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We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 361: Gas Crisis DynamiteObscure, murky electro-industrial and brightly anthemic post-punk are the subjects of this week's podcast, as we discuss records by Yeht Mae and Spectres. We're also talking about the recent HEALTH/NIN collab, Debby Friday teaming up with Clipping., and finally some local live event news!
2021-05-131h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 360: The LatterWe're on the cusp of a new double-LP from one of our favourite bands at I Die: You Die, Kirlian Camera. And before we dig into the elaborately titled Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak), we thought it'd be fun to take a look at the band's earliest days in the form of It Doesn't Matter, Now and their most recent LP, Hologram Moon. What's changed over the forty year career of one of the most ornate and outre darkwave bands of all time, and which of their characteristics have remained from their earlier days? All that plus...
2021-05-061h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 359: Pit-Fighter On Game BoyThe podcast is taking a rambling and conceptual route this week, with some discussion of changing perceptions of Our Thing within broader culture. Is the "Sure, kind of like Nine Inch Nails" explanation still accurate? From what background might newcomers be approaching crossover acts? Does keeping your club life separate from your day life still matter in a more forgiving age? All this plus some discussion of yet another Oscar win for Reznor & Ross, plus the passing of Anita Lane on this week's episode of We Have A Technical!
2021-04-291h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: The Sisters Of Mercy, "Vision Thing"We're hunting big game with this month's commentary podcast, as we tackle the last release from one of the most infamous bands we're ever likely to cover - Andrew Eldritch's attempt to finally transform The Sisters Of Mercy into the machine-rock juggernaut of his dreams, Vision Thing. It's a record with terrifying lows, dizzying highs, and creamy middles, but ultimately stands as the purest expression of Eldritch's aesthetic fusion of sex, politics, and Americana. From Leonard Cohen-isms of varying strengths to Jim Steinman's final contribution to the band to Eldritch's constantly shifting relationship with his own fame, this is...
2021-04-2543 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 358: From All AnglesA two albums episode of the podcast finds us discussing Klanstabil's strange journey from Ant-Zen minimalism to the surfeit of passion and pop of Math & Emotion. Next, we take up Witchman's attempt to draw industrial atmospheres and grime into the worlds of breaks and drum n' bass on Explorimenting Beats. All that plus some musings on how our DJing may have changed over the past decade on this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
2021-04-221h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 357: Very Very RelaxedWe say this a lot, but trust us: you'd be very hard-pressed to find a more different pair of records than the one's we're discussing in this week's podcast that still have some relevance to the larger world of industrial. So join us as we travel from Velvet Acid Christ's 2000 foray into goa, Twisted Thought Generator, and art-rockers These New Puritans' use of industrial percussion on Hidden. All that plus some blue-sky thinking about in-depth interview subjects on the latest episode of We Have A Technical!
2021-04-151h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 356: Was That Too Gross?As much as we'd like to convey the image of austere, stoic hermits who only listen to music when we're giving it our full attention in a darkened room with top-of-the-line stereo equipment, like everyone else we throw records on while we're doing other stuff. It's with that in mind that we're each picking five task-driven records this week - what do we listen to while we're driving, cleaning, working, and whatnot? Listen to this episode and find out! All that plus some talk about the slow reemergence of live shows in the US and (*sigh*) the new :wumpscut...
2021-04-081h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 355: A Good PointThe gents from Sturm Café are our guests on the podcast this week, and we had a blast chatting with them about their changing relationships with EBM, the importance of a catchy melody, and the nation-wide rewards of investing in music education (no, really!). Sturm Café are a band that has long been a favourite of the Senior Staff and we were very pleased to finally have them on the show. On a less upbeat tip, we're also discussing recent discoveries about goth rock band Sonsombre.
2021-04-011h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 354: Two Chew ToysThe mean and gritty retro-futurism of Pure Ground's brand of minimal synth and Absurd Minds' uncanny obsession with a particular era of Project Pitchfork's work inspires this episode of We Have A Technical, in the classic two albums format. The Senior Staff are also talking about the recent reporting on and revelations about abuse and harassment at LA's Cloak & Dagger club, and on a lighter note, teeing off on that forthcoming Smiths movie which is just gonna be total dogshit, y'all.
2021-03-251h 14We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Cabaret Voltaire, "Micro-Phonies"This month's bonus commentary podcast finds us discussing the charming confidence of Cabaret Voltaire's overt push into funk and pop territory, 1983's Micro-Phonies. A band whose evolution in some ways mirrors that of industrial as a genre, Cabs don't get nearly enough love and discussion around these parts as they perhaps should, so we're atoning with some discussion of Cold War paranoia, the free-flows of influence from dub, electro, funk, industrial, and post-punk, plus the band's johnny-on-the-spot conversance with the emerging cyberpunk aesthetic.
2021-03-2143 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 353: BonobosScene-rooted cover tracks are the subject du jour in this episode of We Have A Technical. The expressive, the rote, and the crassly commercial versions of other artists' work which we've been drawn to and repulsed by over our years in the goth/industrial trenches are all up for discussion, along with new release news concerning Hide, Clock DVA, and Cygnets.
