2 unissued tracks from “So cold Streams” album recording session. Limited to 1000 copies released for Disquaire Day 2021.
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With my debut “Arbeitstitel” (Working title), I simply elevated a collection of demos to an album inspired by the dirty, emancipated recordings of old post-punk and avant-garde artists, which for me only became masterpieces through their imperfection. I found this beauty of flaw in long-lost song scraps of old, often amateurishly recorded, audio tracks that I left almost entirely unedited. Instead of meticulously constructing, I followed my very spontaneous feeling to a chord progression, bassline, or drum loop. This is why some of the compositions can only be described as anarchistic. Punk, and the deconstructions of its forms, was the path I wanted to take and get lost in. In the end, I always surprised myself.
A type of Infection continues to spread relentless to two souls,the first symptoms appeared in the streets of Athens in 2020… One Flesh.Infektion. D.I.Y. Dark Techno/EBM duo based in Athens, Greece influenced of Post/Dark Punk, New Beat, Darkwave and Industrial Techno.
“D’une Pierre deux Tombes” is the twelfth Opera Multi Steel’s studio album. It includes 8 tracks in its vinyl version and 12 tracks as cd format. For this last opus, the band turns back as a trio, in the original line-up of its beginnings, namely Patrick L. Robin, Franck Lopez and Catherine Marie. In 2018, Catherine, Patrick and Franck lost their respective mothers. This album was therefore partly conceived as a posthumous tribute to two dear ones, hence its title in French which takes the form of both a pun and a macabre observation. All the tracks, even if they still contain what makes the sound and the particular style of the band are imbued with a sadness and a nostalgia arguably more present. The theme of death and vanity is more powerful than ever (Cimeterre, L’Après-Mort…). Opéra Multi Steel develops in this album a bit darker music than usual. Melodies and vocal harmonies are always favored, supported on several tracks by Future Pop sounds of strings and electronic rhythms which reinforce the tragic mood of the concept (L’Annonce, La Nuit des Doutes, Intercession…). The cover artwork, made by Brazilian designer Hernan Czauski with photos taken by the band’s members in several ancient French cemeteries, features details of 19th century sculpted tombstones that evoke both the eternal Silence of the Grave, the Fidelity beyond Death and the inconsolable Sorrows.
Marking just over ten years since the original No Longer Stranger EP back in early 2011, it’s now been a decade since Soft Riot has been in existence. And on that touchstone comes the newest release called Second Lives, a compilation album featuring a collection of eight tracks of previously released tracks from obscure singles on various compilations, re-worked versions of previously released older tracks as well as some unreleased material. Originally the concept for such a release was to be a more comprehensive archive of unreleased material that has been collecting over the past decade, including demos, odd bits and other ephemera, but with this final version as Second Lives, sees the release fine-tuned into an album of its own right, focusing on key tracks and bringing out their strengths, updating old tracks — often ones that are still played out live — to give them new life and perspective. |
