Seasons come and go, people interests change and a lot of podcasts follow the same trend. Here today gone the next.
However there’s a special breed of broadcaster / DJ / promoter. One that always triumphs in the face of adversity. One that has a deep seeded love for the music and for the scene. One that year after year manages to surpass everyone’s expectations and improve on what was already a top notch experience.

Edwin Somnambulist of ISN Radio is no ordinary human being. Some say he naturally faces magnetic north, and that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds. All we know is that he’s the host of the amazing weekly podcast ISN Radio. (continue reading…)

So far the Kinetik Festival lineup is looking like a winner. The list so far is:

Beborn Beton
Haujobb
Hocico
Klangstabil
Shiv-r
[:SITD:]
S.P.O.C.K.
Winterkälte

Stay tuned for further updates.

The same great venue as last year (Club Metropolis) is sure to make for another amazing event.

Onsendesigns Photography have released their set of images from the Kinetik Festival 4. Over 150 artist candid shots make up the collection organized by days.

Kinetik Festival 4 : Day 1 photos

Kinetik Festival 4 : Day 2 photos

Kinetik Festival 4 : Day 3 photos

Kinetik Festival 4 : Day 4 photos

Kinetik Festival 4 : Day 5 photos

The majority of the photos in this collection are also the same photos used in the Kinetik Festival 4 photo book.

Onsendesigns Photography have announced a coffee table photo book. Kinetik Festival 4 : five days of live music photo book will contain over 100 pages of candid images of artists performing at Kinetik Festival 4.

The book will be available in two sizes: 8″x10″ and 7″x7″ and both versions will be available in soft and hard cover.

Stay tuned for further details!

If you haven’t already bought tickets to the Neuinstallation show in Toronto, Canada then you should wait not a second more.

The artists featured are The Gothsicles, Detroit Diesel, Aliceffekt, Skylightglare and a CD release of ‘For all the emptiness’ new album.

Along with the bands, there will also be another room to enjoy tracks spun by Toronto’s finest DJs: Edwin Somnambulist, Hangedman, Dreamstate Seven, and Saucy Miso.

A night not to be missed, as these performers always blow the roof of the venues they play in.

Visit NeuInstallation or more details and to buy tickets.

Some people love to quilt, others dabble in throwing themselves out of perfectly good airplanes and other still play Eve-Online. The universe created around this online experience is vast and impressive: they even have a 24/7 internet radio station, which is where Danse ex Machina has a spot every Thursday 00:00-03:00 GMT (which is wednesday night 7pm-10pm for those of us in the EST).
DJ Hangedman is the commander of DXM, and not only being an avid eve player, he knows his sub-culture, industrial music.
The show features pretty much all sub-genres of industrial music, and every show is a surprise in its uniqueness. Between the awesome music and the great editorial content, the three hours fly by.

There’s a lot of work that goes into producing this quality of a show and when it’s all done out of the love for the music, the results are nothing short of stellar. In a sea of otherwise mediocre podcasts, DJ Hangedman’s Danse ex Machina stands out like a beacon in the night.

Tune in to Eve-Radio and listen to the show live on Thursday 00:00-03:00 GMT, or listen to past shows on DJ Hangedman’s blog.

Artist: VNV Nation
Album: Automatic
Label: Anachron Sounds
Review by: DJ Hangedman

On a personal level, VNV Nation was one of the prime bands that helped facilitate my own return to the scene in the late nineties. As a result, I hold this band with very high esteem and maintain that these guys, the father’s of future pop, are among the most entertaining and driven artists in the industry.

With high esteem comes high expectations and I both anticipated (as I always do) and feared the release of Automatic. I say fear because I am such an uber fan, that I never want to be introduced to an album that changes my level of admiration and sometimes high expectations can do that.

When the opening track of Automatic began, I beheld a deep and energized feeling. I could almost smell the diesel fumes of the artistic mandate that VNV Nation stated before the release.

Listening to the rest of Automatic I can say that VNV Nation has once again released a solid piece of work. And those who like the poppier turn the band took with 2005’s Matter + Form, and 2007’s Judgement, will not be disappointed.

Early purists like myself might find that no one track really shines out, and yearn for perhaps one or two ground-breaking experimental tracks that the band always seems to be able to pull out with earlier releases.

The part I most enjoyed about Automatic was the slower tempo songs, and less the dance beats. One can always count on VNV to throw in a couple of thought provoking, sometimes tear evoking ballads (for lack of a better term). The faster paced pieces are growing on me slower than I’d like but I also need to check myself against the excellent lyrical narrative of the entire album. VNV Nation have sometimes been criticised, even satirized for overly dramatic lyrics, but I say bar-none, this is what VNV Nation does and does well, and this is what we come back for with every release.

In conclusion, Automatic is a really solid album. No real surprises, but that’s okay because the individual songs themselves are each top future-pop quality and that’s VNV Nation!

Buy VNV Nation’s Automatic album on CD at Amazon or buy VNV Nation’s Automatic as an Mp3 download on Amazon.

On the evening of Sept24, an event is unfolding in Toronto, Canada.
Four artists will be putting on a show not soon to be forgotten. The Gothsicles, Detroit Diesel, Aliceffekt and Skylightglare will be performing at Club Nocturne.

There will also be DJ sets by Toronto’s best DJs : Edwin Somnambulist, Dreamstate Seven, Hangedman and Saucy Miso will be spinning throughout the night.

As this promises to be an amazing event and I recommend you make arrangements to attend. I will certainly be there.

For more details, and to purchase a ticket for this event, please see the Event Website.