2021-03-181h 15We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 352: Dunks on The OfficeA striking pair of electro-industrial and EBM debuts are the focus of this week's podcast, as we turn our attention to Necro Facility's The Black Paintings and NTRSN's People Like Gods. How bands adhere to and break from their formative influences is always something we're interested in, and we have two very different approaches to that issue at hand. All that in addition to the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of Love's Secret Domain anniversary reissues on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
2021-03-111h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 351: John RamgoAfter going ham with some rather abrasive rants on last week's episode, we're taking the backseat this week and welcoming on some Patreon backers who are keen to talk about records from a bands ranging from Russian synthpop (Stereopolina) to German darkwave (Diary Of Dreams) to American synthpunk (Six Finger Satellite) to Swedish neo-classical (Sanctum)!
2021-03-041h 20We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Faith And The Muse, "Evidence Of Heaven"This month's Patreon supported commentary podcast is dedicated to the infinitely varied and strikingly confident expression of high goth prowess that is Faith And The Muse's third LP. On Evidence Of Heaven William Faith and Monica Richards stride through history, love, and metaphysics, and marshal ethereal, neo-classical, deathrock, and many more sounds to a proudly flown standard. Ancient spirits, vengeful phantoms, and fuccbois sliding into the Queen's DMs are among the various topics grandiose and sundry the Senior Staff consider as they work their way through this classic goth stormer. Y
2021-02-2850 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 350: Hot Takes!Do not adjust your podcasting device - We Have A Technical has not been replaced by that sports radio station you hear annoying ads for. We are, however, coming into our 350th episode guns a'blazing, with each of us picking five hot takes regarding the state and legacy of the music we love and discuss. No quarter given, none asked for. What legacy bands do we actually find rather dull? Which younger acts would we rather see in the spotlight than some less deserving bands? You'll hear all of that plus some discussion of new music from The Horrors...
2021-02-251h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 349: Bortles?Our two albums format finds us talking about retro dark electro and the outer limits of technoid in this week's episode of We Have A Technical. The last record from Necrotek has us discussing the slow emergence of consciously-throwback dark electro, as well as the atmospheric charms of that genre overall. Next, one-off side project Ammo's foray into drum and bass raises all sorts of questions concerning the rapid evolution of powernoise, and at what point breakcore completely diverges from anything pertaining to industrial. As if all of that genre splicing wasn't enough, we're also revisiting the legacy of...
2021-02-181h 00We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 348: Bombers Content From the perspective of your co-workers who really wish you'd turn your headphones down, industrial music seems as far removed from pop as is possible. But that ain't the whole truth! This week's episode finds the Senior Staff discussing the role pop has played in shaping the sound and delivery of industrial music, as well as contemporary artists who are borrowing more liberally from pop traditions. We've also got some talk about forthcoming releases we're hyped for, in addition to Negative Gain Productions' cool new digital magazine.
2021-02-111h 07We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 347: Like Last WeekDeep genre records from Z Prochek and Manuskript have Alex and Bruce talking about the odd intersections of sounds and styles only possible at particular periods in industrial and goth history. The tragic passing of Sophie and the recent allegations made against Marilyn Manson are also discussed.
2021-02-041h 07We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Spark!, "Hela Din Värld"The Senior Staff are discussing a modern EBM classic in Spark!'s Hela Din Värld in this month's Patreon-supported commentary podcast! In 2012 Mattias Ziessow and Stefan Brorsson added ambitious pop instrumentation and melody to their established anhalt EBM template, and produced one of the most enjoyable records it's been our pleasure to write about and discuss on I Die: You Die. We're discussing themes of conspiracy and humanism, breaking down the percussive structures which propel the record, and even working in some Nabokov and Mega Man!
2021-01-3140 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 346: What A Horrible Night To Have A CurseThe Pick Five format returns, with Alex and Bruce each highlighting some behind the scenes folks. Be they engineers, writers, label heads, or DJs, there are countless people who've helped to shape the music and culture we discuss who aren't as front-facing as the musicians themselves. We're discussing them, plus some Neubauten business on this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
2021-01-281h 25We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 345: What Would You Have Me DoThe classic two albums format brings discussion of Minuit Machine's Violent Rains - an early example of the current wave of European darkwave we're continuing to enjoy - and Moskwa TV's Dynamics & Discipline - less an LP than a field testing of mid-80s electronic dancefloor sounds from Talla 2XLC & co. All that plus playing catch-up with the latest batch of (conflicting?) Coil reissues in this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
2021-01-211h 17We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 344: Take TwoFLA mastermind, studio wizard, and all around industrial legend Rhys Fulber joins the Senior Staff this week for an illuminating conversation. Rhys discusses the process behind the new Front Line Assembly record, Mechanical Soul, the freedom afforded to him by his solo work, and having his passion for EBM come full circle in German clubs. This is a wide-ranging interview with one of the landmark figures in Our Thing, and we're very pleased to be able to bring it to you this week. We're also talking about forthcoming records by Cevin Key and Gary Numan!
2021-01-141h 11We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 343: A Real BoyWe're starting the year off with our classic two records format for the podcast. First up its the sui generis 2012 12" from Aussie act Forces, which brought together classic body music and techno sounds in a way that's perhaps never been matched since, yet has definitely paved the way for many current acts. Next, we're examining the sober and somewhat dour approach to synthpop and futurepop taken by Namnambulu on their 2003 LP Distances. We also have thoughts on recent KLF news, plus the ongoing strife south of the border in the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
2021-01-071h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 342: Birds Have Had ENOUGHIt's the annual off topic podcast! Recorded weeks ago in a haze of pre-holiday cheer, we honestly have no idea what we spoke about on this cast. Probably a lot of tired banter about our usual off-topic obsessions, pro-wrestling, Iron Maiden, comics and science fiction, whatever really. If that doesn't sound at all appealing to you than no worries, we'll be back next week with an on-topic 'cast. Until then, you're stuck with this mess.
