Belgradeyard Sound System has announced the initial lineup for the Dis-Patch festival in Belgrade, Belgium on October 21-26. Some of the artists scheduled to perform include Vladislav Delay, Loumo, Radian, Safety Scissors, and AGF along with a local electronic music producer spotlight and much more. Full details here: www.belgradeyard.co.yu
Results of the Swedish DeeJay Awards:
Best Prime DeeJay: Alf Tumble
Best Urban DeeJay: Amato
Best Prime Artist/Group: S.U.M.O.
Best Urban Artist/Group: Timbuktu
Best Prime 12": S.U.M.O. - "Wintersong"
Best Urban 12": Timbuktu - "The Båtten Is Nådd"
Best Prime Label: Svek
Best Urban Label: Redline Records
Best Prime Producer/Remix: Axwell
Best Urban Producer/Remix: Masse
Best Prime Club: Monday Bar
Best Urban Club: Massive
Go here to check out pictures from the event ceremony and the rest of the Scandinavian Music Convention.
Download the brand new track "Zombified" from The Crown. The song comes from the album "Possessed 13", due on October 20 on Metal Blade Records.
Mayhem has announced that they have resigned with Season of Mist for release of their forthcoming album "Chimera". Their statement:
"Chimera" will be a résumé of all our previous albums, but one thing is sure: it's going to be black metal. No more fooling around. We proved ourselves creative and ahead of the rest with [previous album] "Grand Declaration of War". With "Chimera", we are taking back the throne that is ours.
As mentioned here before, Mayhem plans to keep it real by recording most of the album using mobile facilities in the mountains of Norway during the course of November and December this year.
Soilwork has been tapped to support Type O Negative and Cradle of Filth on a North American tour, beginning November 14. Dates confirmed so far:
11/20 - Rave/Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
11/24 - Quest Club, Minneapolis, MN
The documentary film "Future Is Not What It Used To Be" on Finnish electronic music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi is about to get screened in the UK in October. Director Mika Taanila will be on-hand for some of the screenings and the short found-footage film "Physical Ring" by Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic will also be shown. Dates:
10/15 - The Showroom, Sheffield (International Documentary Film Festival)
10/16 - The Other Cinema, London
10/18 - CCA, Glasgow
10/19 - Brighton Cinematheque
10/23 - Meeting House Square, Dublin
10/28 - The Herbert Read Gallery, Maidstone
You've probably already heard some of the buzz surrounding new releases from the label Planekonomi, but let me refresh your memory. First, the new album "8-16" from Royal Downfall is out and should appeal to fans of Fugazi or At The Drive-In they say. Björn Olsson (TSOOL, UCP, etc) is currently mixing Mattias Alkberg BD's (Bear Quartet)'s solo 4-song EP "Med Spöken" and it should be ready for release early next year. Jon Brännström (ex-Refused, Text) is hard at work on his new project Jon F Kennedy, and should have a record ready for early 2004, too. "If you're into the whole Anticon scene this will blow you away," they say. Downloads are up at the Planekonomi site and look for potential annoucements of new signees soon, too.
New streaming radio today - this time it's a spotlight on Sweden's Adrian Recordings, home of artists such as David & the Citizens, Laakso, Björns Vänner and more. Yes, I know they aren't all Scandinavian bands in the playlist, but what can ya do? Check it out on the right.
And speaking of Adrian Recordings band David & the Citizens, they've been making inroads in the UK recently and got a nice write-up in Strange Fruit for the album "For All Happy Endings". Read it here. They've also confirmed a couple dates over there:
10/09 - London
10/10 - Hastings
10/11 - The Garage, London
10/13 - Liverpool
More details when I get them.
Check out some recent live pics from Victims, Disfear and Satirnine on this site.
Memento Materia is putting out a new compilation in November called "Electropop Heroes of the North Vol 1" which will include a broad selection of Scandinavian electronic artists such as The Knife (new single "Handy-Man"), Bobby, Daybehavior, Apoptygma Berzerk, Colony 5, Statemachine, Alice In Videoland, and Pride and Fall. The comp will also feature exclusive tracks from Michigan, Backlash, Z Prochek and more.
Quartermain Records of Denmark will be releasing the new Moonbabies album "The Orange Billboard" in their fine country this coming January. If you haven't already downloaded the new single "Sun AM", I highly recommend you do so right now.
Upcoming tour dates for Hardcore Superstar:
09/27 - The Field, Carpaneto Piacentino (Piacenza) (IT)
10/02 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
10/03 - Palace, Kalmar (SWE)
10/04 - Wictoria, Karlskoga (SWE)
10/09 - Markan, Hässleholm (SWE)
10/11 - Voltmeter @ KB, Malmö (SWE)
10/16 - H2, Gävle (SWE)
10/17 - Valand, Göteborg (SWE)
10/25 - Klubb Kaliber, Mariestad (SWE)
10/31 - Gamla Brandstationen, Svedala (SWE)
11/01 - Diezel, Halmstad (SWE)
11/07 - Borlanche, Borlänge
11/13 - Stenegade, Copenhagen (DK)
11/14 - Tivoli, Helsingborg (SWE)
12/19 - HC, Sälen (SWE)
Here's a new newsletter from Music Export Finland with the latest on various Finnish acts making waves abroad including info on new DVDs from Eläkeläiset and The 69 Eyes and much more.
Dimension Zero has redesigned their website in anticipation of the new album "This is Hell", due out October 27 from Regain Records. They have also revealed that they have begun work on a video for the song "Immaculate" and should hopefully have it done sometime in November.