Industrial Awareness Thursday(ish) - Top 5 albums of 2013

Well, this week I've decided to do a top 5 albums of 2013. Being that it's almost the new year and all that. Top 5 albums for me are:
5. Blush Response - Tension Strategies

4. SMP - Death Of The Format

3. Frontline Assembly - Echogenetic

2. Korn - The Paradigm Shift

1. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

If you haven't checked out these bands/albums yet, I would strongly recommend checking them out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Czar

Well, found these guys not too long ago. They are a mix of industrial and metal. Good stuff! They are called: Czar. They are out of Chicago.

Industrial Awareness Thursday - 3 Teeth

Well, found this band a couple of months ago. They are an industrial project out of LA. They are called: 3 Teeth. Check them out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - The Ugly Facade

Well, ran into this band about a month ago. Industrial rock. They are called: The Ugly Facade.

Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen with Jon Wiederhorn

Well, finished reading this book a little while ago, and holy fuck!!! Al is one fucked up individual. Not cause he had a troubled childhood or something but he did a lot of drugs. I'm surprised he's not dead. This book takes you through all the albums and you get a pretty clear picture of where his mental state was when he wrote them. Would I recommend this... Yes! If you want to know some of the back-story of Ministry and the mental states Al was in when creating his albums then definitely check this out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Message To The Machine

This weeks band is a project out of the UK. It is headed by James Orez. The project is called: Message To The Machine. Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Dead Hand Projekt

Well, today's band is: Dead Hand Projekt. They are a mix of alternative, industrial and EBM. This project comes out of Denver, Colorado. This is the project of Taury Goforth.

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Between The Zones

Well, ran across this the other day. Decent stuff! It's Industrial/Metal with a bit of ambient.

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Lights Out, God Help Me

Well, it's that day again! This weeks industrial is a project out of Maine. They are called: Lights Out, God Help Me. I ran across it a couple of days ago. Interesting stuff. Mix of experimental, industrial and noise. Check it!!!

New Single!!! Number!

Here it is! New Twitch single: Number. Check it!!!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Statiqbloom

Well, here's a band that I happened upon a few days ago. They are called: Statiqbloom. They are industrial. I do believe they are from Brooklyn. They are a mix of darkwave/industrial/ebm. They kind of have a Skinny Puppy sound. Anyway, Check it!

Quick Reminder:

Hey, this is just a quick reminder. You can pick up all the Twitch albums here: http://twitch01.bandcamp.com/

Here's the non-album release:

Industrial Awareness Thursday - T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Paranoia)

Well, it's Thursday and you know what that means. Industrial!   This project is out of Atlanta, US.  It's electronic/industrial/rhythmic noise. It's called: T.S.O.P. or The Sound Of Paranoia.   It's the sole creation of Stan Pavlov. Check it!

Number Remix Single

Well, if you haven't heard it yet, our friends in Nebulae Complex posted a little sample of their track that's going to appear on the Twitch - Number single to be released very soon. Check it out:

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Scrape

Well, It's that day again and that means industrial!!! This band is from Toronto. They are called: Scrape. Check it out!!!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - SINthetik Messiah

Well, I can't remember how I found this band, probably a cross post on facebook. Anyway, SINthetik Messiah is the creation of Bug Gigabyte. He hails from the U.S. It is an Industrial bass type project. Anyway, check it!!!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - D:/fe.at

Well, it's that time of week again, and that means industrial. This week is a band who I ran into a while ago. They are called D:/fe.at or Defeat. They are out of the UK. Their sound is a mix of EBM, industrial, some metal, some rock. Check it!!!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Seraph

Well, it's Thursday and that means Industrial!!! This weeks project is called Seraph. I do believe it's a solo project. I haven't been able to find an official site for it or anything so I'm just gonna post the music.

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

Well, read this today. Very good book. Written by Alan Lightman. Basically, meditations on time. It's fictional but gives you a sense of what time is and the some of the psychologies of peoples behaviors regarding time. I would recommend this.

