Monday, December 20, 2010

I wasn't gonna say anything, really, BUT...

So, the Jakalope/Marianas Trench show I went to on Saturday got roasted by the Georgia Straight. No surprise, they do hate 604 Records acts, and I was going to just ignore it but then again, I never can shut up. Here's what I posted on their comments board, in amongst the ocean of Trenchies saying "Oh yeah, well... fuck you!" and the occasional well-thought out rebuttal to the article.

I actually wrote for Discorder for years off and on, was even a section editor and production manager too, so I do get the whole "we're serious music critics and therefore pop music or anything that moves more than 15 units SUCKS" vibe, really I do, so I tried to leave that sort of aspect out of it lest I start sounding like a hysterical fan girl defending a band I like from evildoers. (Technically speaking, Jakalope are friends of mine, not just a band I like from afar, but they're big boys and girls and don't need defending.)



Wow, talk about a shitstorm... but having been around the college radio and music critic scene for 10 years (CiTR Radio and Discorder), I know that's exactly what you were hoping for.

First up, I'll say I didn't see Marianas Trench's set, only Jakalope's. I'll grant you that Marianas Trench's fans get a little hyper, but so what? Nothing worse than I remember seeing at Nine Inch Nails shows back in the day, and the NIN fans were hardly tweens so age doesn't come into this at all. Actually, Trench fans are far less bat-shit insane than NIN or Marilyn Manson fans, so really your criticism of the audience is moot.

Hard core fans tend to be the same across all genres, and you can't fault them for that: they're what this business needs now more than ever in the current music climate. Hell, the kids cleaned out the merch booth of all Marianas Trench stuff (save one lonely unliked t-shirt design) by the end of the opening act's set. Most artists would kill for those sort of results.

Let me get this straight - everyone's bellyaching about a lack of strong fan support for artists, but when you see an example of strong fan support you mock it?

I will say it's strange to me to see 6 year olds at a rock show, but that's more on account of how 99% of the shows I go to are in clubs. The kids were pretty well-behaved and appreciative of being able to go to a concert, cut them some slack - they're your future readers.

Is this really about the fans and the show or is it about how the "Serious Music Press" has it in for 604 Records on account of the Nickelback connection? (You know, God forbid you sell music that people seem to wanna hear on the radio...)

Now, onto Jakalope's performance. You do understand that grinding feedback is not intended by the band, right? Maybe if we were talking Einstuerzende Neubauten it would be intentional but here it's a technical accident of walking an inch too close to a monitor and every time it happened people moved back to stop it immediately. It happens at the Biltmore for hipster bands, it happens at the Backstage Lounge for singer-songwriters strumming acoustic guitars, it happens at the Cobalt for the hot new punk trio. Get over it.

I don't know where you were seated and I do believe the Orpheum, like the Queen E, has some acoustic dead spots where things sound screwed up, but from down in the front nothing sounded tinny at all, it was a pretty full sound. I didn't find Chrystal's voice too shrill, there were a couple points where she used a screaming tone for effect. Big deal.

As for "industrial waste," you really don't know, do you? Go listen to Neubauten and Puppy and FLA. Jakalope pretty much play straight up electro-rock, it's not actually the same thing.

Was it perfect? Nothing ever is. But I'd hardly call it a clusterfuck either and I've seen plenty of those for comparison. Some of which involved actual "industrial waste" acts, which you might well consider brilliant on account of them being on a different label and only having 20 fans in any given city.

PS: Platinum records tend to be garishly framed these days. The days of the simple plain frame were in the 1970s when there were a lot more of them being given out. If you don't like the frame or presentation, be thankful you don't have to hang it in your own living room. From what I understand, Marianas Trench's album has now been released in the USA, perhaps there will be an American gold or platinum soon enough. Because clearly Canadian bands are only valid after the Americans pay attention.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Playlist for December 4, 2010

Nine Inch Nails
From The Fragile [1999, Nothing/Interscope]:
Somewhat Damaged
The Wretched
No, You Don't


Front Line Assembly
From Provision [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Overkill [Surge Mix]
From Iceolate [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Iceolate
From Virus [1990, Third Mind Records]:
Virus [Aggro Mix]


Front 242
From Front By Front [1988, Nettwerk]:
Until Death (Do Us Part)
Circling Overhead
Im Rhythmus Bleiben
Felines


Killing Joke
From Fire Dances [1983, E'G Records]:
Feast of Blaze
Song & Dance
Dominator
Let's All Go
Lust Almighty


Clock DVA
From Buried Dreams [1989, Wax Trax!]:
The Unseen
The Reign
The Act
The Hacker


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for December 4, 2010.


Chris & Cosey
From Reflection [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Re-Education Thru Labour
Gates of Ancient Cities
Heartbeat
Put Yourself In Los Angeles


Einstürzende Neubauten
From Fünf auf der nach oben offeren Richterskala [1987, Some Bizarre]:
Zerstörte Zelle
Morning Dew
Ich bin's
MoDiMiDoFreSaSa



Controlled Bleeding
From Trudge [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Words (Of the Dying Body)
Crimes of the Body
The Front
The Fodder Song


Nurse With Wound
From Automating Volume Two [1989, United Diaries]:
The Strange Play of the Mouth
Elderly Man River/Dance of Fools


Coil
From The Snow EP [1991, Wax Trax!]:
Driftmix
Answers Come In Dreams
Out in the Cold


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for December 4, 2010.


