Black Strobe

This weekend (12/02/2022) fabric welcomes dark sounds pioneer Curses to our lovely Room 2. 

Curses has put together a mix to showcase what you can expect to hear from the main man himself. Enjoy

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Curses @ fabric 12/02/2022 (Promo Mix)

Here's my the audio recording from my livestream, Aug 3rd at Berlin's, HÖR for the 2nd Next Wave Acid Punx takeover w/ Jennifer Touch & Rogermultiuse

1. Amarcord - Spleen
2. Be Dellow (Violet Poison) - I Loved You
3. Pasqua Pancrazi - Bernie
4. Black Light Smoke - Work feat. Léah Lazonick (Happy707 Remix)
5. Theus Mago & Curses - Testaroja
6. PHUNKADELICA - By The Power Of Grayskull
7. New Hook - Manipulation (Curses remix)
8. Jarle Bråthen & Miss Plug Inn - Boys Of The Night (Omer Remix)
9. Mundo D - Hypnosis
10. Real Life - Send Me An Angel (Unconscious Rework)
11. Sesto Senso - Bass Girl
12. MCL - Satellite (Curses Edit)
13. Romain FX - Agree To Disagree
14. Roe Deers - Egypt Edit
15. BODYONBODY - Curses EDIT
16. Curses - Vertere Utility Drums
17. Alvee - Perdido (Curses Remix)
18. Laurence Matte - 105 (Curses Remix)

photo: Carol Bonarde

August

Curses @ HÖR ~ 𝑁🝗𝑋✞ 𝓦𝖆𝖛𝖊 🄰🄲🄸🄳 ₱Ʉ₦Ӿ ~ 3.8.2022

Audio recording from my livestream, Sep 6rd at Berlin's, HÖR for the Slow Motion Records with Giulia Guterrer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9MxVxorVuk&ab_channel=H%C3%96RBERLIN

Krishna Gouinau feat MCL - La Dance (Upcoming Italo Moderni)
Steve Davil - Shake Me Up
Directional Force aka Dave Clarke - One Thousand
Fregedis - Intersection 5
Daniel Holt - Life of Insubordination
E-bony - XXX (Modernation Vol.4 Italo Moderni)
Adrian Marth - Disorder
Adrian Marth - Labyrinth Mind (Unreleased)
Chino - Shoplifters (Modernation Vol.4 Italo Moderni)
Ausgang Verboten - Consumer
Jauzas the Shining - Good Night Precious
Locked Club- Rabotaet feat Roman The Legend 03
Leroy Se Meurt - Agnoisse (Modernation Vo.4 Italo Moderni)
Mainsdrom - Sacrifice (LIES Records News)
Gesloten Cirkel - Detoon
Acid - Ernst Ehre (Lux Records)
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes

Youtube Video

Adrian Marth Dj Set - HÖR - 06.09.22



From " Godforsaken Roads ", forthcoming Black Strobe 2nd album available in October 2014
Pre order here : geni.us/GodforsakenRoads

Black Strobe Video Live @ Transmusicales Festival : www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJ-HZcTxq4

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(Eng)

Godforsaken Roads (BlackStrobe Records / !K7)

A small cellar in a smart building. A carefully curated collection of analogic synthesisers. A pot of Brylcreem on a table. ZZ Top and Muddy Waters vinyl sitting in a corner in front of a gleaming guitar and an old amplifier. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Arnaud Rebotini’s lair in Montmartre, Paris.

A hulk of a man, Rebotini may look physically impressive but inside he’s really a big softy who loves singing the blues and has an almost carnal attachment to his keyboards and vintage drum machines. His musical career is now divided between two projects: one uses his own name, Arnaud Rebotini, releasing instrumental electronic albums, both nostalgic and futurist, that he plays live on stage - alone - surrounded by his favourite machines. The other is Black Strobe, where he sings and plays a steamy mix of rock and electronic music heavily influenced by blues and country ‘n’ western. The project comes to life fully on stage with the energy of a four-person group.

In September 2014, Black Strobe will release his second album, Godforsaken Roads. The record confirms Rebotini’s rock sensibility and debt to the great American tradition of songwriting, with songs touching on the classic themes of the blues - the randomness of life, the very weight of existence and the strong emotions that run just below the surface (love, lust, loneliness…). He plunges into this world of the bayou, prison and the devil with real passion and the voice of crooner often compared to Iggy Pop or Nick Cave.