Twitch - Pay What You Can!

You can currently get all Twitch albums for 'Pay-What-You-Can' or even free if you can't afford to pay for it. Go get them here: https://twitch01.bandcamp.com/

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Aperture Burn

Well, it is Thursday, and that means INDUSTRIAL!!! This weeks project is called: Aperture Burn. There is not much known about this band (or at least that I can find). They are out of California and they are headed by Aaron H.. That is all I know. They are Industrial/Synthpop.

Industrial Awareness Thursday - reakt[ion]

Well, it's that day and you know what that means... Industrial!!! This weeks band is in the ebm/industrial/aggrotech vein. The project is called: reakt[ion] and hails from the Portland, OR. US region. The project is relatively new; Started in 2008 by Wesley Mueller. Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - BentWithLight

Well, it's that day again and this weeks industrial is a solo project out of Columbus, Ohio. The project is called: BentWithLight. It is the sole creation of Stevey Seven.

Where Is Home?

Where Is Home?

Industrial Awareness Thursday(ish) - Antiscion

This weeks band is a band out of London,UK. They've been around for a few years now. The project Antiscion is headed by Zac Pheonix. The music could be described as a mix of futurepop, industrial, and ebm. They are definitely worth the listen. So, on that note check these guys out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Chrysalide

Well, today's band is out of France. They are a mix of industrial and digital hardcore and bits of hiphop. They are called: Chrysalide. Been listening to them for the past couple of days and I'm really liking their stuff. Here's their video for their song 'Anger Is A Show'. Little warning: The video may cause epileptic seizures if you have photosensitive epilepsy!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Society Burning

Well, you know what day it is. Here's a band originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, called: Society Burning. The project was formed in 1991 by Daveoramma, Boom chr Paige, and DJ Twitch, originally called 'The Watchmen'. In 1992 they gained the attention of Cargo\Reconstriction Records and were featured on a compilation but were forced to change their name to Society Burning due to another band having the same name. It's industrial rock. Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - JENX

Well, you know what day it is, Industrial Awareness Thursday. This week is a band out of Bordeaux, France. They are an industrial metal band. They are called: JENX. Check them out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday- antiPLUR

This weeks industrial is: antiPLUR. It is the project of Aaron Dictor. That is all I know. Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Sleeper Cell Ghost

Well, it's Thursday. Here's your industrial. This week is a project out of L.A. called: Sleeper Cell Ghost. I discovered these guys a little while ago. The project is a mix of electronic and industrial, and there is some dubstep type influences in there as well. Anyway, here it is, Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday(ish) - DFECT

Well, getting this out a little late but it still is out. This weeks industrial awareness is a band called: DFECT. The project is out of Toronto, Ontario. Found this project a little while ago. It is in the industrial/experimental vein. Check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Parasite Unit

Well, it's that day again and you know what that means! Industrial! Today's project is called: Parasite Unit. I stumbled upon them a couple of days ago and thought I should post about them. I think they are out of the UK. Other than that that's all I know. Anyway, check it!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Transdusk

Well, it's Thursday, and you know what that means: industrial! This weeks band is a project out of Boston, MA. called: Transdusk. It is the sole creation of T.S. Moth. It's industrial, it's goth and there's metal as well. Check it out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Cold Divide

Well, it's Thursday, and yes that means industrial! This week it's a band called: Cold Divide. The are from Melbourne, Australia. I found them just recently and their stuff is pretty decent. Check it out!

Industrial Awareness Thursdays - Guru Guru Complex

Well, it's Thursday and you know what that means: Industrial! This Thursday it's a band called: Guru Guru Complex. They are out of Belgium. That is all I know, but I've been listening to their stuff for a little while now and they kind of remind me of Throbbing Gristle. Anyway, check them out!

