Right from the horses mouth of Ellen Allien’s BPitch Control and minutes after Miss Allien completed her extensive SOOL tour, they’re teaming up and arming up again for the ‘Jetlag Tour’.  Dates and more news will be announced, but in the meantime to celebrate, a lovely mix (podcast) has been put together for your listening pleasure.  

Tracklisting:
1. Kode9 vs. Badawi - Den of Drums (ROIR)
2. Cylob - With This Ring (Rephlex)
3. Dj Mujava - Township Funk (Warp)
4. 2562 - Techno Dread (Tectonic)
5. Black Noise - Nature of the Beast (Original Black Noise Mix 2) (End to End)
6. TRG - Missed Calls (Subway)
7. Screaming Soul - Warfare (Ruckspin & Planas Remix) (Ranking)
8. British Murderboys - Hate Is Such a Strong Word (Counterbalance)
9. Elemental - Blob (Runtime)
10. Alex Cortex - Huyendo pt.2 (Klang Elektronik)
11. Zomby - Strange Fruit (Ramp)
12. TRG - Oi! Killa! (Cool and Deadly)
13. Mr. Oizo - Patrick 122 (Ed Banger)

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Good stuff!

Octogen (aka Marco Bernadi) will be dropping his first release of 2008 ‘Gindofask’ on Soma Quality Records on 25th August 2008.

I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview via promo and what I can tell you is that there is a fantastic mix of Drexciyan style electro, Black dog tinged early 90s techno, UR detroit sounds, Phuture 303 chicago melodies and a whole lot more. Simply loads of things I love about classic electronic music enhanced in a contemporary album. Highly recommended!

Vital Details
Artist: Octogen
Title: Gindofask
Label: Soma Quality Recordings
Catalog#: SOMA CD 71
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Electro

Tracklisting:
1 Please Intro Password (1:28)
2 Square Bells (5:18)
3 Sphyxomite (3:47)
4 Cyber Technological Flying Machine (6:21)
5 The Journeyman (7:12)
6 Ploughs And Clouds (5:08)
7 The Emperors Apprentice Pt. 1 (7:17)
8 James (3:20)
9 Saturn Sun (6:57)
10 The Emperors Apprentice Pt. 2 (5:44)
11 Return Of The Hero (6:58)
12 Sunset Over Tao (6:21)
13 Florence (7:23)

Two juicy items of news from the Warp camp today.  Firstly Squarepusher will be returning with a new album later in 2008.  A sneaky preview can be heard on their myspace here, and the man himself will be performing at both ATP and Manchester’s stupidly massive party ‘The Warehouse Project’.  Find out more info about this on Warp’s website here .

Secondly, the circuit bending, brain boxing, vocal distoring maestro himself, Tim Exile has to be signed to Warp and will be releasing a new album in 2009.

Exciting stuff!

My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) is an album by breakcore artist Venetian Snares. The title is in reference not to an actual soundtrack but rather the soundtrack to Aaron Funk’s downfall. It is said to be a follow-up to the 2005 album Rossz Csillag Alatt Született. Aaron was quoted as saying, “This album has nothing to do with dubstep and very little to do with breakcore.“

If it has anything in relation to Rossz Csillag Alatt Született I am a happy chappy.

Here is more info for the keen: Read the rest of this entry »

Underworld have completed their fifth studio album, Oblivion with Bells with an expected release date of 16th October on Ato Records. The first single from the new album, “Crocodile”, was released on September 5, 2007. An EP entitled Crocodile has also been releases in Japan (lucky people).

A full world tour has been announced to support the new studio album. Currently, tour dates in the United States, Europe, and Japan are scheduled for this fall, with more shows expected in the future.

The single sounds promising and I’m looking forward to checking out the EP when I can get my hands on it.