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The last week or so has been somewhat epic: since last Saturday (07-April), I've been to seven nights of gigs, seeing 23 bands in the process. All of them are now reviewed and online, as follows:

Resistanz Festival - 07/08-April - review - covering Memmaker, Be My Enemy, Esa, Soman, Frozen Plasma, Nachtmahr, Grendel, Surgyn, Detroit Diesel, FGFC820, W.A.S.T.E., Straftanz, Ultraviolence, mind.in.a.box and Icon Of Coil

Chelsea Wolfe - 09-April - review - covering Old Forest and Chelsea Wolfe

Monotreme Records 10th Anniversary - 10-April - review - covering Midas Fall and 65daysofstatic

Marion - 12-April - review - covering Exit Calm and Marion

Jägermeister Music Tour 2012 - 13-April - review - covering Therapy? and Skindred

We Come In Peace - 14-April - review - covering Laibach at the Tate Modern.

All 270-odd reviews on my website can be found starting from here, using the nav bar at the top.

My recommendations are 32Crash :Wumpscut: ASP Absurd Minds Accessory Agonoize And One Angels & Agony Armageddon Dildos Assemblage 23 C-Tec Cat Rapes Dog Cephalgy Cobalt 60 Code 64 Colony 5 Covenant Decoded Feedback Destroid Die Krupps Dismantled Down Below Edge of Dawn Eisbrecher Frozen Plasma Funker Vogt Haujobb Heimataerde Hocico Icon Of Coil In Strict Confidence KMFDM Leæther Strip Mind.In.A.Box Nachtmahr Namnambulu Neuroticfish Noise Unit Painbastard Pride and Fall Seabound Skinny Puppy Solitary Experiments Spetsnaz Staubkind Stromkern Terminal Choice Tyske Ludder Unheilig & Project Pitchfork X-Marks the Pedwalk

Top Artists

1.Emil Bulls
2.VNV Nation
3.Diary of Dreams
4.End of Green
5.Poets of the Fall

Top Albums

1.Frontiers
2.Ego:X
3.Martin & James

Top Tracks

1.Malice
2.Goodnight Insomnia
3.Crashing Into Love

Best Concerts
1.Martin & James @ Frannz Club, 20/05/11
2.Solar Fake @ K17, 22/07/11
3.Diorama @ Werk II, 10/06/11 (during WGT)
4.Diary of Dreams @ C-Club, 09/10/11
5.End of Green @ Zitadelle Spandau, 19/06/11 (during Zitarock)

Fresh blood in my music library
1.Martin & James
2.Volbeat
3.Frozen Plasma
4.Felix Marc
5.Florence + the Machine

New Found Glory in 2011
Breaking Benjamin

some very special songs...

The – by far – sexiest song of 2011
Nature of Inviting

The song I spent dancing to again and again and again
Solid, Steady, Changeless

My most embarrassing favorite songs, aka guilty pleasures 20.11
Whataya Want From Me
Wake Up Call

Ronea’s song 2011
Undividable

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Мой альбом июля:
Моя июльская журнальная запись неожиданно прервалась обстоятельствами, несущими большие перемены в жизни. К счастью, на этот раз все перемены, похоже, оказались к лучшему, и это, вкупе с заслуженным отпуском, придает сил и энергии на будущее. Несмотря на куцое июльское наполнение, формат журнала обязывает выбрать лучший релиз. Откровенно говоря, выбирать особо не из чего, потому можно сделать своеобразный реверанс гуру дарк-эмбиента Массимо Магрини. Его новый альбом не будоражит воображение, не вызывает мурашек по коже, но определенно достоин внимания.

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Bad Sector - Chronoland (2011)
7/10
Новый альбом итальянского мастера дарк-эмбиента Массимо Магрини - это путешествие по волнам времени. Каждый трек Chronoland - это определенный момент времени с кратким пояснением. …

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Tracklist:

01. Fallen Stars (Feat. Felix Marc) 04:42
02. Fallen Stars (feat. Peter Rainman) 04:54
03. Battlefield Of Love (Per Aspera Gentle Vision) 04:23
04. Fallen Stars (feat. Peter Rainman) (Remix by !distain) 05:07
05. Fallen Stars (feat. Felix Marc) (Survivor Remix by Systemshock) 04:54
06. Fallen Stars (Feat. Felix Marc) (Broken Stars Mix By Mechanical Apfelsine) 05:34
07. Fallen Stars (feat. Peter Rainman) (Remix by Foretaste)* 04:58
08. Fallen Stars (Feat. Felix Marc) (Progressive Fall Mix By Alpha Point)* 05:34

Synthematik presents a brand new maxi-single “Fallen Stars” from the talented Russian futurepop artist Mental Discipline featuring guest appearances by Felix Marc (Diorama / Frozen Plasma) and Peter Rainman (People Theatre)!
Mental Discipline is a one-man project formed by Alexandr Krivoruko in 2008. …

On the nilaihah records Shop & click on "buy now" (preorder from July 13, 2010) :

http://www.nilaihah.com/dsm.htm


Ad Inferna - DSM
July 27, 2010 | Nilaihah Records | nr046

AD INFERNA continue their musical evolution with their new electronicalbum called DSM produced and mastered by Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper, VNV Nation). AD INFERNA has chosen to break down the barriers of musical genres to offer their own musical, virtual and thematic style: each production is different, unique and synthesizes their own personal evolution.

Full Length CD - 13 songs
$12 USD

CD Track Order :

01. Premices
02. Omniscience
03. Der Ball der Verdammten
04. The Second Half of the Sky
05. The Other Side of Me
06. Crime Body
07. Celeste
08. Dimension Zero
09. Verklarte
10. Coma (La Fin des Rêves)
11. Verklärte - "Cellmod" remix
12. Crime Body - "Suicidal Romance" remix
13. Verklärte - "Distatix" remix

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Video clip of the song "Verklärte" from the Ad Inferna new album DSM. Komistik Prod - © Nilaihah Records 2010

After the successful "Trance:N:dance" opus & "Heroine (Revisited Trance un Tanz)" EP, AD INFERNA continue their musical evolution with their new 100% electronic album called DSMco-produced & mastered by Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper).

The concept of 10 tracks is an electronic psychoanalysis, punctuated by catchy melodies which only voaVoXyD has the secrecy and the sound incantations sung in French / English by arkames. The only glimmer of hope seems to come from lyrical flights of Asphodel. Warning, if the atmosphere is unhealthy, terribly black and spell all the pieces that make up DSM are pure bombs assembled by expert hands of Vasi Vallis to make carnage in the Klub.

DSM is the ultimate tool and essential for any self-respecting DJ. It's cutting, killer and addicting.

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