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Playlist for November 27, 2010

This week I aired my interview with Rhys Fulber of Conjure One [ex- Front Line Assembly and Delerium].

Here's what I played tonight:


Mixed in with the interview segments:

Conjure One
From Exilarch [2010, Nettwerk]:
I Dream In Colour
Like Ice
Places That Don't Exist
The Distance

Delerium
From Remixed: The Definitive Collection [2010, Nettwerk]:
Silence [DJ Tiesto Mix]

Conjure One
From Conjure One [2002, Nettwerk]:
Centre of the Sun


Front Line Assembly
From Disorder [1988, Third Mind Records]:
Lurid Sensation
Die-Sect
TheWrack


Raggedy Angry
From How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Burn Your Gods
Fire Engine Red
Digital Hell


Chemlab
From Oxidizer [2004, Underground, Inc.]:
Monkey God
Black Snake Voodoo Hiss
Queen of Despair [Ode to the Diode]


In Strict Confidence
From Mistrust the Angels [2002, Minuswelt Musikfabrik]:
Herzattacke
Horizont


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for November 27, 2010.


Faderhead
From Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]:
The Moth and the Fire
Destroy Improve Rebuild


iVardensphere
From Bloodwater [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Sick
Bloodwater
Grey Walls


cEvin Key
From Music For Cats [1998, Metropolis Records]:
Wind On Small Paws
Meteorite


Skinny Puppy
From The Process [1996, American Recordings]:
Hard Set Head
Amnesia


Cool upcoming shows:


Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue
Friday January 14th: Fake Shark Real Zombie (+ Left Spine Down + Ninjaspy + Wrecktals) @ Rickshaw Theatre


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Playlist for November 20, 2010

This week was our annual FunDrive at CiTR Radio, so I focussed on Vancouver-launched acts [even moreso than usual] and how CiTR has helped launch local artists.

Thanks to my donors!

Here's what I played tonight:


Images In Vogue
From Images In Vogue [1983, WEA]:
For Germans
Breaking Up


Skinny Puppy
From Censor [1988, Nettwerk]:
Censor [Ext. Mix]
Punk In Park Zoo's


Cyberaktif
From Nothing Stays [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Black + White
Nothing Stays


Hilt
From Get Stuck [1989, Nettwerk]:
Get Stuck [Ext. Mix]
Septic [Remix]


cEvin Key
From The Ghost of Each Room [2001, Metropolis Records]:
15th Shade
Sklang


Doubting Thomas
From The Infidel (Special Edition 20 Year Anniversary) [2007, Sub-Conscious Communications]:
Make Me Laugh
Blink and It's Gone
Love Somebody


Download
From Sidewinder [1996, SPV]:
Chalice
IM5


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for November 20, 2010.


Mixed set:

"Krenkel" - Plateau from Dutch Flowers [1997, Sub-Conscious Communications]
"Where" - Phil Western from 4am [2007, The Record Company]


"Lusid" - ohGr from Welt [2001, Spitfire Records]
"Stormy" - Jakalope from Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]
"Innocente [Falling in Love] - Deep Dish Gladiator UK Edit" - Delerium from Remixed: The Definitive Collection [2010, Nettwerk]


"Vexation" - Front Line Assembly from Digital Tension Dementia [1988, Third Mind Records]
"Reset [Maqlu Mix]" - Left Spine Down from Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes [2009, Synthetic Sounds]
"Industrial Metal Disco" - Stiff Valentine from Industrial Metal Disco [2009, Traffik Records]


"Running For the Razors" - Fake Shark Real Zombie from Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]
"Ultraviolence [Radio Edit]" - Post Death Soundtrack
"March On" - Maqlu from Black [2010, self-released]


"Family [Broken Remix]" - Friday Mortimer & the Beautiful Monsters
"Out of Order" - Gore-Tek from Sick Machine [2006, Itsalive Network Enterprises]
"Respect" - M13


"Aorta/Jugular/Krishna" - Hellenkeller from Demonstration [1999, 20rm Recordings]
"Blue Light, Black Candle" - Numb from Numb [1987, Edge Records]


"Sweet Nothings" - Moev from Dusk and Desire [1986, Nettwerk]
"All That's Needed" - Kooper Kain from Turning Cities to Salt [2004]
"Parish" - The Hope Slide from The Hope Slide [2010, self-released]
"One Last Binge" - Frederick


"Underneath" - The Thick of It from First Day of Death [2010, self-released]


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for November 20, 2010.


Cool upcoming shows:

Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue
Friday January 14th: Fake Shark Real Zombie (+ Left Spine Down + Ninjaspy + Wrecktals) @ Rickshaw Theatre


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Playlist for November 13, 2010

I was lucky enough to get in a brief interview with En Esch and Mona Mur during the Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch show the other night in Vancouver. They're playing several dates across Canada in the next week or so, go check 'em out!

