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Projekt#518 | June 13, 2008 from Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
Aitu, the debut release from Melodyguild is now available nationwide at Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, select cool indie stores and of course projekt.com. This monumental release is gaining rave reviews and bringing old and new fans to Suzanne Perry's fantastic music.
Order for $6.98 and hear MP3s, here.
Suzanne Perry, formerly of ethereal darlings Love Spirals Downward, returns at the helm of Melodyguild. Aitu isn't too far afield from Perry's earlier work: "Panamint" builds a lush, wavering song from acoustic guitar strums and a crescendo of indie rock guitars and drumming; "Accomplice" shimmers in a downtrodden, Sundays-esque way; "Flicker" marries deep bass rumblings to a melancholy atmosphere. Melodyguild it at its best on the epic-length "Un Parellel," a song that manages to build from dying embers back into a full blaze. The common thread throughout the EP is, of course, Perry's vocals, which are in fine form throughout. Aitu is definitely worth the wait for fans of Love Spirals Downward, even if it only whets the appetite for more.
After the rupture that ended Love Spirals Downwards, singer Suzanne Perry seemed to disappear while Ryan Lum formed the new incarnation of the band as Lovespirals. So the return of Perry fronting a new band in 2002 was a surprising delight, and following on from the occasional compilation appearance over the years, on 2008's Aitu, the four-song debut of Melodyguild, it's clear her sweetly reflective pipes haven't deserted her at all. If she sounds a touch quieter in the mix, this could be the influence of the full band lineup; while not noticeably louder than Love Spirals Downwards was, the sense of a rock band performance is a subtle but clear change from the duo setup of the past. As a result, hearing the band kick into full towards the end of "Panamint" is an enjoyably dramatic touch, though to be fair the band is exploring a variant of a style Perry had long explored rather than trying something distinctly new, at least to start with. So there's cascading guitar shimmers, a moody bass undertow and a general sense of wistful Cocteau Twins-into-Cure-style indie pop atmospherics at work -- one could easily imagine the band appearing on the bill with the Autumns, and they probably have. It's all enjoyable, though, and moments like the Slowdive-style guitar break on "Flicker" from Matt Gleason shows that it's not just simply Perry and company but its own full band at work.
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Tearwave
Different Shade of Beauty
Street date: July 29, 2008
Projekt is taking pre-orders on Tearwave's 2nd CD, at $5 off the list price. P
lace your order now and we'll ship your copy on June 24.
Special $11.98 pre-order price through June 24!
Order and hear MP3s, here.
A year after their debut, Tearwave returns with a monumental 17 song, 77 minute, CD. Huge washes of shoegazer / indie-rock driven by sweeping, gauzy guitars in a dense musical interplay with the surging bass-lines and insistent drum rhythms. Jenn’s beautiful ghostly soprano is the clincher: dark, pained lyrics overflowing with passion and emotion. “Tearwave has set the groundwork to become a classic.”
- MusicTap.net
Sopor Aeternus
Les Fleurs Du Mal Tshirts
Because of tremendous demand Trisol is now offering a limited edition SOPOR AETERNUS T-Shirt in Men's and Girlie style. The summer of horrors: SOPOR AETERNUS face it in their very own way by releasing this lovely shirt, and in doing so, they celebrate the ending of their “Les Fleurs du Mal” set.
These quality-shirts (made by Fruit of the Loom) are
only available by pre-order.
This item is strictly limited edition! Everything we get from Trisol and Sopor sells out immediately!!! So if you want one, you MUST order now, because Trisol is only making enough shirts to satisfy pre-orders.
Strict deadline for pre-orders will be August 7th!!!
We expect the shirts to arrive in late August.
U P C O M I N G C O N C E R T S
Tearwave
Sun June 15 ~ Bug Jar in Rochester, NY
Sat July 26 ~ Club Diablo in Buffalo NY
Melodyguild
Saturday June 21st ~ Club Violaine in Los Angeles, CA
@ Roberto's Club in Downtown LA; 686 N Spring St in Chinatownl on the 2nd Floor. Club Violaine website.
Directions: 213.368.4933. This will be the Los Angeles release party for Aitu.
Voltaire
Jun 28 ~ The Totally Normal Event in Whippany, NJ
Jul 12 ~ Ravenwood Festival: Arsenic and Gears in Fayetteville, AR
Jul 16 ~ Vampirate Prom II @ Davey's Uptown in Kansas City, MO
Aug 2 ~ Savannah Conference Center in Savannah, GA
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 @ The Cuban Club in Tampa, FL
Aug 29 - Sept 1 ~ Dragoncon in Atlanta, GA
Sept 26 - 28 ~ The NY Anime Festival in New York, NY
Oct17-19 ~ Scream Fest/Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, FL
Audra
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 in Tampa, FL
Steve Roach
Sat Oct 25 ~ Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff AZ
Tickets are now on sale for Steve's only 2008 performance in the US or Beyond. Deep Sky Dreaming with Steve Roach will occur in Flagstaff AZ on Saturday Oct 25 at 6 PM. Seating is limited to 200 people in a great sounding indoor amphitheater performance space.This show will sell out, It is highly recommend you get your tickets now, info here.
