Out now: Ich Wollte, Ich Könnte - “IN MEMORIAM” (tut005) and Unidad Sasao - “THE SKIN I’M IN” (rur004). More information and soundclips on the label’s website.
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Genetic Music announces a cd by WE. (side-project of File Not Found), called Departure. It’s the follow-up to their untitled album from 2000 also released on Genetic. Expect “great melodies and arrangements, catchy tunes, sweet synth lines, squeaking synths and drumboxes.” Info and samples: geneticmusic.de

Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt has her seventh album out now: An Ancient Muse.
On March 14, Loreena will perform her Celtic folk music at Amsterdam’s Heineken Music Hall. This is her first Dutch concert since 1998.

Kammer Sieben first came into the open with their excellent song ‘Dismembered Memories’ on the compilation “Eisiges Licht #2″. Now it’s time for their debut cd, “unfinished movies”, to be released soon on Eis & Licht (CD EIS050).
The band will perform in Halle on December 25 with Orplid and Quellenthal.

Various new vinyl releases of Dernière Volonté are announced for 2007:
the limited live LP Le Cheval de Troie (a registration of the 2006 concert in The Hague) issued by La La Land, a vinyl issue of Obéir et Mourir on Nuit et Brouillard= and a 12″ with new material on Hau Ruck!.

Soon two new releases from Enfant Terrible will be ready: After The Snow – Fracture LP (Enfant06) and ICK - La parade des sans illusions 7” (petit enfant 001).
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Excellent news from UK label Renascent: they will treat us to three new Comsat Angels releases, including lots of unreleased material. Most spectacular is the double cd To Before, which contains demos, out-takes and other ‘deleted’ stuff from 1978 to 1993. Furthermore the label announces a reissue of My Minds Eye (1993) with 6 bonus tracks, and a reissue of The Glamour (1995) as a double cd with 8 unreleased recordings! The releases are expected for January 29, 2007.

Portion Control, formed in South London in 1980, is still going strong after their come-back a few years ago: their new album is called Filthy white guy and contains 14 songs. You can preview audio at the special minisite or at their new myspace website.