DF n°147, Interviews with PER ASPERA & TONY LEDUC-GUGNALONS (CORPUS DELICTI), December 19th, 2011

For this show, we had an interview by phone with Tony Leduc-Gugnalons, the author of a biography dedicated to Corpus Delicti, La Déliquescence des ombres (Camion Blanc). This Nice-based band released three albums between 1992 and 1995, full of lushful melodies and ice-cold atmospheres. They are remembered as one of the most accomplished Gothic band in France. In a second part, we broadcasted the interview we had with Tomas from the dark ambient project Per Aspera. We met him as he was invited to play in Paris on September 24th for the Polish Industrial festival organized in Paris by Au-Delà du Silence. As far as cinema is concerned, we dealt with the release on DVD of the film Je veux seulement que vous m'aimiez by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Here's the playlist :

OTHON MATARAGAS & ERNESTO TOMASINI, Impermanence

OPERATING THEATRE, Sir Geoffrey, Austrian

FACTORY FLOOR, Lying

THE SOFT MOON, Out of Time

THE CENTIMETERS, If only my dog would barely like me

MONICA RICHARDS, The Mighty

CORPUS DELICTI, The Smile of Grace, Dust and Fire, Dragon Song, Sylphes, Lorelei, The Awakening

VICIOUS CIRCLE, Bliss

TROPIC OF CANCER, BE Brave

DARLINE VICTOR, Art Before Death

EDWARD KASPEL & MARK SPYBEY, The Bowles given on air

PHIL MAGGI, Chains

PER ASPERA, Epitaphium, Shkiyat Hoolam, Crematorium, The Light within

PETER HOPE & THE JONATHAN S. PODMORE METHOD, Needleheat

ANEMONENGURT, Wir sind roboter

NOSTALGIE ETERNELLE, The Attempt (to drawn my memories)

ROME, Our holy rue

CULTURAL AMNESIA, Kingdom come

SIEBEN, He can delve in hearts

BRUME, I'm feeling good!

 Corpus Delicti

Per Aspera

Download Links : Part 1 : Interview with Tony Leduc-Gugnalons : http://www.mediafire.com/?aaqs05a5xfm6xgx

Part 2 : Interview with Per Aspera : http://www.mediafire.com/?l9t256ja11wfwco

DF n°146, Interviews with DOLINA & AUTOMELODI, November 21st, 2011

Dolina and Automelodi are two recent bands. Their first albums saw the light of day last year on Treue um Treue and Wierd Records. They are part of the new generation of synth/wave bands and we can just hope the best for them in the near future. We met the French-Belgian trio Dolina after Martial Canterel's concert at La Mécanique Ondulatoire in Paris on November 2nd. The interview with Canadian Xavier Paradis from Automelodi was made on October 15th, at a venue named Le Cri de la Mouette in Toulouse. It was the last show of their first European tour.

Here's the playlist:

THIS MORTAL COIL, Come Here my Love

COIL, Dark River

VAPID APPARITION, Sinnessteuerung

THE DARKENING SCALE, Desperate Griper

DAVID LYNCH, Noah's Ark

DOLINA, Ouverture, Once again, Fear, To Be Scared, Sorrow, Sun Backwards, Hanging Song

VILLA PIEGEE, ND des Soirs

JEUNESSE FANTOME, Acide lysergique déthylamide

: CODES, Shadow Coat

FLUE, Passionate

THE HORRORS, Scarlet Fields

THE SISTERS OF MERCY, Driven Like the Snow

THE SOFT MOON, Tiny Spiders

XENO & OAKLANDER, Blue Flower

STEVEN SEVERIN, Come deliver us

NOVY SVET, Traicion

SCIVIAS, And you will fear death not

DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED, Our Chant is the Chant of the Sea

AUTOMELODI, Out of Sync, Schéma Corporel, Rose a.d., Airline

DIE SELEKTION, Deine Augen

OPERA MULTI STEEL, Regrets qui s'écaillent

MARTIN DUPONT, Lovely Monster

TROP TARD, Ma folie se dessinait

DAF, El Que

MANIAC (Soundtrack), Subway Terror

MUSHY, Child of Light will Burn

JAGERBLUT, Jagd

SORROW, Let There Be Thorns

ADULT FANTASIES, Daddy Bear

Download Link : Part 1 - Interview DOLINA : http://www.mediafire.com/?gdqtc8b8glakjd3
Part 2 : Interview AUTOMELODI : http://www.mediafire.com/?arqse6pves2m433