Projekt: your source for great music since 1983. Hey, that makes it 25 years!!!
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Projekt#517 | June 5, 2008
from Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
New Releases in Stock
Arditi Omne Ensis Impera $18.98 | Epic orchestral loops and thunderous percussions are granted a more prominent role, stirring damp and suffocating ambiance.
The Birthday Massacre Looking Glass EP $9.48 | As the second single off of the album, “Looking Glass” is ablaze with driving guitar hooks, intricate keyboard melodies, and Chibi’s sinful vocals. Also includes mixes of fan favorites.
Caprice Kywitt! Kywitt! $14.98 | Enter the crazy faerie universe of this virtuoso neoclassical band. Surrealistic, yet beautiful, 'never heard before' music blending orchestral and folk instruments with vintage analogue synthesizers.
Chaoticum Psycho Log: Y $16.98 | Weaving madness through electric sound and half-crazed vocals unveils the initial peering beyond the shroud of uncertainty into the gaping night, calling to mind the powerful ritual works of COPH NIA, and the sublime melodies and haunting atmosphere of THE UNQUIET VOID.
 The Dresden Dolls No, Virginia $13.98 | A gathering of new songs, old demos and B-sides from the Yes, Virginia sessions.
Fear Falls Burning Frenzy of the Absolute $15.98 | This new album blends drone with slow-building, repetitive drums and additional guitar layers.
Meat Beat Manifesto Autoimmune $13.98 | The seminal electronic band is pushing the musical boundaries even further than they’ve gone before, creating a tour de force of electronic genius.
Mizar A View to a Flower Garden $14.98 | Dark, elegant, melodic, very gothic and still sweet melancholic.
Negative Format Gradients $13.98 | A refreshing new take on the techno/electro genre with delicate pads, intricate beats, beautiful vocals, methodical glitches, epic synths, down tempo rhythms.
Ossaserpia Music For Solve et Coagula CD in hardback Book $38.98 | Very unique drone chamber music with some strange industrial elements.
Puissance Mother of Disease $17.98 | A more melodic and refined approach to their Neo-Classical Industrial.
Steve Roach A Deeper Silence $13.98 | Minimal and infinite in its essence, like all of Steve's long-form zones this is a functional soundworld specifically created to enhance the atmosphere of your personal sanctuary.
Shrine The Final Asylum $14.98 | On the borderline between ambient and industrial, stories of an world far in time, an world of iron plants and mechanical birds.
Sopor Aeternus Les Fleurs Du Mal T-Shirts $30.98 | Because of tremendous demand Apocalyptic Vision is now able to offer a limited SOPOR AETERNUS T-Shirt and Girlie shirt again. Various sizes printed on high-quality Fruit of the Loom shirts. Order yours before August 7th.
Wumpscut Schadling $13.98 | The searing electro-industrial album flows through twelve infectious tracks that will cling to your soul and leave you thirsty for more.
 Various Artists Fairy World 4 $8.98 | For 17 years, as a fishpond of creativity and dynamism in fields of image and sounds, imaginary and heavenly voice, the music label Prikosnovénie makes you dream in a new visual and melodic trip.
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Tearwave
Different Shade of Beauty
Street date: July 29, 2008
Projekt is taking pre-orders on Tearwave's 2nd CD, at $5 off the list price. Place your order now and we'll ship your copy on June 24.
Special $11.98 price through June 24!
A year after their debut, Tearwave returns with a monumental 17 song, 77 minute, CD. Huge washes of shoegazer / indie-rock driven by sweeping, gauzy guitars in a dense musical interplay with the surging bass-lines and insistent drum rhythms. Jenn’s beautiful ghostly soprano is the clincher: dark, pained lyrics overflowing with passion and emotion. “Tearwave has set the groundwork to become a classic.” - MusicTap.net
If you'd like to help us out by handing out postcards, please email reply@projekt.com with your snail mail address. We will send you 25 cards to pass out to your friends, at shows, stores etc. Oh, yes. Please include your mailing address (I'm sayin' that twice because people often forget, believe it or not!).
Sopor Aeternus
Les Fleurs Du Mal Tshirts
Because of tremendous demand Trisol is now offering a limited edition SOPOR AETERNUS T-Shirt in Men's and Girlie style. The summer of horrors: SOPOR AETERNUS face it in their very own way by releasing this lovely shirt, and in doing so, they celebrate the ending of their “Les Fleurs du Mal” set.
These quality-shirts (made by Fruit of the Loom)
are only available upon pre-order.