Godforsaken Roads contains ten new tracks, including the latest singles Going Back Home and Broken Phone Blues. The digital edition adds Boogie In Zero Gravity and The Girl From The Bayou released as singles in 2012. On the album, Rebotini also reappropriates Folsom Prison Blues, a Johnny Cash classic, once again with the aim of keeping the blues/country ‘n’ western flame alive (the group’s first album already contained a cover version of Bo Diddley’s famous track I’m A Man). This new version, entirely synth-led with not a guitar in sight, transports the song to another space-time continuum with swathes of keyboard worthy of Tangerine Dream, perfectly resuming the spirit of Black Strobe in 2014.

However, don’t think that Godforsaken Roads is all retro - in fact it’s bang up to date, using electronics, sometimes even of a disco slant, to give Black Strobe its futurist dimension. The album allows Arnaud Rebotini to capture the spirit of America’s cowboy era and transport it to the present day with resolutely modern production, much like the spirit of the blues that seeps from the music of electro-pop idols Depeche Mode.

This contemporary western feel, both melancholic and polished, came to the notice of Quentin Tarantino – who used Black Strobe’s cover version of I’m A Man for the trailer of Django Unchained – and Dior, who chose the same track to advertise their perfume Eau Sauvage. By creating a link between the past, present and future, the group’s music has also appealed to Martin Scorsese (the trailer of The Wolf of Wall Street), Guy Ritchie (the soundtrack to RocknRolla) and the creators of the videogame Grand Theft Auto V (GTA).

Although plaudits are now coming from all quarters, Black Strobe has been around for a while. Founded in 1997, the group has released one album (Burn Your Own Church, produced by Paul Epworth) and more than a dozen singles on labels such as Kitsuné, Output, Crosstown Rebels, Supersoul Recordings and Source. As Black Strobe, Arnaud Rebotini has done more than forty remixes for groups such as Rammstein, Depeche Mode, The Rapture, Bloc Party, Fischerspooner, The Hacker and Dave Clarke.

The group is also used to touring in the USA, South America, Japan, Australia and Europe, playing both indoor venues and the world’s biggest festivals (Reading/Leeds, Sónar, Primavera, Pukkelpop, Dour, Transmusicales).

With Rebotini on keyboards and vocals, his current companions are Mathieu Zub (guitar), Benjamin Beaulieu (bass/keyboards) and Mathys Dubois (drums). These three musicians accompany the founder of Black Strobe both in the studio and on stage, and participated in the recording sessions for the album Godforsaken Roads, conducted entirely in Paris at Red Bull Studios, Studios Soyuz and using Rebotini’s home set-up.

With this new album, layered and feverish, the group is back with renewed faith in the power of the blues and a passion for motivating beats.

(Fr)

Godforsaken Roads (BlackStrobe Records / !K7)

Une petite cave sous un immeuble chic où est rangée avec soin une belle collection de synthés analogiques. Un pot de gomina posé sur la table. Des 33 tours de ZZ Top et de Muddy Waters dans un coin, juste devant une guitare rutilante et un vieil ampli. Voilà l’antre d’Arnaud Rebotini. Au pied de Montmartre, en plein cœur de Paris.

Avec sa carrure imposante, Rebotini impressionne physiquement mais l’homme a le cœur sensible. Il aime chanter des ballades blues et entretient un rapport charnel avec ses claviers et ses boîtes à rythmes vintage. Son parcours musical se décline aujourd’hui en deux projets : sous son nom, Arnaud Rebotini, il produit des albums électro synthétiques instrumentaux, nostalgiques et futuristes à la fois, qu’il défend seul en live, entouré de ses machines. Sous l’étiquette Black Strobe, il chante et signe des morceaux au carrefour du rock et de la musique électronique qui se nourrissent d’influences blues et country. Une musique qui se vit sur scène avec toute l’énergie d’un vrai groupe.

Black Strobe va publier en septembre 2014 son deuxième album, Godforsaken Roads. Ce disque affirme l’identité rock du groupe et les racines américaines du songwriting d’Arnaud Rebotini. Les chansons qu’il écrit abordent des thèmes courants dans le blues : les aléas de la vie, les tracas de l’existence, les sentiments à fleur de peau (l’amour, le désir, la solitude). Il plonge dans cet imaginaire - le bayou, la prison, le diable – avec une réelle passion et avec une voix de crooner qui évoque parfois Iggy Pop ou Nick Cave.

