Music by Empire State Human
Lyrics Marc Massive
Produced by Massive Ego & Empire State human
Taken from the LOW LIFE EP released 20th October 2014 on Public Disordar Records
Available to download from all major sites including:
iTUNES itun.es/gb/0QXW2
AMAZON www.amazon.co.uk/Low-Life-EP-Mass…go/dp/B00NU0GKRE
BANDCAMP includes digital sleeve & video publicdisordar.bandcamp.com

Watch the video for Low Life here: 
youtu.be/IQkYfqgjGjs 
Watch the video for Animal Rights Human Wrongs here: 
youtu.be/3C-JtReWEKw 
Watch the video for Sound Of The Download here: 
youtu.be/lhzjzHyCTGE



Reining In The Machines

Diary Of Dreams - The Curse

CARS  - I Speak Machine cover

This single: billieraymartin.bandcamp.com/album/stro…aded-woman
The Album (Vinyl, CD and digital): The Soul Tapes: billieraymartin.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-tapes
Strongheaded Woman:
Release date:	15 April 2016
Label:	Sonnenstahl Records
Catalogue no: 
SREC109

Distribution:	billieraymartin.bandcamp.com/
And all digital & physical stores
Style:	Soul, rhythm & blues, country

Tracklist:

1. Strongheaded Woman (radio edit)	
2. Strongheaded Woman (full length version)	
3. The Glittering Gutter (Mooli remix)

As a prelude to the album The Soul Tapes (to be released on 13 May 2016), Billie Ray Martin releases Strongheaded Woman as the lead single - an epic tale of a Las Vegas slot machine addict seemingly meeting her Rhinestone Cowboy, only to discover that he’s just another cheap hit and run sleazebag.

The single includes the Mooli remix of the album track The Glittering Gutter – a song about the downfall of Billie's place of upbringing, the red light district of Hamburg. The Mooli remix adds the kind of darkness that typifies some of Billie's output over recent years. Mooli have taken an already epic track and given it the Portishead treatment, complete with soundtrack style strings.

Billie has never been easy to categorise. Clearly a soul singer, her career however has seen her mostly as a pioneer of house and electronic music, most notably her groundbreaking work with Electribe 101 and her seminal hit Your Loving Arms. Her explorations have led her further into the worlds of ambient music and drum & bass among other areas of electronica.

Her new album The Soul Tapes is a ‘first’ for Billie: no electronic music this time. Billie realised her long-held dream of recording an album that is equally influenced by Hi-Records (Al Green, Ann Peebles, Willie Mitchell) as it is by ’60s garage records. It is also not devoid of a certain country twang, and even Bo Diddley peeks through the door on one song.

Billie Ray Martin and producer/writer Jon Tiven were introduced in New York in the mid ’90s and had started drafting the odd song, together with Sally Tiven. Further writing sessions followed, until it was decided that there was an album of songs worth recording.

Booked into New York’s 900 Broadway Studio, Jon and Billie were thrilled to find themselves working where Keith Richards had recorded his first solo album. Under this omen Jon Tiven brought the musicians in, not least world famous drummer Simon Kirke. Jon’s credits include albums produced for Wilson Pickett, Bobby Womack and Willie Nelson as well as numerous awards and Grammy nominations.

It was not until 2014 that the opportunity arose to mix the album, re-record many of the vocals, add production and instruments and determine exactly the final sound of the album. The results are convincing and powerful and show once again Billie’s refusal to conform to trends, preferring as she does, to create them.

Strongheaded Woman (Single)

Strongheaded Woman Radio Edit

A Lyronian remix for the band 'Among The Weeds'. Appeared on their new album 'This Is No Fairytale' and the single 'Frail'

This Is No Fairytale

Frail

Among The Weeds - Frail (Lyronian Clubmix)

Dark Beauty - Kiss Me Mix
From the new album "Terminal Beauty"

Cover : 
Model : Nanci Double U.
Photography by Gary Ritchie 
MUA: Ericka Segal

Dark Beauty

A whisper of you name
I hear
A vision of your face
I see
A touch of your lips 
I taste
It seems so Forbidden

The pressure of your body
I feel
The seduction of your heels
I love
The beauty of your soul
I know
It seems Forbidden

(Spoken)
I'm not looking for the one
I'm not looking for a one night stand
I'm not looking for that "special" someone
But if I start kissing you
I will never ever stop
So kiss me.....