This item is strictly limited edition! Everything we get from Trisol and Sopor sells out immediately!!! So if you want one, you MUST order now, because Trisol is only making enough shirts to satisfy pre-orders.
Strict deadline for pre-orders will be August 7th!!!
We expect the shirts to arrive in late August.
U P C O M I N G C O N C E R T S
Tearwave
Sun June 15 ~ Bug Jar in Rochester, NY
Sat July 26 ~ Club Diablo in Buffalo NY
An evening with Johnny Indovina of Human Drama
Friday June 6 ~ Dark Arts Festival in Salt Lake City, UT
Area 51. 451 South 400 West. This is a 3 day festival: website. Also appearing: London After Midnight.
Jill Tracy
Wednesday June 11 ~ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA
375 Eleventh Street. Official CD Release Party for "The Bittersweet Constrain"featuring The Malcontent Orchestra and an evening of very special guests.
Melodyguild
Saturday June 21st ~ Club Violaine in Los Angeles, CA
@ Roberto's Club in Downtown LA; 686 N Spring St in Chinatownl on the 2nd Floor. Club Violaine website. Directions: 213.368.4933. This will be the Los Angeles release party for Aitu.
Voltaire
Jun 7 ~ The Festival of the Strange @ Alley Katz in Richmond, VA
Jun 28 ~ The Totally Normal Event in Whippany, NJ
Jul 12 ~ Ravenwood Festival: Arsenic and Gears in Fayetteville, AR
Jul 16 ~ Vampirate Prom II @ Davey's Uptown in Kansas City, MO
Aug 2 ~ Savannah Conference Center in Savannah, GA
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 @ The Cuban Club in Tampa, FL
Aug 29 - Sept 1 ~ Dragoncon in Atlanta, GA
Sept 26 - 28 ~ The NY Anime Festival in New York, NY
Oct17-19 ~ Scream Fest/Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, FL
Spiritual Front
June 5 ~ Markthalle in Hamburg (Germany)
June 6 ~ Roter Salon (Volksbuhne) in Berlin (Germany)
June 8 ~ Caracol in Madrid (Spain)
July 20 ~ Amphi Festival in Koln (Germany) A website
August 1 ~ Szene Open Air Fest in Lustenau (Austria)
August 8 ~ Summer Darkness Festival in Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Audra
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 in Tampa, FL
Steve Roach
Sat Oct 25 ~ Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff AZ
Tickets are now on sale for Steve's only 2008 performance in the US or Beyond. Deep Sky Dreaming with Steve Roach will occur in Flagstaff AZ on Saturday Oct 25 at 6 PM. Seating is limited to 200 people in a great sounding indoor amphitheater performance space.This show will sell out, It is highly recommend you get your tickets now, info here.
Jill Tracy in concert:
Wednesday June 11 ~ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA
375 Eleventh Street. Official CD Release Party for The Bittersweet Constrain featuring The Malcontent Orchestra and an evening of very special guests.
Sweet Sounds of Darkness
from Projekt Records
(excerpt) Long an established name in Gothic, darkwave, Neoclassical and ethereal music fields, Projekt is a treasure trove for anyone who wants to lose themselves in a netherworld of mist-shrouded ruins, forbidden midnight ceremonies and seductive specters promising dark delights from beyond. There's too much to cover in one sitting, so I decided to pick three standouts from their vast library."
(excerpt) Chandeen, a European dream-pop band founded and guided by mainstay, Harald Löwy, has resurfaced after an extended hiatus. With many albums already in their catalogue, this revitalized version of the band adds a decidedly more melancholic gothic mood than in times past. In this incarnation, Chandeen’s female vocals take on a less airy quality even as it fits the new album, Teenage Poetry, very well.
Upcoming Releases
In stores: July 8
The Cruxshadows Immortal | Dancing Ferret Discs
Thanatos The Exterminating Angel | Projekt
Estampie Ondas | Dancing Ferret Discs
Information Society Don't Be Afraid v1.3 | Dancing Ferret Discs
Various Artists Dancing in the Dark 2008 | Dancing Ferret Discs
In stores: July 29
Lux Interna [a lantern carried in blood and skin] | Projekt
Tearwave Different Shade Of Beauty | Projekt
Black tape for a blue girl The best of.... | Shadowplay, Russia
In stores: August 12
Steve Roach Empetus (2-CD Collectors Edition) | Projekt
In stores: August 26
Revue Noir Anthology Archive | Projekt
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Projekt#516 | May 21, 2008
from Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
Save the Planet!
(one car at a time)
Last list I mentioned that shutting off your motor when idling over 10 seconds, is a good way to save gas. Modern car engines aren't harmed by this and you could save up to 10% on your gas bill. A few readers had thoughts about this:
Scott wrote: Hi Sam, I'm behind non-idling, but for most modern cars I would think that coasting for a block means a block without power-steering or power-brakes
and so, a sluggish response to the unexpected dangers which we're
always trying to avoid on the roads - especially with children in the car.
