Quality old school EBM: Elite!

Elite! is exactly what it say it is: elite! This France based old school EBM act presents more DAF and Nitzer Ebb style the way it was back in its glory days, than most today's bands do. Especially early DAF influence is more rare in modern EBM, but Elite! proves that wrong through such stand-out tracks as Harte Liebe and Mein Mädchen. You can hear those and other songs on Elite! Myspace

Elite! presents music that ranges from fast energic punk to more hardbeating straight old school EBM, and a few slower slightly atmospheric tracks. Today is when the third album from this band is released, with the title "Totenkopf". You can preview it and buy it (and the other two albums) from Black Montana label. "Totenkopf" presents 12 tracks, including remixes by EkoBrottsMyndigheten and Frontal.

One good thing about this project is that, in contrast to many other bands this blog promotes, it is very easy accessable. Three albums have been released and are available for digital purchase on Black Montana label. Eine Tasse Jäger blog has purchased from there several times before and can confirm that it delivers what it promises. In addition to Elite! you can also find Equitant's hard beating releases on their pages.

Old School Electrology Vol.1 (4-CD Box-Set)

Something very EBM, exclusive and exciting is coming soon.

The previously mentioned huge box set with vari0us old school EBM acts (see post with new year greeting) has finally revealed the bands and track list. It holds many surprises, especially since all the tracks are exclusive. This looks like something every EBM fan would enjoy, as well as a nice introduction to this style of music for a newcommer.

View the official track list here.

The 4-CD box set is actually a mix of oldschool EBM, anhalt EBM, and authentic dark electro. Many of the bands this blog promotes are included, such as Astma, Darkmen, Agrezzior, Ondska, AutoDaFeh, Tech Nomader, ELITE!, Judge: Dred, U.M.M., EkoBrottsMyndigheten and many others. In addition some bands that have been silent for a long time are included, such as Presto Fervant and Pouppée Fabrikk and Controlled Analogue Programming (CAP). These bands are only a few of the whole line-up, so view the link above for more details.

To tease you a little, there are two surprises in the track-list that will be revealed sometime later. (Eine Tasse Jäger crosses it's Jägermeister smeared fingers that one of those will be Jäger 90.)

Release date isn't specific yet, but spring 2009 is the approximate date. Eine Tasse Jäger blog awaits patiently!

The more punk side of EBM: T.W.A.T. and Batch ID

Most EBM has a little of punk or electro-punk in it, but some bands take it much farther. Many are aware of Container 90 and their magnificent punk approach, not the least their great loud and proud album from last autumn. Here are another two bands.
















T.W.A.T. is a side project from EkoBrottsMyndigheten, but the music is different and in turn pretty unique for EBM. It's Oi! EBM, naturally with Oi punk influences. T.W.A.T. is the one and only EBM band with this approach, and is definetly worth a listen. You can download their four songs for free here. Listen and enjoy, while we await more material. This project is entirely new, and they were lined-up to support the guitarless back to the roots Die Krupps concert in Germany, but it was unfortunately canceled.




Batch ID is another band with some punk approach, but their songs are more flexible in style, ranging from synthpop to harder EBM to punk and ska influenced. Particularly the song Electric Riot should appeal to punk and ska fans, which is one of the newest songs put up on their Myspace. It is definetly good to hear more unusual old school ebm such as this.

Happy New Year from Eine Tasse Jäger blog!!

Eine Tasse Jäger blog wishes everyone a year filled with quality old school ebm!

2009 will continue to present new old school ebm as it has this last year, and we hope so that it will be even more. There are already lots of promises and new releases lined up. 2009 will bring you new releases from among others SPARK!, Darkmen, AutoDaFeh, as well as a collection box set presenting many of the bands this blog is about. There are many great concerts being planned, such as a big tour from Ionic Vision, and not the least the Familientreffen V festival, which is obligatory to every old school ebm fan, and which this year has lined up such great bands as Jäger 90, Proceed, Sturm Café, AutoDaFeh, and even A Split Second - the classical ebm band from back in the day when the years were still quality 80s. Plus many more!

Jäger 90 - Meine Angst

Eine Tasse Jäger blog had a bad power outage..also defined as being cut off from internet for more than two weeks. But Eine Tasse Jäger is back now.

In any case, during that time the new Jäger 90 song finally was released on Advanced Electronics 7. It comes from the same production period as Muskeln & Küsse album, and you can clearly hear it in the sound. Advanced Electronics compilations being quite popular and including many known names from ebm and industrial scene, this should bring more attention to Jäger 90, which they clearly deserve. Meine Angst is a great hard beating more melodic track, strongly suggested to all EBM fans. Unfortunately I couldn't find any samples on the net that I could link to. I will post them as soon as I do.

