Interview with Jean-Luc De Meyer / Music by Front 242

Songs:
1) Body 2 Body (Live from Cold Waves III)
2) Don't Crash (Live from '91)
3) Masterhit (Live from Cold Waves III)

front242.com
coldwaves.net

Cold Waves Soundcheck

912 - Front 242

Preview track from the upcoming ESA album - Themes of Carnal Empowerment Pt.3: Penance

ESA - 2nd Movement

First single from Lowe's upcoming album Evolver, scheduled for release on September 13th on WTII Records.

Bio:
Lowe formed in 2003 and was instantly considered as one of the most interesting new Swedish alternative bands. Their debut release, "Tenant" and the follow-up album, "Kino International" received rave reviews and both albums were voted "Album of the Month" by several major magazines and fanzines in Europe. Lowe has been recognized as the "Best Rock Act and "Best Newcomer" at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards.


LOWE IN SHORT: 
• LOWE's debut single "The Vanishing" was released in 2003, and since then LOWE has released the critically-acclaimed albums "Tenant", "Tenant Remixed" and "Kino International". LOWE's third album "Evolver" will be released September 13, 2011. 
• LOWE's music can be described as Pop Noir, melancholic and melodic electronic pop music. 
• LOWE recently returned from a 12 show tour of the USA/Canada and 7 shows in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. They have played in several major markets like New York, Ottawa, London, Athens, Sofia, Berlin, Stockholm, Istanbul, Kiev and Moscow and have done multiple tours in Eastern Europe. The band has dedicated fan clubs in Greece, Russia and Ukraine. 
• LOWE's previous albums were recognized as "Album of the Month" by German, Russian, American and Italian music press. 
• LOWE has appeared on several TV shows with an estimated viewership of 100 million people. 
• LOWE is currently the most successful, hardworking and acclaimed Swedish alternative band in Eastern Europe. 
• LOWE has been recognized as the "Best Rock Act" and "Best Newcomer" at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards. 
• LOWE has had several Top 20 hits in Europe; A 1000 Miles, Ahead of Our Time, The Vanishing.
• Billboard Magazine praised LOWE in the May 2009 issue. 
• LOWE's bass player Rickard is the son of world famous ABBA musician Rutger Gunnarsson. 

MEMBERS: 
LOWE are Leo Josefsson (vocals), Rickard Gunnarsson (bass guitar & backing vocals) and Tobias Ersson (synthesizer & machines). 

Breathe In Breathe Out (Radio Remix)

Interview with James Baker / Music from Rorschach Test

Songs:
1) Satan
2) Clean
3) Nice To Be Wanted

The Creatures - Pluto Drive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQk5J-bLEZ4
http://www.rorschachtest.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rorschach-Test/113657987415
https://soundcloud.com/rorschachtest-1

Cold Waves IV:
http://coldwaves.net/
http://doubledoor.com/events/acumen-nation-20th-anniversary-full-album-performance-of-transmission-from-eville/ (Thurs Sept. 24th Kick-Off)
http://metrochicago.com/ (Fri/Sat Sept. 25-26th)

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404 - Rorschach Test

'The sound is urban, the growl of people and traffic, of machinery and life.  Suddenly you turn a corner and the noise is dimmed.  You look through a window to see a ballet lesson, or a choir rehearsing, the growl of the city still audible.  Turning another corner, you are back in the noise and the heat and the energy.' - Scobi

A collection of remixes hosted by Sony Creative via their Acidplanet community.  Jen Semrau's Wow Jones Mix was the grand prize winner, showcasing solid production and orchestration chops.  Saab's Retro Mix was the runner up because it reminded me of Haujobb in how it was completely rethought and sung in German and Russian.  The Lthrboots and Scobi mixes caught my ear so I felt I'd be doing a disservice by not including them.  


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ShapeTracer: Mixed The F#*% Up

Haunted Echo - ShapeTracer (Scobi New York Mix)

Interview with Kanga / Music from Kanga

Songs:
1) Vital Signs
2) Tension
3) Metal (Gary Numan Cover)

http://kangangp.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kangakullt/

Cold Waves V:
http://coldwaves.net/
http://metrochicago.com/ 
http://smartbarchicago.com/

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512 - Kanga

Dichotomy is the first single from the highly anticipated Rein[Forced] album X Amount of Stab Wounds in the Back. This digital only single features 6 versions of the title track including mixes by Stiff Valentine, Sensuous Enemy, Ego Likeness, Deathproof and The Dark Clan plus a special b-side. If this is any indication, then the album is going to be stellar. 

Rein[Forcded] Dichotomy (Single Version)

This is one of those happy accidents of the recording and mixing process. The original music tracks were recorded by Scott in early 1987 using a Korg DW-6000, a Casio SK-1 (on loan from the Fiber family), and recorded onto a Fostex X-15 Multitracker 4-Track Cassette Recorder.

Later in 1987, the infamous DSL sessions were recorded. For these mind altering sessions, Scott and I ended up using the other side of the cassette from the Idea H-2-12 recording.

Now, jump forward 2 years to the Summer of 1989 when I was mixing tracks for final release of The Secret Society project. Though most of the songs for The Secret Society release were recorded during the Summer of 1988 at Horse &amp; Buggy Highway Studios, I was looking for additional material to include on the final master. This is when I stumbled upon the cassette with Idea H-2-12. I popped the cassette in the X-15 and hit play.

Here's where the happy accident occurred...

The previous song that I had been mixing was a 4-track song and had all the levels wide open so, as the 2-tracks for Idea H-2-12 started to play, the 2-tracks from the other side of the tape were also audible. However, those 2-tracks from the DSL sessions were playing backwards! I thought it sounded "so cool" that I mixed it all together and we created our first (and only) backwards masking song.

Now you can be the judge of whether or not this song is as "cool" as I thought it was at the time and you'll also get bonus points if you can decipher the backwards masking vocals and sounds from the DSL sessions. But be warned, you may not want to know what the backwards masking vocals and sounds are!

The Secret Society

Idea H-2-12

"As the remaining rays of light disappear, Nightfall comes."

Next to Slam, Nightfall is probably one of the most recorded songs in the history of Any Questions?. I first began working on this track during late night solitary recording sessions at Der Palast des Goldes in Fall 1989. While MC2P4 and LTJTHC slept in the upper floors of the studio, I would retreat into headphones and lose myself in this slow tempo, vox string heavy groove. My Rickenbacker 4003s was still a weapon of choice in these early days of Any Questions? and I would effect it with heavy delay. If I remember correctly, 4096ms.

Unquestionably, this song was influenced by my relentless listening of The Cure - Disintegration. After being released in May 1989, I would listen to it almost daily. Seeing both Cure shows at the Spectrum in Philadelphia in September 1989 further cemented it's hallucinogenic effect on me.

The version of Nightfall that I share with you now is a live recording from Fall 1989 which was recorded at P&G Studios. It features LTJTHC playing "live" drum machine to the sequenced synth parts that I programmed as I ping pong along with delay drenched Rickenbacker 4003s bass lines.

Any Questions? - Nightfall

Milkfish / Cold Season

The Non Affair

The Atomica Project / Damage

Featured interviews and music from the bands that performed at the annual Cold Waves Music Festival (years IV through X, plus the entire live show from the first and third Cold Waves).