Sam says: Yeah, I keep the electrical turned on, to retain control. But you are right; so no more coasting for me!
Loretta wrote: Turning off the car sounds like a great idea--but, what effects does it have on the other parts of the vehicle--the starter motor and/or the battery? I can see problems with this idea with an old car/battery. I wouldn't try this idea in a bad hood--have you heard of drive by shootings? Most times, I'm glad to be able to punch the accelerator to flee unsavory activity. Me, a woman in a bad 'hood, I'm not so sure I'd take the chance the vehicle wouldn't restart...
Sam says: The links (below) indicate that turning the motor on and off does not do much harm to newer cars, but it doesn't apply to older cars. You'd have to research to see WHERE the old/new line is drawn. As far as fear of drive bys.... as a general rule, it's economical to shut your motor off. Death by drive-by is not something that scientists have factored into the economical equation.
Read the original links here and here. There's a movement called HOMEMADE HYBRIDS, read about it here.
New Releases in Stock
Ghosts of Breslau Peste $15.98
A voyage to the beginning of the World War II. Postindustrial, apocalyptic war hymns, dark evocations of the forces now hopefully forgotten.
Goldfrapp Seventh Tree Deluxe Edition DVD + CD $17.98 | Seventh Tree $13.98 | Seventh Tree sees the duo return to the more ethereal feel of their debut using elements of Folk and Ambient music.
Hocico Memorias Atras $17.98 | Riding high on thudding beats, solid bass and sounds straight out of purgatory , thus unleashing an electronic earthquake at maximum power.
Hopeless Believe $14.98 | A mix of different textures and sounds, combining different influences taken from electronic music
Hunting Lodge Will reissue $14.98 | One of the few real Industrial pioneers in the early 80`s.
Ianva Disobbedisco $16.98 | Neo-Folk/Dark Cabaret act IANVA's debut album depicts an imaginary romance.
Iris Hydra CD+DVD $19.98 | Featuring 3 brand new tracks as well as remixes. Bundled together with a 30 minute “behind the scenes” tour diary DVD.
MZ.412 Macht Durch Stimme reissue $14.98 | True Swedish black industrial, dark doomy and challenging.
Qntal Qntal 6: Translucida 1-CD $14.48 | Masterfully blended medieval melodies, languages, and instruments with elements of modern electronic music.
Raison D'etre side project Svasti-Anyanam Sanklesa reissue $18.98 | Foray into dark, Tibetan-Nepalese ambience is marked by strong tribal rhythms that draw the listener into foreign and distant ritual landscapes.
Rosa Crux Lux in Tenebris Lucet CD+DVD $22.98 | Combines live-videos, videoclips, and unreleased tracks. The limited first edition is strictly limited to 1,999 copies and comes in a hardcover-digibook with 64-pages booklet including photos, drawings and notes.
Runes Order 1988-2022 reissue $14.98 | Dark and sinister, but the atmosphere is still relaxing and of an ritual nature.
Seelenlicht Gods and Devils $17.98 | Darkly satirical compositions that strip bare the mechanism of human nature and the madness of the contemporary world.
Sleep Research Facility Deep Frieze $17.98 | Ultra deep, glacial Dark Ambient, based around Antarctic co-ordinates.
Xotox In den Zehn Morgen $17.98 | Cutting edge sound and trademark rhythmic attacks. The perfect fusion between the xotox sound from the early days and this millennium's modern influences.
Various Artists Ruines & Vanites $18.98 | International thematic sampler released for Trinity's (fanzine, webzine) 10th anniversary. Featuring Collection D'arnell-Andrea and Ataraxia.
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Projekt is pleased to anounce the 5th release from Autumn's Grey Solace, an ever more popular act in the shoegaze / dream-pop genres. Discover this brilliantly enticing album, today....
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The #1 release in our webstore:
Autumn's Grey Solace: Ablaze
Hear MP3 & order for $13.98
In select record stores, now
Order from us on-line now. |
[4.5 of 5 stars] Projekt Records has been a developmental home to several, eternally memorable bands. Those that immediately come to mind are Love Spirals Downward (now known as Lovespirals), Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Thanatos and Lycia. All have a unique sound of their own, veering into different territories. With their 5th album, Ablaze, Autumn’s Grey Solace joins their lofty ranks.
Autumn’s Grey Solace has created a stunning shoegazer classic with their latest album. Ablaze is filled to the brim with gorgeous, moody music that is a soundtrack to a summer night’s walk through meadows of rising fireflies. Simply, Ablaze is as equally a timeless album in the shoegazer genre as you can get, sidling up to the ones already there.
Eschewing keyboards and synthesizers, their usage of traditional instruments is the backbone of their sound. Creating an incredibly lush, ethereal shoegaze waterfall of sound, a sure-grip soundtrack to the angelic voice of Erin Welton (reminiscent of Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays), Scott Ferrell has produced an essential and enduring album that is mentionable in the same breath as other notable shoegazer classics.
