Velvet Condom (Album-2008)

Velvet Condom (Alice Von and Oberst Panizza) de Berlin

Ya hace 2 años del disco de debut del duo de origen frances Velvet Condom, próximamente re-editaran el primer EP debut reamsterizado, una visión alemana del synthpop-new wave oscuro con otra cara más indie shoegaze, pero todo ello con elegancia y clase. Y en directo es cuando muestran su lado mas noise, aocmpañados por luces de neón y estroboscópicas para crear un espectáculo psicodélico-electro.

This album is hopefully only the first of many more releases, as this is one of the best independent (electro) pop records recently released…AND they play some of the finest indie guitar pop / shoegazer stuff heard since a long time…. This album could well be hottest release for this summer. (Enfant-terrible.nl)

“BEST UNSIGNED ELECTRO BAND” (Gothic Magazine)

As you probably have guessed by now, VELVET CONDOM is not your typical 80s revival party electro band dressed up in flashy colours and I won’t complain about it since they managed to mix the danceable pop elements of the genre to darker experimental ones ingeniously on this first album. (Veglam.com)

While most French electro bands just take the easy DAFT PUNK way turning into DJs who do nothing but play their own music on CDs at shows, you’ll still find some more underground minimalistic acts that have more in common with German robotic genre originators KRAFTWERK. (Veglam.com)

Dark, brooding Electronica reminiscent of early New Wave such as The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division/New Order…(ReadtheFanzine.co.uk)

This amazing duo from Strasbourg creates an unique aesthetic of cold synth wave with elements of rough, but melodic post punk and shoegaze. (Remembrance-daze.com)

Velvet Condom MySpace

Releases:

Velvet Condom - Safe & Elegant (Album-2008)

2008- Safe & Elegant (Album) Cymbeline (CYM02)

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Tracklist:

01. Never Ever 3:49

02. Teenage Innocence 4:15

03. Talented Boy 3:16

04. My Own Tragic Escape 3:01

05. Neon Men 3:33

06. Self Injury 4:13

07. Seduce And Kill Her 3:46

08. Numbed 3:09

09. Silky Lolita 4:25

10. Discipline Teen 4:31

11. Spiritualized 4:15

12. Collapse In Slow Motion 10:01

Free Download: http://indiebubbles.com/

YouTube:

Velvet Condom – Never Ever (2008)

Velvet Condom – Collapse in Slow Motion (2010)

Velvet Condom – Kalter Lippenstift (Live 2009)

Baxter (SWE) (Album-2010)

Baxter (Nina Ramsby, Carl-Michael Herlöfsson & Ricky Tillblad) de Suecia

8 Años de su último disco, los suecos Baxter vuelven con disco nuevo, musica tranquila y relajada, con ritmos drum n bass, trip-hop.

Posteriormente al segundo disco, empezaron diversos proyectos dejando apartado el de Baxter, así iniaciaron propio sello, Nina saco 2 albums, Carl-Michael se metio en la producción y el diseñador Ricky, se dedico a eso, a diseñar. Trasladados a vivir a Estambul, y hay dicen que fue el punto de partida de este tercer album, un disco para relajarse y dejarse llevar.

Ricky and Carl were involved in making Drum & Bass remixes, running clubs and a record label; Primal Music. There was a force at play. Something beckoned them to summon their collective forces to see what would come out of it. “Who knows?” That kind of deal.

Nina had her past in the grunge-like outfit, Salt. They toured the US and were moving towards road-kill fame when Nina decided that there was more to life than eating bad food and sleeping in awkward places. She returned to Sweden to regroup and come up with a different approach on how to make her voice herd.

Ricky, the graphic designer with a unhealthy interest in reggae and deep dub music also felt the need to express something more than what he could present through the hundreds of album covers he was churning out at the time. Although extremely successful in his field, he felt the urge to take it to the next level. – baxtersweden.com

Baxter WEB, Baxter MySpace, Baxter Facebook

Releases:

1998- Baxter (Album) Maverick

2002- About This (Album) S56 Recordings

Baxter - Tell Me Like It Is (Album-2010)

2010- Tell Me Like It Is (Album) Baxter Records (BAXCD03)

Tracklist:

01. Forgive Them 5:44

02. Fire Ain’t Ice 5:02

03. Where Did Your Fire Go (feat. Rebecka Törnqvist) 4:49

04. I Want It All 4:35

05. Please Let Me Be 5:49

06. Tell Me Like It Is 4:33

07. Some Place Else 3:52

08. I Keep Reminding Myself (feat. Brent Hunter) 4:44

09. Compassion (Will Preserve It All) 4:02

10. Doesn’t Make Anyone Free 4:54

11. We Will Find Peace 4:43

YouTube:

Baxter – I Want It All (Live TV-2010)

Baxter – Doesn’t Make Anyone Free (Live TV-2010)

Baxter – Didn’t Have A Choice (2002)