Sahara Surfers - Sonar Pilot (2011)

Quote: (thesirenssound.com) "For the last 4 years the Innsbruck band, Sahara Surfers, have been bringing rock from the desert to the Tyrolean alps. Their debut album “Spacetrip on a Paper Plane” very quickly earned them recognition on the stoner rock scene. The album transformed them from a blip on the radar to one of the most popular stoner rock bands in Austria. The skillful combination of psychedelic hooks and driving riffs typical to the genre, accented by the not so genre-typical female singer, immediately struck a nerve in the scene and has landed on open ears both in Austria and abroad. With their second album, Sonar Pilot, the band has fine-tuned sound and developed a style they can call their own – old school stoner rock spiced with a healthy portion of alternative rock, a splash of psychedelic rock and a pinch of good old Metal resulting in a rich dish not typically seen on a Tyrolean menu.

In [ Sonar Pilot ] Sahara Surfers brings a devil-may-care mash-up of Stoner-rock and Psychedelic rock which feel like a breath of fresh air. The 90’s and the 20’s had been dominated by an array of new genres and cross between major rock elements which disintegrate the isolation of some never-ending meltdown. That said it is high time that somebody launch something stone and concrete that simply bring the good times and give you this rejuvenating feel.

As varied and dynamic as [ Spacetrip On A Paper Plane ] “Sahara Surfers” simply burst out with energy at its very best. [ Sonar Pilot ] maintain a divine momentum which rolled this follow-up [ LP ] to instant glory. Musically, it draws deeply from diverse pools, echoes of 70s hard rock reverberating alongside grunge and stoner-rock sounds.

From electric vibes to stoner riffs, Laid back head nodding motion to downright quirky notes [ Solar Pilot ] remain a colourful title that’s near impossible to dislike. By all means CHECK IT OUT… and if you haven’t had a go on [ Spacetrip On A Paper Plane ] which I seriously doubt, then its where you might want to start. [ QOTSA ] ~ [ Bardo Pond ] ~ [ Grails ] ~ [ Deftones ] and the likes fans all the way."

Genre: Stoner Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock
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1. Intro
2. Underline
3. Mass Crashing
4. Fold-Over
5. Sonar Pilot
6. Ganjalf
7. Aenor
8. Miles
9. The Gentleman Aside

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Collector Base Emitter - Transis (EP) 2010

Genre: Psychedelic, Stoner Doom, Space Rock, Doom
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Our Ceasing Voice - Live (2011)

Recorded on April 25th 2011 in Gent, ‚Live‘ captures the dramatic performance by Our Ceasing Voice on their ‚When The Headline Hit Home Promo Tour‘. Featuring tracks from their debut EP ‚Steadied Stars in the Morphium Sky‘ and the full-length album ‚When the Headline Hit Home‘.

Live' helps Our Ceasing Voice to compensate for future touring expenses. Please consider supporting the band by buying the digital or CDr Version. Thank you!

Tracklist:
01 - Summer's Orange Haze
02 - The Inevitable Fall
03 - Of Lives Once Lost
04 - Highway Lights
05 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run
06 - Hopes of Yore
07 - Dazzled Eyes Are Shut

Genre: Post Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze
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Asphagor - Havoc (Official Video) {HD 1080p}

First Song with their new voice "Morgoth"

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Music and Lyrics by Asphagor
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Written and directed by Axis and Morgoth
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Our Ceasing Voice - When the Headline Hit Home (2011)

Gradually the lights of the city come to new life, while the random flickering of the large neon sign three blocks away lasts and glances are lost in the distance. The sun slowly descends behind the silhouettes of the skyscrapers, taken over from the approaching night. The orange haze on the horizon is reflected in the windshields of the passing cars, raising the dust, which has been accumulated on the street. Here, between loneliness and hope, stories, which are able to change lives and guide our being exist. Soaking with melancholia Our Ceasing Voice tells these stories with their mix of hypnotic ambient and epic post-rock outburst and help the listener to catch the memories of long forgotten times, in order to save them from transience. Amidst the Tyrolean Alps the band was founded in 2006 already, but only with their debut 'steadied stars in the morphium sky EP' they drafted a journey through the mystery of gloom. Based on the upcoming novel by Sebastian Obermeir, Our Ceasing Voice's new 2011 album 'when the headline hit home' pursues this concept, while the development to a darker, more dynamic sound is clearly noticeable. Beautiful and saddening at the same time, the Austrians draw attention to fragility, passionately making one's flesh creep and thereby portraying a dramatic story full of yearning and desperation. How it will end, however, lies only in your hands.

