We Have A Technical 601: Bran-O-Sphere
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It's a two albums episode of the podcast, with records by A Projection and Rikk Agnew linked by the very thinnest of (post) punk threads, though the anthemic synthpop of the former's <U>In A Different Light</u> and the latter's clarification of the influence he'd have on hardcore and deathrock in <u>All By Myself</u> are profoundly different records. We're also talking about the rivethead-focused lineup of this year's Terminus Festival.
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We Have A Technical 600: Keep Industrial Queer
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For 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.
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We Have A Technical 599: Chelsea Girls
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We always like to allude to the "related genres" which abut the core four we work with on We Have A Technical and that's very much the case with the pair of records up for discussion on this week's podcast. First up is the vaguely industrial metal of 90's shock rockers Genitorturers' 1993 debut, followed up by a record from dungeon synth act Frailord which cannily lifts from darkwave, synthpop, and dark electro. We're also discussing recent news about the cessation of Godflesh.
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We Have A Technical 598: Monkey's Paw
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On this week's podcast we're looking at a pair of records which blend a number of goth-related subgenres and styles. First up is Australian veterans Ikon, with their excellent 1998 LP <u>This Quiet Earth</u>. Next, US synth act Fiction 8's <u>Chaotical</u> from 2000.
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We Have a Commentary: Gary Numan, "The Mix"
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We Have a Technical 597: Awe, Shucks
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The glue of any good DJ set, bridge or transition tracks, are our focus on this week's episode of the podcast. We're each picking five song we use to bridge different moods, tempos, and genres in the club as seamlessly (?) as possible. This ended up being a really fun discussion which got us thinking consciously and attentively about something which often feels instinctual in the moment; we hope you enjoy it.
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We Have A Technical 596: Dracula Phone
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It's the classic two albums format on deck for the podcast this week, folks. First up, after the dissolution of the classic Klinik line-up, Marc Verhaeghen's attempt to find a balance between the project's past and future with 1992's <u>Contrast</u> is on the table. We're then jumping to a much more contemporary record, with the oddball pocket universe of Mellow Code's hybrid of EBM and synthpop on 2023's <u>Objekt Reality</u>. All that plus some fun news on the ID:UD merch front.
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We Have a Technical 595: Michael Effin Douglas
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It's time for one of our roving, topic-driven discussion podcasts, as we talk about what works and what doesn't in different genre hybridizations. From sub-genres which emerged out of the blending of styles, to artists within Our Thing reaching out to mainstream music's sounds of the day, to co-evolutionary histories in which two or more genres borrow back and forth from one another as each grows, we're talking about the good and the bad that can happen when you do cross the streams.
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We Have A Technical 594: You're The Expert
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A two albums formatted episode of We Have A Technical ends up taking two very different detours into trance music, of all things. First, we're looking at the just remastered and digitally reissued sole LP from Portland duo Violet Arcana, 1994's <u>In The Scene Of The Mind</u>, which takes the road less travelled by slowing and stretching trance programming into psychedelic ethereality, and finding commonalities with contemporaneous downtempo approaches to electro-industrial and dark ambient. Next, 2012's <u>Altered Creature</u> by Fostercare has us flashing back to the...
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We Have A Commentary: Absolute Body Control, "Wind[Re]Wind"
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This month's commentary podcast has us looking at a retrospective rerecording of selections from the catalog of Absolute Body Control - the Belgian minimal synth project helmed by Dirk Ivens and Eric Van Wonterghem in the years before the pair would go on to shape all manner of industrial-related sub-genres. Serving as an introduction to their sound to many (including us!), "Wind[Re]Wind" offered a chance to explore the roots of electronic pioneers while offering them the chance to rethink and represent their sound in light of their lengthy histories.
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.