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theSTART

theSTART will release their third full length album “CIAO, BABY” in stores and online JUNE 5, 2007 on Metropolis Records.

“Written over the span of almost two years, the album( INITIATION ) bruises the Technicolor hooks of SHAKEDOWN! with doses of shoegazing dreaminess and Cure-esque moods. Keyboards swirl like a hyperventilating kiss: guitars throttle songs black and blue;beats that sound plucked from your local watering hole’s goth night. Nevertheless, Initiation will still apeal to all facets of the START’s fanbase, boys in eyeliner,crusty hardcore lifers,palefaces hidng from the sun, new-wave obsessives and synthpunks.” - Alternative Press .195

Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed theSTART in the Fall of 1998, citing a mutual love of dark wave, dance music and art rock. The prophetic nature of their name revealed itself quickly as they would be among the first of the crop of the new New Wave, alongside bands like the Faint and Le Tigre.Renown for delivering a raucous live set, they’ve shared stages with a variety of bands, ranging from Alt-Rock scenesters (Garbage, The International Noise Conspiracy, Cave IN, John Frusciante, Weezer, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sparta, Burning Brides, The Von Bondies, Team Sleep, Head Automatica) to punk rock royalty ( Alkaline Trio, AFI, Hot Water Music, Offspring) to Goddess-fronted rock ( X’s Exene Cervenka, Berlin, and Bow Wow Wow)..

Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed theSTART in the Fall of 1998, citing a mutual love of old-school new wave, dance-punk energy and dark pop, with bassist Jeff Jaeger and drummer Scott Ellis(Mellowdrone). The prophetic nature of their name revealed itself quickly as they would be among the first of the crop of the new New Wave, alongside bands like the Faint and Le Tigre. It wasn’t long before the band practically owned the L.A. club scene and were offered a deal with The Label, a Geffen-distributed imprint overseen by the Firm. The band’s first album, Shakedown!, recorded in 1999, shelved in 2000 and finally released in 2001, was loaded with earworm-generating pop hooks, Echo’s admirable vocal prowess and Miller’s six-stringed slamming and synthetic smoldering circuitry. In 2001 and well ahead of it’s time, Shakedown! was a rosebush trying to bloom in a manure field of nu-metal and date-rape rock.

Upon returning home from life on the road in support of their debut and shortly after the world-altering events of September 2001, the band were informed that The Label was shutting down. Undaunted and in service to their music, Echo and Miller bought a van so they could continue their rockin’ crusade. However, drummer Ellis decided he didn’t want to ride in it, and departed.
The following year, the band ponied up $800 and some change and recorded Death Via Satellite, six tracks of raw-pop power, that retained all of the melodic aspects of Shakedown!, with the kind of mania usually found in people who abuse diet pills and asthma inhalers. The band moved forward, their masters in hand, pressed, and sold the disc themselves on the road. After a year of heavy touring, Jaeger got married, started his own painting business and Aimee and Jamie bid him adieu.

It was during their stint on the 2002 Warped Tour that a member of Nitro Record’s shadow government caught theSTART’s set and was so significantly blown away that he offered them a deal. Nitro reissued Death Via Satellite to sate the band’s fanbase until the release of the next album.

For much of 2003, Echo and Miller were playing with pickup rhythm sections poached from friends’ bands. One night in San Antonio, Texas, Erick Sanger (bassist from Kissing Chaos and an original member of Sparta) approached Echo, professing his love for her band and offering his services should they ever need a low-end merchant. This came just as Miller and Echo were in the process of firing their pickup four-stringer of-the-moment. The next day, Sanger called Echo announcing, “My band broke up last night, can I play in yours?” Miller and Echo finally found the revving engine to drive their tunes.