DF n°145, Interviews with XENO & OAKLANDER and MARTIAL CANTEREL, November 7th, 2011

On Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd, November, the Brooklyn-based projects, Xeno & Oaklander and Martial Canterel, came to Paris for concerts at the Mecanique Ondulatoire. We were very curious and enthusiastic about seeing them play live, so we took the car, and we were seduced as much by the hypnotic shows they made, as by the very attractive personality and intelligence of Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride. The recording of a magical moment. We also played a selection of songs and bands they like, from Brigade Internationale to Baard, Arvid Tuba, Ende Shneafliet, Tommi Stumpff or, more surprisingly, Les Joyaux de la Princesse!

Here's the playlist :

BOYD RICE with LITTLE FYODOR, The Blackness

LES JOYAUX DE LA PRINCESSE, Aux volontaires croix de sang

DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED, Unfallen

PORTION CONTROL, He is a Barbarian

CABARET VOLTAIRE, Playing for Time

TROPIC OF CANCER, Dive (Wheel of the Law)

OPERATING THEATRE, Johnny's Body AT002 part 1

STACCATO DU MAL, Anima Sola

THE SISTERS OF MERCY, Some Kind of Stranger, Fix, Marian

MARTIAL CANTEREL, Don't Let me go, Vichy Girls, Assault, Refuge Underneath, Backwards Falls

XENO & OAKLANDER, The Staircase, Corrupt, Another, Blue, Italy, Rendez-Vous d'Or, Untitled

BRIGADE INTERNATIONALE, Arche Ténèbre

ENDE SHNEAFLIET, Symphoy Romant (J. Tesla Schnitt)

BAARD, Savior for the Nations

CAROL & SNOWY RED, Breakdown

TOMMI STUMPFF, Der Letzte Idiot

CLICK CLICK, Rotor Babe

ARVID TUBA, Shake the West (with a Rattle)

MASKA GENETIK, Die Augen der Finsternis

CULTURAL AMNESIA, Materialistic Man

ENDGAME, Nothingness

PARADE GROUND, Riddle in the stained glass windows

JEFF AND JANE HUDSON, Help me

BERANEK, Sound of Danger

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?mq9c4sc5pmc55rh

DF n°144, Interview with JOB KARMA, October 24th, 2011

One month ago, exactly on September 24th, Job Karma played in Paris for the second time since the beginning of the band in the late 1990s. It was an event we could not miss, since it is a band we have often played in our radio programmes. We had an interview with Maciek Frett near the Seine in Paris. The other two members of the band had already left to come back to Poland. It was also an opportunity to deal with the coming Industrial Festival in Wroclaw that will be held from November 10th to 13th, in which many cult bands have been invited.
The beautiful photos of the concert you see below were taken by Franck Haudrechy.

Here's the playlist:

 

HUMAN FLESH, Every Ill Man

FRANK ALPINE, Paper Thin Walls

FRIEDER BUTZMANN, N'Ga

NINE CIRCLES, Twinkling Stars

XENO & OAKLANDER, Blue

DOXA SINISTRA, Foreigh Correspondent

THE HORRORS, Mirror's Image

DEATH IN JUNE, Love Murder

THE SISTERS OF MERCY, Heartland

NOSTALGIE ETERNELLE, A Chilly Draught

KONSTRUKTIVISTS, Thrice is Just as Nice

JOB KARMA, Black Hole in Olbin District, Deadly Dust, You are the Key, Radioactivity, June, I'll Watch you Drown (Redroom Mix), Gustav's Dream, Crawling End, Hydroxizinum City

DEUTSCH NEPAL, Hard to Breathe

HYBRYDS, Launch Virus

FJERNLYS, Silence

THE ANTIGROUP, Sunset Eyes Through Water

DEISON, Hidden Orchestra

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, Dark Entry

BLOOD AXIS, Eternal Soul (Germania Mix)

