Get Your Dark Industrial Fix with Deuxvolt

After playing for years in various industrial, dark and goth projects, Olympia, Shade, and Just combined their powers to create something new, Deuxvolt, uniting gothic, techno, dance, industrial, and classical. Pounding beats drive industrial layers of sound, synthethizersclassical instruments, such as piano, violin, and harpsichord, and a variety of vocal styles, including classical voice.

Last February, the band released the album Union of Opposites following a modern model of promotion: the Social Pay model. They ask downloaders to support Deuxvolt through social networks (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) or in any other way of spreading the word and promoting the album.

In October, the Art Director JustDeux launched his electronic album The Dance Machine with the same Social Pays stipulation. This release was hand-in-hand with his Worldwide Industrial Dance Contest in cooperation with DasKlub, the largest Industrial Dance Kommunity. The best dancers were awarded earlier this year.

Some time back, Deuxvolt also released a horror mix that is sure to get the ghouls at your next Halloween party on the dance floor.

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'70s-'80s Heroes on the FMA

The Free Music Archive is an amazing resource for cutting edge music. It is also home to artists who have helped create the cutting edge for a long time. People such as: David Bynre (Talking Heads), Gang of Four, Bush Tetras, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Transmitters, Superchunk, Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, Paul Westerberg (The Replacements), The Church, The Damned, Half Japanese, The Jesus Lizard, Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers), Legendary Pink Dots, to name just a few.

Here's a free 34-track compilation celebrating such music heroes.

'70s-'80s Heroes on the FMA: a compilation of artists on the Free Music Archive who won our hearts decades ago

 

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Wonderfully Weird World of Jason Polland

While revisiting some Jason Polland CDs today, we were struck to find that we had never promoted him on this blog. Jason Polland holds a dear place in the hearts of lovers of oddio! Polland's works call to mind the quirky new wave of Oingo Boingo and Devo. In fact, his voice often reminds one of Danny Elfman.

In most releases, you might hear the arty genius of Logan Whitehurst and The Jr. Science Club (on FMA and Happy Puppy Records) and They Might Be Giants. In other releases, you might hear the cabaret styles of acts like The Dresden Dolls.

You will find your own diverse comparisons, and also find that Polland's work is its own brand of wonderfully weird. You don't have take our word for it, because Jason Pollard offers a large chunk of his catalog of works on the Brave New Weird label (on Internet Archive) for you to enjoy without charge.

Jason Polland's  musical projects:

• Mental Rental (1988 - 1998)
• Archbishop Jason Polland (1991 - 2010)
• Used (1995 - 1996; 1997 reunion show; 1999 reunion album)
• The Nourishment (1998 - 2003; 2006 reunion show; 2007 reunion show)
• New Big Black Mr. Super-Soul Bad Sugar Man (1999 - 2001)
• Plague Party (2008 - 2011)

Try some!

Tuesday's Dozen

Tuesday is a real good news day. Here you have a new set of 12 free and legal collections and CDs to get you through the work week! Eat up and be sure to spread the love by supporting these artists!

Jalikebba and the Toubabs Jalikebba Kuyateh performs on the kora at the Tanji Village Museum in his homeland of Gambia [folk, Africa]	Gepel Argentinan jazz combo shares their fantastic Moducué CD, showcasing popular Latin themes within traditional cool jazz (website) [jazz]	Jordan O'Connor Canadian bassist and film score composer offers his improvisational solo bass album Lebreton online [jazz, bass]
Dead Heart Bloom two gorgeous CDs of "music with the eclectic eccentricity of Beck and the dramatics of David Bowie" and you'll hear Nick Drake there, too [pop, acoustic, rock]	Hedgehog Brazilian electro artist, aka The Mechanical God, best known for his breakbeat work, shares lounge CD (blog, myspace) [downtempo, jazz, lounge, Brazil]	Plastique Noir fans of Bauhaus won't want to miss this goth Brazilian group on German netlabel afmusic (band's myspace) [gothic, post-punk, rock, industrial]
Ryan Hoyle the drummer for Collective Soul and many other artists shares works from his portfolio [pop, rock]	JazzCorner.com offers fantastic podcasts featuring and interviewing jazz legends and up-and-comers [jazz]	The Weird Weeds This Is Not What You Want EP, "took all of 30 seconds... to fully blow my mind" - Portland Mercury [experi, pop]
Mikseri Finland's answer to MP3.com, IUMA, Soundclick, etc.; pages translate with a click; cool, vast resource [varied]	Nichole and the Dreamcatchers 12-yr old Nichole and some adult friends offer up this bizarre and beautiful xmas CD [kids, odd, varied]	Pr1me shares his entire The Transformation: Perception Is Deception CD, preview tracks on myspace profile [soul, hip hop, rap]