KK RECORDS / NOVA ZEMBLA / INSTINCT AMBIENT EUROPE NEWSLETTER 1 JANUARI 1996 NEW RELEASES NZ 032 STARFISH POOL -'EP Three: Offday - The Remixes' 12" only Third 12"-only release for '95: one of the greatest tracks ever by Starfish Pool, the experimental metalic trance-for-freaks project of Antwerp Koen Lybaert. Including a killing, 21 minutes mix by Dogon (Tim Freeman and Peter Koedoodt, the mixers of PWOG), this release has a f***ing lot of underground hit potential. Typical Starfish Pool, near to his live pure trance power sound. Again, the UK press is quite euphoric about this new Pool release. You'll be it too, so go out and get it. NZ 052 VARIOUS ARTISTS -'Natural Born Techno 3' CD Again a low-price sampler with the newest and upcoming tracks on Nova Zembla. A CD for the price of a CDS, with Elysium, Kode IV, Phi, Amazone, Delta Plan, Astralogica, Self-Transforming Machine Elves, newcomers MDA Analog and Sympathy Nervous and a licensed track by Aura (INFRACom). KK 143 RIOU -'Room for Improvement' 12"/CDS After 'to-to' (Kk 133, 12") and 'Exhibition of the Samples' (Kk 137, LP/CD), here are five more tracks in the typical, already established Riou style: minimal, really electronic and industrial trance techno with balls, brought by this young techno wizzard from Osaka, Japan. What do you mean you didn't know Riou? KK 145 KODE IV -'Near to the Divine/Fearless' 12"/CDS Together with DJ Goa Gil, Peter Ziegelmeier (San Francisco) finished a new Kode IV single: five songs including Doof remixes. Goa rules, we would say, but this single goes a lot further than the Goa trance is able to go: trancey as a shamanic rite, a lot of electro and tribal influences and without the cheesy Goa kitch. Ziegelmeier once again transformed his music according the time spirit. A compilation album is coming up. NZ 049 DELTA PLAN -'S/T' 12"/CDS French quartet from Nice, fighting the vogue scene over there with fierce trancey techno and ambient atmospheres of high standard, mingling their various cultural backgrounds and interpretations of music to something to dance on. NZ 059 SYMPATHY NERVOUS -'Emergence' 12"/CDS NZ 060 SYMPATHY NERVOUS -'Sympathy Nervous' 2LP/CD 'New' Japanese talent: a 40 year old local pioneer in electronic music Yosihumi Niinuma, who started freaking out with computer originated musical forms in 1979, combines his past influences (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can, ...) with modern and futuristic techno experiments. Again these Nippon tracks are unique combinations of styles and sounds. The album 'Sympathy Nervous' (NZ 060) is scheduled Februari 26. NZ 058 ELYSIUM -'Master of the Rainforest' 12"/CDS The fastest (vinyl only) track on 'Dance for the Celestial Beings' (NZ 039), now available on CDS. The ultimate Goa fun from Denmark. SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS: IAE 009 SUB DUB 'Sub Dub' CD The most striking tracks on Instinct Ambient this year came from Sub Dub, definitely. We are looking forward to this album for already a year. Release Date: March 04 ; 1996 Kk 131 PWOG -'Kraak - Remixes' 2x12"/CDS The single from '95's PWOG album 'Record of Breaks' (Kk 118), now in four unusual versions: two Plastikman remixes that make 'Kraak' a little stranger than it was before, a good old Mark Broom dance stomper and a very peculiar Coil soundscape. Release Date: March 11 ; 1996 NZ 055 DELTA PLAN TBA LP/CD Debut album of this french quartet (Nice). Release Date: April 22 ; 1996 NZ 050 ZEN PARADOX 'Amethyst' 12"/CDS Release Date: March 18 ; 1996 NZ 051 ZEN PARADOX 'The Fragile Soul' LP/CD First a new single, then the new full length Zen Paradox. Of course it will be a smashing album, have you ever heard a bad Zen Paradox release ? Release Date: early May ; 1996 NZ 054 AMAZONE TBA LP/CD Successor for the succesful '94 album 'Demon', including the hottest influences like Goa and jungle. Release Date: March 25 ; 1996 NZ 060 SYMPATHY NERVOUS -'Sympathy Nervous' 2LP/CD 'New' Japanese talent: a 40 year old local pioneer in electronic music Yosihumi Niinuma, who started freaking out with computer originated musical forms in 1979, combines his past influences (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can, ...) with modern and futuristic techno experiments. Again these Nippon tracks are unique combinations of styles and sounds. Release Date: Februari 26 1996 Kk 146 NUMB Christ Meister / Bliss CD Re-release of this old, classical album by Vancouver's Numb, 'Christ Meister', together with the re- release of USA-only mini-CD, 'Bliss' Release Date: March 18 ; 1996 Kk 149 KODE IV 'Best of...compilation' CD/2LP Frisco's Kode IV scetches an images of the many musical periods in his long musical career. Release Date: Februari 26 ; 1996 NZ 057 SELF-TRANSFORMING MACHINE ELVES 'Ghostfish' CD Remember their critically well received debut-album "Bitone" from last year ??? This time they strike back with another great album, influenced by all kinds of music "Ghostfish" brings you trance, experimental , jungle & drum 'n' bass a.o. again a great excursional trip which will lift off @ April 01 ; 1996 Kk 141 LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS -'Pop Artificielle' LP/CD An album with mutated pop classics. What this is going to be, only Uwe Schmidt knows, but it's never done before, we reckon. Release Date: September 09 ; 1996 NZ 056 STARFISH POOL - 'Interference 96' LP / CD Brandnew full-length CD , lately becoming a cult-status for his 12" "Offday-remixes"; On tour for the next couple of months in Europe; Check out his live-performances as well !!! Release Date: March 25 ; 1996 NZ 062 BLACK LUNG - 'Disinformation Plague' LP / CD Release Date: April 15 ; 1996 NZ 053 MDA ANALOG -'Pride' 12" / CDS New artist, from Canada, Nova Zembla presents his debut-single, a club-orientated Techno- single with pretty catchy samples.... HIT-POTENTIAL!!! Release Date: April 08; 1996 NZ 061 MDA ANALOG - 'TBA' LP / CD Release Date: May 13; 1996 MAD 030 SUBURBAN PREJUDICE - 'S/T' CD Belgian equivalent to the Bristol-sound of 1995, SUBURBAN PREJUDICE = ANTWERP-SOUND 1996 ???!!! Release Date: March 18 ; 1996 NOT SCHEDULED YET: IAE 010 SETI T.B.A. CD NZ 018 LUMUKANDA T.B.A. LP/CD NZ 043 PHI T.B.A. CD NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS A new Kk / Nova Zembla team member has started: Martine Staelens takes over stock management and distribution from Luk, who has left the company. 'Totality', the Test Dept. album which introduces a new era in the bands history (Kk 140), is licensed by INVISIBLE RECORDS, the well acclaimed record company of Pigface, Martin Atkins, Lab Report, Genesis P-Orridge, Lick, Dead Voices on Air, Horsey,... On this deal, an exclusive US tour will follow in April (watch out for details). In the meantime, this same 'Totality' is voted album of the month Januari in British top magazine WIRE. SIELWOLF's new album will be produced by Mick Harris (Scorn), recordings will take place early April as after these recordings Mick will go on his first Scorn-tour through the U.S.A. as support for TEST DEPT. TOUR INFO XINGU HILL & URAWA (Nova Zembla) 16/02 Fri PK ; Brussels (Blg) STARFISH POOL (Nova Zembla) 15/02 Thu Opwijk , Nijdrop (Blg) - support for Mark Stewart & the Maffia 14/03 Thu Democrazy , Gent (Blg) 29/03 Fri Bultrock , Kievitbossen Ravels (Blg) line-up: Starfish Pool , Eboman (NL) , Spooky (UK) & Alex Reece (UK) PWOG ( Kk records) 06/01 Sa Groningen (NL), Oosterpoort: Noorderslag Festival 12/01 Fri Amsterdam (NL), Melkweg: Electric Circus 26/01 Fri Arhus (DK), VENUE '96 FESTIVALEN ( + Ken Ishii, Tournesol, Darren Emerson) 27/01 Sa Copenhagen (DK) VENUE '96 FESTIVALEN ( + idem) 03/02 Sa Den Haag, Paard (NL) 23/02 Fri Rotterdam, Nighttown (NL) 12/03 Tue Torino (I), Barrumba 13/03 We ???? 14/03 Thu Padova (I), Staker 15/03 Fri Roma (I), Frontiera 16/03 Sa Reggio Emillia (I), Maffia 30/03 Sa Roeselaere (Blg) ; F Rave - festival (w. Drum Club , Alex Reece a.o.) 04/05 Sa Oxford, Tribal Gathering (TBC) TEST DEPT. (Kk records) 25/02 Su Wurzberg , AKW (Germany) 27/02 Tue Budapest , EA Klub (Hungary) 29/02 Th Székesfehérvár , Bahnhof (Hungary) 01/03 Fri Vienna, Szene (Austria) 03/03 Su Russelsheim , Das Rind (Germany) 09/03 Sa Birmingham, Que club (UK) To be followed by a giant U.S.A.-tour starting end of April. N U M B (Kk records) 27/07 Sa festival @ Latterie ; Strassbourg (France)