2020-12-311h 15We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 341: A Thanksgiving MovieThe written coverage on the site might be taking a holiday hiatus, but the podcasting doesn't stop. As a coda to our Year End coverage, the Senior Staff are each picking five fave tracks of the year which didn't figure into our Top 25 list, and which they maybe wish they'd been able to spin IRL.
2020-12-241h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Neuroticfish, "Gelb"The last commentary podcast of 2020 has the Senior Staff discussing the deep songwriting and production charms of Neuroticfish's Gelb. The emotional and psychological complexity of the 2005 record, not to mention its knack for working in just the right amount of contemporary synthpop sounds, didn't just make it a high point in Sascha Klein's discography, but also arguably the last great record of the futurepop wave of the early aughts.
2020-12-201h 00We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 340: Best of 2020 Round UpWith the Top 25 releases of the year written up and posted, Bruce and Alex are looking back at the year that was, not just in the form of those specific records, but also honorable mentions, stats regarding regular Year End contenders, and larger musical trends we noticed over the course of a year unlike any other.
2020-12-181h 11We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 339: Thats the StingerIt's a bittersweet and emotional episode of the podcast, as we are joined by Chris Peterson to talk about the life and work of Jeremy Inkel, specifically focusing on the recent posthumous release of Hijacker, curated and shepherded by Peterson in conjunction with Inkel's family. We're also preparing for next week's Year End coverage and discussing the news of :wumpscut:'s return in 2021.
2020-12-101h 10We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 338: Still JackedThis week's classic two-albums podcast format brings discussion of the sole record by the enigmatic industrial/black metal project The Bleeding Light and some late 90s envelope-pushing dark electro from Abscess, with Bruce and Alex by happenstance each picking records the other had never heard. They're quite different in terms of style and development, but both resulted in some extended discussion of genre markers and development. We've also got some (politely worded) ranting about the importance of metadata in digital downloads on this week's episode of the I Die: You Die podcast.
2020-12-031h 10We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 337: WendytakerFor genres with a lot of clearly recognizable visual markers, industrial and goth can live and die by how they finesse them. In a high-concept episode of We Have A Technical, Alex and Bruce are examining a plethora of themes and types of imagery common to Our Thing, and discussing how they can function successfully...and how they often don't. All that plus some discussion of a recent Quietus article on industrial metal and the beautiful new live Kite video.
2020-11-261h 23We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Love Like Blood: "Chronology Of A Love Affair"It's a pretty left-field choice for this month's track-by-track commentary podcast, with the Senior Staff discussing the final record by German goth rock/gothic metal act Love Like Blood. Made up entirely of covers of goth classics, Chronology Of A Love-Affair offers the opportunity to discuss the place of plenty of bands in the goth canon, the distinctions between goth trends in Europe and in North America, and the connection (if any) between gothic metal and the broader goth rock tradition.
2020-11-221h 18We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 336: Kill HellektroThis classic two albums format episode of the podcast couldn't more clearly convey the range of sounds we like to talk about on We Have A Technical if we'd planned it that way. The field testing of powernoise's various forms on Asche's Distorted Disco and the dreamy, autumnal and ethereal goth of The Shroud's A Dark Moon Night represent the archetypal "stomp and swoon", industrial & goth dichotomy ID:UD was founded upon. We're talking about the ins and outs of both records, as well as gassing on about a stellar new Springsteen cover from Deine Lakaien.
2020-11-191h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 335: Something About GangrelThe lasting impact and intensity of groundbreaking UK act Portion Control is discussed on this week's podcast, with a specific focus on their first and most recent LPs: 1982's I Staggered Mentally and 2020's Head Buried. From emerging out of the industrial primordial soup and laying the groundwork for '80s electro-industrial to maintaining a bitter yet highly developed EBM style into the present day, we have lots to say about one of Our Things most enduring yet still underrated acts. All that plus some hot takes on the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductions of Nine Inch...
2020-11-121h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 334: Self-BowdlerizeRecorded in ages past, in the Before Times preceding the election (ie, last Monday), the latest episode of We Have A Technical finds the Senior Staff discussing two very different records which fall under the post-punk aegis but also connect to very different extraneous sounds and traditions: Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's 1985 debut LP Talk About The Weather, and Agent Side Grinder's 2012 record Hardware. The lines between goth rock and machine rock, and what happens when rock instrumentation is transposed over to synths, and plenty of other questions of genre and style are taken up in this week's edition of...
2020-11-051h 10We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 333: Fat DraxIt's a Halloween like no other for which the Senior Staff are gearing up, or, more accurately gearing down. In anticipation of a more laid back Halloween, Bruce and Alex are each picking five cuts for a hypothetical Halloween mixtape. Which bands or tracks are far too obvious and risk goth cred? How can you maintain an atmosphere that's both spooky and engaging? And how goth are certain Canadian folksingers? We're covering all of those things, plus an unexpected glut of new releases, in this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
2020-10-291h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Meat Beat Manifesto, "99%"As selected by our Patreon backers, this month the Senior Staff is running a track by track commentary on the third LP from Jack Dangers' genre-hopping, sample-mad Meat Beat Manifesto project. We're talking about how hip-hop, funk, and electro all come together on a record that pointed the way towards the electronic takeover of 90s radio, and the thorny question of Meat Beat's proximity to or distance from industrial music at large.