Here's what I played tonight:


Mixed in with the interview segments:

Slick Idiot
From Sucksess [2009, Itchy Records]:
I.I.W.I.I.
Mona Mur and En Esch
From 120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence [2010, Artoffact]:
120 Tage
The Thin Red Line
Slick Idiot
From Dicknity [2001, Itchy Records]:
It Won't Do
From Sucksess [2009, Itchy Records]:
Die Schabe [Halb und Halb] Mona Mur Remix
From Dicknity [2001, Itchy Records]:
Merci Beaucoup


Front Line Assembly
From Improvised Electronic Device [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Downfall


Psyche
From Thundershowers [1985, Mass Production]:
Thundershowers [Extended Mix]
Lead Me Astray [Magnum Mix]


Moev
From Wanting 12" [1987, Nettwerk]:
Wanting [Remix]
From Alibis 12" [1984, Nettwerk]:
Alibis
From Yeah Whatever 12" [1988, Nettwerk]:
Yeah Whatever [Extended Remix]


Jakalope
From Born4 [2006, The Orange Record Company]:
Instigator
From Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]:
No Shame
Stormy


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for November 13, 2010.


Fake Shark Real Zombie
From Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]:
Six Sick Suck
Running For the Razors
Puke Rawk


Raggedy Angry
From How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Sick Thoughts
My Escape
Superjet



Chemlab
From East Side Militia [1996, Invisible Records]:
Jesus Chris Porno Star
Pyromance
Pink


Mixed set:

"Houston" - Faderhead from Trilogy [2010, L-Tracks]
"Why Me?" - The Art of Noise with Max Headroom from Paranoimia [1986, Chrysalis Records]
"Martyr" - Maqlu from Black [2010, self-released]
"Massive Retaliation" - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
from Flaunt It [1986, EMI]
"Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" - Bauhaus from In the Flat Field [1980, 4AD]
"Death of a Curbcrawler" - Copyright from The Hidden World [2001, Vik Recordings]
"Lamb of God" - Marilyn Manson from Holy Wood: In the Shadow of the Valley of Death [2000, Nothing/Interscope]


Numb
From Numb [1987, Edge Records]:
God Is Dead
Eat Me
Lies
Guilt


Skinny Puppy
From Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate [1987, Nettwerk]:
First Aid
Addiction
Shadow Cast
Draining Faces
The Mourn


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for November 13, 2010.


This week's post-show mix CD was Mix CD 10.


Cool upcoming shows:

Thursday November 25th: Hello World @ Waldorf Hotel
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue
Wednesday January 5th: Maqlu (+ Frederick + Friday Mortimer & the Beautiful Monsters) @ Media Club
Friday January 14th: Fake Shark Real Zombie (+ Left Spine Down + Ninjaspy + Wrecktals) @ Rickshaw Theatre


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Playlist for November 6, 2010

Here's what I played tonight:


iVardensphere
From Bloodwater [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
These Machines Keep Me Alive
The Source of Uncertainty
A Sign of Things to Come


Virtual Terrorist
From Fragments [2010, self-released]:
Death Sector [Caustic Remix]
Killer [Fucking Bloody Stumps Mix by Psykkle]
Narcotized [Chaos Theory Remix]


Noisuf-X
From Excessive Exposure [2010, Pro Noize]:
Revelation 9-6
Industrial Revolution


Funker Vogt
From Blutzoll [2010, Metropolis]:
Fire and Forget
Hold My Ground
Bloodthirst
Krieger


Iszoloscope
From Beyond Within [2010, Ant-Zen]:
The Unsettled
In the Other Mind of Us


Project Pitchfork
From Continuum Ride [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]:
Way of the World
Dead Cities


Candle Nine
From The Muse in the Machine [2010, Tympanik Audio]:
Wintermute
Someone, Anyone


Conjure One
From Tears From the Moon [2002, Nettwerk]:
Tears From the Moon [Hybrid Twisted on the Terrace Mix]


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for November 6, 2010.


Die Form
From InHuman [2004, Matrix Cube]:
Fossilized Light
Disjointed World
Inhuman


Jakalope
From Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]:
Dusk Til Dawn
AKA Cupcake
Combine


The Birthday Massacre
From Pins and Needles [2010, Metropolis Records]:
In the Dark
Always
Midnight


The Rabid Whole
From Autraumaton [2009, Synthetic Sounds]:
Faith In Yesterday
Tell Me Lies


KMFDM
From Extra - volume 1 [2008, Metropolis Records]:
Sieg Sieg [Z Records Version]
Don't Blow Your Top [Adrian Sherwood Mix]


Faderhead
From Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]:
Do You Know Who I Think I Am?
Scumfucker
Corpus Crisis


Cyanotic
From The Medication Generation [2010, Bit Riot Records]:
Brutal Deluxe
Drek Kick [feat. Rabbit Junk]


Skinny Puppy
From Remission [1984, Nettwerk]:
Incision
Manwhole
Ice Breaker


Nine Inch Nails
From Pretty Hate Machine [1989, TVT Records]:
Sanctified
Something I Can Never Have
Sin


ohGr
From Devils In My Details [2008, Synthetic Symphony]:
Psychoreal
Timebomb


Marilyn Manson
From Holy Wood: In the Shadow of the Valley of Death [2000, Nothing/Interscope]:
In the Shadow of the Valley of Death
A Place in the Dirt
The Nobodies


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for October 23, 2010.


This week's post-show mix CD was Mix CD 1.


