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Scratch Massive-Polygrains live at Dingwalls 2019
Posted: 18th March 2019 by blaue-rosen inMonthly playlist-February 2019
Posted: 10th March 2019 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: !K7 Records album releases 2019, 25eme Dimension EXO7, 25eme Dimension new album 2019, Angelic Foe An Evil of Nature 2019, Angelic Foe new album 2019, Bjarki Happy Earthday, Bjarki new album 2019, Boss Tuneage/Dirt Cult album releases 2019, BOY Harsher Careful 2019, BOY Harsher new album 2019, buDGET cUTS rECORDS& tAPES RELEASES 2019, Coey Fanni Tutti TUTTI 2019, Conspiracy International album releases 2019, Cosey Fanni Tutti new album 2019, Dark Chamber Records album releases 2019, DZR debut album 2019, DZR Instances 2019, Editions Mego album releases 2019, Fabrika Records album releases 2019, Fabulous Sheep 2019, Fabulous Sheep debut album 2019, Finlay Shakespeare Domestic Economy, Finlay Shakespeare new album 2019, Flat Worms Into The Iris 2019, Flat Worms new album 2019, FRAGNANCE new album 2019, FRAGNANCE Now that I'm Real, God? album releases 2019, Independent music albums 2019, Independent music releases 2019, Isolated Youth new EP 2019, Isolated Youth Warfare, Kaunis Kuolematon Elämä ei tarvitse minua 2019, Kaunis Kuolematon new album 2019, KOMLIKATIONS new album 2019, KOMPLIKATIONS No Good News, LADYTRON, LADYTRON new album 2019, Last Dusk As The Young Die 2019, Last Dusk new album 2019, Les acteurs de l'ombre productions album releases 2019, Lindustria 2019, Lindustria debut EP 2019, Mocking Dead Bird 2019, Mocking Dead Bird debut album 2019, Nude Club Records album releases 2019, Pandemix In Condemnation 2019, Pandemix new album 2019, Pensées Nocturnes Grand Guignol 2019, Pensées Nocturnes new album 2019, Polyvinyl Record Company album releases 2019, Rocket Recordings album releases 2019, Rockstar Records album releases 2019, Rotting Christ new album 2019, Rotting Christ The Heretics 2019, Season of Mist album releases 2019, Soft Blade Debut EP 2019, Soft Blade Zerkalo, Synth Religion album releases 2019, Tapete Records album releases 2019, Teeth of the Sea new album 2019, Teeth of the Sea Wraith, Terre 2019, TERRE debut EP 2019, The Telescopes Exploding Head Syndrome 2019, The Telescopes new album 2019, The Tiger Lillies Devil's Fairground 2019, The Tiger Lillies new album 2019, Tomb of Love A Permanent Reminder of our failure, Tomb of Love debut EP 2019, Unidentified Man/Chroma Carbon Memento Mori 2019, Unidentified Man/Chroma Carbon new album 2019, Xiu Xiu Girl With Basket of Fruit 2019, Xiu Xiu new album 2019
“…because we live in an industrialized, fast-paced world that prefers that the soul remains asleep…” (Bill Viola)
February was a particularly dynamic month, rich in independent music releases that cover the whole spectrum from ethereal/neoclassical to psychedelic rock. Even though most of our favourite albums are clustered around the post-punk genre, the doom metal/ black metal and the experimental music releases were so intense that, in a way, set the mood of this whole monthly playlist.
International Women’s Day 2019- A playlist
Posted: 8th March 2019 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: International Women's Day 2019, international Womens Day playlist 2019
‘When I was growing up all the women in my house were using needles. I’ve always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle.The needle is used to repair the damage.It’s a claim to forgiveness. It is never aggressive, it’s not a pin‘ (Louise Bourgeois)
Blaue Rosen salutes the International Women’s Day 2019 with a playlist that celebrates the music of female artists in their solo careers. There is a ‘thread’ that connects our favourite songs from these releases and it has to do with the melancholy and darkness that these artists are expressing from the depths of the human psyche. The personal stories of some of these women artists, have strongly influenced and constantly inform their music, sometimes manifesting in otherworldly and dramatic ways. At the same time their sound simultaneously becomes conceptually incomprehensible and very much ‘within our reach’. Enjoy our playlist!
