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Just
wanted to let everyone know that two of !Bang Elektronika's CDs have been
re-issued: Aktivierung (originally released in 1993) and This Heaven (1999).
They are available at
www.cafepress.com/bombshelter by mail order
only.
The band first began in 1988, by David Rout. Andreas Gregor (A
seven year veteran of Digital Poodle.) joined on vocals and keyboards a year
later. They had released their first two albums on cassette only. Their third
release was a six-song cassette entitled "Aktivierung". Two songs from the
cassette were released on the "Metro Tekno" compilation CD by San Francisco
based Silent Records in 1992. !Bang Elektronika released their first full
length CD titled "Aktivierung" on Germany's Hyperium label in late 1993 to
great success. The disc was often compared to a cross between DAF and And One.
Stephan from Dependent Records once said that the track "Grosstad Melodie"
signified the birth of Darkwave, influencing the likes of VNV Nation. The title
track was remixed by T.O.Y., having been fans of the band for years.
After a hiatus due to legal reasons, the band independently released "This
Heaven". By this time the line-up had changed to include Paul Jaworski on
keyboards, and Monique Albert, a powerful and classically trained vocalist
formerly of Voice Industrie.The album enjoyed excellent reviews from both the
public and music world and has enjoyed airplay within clubs in the cities of
Toronto and Edmonton, as well as on many play lists from Australia, Germany,
Spain, the US and Israel.
In 2004 !Bang Elektronika were busy hitting
the clubs in support of the "Struktur" collection. That year the Toronto based
band recently opened for Germany's Das Ich as well as Ayria at EBM Fest. Other
past shows have included !Bang Elektronika in their line-up with Canadian
veterans The Spoons, Rational Youth and Images In Vogue, and darkwave/synthpop
band Epsilon Minus. Sadly the support and encouragement from fellow musicians
like VNV Nation, Icon of Coil, Assemblage 23, TOY, as well as the countless
fans that came to the shows did not translate into a record deal. After 16
years, the band called it a day, leaving a new album (Radio Aktivity) as well
as the "Struktur" collection unfinished.
News item submitted by Andreas Gregor, posted August 24 2007 by
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