SPK "Zamie Lehmanni: Songs of Byzantine Flowers"

SPK formed in 1978 in Sydney, Australia, was a 1980s and early 1990s industrial music and noise music group. SPK stands for many names. Probably, the most important of them all, that influenced two members of the band, Graeme Revell and Neil Hill, was Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv. This album that I'm reviewing is about the post-industrial SPK, more commercially oriented (however, I consider this album to be an exception, since it isn't as synthpop-ish as "Machine Age Voodoo", the previous album). This one is more about electronic orchestral work: it can also be labeled as contemporary classical ambient.
The track list is the following:

1. "Invocation (to Secular Heresies)" - 5:16
2. "Palms Crossed in Sorrow" - 5:05
3. "Romanz in Moll (Romance in a Minor Key)" - 4:15
4. "In the Dying Moments" - 6:41
5. "In Flagrante Delicto" - 7:31
6. "Alocasia Metallica" - 6:07
7. "Necropolis" - 5:29
8. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" - 3:18
9. "The Doctrine of Eternal Ice" - 4:25

My favourite tracks are: "In the Dying Moments", "In Flagrante Delicto", "Necropolis" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights". The album's lenght is 48 minutes and 10 seconds.
The song "In Flagrante Delicto" is marvelous and features angelic vocals, backed up by haunting and obscure dark ambient sounds.
You can get the album here.

As a preview to this album, try hearing "In Flagrante Delicto" below:

Sub Pop Rules

SubPop did another good thing for us, music lovers. After producing No Age, Vetiver, Vaselines and many others, they are now offering us a present.

Vetiver – Strictly Rule
Handsome Furs – I’m Confused
Mark Sultan – Hold On
Red Red Meat – Gauze
Obits – Pine On
The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
Fleet Foxes – Mykonos
Iron and Wine – Belated Promise Ring
Tiny Vipers - Dreamer
Zak Sally – Why We Hide
Fruit Bats – My Unusual Friend
Pissed Jeans – False Jesii Part 2
Grand Archives – Silver Among the Gold
Flight of the Conchords – Hurt Feelings

They even made me like Flight of the Conchords!

Enjoy!

Toxic Lipstick- 8bit goodness

Lately I've been hearing some 8BIT bands and there's a bold one out there- it's called Toxic Lipstick. It's a duo of aussie teens, with sharp tongues. Their beats are really catchy and their lyrics roll into your ears like cotton. One of the girls has a side project called BAADDD (I think it's Emily Hasselhoof's also known as MC Slurry, if I'm not saying any terrible mistake here). There are some videos on youtube of this electro duo live. They are hyperactive when acting live! I'll leave you in this space a video of them singing "Best friendz 4eva" live.