Tracklist:
01 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run
02 - Without Even Breathing
03 - Highway Lights
04 - The Only Ones Dead (Are Those Who Are Forgotten)
05 - Hopes of Yore
06 - Summer's Orange Haze
07 - Polaroids and Chinese Whispers
08 - Within the Nick of Time

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Driveby - Unpromising Perspective (EP) (2010)

Definitely a MUST HAVE!!!

Quote: "The music-visualisation "sound tracks" (a bachelor's thesis in the study course mediadesign which tried to... visualise "unpromising perspective") is available here."

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MLE[e] - New Video "Antistatic Glasshouse Living" 2011

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Our Ceasing Voice - Hopes Of Yore (Digital Single) (2011)

Taken from the upcoming album 'When the Headline Hit Home'. Release date: 19/02/11.

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01 - hopes of yore
02 - hopes of yore (acoustic)
03 - hopes of yore (thot remix)
04 - hopes of yore (mordpol remix)
05 - hopes of yore (the jakesperiment remix)

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Home - Home EP (ReRelease 2010)

Home just rereleased their selftitled Promo EP in collaberation with our friends from digitalkunstrasen.net. This ReRelease includes in addition to the Promo EP 2 Remixes and 1 new track called "Patricia". For more info about the Promo EP itself go here.

Genre: Sludge, Hardcore, Psychedelic
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01. Emonoel
02. Matt Demon
03. Dice Game
04. Dice Game (Aestate Remix)
05. Dice Game (Pechuga De Pollodiabolo Remix)
06. Patricia

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Creek - City Lightning EP (2010)

Quote: "CREEK sind 5 Musiker deren musikalische Wurzeln von Electro bis Punk reichen. Nicht nur durch den Einfluss vom hauseigenen DJ, sondern auch durch alternative Instrumente wie Steel Drum oder Mundharmonika steht fest: Vom klassischen Rock haben sie sich schon so weit entfernt wie MTV von guter Musik."

Florian Kraler - vocals, guitar
Dietmar Schmid aka conteKt - cuts&breakz
Martin Walch - bass
Harald Boch - drums
Christoph Gugl - guitar, steel drum

...produced by Mathias Magerle (producer of "Sahara Surfers", drummer in "Home", Remixer on the Single EP "Passenger Killed in Hit & Run" by Our Ceasing Voice)

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MLE[e] - Discovering The Substantial (2010)

After having listened to the debut EP of MLE[e], Walls And Other Lies, I was really looking forward to listening to their first full length release. With their mixture of alternative and indie rock, they reminded me a little bit of Bands like Placebo and Blackmail. Mixing beautiful melodies with outbursts of chaos is by far nothing new. But if it is well done, I am always on board.

After one and a half years of writing, recording and mixing, MLE[e] present 12 songs packed with emotions, amazing melodies and one can immediately sense that their songs come straight from the heart. This is a DIY production, no doubt, and a very good one, too. This makes this debut seem even more amazing.

It seems to me that Austria has to offer a lot for fans of independently produced music and this debut LP is a great addition to all that has already been presented on this Blog (Our Ceasing Voice, Doomina, etc.). This time, there is no free download, but you can by this record at iTunes for a slim 9.99€. I recommend you to do so and support these four guys from Vienna, Austria and enable them to continue making music. Peace out!

Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
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Microtonner - Observer (2009)

Another great PostRock-project from Austria.

Quote: "MICROTONNER produces mainly instrumental sound somewhere between rock, industrial and electronic - heavy guitar riffs meet broken beats and atmospheric speech samples, combined with harmonic melody-pads."

Genre: Post Rock, Industrial, Electronica
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Microtonner - Sub Zero (2006)

Another great PostRock-project from Austria.