Jäger 90 are soon to appear on stage in Rome, Italy. Stomping experience on 20th December! More details can be found here. A must-see for all (oldschool) ebm fans if you are around that part of the world during this time.

A new release from KROPP

Finally!

KROPP has finally launched an official webpage, where you can listen to and buy songs in mp3 format. This includes many songs that you might have heard on Myspace, but also three new ones (at least they were new to Eine Tasse Jäger blog). You can get single songs or purchase the whole album.

http://www.kroppmusik.se/

For those who aren't familiar with KROPP, expect a maximal Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age experience, not the least when it comes to vocals. However, also note that the lyrics are in Swedish! Scroll down below and find the very first entry in this blog for a detailed discription of this powerful old school ebm act.

Two upcoming old school and anhalt ebm events in Germany

December 5th and December 6th!

Those two events deserve a special notice as they actually reach a festival standard, especially if you are willing to travel between Berlin and Leipzig. That, and the fantastic line-up!

December 5th in Berlin: Headlined by the old timers Yelworc from many years ago, with their old school dark ebm. This is their first live concert after 15 years, so special it is. The other bands are newer, but still very old school: Blue Eyed Christ, Ad:KeY, Kommando XY, and Franz Riss.


December 6th in Leipzig: Headlined by Sturm Café and Blue Eyed Christ, and supported by Ad:KeY, Kommando XY, Franz Riss, and A.D.A.C. 8286. The event is fittingly entitled "These Boots Are Made For Stomping". Expect a dancable experience then!

If you aren't familiar with those bands, scroll below to find descriptions of some of them or follow the Myspace links. In any case, both concerts should appeal to all old school EBM fans. For those who are familiar with these acts, you know that you want to go! Kommando XY will by this time
have released their new album, so expect new material live! For those wondering about Franz Riss, the myspace page only presents ambient tracks. For a more fitting demonstration scroll below and follow the link to Stakkato.

There is only one negative side about this, that Eine Tasse Jäger blog won't be attending any of these two, due to economical reasons. It takes money to travel from Norway to Germany!

Updates on Jäger 90, KROPP, and SPARK!

Jäger 90 have recently released their third album "Muskeln & Küsse" on Electric Tremor, although it has existed as a CDR release for quite some time. The band has been silent otherwise, except for occasional live shows and side projects such as Franz Riss and Stakkato. It is thus good to see that Jäger 90 are still releasing new stuff: a new track from them will be appearing on Advanced Electronics 7, along with material from other various ebm and electro bands. The song is called Meine Angst, and the compilation should be released on 28th November, which is not far away from here. Needless to say, this blog is hugely and "fanboy-ishly" favouriting Jäger 90, claiming that it is the best thing that has happened to EBM in last 10 years. Carying the old school german originality and vision of DAF farther, Jäger 90 have released three albums, the last one (Muskeln und Küsse) being quite original and different, this band is strongly suggested to every EBM fan, not only the old school. Look at their homepage, although it hasn't been updated for a while. Or head over to myspace for song demos.

Other recent updates regard KROPP: you can now see it live in Sweden, in Klubb Kalabalik in a town called Växjö. This will be happening on 28th November (eek). Bring knife, wine, or red lips (kniv, vin, röda läppar). For info on the location and similar, go here. Or else, you can hear a newer version of an older song Aldrig Utan Dig on KROPP Myspace.

And a quick reference to SPARK! again! Kick me! They have two new very nice songs put up on their myspace: Ett Lejon I Dig (a lion in you) and Glassbilen (ice-cream truck), both being quite fresh and nice takes on old school ebm.

Guerrilla

The Dutch Guerrilla is hard-beating, heavy old school ebm. You may know the related projects such as DNF, the newly discovered Agrezzior, and Xolez.

The band has released quite many songs, and recently put up some new ones on their Myspace, so this blog is notifying you. Check them out for heavy and hard monotonic masculine experience! Sometimes it reminds a little of DNF for those who are familiar with it (those who aren't, watch out for an introduction in the nearest future). However, Guerrilla presents clean vocals and slightly more heavy stomping drum beats than a typical neo-old school or anhalt ebm band. Listen for yourself in the link above!

"Under The Red Star"!

Kommando XY: new album!

Kommando XY are coming from the North (Sweden that is) to hunt you down, the way they hunt down moose in their own cold Swedish woods. The release date of the new album is set to 1. December, it's title will to be "Welcome to Gestrikland".

In case you are wondering what moose has to do with any of this, I urge you to go and read the interview by Electric Tremor, regarding the new release.