From the perfect “Fluttermoth” (which should be first single off the album), to the OMD-like music of “Eternal Light,” to the wistful “Imaginary Grey,” and the delightful “Sea of Honesty,” Ablaze will mesmerize you completely, just as Love Spirals Downward did in the ‘90s.
Ablaze is the kind of work that you remember decades later, when all the other music has set like the sun, dissipating into nightfall. Adorned with a flawless cover, indicative of the bright music of the duo that forms Autumn’s Grey Solace, Ablaze is rapturous from beginning to end.
Fans of the shoegazer genre have no reason to vacillate on this release. Consider it essential for it surely is. - Mott Rowe
If you'd like to help us out by handing out postcards, please email reply@projekt.com with your snail mail address. We will send you 25 cards to pass out to your friends, at shows, stores etc. Oh, yes. Please include your mailing address (I'm sayin' that twice because people often forget, believe it or not!).
New Audra T-shirts. Baby Dolls, Tank Tops, T-shirts and even a few Kid's shirts. Available from Audramusic.com, here.
Grave Concerns eZine reviews The Projekt Sampler here. "a splendid choice for reflecting back on known favorites, as well as, discovering new ones." Purchase for $2.98, here.
U P C O M I N G C O N C E R T S
Tearwave
Sat May 24 ~ Dracula's Ball in Philadelphia, PA
Shampoo Nightclub, 7th & Willow, Philadelphia. All ages welcome. draculasball.com. 9pm-2am. $15, available through Ticketmaster, IsoTank and Digital Ferret CDs.
Sun June 15 ~ Bug Jar in Rochester, NY
Sat July 26 ~ Club Diablo in Buffalo NY
An evening with Johnny Indovina of Human Drama
Friday May 30 ~ Cafe at Netherworld in Denver, CO
1278 Pennsylvania Street. Cost : $8 in advance, $10 at the door 21 and over Ticket info: pharoahmoan@ yahoo.com or website
Friday June 6 ~ Dark Arts Festival in Salt Lake City, UT
Area 51. 451 South 400 West. This is a 3 day festival: website. Also appearing: London After Midnight.
Jill Tracy
Wednesday June 11 ~ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA
375 Eleventh Street. Official CD Release Party for "The Bittersweet Constrain"featuring The Malcontent Orchestra and an evening of very special guests.
Melodyguild
Saturday June 21st ~ Club Violaine in Los Angeles, CA
@ Roberto's Club in Downtown LA; 686 N Spring St in Chinatownl on the 2nd Floor. Club Violaine website. Directions: 213.368.4933. This will be the Los Angeles release party for Aitu.
Voltaire
Jun 7 ~ The Festival of the Strange @ Alley Katz in Richmond, VA
Jun 28 ~ Jeff Mach's Mysterious Affair Somewhere in New Jersey
Jul 12 ~ Ravenwood Festival: Arsenic and Gears in Fayetteville, AR
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 in Tampa, FL
Details at C14 website
Spiritual Front
June 3 ~ Stadtgarten in Koln (Germany)
June 4 ~ Das Bett in Frankfurt (Germany)
June 5 ~ Markthalle in Hamburg (Germany)
June 6 ~ Roter Salon (Volksbuhne) in Berlin (Germany)
June 8 ~ Caracol in Madrid (Spain)
July 20 ~ Amphi Festival in Koln (Germany) A website
August 1 ~ Szene Open Air Fest in Lustenau (Austria)
August 8 ~ Summer Darkness Festival in Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Audra
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 in Tampa, FL
Steve Roach
Sat Oct 25 ~ Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff AZ
Tickets are now on sale for Steve's only 2008 performance in the US or Beyond. Deep Sky Dreaming with Steve Roach will occur in Flagstaff AZ on Saturday Oct 25 at 6 PM. Seating is limited to 200 people in a great sounding indoor amphitheater performance space.This show will sell out, It is highly recommend you get your tickets now, info here.
Jill Tracy in concert:
Wednesday June 11 ~ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA
375 Eleventh Street. Official CD Release Party for The Bittersweet Constrain featuring The Malcontent Orchestra and an evening of very special guests.
| the #9 release in our webstore:
Minimal and infinite in its essence, like all of Steve's long-form zones this is a functional soundworld specifically created to enhance the atmosphere of your personal sanctuary.