2020-10-2545 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 332: We've ArrivedWe're talking about The Mighty Killing Joke on this week's podcast, specifically the 2013 documentary The Death And Resurrection Show which is just getting some recent wider distribution. It's a lengthy and rollicking look at the egos, personalities, and possible literal magick which has guided one of the most beloved alternative bands of all time, and the Senior Staff are chiming in with their reactions to the film and thoughts on the mysteries and happenstance lying beneath. We're also rolling through recent news regarding The Damned and Front Line Assembly, plus a solid article introducing the uninitiated to Coil's discography.
2020-10-221h 13We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 331: Cereal Box HankIt's a wintry and atmospheric Swedish two'fer on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. As the air chills and nights grow longer, the Senior Staff take up and discuss In Slaughter Natives' Enter Now The World and V▲LH▲LL's Leaning On Shadows. While both have some heavy sounds and philosophical themes, we're also discussing how each of these records fuse genres and speak to complex post-industrial histories.
2020-10-151h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 330: Too SpecialWe're cracking open the venerable ID:UD mailbag this week, answering questions fired our way via Patreon and Twitter. How can or should we parse genre? Is nostalgia anathemic to a theoretically future-obsessed genre? And whose at home COIVD era cuisine reigns supreme? You have questions, we have answers...or at least five minute meanders and hobbyhorse rides.
2020-10-081h 18We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 329: Don't Even Know HerIt's an odd couple pair of records being discussed on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, with the proto-goth, proto-industrial, proto-Ministry work of Blackouts sitting next to the thoughtful hybridization of dark electro and aggrotech sounds of Distorted Memory's sophomore LP. All that plus discussion of recent mainstream articles dealing with Ministry and Nine Inch Nails for better and worse, and the recent passing of Kurt Grünewald.
2020-10-011h 16We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Assemblage 23, "Mourn"For this month's commentary podcast we're honored to be joined by Tom Shear of Assemblage 23, who takes us on a track by track overview of his new record, Mourn. It's a deeply personal record, as Tom discusses, but also one which conjures up some of Shear's early synthpop influences. We hope you'll join us as we talk with Tom about changes in process and location, and how he's continued to try to explore emotional states through Assemblage 23.
2020-09-2452 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 328: Sub GrinderWe have records from the peak of late 90s electronica mania and the new(ish) wave of goth-punk on the docket this week in the form of Pitchshifter's www.pitchshifter.com and Belgrado's self-titled debut. How does a Godflesh-indebted industrial metal act end up selling tens of thousands of copies on a major label? How are today's grim realities being filtered into grimier, less-frilly expressions of goth? We take up those questions plus some discussion of Nine Inch Nails reissues and the return of Salem on this week's episode of the podcast.
2020-09-171h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 327: Tenth Avenue Freeze-OutAin't no one getting younger right now, and that certainly includes the Senior Staff. With both Alex and Bruce hurtling though middle age, we thought we'd address the thorny questions that come with ageing in subculture, adapting one's listening protocols, and wrestling with the bugbear that is nostalgia. We also have some thoughts on Debby Friday's recent short film Bare Bones and the "TOS2020" charity single.
2020-09-101h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 326: Kanemaru Is Not My BoyA pair of recent surprising releases from long-standing acts make up this week's episode of the podcast. An unexpected return to early darkwave glory from The Birthday Massacre charms the Senior Staff, and Sascha's choice to take KMFDM into a pure dub direction earns head-scratches but also begrudging respect.
2020-09-031h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Mortal Kombat Original Motion Picture SoundtrackIt's a slightly goofier iteration of We Have A Commentary which we bring you this month, as the 25th anniversary of the Mortal Kombat movie and its accompanying soundtrack seems as good a time as any to discuss the strange mid '90s intersection of metal, electronics, and industrial. From the midwest industrial rock of Gravity Kills to the euphoric perfection of Orbital to prime era KMFDM to...some much less fondly remembered tracks, the Mortal Kombat soundtrack bundled together plenty of markers from the decade of the "extreme", and served as an able gateway record for a generation...
2020-08-301h 12We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 325: Local Idiots Sent to JailWith some assistance from Uatu the Watcher, we're using this Pick Five-styled episode of the podcast to speculate about, er, peer into the Multiverse and perceive possible alternate histories of industrial music. What records, genres, or trends might we have lost or gained had the capriciousness of the Fates led us elsewhere? And would we still be able to argue about "real" industrial music on the Internet? It's a jam-packed, jumbo-sized edition of the podcast (along with some Coil reissue talk), so prepare to have your consciousness blown to smithereens by the infinitide of possibility on this week's We...
2020-08-271h 34We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 324: The Days Are Just SackedWe're delivering a bit of a twist on the classic two albums format this week, with the podcast taking up both the first and the most recent LP by that pioneering and chameleonic dark electro project, X Marks The Pedwalk. 1991's Freaks and 2017's Secrets bookend André Schmechta's oeuvre (at least for now) and point to just how varied it's been. Differences between the records in ambition, aim, and sound are discussed by the Senior Staff in this episode, alongside some initial thoughts on the announcement of a new Cabaret Voltaire LP.