GNOMONCLAST, Zeit ist ein Verraeter

YOLK, More Icon

SIXTH COMM, Mithras

ROSA RUBEA, The Fire and the Rose

BEX, Kt

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?6wnv7jauo589nfo

The Douche Froide compilation

In 2010, eight years after the beginning of our activities, we decided to release a celebratory compilation named Icy breath on burning flesh. This CD contains unreleased songs by 14 international artists of the dark ambient/experimental/post-industrial scene. We have chosen them because they are linked to the history of our radio show and association. We organized concerts with some of them (France Sauvage, Denis Frajerman), we worked on literary projects with some others (De Mange Machine), or we did special radio shows with their music and interviews (Drahomira Song Orchestra, Hermann Kopp, Ilitch, Nihiltronix). Of course, we have loved their music for quite some time and it was the opportunity to work with some of our music heroes, such as David Oliphant from cult bands Maybe Mental and Life Garden. So we released these lovely silk-screen printed objects which were received quite enthusiastically.

They are still available for 15 euros + postage. You just have to write to : douche.froide1@gmail.com

Here is the tracklisting: 

1. DRAHOMIRA SONG ORCHESTRA "This Famous Somewhere"

2. DAWN AND DUSK ENTWINED "Heading towards the West (2006 version)"

3. BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE "H-Spell"

4. QUATTROPHAGE "Youch"

5. HERMANN KOPP "Ball der Gehenkten"

6. LES HAUTS DE PLAFOND "Die Katze essen"

7. DE MANGE MACHINE "... tout recommence, a recommencé, recommencera"

8. DENIS FRAJERMAN "Rivières de la nuit"

9. DAVID OLIPHANT "Eyes sewn shut"

10. NIHILTRONIX "Only Pain reminds"

11. FRANCE SAUVAGE "Kevin"

12. NATURE MORTE "Affaibli"

13. VLADIMIR HIRSCH "Exégète 2"

14. ILITCH "Le sofa rouge"

« Il résulte de cette initiative un ensemble de musiques programmées et expérimentales, ambiantes et sombres, énigmatiques et cotonneuses (Drahomira Song Orchestra avec son énigmatique et puissant « This Famous Somewhere »). C'est le dépassement de l'horreur par l'art. Agir dans la conscience des choses, vouloir tirer de cela une beauté, en l'occurence froide et à l'aura industrielle. La même ambition esthétique anime alors tous les intervenants (Dawn and Dusk Entwined et sa version impérieuse et orchestrale en date de 2006 de « Heading towards the West »), leur musique se présentant sous un bel objet sérigraphié: un empaquetage à connotation phallique, histoire de faire en sorte, aussi, que l'humour fasse partie de cet austère voyage, découpé en une presque quinzaine de plages fascinantes (...). Un ensemble ambitieux, une immersion »

                               Emmanuel Hennequin, D-Side

« Plutôt qu’une banale compilation de hits ou de titres incontournables qui se succèdent, l’équipe a privilégié des morceaux à ambiances qui se répondent. L’auditeur, même le novice, est amené progressivement vers des terrains de plus en plus étranges, déconcertants et harmonieux dans leur souci partage de la singularité. Musique martiale (Dawn And Dusk Entwined ; le somptueux titre de Vladimir Hirsch) ou profondément ludique (De Mange Machine) ; symphonie déglinguée (Quattrophage) ou promenade dans un rock qui découvre les souffles du monde (Denis Frajerman) ou même le blues (Ilitch) ; violons dingues et larsens en rut (Hermann Kopp, Nihiltronix), collages dada sur fond d’électro minimale (Les Hauts de Plafond), bruitisme démentiel (France Sauvage ou comment ne plus jamais appeler son enfant « Kevin ») ou ambiant cinématographique claustrophobe (David Oliphant)... Il est souvent difficile de ne pas noyer l’un ou l’autre groupe par un titre mal placé, collé à un autre avec des univers aux sensibilités rapprochées. Avec ces 14 titres inédits, ce n’est pas le cas et tous se complètent et font écho. Cet hommage à une scène protéiforme se traduit donc par un appel d’air, une résurgence souterraine : il y a dans ces courants underground énormément à découvrir. Ou à re-découvrir.
Icy Breath on Burning Flesh (un trait d’humour noir, comme une publicité Freedent ânonnée par des cadavres) se révèle un objet magistral de liberté et d’audace, une compilation indispensable également pour tous ceux qui clament qu’aujourd’hui il n’y rien de neuf ou de surprenant. »