Mona Lisa Overdrive

Well, picked this up a week or 2 ago. And, what do I have to say; Holy Fuck! This is the third book in The Sprawl series by William Gibson and holy fuck! All the main characters are here; Molly, Finn, Bobby, Angie, maybe even Case. Basically, about Angie who has become a Sense/Net star and there's rumors abounding that she hears voices and stuff. But those that have read the previous books know the real story, She doesn't need a cyberdeck to connect to the net. And those voices are actually weird ghosts in the net called the 'loas', that guide and talk to her. I'm not gonna say what the outcome of this book is but it's really fuckin good! So, if you are into cyberpunk literature definitely check this out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - U6M0

Well, it's Thursday and you know what that means; Industrial! This week is a project called: U6M0. It hails out of Oklahoma City, Alabama, United States. I found this project, of all places on Vampirefreaks.com. It was just a random finding. I was going through their (vampirefreaks) industrial music lists and just clicked on this band. There isn't very much information on this project but I think the music speaks for itself. Check it out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Abducted By Sharks

Well, today is Thursday and you know what that means: Industrial. This Thursday it's a project called Abducted By Sharks. It's a cyberpunk/industrial type band. The project is based out of Seattle. Teo Acosta is the principle songwriter, and I'm not sure how long he's been doing this for but I really like this stuff and it's definitely worth checking out!

What A Night!

What a night! First; New Nine Inch Nails song 'Came Back Haunted' is "leaked". Then Trent announces North American 'Tension' Tour. And as I hoped they are coming to Calgary on Nov. 25 this year!   So, here's the song it will be available for download later today on NIN's site (I think I've listened to this song 6 or 7 times now):

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Pandemik9

Well, this week for Industrial Awareness Thursday we have a band out of Calgary, Alberta called: Pandemik9. This guitar driven instrumental solo project was started by Brooke Chiasson. They are trying to do something different with guitar driven industrial: Shredding solos, and intricate melodies. We've played with these guys a couple of times and they have a gig coming up on June 7th. So if you haven't checked them out definitely do!

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 2 Manga

Just finished reading Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Episode 2: Testation manga. This was written/drawn by Yu Kinutani. It was a quick read (1-2hrs). The story was good. It's basically about how a newly developed tank for some reason or another goes haywire and starts heading for the city and it's up to Major Kusinagi and the Section 9 team to stop it. Yep, good stuff. Can't get enough. If your into cyberpunk literature or manga or really anything cyberpunk this is definitely something to read!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Comaduster

This weeks band is Comaduster. Comaduster is the solo project of Real Cardinal. He's from Edmonton and the project is currently signed to Tympanik. Comaduster's music is intelligent. It seems like every glitch, every drum part, every synth line has been labored over. Comaduster has been around for quite some time I can't quite remember how long but it's been at least 10 years. I've seen him play live a couple of times and they put on an excellent show! They are playing Terminus this year and if you haven't I would say definitely check them out!

Count Zero

Well, picked this up a while ago. Finished reading it and wow! If you haven't read this or any other William Gibson books you are really missing out! This book is the second part of a trilogy called: The Sprawl (The first being Neuromancer). This book is about an amateur hacker (Bobby) that gets himself into a shitload of trouble and then ends up saving the day in the end (with some "friends"). If your into cyberpunk this is considered essential reading as William Gibson is essentially the Father of cyberpunk literature. Check it! I wasn't disappointed!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Tekhnotron

Well, it's Thursday again and there's all sorts of music and bands to check out! This week I would like to bring awareness to Tekhnotron. Tekhnotron is a Calgary, Canada based band. Originally, the band started out as a solo project for Slava Nartakhov back in 2007, then eventually grew to a 3 person project with Rissy Marentette and David Luecke. Tekhnotron has played many shows here in Calgary (including the Terminus Festival) and we have played with them a couple of times. There music is definitely different from a lot of other stuff out there and I do believe they are working on a full album. I would say definitely check them out!

