I.R.O.N. - The Power Inside (Holy Armor Edit)

A beautifully edited video for the mysterious martial industrial project I.R.O.N.
I.R.O.N. is a side-project of military industrial outfit Legionarii

Giorgos Kormikiaris, lover of rare music and forgotten old movies, once again did a good job editing this video for the track The Power Inside.

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The Power Inside is taken from I.R.O.N.'s album Evolving

In Strict Confidence releases "Lifelines vol.2 1998-2004"

In Strict Confidence is a German electro-industrial band founded in 1990, steared by musical mastermind Dennis Ostermann . The current members are Dennis Ostermann, Joerg Schelte, Stefan Vesper, HayDee Sparks and Nina de Lianin.

Their musical style incorporates elements from electro-industrial, futurepop, synthpop, darkwave and ambient electro, with voices provided by both male and female vocalists.  

Since the 90’s, they have released extensively via a number of reknown industrial record labels such as Zoth Omog, Metropolis and Bloodline Records  and through their own label, Minuswelt Musikfabrik.

Where Lifelines vol. 1 (1991-1998) was a retrospective of the early years in the musical career of the then rather unknown electro band In Strict Confidence. Lifelines vol. 2 (1998-2004) can be described as a true "best of" CD for that era.  The clubhit Zauberschloss launched In Strict Confidence in the upper regions of the German Schwarze Szene, the subculture music scene of goth, dark electro, darkwave, EBM and underground techno which has a larg presence in Germany.

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Just like Lifelines Vol.1. , all tracks on Lifelines vol. 2 are released in an extended version, to guarantee that your dancing and freaking out to these excellent tracks will last even longer.

Tracklisting:

01. Zauberschloss (2000) - 7.29

02. Seven Lives (2004) - 7.20

03. Engelsstaub (2002) - 6.22

04. Kiss Your Shadow (2000) - 5.57

05. Hidden Thoughts (1998) - 7.20

06. Babylon (2004) - 6.52

07. Another Night (2004) - 7.29

08. Closing Eyes (2004) - 7.54

09. Herzattacke (2002) - 8.36

10. The Truth Inside Of Me (2000) - 8.36

Hopefully Lifelines vol. 3  will be released soon, because In Strict Confidence gets better with the years, creating such gems as My Despair, Silver Bullets and Morpheus. Thill then enjoy the In Strict Confidence club hits of the 1998-2004 era.

Story Off releases debut LP Amazing Conversations

Story Off releases its first album Amazing Conversations  on Record Store Day, april 19th 2014.  Amazing Conversation is released as an LP on red coloured transparant vinyl.

Signing session on Record Store Day

Story Off is a solo electronic music project by Geert "Chesko" Vandekerkhof with a sound in between minimal and industrial. Chesko is also active in the new wave band Der Klinke and as a DJ. In his own words Chesko describes Story Off as a dark, haunted, musical psychosis. Pure, spontaneous, deep and confronting. 

Fad Gadget, Cabaret Voltaire, Snowy Red, Absolute Body Control, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Throbbing Gristle, Severed Heads and The Neon Judgement are cited as bands who influenced the sound of Story Off.

Story Off: Amazing Conversations
Tracklist:

A1. Intro
A2. Amazing Conversations
A3. Again
A4. The Dance Of Death
A5. Change
B1. Slow Train To The Other Side
B2. Fear
B3. 99.69
B4. Familiar
B5. The Selfreflecting Image
B6.. Closing Time

Chesko also has an other solo project called Hidden In Treetops. Hidden in Treetops is an alternative instrumental ambient project, which Chesko describes as 'instrumental music for intelligent people' and as his 'own musical diary without words'.  

"Story Off" translates deep emotions of desperation or fear, loneliness or anger into music, both minimalistic and complex this is the next step into synthesizer based cold wave, pure Belgian and pure 2014.

Source: deejay.de

Der Klinke. Could "Las Fabricas" become the archetypical strikers' song of the 21st century

Der Klinke

Could the song "Las Fabricas" from Der Klinke become the anthem for strikes and social unrest in the 21st century? 

One would expect a very sunny and festive sung when a Belgian band or artist releases a single with a Spanish title. Clearly this is not the  case with Las Fabricas from Der Klinke. This is a minimalist energising song about factories being closed.

There is no need for many words to understand the tragedy of the economic crisis that is hitting Europe so hard. Every week, or even every day we hear about divisions or whole factories being closed. Most of the time factories are not being closed because they are stacking up losses, but because they don't make high enough profits. So next time the trade unions are protesting in the streets of Brussels they should play this song. People have enough from Bob Dylan and want protest songs, that they can dance to.

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