                               Sylvain Nicolino, Obskure

DF n°143, Interview with CHRIS & COSEY, October 10th, 2011

Imagine you are on an island, cut off from everything, and you have Chris & Cosey playing for you. That's what happened when we went to the island called Frioul, just 30 minutes by boat from Marseille on July 7th. Furthermore, we had the chance to meet Chris & Cosey and have an interview with them. All that sounds like magic but it was true. You can even hear the seagulls behind us when we are talking. All the photographs you see below were taken by our friend Rigeck Rodgers.

CHRIS & COSEY, Do or Die (Live)

NOSTALGIE ETERNELLE, We only feed ourselves

DOXA SINISTRA, Newsflashes

FOLKSTORM, I gave you life

DEUTSCH NEPAL, Eternal Day

LUC VAN ACKER, Frozen Tears

LIYR, Aire [Eternity]

ADOLF FILTER, Klyftan Stor

ROBERT RENTAL, On Location

JEFF & JANE HUDSON, No Clubs

CHRIS & COSEY, Deep Velvet, Cowboys in Cuba, Take Control

THROBBING GRISTLE, Hot on the Heels of Love

CHRIS & COSEY, Watching You, Smell the Roses, Synaesthesia (Daniel Miller mix), Shivers (Live), Hazey Daze, Love Cuts (Live), Passion

THROBBING GRISTLE, Dead on Arrival

BLOOD AXIS, Electricity

CINDYTALK, ... Until We Disappear

ATTRITION, The Internal Narrator

OF THE WAND AND THE MOON, Is it out of our Hands

NOVY SVET, Bitter Places

NIEDOWIERZANIE, Soleil Rouge

SIMON FISHER TURNER & MARK SPYBEY, MzMzLaLaLa Sing Song Sing

DEISON & PHILIPPE PETIT, Empty Dream

DISKREPANT, Channeling

DAPNOM, Paralipomènes à la Divine Comédie 3

JOB KARMA, Bronte

THE SISTERS OR MERCY, Never Land

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?bh530y751r0ho35

DF n°141, L'Etrange Festival 2011, September 12th, 2011

As we were just coming back from L’Etrange Festival in Paris, we decided to focus on the films and concerts we had seen during the whole week, from Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn to The Oregonian by Calvin Lee Reeder. As always, we shared a lot of unique moments during the event. A renewed pleasure.

DEATH IN JUNE, The Honour of Silence

SCHLEIMER K, Poison in the eye

RICHARD H. KIRK, Nocturnal Children

LA MORT DE L’HIPPOCAMPE, Die Sonne

:CODES :, Nekra Fylla

SOLOLUST, Space Drama

BRUME, The Prehistoric Tapes 13, Track 7

NOSTALGIE ETERNELLE, Unity

ECHO WEST, Stranger Town

ANTLERS MULM, Removed Colours

GN & LAURENT PETITGAND, DSH

THROBBING GRISTLE, Zyklon B Zombie

CHROME, In a dream

IN CAMERA, Apocalypse

TUXEDOMOON, Dark Companion

MORTIFICATION TO THE FLESH, Germanica

ILLUSION OF SAFETY, Inhuman

NOCTURNE, Extrême Venin

BLOOD AXIS & LES JOYAUX DE LA PRINCESSE, Symphonie Verte

L’HORRIBLE PASSION, Apatheia

ARNICA, Soliferro

ANDREW KING, The Wife of Usher’s Well

SANGRE CAVALLUM, Senhor dos Trigos

HOROLOGIUM, Affirmation Ritual

ARNICA, Trangas

CHEARLEADER 69, Godriders in the sky

STORMFAGEL, Epitaph on a army of mercenaries

DIVE, Mercy

DONA CONFUSE, Farniente Coffee

MINIMAL MAN, Sex Teacher

CHRIS & COSEY, This is me

DRIVE

BULLHEAD

THE OREGONIAN

THE WOMAN

TAKE SHELTER

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?7a1g6mkw3big3pa