV Nation, Welle
Erdball, Rammtein
.....und...und...und...

"DJ Che" (Metal),
"DJane CAT" (Dark-, Gothic Metal)
......und......
"DJ Winy™ ®" (Rock)

ab 22:00 Uhr

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Samstag, 15.08.09
Kaleidoskop Vol. 53
Electro / Wave / EBM / Punk / Industrial /
Gothic / 80's

ab 22:00 Uhr (bis 23:00 Uhr halber Eintritt)
Homepage mit Forum, Bilder, Playlisten und
Eventkalender:
www.kaleidoskop-saar.de

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Samstag, 22.08.09
2. Rocknacht 2009
Dj Winy

Ein Mix aus Softrock, Hardrock, Blues-Rock,
Rock-Oldies, New Wave, Electronic-Rock,
Gothic-Rock, Deutsch-Rock, Sound-Classics
und mehr!

Beginn: 22:00 Uhr (3,-€)

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Freutag, 04.09.09
Rock, Pop & Sound Classics - SPEZIAL
Feiert an diesem Abend nochmals zu der
beliebten Mittwochs-Musik!

Dj Meng

ab 22:00 Uhr

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Samstag, 05.09.09
"Depeche Mode / The Cure" - Night
[VOL VI]
Die Party geht weiter!
Dich erwartet an diesem Abend die Musik der
beiden Meister
aus den Anfängen der Wavebewegung bis heute.
Abgemischt mit wavigen Synthieklängen aus den
80er und 90er.

Dj Marco + Stef
Beginn: 22:00 Uhr (3,-€)

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...........siehe auch hier im
Bilderalbum!!!!

weiter Info´s unter:

www.sound-saarland.de

G´s DJWiny

weitere Info´s unter:
Diskothek SOUND-Saarland

G´s DJWiny]]> http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/25/2w5t8b_diskothek_sound-saarland_programm_august_2009#comments http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/19/2vokom_%5Buwolnijmuzyke.pl%5D_recenzja_chairlift_-_does_you_inspire_you Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:39:14 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/19/2vokom_%5Buwolnijmuzyke.pl%5D_recenzja_chairlift_-_does_you_inspire_you Czy w obecnych czasach można tworzyć pop, który nie będzie kojarzył się z obciachem? Brooklyński Wyciąg Krzesełkowy - niektórym znany już zapewne z reklamy iPoda Nano - pokazuje, że jest to rzecz wykonalna, a efekt ich twórczości jest nawet bardziej niż zadowalający.
więcej]]> http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/19/2vokom_%5Buwolnijmuzyke.pl%5D_recenzja_chairlift_-_does_you_inspire_you#comments http://www.last.fm/user/vidiaquam/journal/2009/07/12/2v4kko_radio_tuxedo Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:43:26 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/vidiaquam/journal/2009/07/12/2v4kko_radio_tuxedo I invite you to listen the new song "Radio Tuxedo" of the Vidi Aquam : http://www.last.fm/music/VIDI+AQUAM/_/radio+tuxedo?autostart]]> http://www.last.fm/user/vidiaquam/journal/2009/07/12/2v4kko_radio_tuxedo#comments http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/11/2v05xx_im_wandel_der_zeit%3A%3A_sound-saarland_mit_neuem_logo Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:23:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/11/2v05xx_im_wandel_der_zeit%3A%3A_sound-saarland_mit_neuem_logo ...hier ist es... das neue SOUND-Saarland-LOGO:




G´s Winy]]> http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/11/2v05xx_im_wandel_der_zeit%3A%3A_sound-saarland_mit_neuem_logo#comments http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/04/2ug0ns_%5Bbat-cave.pl%5D_recenzja_white_lies_-_to_lose_my_life... Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:42:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/04/2ug0ns_%5Bbat-cave.pl%5D_recenzja_white_lies_-_to_lose_my_life... Czasami, czytając muzyczne recenzje w oficjalnych mediach, odnoszę wrażenie, że osoby je piszące tak naprawdę nie słuchają żadnych z tych albumów. Ignorancja recenzentów zadziwiająca jest zwłaszcza w przypadku opisywania zespołów inspirujących się muzyką nowofalową i post-punkową; niekiedy odnieść można wrażenie, że dziennikarze muzyczni z muzycznej alternatywy lat osiemdziesiątych kojarzą jedynie Joy Division i, ewentualnie, The Cure. Czasem zastanawiam się, jakie bzdury muszą być wypisywane na temat muzycznych stylów, w których raczej nie za bardzo się orientuję, gdzie nie jestem w stanie wyłapać takich bredni, jakie wypisuje się na przykład na temat debiutu White Lies.
więcej]]> http://www.last.fm/user/michass/journal/2009/07/04/2ug0ns_%5Bbat-cave.pl%5D_recenzja_white_lies_-_to_lose_my_life...#comments http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/03/2ueljc_programm_sound_saarland_juli_2009 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 21:13:50 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/03/2ueljc_programm_sound_saarland_juli_2009 ... und hier das Programm vom SOUND Saarland für den Juli 2009:



