Another year draws to a close and the ubiquitous Christmas Terror is superimposed over the next few days, probably back everything we loved and important. At this point, however, you deserve our thanks for your great support for afmusic. Because of your help, we were able to set some accents in the often boring music business, and we are very proud of more than half a million downloads of the songs of our artists. And that’s why we have here in December – beside the new album “Mental Straitjacket” by Camp Z – more free downloads at afmusic.
MAV
MAV have just formed back in 2008, in the quiet Modena (Italy). They came together down on ads that have run in the local press. Quickly, their meetings became very productive and the boys began to cover some old eighties-songs. The aim was finding their own way, without forgetting the old days. The essence of it is a mixture of very dark Electrowave, a little bit of Futurepop, with a lot of 80′s-atmosphere that gets out of hand into Ambient and Gothic.
Their EP “Enter” was published in 2009 as a free download at Zorch Factory Records, and a short time later on CD at Danse Macabre. On the download single “Il Crepuscolo Della Coscienza” there is now also a B-side, a cover version of The Cure song “The Kiss”.
http://www.af-music.de/en/releases/afm066-mav-il-crepuscolo-della-coscienza-single/
REBENTISCH
Rebentisch want to give their fans a way to escape from the rampaging Christmas terror and offers some rare demo tapes and rehearsal recordings as a compilation for free download. Interesting are the differences to the recordings that made it officially on this year’s album “Herz zerrissen” or onto the EP by Der Zerfall.
http://www.af-music.de/en/releases/afm072-rebentisch-homerecording/
In November 2009 Sven Rebentisch also stood again in front of the camera. In collaboration with LEA LOUISE MARSHALL, which already did the current Rebentisch clip “Angst”, a new video for the song “Danach” from the current album “Herz zerrissen” will be recorded. This time contribute a variety of extras in the clip, that lends the necessary trash-flair which Sven would love to have for this one. So the fans may be very curious to see what the new year at REBENTISCHS’ home brings us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lryyrQIV6E
ON WAVE
It’s been a while since we published 2 EP’s of the russian indie band On Wave on afmusic. After “Vodka Bear Matreshka” in August last year and the follower “Special Thanks” in January 2009, it became a little quiet around Ilya Romanenkov, Misha Proskurin, Maksim Sushkov and their new drummer Marak Gvozdovsky. Though means quiet not sitting around idly and so there are now 15 new tracks, the full debut album “Ginger”. True to their motto ‘We are doing Indie. For You” as a free download. Purchase a version of the album will be available from mid-January in all major download stores and in the MP3 shop of afmusic too.
http://www.af-music.de/en/releases/afm074-on-wave-ginger/
THE FORCED OSCILLATIONS
Meanwhile, there are 3 releases of the band from Moscow on afmusic. Founded in 2005 as a duo the transformation of German New Wave and EBM-bands influenced songs towards bass-heavy and atmospheric post-punk took its place. Before there is new material of the band, we have “Garlics” promo compilation for you as a free-download. In addition to the 3 EP’s there are some more recent live recordings on it. Anyone who didn’t took notice of The Forced Oscillations until now can get a complete impression of the bands’ work and their experimentation on this way.
http://www.af-music.de/en/releases/afm073-the-forced-oscillations-garlics-compilation/
GODEX
Also Godex distribute gifts and offer immediate periodically downloads from their current album “Gates of the Universe”. It’ll begin with the song “Eagles”, followed shortly by „Dream with you“ right before the Christmas holidays start off. More info about this on the band’s website, on Facebook or Twitter.
http://godex-music.de/ | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Godex/159314506588 | http://twitter.com/godexmusic
Thanks for your support
Ah, more by ‘The Forced Oscillations’ – appreciated. Good new year.