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djpsycheI haven't regularly DJed EBM/Electro in about six months or so. But I have a couple of guest gigs coming up where I'll once again be able to, so I've been boning up on the new releases. And I have to say:
What happened to the good songs??
You know, songs with actual melodies in them. Songs that you're still humming hours later, or days, or even six months later. I've gone through five "new stuff" compilations and there are maybe three tracks total that stand on their own, that do more than just have an "OK this won't kill the floor" sound to them. And I can't play an entire set of Glis.
What happened? Where are the songs? Did all song crafting in EBM die after "Welcome to Earth"? Perhaps that's why the DJs seem to continue playing the Best of 2001 over and over again. Nothing better, in fact nothing near as good, has been done since. Could it be my selective memory, but where are tracks like "Until the End of the World," "Hooked," "Annie, Would I Lie to You," "Let Go," "Timekiller," "Heretic's Fork," and any VNV Nation tune you could name? What am I missing, anyone care to enlighten me? It doesn't make sense that it would only take EBM a decade to run out of material, hell rock'n'roll has been going for 60 years and still coming up with good choons. If anyone can name me some good recent electronic songs, I'm, er, all ears.
What happened to the good songs??
You know, songs with actual melodies in them. Songs that you're still humming hours later, or days, or even six months later. I've gone through five "new stuff" compilations and there are maybe three tracks total that stand on their own, that do more than just have an "OK this won't kill the floor" sound to them. And I can't play an entire set of Glis.
What happened? Where are the songs? Did all song crafting in EBM die after "Welcome to Earth"? Perhaps that's why the DJs seem to continue playing the Best of 2001 over and over again. Nothing better, in fact nothing near as good, has been done since. Could it be my selective memory, but where are tracks like "Until the End of the World," "Hooked," "Annie, Would I Lie to You," "Let Go," "Timekiller," "Heretic's Fork," and any VNV Nation tune you could name? What am I missing, anyone care to enlighten me? It doesn't make sense that it would only take EBM a decade to run out of material, hell rock'n'roll has been going for 60 years and still coming up with good choons. If anyone can name me some good recent electronic songs, I'm, er, all ears.
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My, my, my...
Date: 2004-06-03 01:08 pm (UTC)futurepop - Stochastic Theory, "What You Weren't"
(honorable mention) Pride and Fall - "Paragon - club mix"
gothic - Secret Discovery, "Down"
(honorable mention) ASP - "Stille Nacht"
electro - Retrosic, "The Storm"
(honorable mention) Suicide Commando, "Face of Death"
The latest L'ame Immortelle single w/ the Zeromancer mix is also awesome, and the new Oomph does a nice Rammstein, too.
The *real* trick is getting the fickle to dance to something new! ;)
Re: My, my, my...
Date: 2004-06-03 01:12 pm (UTC)I'm psyched for it.
Date: 2004-06-03 01:22 pm (UTC)Ooops. I'm preaching to the converted, then... :)
Date: 2004-06-03 01:28 pm (UTC)Shame there aren't any release parties a little closer to me. Ho hum. I shall have to start prodding their UK distribution for a review copy... :)
Re: My, my, my...
Date: 2004-06-03 01:24 pm (UTC)Will have to look for that one...
(honorable mention) Pride and Fall - "Paragon - club mix"
electro - Retrosic, "The Storm"
See those fell into the category of "Ok, people will dance to it, but once the next track's on it's forgotten"
(honorable mention) Suicide Commando, "Face of Death"
Yes the new Suicide Commando is one of the outstanding exceptions. "Cause of Death: Suicide" is also very good - just don't forget about the nearly three minute friggin intro!!
The new mixes are pretty good, too.
Date: 2004-06-03 01:26 pm (UTC)Oh, Amduscia is really quite nifty, too, if you're looking for something Hocicoesque. :)
One more thing...
Date: 2004-06-03 01:28 pm (UTC)You could get in touch w/ them and see about a release party / DJ copy thing.
Re: One more thing...
Date: 2004-06-04 06:39 am (UTC)Re: One more thing...
Date: 2004-06-04 06:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-03 01:09 pm (UTC)I think the best new electro track I've heard recently has been Ayria's "Red Shift" - it's certainly the only one that's lodged in my brain.
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Date: 2004-06-03 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-03 02:02 pm (UTC)Rotersand - "Almost Violent" from Truth is Fanatic (much better than "Merging Oceans" which gets overplayed at Slimelight)
Z Prochek - "Here with you" from Intravenous
Z Prochek - "In Despair" from Viewers
Icon of Coil - "Existence in Progress" from Machines are Us
Covenant - "Call the Ships to Port" from Northern Light
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Date: 2004-06-04 06:41 am (UTC)One word...
Date: 2004-06-03 02:59 pm (UTC)Re: One word...
Date: 2004-06-04 01:45 pm (UTC)"Hooked": Brilliant. "I've come to understand that this quite impossible, and if I ever find a way I'll claim another life." You leave the club humming it, wondering "what's that song?" Asking the DJ when it comes on. There's NOTHING like that on their newest album. "Poisonous Friend" is pretty good, but can you hum a few bars now? I thought not! It's the Seabound sound, none of the Seabound magic. Bands are copying themselves but without the songs behind them.
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Date: 2004-06-04 01:47 pm (UTC)Those are BANDS, not songs. I want songs. Songs that would be good if they weren't EBM -- like, you could cover them in any style and it would still be a good song.
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Date: 2004-06-04 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-04 12:03 pm (UTC)Good God, I really don't know. Come to think of it, I haven't heard virtually anything that has caught my ear in the way of EBM since.. well, 2001.
Then again, maybe I'm just out of the loop.
"The kind of music you're making died in 1994, James! Blah blah blah.."
Hello, Pot. My name is Kettle. You are black. ;)
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Date: 2004-06-04 12:09 pm (UTC)What about "Thin Victory" by 51 Peg? They're one of the new FD! bands with a very catchy, danceable, well-produced sound that reminds me somewhat of the early Alchemy days.
The new full-length album "Esc/Ctrl" is available to order, and I have a copy of the "Thin Victory" single.. I'd be happy to mail it to you if you want..
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Date: 2004-06-04 01:48 pm (UTC)Notice I wasn't talking about "industrial" either :P (Thereby absolving myself from not mentioning Suicide Commando. Which I coincidentally received the Cause of Death single today and I prefer the original.)