The 2XCD compilation: These Sounds Will Have to Meet Somewhere in Between will be released on August 30. I’ll be repping the Kinetic crew on September 1 to host a release/listening party at Rodan in order to celebrate and spread the word about an exciting new Chicago label. I’ll be joined by Signifier head honcho Shannon Malik, aka rosierivits of Hidden Forms Radio fame along with her cohort ephemere. It will be a night of cool beats from across the industrial/idm/technoid spectrum, not much on the oontz oontz tip. Come one, come all.

TSWHTMSB

Technos Labor Force, Rocks Betrayal, and the Birth of the Fascist Groove Thing.

ADMX-71 – In Decay They Lurk
Converter – Gateway Rite
Mend – Sibling
The Incredible Three – One More Ride
Haujobb – Transfer
Halo_Gen – Sutra
Architect – Belgian Connection
Empusae + Shinkiro – First Ornament
Download – Beehatch
Haujobb – Solid State Logic
Phantom West – Winter Market (Espionage Mix)
Haujobb – Dream Aid

[syndika:zero] – Celluloid Dream (Fatal Memory)
[r]Prometheus Burning – Some Things Were Meant to Stay Broken
Dulce Liquido – Serial Killer
Siva Six – Angels of the Nine (Hydra Division V mix)
Haujobb – Boom Operator
Chrysalide – Traders Must Die
This Morn Omina – One Eyed Man
Monolith – Global World (Reworked)
Mlada Fronta – XB 33
Synapscape – Bigger Space
Oil 10 – Grand Illusion
Haujobb – Renegades of Noize
C-Tec – Stateless
Accessory – War of Emotion (feindflug rmx)
DavaNtage – Decadence (Wynardtage Remix)

Sedition @Joy Blue March 2, 2003

troum/yen pox — track 2 from the album mnemonic induction
wilt — depression modern
antizycle — cutting perfomance
we are gentlemen — cherry pie
mimetic — 2002
displacer — atrophied
end — dead media
flint glass — amemhat
mlada fronta — oxyides rmx by data raper
cdatakill — perpetual casualty
detritus — diminish
squaremeter — discord (war of sound)
ah cama sotz — fluido mortal
this morn omina — the burning hand
[massengrab] — breches
oil 10 — lost in metropolis
haujobb — penetration (floor mix)
pzychobitch — face in your hands
cut rate box — leave this world
melotron — folger mir ins licht
davaNtage — crisis

3AM alleyway

Saturday morning, I left Exit where Pandemic’s Candy Coated Chaos was still in full swing.  There were many wonderful people there [congrats to JenaMax on her Exit debut & impending birthday apocalyse] and the beats were stellar, but when the flight instinct kicks in with me, I rarely linger … at heart I’m all about the solitary headphone wandering, all self-contained sound and motion and the journey.

Friday night was very good. The crowd was enthusiastic and crazed with Super Moon-inspired passion. There were a lot of new faces and tons of familiar faces pulled themselves out of winter hibernation. The crowd was really in the mood for harsh ebm and the dreaded hellektro, but they were open to other stuff too, so I didn’t really feel any pressure or anything. I’ll be on the bench for the next few months, but there may some other events on the horizon. We shall see. In the meantime, the damage:

Empusae+Shinkiro — Fourth Ornament
Polygon — Memorandum
Anhedonia — Beautiful Evil
Millipede (W/ Access To Arasaka & Candle Nine) — Darkest Night
Disharmony — Plasmodium
Ahnst Anders — Night & Day
Numb — Deviation
Lexincrypt — Scar Tissue
Skinny Puppy — Morpheus Laughing
Sleepwalk — Lost in Hopelessness

Covenant — Judge of My Domain
[de:ad:cibel] — To Tired to Consume
[syndika:zero] — Zodiac
[r] Amduscia — Melodies for the Devil
[r] Tactical Sekt — Bring Me Violence
Suicide Commando — Death Cures All Pain
davaNtage — Unholy (In Necropolis A.D” Remix)
Rotersand — Rushing
Accessory — If This Isn’t a Dream
Prometheus Burning — Mindbenders
ESA — Not A Man of God
Feindflug — Gulag

Headscan — Zenith
Oil 10 — Lost in Metropolis
Mlada Fronta — XB-33
Destroid — Moral
Solitary Experiments — Miracle
Hocico — Call for Destruction
Mimetic — Gloomy
Detune-X — Sleepless
Orphx — Pox Americana
Haujobb — A Terrifying Truth (v0.1)
Das Ich — Gottes Tod (Dance or Die remix)
Decoded Feedback — Phoenix
Synapscape — Thirsteater
Hocico — Untold Blasphemies

determining what constitutes the regular program, is the thing that must be determined of course. aside from set lists from dj gigs and promotion of those and other events, things have been pretty sparse. there has been a lot of movement on the scene/scene-related front as of late however and there also seems to be a dire need for sorting out the great stacks of mess and mediocrity and trumpeting the arrival of excellent music and cool events and keeping the whole industrial/gothic/electronic/odd& sublime thing from getting stale, predictable and irrelevant. so in the spirit of doing my part, I’ll start with the local.

though I am oftentimes overly concerned with the creeping specter of nostalgia — mainly with being wary of it becoming a crutch that hampers evolution and progress — I do appreciate that industrial fans from all over are so keen on celebrating the history of Wax Trax! Records.

the Retrospectacle celebrates 33 1/3 years of Wax Trax! and the proceeds will benefit the Center on Halstead and will actually be a three-day event due to the demand. From waxtraxchicago.com

In honor of the 33 1/3 year anniversary of Wax Trax! Records and the legacy of its creators Jim Nash & Dannie Flesher, “The Nash Group 2449″ is producing a 2 night multimedia concert event that will celebrate the legendary Chicago record label and store on April 15th & 16th. The event will feature friends & artists of the Wax Trax! label and store including Front 242, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Luc Van Acker, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, En Esch, Guenter Schultz, Raymond Watts, Rights of The Accused and more. In addition to the live performances, there will be special guests as well as an all star cast of Chicago DJ and VJ’s to commemorate the label and store. All proceeds will benefit the non-profit, Center On Halsted.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Center On Halsted, the most comprehensive Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered community center in the Midwest. Their mission is simple – in a safe, nurturing environment, The Center On Halsted serves as a catalyst for the LGBT community that links and provides local resources and enriches life experiences. As Wax Trax! provided throughout its history, the Center On Halsted serves as a meeting place for like-minded people who, too often, find themselves disenfranchised or disconnected from the “mainstream”.

a celebration of Wax Trax! wouldn’t be complete without drama of some sorts, so other than Front 242 and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, the bands performing Revolting Cocks and KMFDM selections won’t be the “official” incarnations of said bands. Conspicuous by his absence of course is one Al Jourgensen whose Ministry project and innumerable side-projects, including Revolting Cocks, made him the face of the label — but time, it moves on. I’m going for the scene. I want to see all the people who were influenced by the music and things going on in Chicago back in the day, I want to see freaks young and old on parade, and I want to hang out with friends and perhaps run into people that I never see anymore. I will probably also be leaving early that first night in order to run down to the Empty Bottle and see Zola Jesus perform and then scoot off to Neo for Nexus 6, but all told, the Retrospectacle will turn back the clock and make everything seem fresh and new again. Funny what time and memory can do to the present.