News archive 2008
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December the 15th 2008
Attention! Julfest Special at the Black Rain Mailorder! See here:
December the 8th 2008
Great news for our fans in Asia: we found a partner for our releases in
Japan - DeathWatch Asia. They will soon release some of our productions: Vigilante "War of Ideas" (limited double-CD), Tactical Sekt "Syncope" and Dawn of Ashes "In the act of violence & The crypt injection" (limited double-CD).
December the 2nd 2008
On December the 17th Black Rain will release the great live compilation "12. ELEKTRISCH FESTIVAL" wich will contain two live tracks of each band having played there - ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL, TYSKE LUDDER, BIRMINGHAM 6, ESCALATOR, CONTAINER 90, ASTMA and PINSEL LIEST! The CD is limited to 500 copies (hand-numbered)!
November the 27th 2008
Hot news: By now, all releases of Electric Tremor Dessau Label are distributed by us
worldwide. Electric Tremor Dessau is the famous group of OldSchool-EBM-fans,
that have already organized a lot of parties that are recognised all
over the world. The first releases are the CDs of AD:keY and Kommando XY
in December.
November the 25th 2008
By now all our releases will be promoted to DJs and webradios all over
the world by the agency PromoFabrik. DJs and webradios that have been
receiving our promotional copies via bluewAVe or directly via us may
register at PromoFabrik. Club promotion in Germany will be done by AV
(former bluewAVe).
November the 1st 2008
Our long-term license partner GRAVITATOR RECORDS from Russia has already
released BRILLIG´s "Mirror on the Wall" and FEINDFLUG´s classic "Feindflug [4.V.]". Now it is time for some new releases in the territory of the CIS - NARSILION´s "Namarie" and FGFC820´s new album "Law & Ordnance" are the next in line.
October the 26th 2008
The French band JABBERWOCK has finished working on their new album
"Sweet Limbo". The CD will be released on 28th November - prepare to be
overwhelmed by 14 brand new, straight-to-the-bones tracks packed in a
wonderful artwork. Please find some song snippets here: www.myspace.com/blackraind.
October the 25th 2008
These bands of our label group are confirmed for Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2009 (May 29th - June 1st):
FEINDFLUG, TYSKE LUDDER, BRILLIG Acoustic, DER BLAUE REITER, IWR, FGFC820, DIE PERLEN.
October the 21st 2008
The famous Apocalyptic/NeoClassic/Ambient project DER BLAUE REITER
signed a deal with Ars Musica Diffundere/Black Rain. Right now the project is working on it´s third album which will be released in the first half of 2009. The band is going to perform in Germany for the first time at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in May 2009.
September the 22nd 2008
Hot news for our label group: We have new distributors in these territories:
United Kingdom + Ireland: Code7 / PlasticHead Distribution
Austria: Rebeat Music Vertrieb GmbH & CoKg
August the 28th 2008
The Industrial/Ambient project POLARLICHT 4.1 will release it´s third album "Famos" exclusively on our sub-label Funkwelten. Polarlicht 4.1 became famous with the two CDs "Industrielle Hypnose" and "Drittklangträger". Street date will be in October...
August the 8th 2008
We have listed new FEINDFLUG vests in our webshop, black or olive and silver embroidered...
August the 7th 2008
Germany´s coolest Goth´n´Roll band THE PUSSYBATS will release their first full length album on Black Rain Records next January. At the moment the band is recording the album at the Sinustal studios of Chai (Jesus on Extasy). Soon by the end of October the debut album "Darkenia" of the German cold wave band ATOMIC NEON will be released on Black Rain Records.
July the 27th 2008
Finally we listed all of our new releases in our webshop: beside the new CD of NOVALIS DEUX and the new "A COMPILATION VOL. 3" some new TYSKE LUDDER and last copies of our SUEDSTURM 2008 TOURSHIRT and exclusive armlets and buttons from FEINDFLUG and TYSKE LUDDER.
June the 24th 2008
NOVALIS deux new album "Ghosts over Europe" will be released on 4th July. The whole CD is a masterpiece full of well-balanced and perfectly arranged compositions. It comes up with a premium copper-embossment digipac.
June the 22nd 2008
VIGILANTE´s "War of Ideas", which was released in September 2007, still ranks 9th in the Italian Alternative Charts in May 2008.
June the 21st 2008
TYSKE LUDDER are unstoppable! Directly after the "Südsturm Tour 2008", following live dates are confirmed for TYSKE LUDDER:
23.08. N - Oslo / Maiden
24.08. GB - Bradford / Infest
11.10. D - Zwickau / BPM Club
May the 28th 2008
On July 4th the great TYSKE LUDDER/FEINDFLUG tour will start in Lyon. In the meanwhile we´re proud to announce that another gig can be stated - on June the 12th in Padova/Italy (club Unwound). This will be the first show in Italy for both bands. For fans from the middle and north of Europe we suggest low-cost airlines like RyanAir, EasyJet or AirBerlin to get to the
concerts of these great bands. MySpace site of the tour: Südsturm 2008.
May the 20th 2008
We have finally to announce you that the Black Rain label group will fusion with the Emmo.biz mailorder of our long time friend and business partner Jörg (a lot of you know him from our merchandise stall at the AGRA hall at Wave-Gotik-Treffen every year). This fusion will happen in the middle of June. The name of the company will be “Black Rain media group GmbH”, our big label mailorder will be called “Emmo.biz”.
May the 15th 2008
NOVALIS DEUX are close to finish the last recording work for their new album. It will be released in the following months and it´s title is "Ghosts over Europe". A first track of this album can be enjoyed at the upcomming new label-sampler "A Compilation Vol. 3". On June 28th NOVALIS DEUX are going to perform together with ONYX EYES at Südbahnhof Chemnitz.
