Unter dem Motto "Why be Blake when you can be Bleak" – hat das österreichische Netlabel Bleak vor wenigen Tagen eine drei CD umfassende Compilation veröffentlicht, die ab sofort von Jedermann/Frau gratis heruntergeladen werden darf.
Musikalisch bewegt man sich hier ganz im Zeichen der elektronischen Musik, wobei sich dieser weit dehnbare Begriff primär in den Bereichen (Post-) Industrial / Experimental wiederfindet. Nebst neueren und noch unbekannteren Künstlern konnten auch namhafte Acts wie Coil, Portion Control, Attrition, Konstruktivists, Cultural Amnesia u.v.a. für die Compilation gewonnen werden.
Abgerundet wird das ganze mit einem schönen Coverartwork und einem mehrseitigen Booklet, das nähere Infos zu den mitwirkenden Interpreten preisgibt. Empfehlung!
Download: http://www.bleak.at/index.php?iwant=arts&release_nr=bleak029
Offizieller Pressetext:
"Why be Blake when you can be Bleak?" is a compilation featuring not only netlabel artists, but also contributions from renowned artists from the Industrial/Experimental genres, and plain legends from the early 80’s Industrial scene.
The compilation strives to provide a "cause and effect" overview of Avantgarde art, especially from the viewpoint of Industrial/Experimental and Electronic music.
All artists have agreed to provide their tracks for free download, which is very uncommon these days, given the fact that non-mainstream artists probably suffer the most from illegal file sharing, and usually hesitate to give away albums for free.
The result is a download package in the size of a 3CD-compilation, containing early unreleased tracks as well as exclusive versions of new material.
The list of contributing artists is a mixture of Industrial dinosaurs and young or new obscure artists from all over the world.
Proving that original, or "old school" Industrial is still as influential and exciting as it has been since the very beginning in the late 70’s and early 80’s, The Bleak Compilation continues the tradition of compilations like "The Elephant Table Sampler", "Three Minute Symphony" or "Ohrenschrauben/Ohrensausen", presenting a mixture of difficult, at times disturbing and confusing music, totally apart from any mainstream intentions.
The painting on the cover is by Jonathan Canady, an american musician and artist, whose work is so close to what Bleak stands for that we couldn’t resist asking him, and we are happy he agreed!
The list of artists who agreed to contribute is nothing less than amazing:
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Konstruktivists, Attrition, Mushy, Cultural Amnesia, SLEEPCHAMBER, The On/Off Corporation, Wave Tank, John Zewizz, Perikomo, Josco, Das Fleisch, FRzO, MRT, Portion Control, The Altai Chamber Orchestra, Coil, Choronzon, r.A.C.K, Cultural Amnesia, Red Chamber, Bath feat. OROBL, 53, Nocturnal Emissions, Background Projection, Paluch Y, Josco, Critical Theatre, Pure, Josef Nadek, Job Karma, Firnwald, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt, Cezary Gapik, Stormhat, Dr. Nachtstrom
We hope that with this compilation we also draw attention to our own Bleak artists, who deserve to be presented to a wider audience.