With their lineup finalized and a batch of new songs ready to go, theSTART began work in February of 2004 on Initiation, their debut for Nitro Records.(Initiation released 8/24- it’s out now go get one!) Miller and Brian Virtue (Jane’s Addiction, Audioslave, Deftones) oversaw the production of what would become 12 shots of noise-pop, blissed-out fatalism and flailing rock abandon. Crackling with dynamics, energy and atmospherics, Initiation is a rocket ride of styles and shape-shifting songs that adequately display the breadth of the band’s capabilities. TheSTART aren’t trying to be clever; they’re simply doing whatever the fuck they want to do.

“I do think people like the certain boxes they put themselves into,” says Miller. “The whole ‘I listen to just this’ kind of thing. We’d get bored with 13 tracks of the same thing. We do our own thing, and damn the consequences. Really, we should’ve named the album, We’re Fucking Stubborn.”

Ah, but stubbornness has rarely sounded this ambitious. The pulsing, urgent opener “Like Days” charges confidently like a home invasion, but it’s undercut by Echo’s unhinged vocal that’s part sociopath, part suicide-hotline caller. The deceptively cheery “Life Is Sweet” is a bouncy pop number that swings, until you listen closely to Echo’s story of a dysfunctional relationship (Aimee describes it as “equanimity through suffering”). By its title alone, “Peacocks” could be misconstrued as a saccharine love song, but in reality, it’s theSTART’s battle anthem, anchored by Echo’s vicious mantra, “We Will Rise!” On Initiation, pop sensibilities are smeared with blood and dirt, camouflaging other motives. Clearly, Echo is not going to come along - or go away - quietly.

Expect the same kind of conviction displayed on Initiation to manifest itself when theSTART get in the van and throw it down in front of an audience. Renown for delivering a raucous live set more so now, than ever, with the heavy hitting Frank Zummo on drums. They’ve shared stages with a variety of bands, ranging from Alt-Rock scenesters (The International Noise Conspiracy, John Frusciante, Weezer, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sparta, Burning Brides, The Von Bondies) to punk rock royalty ( Alkaline Trio, AFI, Hot Water Music, Offspring) to Goddess-fronted rock ( X’s Exene Cervenka, Berlin, and Bow Wow Wow) gaining them fans in the strangest places. Even No Doubt’s Adrian Young will occasionally be found pounding theSTART’s drums!

theSTART are currently writing what will become their third release for Nitro Records due out early 2006.

http://www.myspace.com/thestart

www.thisisthestart.com

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industrial labels

gothic labels

• Attica Records - A
  Manchester-based label, with free MP3 song downloads or RealAudio clips and
  online shopping.
• Carpe Mortem - Gothic label’s
  official site contains news, information on tours, and new releases.
• Chemical Emissions -
  British independent record label featuring artists such as Bloob and The
  Progeny of Angels.
• Chrom Records - Record label promoting
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  Distain!, Stendal Blast, Niowt, Silence, and others. With general
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• Cynfeirdd - French label and
  fanzine with artists like FDH and Friendship Into Decadence.
• Dancing Ferret Discs - Dark
  music record label specializing in gothic, industrial, and synthpop. Home of
  The Cruxshadows, and Paralysed Age.
• Decadance Records -
  Independend gothic and electro label based in Italy. With news, booking
  information, and releases from artists including Pulcher Femina and Miriam.
• Drug Mouth
  Records - Dark industrial, gothic, EBM, ambient, noise and techno metal
  label.
• Drug Mouth
  Records - A dark industrial, goth, elektro, techno, noise, experimental,
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• Extrinia - Australian gothic and
  industrial label.
• Hall of Sermon - Swiss
  gothic metal label featuring bands such as Lacrimosa, Evergrey, and Dreams
  of Sanity.
• Helmet r00m - Digital recording
  studio and independent record label specializing in psych, experimental,
  gothic and electronic music.
• Ivy Records - Seattle
  based independent record company. Includes a list of album releases, links
  to band pages and mail order information.
• KM-Music/Sounds of
  Delight - German Darkwave and Gothic label. Home of Head on Fire, Syria,
  and Remembrance. News, guestbook, and links.
• Manic Depression -
  Gothique and dark electro label located in France.
• Phoenix
  Productions - Goth/Industrial promotion and management based in the
  metro Boston area.
• Prophecy
  Productions - German label which defines their releases as Eerie
  Emotional Music. Has bands like Empyrium, Antimatter, Autumnblaze, Arcturus,
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• The Purple Gang Records Site
  - Detroit record label for gothic, industrial, and other genres of
  underground music. Event listing for shows. Detroit Electronica Coalition
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• Rise Above Records
  - UK label run by Lee Dorrian of Cathedral and Napalm Death fame,
  specialising in Doom Metal acts such as Electric Wizard, Mourn, Naevus,
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• Sinister Records -
  Seattle-based independent label specializing in gothic, darkwave, deathrock,
  industrial and EBM genres. Featuring bands such as The Sins and Nevercraft.
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  industrial and alternative record label, with bands specializing in the
  darker side of music.
• Trisol - Bands like Christian Death,
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• tursa.com - Features Sol Invictus,
  L’Orchestre Noir, Tony Wakeford, Skald, and Algiz.
• Venture Beyond Records -
  Independent record company specializing in goth, darkwave and underground
  music from around the world, with bands such as The Grey Season and Squid.