Cool upcoming shows:

Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Playlist for the Vancouver Horror Convention

Over the weekend I DJed at the first Vancouver Horror Convention. We'll be back bigger and better next October, but in the meantime, here's what I played:


"Ancients" - iVardensphere from Bloodwater [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"Sick Thoughts" - Raggedy Angry from How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"Destroy Improve Rebuild" - Faderhead from Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]
"Sex Drogen und Industri [Lowtech Mix]" - Combichrist from Noise Collection vol. 1 [2010, Out of Line]
"Glassblower [Remix]" - Download from Sidewinder [1996, SPV]
"Paws Off" - Maqlu from Black [2010, self-released]
"Down to the World [I Know So Well]" - Phil Western from 4am [2007, The Record Company]
"A Dark Star" - SKOLD
"Bonedance [Katastroslavia Remix]" - iVardensphere from Remixes vol. 1 [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"It's OK If Your Bells Are Digital" - Phil Western from DAT Hell [2008, The Record Company]
"Witness [Karma Coma Remix]" - Jakalope from Witness (digital single) [2010, 604 Records]
"Never Say Never [Candy Apple Mix by Dave Ogilvie]" - KMFDM from Krieg [2010, KMFDM Records]
"V" - Zeromancer from The Death of Romance [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]
"Jigsaw [Speak Mix by Maqlu]" - iVardensphere from Remixes vol. 1 [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight? [Live]" - The Misfits from Walk Among Us [1982, Ruby Records]
"Amnesia" - Skinny Puppy from The Process [1996, American Recordings]
"Sybil the Spider Consumes Himself" - The Tear Garden from Sheila Liked the Rodeo [1993, Nettwerk]
"MonsterMurderKill" - Combichrist from Making Monsters [2010, Out of Line]
"Sleepwalking" - Cabaret Voltaire from Drinking Gasoline [1985, Virgin Records]
"Mein Teil" - Rammstein from Reise, Reise [2004, Universal]
"Testure [12" Mix]" - Skinny Puppy from Testure [1989, Nettwerk/Capitol]
"Not of This World" - Danzig from Danzig [1988, Def American Recordings]
"Bring Me Violence" - Tactical Sekt from Syncope [2006, NoiTekk]
"Halloween II" - The Misfits from Beware - The Complete Singles '77 to '82 [1994, Destroy Fascism Records]
"Angel Lust" - Fake Shark Real Zombie from Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]
"Beyond Herself" - The Thick of It from First Day of Death [2010, self-released]
"Dusk Til Dawn" - Jakalope from Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]
"Smackwave" - Hellenkeller from Demonstration [1999, 20rm Recordings]
"Ghouls Night Out" - The Misfits from Beware - The Complete Singles '77 to '82 [1994, Destroy Fascism Records]
"The Sanity Assassin" - Bauhaus from Burning From the Inside [1983, Beggars Banquet]
"Halloween (Remix)" - Ministry from Halloween (Remix)/Nature of Outtakes [1985, Wax Trax!]
"Formed or Formless" - Maqlu


[Movie break, quieter music out on the convention floor]:

Lustmord: Tracks from Paradise Disowned
Skinny Puppy: The Process [entire album]
Phil Western: Tracks from DAT Hell


"All Saints Day" - Severed Heads from Rotund For Success [1989, Nettwerk]
"Am I Demon" - Danzig from Danzig [1988, Def American Recordings]
"Fire Engine Red" - Raggedy Angry from How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"My Favorite Things" - PTP from Rubber Glove Seduction [1989, Wax Trax!]
"Ultraviolence" - Post Death Soundtrack
"American Nightmare" - The Misfits from Legacy of Brutality [1985, Caroline Records]
"I Wanna" - Jakalope from Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]
"Martyr" - Maqlu from Black [2010, self-released]
"First Day of Death" - The Thick of It from First Day of Death [2010, self-released]
"Poison Their Well" - Maqlu from Blood [2010, self-released]
"Digital Hell" - Raggedy Angry from How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"Shrunken Heads For All Occasions" - Combichrist from Noise Collection vol. 1 [2010, Out of Line]
"Vampira" - The Misfits from Walk Among Us [1982, Ruby Records]
"Baby's Insane" - Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones from The Sporting Life [1994, Mute Records]
"Murderous" - Nitzer Ebb from Murderous [1986, Intercord Tonträger GmbH]
"Sidewinder" - Download from Sidewinder [1996, SPV]

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Playlist for October 30, 2010

This was the week I aired my interview with Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly and Delerium.

Here's what I played tonight:


Mixed in with my interview with Bill:

Front Line Assembly
From Caustic Grip [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Victim
From Improvised Electronic Device [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Laws of Deception
Afterlife

Delerium
From Remixed: The Definitive Collection [2010, Nettwerk]:
Silence [DJ Tiesto Mix]
From Voice [2010, Nettwerk]:
Love [Acoustic]
Vienna

Front Line Assembly
From Corrosion [1988, Wax Trax!]:
Right Hand of Heaven
From Tactical Neural Implant [1992, Third Mind Records]:
Mindphaser
From Millenium [1994, Roadrunner Records]:
Millenium [Left In Ruins Remix]


Rest of the show:


Jakalope
From Things That Go Jump in the Night [2010, 604 Records]:
Regenerate
Stormy
I Wanna


The Hope Slide
From The Hope Slide [2010, self-released]:
White Corvette
A Red Forest
Parish


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for October 30, 2010.


The Birthday Massacre
From Pins and Needles [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Pale
Pins and Needles
Sleepwalking


Rotersand
From Waiting to Be Born [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]:
All These Moments
Wasted Wings


Faderhead
From Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]:
Destroy Improve Rebuild
Aim to Misbehave
Beautiful Freak


Combichrist
From Making Monsters [2010, Out of Line]:
Follow the Trail of Blood
They


iVardensphere
From Bloodwater [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Ancients
Sick
Bloodwater


Chemlab
From Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor [2006, Invisible Records]:
Atomic Automatic [Cyanotic Mix]
Binary Nation [16Volt Mix]
The Moon [Deadliner Mix]


Zeromancer
From The Death of Romance [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]:
The Pygmalion Effect
V
Revengefuck


Maqlu
From Black [2010, self-released]:
Paws Off


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for October 30, 2010.


