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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Playlist for 12/27/2008

*1. Ego Likeness - Sirens and Satellites - West - Self Produced
2. Necessary Response - Elements - Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound - Bractune Records
3. Hocico - Spirals of Time - Memorias Atrás - Out of Line
4. Combichrist - Sent to Destroy - Frost EP: Sent to Destroy - Metropolis Records
5. Straftanz - Praise the Panic [f. Living Legend Miland Mille Petrozza] - Forward Ever (Backward Never) - Scanner
*6. Aesthetic Perfection - Schadenfreude - A Violent Emotion - Bractune Records
*7. Imperative Reaction - Minus All - Minus All - Metropolis Records
8. bioassay - Silence - Self Produced
*9. Bella Morte - Find Forever Gone - Beautiful Death - Metropolis Records
10. The Crüxshadows - Immortal - Immortal - Dancing Ferret Discs
11. The Birthday Massacre - I Think We're Alone Now - Looking Glass - Metropolis Records
12. IAMX - The Alternative - The Alternative - Metropolis Records
13. Sapphire Solace - Completely - Sapphire Solace EP - Self Produced
* New release

2008 in review, session 1 of 2. Yes, the Necessary Response was released in 2007, but I decided to play it nonetheless. I was introduced to it in 2008. So there.

2008 in Review

Since BlackRose is out of town, I'll be handling TBC all by my lonesome today. This also means that we'll probably delay revealing this year's Top 10 until the show on January 3rd. However, a cursory glance at the releases of 2008 shows that we have our work cut out for us in deciding:
  • :wumpscut: - Schadling (Metropolis)
  • Abney Park - Lost Horizons (Self Produced)
  • Anders Manga - X's & the Eyes (Vampture)
  • Ayria - Hearts for Bullets (Alfa Matrix)
  • Bella Morte - Beautiful Death (Metropolis)
  • bioassay - Silence (Single) (Self Released)
  • The Birthday Massacre - Looking Glass EP (Metropolis)
  • Collide - Two Headed Monster, Not Forgotten EP (Noiseplus)
  • Combichrist - Frost EP: Sent to Destroy (Metropolis)
  • The Crüxshadows - Immortal (Single) (Dancing Ferret)
  • The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia... (Roadrunner)
  • Ego Likeness - The Lowest Place on Earth (Single), South EP, West EP (Dancing Ferret / Self Released)
  • Imperative Reaction - Minus All (Metropolis)
  • Informatik - Beyond (Metropolis)
  • Jill Tracy - The Bittersweet Constrain (125)
  • Neuroticfish - A Greater Good - History 1998-2008 (Dancing Ferret)
  • Lunascape - Innerside (Noir)
  • Rotersand - I Cry EP (Metropolis)
  • Sapphire Solace - Sapphire Solace EP (Self Produced)
  • Straftanz - Forward Ever, Backward Never (Scanner)
  • Unextraordinary Gentlemen - No Hands to Guide Us (Self Produced)
  • Voltaire - To the Bottom of the Sea (Self Produced)
... among others (so many, the blog ran out of space to tag all these). This year sadly saw the end of Dancing Ferret Discs, but as you can see, it also saw the emergence of awesome new acts and the reemergence of perennial favorites.

In all honesty, I don't want to do a Top 10, and in the end we may not. Every one of these albums (including the ones I've somehow forgotten) deserves the highest of praise and continued, repeated play. I don't want to hold one release above another, because to do so would disregard the remarkable talent and quality found in all of these.

I am extremely proud of the extraordinary material we showcase on TBC, and am deeply grateful and honored to have the opportunity to spin nothing but the best in freeform darkness. I eagerly look forward to what 2009 holds.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Holiday Show Playlist (12/20/2008)

  1. Faith and the Muse - A Winter Wassail - Vera Causa - Metropolis Records
  2. :wumpscut: - Die In Winter [Extended Remix] - Bunker Gate Seven - Metropolis Records
  3. God Module - Winter Torture - Viscera - Metropolis Records
  4. Reliquary - Winter World - Winter World - Final Joy Records
  5. À Rebours - This Winter - Vanish - Final Joy Records
  6. The Last Dance - Winter - Perfect - Apollyon Records
  7. Abney Park - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Dark Christmas - Self Produced
  8. Danny Elfman - What's This? - The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack - Walt Disney Records
  9. Audra - Let the Reindeer Live on My Roof - Excelsis 3: A Prelude - Projekt Records - Compilation
  10. London After Midnight - The Christmas Song - Excelsis Vol. 2: A Winter's Song - Projekt Records - Compilation
  11. Voltaire - Peace in the Holy Land - Icon 23 Exclusive - Self Produced
  12. The Crüxshadows - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Excelsis Vol. 2: A Winter's Song - Projekt Records - Compilation
  13. Lynn Canfield - Let Your Little Sister Pet the Kitty Too - Excelsis 3: A Prelude - Compilation
  14. Alien Sex Fiend - Stuff the Turkey - The Singles 1983-1995 - Versailles Records
  15. Rhea's Obsession with Athan Maroulis - We Three Kings - Excelsis Vol. 2: A Winter's Song - Projekt Records - Compilation - Request
  16. VNV Nation - Beloved - Futureperfect - Metropolis Records
  17. Collide - Frozen (Chill Mix) - Vortex - Noiseplus Music
  18. Paralysed Age - Cold Winds - Tragedia Nosferata - Dancing Ferret Discs
  19. Rasputina - The New Zero - How We Quit the Forest - Columbia Records
  20. Danny Elfman - Making Christmas - The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack - Walt Disney Records
  21. Bella Morte - One Winter's Night - Remains - Self Produced
  22. Abney Park - Little Drummer Boy - Dark Christmas - Self Produced
  23. Unto Ashes - Krampusnacht - Excelsis Vol. 3: A Prelude - Projekt Records - Compilation
  24. Red Red Meat - There's Always Tomorrow - Bunny Gets Paid - Sub Pop
  25. VNV Nation - Genesis - Futureperfect - Metropolis Records