2020-08-201h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 323: Fango On The HornBack to the classic two albums format this week, the Senior Staff are discussing a pair of morbidly-minded concept records: Pain Station's Cold and Bernard Szajner's Some Deaths Take Forever. What similarities (if any) can be found between the most minimal and pared down of dark electro and the weird intersection of prog and early electronic programming? Find out, won't you?
2020-08-131h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 322: PastholeBruce and Alex do one of their semi-regular jaw sessions with a selection of Patreon Supporters about albums of their choosing! In this batch we discuss Winterkälte, The Echoing Green, Zebra Katz and Iszoloscope, and what the specific album selection means to the friend of the site who chose it. Lotsa chatter, all this week on We Have a Technical!
2020-08-061h 07We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 321: Scrooge ThingWe've said this before, but you'd be hard-pressed to explain to your Skynard-loving uncle what the two records up for discussion on this week's episode of We Have A Technical have in common. Katscan's 2005 Weapons Of Crass Dysfunction and Sad Lovers And Giants' E-Mail From Eternity are a yobbing electrogoth kiss-off and a fan-curated trove of deep cut post-punk gems, respectively, but Bruce and Alex have plenty to say about each of them. All that plus Terminus reverie and Manson reflection on this week's episode of the idieyoudie.com podcast.
2020-07-301h 11We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: The Damned, "Phantasmagoria"The dreamy, high-camp Edwardian gothic of The Damned's Phantasmagoria is the subject of this month's podcast. What happens when one of the UK's most beloved punk acts steers itself right towards the gloomier sounds which they've always skirted? How many baby-bats experienced a sexual awakening to the "Shadow Of Love" video? Does lamping around with The Young Ones make you more like The Cramps or The Beatles? All these questions and more are taken up by the Senior Staff in this month's Patreon-supported bonus podcast!
2020-07-2640 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 320: Chrome CorksIn an age in which music is digital and albums are increasingly ephemeral, surely record art doesn't matter anymore, right? Dead frigging wrong. The Senior Staff discuss the changing role and value of album art in the digital age on this week's episode of the podcast, tracking how artists and labels continue to tap into symbolic codes and create their own micro-scenes via visual aesthetics.
2020-07-231h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 319: Too Beautiful for this StableIt's a cosmic dyad of a podcast episode this week, as the Senior Staff go space trucking with Kangarot and Negative Format for their respective Nursery Of New Stars and Distant Pulses LPs. Both records address space as a theme, but as is discussed the execution of Kangarot's lo-fi kosmische electro-industrial and Negative Format's smooth combo of trance and breaks are quite distinct. All that plus live stream reviews (and the Senior Staff's reactions to dill pickle beers and Japanese wrestling shockers) on the latest episode of We Have A Technical!
2020-07-161h 14We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 318: Table BeerWe're joined by renaissance woman Andi Harriman to talk about DJing during quarantine and her new EP for aufnahme + wiedergabe, Corpse To Corpus. How do you heat the floor when it's spread across multiple time zones? What might a more feminine approach to EBM sound like? And do real goths love freestyle? All of these questions and so many more are discussed on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
2020-07-091h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Technical 317: I Was A DraculaAs an incidental observation of Canada Day, the Senior Staff are selecting a pair of albums from above the 49th to discuss: Volt 9000's Mutronix and Decree's Fateless. Representing some of the lesser celebrated sides of Canuckistan industrial, we have Cory Gorski's satirical journey through bio-punk dystopias and Chris Peterson & co.'s absolutely churning and punishing demonstration of fully textured noise rock. Plus discussion of recent streams from Mr.Kitty and Harsh R! All that and some other grabassery on the latest episode of We Have A Technical!
2020-07-021h 09We Have a TechnicalWe Have A Commentary: Leaether Strip, "Solitary Confinement"The absolute stone classic that is Leaether Strip's Solitary Confinement is given the commentary treatment in this month's installment of the Patreon-back We Have A Commentary series. The sound of 90s dark electro was established with this LP, but there's so much more to love and discuss about Claus Larsen's exploration of spiritual and psychological alienation and the horrors of war. The Senior Staff consider the record's lasting influence, its themes, and its undeniable charm and intensity.
2020-06-2851 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 316: Glockenspiel and UkuleleIt's turned into an accidentally synthpunk-themed week here at I Die: You Die, and in keeping with that we're looking at two albums proximal to the sounds we normally discuss on the podcast, but that made inroads into goth/industrial club play in the early '00s: The Faint's Danse Macabre and The Vanishing's Still Lifes Are Failing. All that plus catch-up on the third Telekompilation release and some news about a new book detailing the history of LA deathrock on this week's episode of We Have A Technical!