synthpop

• Anything Box
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  and current events.
• Attic
  Base - Based in Salt Lake City, UT. Contains info, news and CDs for
  sale.
• 
  Blancmange - Contains a complete discography as well as a mailing list
  offering.
• Blue October UK
  - English synthpop ensemble on A Different Drum Records.
• Cosmicity -
  Artist from Detroit, MI. Includes a complete list of releases, photos, links
  to audio samples and latest news.
• A Covenant
  of Thorns - Includes biography, discography, official news, free MP3
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• David
  Vesel - Inspired by European dance sounds, seasoned with American rock,
  David walks the grey space inbetween. Based in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Dead Poets
  Society - Official site features news, biographical information,
  pictures, streaming music, MP3 downloads, and online album purchasing.
• 
  De/Vision - Based in Frankfurt, Germany. Includes news, products and
  discography.
• The
  Dignity of Labour - Official web site. Melody-driven, 80’s-flavored,
  synthpop band from Denver, CO. Site has MP3s, photos, discography, bio.
• 
  Droom - Synthpop band from Canada that some are calling the next New
  Order. Thier debut recording for free download.
• Eternal Ethos
  - electronic synthpop, with Ambient feelings
• I Satellite
  - Old-school electro Synthpop New Wave artist similar to late 70’s early
  80’s bands like Ultravox, Japan, John Foxx, Human League, Trans-X,
  Alphaville, and Kraftwerk & using only vintage analog synths.
• I, Synthesist
  - I, Synthesist is the electro music of Chris Ianuzzi, collaborating with
  multimedia/video artist Anna Krych as well as various other performers to
  create surrealistic, futuristic musical environments that take concerts
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• Iris - Group
  based in Texas, includes news, online ordering of CDs, biography and
  discography.
• 
  Kilna - Contains news, photographs, lyrics, MP3 files, and message
  board.
• A Modern
  Effigy - Based in NYC, the official website contains news and info.
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  Morado - Morado has spent the last year locked in his studio producing
  music that crosses genres, exploring the boundaries between synthpop,
  darkwave, and hip hop.
• Mythics, The
  - Official site contains news, info, photos and CDs for sale.
• 
  NukleoN - Includes information, MP3s and online ordering of CDs.
• Null Device
  - Madison, WI, based synthpop duo on Nilaihah Records.
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  Paris By Air - Contains MP3s, online ordering of CDs and latest news.
• Round Eyed
  Devil - Official website contains news, info, photos and free MP3 files.
• Scurge -
  South Florida synthpop veterans are well-traveled, have impeccable New Wave
  creds, and are a great listen.
• Simulator
  - Pittsburgh based synthpop group, containing official information, news,
  and photos.
• 
  Steve Fairnie - Fansite that contains information, links and history.
• 
  Sverm Project - Contains free MP3 downloads of progressive synthpop and
  new age influenced by 80’s pop synthesizer artists/bands like Vangelis,
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• Synth Pop Och
  Cyber Kultur - SPOCK is based in Sweden. Includes online ordering of
  CDs, biography, discography and lyrics.
• The Tic Tok Men
  - Synthpop/darkwave trio from Portland, OR, covering musical space from
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• Wave
  in Head - Group based in Germany. Contains official news, history, CDs,
  links and events.