Monthly playlist-January 2019
Posted: 7th February 2019 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: ?leph new album 2019, A Swarm of The Sun new album 2019, A Swarm of The Sun The Woods 2019, Aleph Entropy, Alone in the Hollow Garden Gyalwa Gyatso 2019, Alone in the Hollow Garden new album 2019, Arrington de Dionyso Honey and Poison, Arrington de Dionyso new album 2019, Autumn Tears Colors hidden within gray, Autumn Tears new album 2019, Brave new album 2019, Brave the calm|the storm 2019, coldwave albums 2019, Cyanbaal Living Tunnel 2019, Cyanbaal new album 2019, Dark Symphonies album releases 2019, darkwave albums 2019, deathrock albums 2019, Eleven Seven Music releases 2019, experimental albums 2019, Graveyard Bashers new album 2019, Graveyard Bashers Where's Billy?, Griefloss 2019, Griefloss new album 2019, Guignol Ash Land 2019, Guignol debut album 2019, Hank Wood &The Hammerheads Heads, Hank Wood &The Hammerheads new EP 2019, HANTE. Fierce 2019, HANTE. new album 2019, IDK debut album 2019, IDK One 2019, IDM albums 2019, Mo'ynoq debut album 2019, Mo'ynoq Dreaming In A Dead Language 2019, neoclassical albums 2019, new album releases 2019, New album releases January 2019, Panicmachine album releases 2019, Papa Roach new album 2019, Papa Roach Who Do You Trust? 2019, Phobos Reactor A Dream Within A Dream 2019, Phobos Reactor new album 2019, Polyverso Antagonista, Polyverso debut album 2019, post punk albums 2019, punk albums 2019, RAIC Multiplicity 2019, RAIC new album 2019, Rock Action records album releases 2019, rock albums 2019, Sounds Like Winter new EP 2019, Sounds Like Winter No Interest, SwissDarkNights album releases 2019, Synth Religion album releases 2019, THE IRE Demo 2019, The Twilight Sad It Won/t Be Like This All The Time, The Twilight Sad new album 2019, The Woodland Hunters new album 2019, The Woodland Hunters The Thoughts of Chairman Jim, Thirsty Leaves Music album releases 2019, Topographies new album 2019, Topographies Part Time Punks Session 2019, Velian debut album 2019, Velian Godless 2019, Version Studio Records album releases 2019, Warbastard Blood On Your Hands 2019, Warbastard debut album 2019, Zazen Sounds album releases 2019
“An active line on a walk, moving freely, without goal. A walk for a walk’s sake…” (Paul Klee)
Some might say that the first albums to be released every year, set the tone for the whole year so if our favourite 22 albums of January are any indication of that, then we are to brace ourselves for a very interesting year ahead!
If the soundtrack of this month was an image, then it would be a very dark one with highlights that sharply divide the surface, creating an effect similar to that of a thunderous sky. The albums that form this playlist have sometimes strong and other times softer influences and they occupy a sonic space that has black metal, post rock, darkwave, punk, industrial, post punk, deathrock and experimental elements. This playlist turned out to be focused on self released albums as these were the ones that had the strongest impact on us this time.