2020-06-2558 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 297: Gendered ProductsThe millenial (and curiously continental) stylings of US electro act cut.rate.box are discussed on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. We also have a healthy helping of our mailbag to work through, and loads of live news. Tell your friends in the Stonecutters: this is a real royal sampler of an episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2020-02-131h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 296: Sports D-Bag Mailbag time! Yep, we're crowdsourcing this week's episode of We Have A Technical, having asked folks to fire in queries both glib and philosophical dealing with the past and future of Our Thing. Which bands are being overlooked? Which side projects do we miss? And which pro wrestlers are fake goths? All that plus Cold Waves news on the new episode of the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2020-02-061h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 281: Poor Level DesignThe Senior Staff break down the anatomy of a club night on this week's episode of We Have A Technical. From format to venue to promotions to DJs to audience, what makes a club night work or fail? Plenty of discussion on that, Pharmakon, deeply obscure US EBM, and the spotted legacy of Thee Temple of Psychick Youth on the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast.
2019-10-091h 16We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 243: Teutonic TwosomeWe're acting like a pair of old fashioned Germaniacs on the latest episode of We Have A Technical. Records by Lacrimosa and Steril are on the docket, alongside discussion of some new comments from Blixa Bargeld regarding industrial music, and the news of Ant-Zen withdrawing from the physical media business. Life may not be easy in Germany, but listening to the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast sure is!
2019-01-171h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 237: A Catharsis of Humpty DumptyIt's a very English and very apocalyptic episode of We Have A Technical as recent records by Gazelle Twin and Current 93. Be it political, personal, or religious, endings and great changes are taken up in fraught and anxious ways on "Pastoral" and "The Light Is Leaving Us All". Bruce and Alex also take a look at the just announced Mechanisms Fest and the website's impending year end coverage on this week's IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-12-061h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Commentary: Everything Goes Cold, "Vs General Failure"This month's We Have A Commentary podcast takes a tour through the diabolical world of Everything Goes Cold. "Vs General Failure," the first LP of Eric Gottesman's coldwave project brings all of the manic suppervillainy that we've come to expect from EGC, but also has a surprisingly human and vulnerable core. Alex and Bruce discuss the history of coldwave, the horrors of the American health care system, and the shadowy conspiracy at the heart of the second law of thermodynamics on the latest installment of IDieYouDie.com's Patreon supported podcast series!
2018-11-2548 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 234: Chrysanthemums of RegretThe new album from Dead Can Dance, replete with high concept and worldly instrumentation, is the subject of this week's We Have A Technical. How does it fit (or not) with the storied dynamic betwixt Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard? Are its Nietzschean ambitions vindicated? And since when has Dionysus been a psychologist? All these questions, plus discussion of recent shows by Odonis Odonis and Clan Of Xymox on the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-11-151h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 232: Just Be FoolishOkay, okay, ahem - Alex and Bruce absolutely were ready to have a podcast up the day after Halloween and definitely didn't cobble something together at the last minute because their all-night spook-tacular rager left them without research or a tangible topic. No sir-ee. So when they're picking five Halloween party deep cuts, you can rest assured knowing that this episode of We Have A Technical comes with all the hallmarks of quality you've come to expect from IDieYouDie.com!
2018-11-0158 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 216: SoyrizoA pair of true school post-industrial records are taken up in this week's We Have A Technical! Individual Totem's squelchy alien soundscapes on "S.E.T.I." and the strangely approachable ambient industrial of Deutsch Nepal's "Benevolence" are taken up in this episode. We also have the scoop on the Terminus pre-party, plus a dash of shade being thrown Marilyn Manson's way on the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2018-07-1259 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 215: A Monocle It's a free form discussion episode of We Have A Technical this week, with the subject of rivethead culture being taken up. Is it distinct from industrial culture (whatever that might be)? Is it still relevant? How does it pertain to its long suffering cousin, goth? All these questions and so many more (along with countless shoutouts to Reconstruction bands) will be taken up in the latest episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-07-051h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 214: Hard for ABBAOur classic two albums format gets a bit of a rework on this episode of We Have A Technical. We weigh how Nine Inch Nails' "Bad Witch", the newest record by a band so successful we rarely talk about them, bucks the trend of accomplished but somewhat uninspired records from Trent Reznor. Also, a harrowing live performance from Lingua Ignota prompts us to consider the project's just reissued second release, "All Bitches Die". All that plus the goods on the upcoming ohGr and Lead Into Gold tour, plus our annual anticipation of the now imminent Terminus Fest on this...
2018-06-281h 00We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 213: TV's PoliceTexture and rhythm heavy records by Mlada Fronta and Zex Model come under the microscope in this week's episode of We Have A Technical! From Rémy Pelleschi's stockade of breaks, dub, and techno beats to Paul Von Aphid finding ways of reworking the classic drippy electro-industrial template of Skinny Puppy, Bruce and Alex are ready to talk turkey about "High Tension" and "Mind Slaughter". All that, some live updates and plenty more on this week's episode of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-06-211h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 212: Rollerball RockA Pick Five episode aims for the singles charts this week on the IDieYouDie.com podcast! Bruce and Alex are picking songs whose single versions they prefer to album versions. Expect some big names (and a couple of smaller ones), plus some discussion of upcoming C-Tec dates and how you might be able to help out ArtOfFact in their hour of need. All that and more on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
2018-06-141h 09We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 210: A Technical FoulPatreon backers join Alex and Bruce to discuss albums which tickle their fancy. Releases from Urceus Exit, The. Invalid, and Kite have been chosen and are considered from historical and biographical perspectives. Also, in a move without precedent, we assure you, the Senior Staff gush on and on about Encephalon for a while. Join us for all that and more on the latest iteration of the IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-05-311h 10We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 208: Brother HeroThis episode of We Have A Technical doubles down on ur-goth realness with discussion of early records by Alien Sex Fiend and Sopor Æternus and the Ensemble of Shadows. In addition, we've got takes on the new Nine Inch Nails track and a recent line performance from Merzbow. All that plus all the horsing around you've come to expect from the official IDieYouDie.com podcast!
