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Check out the latest edition of Starved In MetropolisSIM #3 HCMstarvedinmetropolis.org I'm working on making the shows a lot shorter. So look out for shorter but more frequent shows. This will make each show a bit more genre specific, for better or for worse. Interviews will be posted separately from each show. [display_podcast] INTRO – Horsefang – Genesis…

Iodine is taken from the new When Saints Go Machine album, Infinity Pool. It will be out May 2013 on EMI and !K7 Records. The video was created by Kristian Nordentoft & William Reynish.

...so goes "The Power of Good-Bye" and it seems Warner tried to disprove our Mads and her fantastic fans, by hiding poignant, classic Madonna messages in her album and single sleeves around the turn...

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Review by Sean Trane — 3.5 stars really!!!Special side-project of Anekdoten guitarist Nicklas Barker; he's here witing and perfoming a soundtrack for Spanish director Norberto Ramos. Although not yet a household name in the Hispanic peninsula's film industry, Ramos has done a few movies, of which Ultimo Fin De Semana ranks as one of his most remarkable. Our Last Week End Together (the English title) is a thriller about four women fleeing everyday's pressure for one week-end on the country's north coast. Despite the limited budget, the movie is well-worth seeing; although I gather that most Hollywood-accustomed movie freak will probably only moderately appreciate it. Getting back to the (instrumental) music, Barker plays almost everything himself, but then again, a large part of it is the Mellotron (a forefront feature of his band's soundscapes) or apparently Tron-simulating synths. Musically this soundtrack is somewhat similar to Anekdoten's other side-project of a few years ago called Symphonic Holocaust, which was a fantasy project of soundtrack to imaginary Italian horror movies. The main difference I will point out between the two affairs is that Holocaust was four musicians making a full symphonic raucous, while Semana is much more intimate solo affair. As I said above, Barker plays almost everything on the album, but he's still joined by Anekdoten buddy and drummer Nordins and family members (wives or sisters most likely) of Nicklas and Doten bassist Bergstrom, for additional strings. As for Nicklas, he's playing the Trons, synths,bass and a Theremin. Obviously the Trons is the music's main ingredient and its melancholic layers provide plenty of tension and sentimental and scary moods (at least when watching the movie)., but in the end, one can't escape its beauty. Most of the music beongs to the rock realm, though a few moments (like the closing track) may sound a bit like village-fair stuff, which distracts a bit the cohesion of it all. Although the soundtrack's music is already plenty poignant enough, you'll easily understand that it gains even more to have seen the movie to appreciate the context of the music. Furthermore, the movie includes an extra-track, one Anekdoten track (from their Gravity album), but that didn't find space on this CD, most likely for contractual reasons. The DVD of the movie also features a Barker interview and a studio video of the soundtrack's most vibrant track. Although the album is very worthy, you might want to directly order the movie, which seels for cheaper if you order it directly from the director himself via his website.

The man, the myth, the legend: The one and only Giorgio Moroder with his first-ever DJ set, captured live at Deep Space in NYC. LISTEN IT on MIXCENTRAL!

Review by b_olariu — 3.5 reallyFirst album named Zooma of this legendary bassist/keyboardist from ex Led zeppelin John Paul Jones.This is a groovy kind of album where his bass is all over the places, lots of great chops here withplenty of experimental twists and atmosphere. All album is instrumental and on each tune JPJ showthat he is apt to call him one of the best and most influencel bass players ever. Zooma has manygreat moments on pieces like Zooma, Grind or Bass n' Drums. The album overall has a progressivedirection and the arrangements are intricate and well performed. This a a fairly solid album thatwill please most of the experimental instrumental albums with crunchy bass parts. very nice one. 3.5stars.

William Basinski, the man behind the iconic  Disintegration Loops, release Nocturnes on June 25 via his own 2062 label. Nocturnes includes two tracks. The 41-minute title track culls material dating back to the 1970s, featuring “dark, suspended and formal early prepared piano and tape composition.” The second track, “Trail of Tears”, is a 28-minute “tape loop and delay recording from 2009.” Pieces of “Trail of Tears” were featured in Robert Wilson’s opera The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi?. He described the two-track effort: “The title piece is the first piece. It’s really old, and very different, coming from some of my earliest influences. A very triply, weird piece, made with eight or 10 loops, and I scored it with a graphic score. 320 kbps | 157 MB | UL | CL | MC The second piece is newer, and it’s also pretty dark. It’s called “The Trail of Tears.” Part of it was included in the Robert Wilson opera ‘The Life and Death of Marina Abramonivic’. That was a great experience too. It’s a great show. So I should have that finished soon. It’s two pieces; one of them’s 40 minutes, and one of them’s about 20 minutes.”