Album reviews- Howard Rickard and The Pale Riders debut album 2019
Posted: 31st January 2019 by blaue-rosen in Album reviewsTags: AeroDynamic album releases 2019, album releases 2019, album reviews 2019, best country albums 2019, Bluegrass albums 2019, country music album releases 2019, debut albums, folk music, Howard Rickard and The Pale Riders debut album 2019, Howard Rickard and the Pale Riders Songs of Love & Murder, Howard Rickard interview, new music 2019
Howard Rickard and The Pale Riders or else a modern day story of ‘outlaws’ and ‘outcasts’
“…And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts And I looked, and behold a pale horse And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him…“
When Willie Nelson released the album ‘Wanted!The Outlaws‘ with a brilliant cover which replicated the aesthetics of bounty hunters’ posters, he did it to make a comment about the position of outlaw country music in contrast to the more traditional Nashville sound. Similarly, when Johnny Cash was singing ‘Folsom Prison Blues‘ on his debut album, he was partly referring to his own life and the time he had spent in prison. One would think that these people have always been more than great songwriters with great public appeal. They were always the protagonists in their own stories, they made music out of their experiences, they have performed it with all the contextual gravity that a lived experience encompasses and they have lead lives that inadvertently inspired their songwriting. Because of that, their music has been loved so much and in such a profound way than the music of others. (more…)
The soundtrack of 2018!
Posted: 12th January 2019 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: album releases 2018, independent music releases 2018, the best album releases of 2018
These are our favourite releases of 2018! Click on the image to interact with the data!
The music world might have become even ‘poorer’ as a result of the passing away of Mark E.Smith in 2018, but I don’t think that anyone who loves the independent music scene, can deny the fact that 2018 has been a very generous year in terms of album releases and gigs. We got to listen to great albums and we had the chance to enjoy bands that celebrated important anniversaries in their career, perform live. Within 2018 we enjoyed the release of impressive debut albums by new bands, proving that there is always space for more creativity within genres that might seem ‘saturated’ from many aspects! 2018 was the year when the cassette format became even more popular so that we might soon have to start talking about a serious comeback and when the independent music scene and its audience, continued to grow even further.
We cannot forget the live score that Godspeed You!Black Emperor provided to the contemporary dance performance of ‘Animals of Distinction’ at The Barbican. The extracts from Jenny Holzer’s texts that were included in this performance lead us to the Tanks at TATE Modern where we enjoyed more installations by this multifarious artist. During this visit, we also got to know of the work of Aldo Tambellini and his fascination with black colour. We misread the word ‘expressive’ for ‘oppressive’ in the brief text that accompanied one of the installations and for days we were puzzled by the idea of the ‘oppressive qualities of black colour’.It was several months after this visit, when the latest album of Current 93 entitled ‘The Light Is Leaving Us All’ was released, that these circular ‘mandalas’ that Tambellini has done, gained richer meaning. At the beginning of the year, we had the surreal experience of listening to dark ambient music compositions while they were animating the fa?ades of some classic buildings at Regent Street during Lumiere 2018. Finally, during 2018 some gigs once again demonstrated the infinite limitations of all ‘recorded’ media (i.e. visual, audio, writing) to capture the energy and impact of a performance . How else can we explain the fact that no medium was able to transfer the intensity of the performance of Blixa Bargeld with Teho Teardo at the closing of the 27th WGT in Leipzig, the performance of Current 93 at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire especially during ‘Sleep Has His House’, the magic that ATARAXIA have spread all around the Schauspielhaus, the energy of Diorama and Siglo XX at Felsenkeller at WGT, and the awe that Peter Murphy has once again filled us with, during an unforgettable gig at O2 Academy Brixton, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Bauhaus! 2018 was the year when we got to see The Dresden Dolls perform live in London after 12 years and 2019 will be the year when we will celebrate the career of Dead Can Dance!
During 2018 we have listened to 824 releases and we picked the favourite of our favourite ones, 74 in total, that make up the soundtrack of the year! All of these albums were present in the 12 monthly playlists of the year which you can access from the following links:
Monthly playlist December 2018
Monthly playlist November 2018
Monthly playlist October 2018
Monthly playlist September 2018
Monthly playlist August 2018
Monthly playlist July 2018
Monthly playlist June 2018
Monthly playlist May 2018
Monthly playlist April 2018
Monthly playlist March 2018
Monthly playlist February 2018
Monthly playlist January 2018
Let’s all have a great 2019!
