Saturday, December 26, 2009

Left Spine Down interviewed by Foreskin Radio

Thought this was pretty cool, and both kAINE D3L4Y and the boys from Foreskin Radio are friends of the show, so check it out:



Just a little reminder that the Vampire's Ball is on break for the holidays - we'll be back on air January 8, 2010.

Also, January 15th, Phil Western [Download and PlatEAU, KONE, Beehatch, etc., etc.,] will be our special in-studio guest.

Catch ya in a couple of weeks.

Shameless Plug

Maqlu on Last.FM
Maqlu on MySpace

My very own project. Go listen repeatedly, add me, tell your friends to do the same.

Technically I'm not allowed to play my own stuff on the Vampire's Ball [CiTR fairness rules and all], but you will gradually hear more about it as the debut is getting finished up.

In other news, I'm doing a guest spot on DJMIX.net and Proton Radio in mid-January, where I will have some of my own music mixed in. Will give more details closer to the time.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Playlist for December 19, 2009

Last show of 2009 [building is closed the next two Fridays due to holidays].

What a year... last year at this time I don't know if I'd have believed you if you showed me a list of all the things I'd do, people I'd befriend, music I'd make this year.

I did know I was coming back on-air, that was my secret little thing that I held on to, that as soon as I was out of BCIT I would revive the Vampire's Ball.

Anyway, it became a good year, 2010 will be even better.

This is what I played tonight:


My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
From I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits [1988, Wax Trax!]:
Heresy
X-Communication
Do You Fear [For Your Child]?
Easy Girl
Universal Blackness


Devo
From Total Devo [1988, Enigma Records]:
Baby Doll
Disco Dancer
Some Things Never Change
Plain Truth
Happy Guy
Don't Be Cruel


Meat Beat Manifesto
From God O.D. [1988, Sweatbox Records]:
God O.D.
Mars Needs Women


Die Krupps
From Odyssey of the Mind [1996, Cleopatra Records]:
Isolation
Odyssey of the Mind
Jeckyll Or Hyde


Cyberaktif
From Nothing Stays [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Nothing Stays
Black & White
From Temper [1990, Wax Trax!]:
Meltdown
Dream Needle


Delerium
From Spiritual Archives [1991, Dossier Records]:
Drama
Rise Above
Aftermath


Podcast part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for December 19, 2009.


Phil Western
From The Escapist [1998, Map Music]:
Pleasures Gained
Stay Clean


Plateau
From Dutch Flowers [1997, Hypnotic/Cleopatra]:
Dutch Flowers [Ext/Remix]
White Widow [Ext/Remix]


Nitzer Ebb
From Ebbhead [1991, Geffen]:
Reasons
I Give To You
Sugar Sweet


Chemlab
From Burn Out At the Hydrogen Bar [1993, Fifth Colvmn/Metal Blade Records]:
Codeine, Glue and You
Chemical Halo
Neurozone


Die Warzau
From Big Electric Metal Bass Face [1991, Fiction]:
Crack Radio
My Pretty Little Girlfriend
Dying In Paradise


Laibach
From The Occupied Europe Tour 1985 [1986, Side Effects Records]:
Perspektive
Vier Personen
Nova Akropola
Vojna Poema


Borghesia
From Resistance [1989, Play It Again Sam Records]:
Discipline
The Little Man


Podcast part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for December 19, 2009.


Post-show mix CD is Mix CD 2.


Upcoming Coolness:

iVardensphere: January 30th at Club 23 West (part of Sanctuary).


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.)

There's now a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball. Join us!

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

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Playlist for December 12, 2009

So, few things piss me off more than when two bands have the same name and even the same album title and I think I'm buying one and not the other.

Not that that's necessarily the fault of the artists, though I would think in, say, 2008, you ought to maybe understand there's this thing called Google to check if there are any bands with your name in roughly a similar genre 20 years before that might already be well-known.

This happened with Numb and the album Numb. I bought [I thought] off of iTunes the one that was the Vancouver-based industrial band's debut and ended up with something completely different. Last.fm mentions three Numbs, however discogs.com lists five possible ones and none of them are released on Phoniclux Records out of Germany as the iTunes Numb was [it should be noted you can purchase the actual Vancovuer Numb by Numb on iTunes - looks for the one with the song "God Is Dead" to open the album and you'll have the right one].

