We Have A Technical 622: Here We Are
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It's a pretty laid back and free form episode of the podcast this week, with each of us tossing a handful of questions or propositions to the other in order to get their takes. Desert island labels, Sophie's choices, and leading questions abound.
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We Have A Technical 621: Go West Young Van
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We're happy to present two interviews conducted during Terminus Festival on the podcast this week. We sat down with Justin Chamberlain of Soft Vein to discuss the increasingly melodic and bright sound of that project, his approach to songwriting, and the artistic roots of his new music video. We also grabbed some time with General Dynamics, the collaborative project between Emad Dabiri of SARIN and William Maybelline of Qual and Lebanon Hanover, right after their set and just before Maybelline returned to the stage.
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We Have A Technical 620: Terminus 2026 Wrap-Up
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We're back home and semi-rested after one of if not the best Terminus Festivals yet. Four days of legendary acts delivering, bands just entering their heyday making excellent showings, and a handful of unexpected surprises from hitherto unknown to us acts still has us buzzing, so join us on our day-by-day recap on this week's podcast.
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We Have A Commentary: Project Pitchfork, "¡Chakra : Red!"
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We turned the selection of this month's commentary podcast over to our Patreon backers and by a strong margin they opted for <U>¡Chakra : Red!</u>, the 1997 LP by German darkwave-cum-electro-industrial oddballs Project Pitchfork. It's a record which taps into both the band's then established core strengths while also showcasing their increasingly left-field approach to composition and instrumentation. Join us as we go track by track through a record frontloaded with dramatic and human approaches to human-made endtimes...and backloaded with a slew of sex jams.
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We Have A Technical 619: Booyaka Booyaka
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With one foot out the door for Calgary and Terminus Festival, we're offering up a fairly light and breezy Pick Five episode focusing on sentimental songs. What in particular do we mean by that? Nostalgic? Melancholy? A little cheesy? Personally resonant? Listen and find out.
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We Have A Technical 618: Vodka Colonic?
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Our pair of records on the podcast this week tilts towards the Germanic, with Die Krupps' 2013 release <U>The Machinists Of Joy</u> holding up as one of the veterans' strongest efforts upon review, and Oklahoman act Karger Traum's <u>III</u> still shining as an homage to classic NDW experimentation. We're also looking ahead to Terminus next week and playing America's favourite game show, "Giallo or Inkubus Sukkubus?".
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We Have A Technical 617: Encyclopedia Maiden
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This week we're discussing a pair of darkwave records which both show off the range of the genre and also sit quite far away from especially trendy versions of the style which have perhaps worn out their welcome. Fist up is the classic <u>Gala</u> from Argentinian legends Euroshima, which helped establish the standard for the genre for generations of South American acts to come. Next, the moody but forceful <u>Mire Of Mercury</u>, the most recent LP from Estonia's Bedless Bones, draws links between the dancefloor and pagan ancience.
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We Have A Technical 616: The Obscuratins
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The very website you’re reading this on right now turned fifteen years old on Tuesday, and so we’re using this week’s episode as an opportunity to look back and the hows and whys of one and a half decades of our work here. We’re also talking about our friend Rexx Arkana, and next year’s Shadowlands festival in the UK.
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We Have A Commentary: Ladytron, "Witching Hour"
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We're flashing back to 2005 for a discussion of Ladytron's <u>Witching Hour</u>, the record that saw the British quartet fully break out of the electro-pop terrain (and electro-clash pigeonholing) of their early work with a record that was inescapable in goth clubs far beyond. From indie and shoegaze ambitions to the oddly prevalent Suicide-styled electro grooves which ride through it, we're looking at a record which captured a moment where electro was simply everywhere.
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We Have a Technical 615: Mom's Raid
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A classic two album format episode of the podcast has us revisiting a couple of eras in which "darkwave" meant something profoundly different from what it does today. First up is Bay Area act The Razor Skyline's rough and tumble and broad reaching 1996 debut, "Journal Of Trauma", followed by the slick NDH-leaning ambitions of In Strict Confidence's 2010 LP "La Parade Monstrueuse".
info_outlineFor our 600th episode we're happy to be joined by Raws of Plack Blague and DJ Starr Noir. Intersections between queer culture and industrial culture go back to the very beginning of the latter, and Raws and Starr share their personal experiences and historical observations about those intersections as performers, DJs, and promoters within the scene.