Monthly playlist-December 2018
Posted: 8th January 2019 by blaue-rosen in Music News,press releasesTags: Capitol Records releases 2018, Correlations Hidden Scenes 2018, Correlations new album 2018, Dark Voice of Angelique new album 2018, Dark Voice of Angelique Winter Mind Game 2018, Debemur Morti Productions releases 2018, DIRGE Lost Empyrean 2018, DIRGE new album 2018, DROWN debut album 2018, DROWN I., Erased Tapes releases 2018, Incirrina 8.15 2018, Incirrina debut EP 2018, IRFAN new album 2018, IRFAN Roots 2018, Lubomyr Melnyk Fallen Trees 2018, Lubomyr Melnyk new album 2018, Malignant Records album release 2018, Melanculia new album 2018, Melanculia Seventh Circle 2018, Phragments Fratres 2018, Phragments new album 2018, Scissor Tail releases 2018, Scott Hirsch Lost Time Behind The Moon 2018, Scott Hirsch new album 2018, Selling debut album 2018, Selling On Reflection 2018, Spun Out of Control album releases 2018, Squall Recordings album releases 2018, Symbolic Records releases 2018, SYZYGYX Encounters 2018, SYZYGYX new album 2018, The Decemberists new EP 2018, The Decemberists Traveling On 2018, Uinuos debut album 2018, Uinuos Walakiat 2018, Verna 2018, Verna debut album 2018, ₲ardeŋ ɵƒ debut album, ₲ardeŋ ɵƒ Void
“Cruelty has a Human Heart
And Jealousy a Human Face
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy the Human Dress (William Blake: poem ‘A Divine Image’)”
2018 concludes its music journey with amazing gigs that we will keep in our minds throughout the rest of the year. The album releases of December have somehow helped to make the transition to the next year smoother. Our monthly playlist makes a journey from ethereal folk to post-punk and metal. It includes impressive debut albums and the new album by the great ‘magician’ of piano, Lubomyr Melnyk.
Chris Connelly Interview
Posted: 4th December 2018 by blaue-rosen in Live reviews,InterviewsTags: Armalyte Industries albums 2019, Chris Connelly Bloodhounds, Chris Connelly interview, Chris Connelly new album 2019, music interview
“…there is never a destination, destinations are boring!”
Chris Connelly, the man with a thousand (and more) musical faces, released his latest album entitled ‘Bloodhounds‘ through Armalyte Industries. As has always been the case with Chris Connelly’s work, the songs are much more than great music with great melodies and a beautiful performance. They give an attractive, soul/blues/rock form, to many sources of inspiration, ranging from paintings to books and landscapes. Inspiration is a malleable concept and it can mean different things to different people. It is evident, if one takes a deep look into the details of the albums (artwork, music, song titles) that Chris has created that, what motivates him is a great personal and spiritual ‘calling’ that transforms even every day experiences into dreamy, poetic and disquieting melodies. Whether you love more his industrial/dark side as has been revealed through his work with Cocksure and Revolting Cocks or his more lyrical Sylvian/Bowie inspired side more evident in his solo work, you must admit that, since the 90s Chris has created an artistically rich sonic universe.There have always been visual artists who were inspired by music but rarely have we encountered musicians being inspired by visual art. To us, translating a static image and its emotional impact into sound, is one of the most challenging tasks an artist can undertake. And yet, here we are, with an album and a musician that does exactly that.
We were delighted to be given a glimpse into the artistic mind of Chris Connelly and talk with him about the new album, his future plans, his previous work, Cocksure,Ministry, Revolting Cocks and anything in between. We would like to shout out to promoters in London in particular, to arrange for us to enjoy him perform live next year.