Quote: "MICROTONNER produces mainly instrumental sound somewhere between rock, industrial and electronic - heavy guitar riffs meet broken beats and atmospheric speech samples, combined with harmonic melody-pads."

Genre: Post Rock, Industrial, Electronica
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Microtonner - The Power Of Ignorance (2003)

Another great PostRock-project from Austria.

Quote: "MICROTONNER produces mainly instrumental sound somewhere between rock, industrial and electronic - heavy guitar riffs meet broken beats and atmospheric speech samples, combined with harmonic melody-pads."

Genre: Post Rock, Industrial, Electronica
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Satory - On the road (Video)

"On the road"-video from austrian Sludge/Post Metal Band Satory featuring the gig on 10th of april '10 in Wörgl together with their friends from Dirty Sun Jazz (Stoner Rock/Progressive) and Our Ceasing Voice (Ambient/Post Rock).

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Sahara Surfers - Spacetrip On A Paper Plane (2010)

Quote from myspace: "desert rock for wet moments. Founded in November 2007 in well-known metropolis Schlitters in the Ziller Valley the band met to celebrate its passion for stoner rock. From the beginning it was clear to everybody that this band is facing world wide success. It's just all about being patient and getting stoned to make the time pass 'til then. As a prospectively world-wide known bunch of rockstars we had to move to big city Innsbruck to underline these ambitions. That's where we are now working on new stuff and where we are experimenting with new sounds and our bodies."

Sahara Surfers are great friends of mine and i want to thank them for being musicians of passion. It's really fun to see 'em playing a live show. Their tunes completes a broad horizon of genres and make them unique. I have many words to describe this release but I'm too much into this sound and too much a friend of the band to review it in an objective way. The only thing i really wan't to do here is to introduce the members of the band.

Ladies first:
Joul (vox): She is a very talented female singer with a stand-alone voice, fit-in lyrics and characteristic melodies.

Hans aka. HP (Bass): HP lives for the music and his basslines are carrying the tracks like on waves to the end where they seem to impact. Hans is also one of the best bassists i know personally. His side-project Home demonstrates that he's not only a mammoth bass-player but also a good singer.

Steini (drums): Steini is a drummer of Stoner Rock up to 110%. Always smiling while playing, always smiling while not playing. He's also the organizer of the great "Floiten Jam"-Festival. Respect!

Andi (guitar): Last but not Least. Andi is known for his catchy, flowing guitar-riffs, wearing a woolly hat and jamming in state of trance all day long.


Space Trip On A Paper Plane is recorded, mixed and mastered by Magasit. aka Magi. Magi also acts as drummer with HP in Home and did a remix of our latest Our Ceasing Voice single "Passenger Killed In Hit And Run" and is helping us in some mastering process.

The physical copy of this release will be availaible within the next few days. and is limited to 500 pieces. Support them and grab a copy of it using the information at "Buy & Support"!

Genre: Stoner Rock, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock
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Tracklist:
01. Colour Jam (06:12)
02. Propeller (03:27)
03. Age (05:04)
04. 812 (03:44)
05. Sister In Shade (05:04)
06. Gas (08:40)

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Our Ceasing Voice needs your help!!!

We are nominated with our song "Highway Lights" to appear on an upcoming Freeskiing-DVD called “Up and Down”. In addition to that the winner will get a musicvideo with live scenes and a gig on their movie-premiere-stop in austria. It seems to be a great chance for us, so please vote for us.

The voting stops at 7th of June and every IP can vote every 4 hours. Here is the voting-link. Select "Our Ceasing Voice: Highway Lights" in the right column and click on the pink-lettered "ABSTIMMEN".

