excerpt from HONORIS II TRIBUTE TO THE SISTERS OF MERCY & THE SISTERHOOD [uprGOLD017] will be availalble in september. Pre-order CD version here: https://hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/honoris-ii-tribute-to-the-sisters-of-mercy-the-sisterhood-uprgold017

*cover performed by Jerome Tcherneyan & Barkosina Hanusova.
**track credits Andrew Eldritch/Gary Marx

During my dark youth, I was very big fan of The Sisters Of Mercy’s 1981/88 era (« Floodland » included). At UPR we have always hesitated to pay tribute to this cult band from Leeds/UK, because it always seemed difficult to me to interpret the fabulous songs of the british acid rock gang, without falling into the ‘gothic cliché’ or poor copycat. But 40 years after the band's first concert in the north of England it's high time to pay them a true artistic ambitious homage. With the well-known requirement that is that of our label, we prepared an awesome CD compilation called 'HONORIS II THE SISTERS OF MERCY & THE SISTERHOOD' for the end of September. This Tribute will be accompanied by a very special limited tape and book designed & printed by the spanish label Industrial Complexx (Valencia). For vinyl collectors, know that the Oràculo label (Barcelona) is releasing also a vinyl version with 6 tracks taken from our compilation (12" + 7"), including an unreleased one. Many excellent musicians responded to our call, some legendary bands and talented outsider. There are already many international tributes to The Sisters Of Mercy, but by my standards they often sound pretty mediocre and below the original songs. My objective is therefore to bring together very awesome covers that will give thanks to the legacy of the original Andrew Eldritch’s songs, without caricatures or baroque clichés (fans know that Andrew hates the “goth” label), and by focusing especially on the early songs and B faces.The Sisters Of Mercy began their careers 40 years ago. Long life to Andrew Eldritch!

Pedro aka HIV+, 2021.

YEARS OF DENIAL - Poison Door (The Sisters Of Mercy cover)

Compilation tribute to Christian Death era Rozz Williams announced on Unknown Pleasures Records. Presales launched from April 1st.

https://hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/uprgold029-honoris-iv-cd

Tracklist curated by Pedro Peñas Robles
Mastering by Eric Van Wonterghem
Artwork by KGB
Engraving by Gustave Doré
Original song by Rozz Williams, Valor Kand,Gitane Demone, David Glass.

YEARS OF DENIAL - Cervix Couch (HONORIS IV)

The final volume in our HONORIS series aimed at paying special Tribute to an artist, or a band, whose founding work will have marked the history of the Post-Punk scene of the 80s and enlightened my own musical cosmogony for 40 years. After Death In June, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus and Christian Death by Rozz Williams, and after having written in french, a book entitled “Paroles de Fans” about the impact of the Australian preacher rocker in our lives, we tried to go as close as possible to the dark soul of Nick Cave and his great collaborators & musicians, by inviting talented artists to cover his best songs. Beyond the power of the lyrics and the voice, we aspire to touch with this latest Tribute, and with the greatest sincerity possible, the poetry and the musical essence of Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds in a spirit of respect and search for beauty.

HONORIS V – Tribute To Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds [uprGOLD032]

01 SFD ft Peter Milton Walsh & Agnès Gayraud - Henry Lee 3.51
02 MARCO NUMAN - The Ship Song 4.39
03 THE MARRIED MONK - Stranger Than Kindness 5.54
04 KISA - Your Funeral My Trial 4.13
05 ANTON MAKAROV - I Let Love In 3.52
06 KISS ME BLACK – Loverman 7.08
07 VERSARI - Brother, My Cup Is Empty 3.58
08 A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - The Mercy Seat 6.19
09 FACTHEORY - Jubilee Street 5.36
10 SÅLM - The Mercy Seat 4.37
11 LA MAIN - A Weeping Song 3.54
12 SWESOR BHRATER - I Let Love 4.02
13 YEARS OF DENIAL - Stagger Lee 6.18
14 JUDITH JUILLERAT - The Carny
15 BONNIE TRASH - Red Right Hand 4.10