• 
  Blake’s Synthpop Page - Contaings alphabetical listings of over 3,200
  CDs. Includes FAQ, CD trade list, featured artists, new CDs and Kon Kan
  discography.
• 
  Control-Alt-Delete - Fan club containing links, news and compilation CD
  information.
• A Different
  Drum - The Source for Synthpop - Record label based in Utah, containing
  online ordering and news. Some of their artists include B!Machine, Cosmicity,
  Echoing Green, Faith Assembly, Iris and The Nine.
• 
  DJ Virto’s Synthpop of the Week - Contains links and information
  regarding sites and resources.
• 
  Electric Dreams - A London nightclub for eighties new wave and synthpop.
• 
  Energy Rekords/October - Swedish record label. Some artists include Das
  Ich, Front 242, Front Line Assembly and Iris.
• Eternity
  Records - Record label containing artist information, online ordering
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• Hand Held Halo
  Records - Record label based in England. Contains news, free MP3 files
  and online store. Artists include Gebrauche-Musik, Intervox, Seven Words and
  Phear.
• Hard-to-Find
  Synthpop - A searchable list of rare music, containing record label
  information.
• 
  The History Of Synthpop - Complete with artist information and
  synthesizer model information.
• 
  Intelligent Communications - Record label containing news and online
  ordering. Some artists include All for One and Distant Dark Spaces.
• 
  Jive 55 - Contains detailed information on 55 of the most important new
  wave, new romantic and synthpop artists of the late 70s to late 80s.
• Kinetic
  Response Records - A synthpop and electronic on-line music store,
  resource and independent record label. Some of their artists include
  Loveless and Attic Base.
• Pop
  Academy - Fanzine located in Japan containing links, news, and artist
  information.
• 
  Synthphony Records - Record label based in New York, containing online
  store, news and artist profiles. Some artists include Intact and Shades of
  Grey.
• Synthpop
  For The Masses - Includes reviews, artist links and discoveries. Located
  in Austria.
• 
  The Synthpop Network - Includes artist links, news, label information,
  club information and a section to listen to music.
• 
  Synthpop Now - Contains history, MOD files, links and events.
• 
  Synthpop Showcase Events - Event producers/promoters. Some artists
  include Beborn Beton, Secret Secret and Count 2 Infinity.
• 
  SynthpopNet - Includes reviews, chat room, links and news.

The UK post-punk outfit The Futureheads are back, but this time without a major label.

The UK post-punk outfit

The Futureheads are
back, but this time without a major label. "This Is Not The World" will be
released this Spring on NUL Recordings.

Get it? No Recordings,
they are releasing this one themselves. Check out their open letter to
fans about doing it on their own via
YouTube. You can get your first taste of the record with the single
'The
Beginning Of A Twist' which dropped on March 10th in the UK with a
#20 placing in the Top 20 chart.

The physical single in the
UK is available as
two vinyls and one cd,
along with the download-able version and 10 live versions of the song
recorded at different cities on their most recent tour. This Is Not The
World will release in the US this May.
The video for 'The Beginning Of A Twist' can be seen

here.

Stay tuned for morenews on
release dates, contests, videos, and tour dates from The Futureheads. Also
be sure to check them out on the

MTV Spanking New Tour along side CSS
and MGMT:

May 5th
- Cardiff Great Hall
May 6th - Glasgow ABC
May 7th - The Academy,
Dublin

Tickets to the shows go on sale at
9am on friday 7th March from

www.mtv.co.uk/spankingnew.