MOTOR!K - 5 (CD/Vynil/Digital) (Out Of Line) Motor!k present their 5th album, very practically and in good Motor!k tradition simply called 5.Anyone who is already familiar with the music of this Belgian Krautrock band (or Neo Krautrock, or Dark Krautrock, or ...) (all of you who read this, I assume) knows that their instrumental rhythmic music results in banging live concerts! The main ingredients will probably never really change: Joeri Dobbeleir who lets his guitar determine a melody line in his compositions and then lets it thunder along with the rhythm, Dries D’Hollander who sticks to the strict Motorik rhythm (which was mainly pioneered by Krautrock band NEU!) and at the same time pushes the boundaries within this ‘restriction’, finally Dirk Ivens (for once without a microphone but with just as much enthusiasm) on guitar and FX box.Where Kraftwerk made Autobahn Musik exactly 50 years ago,we can situate Motor!k on a modern-day highway. Music for cruising…Sharp electronic rhythmicmusic with a very organic feel at the same time. Successful molting, still the same beast but with a new shiny skin! Another great album! [JD] [MELTER] - [MELTER] (CD/Digital) (Self-Released) In case you haven’t heard of [melter], the band was formed in 2015 as the brainchild of Robert Hyman, drummer for early 90’s Goth Rock icons ‘In the mind. Hate is bred. It breeds Permanent Red’, yes, UsherHouse.With Nadia Garofalo on vocals and keys, and for the live performances Ivan Russia on bass.However, in 2019 Nadia bowed out of the band to be replaced by vocalist and collaborator Jax Allos (of Aviatrix on Fire), and Ivan in 2023. Leaving now Robert & Jax as a sonic duo. Their first EP has already been released in may 2023, so high time for Peek-A-Boo to give it the attention it deserves! Don’t expect ‘Old-School’ Goth Rock like UsherHouse, [melter] is a Dark Industrial Rock band with an appetite for Darkwave, Electronica & Goth in the same way a Vampire craves for blood. […]The EP includes 4 original songs; DAM,Catwalk,Raw&The Golem (already released in 2019) topped off with ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’, a enigmatical cover of the legendary pop classic by The Walker Brothers. [HC] PLAY DEAD -The Collection (CD/ Digital/Vinyl) If there is one compilation (anthology,best of,greatest hits or whatever you want to call it) album that deserves muchmore attention it is this one.PlayDead formed in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1980,and although they split up in 1986 the legacy they left us is, to put it mildly, outstanding. With Robert Hickson on vocals, Re Vox (later replaced by Steve Green) on guitar, bassist Peter Waddleton and Mark "Wiff" Smith on drums they combined various styles such as Rock, Funk, Alternative Metal and Electronica into a unique sound that would make them become a part of and embraced into the fledgling Post-Punk Tribal scene.Several singles included, Play Dead in total made 4 albums: The 1983 debut album ‘The First Flower’, which was promoted supporting Killing Joke on tour,‘From The Promised Land’ (1984), the live album‘Into The Fire‘ (1985), and the, on their own label (‘Tanz’) released final album, ‘Company Of Justice’ (1985). ‘The Collection’ is a must-have overview of their short-lived career featuring 16 essential tracks selected by the band itself. (Jungle Records) [HC] CAUGHT IN JOY - Out Of Nowhere (CD/Digital) Music to travel far beyond the boundaries of space, allowing your mind to wander into the great plane of existence…In this categoryCaught In Joymay certainly bementioned along with pioneering bands and Synth wizards such as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze,Ash Ra Tempel & Michael Garrison.As a multi-Instrumentalist,music producer and sound designer, residing in his home studio in Coconut Creek Florida, Caught In Joy passionately embraces hardware Synthesisers, tape recording,and a daw-less approach to create captivating musical experiences. Out Of Nowhere’ is his 35th studio album in about a year time, talking about a busy “(space)-bee-(ing)”, fully recorded while playing live and improvised without edits to the 8-track reel to reel tape. From the opening Read full the reviews on http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/ - 25 - (Self-Released) ‘Connecting With The Stars’ to the concluding ‘Still Trancemitting’ you get 7 BerlinSchool tracks with a touch of Drum& Bass’ tracks full of other-worldly energy [HC]. www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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