The new Genghis Tron remix 12″ is out now on Relapse, with remixes by Phillip Cope, Drumcorps, Scott Hull, Danny Lohner, and Ulver. This release is the third in a five part series spanning five different record labels (Temporary Residence, Lovepump United, Relapse, Anticon, and Crucial Blast respectively). Some of the other artists include Justin Broderick, Tim Hecker, and Telefon Tel Aviv.
A new Drumcorps interview is now online via Australia’s Time Off magazine. Aaron talks about his roots and new creative directions.
new podcast mix up now, featuring new drumcorps tunes, remixes, and inspirations. download and details here
Three new Germany tour dates just added. Drumcorps will be jumping in the van to support our friends Genghis Tron & Behold the Arctopus in Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg. Breakcore people watch out, this will be an early slot, not the usual 3 am deal, so get there early to see everyone.
Altered Beast vinyl is now sold out @ the ManAlive webshop. Some copies are still available at distributors and mailorders like Indiemerch (US), DSwat (UK), Switch (FR). Both Animosity and Drumcorps will have a limited number of copies available at the upcoming live shows.
thin retro god / a profit on greediness / mobs over, rob me (10:30 total)
recorded by animosity at godcity studios with kurt ballou
remixed by drumcorps
mastered by lupo at d&m
artwork by john lause
this digital version is released 100% free, under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-share-alike license, and is available in high quality MP3 or FLAC lossless. both downloads contain a 9 page PDF booklet, info file, and embedded artwork for mobile audio players.
a deluxe vinyl version is available from http://wearemanalive.com/alteredbeast. the record is an artistic masterpiece, with absolutely ridiculous over-the-top production. it’s an etched & foil stamped ten inch, in four different color variations, some of which are ultra-mega-deluxe and come with 22-color hand-screenprinted and letterpressed jackets. basically everything you can do to a record, they did it.
as a sincere thank you to our supporters, we’re proud to give you guys the highest quality digital formats possible. thanks, and enjoy the jams.
A new Drumcorps mix is up now as part of this week’s New Music Download w/ Tom Ravenscroft, on UK Channel 4 radio. The mix features several new tunes and collaborations which have so far only been heard at live shows. We’re stoked to finally share the new sounds with you. More info about the official releases will be coming soon, but for now please listen online here and stream a drumcorps only cut here.
Animosity vs. Drumcorps – Tooth Grinder – (forthcoming on ManAlive)
Drumcorps – Grist – (Ad Noiseam / CRD)
Drumcorps – Violent Coast (unreleased)
Genghis Tron – Relief (Drumcorps remix) – (forthcoming)
Mexico City concert details have been announced. Some other performers include Elliott Sharp, Melt Banana, Wolf Eyes, Israel Martinez. Please visit www.radar.org.mx for the full lineup.
vitalweekly.net // could have been created for Brian Eno‘s ambient opus Apollo … an album of shining beauty
igloo mag // Top 10 album of 2007
ruckusruckusruckus.blogspot.com // the cover artwork is photos taken by Kevin Martin, they’re all haunting shots of the Lebanese state railway that’s fallen into disuse, to the extent that entire trees grow between the tracks. The first impression of the pictures are of charming light, only a second glance reveals the turmoil… there’s loads going on in the interior, unlike some of his contemporaries. They bear repeated listening exceptionally well – the music doesn’t give up its secrets, or become transparent or formulaic with familiarity. I read some reviews which drew comparisons between ‘Lost Tracks’ and Ulrich Schnauss‘s shoegazing styles… They both take warm, melancholy tinged motifs and wrap themselves up in sustained sounds that embrace and decay. But while Schnauss is into an MBV ‘Loveless’ wall/sound, Spectre works out at a purer, clearer pitch.
tokafi.com // Some will not be able to fathom how Aaron Spectre could come up with an album like “Lost Tracks”. Didn’t this man just unleash “Grist”, a brutal Metal onslaught under his alter ego Drumcorps? … Only two months later, he is back with a work of sweetness, optimism and hundreds of melodies from a place where there is always music in the air. This contradiction, however, is easy to dispel…. There is always a sense of longing and unfulfillment lingering in the spacey robotic electronica, which keeps one’s attention focused – you never know whether all of the happiness was just an illusion. Which only goes to strenghten the impression of Spectre as a man with a romantic inclination. If you think about it, there were similar moments with Drumcorps as well, when the guitar madness and the percussion frenzy stopped and made way for short atmospheric interludes, which took listeners out of time and away from a one-sided perspective. It is not such a long way from “Grist” to “Lost Tracks” as some may think.
igloo mag // one of today’s new breed of hybridizing electronic sound practitioners… a proficiently wrought album of slightly doleful downtempo and faintly shadowy atmospheres