G´s
DJ Winy]]> http://www.last.fm/user/DJWiny/journal/2009/07/03/2ueljc_programm_sound_saarland_juli_2009#comments http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/29/2u2y7y_monthly_top_50_songs_of_radio-shadowplay_group_members_on_last.fm_%28june_2009%29 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:57:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/29/2u2y7y_monthly_top_50_songs_of_radio-shadowplay_group_members_on_last.fm_%28june_2009%29 Extracts of the monthly Top 50 will be played on radio-shadowplay (http://www.laut.fm/radio-shadowplay) during the special broadcast "Members Only" (every thursday 10-12 and every sunday 22-24) ... and in Jan 10 a special broadcast TOP 500 of 2009 will take place - 24hrs long!!!

June 2009

1 Joy Division – Decades
2 Blacklist – Flight of the Demoiselles
3 Split Seconds – So sad about it all
The Chameleons – Monkeyland
5 Joy Division – She's Lost Control
6 Joy Division – Atmosphere
7 Blacklist – Still Changes
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
The Chameleons – Up The Down Escalator
The Cure – One Hundred Years
11 Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
12 Placebo – Kitty Litter
13 Joy Division – The Eternal
Joy Division – Twenty Four Hours
The Cure – Treasure
The Mary Onettes – Lost
17 The Mary Onettes – Pleasure Songs
18 Project:KOMAKINO – PENUMBRA 1
The Sisters of Mercy – Walk Away
20 The Cure – Plainsong
21 The Cure – Friday I'm in Love
22 Joy Division – Heart and Soul
23 Blacklist – Shock in the Hotel Falcon
B-Movie – Nowhere Girl
Depeche Mode – Jezebel
War Tapes – Mind Is Ugly
27 Blacklist – Blue Shifted
iLiKETRAiNS – Terra Nova
Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart
The Chameleons – Less Than Human
The Cure – A Forest
The Cure – A Strange Day
White Lies – Death
34 Blacklist – Frontiers
Blacklist – Julie Speaks
Blacklist – Language Of The Living Dead
Blacklist – Odessa
Blacklist – Poison For Tomorrow
Blacklist – The Believer
Blacklist – The Cunning of History
Editors – All Sparks
The Chameleons – In Shreds
The Cure – Push
The Cure – The Same Deep Water as You
The Mary Onettes – Slow
War Tapes – Dreaming of you
47 B-Movie – Remembrance Day
Joy Division – Passover
49 Joy Division – Isolation
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Placebo – Bright Lights
Placebo – Come Undone
Placebo – Devil In The Details
Placebo – Julien
Placebo – The Never-Ending Why
Project:KOMAKINO – Syndrome]]> http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/29/2u2y7y_monthly_top_50_songs_of_radio-shadowplay_group_members_on_last.fm_%28june_2009%29#comments http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/26/2tr2th_%22lang_und_breit%22%3A_new_special_at_radio-shadowplay_... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:35:10 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/26/2tr2th_%22lang_und_breit%22%3A_new_special_at_radio-shadowplay_... ... from now on every wednesday (10:00-12:00 german time) and saturday (22:00-24:00 german time) you can listen to the broadcast "Lang und Breit".

Here you can find essentiel and interesting "longplayer" out of the musical spectrum of radio-shadowplay!

You will listen up to three songs (played in block) of a album - the album stays in the playlist until all songs will have been played.

The following albums will be presented at the start:
- (((S))) - Ghost
- Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and his Friends
- The Bravery - The Sun and th Moon
- Black Kids - Partie Taumatic
- Curious - The Intimate Stranger
- Calling Dead Red Roses - 1985
- White Lies - To lose my Life
- Glasvegas - Glasvegas
- Amy MacDonald - This is the life
- And Also the Trees - Virus Meadow
- Bauhaus - Crackle

Hope you'll enjoy it!

Greetings - IndiMichi]]> http://www.last.fm/user/IndiMichi/journal/2009/06/26/2tr2th_%22lang_und_breit%22%3A_new_special_at_radio-shadowplay_...#comments