For the unknowing, Kommando XY is Swedish old school EBM, with a good amount of humour and a greater amount of RAW sound and vocals. Coming from Gustav, who also is a member of Sturm Café, you can recognize some similarities with the latter. They have a few releases behind them already, and you can hear a collection of their older material and stuff from the upcoming album on their Myspace. This band should appeal to any old school and anhalt ebm fan, some may experience it as a more raw version of Sturm Café (which again in turn should appeal to fans of old school Nitzer Ebb and DAF).

AD:keY

New album from AD:keY, called Thema Nummer Eins is soon released on Electric Tremor (thanks to Tanzbefehl for tip). This is their first album, presenting old school ebm in the standard way everyone would prefer, but yet still being a little different. It should be out on 25.
November, and by then you should be able to find it on Electric Tremor pages. For nice old school sounds, check their Myspace. Those are a nice introduction of how the album will be.


Hoch die Hämmer!

Some news about Container 90, Sturm Café, Kommando XY, SPARK!, and Franz Riss or Stakkato

Whoever thought that this new wave of old school ebm wasn't to stay, was wrong!

Today (which is 24, October), the good old stomping masters of Container 90 release a new album "World ChampionShit". Sure, they sold themselves out to Out Of Line records, and no longer can we quote the intro to their previous album: "we are no fucking sell-out", and there being no future.. But who cares now? We have another nice album from punk-influenced Swedish EBM masters. I will follow this up with a review of World ChampionShit once I get it.

More new Swedish stuff to come. Sturm Café and Kommando XY are working on new material and have finished quite some of it apparently, and by the end of this year there should be albums released from both. There are concerts lined up for both in Germany (5th and 6th December), so one can hope for the albums to be released before that time.

SPARK! are also working. Early 2009 should be the time for their new album. So far you can hear a new song on their myspace.

And more EBM news, as if this was some nice news channel. Franz Riss has a new project called Stakkato, and has moved some of his new songs under that name, probably because of style differences between the new material and the debute album. Both those bands are side-projects from Jäger 90. Stakkato is releasing a CDR album right here.

You can also hear song samples there. Stakkato should appeal alot to fans of DAF, especially newer material. It is not as hard hitting stomping as a typical anhalt EBM band, but extremely good nonetheless. Hear for yourself!

SPARK! (a short notice)

A short notice about SPARK!, just in case someone is unaware or generally lonely this Saturday night and feel like taking a flight to Stockholm (unless they already live there) to experience nice Swedish hard beating old school EBM.

SPARK! are playing live at Bodytåget XI. Behold the flyer:


http://www.sugarbar.se/

I will add an article about SPARK! sometime soon.

FRONTAL

More good stuff from Germany!


Also a new band with one debut album released on Electric Tremor: here goes FRONTAL! The album is called EBM Freundschaft and presents proper old school inspired EBM with a tiny bit of more modern sound (naturally). Don't misunderstand "modern sound", this is by no means similar to modern EBM bands. FRONTAL stays true to the old school and should appeal to all fans of such.

FRONTAL is German, minimal but very strong, often catchy, and expressive. The vocals are unique (instead of describing I will let you listen for yourself - look for the link below). The band is as superb live as it is on the album - the performance on Familientreffen IV was great and charismatic (with Franz Riss).



"Beweg dich" !!!

The album EBM Freundschaft (which in addition to ten great tracks also includes a cover from Jäger 90 and Zentrum Der Arbeit) can be purchased from Electric Tremor or Zero01one.

Listen to FRONTAL songs on their Myspace page. I also borrowed all images in this post from there!

The band is as mentioned new and truly promising and I hope to hear much more in the future!

- EBM Freundschaft; EBM Musik!!

A.D.A.C 8286

One of the many new bands from Germany!



A.D.A.C 8286 is extra old school ebm and electropunk, with their first album release 13th June 2008 (which also was the starting date for Familientreffen IV festival - entirely 100% old school and anhalt ebm festival in Sandersleben, Germany), where the band also played live.

















A.D.A.C 8286 can sometimes seem more hardcore in sound, slightly more heavy and punk than a typical electronic body music band. A little bit more straight-forward and agressive. However it remains firmly within old school and anhalt emb style. The band, with two different vocals, makes music about life, girls, work, factory, muscle, cars, and so on. One thing is that I don't know what A.D.A.C 8286 means literarily, anyone who knows feel free to comment or e-mail.


"Move your arms like a generator!"

You can listen to A.D.A.C 8286 songs here: http://www.myspace.com/adac8286

All the photos in this blog also come from their myspace page.

Their first album "Straight On" can be purchased on Electric Tremor shop: http://www.electric-tremor.org/shop/