Cool upcoming shows:

Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Playlist for October 23, 2010

This was the week I aired my interview with Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots.

Here's what I played tonight:


Mixed in with my interview with Edward:

The Legendary Pink Dots
From The Whispering Wall [2004]:
Soft Toy
From Chemical Playground 8 & 9 [1995, Terminal Kaleidoskope]:
A Triple Moon Salute
From Seconds Late For the Brighton Line [2010, ROIR]:
Russian Roulette
Leap of Faith

The Tear Garden
From Eye Spy With My Little Eye [2002, Sub-Conscious Communications]:
All the Stars Are Falling

Edward Ka-Spel
From The Minus Touch [2010, Beta-Lactum Ring Records]:
The Twisted Vines in Your Sick Mind

The Legendary Pink Dots
From Chemical Playground 8 & 9 [1995, Terminal Kaleidoskope]:
A Pause in the Melancholy Silence
From Alchemical Playschool [2008, Caciocavallo]:
Part Two


Rest of the show:


Lydia Lunch with Thurston Moore
From Honeymoon in Red [1987, Widowspeak Production]:
Dead River
Done Dun


Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
From The Sporting Life [1994, Mute Records]:
Baby's Insane
Last Man Down


Copyright
From The Hidden World [2001, Vik Recordings]:
The Hidden World
I'm No Saint
Death of a Curbcrawler


Bauhaus
From In the Flat Field [1980, 4AD]:
Dark Entries
In the Flat Field


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for October 23, 2010.


The Cure
From Disintegration [1989, Fiction Records]:
The Same Deep Water As You


Rx
From Bedside Toxicology [1998, Invisible Records]:
Reuptake
Crackhead Waltz
The Daze


Hilt
From Orange Pony [1991, Nettwerk Records]:
Orange Pony


ohGr
From Devils In My Details [2008, Synthetic Symphony]:
Shhh
Timebomb


Nine Inch Nails
From Fixed [1992, Nothing Records/Interscope]:
Fist Fuck
Screaming Slave


Skinny Puppy
From The Process [1996, American Recordings]:
Cult
Process
Curcible


Swans
From Love Will Tear Us Apart [1988, Product Inc.]:
Love Will Tears Us Apart [Black Version]
Our Love Lies


Jakalope
From Born4 [2006, The Orange Record Company]:
Something New
Intervention
From Witness (digital single) [2010, 604 Records]:
Witness [Karma Coma Remix by Kevvy Mental]


Phil Western
From 4am [2007, The Record Company]:
Stalker
Fair Oaks


Doubting Thomas
From The Infidel (Special Edition 20 Year Anniversary) [2007, Sub-Conscious Communications]:
Whitewax
Theme From Pressurehead
Come In Piece


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for October 23, 2010.


Cool upcoming shows:

Thursday October 28th: Jakalope (+ Fake Shark Real Zombie + Dead Voices) @ Media Club
Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Playlist for October 9, 2010

First up, a warning that next week I'll be away and there will be no podcast - I'll be at the Legendary Pink Dots show at the Biltmore Cabaret. Charles from CiTR's "Sweet and Hot" will kindly fill-in my timeslot.

Anyway, some new stuff and some very old stuff this week. Realized it's Uncle Al's birthday today (kudos to Joseph Graham/Chrome Skin Jesus from The Razor Blade Dance Floor for tweeting the tip-off!) so towards the end we have a whole side of classic Ministry with the Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste.

Here's the rest of what I played tonight:


Faderhead
From Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]:
Destroy Improve Rebuild
Do You Know Who I Think I Am? (feat. Ted Phelps)
Scumfucker


KMFDM
From Krieg [2010, KMFDM Records]:
Bat & Switch (All 4 One Mix by Combichrist)
Bitches (Pop Will Eat This Mix by Vile Evils)
Davai (Bloody Fog Mix by Assemblage 23)


Front Line Assembly
From Improvised Electronic Device [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Shifting Through the Lens (Edit)
Pressure Wave


Cyanotic
From The Medication Generation [2010, Bit Riot Records]:
Dissonant Dissident
Sentient


Skinny Puppy
From The Process [1996, American Recordings]:
Candle
Amnesia


The Legendary Pink Dots
From Seconds Late for the Brighton Line [2010, Roir]:
God and Machines
No Star Too Far


Rotersand
From Waiting to Be Born [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]:
First Time (SITD Remix)
Waiting to Be Born (Full Version)


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for October 9, 2010.


Chemlab
From Burnout at the Hydrogen Bar [1993, Fifth Colvmn Records]:
Rivet Head
Derailer


Ministry
From The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste [1989, Sire Records]:
Thieves
Burning Inside
Never Believe
Cannibal Song


Nine Inch Nails
From Pretty Hate Machine [1989, TVT Records]:
Terrible Lie
Sin


16Volt
From American Porn Songs Remixed [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Become Your None (Silent Strangers Remix)
Can You Find God? (Torsion, Solex Remix)


Left Spine Down
From Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes [2009, Synthetic Sounds]:
U Can't Stop the Bomb (Cyanotic Remix)
Welcome to the Future (Cunt Mix by Amduscia)
Policy of Hypocrisy (mind.in.a.box Remix)


Fake Shark Real Zombie
From Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]:
Angel Lust
Puke Rawk
Don't Forget


Marilyn Manson
From Portrait of An American Family [1994, Nothing Records/Interscope]:
Lunchbox
Snake Eyes and Sissies
Misery Machine


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for October 9, 2010.


