Lehmanski: "NEU NEU NEU" video

Lehmanski has made a video for NEU NEU NEU, a track from his Strandkorb der Gemütlichkeit album: "His slightly hoarse vocals, bass and drums are smack in the middle of the mix most of the time, with the other instruments and backing vocals swirling around them. Listeners who don't speak German will have no trouble understanding what he is singing about. He obviously has had his fair share of ups and downs in life, but he can look back upon those with a mix of humour and resignation.".

» lehmanski.de

HCTF review of Strandkorb der Gemütlichkeit

Thomas Myrmel: shows in Amsterdam w/ Sealf & Fishes, Swords and Trombones

Amsterdam based experimental composer and electronic musician Thomas Myrmel is busy with two of his projects. With Sealf he performs as a duo with bassist and soundsmith Jonathan Nagel - their latest is called Ballad of Minnehaha, inspired by the horrors that swept over Myrmel's former hometown Minneapolis. He is also a member of Fishes, Swords and Trombones, with Anat Spiegel (vocals), Omer Sigler (guitar), Antonis Pratsinakis (vocals) and Wytze Minne de Swart (sax). That band is described as "an emergency blanket, grasping at futility, absurdity and joy", a meeting of neo-classical, free jazz and synth textures.

Both bands have a couple of shows lined up, offering an opportunity to enjoy the vibrant underground in the nation's capital up close.

Honey Blonde: tour dates

Dutch-Cypriot pink-punk band Honey Blonde have a couple of shows lined up to promote their self-titled EP: "Semeli Theodosiou, Jade Bogaart, Valentina Charalampous and Eva Burger have an instant rapport, playing fast and loose, in sync with the second wave of riot grrrl sound."

Fischer-Z: live @ Ancienne Belgique in Brussels

Watch English New Wave band Fischer-Z perform @ Ancienne Belgique in Brussels om May 3, as part of their 50th anniversary tour.

Setlist:

1. Pretty Paracetamol
2. Wax Dolls
3. Remember Russia
4. The Worker
5. Angel of Gardenia
6. Marguerite
7. Well Meaning Ghost
8. So Long (ballad version)
9. The Perfect Day
10. Tightrope
11. Choose
12. Red Skies Over Paradise
13. Cruise Missiles
14. Battalions of Strangers
15. Damascus Disco
16. When Love Goes Wrong
17. One Voice
18. Head On

Encore:

1. Marliese
2. So Long (normal version)

» fischer-z.com

M.B. & P.U.M.A.: Moho Abyss

Luca Valisi and Monica Calanni Rindina of Italian experimental ambient noise duo P.U.M.A. teamed up with electronic music pioneer Maurizio Bianchi for Moho Abyss, an album filled with ten movements inspired by both dystopian science fiction movies and the notion that things have fallen apart, literally, since Pangea was broken up as the continents drifted away. This fragmentation is mirrored by the mental nightmares that are kept at bay through the use of drugs (sometimes forced upon the people by the powers that be).

The music is free from melodies - it is all about textures, created by synths and field recordings, with a few vocal snippets courtesy of Monica Calanni Rindina to add a touch of humanity. It is abstract and fragmented, but over time it presents itself as a mind palace for sound, conjuring up the key scenes of the movies that were the inspiration for this dark and foreboding release. Best enjoyed with headphones, with closed eyes.