I discovered this tonight while digging in the CiTR archives and finding the actual 1987 self-titled debut by Vancouver's Numb and realizing it has a different cover, different songs and a completely different sound.

Check the song listings on discogs.com or whatever to confirm. One came out on Phoniclux, a German electro/ambient label, the Vancouver-based band's album originally came out on Edge Records. Digging deep on the web has shown me that this album here came out in 2008, yet iTunes has given it the "album review" describing it as the 1987 debut of Vancouver's Numb.

Here's the review I posted onto iTunes:

I thought something was fishy when I heard this supposedly mid-80s industrial and it sounded very smooth and 90s/00s electronica-ish. Then as I heard more by the Vancouver-based Numb I was really confused as to how their sound was so much different from this album.

It's because it's not the same band - turns out there's at least 6 Numbs.

Now, don't get me wrong, whoever this is, it's cool, but if you want the band that did Christmeister, try the other album called "Numb" by Numb also for sale here on iTunes [or search for the song "Blue Light Black Candle"].

This album here is good, but it is not what the official album review makes it out to be and not what I thought I was buying.


Grr... well, I played stuff from the actual industrial band Numb's actual self-titled debut tonight. Along with the rest of this stuff:


23 Skidoo
From Just Like Everybody [1986]:
Kundalini
Vegas El Bandito
I Y
Just Like Everybody
Assassin
Coup


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


Severed Heads
From Hot With Fleas [1987, Nettwerk/Capitol]:
Hot With Fleas
Canine


Cabaret Voltaire
From I Want You [1985, Virgin Records]:
Drink Your Poison
C.O.M.A.
I Want You


Meat Beat Manifesto
From Armed Audio Warfare [1990, Wax Trax!]:
I Got the Fear
Kneel & Buzz
Kick that Man
Fear Version
Give Your Body Its Freedom


Podcast of part 1 of the Vampire's Ball for December 12, 2009.


KMFDM
From Split/Piggybank [1991, Wax Trax!]:
Split
Piggyback (Shock Version)


Pig
From A Poke With a Sharp Stick [1988, Wax Trax!]:
It Tolls For Thee (Pigsbreath)
Scumsberg
One For the Neck
Hildelinde
My Favorite Car


SPK
From Off the Deep End [1987, Nettwerk/Capitol]:
Kambuja
Off the Deep End


Keith LeBlanc
From Major Malfunction [1986, World Records]:
I'll Come Up With Something
Move
Technology Works Dub
You Drummers Listen Good


Hilt
From Call the Ambulance [Before I Hurt Myself] [1990, Nettwerk/Capitol]:
I'm Standing On the Rim
Back to Insanity


Project Pitchfork
From Eon:Eon [1998, Metropolis]:
Our Destiny
Dreamer
I Live Your Dream


Excessive Force
From Blitzkrieg [1993, Wax Trax!]:
Violent Peace
Blitzkrieg


Podcast of part 2 of the Vampire's Ball for December 12, 2009.


Post-show mix CD is Mix CD 1.


Upcoming Coolness:

iVardensphere: January 30th at Club 23 West (part of Sanctuary).


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.)

There's now a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball. Join us!

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

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Interviews up on thevampiresballoncitr.com

Just got an interview section up on thevampiresballoncitr.com - haven't added the Stiff Valentine one yet as I need to pull it off another hard drive, but that will be added soon too.

I isolated the interviews to post them so if anyone wants to hear just a specific interview and not dig through the relevant podcast, it's there.

So far these are the interviews up on the site:

  • kAINE D3L4Y of Left Spine Down
  • Dave Ogilvie of Jakalope
  • Craig Huxtable of Landscape Body Machine
  • Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy and ohGr
  • Phil Western of Download and PlatEAU
  • Jim Cummins of I, Braineater
  • Kevvy Mental of Fake Shark Real Zombie
  • The Pull Out Method and Irvin Scabtree of Raggedy Angry

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Playlist for December 5, 2009

When it rains, it pours - December starts with a trio of interviews.