This week's post-show mix CD was Mix CD 6.


Cool upcoming shows:

Friday October 15th: The Legendary Pink Dots @ Biltmore Cabaret
Tuesday October 19th: Maqlu (+ Citizen Hands + Boyfriends and Girlfriends) @ Railway Club
Thursday October 28th: Jakalope (+ Fake Shark Real Zombie + Dead Voices) @ Media Club
Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Playlist for October 2, 2010

Still working on getting caught up on posting my playlists, figured instead of trying to catch up from where I left off I'd get this week's up and work backwards.

This is what I played on this week's show:


The Legendary Pink Dots
From Seconds Late for the Brighton Line [2010, Roir]:
Russian Roulette
Endless Time
Leap of Faith


Marilyn Manson
From Holy Wood: In the Shadow of the Valley of Death [2000, Nothing/Interscope]:
Godeatgod
Target Audience [Narcissus Narcosis]
A Place In the Dirt


The Birthday Massacre
From Pins and Needles [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Sideways
Two Hearts
Secret


KMFDM
From Hau Ruck [2005, Metropolis]:
Free Your Hate
Hau Ruck
You're No Good


Raggedy Angry
From How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Don't Mess With the S.S.
Get Fucked
Digital Hell


Cyanotic
From The Medication Generation [2010, Bit Riot Records]:
Comadose
Dose Responsive
Drek Kick (feat. Rabbit Junk)


Iszoloscope
From Beyond Within [2010, Ant-Zen]:
Etched Into My Very Core
The Sum of Us All (iVardensphere Remix)


Rotersand
From Waiting to Be Born [2010, (Trisol) Music Group GmbH]:
A Strange Kind of Love
War On Error (iVardensphere Remix)


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for October 2, 2010.


Combichrist
From Making Monsters [2010, Out of Line]:
Never Surrender
Fuckmachine
Through These Eyes of Pain


Squarehead
From Voltage Controlled Body Music [2010, FiXT Music]:
Electro Body Music
My Synth's Gone Wild
Metal and Leather


Faderhead
From Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]:
Destroy Improve Rebuild
Crashkid


Mind.In.A.Box
From Certainty [2005, Dependent Records]:
Beyond the World (Original Version)
Certainty (Seize Remix)


Funker Vogt
From Blutzoll [2010, Metropolis]:
The State Within
Fire and Forget
Hold My Ground


Chemlab
From Suture [2000, Invisible Records]:
Exile On Mainline (Extended Dance)
Jesus Christ Porno Star (Lick-a-Licious Mix)


16Volt
From American Porn Songs Remixed [2010, Metropolis Records]:
American Porn Song (Skold Remix)
Alkali (Left Spine Down Remix)


Meat Beat Manifesto
From Totally Together [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Moving Body
Totally Together


Killing Joke
From Absolute Dissent [2010, Spinefarm Records]:
Endgame


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for October 2, 2010.


This week's post-show mix CD was Mix CD 10.


Cool upcoming shows:

Friday October 15th: The Legendary Pink Dots @ Biltmore Cabaret
Tuesday October 19th: Maqlu (+ Citizen Hands + Boyfriends and Girlfriends) @ Railway Club
Thursday October 28th: Jakalope (+ Fake Shark Real Zombie + Dead Voices) @ Media Club
Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Playlist for September 25, 2010

This is what I played on this week's show:


KMFDM
From Symbols [1997, Wax Trax!]:
Megalomaniac
Stray Bullet
Spit Sperm


Front Line Assembly
From Disorder [1988, Third Mind Records]:
Body Count
Obsession
Aggression


Numb
From Numb [1987, Edge Records]:
The Hanging Key
Two Faces
The Morality of Altitude
Blue Light, Black Candle


Diamanda Galas
From The Litanies of Satan [1989, Mute Records]:
Wild Women With Steak Knives


Nurse With Wound
From Cooloorta Moon [1989, Idle Hole Records]:
A Piece of the Sky Is Missing


Coil
From The Anal Staircase [1987, Relativity]:
Blood from the Air
Ravenous


Download
From Sidewinder [1996, SPV]:
Base Metal [Remix]
Shemaesin


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for September 25, 2010.