Monday, December 15, 2008

Playlist for 12/13/2008

1. Clan of Xymox - Undetermined - Creatures - Metropolis Records
*2. Neuroticfish - A Greater Good - A Greater Good - Dancing Ferret Discs
3. De/Vision - Subtronic [Beat of Steel Mix] - Subkutan - Dancing Ferret Discs
4. VNV Nation - Structure - Futureperfect - Metropolis Records
*5. Ayria - 1000 Transmissions - Hearts for Bullets - Alfa Matrix
*6. Imperative Reaction - In Decline - Minus All - Metropolis Records

*7. Informatik - Night and Day - Beyond - Metropolis Records
*8. Apoptygma Berzerk - Near [Banilla Dream Mix] - The Singles Collection - Metropolis Records
9. IAMX - Song of Imaginary Beings - The Alternative - Metropolis Records
*10. Deine Lakaien - Song for a Mad Choir Singer - Forest Enter Exit - Dancing Ferret Discs
11. Diary of Dreams - The Darkest of All Hours - Nekrolog 43

12. Combichrist - Sent to Destroy - Frost EP: Sent to Destroy - Metropolis Records
*13. Collide - Utopia - Two Headed Monster - Noiseplus Music
14. yelworC - After Laughter - Trinity - Metropolis Records
15. Front Line Assembly - Dead Planet - Epitaph - Metropolis Records
16. [:SITD:] - Laughingstock - Stronghold - Metropolis Records

*17. Voltaire - To the Bottom of the Sea - To the Bottom of the Sea - Self Produced
18. À Rebours - The Reformation - Vanish - Final Joy Records
19. Fear of Dolls - Saint Dymphnæ - She Dances Happily To Happy Songs, She Smiles Happily With Happy Thoughts - Shinto Records

20. The Crüxshadows - Here Comes the Rain Again - Echoes and Artifacts - Dancing Ferret Discs

*New Release

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Playlist for 12/6/2008

1. :wumpscut: - Embryodead - Embryodead - Beton Kopf Media
*2. Imperative Reaction - Functional - Minus All - Metropolis Records
*3. Ayria - Analog Trash - Hearts for Bullets - Alfa Matrix
*4. Neuroticfish - Velocity - A Greater Good - Dancing Ferret Discs
5. Anders Manga - Apple - X's & the Eyes - Vampture Records
6. Straftanz - Gummimann - Forward Ever (Backward Never) - Scanner

7. IAMX - Lulled By Numbers - The Alternative - Metropolis Records
8. De/Vision - Still Unknown - Subkutan - Dancing Ferret Discs
9. Seabound - Soul Diver - Beyond Flatline - Metropolis Records
*10. Rotersand - Inner World (Krilf Oderberg Dub) - I Cry EP - Metropolis Records
*11. Endless Sunder - Atonement - Descent EP - Self Produced

*12. Voltaire - This Ship's Going Down - To the Bottom of the Sea - Self Produced
13. Abney Park - Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll - Lost Horizons - Self Produced
14. À Rebours - This Winter - Vanish - Final Joy Records
15. Jill Tracy - Torture - The Bittersweet Constrain - 125 Records
16. Ego Likeness - Severine - The Order of the Reptile - Dancing Ferret Discs
17. The Birthday Massacre - Looking Glass - Looking Glass EP - Metropolis Records

18. The Last Dance - Desperately Still - Once Beautiful - Dancing Ferret Discs
19. Darvoset - Hypnotized - No Hiding - Self Produced
*20. Deine Lakaien - Mindmachine (Video Edit) - Forest Enter Exit - Dancing Ferret Discs
*21. Informatik - Simple - Beyond - Metropolis Records

22. Diary of Dreams - The Plague - Nekrolog 43 - Metropolis Records

* New Release