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The Projekt top-10
Welcome to ROME
ROME has just released their 3rd album on Sweden's Cold Meat Industry label; they have become quite popular with fans of Neofolk & Martial music - if you enjoy Spiritual Front, then you should check them out. ROME's particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with straight-forward song-writing and neo-classical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist - FOLK-WAVE! The third album MASSE MENSCH MATERIAL is of a more subtle darkness and probably ROME's best work to date. Within a very short period of time and at a terrifying pace, workaholic mastermind Jerome Reuter (Luxewmbourg) has carved his own path and created and established a dominion of his own, with its own codes and values. Through its bitter sweet melodies of exquisite sadness and rebellion, its haunting lyrics, mesmerizing vocals and recordings of unmatched production and sound, ROME has become the new face of dark romanticism. Jerome's voice echoes pride and death of a time and place long forgotten. A voice which becomes the axis that breaks one's consciousness into some kind of tender submission.
Sam adds: This is one of my favorite releases in a while!
Hear MP3s & purchase MASSE MENSCH MATERIAL for $14.98 here.
Read interviews with ROME & more here.
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Projekt#515 | May 2, 2008
from Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
Save the Planet!
(one car at a time)
Lately, when I have been driving in the car with my almost 6 year old son, Sasha, he's been telling me I should turn the engine off when we're idiling at a light. He wants to save the Polar Bears (he read that global warming is melting their ice; they are running out of places to live).
I mentioned this to Shea; like I, she has always heard the myth that turning your motor off doesn't save gas and is bad for your engine. So I did some quick internet sleuthing, and discovered: Turn your motor off if you're idiling for more than 10 seconds!
Fact:
For every two minutes a car is idling, it uses about the same amount of fuel it takes to go about one mile.
Turning off your motor could save up to 10% of gas consumption, especially if you drive in the city.
Lately, I've been turning the motor off a block early and coasting up to the red light. If a six year old gets it, we should too! ;-) Read about it here and here.
There's a movement called HOMEMADE HYBRIDS, read about it here.
New Releases in Stock
Aglaia Unprofaned Twilight $14.98 | Listening to this music is like to see thousands of fine luminous rays, filtered through half-closed windows.
Alio Die Aura Seminalis $18.98 | The new work by Alio Die it is part of the Castle's sonorisation series,
Alio Die & Antonio Testa Inframundis $14.98 | Environmental ambient sound installation. A series of sonic environments that are often suggestive of found sound or musical representations of wondrous places.
Beyond Sensory Experience No Light in our Eyes $14.98 | From coldest minimalism to the darkest orchestral eruptions, becoming an addictive stimulus for your inward eyes.
Angie Damage Nicotine Tongue $9.98 | Four cold melancholic pop hymns which bring to mind the new wave/post-punk 's golden days.
Muslimgauze Nadir of Purdah $14.98 | A truly unique aesthetic by blending the timelessness of Arabic percussion with the digital arenas of sampling and dub trickery.
Rome Masse Mensch Material $14.98 | ROME’s particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neo-classical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist.
Stefano Scala Impermanence $14.98 | Focused on Tibet where Stefano Scala went for musical researches and recordings some years ago. Sounds can be heard of the wind and rain, voices, songs and steps of nomads.
Speaking Silence Insides $14.98 | The shoegazer/heavenly voices legend is back with an official re-issue of this previously self-released album.
Zeit Waves from the Sky $14.98 | Electronic orchestrations with inserts of guitars and bass perfectly integrated.
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Projekt is pleased to anounce the 5th release from Autumn's Grey Solace, an ever more popular act in the shoegaze / dream-pop genres. Discover this brilliantly enticing album, today....
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The #1 release in our webstore:
Autumn's Grey Solace: Ablaze
Hear MP3 & order for $13.98
In select record stores May 6th.
Order from us on-line now. |
A review from Liar Society: Autumn's Grey Solace returns with an album of sweeping, passionate
shoegaze. Like a mad collision of Cocteau Twins and Lush, Autumn's Grey
Solace aren't afraid to take chances; for example, "Fluttermoth" freely
mixes emotive ethereal verses with driving dreampop choruses, creating
an upbeat tension that is almost unheard of within the genre. Ablaze
also has its moments of utter surprise: the ear-catchingly heavy "A
Rhythm That Writhes" brings some unexpected rock elements to the
forefront. When vocalist Erin Welton sings delicately over a hotbed of
crunching guitars, the effect is magical. Ablaze succeeds in creating a
unique atmosphere; whereas most ethereal acts dwell on the somber hues
of fall and winter, despite their name the music of Autumn's Grey
Solace is a bright, blazing summer affair. Rating: 4 out of 5. - Jack
Hear Autumn's Grey Solace and Melodyguild "on the radio" this
Sunday (5/4/08), on auralgasms.com. Aural Bliss airs Sun night
10-Midnight EST with 2 hours of Ethereal Dreampop, Britpop, Triphop,
Shoegaze and Electronica. There is also a live chat during the show for
listeners all over the world to discuss the music, here.
Attrition release party in Hawaii. Saturday
May 3rd, come to Camera Obscura at Next Door (43 North Hotel St,
Honolulu) and check out the great music and release party for All mine enemys whispers. Camera Obscrua spins Gothic, ethereal, darkwave music. Check out their myspace page, here.