Virtual Terrorist
From Fragments [2010, self-released]:
Death 5ector
Thermonuclear Weapon


Mixed Sets:

"Murderous" - Nitzer Ebb from Murderous [1986, Intercord Tonträger GmbH]
"Ultraviolence" - Post Death Soundtrack
"Sick Thoughts" - Raggedy Angry from How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]
"Cyclops" - Marilyn Manson from Portrait of An American Family [1994, Nothing Records/Interscope]
"Tormentor [Ext. Re-Edit]" - Skinny Puppy from Tormentor 12" [1990, Nettwerk]


"The Way to Fuck God" - Acid Horse from Black Friday [2010, L-Tracks]
"Show Me Your Spine" - Acid Horse from Side Trax [2004, Rykodisc]
"Stalker [Original Phil Western Mix]" - Phil Western from Red Eyed Stalker EP [2009, Innerflight Music]
"Cherry Lava" - Fake Shark Real Zombie from Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]
"Witness [Karma Coma Remix by Kevvy Mental]" - Jakalope from Witness (digital single) [2010, 604 Records]
"Coming Apart" - Stayte from The Two Sisters [2007, self-released]


"Memorabilia" - Soft Cell from Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing [1982, Some Bizarre]
"October Love Song [Remixed]" - Chris & Cosey from Take Five [1986, Nettwerk]
"Hypnotised" - Cabaret Voltaire from Hypnotised [1989, Parlophone]
"My Own Way [Night Version]" - Duran Duran from My Own Way 12" [1981, EMI]
"Rubber Glove Seduction" - PTP from Rubber Glove Seduction [1989, Wax Trax!]
"Sin [Dub]" - Nine Inch Nails from Sin [1990, TVT Records]
"Slut Within [Version Relevelor]" - Dead Red Velvet from Full Moon Film [2010, Multibeat Records]


"Time Collapses Inward" - Landscape Body Machine from Structure [1996, Liquid Records Canada]

Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for September 25, 2010.


This week's post-show mix CD was Mix CD 3.


Cool upcoming shows:

Friday October 15th: The Legendary Pink Dots @ Biltmore Cabaret
Tuesday October 19th: Maqlu (+ Citizen Hands + Boyfriends and Girlfriends) @ Railway Club
Thursday October 28th: Jakalope (+ Fake Shark Real Zombie + Dead Voices) @ Media Club
Wednesday November 10th: Slick Idiot vs. Mona Mur and En Esch (+ Psykkle) @ Funky Winkerbeans
Thursday December 2nd: Front Line Assembly (+ Conjure One) @ Venue


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Playlist for September 18, 2010

This is what I played on this week's show:


Virtual Terrorist
From Fragments [2010, self-released]:
Thermonuclear Something Or Other [Maqlu Remix]
Killer [1990 Radutron Remix by the Rabid Whole]
Death 5ector [Cau5t1c R3m1x]


Chemlab
From Burnout at the Hydrogen Bar [1993, Fifth Colvmn Records]:
Chemical Halo
Rivet Head
Summer of Hate


Nine Inch Nails
From Further Down the Spiral [1995, Nothing Records/Interscope]:
Piggy [Nothing Can Stop Me Now]
The Beauty of Being Numb
Erased. Over. Out.


Rx
From Bedside Toxicology [1998, Invisible Records]:
KY Re:amin
Downtown


Einstuerzende Neubauten
From Total Eclipse of the Sun [1999, Mute Records]:
Sonnenbarke
Total Eclipse of the Sun


The Legendary Pink Dots
From Blacklist [1989, Play It Again Sam Records]:
Blacklist
From Any Day Now [1987, Play It Again Sam Records]:
True Love


Kooper Kain
From Turning Cities to Salt [2004]:
Icy Stars
All That's Needed
Flicker, Flicker & Out


Jakalope
From It Dreams [2004, The Orange Record Company]:
Tell Me Why
Nothing Nowhere


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for September 18, 2010.


The Birthday Massacre
From Pins and Needles [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Control
Midnight
Pins and Needles


Marilyn Manson
From Mechanical Animals [1998, Nothing Records/Interscope]:
Great Big White World
The Speed of Pain
Coma White


Rammstein
From Sehnsucht [1997, Slash Records]:
Sehnsucht
Tier
Du Hast


Raggedy Angry
From How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Don't Mess With the S.S.
Fire Engine Red
Sick Thoughts


Fake Shark Real Zombie
From Meeting People Is Terrible [2010, self-released]:
Six Sick Suck
Avril Kadaver
Siamese Disease


Diamanda Galas with John Paul Jones
From The Sporting Life [1994, Mute Records]:
Do You Take This Man?
Devil's Rodeo
Hex


Die Form
From InHuman [2004, Matrix Cube]:
The Supreme Vice
In the Depths of Mania
InHuman


Die Mannequin
Bad Bad Medicine [Kevvy Mental Remix]


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for September 18, 2010.


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Phil Western Podcast

Last week's show featured a wide-ranging conversation with Phil Western as well as a wide range of music.

Grab the podcast here:

The Vampire's Ball podcast for September 11, 2010 with Phil Western

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Playlist for September 4, 2010

This is what I played on this week's show:


Post Death Soundtrack
Ultraviolence


Front Line Assembly
From Improvised Electronic Device [2010, Metropolis Records]:
Pressure Wave
Downfall


Raggedy Angry
From How I Learned to Love Our Robot Overlords [2010, Synthetic Sounds]:
Take Me Home
Easter Island Radiation
Get Fucked


Combichrist
From Making Monsters [2010, Out of Line]:
Never Surrender
Fuckmachine
Reclamation


Cyanotic
From The Medication Generation [2010, Bit Riot Records]:
Monochrome Skies
f@5h10n v1k+um5
Programmed


Eisbrecher
From Eiszeit [2010, AFM Records]:
Bombe
Kein Wunder
Amok (Renegade of Noise Remix)


Dirty Needle
From Pretty Like Death [2010, self-released]:
Sharp Knife
Pretty Like Death
Sex in the Grave


Hanzel und Gretyl
From Scheissemessiah [2004, Metropolis]:
And We Shall Purify
10th Circle
Purity


Xotox
From Die Unruhe 2.0 [2010, Pro Noize]:
Pump/Duse


Podcast of the Vampire's Ball for September 4, 2010.