Naahhuuuhhuhhh (Sang)
Dark Beauty (Whispered)
Naahhuuuhhuhhh (Sang)
Dark Beauty (Whispered)

Naahhuuuhhuhhh (Sang)
Dark Beauty (Whispered)
Naahhuuuhhuhhh (Sang)
Dark Beauty (Whispered)

© Bobbi Style 2017

Terminal Beauty

Dark Beauty - [Kiss Me Mix]

BUY VINYL: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/vinyl/sumerian-fleet-pendulum-lp/

Sumerian Fleet is a trio formed by Dutch producers Alden Tyrell and Mr Pauli, joined by Zarkoff after their 2010 debut EP. Their second EP came out in 2012 followed by their debut album ‘Just Pressure’ on Dark Entries in 2014. Sumerian Fleet have returned to release their sophomore LP ‘Pendulum’ of all new material as well as a remixed version of “This Game Has No Name” from Zarkoff’s other band, FFFC.

‘Pendulum’ contains 80’s Dark Wave/EBM inspired tracks with an industrial tinge. The band cites inspiration from musical acts Fad Gadget, Front 242, Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy. Literary references come from Poe's ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’, Pelevin's ‘Generation P’ and ‘Life of Bugs’, as well as classic Cyberpunk like Gibson's ‘Sprawl’ trilogy.  Sumerian Fleet deliver 8 songs of vintage dark electro with a Gothic tinge and a touch of bass guitar. The album's been put together in a way that the listener can connect the dots, create a narrative, and become immersed in this attitude that the band’s trying to convey, such as Vigny's idea of accepting despair: "A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom." 

All songs were initially recorded at Mr Pauli’s studio in Den Haag, with overdubs and additional recordings at Zarkoff’s Sensorium Studio in Croatia, and then final mix downs at Alden Tyrell's studio in Rotterdam. The album has been mastered by Alden Tyrell and EQed for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is packaged in a copper foil stamped jacket designed by Eloise Leigh, with abstract squares in varied rhythmic repetitions to indicate motion, and included a double sided 10”x10” insert with lyrics and notes.

Sumerian Fleet

Pendulum

Sumerian Fleet - Pendulum LP(snippets)

Am 23. Juli 2017 traf sich Steve von Radio Dunkle Welle auf dem Amphi Festival zum Interview mit Massive Ego.

RDW - Interview with Massive Ego (23/07/17)

A preview of the forthcoming track 'Power Surge' by Brighton-based producer/DJ, James Black, signed to Discover Records. 2018

BUY!
https://www.beatport.com/track/power-surge-original-mix/10511220

Power Surge (Remaster)

You're a stranger 
In your own head
Turn your back on everything 
Will you pay me for my last breath
While I'm waiting for the phone to ring

Too many demons to comprehend
Now here I am 
Where my heart wants to be (Jamaica)
This is a war that never ends
If I make the past my enemy 

Don't you tell me
Heaven or hell me
This is no time to die
Don't you tell me
Heaven or hell me
This is no time to die

You're a stranger 
in a warm bed
Let me tell you when to leave 
Wrap around me like the ocean 
Then I wake up 
Coz I just can't breathe 

Too many demons 
To overcome 
Now here I am where mother nature 
Holds her breath
I tell myself don't ever leave
Are you calling me
For my last bet? 