There's a new track from Frolic on their myspace page. Give a listen to "New World" here.
The last few dates on Voltaire's month-long U.S. Tour!
May 2 ~ Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh, NC
May 3 ~ The Dawning in Charlottesville, VA
May 4 ~ Knitting Factory in NYC, NY
Tearwave in concert:
May 17 ~ Mohawk Place in Buffalo NY
47 E. Mohawk St. Lemuria & Tearwave
Sat May 24 ~ Dracula's Ball in Philadelphia, PA
Shampoo Nightclub, 7th & Willow, Philadelphia. All ages welcome. draculasball.com. 9pm-2am. $15, available through Ticketmaster, IsoTank and Digital Ferret CDs.
Sun June 15 ~ Bug Jar in Rochester, NY
Sat July 26 ~ Club Diablo in Buffalo NY
Jill Tracy in concert:
Saturday, May 3 ~ Bricka Bracka in Sacramento, CA
Saturday, May 17 ~ Bar Sinister in Hollywood, CA
1652 N. Cherokee Avenue. Featuring guest violinist Paul Mercer. 10pm
Wednesday June 11 ~ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA
375 Eleventh Street. Official CD Release Party for The Bittersweet Constrain featuring The Malcontent Orchestra and an evening of very special guests,
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Welcome to ROME
ROME has just released their 3rd album on Sweden's Cold Meat Industry label; they have become quite popular with fans of Neofolk, Martial and New Wave music - if you enjoy Spiritual Front, then you should check them out. ROME's particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neo-classical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist - FOLK-WAVE! The third album MASSE MENSCH MATERIAL is of a more subtle darkness and probably ROME's best work to date. Within a very short period of time and at a terrifying pace, workaholic mastermind Jerome Reuter (Luxewmbourg) has carved his own path and created and established a dominion of his own, with its own codes and values. Through its bitter sweet melodies of exquisite sadness and rebellion, its haunting lyrics, mesmerizing vocals and recordings of unmatched production and sound, ROME has become the new face of dark romanticism. Jerome's voice echoes pride and death of a time and place long forgotten. A voice which becomes the axis that breaks one's consciousness into some kind of tender submission.
Hear MP3s & purchase MASSE MENSCH MATERIAL for $14.98 here.
Read interviews with ROME & more here.
Projekt Releases now available from iTunes
and other Digital stores:
Autumn's Grey Solace: Ablaze
Area: Agate Lines (a retrospective)
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Projekt#513
April 4, 2008
from Projekt's Sam Rosenthal
Interesting Internets
(curious, yet ashamed)
5 Things You Didn't Know About Your Penis. Well, perhaps it's not so surprising that the most popular link on list #512 was this article about your penis. So, in the spirit.... here's CBS's latest bit of titilation: Top 10 Reasons To Have Sex Tonight. Studies Show Sex Can Help With Your Weight, Your Brain, Your Blood Pressure And More. Desperately seeking ratings, here.
Duct tape Scholarship. No children taped to chairs, this week. Instead.: Duck Brand Duct Tape "Stuck at the Prom" Contest: $5,000 scholarship to the high school couple wearing the best attire fashioned entirely out of duct tape. MSNBC website, here.
Mom lets 9-year-old take subway home alone. Columnist stirs controversy with experiment in childhood independence.
MSNBC website, here.
Recent Interviews with Sam Rosenthal
There are three new
interviews with me!
March 2008 ~ Rosa Selvaggia.
In English or Italian, here.
Gothic Beauty Magazine has a nice two pager in the March 2008 issue (#25), you can purchase here.
January 2008 interview with Sam from Side-Line.com, here.
New Releases in Stock
Emilie Autumn
A Bit o' This and That $20.98
Enchant $20.98
Both albums re-released in digipak!
Gothic Beauty Magazine Issue #25 $4.48
Features an interview with Sam!
L'ame Immortelle Namenlos 2-CD $21.98
A mixture of hard but melodic electro sounds with aggressive and distorted male vocals and emotional melodies with Sonja's crystal-clear hymn-like voice
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Holy Cow!!! The new Jill Tracy album has been selling like those proverbial hot cakes you hear about. They're just jumping off the shelf, to get to your boxes!! Very cool.
• Voltaire heads out on his first ever month long tour
• Audra have shows coming up in California
• Projekt has lots of great new releases this spring...
This month, Voltaire embarks on his first month-long U.S. Tour!