May the 10th 2008
Although they´re working hard on finishing their third album, KILLING OPHELIA are going to be live on stage at May 23rd at Bunker in Chemnitz (together with DANDELION WINE).
April the 29th 2008
The time has finally come: The third edition of our label-promo-sampler is close to it\'s release. Again, you\'ll be enjoying two CDs packed with loads of all that great stuff done by our bands. This time it is going to be a compilation full of premieres - Feindflug, DYM, Novalis Deux, Rise and Fall of a Decade and lots of other bands are contributing some unreleased tracks from their brand new albums. Street date is May the 16th!
April the 21st 2008
The hottest news of this year´s upcomming summer: FEINDFLUG and TYSKE LUDDER will tour together! The tour called "Südsturm Tour 2008" will mostly lead to South European countries, the only concert in Germany will be at TopAct Club in Zapfendorf! Following dates are confirmed:
04.06. F - Lyon / Lyon´s Hall
06.06. E - Vitoria-Gasteiz / Hell Dorado
07.06. E - Madrid / Caracol
08.06. P - Lisboa / MusicBox
10.06. E - Barcelona / Apolo2
11.06. F - Marseille / Le Poste a Galene
12.06. I - Padova / Unwound
13.06. CH - Zürich / Dynamo
14.06. D - Zapfendorf / TopAct
Please have a look at the Südsturm 2008 MySpace site.
April the 18th 2008
20 years ago, in April in 1988, the legendary band RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE was founded. After the two classics "Noisy but Empty" and "You or Sidney" had been re-released, the two albums "s/t" and "Forget the 20th Century" will be re-released on Ars Musica Diffundere in May this year. By September, the new, and also the last CD of this band will be released. It is going to keep the memory of the singer Pierre-Francoise MAURIN-MALET, who died in May 2007 and his companions...
April the 4th 2008
The Goth´n´Roll band THE PUSSYBATS will release their first virtual single "No Romeo"
exclusively on Black Rain. By May 23rd you can download the
3-track-single via all important download portals worldwide (Napster,
Musicload etc.). Want to know more about this great band? Klick
here!
April the 2nd 2008
DANDELION WINE finished their new album "Selected Anachronisms". They
created an outstanding piece of art - full of skillfully arranged
ingredients like world music, DarkWave and uncountable other influences.
You can listen to one of those new tracks on the Black Rain MySpace site. Street date is April 25th - so it is available in time for
the band´s performance at Wave-Gotik-Treffen.
March the 23rd 2008
The French band JABBERWOCK has signed with Black Rain. Soon we will
release the album "Jabberwock" containing the hit "Boxed". We also
signed the ElectroClash band DIE PERLEN for our sublabel FireZone Records.
March the 19th 2008
The brand new TYSKE LUDDER EP "SCIENTific technOLOGY" will be released on April the 11th...!
February the 20th 2008
The BRILLIG album "Mirror on the Wall" has just been released as a license product on our Russian partner Gravitator Records. Soon there will also be VIGILANTE´s "War of Ideas" and FEINDFLUG´s "Feindflug [4.V.]"
released for the Russian market.
February the 15th 2008
We just listed new TYSKE LUDDER merchandise stuff (zip-through sweater, girly jacket, longsleeve) in our webshop. The band is working in full progress on a new Maxi-CD.
January the 13th 2008
These bands of our label group are confirmed for Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2008:
CYBORG ATTACK, TACTICAL SEKT, PROSPECTIVE, DANDELION WINE, ONYX EYES, PREDELLA AVANT. Like every year there will be a combining merchandise stall of Black Rain/Emmo.biz at the AGRA hall!
January the 7th 2008
By beginning of 2008, the label FireZone Records will be the latest member of the Black Rain family. We are proud to pronounce that ONYX EYES (Gothic/Progressive Metal) and PROSPECTIVE (Dark Electro/Indie) signed for FireZone. Both debut CDs will be released by May. Snippets are available on our MP3 - site.
January the 6th 2008
TYSKE LUDDER have finished a remix for nurzery [rhymes], wich will be released on the "Blasphemous Radicals E.P." soon.
January the 4th 2008
FEINDFLUG will finally perform a FIRST EXCLUSIVE SHOW in North America! The band will play at the well-known KINETIK festival in Montreal at May the 17th 2008!
DANDELION WINE are again on tour through Europe in 2008. In 2007 they did lots of gigs here and received standing ovations at Leipzig Schauspielhaus. Clubs and Cafes that are interested in giving this band a chance to perform - please contact the band.
January the 3rd 2008
After a long period of collaboration, Black Rain is not going to renew the contract with Supreme Court.
January the 2nd 2008
Finally we listed all of our new releases in our webshop: beside the new CD`s of DAWN OF ASHES, NARSILION, IWR, VIGILANTE some new TACTICAL SEKT and RELIQUARY cloths and exclusive lanyards from CYBORG ATTACK, TYSKE LUDDER, PSYCLON NINE, TACTICAL SEKT and FEINDFLUG.
January the 1st 2008
Just in time with the beginning of the new year our new website will be online. Of course we wish you all the best for 2008. Be nice and behave! Save the world (at least this poor planet derserves it!). And maybe you are a fanatic music lover? So just stay tuned for some real great releases in the year 2008. Maybe we meet at a concert or a festival - do not hesitate to get in contact with us... By the way, our restless programmer Bruhn (thanx for everything) is working on our new web shop that will be online by March/April 2008.
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