L’album Godforsaken Roads comprend dix morceaux originaux, dont les nouveaux singles Going Back Home et Broken Phone Blues (l’édition digitale inclura aussi les morceaux Boogie In Zero Gravity et The Girl From The Bayou publiés en maxis en 2012). Sur ce long-format, Arnaud Rebotini se réapproprie aussi Folsom Prison Blues, un classique de Johnny Cash, avec toujours cette envie de faire vivre le répertoire du blues et de la country (le premier album du groupe comprenait déjà une réinterprétation du célèbre I’m A Man de Bo Diddley). Cette nouvelle reprise, entièrement synthétique et sans guitares, est transportée dans un autre espace temps avec des nappes de claviers dignes de Tangerine Dream. Elle résume parfaitement l’esprit de Black Strobe en 2014.

Mais, loin de l’esprit rétro confit, ce Godforsaken Roads respire la modernité. Avec toujours cette dynamique synthétique, et parfois discoïde, qui donne une dimension futuriste à la musique de Black Strobe. Dans cet album, Arnaud Rebotini capture l’Amérique des cowboys et la fait voyager jusqu’à aujourd’hui en lui apportant une production résolument contemporaine. A l’image de l’esprit blues qui peut transpirer chez les maîtres de l’électro pop Depeche Mode.

Cet univers de western moderne, mélancolique et classe, a séduit Quentin Tarantino – il a utilisé la reprise de I’m A Man par Black Strobe pour la bande annonce de son film Django Unchained – et Dior qui a choisi le même titre pour la publicité de son parfum Eau Sauvage. En créant ce pont entre passé, présent et futur, la musique du groupe a aussi plu à Martin Scorsese (bande annonce du film Le Loup de Wall Street), Guy Ritchie (bande son de RocknRolla) et aux créateurs du jeu vidéo Grand Theft Auto V (GTA).

L’histoire de Black Strobe s’écrit donc maintenant mais la formation revendique déjà un bon bout de route. Créé en 1997, le groupe a publié un album (Burn Your Own Church, produit par Paul Epworth) et une quinzaine de maxis sur des labels comme Kitsuné, Output, Crosstown Rebels, Supersoul Recordings, Source. Sous l’alias Black Strobe, Arnaud Rebotini a réalisé aussi une quarantaine de remixes pour Rammstein, Depeche Mode, The Rapture, Bloc Party, Fischerspooner, The Hacker ou Dave Clarke.

Par ailleurs, le groupe a joué un peu partout sur la planète (Etats-Unis, Amérique du Sud, Japon, Australie) et en Europe dans d’innombrables salles et dans de grands festivals (Reading/Leeds, Sónar, Primavera, Pukkelpop, Dour, Transmusicales).

Autour d’Arnaud Rebotini (chant/claviers), la formation se compose aujourd’hui de Mathieu Zub (guitares), Benjamin Beaulieu (basse/claviers) et Mathys Dubois (batterie). Ces trois musiciens accompagnent le fondateur de Black Strobe aussi bien en studio que sur scène. Ils ont participé aux séances de l’album Godforsaken Roads qui a été entièrement enregistré à Paris, aux Red Bull Studios, aux Studios Soyuz et dans le studio personnel d’Arnaud Rebotini.

Fort de cet album dense et fiévreux, le quatuor s’apprête maintenant à repartir à l’assaut du monde. Avec la foi du blues et l’amour des boucles synthétiques chevillés au corps.


BSR 016 - Black Strobe - SWAMP FEVER(precise master)

BSR 016 - Black Strobe -  HOUSE OF GOOD LOVIN' (precise master)

BSR 016 - Black Strobe - FROM THE GUTTER (precise master)

BSR 016 - Black Strobe -  THE GIRL FROM THE BAYOU (precise master)

After 15 years of experience as an event hoster, curator and DJ, Berlin based Desolate Discotheque established himself in the European Techno-EBM-Wave scene.

Back in 2019 he fulfilled his dream by starting his own independent cassette label Crave Tapes and created a platform for new and well known artists from all over the world.

The inspiration he draws from 80's underground electronic music and the goth culture is manifested in his exorbitant, authentic and excessive style - a wild mixture between EBM, Industrial, New Beat, Synthwave, Post-Punk and some Techno. Hear for yourself with mix no. 46 which is packed with dark gems (some of them unrealeased yet)!