And now for my weekly end notes:

You can now subscribe to the Vampire's Ball on iTunes. Just search for "CiTR" and you'll find The Vampire's Ball listed along with 20 or so other cool shows here on CiTR Radio.

Or grab the podcast off of this page:

Podcast page for the Vampire's Ball.

You can email requests and comments to thevampiresball@gmail.com. You can also send me MP3 links if your stuff fits the show, or for old fashioned CD submissions, those can either be mailed to my post office box (see sidebar) or dropped off at CiTR Radio (or mailed c/o CiTR Radio. The address is in the sidebar of this blog.)

Be aware that things are hectic and it can take a good long while before I get a chance to listen.

There's a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball.

Likewise, there is also a MySpace page for the Vampire's Ball on CiTR.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Euanator Radio links

Thought I'd posted these here already, but I guess not...

July 30th I popped into CJSF Radio up at Simon Fraser University to be the guest on Euanator Radio from noon to 1 pm.

We chatted about my project Maqlu, about remixing, etc. and I played a couple of tracks that I haven't played elsewhere yet:

  • "Move Through Me [Pulse Mix]," a remix I did of one of the tracks on Blood

  • "Paws Off," a rough mix of the noise piece off the upcoming EP, Black

  • my remix of the Rabid Whole's "Faith In Yesterday [Maqlu Mix]"

  • "Lord of the Flies," a stark almost a cappella piece that will close out Black


In case you missed it, here are the podcast links for the show:

Maqlu on Euanator Radio July 30, 2010: Part 1

Maqlu on Euanator Radio July 30, 2010: Part 2

Thanks again to Euan for having me on the show, it was a blast and I hope your listeners enjoyed it as much as I did.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Playlist for August 21, 2010

My guest on the show this week was kAINE D3L4Y of Left Spine Down. Aside from his frontman duties, kAINE also DJs around town, including the first Sin City every month at Club 23 West, and he gave us a taste of his wide-ranging DJ sets.

Left Spine Down is currently working on their new full-length album, slated for release in spring 2011, and kAINE is also working on editing tons of footage from the recent MIDI Ghetto Tour [Left Spine Down, Chemlab, and 16Volt] into a DVD.

BTW: We did receive a few requests during the show, for Propane, Ego Guerilla and the Beatniks. None of the above were found in CiTR's archives and neither of us had anything by these artists.

Here's what we played:

A little Maqlu to start the show while we tweaked gear behind the scenes:

Maqlu
From Blood [2010, self-released]:
Poison Their Well
Move Through Me
Trouble Thing

And when we got rolling:

Meat Beat Manifesto: "Paradise Now [Remix]"
Go Home Productions: "Smells Like Rockin' Robin"

Fad Gadget: "Back to Nature"
Simple Minds: "This Fear of Gods"
The Virgin Prunes: "Pagan Love Song"
Siouxsie and the Banshees: "The Passenger"
Hard Core Logo: "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?"

1000 Homo DJs: "Apathy"
16Volt: "American Porn Song [Live 2003]"
Chemlab: "Chemical Halo"
Left Spine Down: "Flick the Stitch [KMFDM Remix]"
Rammstein: "Kokain"

Cyberaktif: "Nothing Stays [Album Version]"
Recoil: "The Defector"
Front Line Assembly: "Shifting Through the Lens"
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu: "It's Grim Up North Part 1"
The Normal: "Warm Leatherette"
Depeche Mode: "Kaleid"
Hanna House: "Quit Your 'Plaining [Disco Mix]"
The Art of Noise feat. Max Headroom: "Paranoimia"
David Lynch: "The Air Is On Fire Part 3"

Killing Joke: "Psyche"
Revolting Cocks: "Something Wonderful"
The Damage Manual: "Damage Addict"


Part 1 of the Vampire's Ball podcast for August 21, 2010, featuring DJ kAINE D3L4Y.


Primes: "Koppnite"
Radiohead: "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy" from Pyramid Songs EP
Barry Adamson: "Dirty Barry"
Dead Voices On Air: "Glay Bastards"
Nurse With Wound: "Cruisin' For a Bruisin'"
David Bowie: "The Pallas Athena [Live In Amsterdam]"
Skinny Puppy: "Blood" from Back and Forth 7
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: "Love Missile F1-11"
Alan Vega: "Ghost Rider"
Morrisey: "The Loop"
Dead Kennedys: "Police Truck"
The Clash: "JD Jones"

Public Image Ltd.: "Attack"
Emergency Broadcast Network: "Behaviour Modification/We Will Rock You [Crowd Control Mix]"
Negativland: "Time Zone"
Einstuerzende Neubauten: "Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T."
Geinoh Yamashirogumi: "Kanada"
P*A*L: "Gelobnis"
Love and Rockets: "This Heaven" from Hot Trip to Heaven
Thought Gang: "The Black Dog Runs at Night"
Tom Waits: "What's He Building In There?"
Throbbing Gristle: "Hamburger Lady"
Decree: "Severed"

Wendy Carlos: "Country Lane"


Podcast Part 2 for the Vampire's Ball, August 21, 2010 feat. DJ kAINE D3L4Y

Thanks again to kAINE for popping in - it's always loads of fun!