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".
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We Have A Technical 614: Dig Deeper
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We're each picking five needledrops on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. A little bit different from discussion of soundtrack originals, we're talking about the use of existing songs in film and television, often for the purposes of a particular effect (and hopefully more than just the cheap recognition pop of "Hey, I know and like that song!").
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We Have A Technical 613: Ad Hoc Stir Fry
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Two bands each linked closely to their own time and place are the subject of this week's podcast, but that's where the similarities between Fiendflug and Tearist end. The debate and controversy surrounding the former's tapping of Nazi history and aesthetics invariably overshadowed their music, though we make an effort to discuss both aspects of Fiendflug's 1996 self-titled LP, while Tearist's 2010 debut pointed towards a changing of the guard in North American dark music which their vocal charisma and mix of styles primed them to lead, yet that was not to be.
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We Have A Technical 612: It’s A Happening
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The tenth instalment of Vancouver’s own Verboden festival is in the books, and as we’ve done for years we’re here to break the whole affair down and talk about the live sets we caught from a slew of acts across a wide spread of dark genres, originating both from the fest’s home in the Pacific Northwest and abroad.
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We Have A Commentary: Die Form, "Die Puppe"
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This month's commentary podcast makes a detour into the cryptic world of minimal synth with the 1982 debut of Die Form. A far cry from the lush and dramatic club darkwave the French act would go on to be known for throughout the 1990s, <u>Die Puppe</u> is instead an exercise in atmosphere and an at times infuriating absence of formal composition. We discuss the nascent themes of perversion and transgression in Philippe Fichot's work, as well as the project's thought-provoking connections to classic industrial soundscapes.
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We Have A Technical 611: Surely
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Scene producer extraordinaire and Inhalt mastermind Matia Simovich joins us for a lengthy discussion of the role of the producer, his philosophies of record production, and of a couple of specific landmark scene records he's helped bring to fruition.
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.