Hecate, aka Rachael Kozak, also mentioned in the weblog below, has released her very first debut album The Magick Of Female Ejaculation on Praxis. An album on which she will collaborate with Lustmord is out now on Hymen.
Mimicry Recordings will release three (!) new Secret Chiefs 3-CD's in 2003. It will be a 'single meta-album' in 3 parts called The Book Of Truth. Besides that in August the new Estradasphere-album will be released and if that's not enough also Sleepytime Gorilla Museum will drop their sophomore album.
Venetian Snares said in an interview with Playboy that he's working on an album, together with his girlfriend Rachael Kozak (who performs under the alias Hecate), created exclusively from samples recorded during sex. The album will be called Nymphomatriarch and is set to be released in spring 2003 on Hymen.
You might have noticed the new design of Musique Machine. Congratulate us on our forum :)
James Plotkin (our first band/artist special) is interviewed at Ultimate Metal. Check out the interesting interview here.
Finally Jaga Jazzist updates their website. First GSL will release an Animal Chin 10" and CD/EP in January. The video of this track is also rotating on MTV:New and ZTV and can be view on the Ninja Tune website. The Days 12" is out now on Smalltown Supersound. New album The Stix (already out in Norway) will be released in the rest of Europe by Ninja Tune / Smalltown Supersound in March/April 2003.
Queens Of The Stone Age mainman Josh Homme has asked PJ Harvey to appear on his Desert Sessions, volume nine. Ipecac Records will be releasing this album next year.
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien has told XFM Online that the recording for Radiohead studio album #6 is going quite well. O'Brien proclaimed, "As I always say, it's gonna be an album of three minute pop songs. That's what they always say but that's what it is this time." The band is aiming for a March 2003 release for the album, which is currently without a definite tracklist and title.
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Prog-rock masters Anekdoten is currently working on pre-productions for their fourth studio album. The recordings will start in January at Studio Atlantis. The release date is not yet scheduled.
The new Strapping Young Lad album is set up for a release on 11 February with the release of The Devin Townsend Band following 2-3 weeks later. Europeans can see these two bands and Zimmers Hole on a tour starting in March 19 and ending on April 15. The first scheduled dates are as follows: March 19: Garage - Glasgow, UK. March 20: University - Manchester, UK. March 21: Mean Fiddler - London, UK. March 22: Elysse Montmartre - Paris, FRA. Check www.hevydevy.com
Upcoming Tzadik Records releases. January: John Zorn - Masada Guitars, Sasha Argov - Great Jewish Music, Syzygys - Complete Studio Recordings, Carla Kihlstedt - Two Foot Yard. More info on these and more releases can be found at www.tzadik.com
Jørn Lande has left ARK. It is said Tore Østby and John Macaluso wanted to start recording the next album but Jørn felt it to be too early. He hooked up with ex-Halloween-guitarist Roland Grapow to form Masterplan, whose debut-album will be released shortly.
February 2003 will see the release of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 12th album, Nocturama. Said to be pretty much in a similar vein to No more shall we part, it was recorded in one week. Nick Cave has already written 50% of what will be the Bad Seeds' 13th release...
Download a couple of live tracks from Múm's concert in Paris right here.
The new Beyond Dawn album will be called FRYSH. The release date is still not confirmed, but sometime somewhere around february 2003 it will be released by Peaceville. A double 12" remix vinyl of Beyond Dawn is also on its way. With remixes from Trulz&Robin, Verbose, Bjørn Svin, Eva Cazal, Martin Horntvedt, Nextlife, Vildensky and Origami. Release date: late february 2003.
Check out the interesting Aphex Twin interview: here.
Plaid have announced that they are underway with their 5th album which will be released accompanied by a full length DVD mixed in 5.1 surround sound on Warp Records.
In January 2003, Coil will be releasing four live albums (and subsequent to that DVDs of the last three concerts), one representing each age of Coil's different live repertoire. To celebrate this release and as a special offer, Coil are taking orders now for a Special Collectors Subscription CD Edition of 123 copies. 111 will be available to the public. The Edition will comprise of the four digipack-bound CDs, plus an exclusive and unique CDR of the performance at Megalithomania, plus mystery art objects, numbered and fully autographed. The Edition will be dispatched during January, when everything has been assembled to their satisfaction, but they strongly suggest you place your order now to avoid disappointment, as interest in these editions is always strong. For more details, visit Threshold House.
In a recent interview posted on Epitaph Records' website, Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan revealed plans for the group's next full-length: originally slated for a December 2002 release, the album has now been delayed until mid-2003. Puciato blames the delay on their headlining tour and opening slot for System of a Down earlier this year. And more bad luck: the band will not release their planned split with The Icarus Line. Puciato said any other extra work would push the upcoming full-length back even further. The new record is also presently without title or parent label.
According to an update at Interpol's official website, they've expanded their December tour of the East Coast to include Philadelphia, Atlanta and Boston, as well as an additional already sold-out third night at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. They will also fly over to the UK in late January as part of NME's Awards Tour 2003. Check www.interpolny.com for tourdates and more info.
Tigerbeat 6 Records recently released the Kid606 vs Dälek - Ruint It EP and 12". You can order it at their site, and check for some samples this page.
The release date for Future Sound Of London / Amorphous Androgynous' The Mello Hippo Disco Show EP is December 2nd. Tracklisting: Yo-Yo, She Sells Electric Ego, Mello Hippo (Jacknife Lee Mix), Slo-Mo, Hippo-Drone, Trying To Make Inpermanent Things Permanent, The World's In Transience, Life's A Flow.
Ipecac Records news! Tomahawk is almost done with their new record which will be released around april. Preproduction on the new Fantômas and Peeping Tom has begun. Fantômas will be released this summer, while Peeping Tom is scheduled for early 2004. Ipecac will also be the home of the next Desert Sessions from Josh Homme and is working on a special Queens Of The Stone Age treat.