Spring 2008 tour with special guests Ego Likeness:
Apr 4 ~ Ascension @ Club Orpheus in Baltimore, MD
Apr 5 ~ Pegasus in Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 6 ~ Wake the Dead Cafe in Decatur, IL
Apr 7 ~ Disco Macabre @ Kirby's Beer Store in Wichita, KS
Apr 8 ~ The Marquee in Tulsa, OK
Apr 9 ~ Quixote's in Denver, CO
Apr 12 ~ The Fire Escape in Citrus Heights, CA
Apr 13 ~ Fez Ballroom in Portland, OR
Apr 14 ~ EL Corazon in Seattle, WA
Apr 17 ~ The Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA
Apr 18 ~ The Sets in Tempe, AZ
Apr 19 ~ The Hot Monkey Love Cafe in San Diego, CA
Apr 23 ~ Atomix in Austin, TX
Apr 24 ~ The Church in Dallas, TX
Apr 25 ~ Elysium in Austin, TX
Apr 27 ~ +SALVATION+ @ Code Blue in Nashville, TN
Apr 28 ~ Raoture @ Dante's in St. Louis, MO
Apr 30 ~ The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA
May 1 ~ Backstage Lounge in Gainesville, FL
May 2 ~ Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh, NC
May 3 ~ The Dawning @ Outback Lodge in
Charlottesville, VA
May 4 ~ Knitting Factory in NYC, NY
Audra Live Friday April 12 ~ Eternal in Los Angeles, CA
Eternal @ Robertos; 686 N. Spring Street. 10P-2A, 18 & over. Eternal happens upstairs at Roberto's, Spring Street at the corner with Ord Street in Chinatown (Los Angeles). Venue has a huge outdoor patio. Dance room 1 features Gothic-Deathrock-Darkwave with resident DJs Doomie and Erika D! Dance room 2 features Industrial-EBM-FuturePop-Noize with resident DJs Franck H Bomb of Das Bunker, and Destruktor.
Sunday April 13 ~ Ipso Facto in Fullerton, CA
517 N. Harbor Blvd. Bret says "It's kind of become a tradition that every time we play in LA, we stop by the Ipso Facto store in Fullerton for an acoustic set."
August 8 - 10 ~ Convergence 14 in Tampa, FL
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Projekt is pleased to be the first on-line source for the brilliant new album from Jill Tracy, The Bittersweet Constrain. Her prior release, Diabolical Streak, has been a consistant seller in our webstore, take this opportunity to experience this sinisterly beautiful music!
Her signature sound conjures up images of wonder cabinets, hidden passageways and opium dens. Of marvels, monsters, and mayhem. But at the same time, it’s shockingly new. Jill Tracy coos in a voice of cut-velvet smoke, ornately framed by her dark trademark classical-cum-parlour piano, creating a world of opulence and danger, of magic and madness.Jill Tracy is both villainess and heroine of her own musical netherworld. The San Francisco-based artist has garnered multiple awards and a devoted following for her evocative cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales.
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Arcana: Raspail
Hear MP3 & order for $13.98
In select record stores April 22nd.
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Arcana's approach to neo-classical and symphonic-ambient could well be defined in the meaning of the word "Arcana" itself: specialized knowledge of something generally considered a mystery or a secret. On their sixth album, Raspail, the powerfully moving music of this Swedish quintet creates an atmosphere which weaves together lush elements familiar to Arcana fans old and new. Mystery, silence and revealed secrets are interconnected within the 10 new songs.
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the #3 release in our webstore:
Various: The Projekt 2008 Sampler
Order for $2.98
In select record stores April 8th.
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A
budget $4.98 list-priced collection of ethereal, gothic, dark cabaret,
neo-folk and darkAmbient artists. The latest in Projekt's successful
series of budget samplers features spring 2008 releases, including new unreleased tracks from Tearwave & Autumn's Grey Solace. Exclusive to this release is “Rock of Ages (radio edit),” from the new Attrition album. This is Projekt's budget label sampler CD which is included for free with orders over $40.
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A haunting brew of darkAmbient electronic soundscapes & neo-classical strings with Ned Kirby of Stromkern, Laurie Reade of High Blue Star and Pigface, and Erica Mulkey of Rasputina. Darkwave darling Emilie Autumn providing vocals and violins. All mine enemys whispers (The Story of Mary Ann Cotton) limited first edition of 1000 includes set of 4 reproduction stickers of original victorian poison bottle labels! The first 200 copies of the limited edition sold via Projekt.com will include the booklet autographed by Attrition mastermind Martin Bowes.
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Autumn's Grey Solace: Ablaze
Hear MP3 & order for $13.98
In select record stores May 6.
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Mirabilis - the collaborative neo-classical / heavenly voices duo Summer Bowman of The Machine in the Garden and Dru Allen of This Ascension - return with Sub Rosa. The new album mixes classical sensibilities with exotic electronics and acoustic instrumentation to complement the vocal depth listeners are familiar with from Dru and Summer. The vocals are supported with a melancholic arrangement of flute, hammered dulcimer, and live percussion mixing with multi-layered vocal stylings to invoke a range of emotional textures.
Projekt Releases now available from iTunes
and other Digital stores:
Attrition: All mine enemys whispers
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