2018-05-171h 12We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 197: Beholder MetalOn this week's episode of We Have a Technical, Alex and Bruce sit down with Shannon and Jason of Vancouver's Actors. Topics of conversation include their upcoming LP "It Will Come To You", touring and the dangers of post-punk revivalism. Additionally we've got some news regarding the Terminus line-up for 2018, the iVardensphere: Singularity set that went down in Vancouver last week and more! All this week on the official idieyoudie.com podcast!
2018-03-011h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 196: A Sandy GraveIt's time to dig into the mailbag on the latest episode of We Have A Techincal! Idieyoudie.com's readers and listeners have sent questions which range from the curatorial to the ethical to the decidedly personal. The Senior Staff are taking up each of these questions plus discussing the recent Drew McDowall show on this week's episode of the podcast that Considers Darker Alternatives.
2018-02-221h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 194: Between Alt Metal and a Hard PlaceThe classic We Have A Technical format gets a nostalgic twist, as Bruce and Alex are each picking gateway records which helped usher them into darker music...even if Fear Factory's "Demanufacture" and The Tea Party's "Splendor Solis" had more in common with metal and blues-rock. How do these tentative first steps into industrial and goth rock hold up more than two decades on? Find out, plus get the latest on live show announcements and plenty more on this week's episode of the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2018-02-081h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 191: Here Comes the ChairstepperOn this episode of We Have a Technical we welcome returning guest Matt Fanale of Caustic. We're always keen to catch up with the Man Who Couldn't Stop about what he's up to, and in this instance we were super interested to hear about what went into his terrific new album "American Carrion". We talk politics, anger, Caustic's place in industrial and a little about hot new beat project Klack, along with news about Mechanismus Festival and the dissolution of Tactical Sekt, all this week on We Have a Technical, the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2018-01-181h 12We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 187: Mention DeleuzeThe capper on our year end coverage is here, as our two tired hosts give a few final thoughts on our favourite albums of 2017, talk some honourable mentions and also discuss recent nonsense with Patreon. Do you like episodes heavily edited because we made a lot of mistakes because we were tired and drunk? Then this is the episode of We Have a Technical, the idieyoudie.com podcast for you! Giddy up!
2017-12-1557 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Commentary: ∆AIMON, "Flatliner"Every month we do a special Patreon supported bonus album commentary podcast, and for October we decided to talk about a record that is very important to the history of I Die: You Die, ∆AIMON's "Flatliner"! Not only does the Senior Staff dig into our long term thoughts and feelings on this classic dare-we-call-it witchhouse release, but we also go deep on what it means to us now that we know a little bit more about the still-mysterious duo. All brought to you with the kind assistance of our backers at patreon.com/idieyoudie.
2017-10-2232 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 179: BortThis week on the idieyoudie.com podcast, Alex and Bruce are sitting down with Statiqbloom as their tour with Skeleton Hands and Crimes AM comes through Vancouver. Fade and Denman talk about bringing the fury and anger of Statiqbloom's atmospheric electro-industrial to the stage and plenty more!
2017-10-191h 06We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 177: 3 Books 7 SwordsAlex and Bruce tackle classic early albums from now-veteran acts who have new work on the docket in this week's episode of WHaT! Mentallo & The Fixer and mind.in.a.box's legacies stretching all the way back to "Revelations 23" and "Lost Alone" are considered as those two records are analyzed in their own timeframe and in the cold light of history. All that, the expected festival updates and the even more expected horsing around about sub-par fantasy novels await you, the listener, on the newest installment of the idieyoudie.com podcast.
2017-10-051h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 176: MotherfatherBruce and Alex are joined by friend of I Die: You Die Réal Cardinal of Comaduster to discuss his incredible recent album "Solace". The ins and outs of his creative process, the expansive universe in which the album takes place and the live translation all get chewed thoroughly over! Additionally we chat :Wumpscut:, some upcoming festivals and more on this week's episode of the www.idieyoudie.com podcast!
2017-09-281h 15We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Commentary: Laibach, "Opus Dei"It's the time of the month when we record and release one of our special We Have a Commentary podcasts, supported by our backers at www.patreon.com/idieyoudie! The album this month was selected by our patrons, and overwhelmingly they wanted to hear us talk about Laibach's landmark LP "Opus Dei". Thrill to the Queen references, both overt and hidden as we chat about the lasting power of the NSK's most populist statement!
2017-02-1137 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Commentary: Front 242, "Tyranny For You"It's the first Patreon supported commentary podcast, as voted on by our patrons! Alex and Bruce talk over Front 242's "Tyranny For You", discussing thematics, sounds and where the record sits in the legendary Belgian project's discography! www.idieyoudie.com www.patreon.com/idieyoudie www.facebook.com/idieudie www.twitter.com/idie_youdie
2016-10-1053 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 121: The Hatchet WithinWe're dishing a bit of dirt on this week's episode of the podcast...but in the most pleasant and Canadian way possible. We're picking songs we like by bands we don't. All that and much much more on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official idieyoudie.com podcast!