*All original songs written by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Artwork by Karim Gabou
Mastering by Sébastien Faits-Divers
Curated by Pedro Peñas Robles
Engraving by Gustave Doré

YEARS OF DENIAL - Stagger Lee (Nick Cave cover)

First release from a very young producer from the south of France that I recently signed for an album planned for the end of March 2024 on +Closer² and Unknown Pleasures Records on CD and digital. The album is fantastic and gave me hope in today's underground electronic music:

https://hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/vacuity-pulse-cl013-upr033
https://closer2.bandcamp.com/album/vacuity-pulse-cl013

Born in 1998 in a small town in Savoie, Yorismäki is a new French
electronic music producer. His stage name comes from the fusion of
his first name Joris and the name of the Finnish director Aki
Kaurismäki. It was while working as a sound engineer, driven by a passion for sound processing and synthesis, that he truly discovered his urge to create electronic music. His music is influenced primarily by New Wave, but especially by the resulting industrial sounds, as well as more modern electronic elements, all within a dark universe. The result can be both, a brutal and visceral music, as well as atmospheric. For his first album, the inspiration comes as much from music as from the visual : The movie, with the disturbing and surreal universe of David Lynch, with a always dark look on humanity, or the cynicism, the beautiful shades of colors and lights and simplicity of Aki Kaurismäki’s movies. The present, where we seem to be plunging day after day into an increasingly dystopian world, where humanity, more connected than ever, yet seems to disconnect from reality, the individual curling up on themselves, losing control of their life, letting themselves be guided by algorithms, thus sinking into complete vacuity.

YORISMÄKI - Dystopia

playlist dj HIV+
Light Asylum - Dark Allies (Mexican Summer)
Chris Shape & Days Of Sorrow - Shadow (Banshees records)
Terence Fixmer -Running After time (planète rouge)
AN_NA - Wine (Thundhertz Remix) (The Answer Records)
Djedjotronic & Rein - Transmutation (Unklevon Remix) (Boysnoize Records)
Legpuppy - Twit Machine (Clit Mix)
Chris Shape -Body Electric (UPR)
Prodigy - Firestarter (Empirion Mix) (XL Recordings)
Downwell - Undercover Buddies (Objector Trax Remix) (X-IMG)
Ayats & Thorval - Saisons qui tuent (David Asko Tbm Rmx) (A-Traction Records)
Zirkular Dion - безьяна (Detriti records)
Depeche Mode Something to do (Dominatrix RMX 2013)
Blazej Malinowski - Particles (Semantica Records)
Genocid Organ - Appropriate Action (Tesco)

RAVE UP mix #3 by HIV+ march 2024 [FG | MAXXIMUM |] invited by Patrick Rognant

AVELINE - Amour Noir (Acid Mix)

★ List of the Artists featured on Unknown Pleasures Records since 2013 : 

LEGENDS:
★ Alan Vega (Suicide) ★ Gabi Delgado (D.A.F.) ★ Jurgen Engler (Die Krupps) ★ Dirk Da Davo (The Neon Judgement, Neon Electronics) ★ Richard 23 & Patrick Codenys (Front 242) ★ Marc Caro (film director) ★ David Carretta ★ Absolute Body Control ★ Alice Botté ★ Norma Loy ★ Phil Von (Von Magnet) ★ Dominik Nicolas (ex-Indochine) ★ Marc Collin ★ In Aeternam Vale ★ Haujobb ★ Hanin Elias ★ Didier Ambact (Micropoint) ★ Dan Soderquist (Twice A Man) ★