First I had a conversation with Kevvy Mental of Fake Shark Real Zombie on topics ranging from the state of the industry, "music" television, Jakalope and other projects Kevvy's had a hand in lately, and cool horror flicks.

Then Vernard Goud set me up with a couple chats with Phil Western (Download, PlatEAU, etc.) and Jim Cummins (I, Braineater) on Thursday night at Luv-a-Fair at Celebrities. Phil and I chatted about various aspects of the Vancouver scene, vintage-y stuff like real record shops, synths and tape machines, live sound, playing live instead of on Memorex, and of course Download. Jim and I chatted a bit about art and Skinny Puppy as well as a benefit for Greg Johnson at the WISE Hall tonight. (December 5th 2009.)

In addition to the interviews, here's what I played on the show tonight...


Fake Shark Real Zombie
From Angel Lust [2009]:
Angel Lust
Designer Drugs
Horses in Heaven
Running For the Razors
Sestril Levante


Download
From Furnace [1995, Cleopatra]:
Mallade
From Sidewinder [1996, Nettwerk]:
Base Metal (Remix)
Glassblower (Remix)
From Effector [2000, Nettwerk]:
Ego Dissolve


Ka-Baalim & Bunk Data
1000 Miles (Phil Western Remix)


I, Braineater
From I, Braineater [1985]:
1980More
I Am


Podcast Part 1 for the Vampire's Ball for December 5, 2009


Slow
Black is Black


Copyright
From Clearly Nothing New [1993, Transglobal]:
Looking Forward
Why Am I Still Dancing?


Suicide
From Suicide [1977, Red Star Records]:
Frankie Teardrop


Nurse With Wound
From Automating Vol. 2 [1988]:
Lonely Poisonous Mushroom


Skinny Puppy
From The Process [1996, American Recordings]:
Hardset Head
Curcible
Amnesia


Seventh Image
From Binary [2005, Synchromesh]:
Hungry
Youthenize (Vox Infectus)


Rammstein
From Rosenrot [2002, Universal]:
Benzin
Mann Gegen Mann
Hilf Mir


Raggedy Angry
From Pestilence [2008]:
Make Me Feel
Hate Is Fashionable (featuring Jakalope)
Second Best
Moonlight


Plateau
From Spacecake [1999, Metropolis Records]:
Phuket
Creature
Creeper


iVardensphere
From Scatterface [2009, Synthetic Sounds]:
Bonedance


Podcast Part 1 for the Vampire's Ball for December 5, 2009


Post-show mix CD is Mix CD 8.


Upcoming Coolness:

iVardensphere: January 30th at Club 23 West (part of Sanctuary).


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.)

There's now a Facebook group for the Vampire's Ball. Join us!

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

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy the show.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Track Listing for Mix CD 8

These bridge the hours between the end of my show and the beginning of the Saturday Edge on Folk on CiTR at 8AM. One mix per week on repeat until Steve comes in. This doesn't go on the podcast other than a few seconds or so, so it's bonus for anyone who happens to be listening live, either on the airwaves (101.9FM in Vancouver) or on our website (http://citr.ca/listen.php).


"The Nature of Love [Cruelty Mix]" - Ministry from The Nature of Love
"Something I Can Never Have" - Nine Inch Nails from Pretty Hate Machine
"The Game" - Love and Rockets from Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
"Trouble Thing" - Maqlu from Blood
"Unfit [Death Before Taxes]" - KMFDM from KMFDM
"Chest Pains" - Raggedy Angry from Pestilence
"My Love, My Blood" - The Rabid Whole from Autraumaton
"Barrel of a Gun [One Inch Punch Mix]" - Depeche Mode from Barrel of a Gun
"Love Cuts" - Chris & Cosey from Take Five
"Screecher" - Jakalope from It Dreams
"The Strong and Whining Toad" - The Tear Garden from Sheila Liked the Rodeo
"Ohne Dich" - Rammstein from Reise, Reise
"Blue Monday" - New Order from Blue Monday
"Man Should Surrender" - Pailhead from Trait
"I'm Not Gay [I'm So Gay Club Mix]" - Revolting Cocks from Sex-O MiXXX-O
"A Common Enemy" - Skold vs. KMFDM from SKOLD vs. KMFDM