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This week: Hello music maniacs! You may have noticed that this week's newsletter is coming at you on a Saturday...we will be switching to Saturdays for the next few weeks to see how it goes. But let's not waste any more time before getting to our hot pick of the week, a real gem if you're into breakcore, noise, and wicked beats. Straight out of Toronto, via Detroit, Dross:tik Records teams up with Low Res Records, and the guru himself c64 arrives with a mixed up CD featuring cuts from all the Low Res releases! Many of these tracks have never appeared on CD before, and none of them have seen the light of day seamlessly mixed by c64. Easily the best breakcore release this year; features tracks by Venetian Snares, Cdatakill, I:Gor, Tarmvred, Bombardier, and more! We should have mp3s up for this very soon, but for now check out the wicked cover art, and proceed to pre-order! Limited edition. Next up is a great new release from In The Nursery, a new score for the classic 1928 silent movie The Passion of Joan of Arc. This is an essential CD for fans of the movie, and all those interested in one of the classic electronic bands. Highly recommended and very interesting material! A Different Drum gives us a solid synthpop debut in Midnight Resistance. Dancing Ferret will release a new Dancing In The Dark compilation this summer at a blow-out budget price. We're a bit early shipping out the great new releases from Hive Records (genCAB and Panic Lift), but who's complaining about that?? If you haven't pre-ordered these monster industrial epics yet, what are you waiting for? Kick ass releases as always from Storming the Base ! Enjoy your weekend and  Read on...  


   

*****THIS WEEK'S MUST-HAVE RELEASE!

C64 (VERSUS LOW RES) "LOWEST MOMENTS"
RECOMMENDED!
'Lowest Moments' (DTK08 / LOW 022) mixed by c64, a split release by Dross:tik Records in Toronto and Low Res Records in Detroit.

c64 mixes the entire Low Res discography into one solid long ear-beating. You thought it couldn't be done? Preposterous! World class top shelf numero uno international playboy extraordinaire, mister dj c64 lays down the industrial funk long and strong. The YYZ/DTW Northern Alliance lives again! Released on Dross:tik and available August 26th, 2008.

01. Bombardier - Machine (LOW 003)
02. Adjust - Nerv (LOW 014)
03. Venetian Snares - Punishing The Atoms - (LOW 006)
04. I:gor - Happy Mechanical Unit (LOW 015)
05. Kamphetamine - Exorcism Threshold (D13 002)
06. Abelcain - Forsaken (Remix) (LOW 005)
07. Cdatakill - Imperial Passage (LOW 012)
08. Delien - Aon (Adjust Remix) (LOW 016)
09. Tarmvred - Oskulden (LOW 018)
10. Cdatakill - Nothing Can Damn My Soul (Abelcain Remix) (LOW 011)
11. Theeq - A15E (Eye-D Remix) (LOW 004)
12. Gr3yman & Valerye Boybender - The Message (Kero Remix) (REM 002)
13. Kero - Pixelpimp (LOW 013)
14. Bombardier - Syn (Christoph De Babalon Remix) (LOW 017)
15. DJ Tense - D-Day (LOW 010)
16. 13th Hour - Self-Loathing (LOW 008)
17. Davros - Food For The Gods (LOW 002)
18. Theeq - Dont Chuno (LOW 001)
19. Bombardier - DC (LOW 006)
20. Davros - Pirate Planet (LOW 009)
21. Venetian Snares - More Drug N Bass (LOW 007)
22. Bombardier - Bleed (LOW 003)
23. Übergang - Correct Hesistance (LOW 020)
24. Cdatakill - Nothing Can Damn My Soul (LOW 012)
25. Adjust - Escape From Detroit (LOW 014)
26. Übergang - Fallout (LOW 020)
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7707

 

***** OUR HOT PICKS FOR THE WEEK

IN THE NURSERY " THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC"
The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Th. Dreyer in 1928, is considered one of the best silent films ever made. Rene Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, as the young maiden who died for God and France. The original version of the film was lost for decades, after a fire destroyed the master negative. Dreyer himself attempted to reassemble a version from out-takes and surviving prints, but he died believing his original cut was lost forever. Almost miraculously, a virtually complete print of Dreyer's original version was found in 1981. IN THE NURSERY’s new score, commissioned with the help of Sensoria Festival and the Barbican Cinema, reflects the film’s dramatic highs and lows – from the emotional close-up photography of the trial through to the fevered final scenes surrounding Joan’s death. Released on ITN Corporation and available September 9th, 2008.