2016-09-151h 08We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 117: Modified ChapsOn this episode of We Have a Technical we have special guest Sam Rosenthal of Black Tape For a Blue Girl and Projekt Records! Bruce and Alex get to chat with the American darkwave and ethereal music stalwart about revisiting the past on his band's new album, running a label in 2016 and the nature of fan artist relationships! All this week on the official www.idieyoudie.com podcast!
2016-08-181h 01We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 111: GohGurtHas it really been fifteen years since ohGr's "Welt" was released? It has! And we're doing an album commentary podcast in its honour. The record's odd mix of pop and industrial, its forecasting of post-reunion S'Puppy, and so much more are taken up on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official idieyoudie.com podcast.
2016-07-0744 minWe Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 110: A Noble EndeavourIt's our birthday! Well, the website's at least. We're spending this week's episode reflecting on five years of idieyoudie.com: how has post-industrial music changed in that time? How have our attitudes towards writing about it evolved? What bands and labels are inseparable from our experiences with the site? All this and so much more indulgent reverie on this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
2016-06-301h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 77: A Familiar ProblemBruce and Alex are joined by Michael Arthur Holloway of Dead When I Found Her. New album "All The Way Down"'s connections to end of life care, the history of sampling in industrial music, and plenty more are taken up in the latest episode of the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2015-11-121h 05We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 74: Coarse UndergarmentsOn this episode of the official (accept no substitutes) podcast of Spoopoween, the Senior Staff of I Die: You Die talk to industrial podcast OG DJ Todd of Real Synthetic Audio! Topics include the history of RSA, the role of the DJ in the club and on the internet and changes we've seen in the last 15 plus years in the game. Also some chat about the recently announced Swans reissues, our regular recommendations feature and all the usual nonsense you've come to expect from the idieyoudie.com podcast!
2015-10-221h 07We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical 58: Jiggery PotpourriThis week Bruce and Alex have Erica Mulkey of Unwoman and returning superguest Matt Fanale of Caustic on to chat the new release from their collaborative Beauty Queen Autopsy project! Lots of interesting stuff about process, how they approached things differently creatively and promotionally, and a strange new idea for merch! Also some discussion of our anniversary show, and all the other chit chat you've come to expect from the internet's preeminent industrial and related musics podcast!
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2015-07-021h 04We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #41: Roman Numerals and PornoOn this episode of the OFFICIAL idieyoudie.com podcast Bruce and Alex discuss a record by Die Form and the Swans side-project Skin/World of Skin. Also some chitter chatter about upcoming shows, the first announcements for festival season, some amusing anecdotes and Vampire: The Masquerade. This is one of those kitchen sink kind of episodes, so strap in, we talk fast and get very excited.
2015-02-261h 02We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #25: The Headhunter 2KastAlex and Bruce get drunk and do a running commentary on Front 242's Headhunter 2000. It gets kind of gnarly, so sit back, crack a beer and let the dulcet sounds of the official I Die: You Die podcast (www.idieyoudie.com) carry you away on wings of drunken blabbering.
2014-07-181h 42We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #24: Two Scoops of HellIn this installment of the official www.idieyoudie.com podcast Bruce and Alex talk about how much fun they had at Terminus Festival in Calgary, chat with friend of the site Eric Gottesman about the new album from his band Everything Goes Cold and reminisce about the first three years of ID:UD.
2014-07-041h 17We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #19: Princes of AtlantisBruce and Alex talk AFTERMATH Festival, Cold Waves III, the new Haujobb single, Front Line Assembly's remix album and just a mess of other topics on this episode of the official Idieyoudie.com podcast.
2014-04-2555 min
We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #18: Not Talking About JambalayaBruce and Alex kvetch about the cancellation of Festival Kinetik, then talk about releases by High-Functioning Flesh and Kindest Cuts in this episode of the official idieyoudie.com podcast.
2014-04-1056 min
We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #16: You Ain't Nothin'Bruce and Alex chat about the history of I Die: You Die, the definition of "Our Thing" and answer some listener questions in this episode of the official idieyoudie.com podcast!
2014-03-141h 03
We Have a TechnicalWHaT #8: Shopping Cart Down an Elevator ShaftIn this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we discuss records by Skinny Puppy, Download and Dubcon. Read the annotations at www.idieyoudie.com/2013/11/what-8-shoppin…elevator-shaft/
2013-11-2158 min
We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #7: Industrial Hype MenIn this episode we're joined by Alex Reed, author of "Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music" to chat about his book, his new band Seeming and engage with us in some general industrial nerdery. Read the annotations at www.idieyoudie.com!
2013-11-061h 17
We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #5: Self-Assigned HairshirtIn this episode we compare and contrast records from Kite and Henric de la Cour and Architect and Comaduster. Annotations can be found here: http://www.idieyoudie.com/2013/10/we-have-a-tech…gned-hairshirt/
2013-10-1059 min
We Have a TechnicalWe Have a Technical #3: A Friggin' Academy AwardIn our third episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we discuss new records from Nine Inch Nails and Caustic and blather on about some recent goings on around the HQ. Annotations can be found at http://www.idieyoudie.com/2013/09/we-have-a-technical-3-a-friggin-academy-award/
2013-09-1259 min