Posted on 07 Oct, 2008 - Bookmark at del.icio.us Out by early December is the live album "Akoasma–Horror Vacui Live" by the German Gothic Rock act ASP. The release comes as a standard edition (double CD) in digipak with partial brilliant varnish and 28 pages booklet. The release comes right after the best-of-CD "Horror Vacui" and the accompanying Greatest Hits tour. A limited deluxe special edition in Hardcover-Paperbook box (limited to 3.999 copies) will be out as well holding 4 additional live songs on CD3.
Posted on 07 Oct, 2008 - Bookmark at del.icio.us Out on Decadance by the end of October is the Latexxx Teens album "Death Club Entertainment". The release comes after their first (deleted) EP "Moloko & Ultra-Violence" and holds a mix of 'pop, electro beats, walls of guitars, rock attitude and metal violence...' as the labl puts it. The album was produced and arranged by Victor Love (Dope Stars inc.) and Latexxx Teens. Recorded at Ghostrack Studio, Rome Italy it was mastered by Brian Hazard of Resonance Mastering / Color Theory, USA. More info and sonds can be found at www.myspace.com/latexxxteens and www.latexxxteens.com . Below is a live video of the band shot in Rome in March 2008.
Posted on 07 Oct, 2008 - Bookmark at del.icio.us From Barcelona comes this rather interesting solo project by former Trans-X and Thai-Essence member Nadia Sohaei. This classical trained pianist and mezzo soprano singer started her first solo electro project in 2006 self-releasing the CD "Talking to Myself". In 2007 Nik Wejedal joined the project bringing additional voices, vsual design, live keyboards and co-writing some of the lyrics. In 2008, Nadia Sohaei signs with Decadance Records who will now re-release her debut album worldwide. For the completists, Under the Thai-Essence project umbrella Sohaei completed 2 records, the 2000 album "Inside" and the 2002 release "This is my life" collaborating with other singers such as Nuria Rial, Zhanna, Miki Mori and Claudia Schnieder. More news and sounds at www.myspace.com/nadiasohaei and www.nadiasohaei.com .
Posted on 07 Oct, 2008 - Bookmark at del.icio.us Germany's electropop act Melotron have announced on their website at www.melotron.com that heir USA-Tour has been canceled. Here's what the band had to say about it: "Although the band has been requested work visa for weeks, a timely handling by the American Consulate was not confirmed until today. Therefore, after consultation with the American tour promoter, the tour is switched in next year. Once the new dates are determined, it will be announced here first." Melotron are currently working on a new album.
To tease you US fans a bit, check out this live video of "Brüder"...