Follow: @desolatediscotheque

Design: @silent-shouts

You can find the tracklist on our Instagram page: blankwave.wav

Blank Wave Guest Mix 046: Desolate Discotheque

TRACKLIST
1. Body Party - Theme-Muscles
2. Amarcord - Un Sogno Senza Fine (unreleased)
3. Zombies In Miami, Toltecnica - Close To You (Original Mix)
4. Neurotiker - Ghetto Birds
5. Alex aguayo & Silicodisco - Desire (Louis De Tomaso Remix)
6. Rotciv, Jorkes - You Will Be Mine (ROTCIV Remix)
7. Asymetric 80 - Dance Machines (Fragedis Remix) 
8. Giorgio Moroder - Faster Than The Speed Of Love (Alpha Sect Re-Edit) 
9. Zaatar - Leaving For The Sky
10. Liebknecht - Köln (Original Mix)
11. My Boy Roy - Numbers
12. Kalipo, Local Suicide, Dina Summer - Hide & Seek (Club Edit)
13. Red Woodchuck - Sysex (Original Mix)
14. Blind Vision - Don't Look At Me
15. COMFORT CURE - Rain On The Bar
16. GHOST COP - A Door Left Open


BIO
Zaatar زْعَتر music is the peculiar combination of both her origins : Moroccan and Belgian. 

She finds her inspiration in the post punk and EBM movement of the late 80’ and early 90’.

Her tracks are therefore built around a gritty and rough baseline that sets the mood for frenetic body dances. Melodies and sounds inherited from her home country - Morocco- completes her soundscape in a way that is her own.

During her DJ sets she invites the public on a captivating journey from light to darkness, an oscillation between joy and melancholy sometimes punctuated by oriental melodies.

Co-founder and resident of the Laisse Tomber Les Filles collective, she works to celebrate women on the decks, freedom and diversity, values that never leave her, especially behind the decks.

She joins the label Ritmo Fatale with the track Abiad Al Layali already considered as an EBM reference.

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Zaatar Guest Mix for Mechanical Breakdown on KEXP

Louis_De_Tomaso End_Game Polari_Records
Charlie - Dark Waver- Wrong Era
Future City Punks - Technology [Ombra International]
Einstürzende Neubauten - Ist Ist (Dubfire Remix) - Dubfire Music
Camion Bazar - Parallel Processing (Belaria Remix)
Chino - Oddity  Shiny Leather (Olivia Remix) Pinkman Records
Jeff Mills -Sacred Iridescent Mirror_(The_Pledge)_Undue_Influence_Mix.
Jay_Robinson_-_They_Just_Talkin - QR Code
Moustache Records - Acid party
RZ28_Southsoniks_AntiClashEP_05_BrokenRequest_Dub
Kerrie - Technopoly Dream -Tresor Records
Arjun Vagale - Violet - AsymetriK
Risa Taniguchi - Wakes From Coma -CLR
FJAAK - Redemption - Spandau 20

DJ Mix Septembre 2024

Black Strobe - Monkey Glands (precise master)

David Rimokh 40th's Birthday party with (by order of appearance) :
The Hacker b2b David Carretta — from 0min00 to 3H00
DJ Hell — From 3H00 to  4h50
Marco Dos Santos — 4H50 till the end

At Silencio, Paris.
23/11/2024

DAVID RIMOKH 40TH'S B-DAY - DJ HELL + THE HACKER + DAVID CARRETTA + MDS - AT SILENCIO

The legendary dutch king of Italo acid and beyond kicks off Together Alone first show of the new year. Karassimeon, Parisian prince of dark synth body music closes things out. Big show kicking off 2025!

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Facets returns to promote an upcoming edits release on Blkmarket's vinyl-only series, dropping very soon! More info: https://on.soundcloud.com/sHCgoBGjMWU4seAF6

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Arnaud Rebotini is a singer, songwriter, producer and remixer, he has become one of the most emblematic figures in electronic music today, adept at straddling genres, both avant-garde and timeless, and bringing them together. 
For example, his Zend Avesta project (Organique, Universal 2000) married electronic music with a chamber orchestra. 
With his analogue synthesisers, he became a central figure on the scene of new international techno, marking renewed enthusiasm for the use of electronic instruments rather than just computers. His live shows have always been unanimously celebrated (Music Components, Citizen 2008, Someone Give Me Religion, K7 - 2010) and his remixes for pour Depeche Mode, David Guetta, Rammstein, The Rapture, Bloc Party, Acid Washed and Tristesse Contemporaine are as indicative of his sets at the biggest clubs and festivals (playing live or mixing) as his collaboration with the highbrow Groupe de Recherches Musicales, especially with Christian Zanési for their Frontières project.

BSR 016 - Black Strobe - SWAMP FEVER(precise master)

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