We Have A Technical 585: Sisyphus Pasta
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It's a Pick Five ep this week folks, and we're opting for a theme so basic and simple we had to triple check that we hadn't done it before: side projects. Ranging from overrated to criminally forgotten, we're looking at a slew of projects folks had running on the side, whether to explore different sounds or to avoid certain bandmates.
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We Have A Technical 584: Teak Daggers
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We're looking at a pair of industrial records, albeit in fairly different styles on this week's podcast. First up, it's the 2007 reactivation of cult German act Individual Totem with their <u>Mothfly</u> record which broke from their hazy read on dark electro. Next, the 2019 LP by US BDSM terrorists Spit Mask, <u>You May Feel Some Pressure</u> is being revisited as we sit a fair distance away from the wave of new acts Spit Mask were (unfairly?) bundled in with. We're also talking about the promising lineup for next year's Grauzone fest and a recent Norillag show.
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We Have A Technical 583: That's Repetitive
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It’s an open topic episode of the podcast this week, as we’re discussing what factors go into choosing songs for club play. Novelty vs. familiarity, immediacy, place within genre(s)…there’s a lot underlying an art which, when it’s done best, should feel as instinctive and natural as possible to those enjoying it.
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We Have a Technical 582: Pride Cometh
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On the eve of the first new albums from S:cage and Das Ich since 2006, we're talking about those records from both of those bands from nearly twenty years ago: "Madness Turns To Glass" and "Cabaret", respectively. Are technoid and Neue Deutsche Todeskunst especially Halloween-esque genres? Who's to say.
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We Have a Commentary: Dead Can Dance, self-titled
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As selected by our Patreon backers for a loosely spookily themed commentary episode, we're talking about the 1984 debut of beloved ethereal mainstays Dead Can Dance. With one foot in Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard's roots in post-punk and one in the fatalistic, shimmering aether they would go on to make their home, it's an imperfect yet fascinating starting point for the duo.
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We Have A Technical 581: Fetch Me the View-O-Scope
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The two albums featured on this week's podcast are about as far away from one another as we're likely to get on this podcast, with the abstracted dream-pop and shoegaze of loveliescrushing's <u>Xuvetyn</u> and Digital Poodle's Euro-inspired hybrid of EBM and techno on <u>Crush</u> up for discussion.
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We Have a Technical 580: The Way it Deserves to Be Seen
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Our first Pick Five episode in a while is a bit of a tricky one. We're each nominating tracks which break from traditional pop song structure, with the caveat that they be from artists who normally work within it (no death industrial). Join us as we nearly go blind trying to distinguish pre-choruses from The Real McCoy.
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We Have a Technical 579: The Jay Offs
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We're happy to be joined this week by renaissance man Antoni Maiovvi to talk about the recent trilogy of records from his Ye Gods project. We touch upon what distinguishes this project from his other work in post-punk and italo disco, its strange but true origin story, and the considered intentions and hermetic study underpinning the Equilibrium Trilogy.
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We Have a Technical 578: AI Caramba
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In a “we had to get to it sooner or later” topic-driven episode of the podcast, we’re discussing our reactions to how AI generated visuals and music have appeared in Our Thing…thus far. We’re doing our level best to limit discussion to the ways use of various forms of audio and image generation have been deployed in goth and industrial circles, but you can be the judge of how well we partitioned off that talk.
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We Have a Commentary: Comaduster, "Memory Echoes"
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This month's commentary podcast features a special returning guest, as Real Cardinal joins us to talk us track by track through Comaduster's heady new LP <u>Memory Echoes</u>. We chatted with Real about the album's reality warping concept, the range of genres beyond Comaduster's usual remit woven into the album, and his experiences regarding artistic intent and complexity.
info_outlineIt's a "Born To Runner Up" themed episode this week, as we're each picking five of our second favourite records by specific artists. From underrated comebacks to idiosyncratic personal faves, we had a lot of fun making cases for each of these. We're also chiming in on the new NIN track from the forthcoming <u>Tron: Ares</u> soundtrack.