1. Transcript
2. To Tell The Truth
3. St. Michael
4. God’s Promise
5. Letter
6. The Lord’s Prayer
7. State Of Grace
8. Taunting Guards
9. Abjure
10. Bloodletting
11. Sacraments
12. Lost Soul
13. Condemned
14. I Have Lied
15. To Prepare For Death
16. The Last Sacraments
17. Dove Of Fire
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7706

MIDNIGHT RESISTANCE "REMOTE" 
Prepare to be stunned by the debut album from Midnight Resistance. "Remote" describes the feelings that many people feel when alone in a crowd-- despite the noise and the movement, one can sometimes feel distant, lonely, and remote. That also describes the sound of the album, which is packed with energy, intensity, and thick sounds, yet at the same time presents a lyrical depth and introspective attitude that one would experience while meditating alone in a remote landscape. This is a powerful synthpop album that can equally be a hit on the dancefloor as it can be your own room, on your own headphones, and in your car as you drive to far off destinations. Join the Midnight Resistance! Released on A Different Drum and available August 31st, 2008.

1. Edge of Time
2. Recall these Days
3. Second Skin
4. House of Cards
5. Wide Awake
6. Phoenix
7. A Tear in every Moment
8. Remote
9. Cold Reading
10. Scars from falling Down
11. Second Skin (SideChain-Mix)
12. A Tear in every Moment (People Theatre-Mix)
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7705

***** HOT PRE-ORDERS!!  

VARIOUS "DANCING IN THE DARK 2008"
We don't have the tracklist yet for the new Dancing Ferret compilation, but it's sure to be great, and it'll most likely be the last one, so go get it!  
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7704

 

*****NOW SHIPPING!

GENCAB "II TRANSMUTER" 
NOW SHIPPING!!
Defying and redefining the conventions of electronic music, genCAB presents his explosive, brilliant debut on Hive Records, II transMuter. Flawlessly meshing glass-sharp shards of glitchy industrial aggression with delicate melody and painfully personal vocals, genCAB reconfigures fragments of trance, EBM, and distorted IDM into a whole new genre.

II transMuter is the new evolution of industrial music, a rewired and genetically enhanced archetype that gives a nod towards forbears such as Gridlock, NCC and Haujobb, then fiercely breaks free from all points of reference, spraying a swarm of chest-kicking rhythm and complex electronics in all directions. But this album is also a meshwork of emotions and synthetics, a liquid amalgamation of torn-open human emotion, brutally honest lyrics, and a shrieking heart at the center of it all. Reconfiguring the tired mechanics and flawed engineering of modern industrial music, II transMuter is a new breed of divergent electronic dance music and an absolutely stunning debut by genCAB. Released on Hive.

01. Left Eyed Gemini
02. Perish the Thought
03. Let it Be
04. Self Images
05. Siren Song
06. Frozenpause
07. Version2
08. II transMuter
09. Of Love and Death
10. High Tech Low Life
11. Expired Inside
12. Right Eyed Gemini
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7663

PANIC LIFT "WITNESS TO OUR COLLAPSE" 
NOW SHIPPING!!
Absolutely essential, Panic Lift’s sophomore effort after the EP Dancing Through the Ashes is a monumental collection of songs, nearly any of which could stand on their own as singles. With the concussive force of a runaway supercollider, Panic Lift exploded onto the industrial music scene in 2006, and they instantly careened to the forefront of the NYC industrial music scene. Word of mouth and their live shows across the Northeast and California saw the debut EP quickly sell out, leaving fans waiting in anticipation of a full-length album. And now Hive Records is pleased to release Witness to Our Collapse, a masterpiece of storming beats, memory-searing hooks and flawless production.

Equally destructive on the dancefloor as it is with more reflective listening, this album is a testament to the ideology that industrial music can be both agressive and epic, as well as carefully crafted. The songwriting transcends the repetitive, predictable cliches of current cookie-cutter releases in the hard electronic scene and proves that the future of industrial music is here, and it’s going to kick you right in the fucking face.

Pounding, chestplate-stomping beats and pulsing throbs of bass send convulsions through your body, while the razorwire synth lines and emotive fragments of piano and guitar pull a wicked smile across your face. Featuring more than a couple of surprises, this is not an album to be missed, and will set the bar irretrievably high for other acts in the EBM and electro-industrial scene. Released on Hive.

01. Prologue
02. Everything I Have
03. Failsafe
04. Hold On
05. Shelter
06. Witness to Our Collapse
07. Remnants of a Dead Age
08. No Trace to Love
09. Seasons Change
10. Dawn of Fate
11. Save Yourself
12. Butterfly Wings (My Only Hope)
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7662

 

 

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