POST-PUNK:
Anthon Shield ★ In Death It Ends ★ Dead Sexy Inc ★ Japan Suicide ★ European Ghost ★ Love In Prague ★ Lovataraxx ★ Kill Shelter ★ Container 47 ★ Joy Division ★ Secret Sight ★  Follow Me Not ★ Monolog ★ Versari ★ Blind Delon ★ Opium Dream Estate ★  Waterwalls ★ Der Himmel ★ Stranger Dreams ★ Kisa ★ Bonnie Trash ★  Icesun ★ Chemical Waves ★ Baron Fantôme ★ Velvet Kills ★ Diamond Dog ★ Closed Mouth ★ The Married Monk ★ LTNO ★ Emmanuel Hubaut ★ A Wedding Anniversary ★ Delphine Coma ★ Deathrippers ★ Into Nowhere & Ralf Jesek ★ Edgar's Dreams ★ The Wheal ★

COLD WAVE :
★ Hausfrau ★ The Shyness Of Stranger ★ Selfishadows ★ Antipole ★ The Raudive ★ Ono Scream ★ Lunar Paths ★ The Saint Cyr & Pascale Le Berre ★ This Grey City

DARK FOLK : 
Black Egg ★ Mann Of Seasons ★  Swesor Bhrater ★ Normotone ★ Forgotten Sunrise & Kadri Sammel ★ None ★ Lonsai Maikov ★ Sebastien Faits Divers ★ Jvne ★ Destroying Angel ★ Der Blutharsch ★ Dernière Volonté ★

SYNTH POP:
Position Parallèle ★ Adan + Ilse ★ Theremynt ★ The Present Moment ★ Vogue Noir ★ La Main ★  Wendy Bevan ★ Zarkoff ★ Potochkine ★ Judith Juillerat ★ Peaches ★ Crystalline Strictures ★ Mynationshit & From Hell ★ Dams & Herren ★ Adrien Viot ★ Sindrome ★ Kord & Annie ★ Electrosexual ★ LAAG ★ Agents In Infrared ★ Ys Atlov ★ Melanoboy ★ NO1R ★ D/Sir ★ Simi Nah & KGB ★ Nervenet ★

E.B.M.:
Maman Küsters ★ Növö ★ Art Kinder Industrie ★ Liebknecht ★ The Hacker & HIV+ ★ Grand ((O)) Signal ★ Principia Audiomatica ★ Ohota ★ Petra Flür ★ DSX & Jennifer Touch ★ Le Chocolat Noir ★ Alexei Volkov ★

INDUSTRIAL
Marc Hurtado (Étant Donnés) ★ Arturo Lanz (Esplendor Geometrico) ★ HIV+ ★ Sonic Area ★ Distel ★ Fluxus ★ Years Of Denial ★ Vision Fantom ★ Hardlab ★ MonoB vs NoroE ★ Mauri ★ Larme Blanche ★ 

TECHNO:
The Horrorist ★ Chris Shape ★ Adriano Canzian ★ John Lord Fonda & Veronika Nikolic ★ Mike Theis & Eva Peel ★ Millimetric ★ Franck Kartell ★ Alek Drive ★ Iron Court ★ Mr Nô ★ Baroque & Philosophique Girl ★ Jostronamer ★ Radical G ★ Commuter ★ Christopher Kah ★  Mlada Fronta ★ Julia Bondar ★ AkA ★ Radikal Kuss ★ Dimeuhduzen ★

Our lovely designers : Wladd Muta ★ Karim Gabou ★ OLoops ★ 

◥ ◤ Unknown Pleasures Records is more than a active record company : our label is a priesthood, an artistic and political act, the continuity of musical movements born in the late 70's / early years 80's. Since 2014 we produce the best Post Punk, Cold Wave, New Wave, Minimal Wave, EBM, Dark Techno, Synth Wave, Shoegaze, Neo Folk, True Industrial musics, presented with high quality graphics and really great sounds on limited physical formats (CD, tape or vinyls).

Be involved in your culture, support the true underground! ◥ ◤ 

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