We all thank you so much in advance.
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Our Ceasing Voice - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run (Single) (2010)

Kein besonders erfreulicher Titel, den sich Our Ceasing Voice zu ihrem neuesten Werk ausgedacht haben: Ein tödlicher Unfall mit Fahrerflucht. Einerseits etwas, das man regelmäßig und relativ teilnahmslos in der Zeitung liest, andererseits etwas, das einen – wenn jemand im eigenen Umfeld betroffen ist – verzweifelt, traurig und wahnsinnig wütend macht. „Wie kann irgendjemand in so einem Fall einfach weiterfahren und nicht die Verantwortung tragen?“, „Warum kreuzen sich gerade die Wege dieser Menschen zu diesem Zeitpunkt so unglücklich?“

Our Ceasing Voice geben nicht unbedingt Antworten, sie sorgen dafür aber für zwei Dinge:

Das erste ist die Schaffung einer unheimlich dichten Atmosphäre, einer bedrohlichen Aura, in der das bevorstehende Unglück bereits nebelartig alles durchdringt. Diese kann man spüren und der Wunsch irgendetwas zu tun um das Unglück zu verhindern steigt proportional zu dem Bewusstsein des Unvermeidlichen und der damit einhergehenden Resignation.

Dieser Aspekt allein würde den Ohrenzeugen des tödlichen Unfalls wahrscheinlich schon lange bevor irgendetwas passiert ist deprimiert und ohnmächtig zurücksinken lassen – doch dabei belassen es Our Ceasing Voice keineswegs.

Das zweite was die Band im Kopf des Hörers entstehen lässt sind Fragen. Und dieses Hinterfragen der Gründe, der Rechtfertigung, des Schicksals führt dazu, dass man sich gegen das Unvermeidliche auflehnen will, dass man aufstehen, aufschreien und empört die Faust heben möchte. Mit der zunehmenden musikalischen Intensität gerät auch die innere Gemütslage in Bewegung und ein Durcheinander an sich überschlagenden und überbordenden Gefühlen droht einen zu Zerreißen…

… und genau in diesem Moment erlöst einen die Band durch den ruhigen Schlussteil. Natürlich löst sich die Spannung in der Luft nicht sofort auf, es wird jedoch trotzdem klargestellt, dass das Unglück passiert ist, dass es keinen Sinn macht noch länger dagegen ankämpfen zu wollen. In diesem Zustand der Annahme, des Eingeständnisses des Geschehenen entlässt Our Ceasing Voice den Zuhörer. Unverletzt und trotzdem innerlich nicht unversehrt, voller Fragen und fast gänzlich hilflos.

Musikalisch betrachtet leistet die Band erneut Großes: Neben dem gewohnt tollen und vielseitigen Einsatz der Gitarren machen sich vor allem die neuen Elemente, wie das Klavier und das abwechslungsreiche und ausgefeilte Schlagzeugspiel von Markus bemerkbar. Der aktuelle Sound der Band ist auf alle Fälle eine ganze Entwicklungsstufe weiter und um viele Facetten reicher. Auf das kommende Album darf man also wahrlich gespannt sein!

©Johannes


Genre: Ambient, Post Rock, Experimental, Shoegaze
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Tracklist:
01 Passenger Killed In Hit And Run
02 For Days On End (Bside)
03 Passenger Killed In Hit And Run (The Echelon Effect Remix)
04 Of Lives Once Lost (The Jakesperiment Remix)
05 Summer's Orange Haze (Acoustic)
06 Passenger Killed in Hit and Run (Magasit Remix)

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Our Ceasing Voice - Passenger Killed In Hit And Run (SINGLE) - NEWS!

we have the first single of our new album up for pre-order.
the song - titled 'Passenger Killed in Hit and Run' - is streaming on our myspace player and soundcloud. free download of the complete single (41 minutes of tunes) next week.
Tracklist:
01 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run
02 - For Days on End
03 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run (The Echelon Effect Remix)
04 - Of Lives Once Lost (The Jakesperiment Remix)
05 - Summer's Orange Haze (Acoustic)
06 - Passenger Killed in Hit and Run (Magasit Remix)
Full playing-time: 41 minutes

CD comes in handnumbered cardboard sleeves w/ self-sewn tulle jackets.
Strictly Limited to 100 pieces.NOW UP FOR PREORDER. WILL SHIP ON MARCH 22nd, 4 days before official release date!

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Also, you can pre-order our new shirts:
Available sizes: Men S, M, L, XLGirlie S, MBuy the shirt!

thanks for your time,
see you soon - check our myspace for our tour-dates in march/april!

"Passenger Killed In Hit And Run"


"For Days On End (Bside)"


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