Chorus
repeat

No Time To Die Boy George

Produced by Janet Weiss
Mixed by Dave Fridmann
Engineered by Bryce Gonzales

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I can stand after a year and fall after a day
If a man calls me a coward, boy, I’ll kick his teeth in in my mind

I’m soaked in mud my vision’s dim
I can’t get clean I can’t dry out
If worry was a ladder I’d be home safe with you

I have drunk out in the noise and smoked in quiet rooms
Is the ringing in my ears the ever present voice of love
Get out of my head old man, I’ve growl enough on my own
Our desperation isn’t beautiful but here it is so let’s say it is

Click-clack my pet there is another way
as she does the dishes
These interstitial moments between building home and building bridge

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Buy Album

Abandon

signed to 
OUT OF LINE RECORDS 
GERMANY)2015
http://www.outofline.de/massive_ego/index.html

BIOG:
Massive Ego formed in 1996 with original members Marc Massive and Andy JT. Marc ex model and dancer for Boy George’s 90’s Jesus Loves You band, DJ and art event curator has fronted the band from the beginning. The band were originally at the centre of the short lived new romantic revival scene in London called ‘Romo‘ which culminated in a glowing half page live review by journalist Simon Price in UK music mag Melody Maker.
Over the years, with many line-up changes Massive Ego have played the length and breadth of the UK at clubs and festivals including shows at London’s Finsbury Park and Trafalgar Square and in Europe. The band have seen several single and album releases in the UK (Klone / Public Disordar Recs) Germany (ZYX) as well as releases in the USA (Ninthwave Recs), Belgium (Black Leather Recs), Japan (Avex Trax) and Australia (Pro-DJ). Massive Ego tracks have featured on well over 40 compilation albums from the labels above.
Originally known for their new wave pop sound, all that changed in 2013 when Marc Massive became more interested in the darker ebm/industrial/goth scene and from this point all new material reflected this change.
Early 2013 saw Marc supply lyrics and vocals on a track called Dead Silence by Lia Organa & Electric Prince and was released through Belgian label Black Leather Records with a brilliant video by Polish film makers/artists Suka Off and a remix package including The Horrorist and People Theatre. This single was followed up by the Low Life EP with Empire State Human.
2014 and work started on a new EP called Noise In The Machine, with remixer and producer Lloyd Price involved in production. With the track’s completed Marc secured a remix from Daniel Graves (Aesthetic Perfection) and sent the EP off to a couple of labels. 2015 saw it released on Out Of Line music with lead song I Idolize You also featuring on their hugely successful Electrostorm CD compilation Vol 6.
The EP has had great reviews from the likes of Side-Line Magazine, Brutal Resonance and Storming The Base websites. The EP entered the Deutsche Alternative Chart (DAC) at #10 and the German Electronic World Chart (GEWC) at #13.
A track called Low Life (Zarkoff Remix) was featured on a new vinyl release called Synth Wave Vol 1 released in May on new label Electro London Records. a new track called Out Of Line featured on Electronic Saviors Vol 4 released on Metropolis Recs.
2016 they celebrated their 20th anniversary with live dates at Infest UK, supported Blutengel at Das Open Air Concert in Chemnitz and Out Of Line Weekender in Berlin. The band also recently remixed Blutengel, OST+Front, and CHROM. 2017 saw the band release their long awaited album Beautiful Suicide on Out Of Line Music and toured with Blutengel on their Leitbild Tour and performed at Wave Goth Treffen, Amphi Festival & Whitby Goth Weekend. 

Beautiful Suicide has all the nozzles to become one of the most important albums released lately in the field of dark-electro-pop music
Terrarelicta.com

full of awesome hits with an extensive bandwidth of variety.
Electrozombies.com

With Beautiful Silence Massive Ego has given us nothing short of a gargantuan release packed with a ton of material and talent far beyond what I expected.
Brutalresonance.com

there is no gaps, everything is perfectly produced 
Darkmusicworld.de

Beautiful Suicide is a true pearl of electro-pop and belongs to every good disk collection of the inclined listener
Monkeypress.de

This is a great album with multiple potential hits. This is electro-pop with attitude!
Side-line.com

Reining In The Machines

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