Industrial Awareness Thursday - Psykkle

Well, I've decided to start a weekly blog post called: Industrial Awareness Thursday. These weekly posts are geared toward industrial music awareness. Shit that I've been listening to that may not be on everybody's radar, local stuff or stuff that hasn't had all that much exposure or that I think that people should check out. I kicked this off with the last post about our friend and keyboardist Closed Loop. This weeks indsutrial is a band called: Psykkle. These guys probably don't need an introduction but they are from Edmonton. They have played a few shows here in Calgary as well, and they've always put on a good show. The music is excellent! It's amazing what kind of talent comes out of Alberta! And Psykkle are definitely very talented! If you haven't checked them out yet then definitely do!

Local Industrial: Closed Loop

Here's a band that we listen to; Closed Loop. This guy has been around for a few years in the local scene. He's a friend and he's also our keyboardist Check his project out!:

FL Studio 11

Well, anybody using FL Studio for their music writing may be interested in this:

It's a Ministry kind of night.

Ministry- Reload

Twitch release Non-Albums 2003-2009

Twitch releases Non-Albums. http://twitch01.bandcamp.com/album/non-albums-2003-2009

Here's another re-release. Twitch: Welcome. http://twitch01.bandcamp.com/album/welcome

Ghost In The Shell (Original Manga)

A couple weeks ago I found and purchased the rare out-of-print Ghost In The Shell manga by Masamune Shirow. Being that I have been looking for this manga since around 2004, I was surprised reading it. It is quite different than the movie. The movie only touches upon more the first part and the last part of the book. The book however goes more into detail about Section 9 (how it was formed, and it's operations). Of coarse it centers around Major Motoko Kusanagi, her team and their beginnings... and to the end where Motoko "fuses" with an A.I..   Yep, this is cyberpunk. Being that this book is written and drawn by my favorite manga artist I would definitely say check this out!

TCP/IP

Yep, here's another re-release! Twitch: TCP/IP. Check it out at: http://twitch01.bandcamp.com/album/tcp-ip

We Are Here To Dance! re-release!

Well, here it is Twitch's second album re-released on bandcamp.com. Twitch: We Are Here To Dance!

33 1/3: Pretty Hate Machine

Well, picked up 33 1/3: Pretty Hate Machine by Daphne Carr. When I originally picked this book up I mistakenly thought this would give insight into the writing and production of Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails. Instead it is a book about the world Nine Inch Nails made and what was the world that made Nine Inch Nails. It's a quick read (179 pages). It's basically fans telling their stories of how they got into NIN and how NIN shaped their lives. Lots of similar stories here. It is a good read, not what I was looking for but good anyway!

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Manga

Just finished reading Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Episode 1 manga. This was written/drawn by Yu Kinutani. This is an expansion on the Ghost In The Shell universe. It was a very quick read (1-2hrs). The story was excellent. Basically about how a high-ranking government official is kidnapped and Section 9 is brought in to find the official and solve the case. Of coarse all the main characters are here; The Major, Bato, Aramaki, Togusa, even the Tachikomas. Very good! If your into cyberpunk this is an excellent book to get. I'm finding I can't get enough of this stuff!

Fuckin' Problems

Been listening to this pretty much the entire evening:

Human-Error Processor

Well, as most of my friends know, I'm big into Japanese manga, especially of the cyberpunk genre. One of my favorite artist/writers is Masamune Shirow. I haven't actually read the original Ghost In The Shell yet but I did pick up: Ghost In The Shell - Human-Error Processor. This manga is the lost continuation of the Ghost In The Shell story. Obviously, it takes place after the original manga and the 'Major' (now called Chroma) makes a couple of appearances in this manga. The story is basically about the activity of Section 9 after The Puppeteer incident and peoples minds and bodies are being hacked to the point that dead bodies are being controlled. Anyway, if your into manga this is a great book to pick up and read!