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There are now just 12 days remaining to pre-order the Japanese Limited Edition of the DOPE STARS INC. album '21st Century Slave' - and get the 2 massive 500 x 415mm inserts shown above FREE.
Strictly limited to pre-order customers ONLY, these fold-out poster-inserts along with the digipak edition form the 'Digital Warrior Pre-order Pack'...which is already almost OUT OF STOCK!
Specially designed at DWA to perfectly complement the massive 16-page booklet and 4-panel gatefold insert of the album itself, these poster-inserts contain artwork unavailable anywhere else: a total collector's item!
To grab one of the last remaining copies, pre-order NOW using PayPal's secure ordering system:
Pre-order MUST END by the official Japanese release date: July 14th!
3 of DWA's artists are now the subject of a massive 'power push' on Japanese cable music provider USEN.
Every Saturday this month - June 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th - you can hear a 30-minute special program by Yusuke Mochizuki featuring tracks from DOPE STARS INC., VIGILANTE and LXT (LATEXXX TEENS). The show is broadcasting between 18.00-18.30 on USEN440/SOUND PLANET: B/F-61 Channel - 'Modern Rock (GrindHouse)'.
This show is running in parallel with the publication of a full-page feature article about DWA and these 3 bands in the June-July issue of GrindHouse Magazine: in stores across Japan now.
Also, the tracks 'Hey God' by LXT and 'In The Name Of God' by VIGILANTE are featured in DJ Hiro Arishima's program throughout June on USEN. This show is broadcast twice daily: Mon-Thu 10.00-12.00, 22.00-24.00 and Fri-Sun 12.00-14.00, 20.00-22.00...also on USEN440/SOUND PLANET: B/F-61 Channel - 'Modern Rock (GrindHouse)'!
That's right: with still 3 weeks to go until the actual release of DWA's Japanese Limited Edition of 'Criminal Intents/Morning Star' on June 20th, OVER A QUARTER of the entire digipak edition has already SOLD OUT on pre-order in just 7 days...making this our FASTEST EVER selling release...and it isn't even in stores yet!
And no wonder - given that this unique CD contains no fewer than 8 completely different tracks to the European and American versions - all EXCLUSIVE and PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED!
4 remixes, plus 4 demos of never-before heard songs - completed, mixed and mastered by Victor Love himself especially for this special release!
To give you a taste of the amazing bonus section of this CD, here are MP3 clips of 2 of those previously unreleased
songs:
DOPE STARS INC. - Analog God 1.03
DOPE STARS INC. - 34 Hours 1.34
Pre-orders MUST CLOSE on JUNE 13th - because DOPE STARS INC. are SIGNING the booklets of all the pre-ordered copies: so obviously there must be a 'cut-off date' after which nothing will be signed.
That means as of today there are ONLY 14 DAYS LEFT to pre-order this unique collector's edition CD: and get a signed copy.
To do so,
just click here to place your order with any major credit card or PayPal account:
This title goes on general release June 20th: the signed pre-orders will be shipped up to 7 days prior to that, to ensure delivery corresponds with the date of general release.
Put together one of Europe's best-known electro-industrial labels, one of Japan's best-known electro-industrial DJs, have the resulting mix mastered by one of the scene's best-known mastering engineers and accompany it with artwork by one of Japan's best-known dark digital artists, and the result can only be another mind-blowing package from Deathwatch Asia!
When Infacted Recordings offered us a compilation album, of course we were interested. But then we began wondering what we could do to turn such a release into something even more special. The answer was of course to turn over the track selection to Osaka's DJ Taiki: and get him to turn the songs into a lethal DJ-mix!
Then we gave that DJ-mix to none other than Jan L of NOISUF-X, to master the pounding beats at ear-splitting volume.
For the artwork, we turned to the legendary Atsushi Tani, for a portfolio of photos of DJ Taiki transformed digitally as only Atsushi Tani knows how.
The end product is another amazing
Japan-only exclusive release on DWA, out this Saturday (6/06).
Full tracklist:
01. SCHALLFAKTOR - Aroused
02. STATE OF THE UNION - Stockbrecher
03. FROZEN PLASMA – A Generation Of The Lost (Lukas Boysen Rmx)
04. AQUALITE – Cutoff Baby
05. IRIS – Lands Of Fire (Datguy Mix)
06. LES ANGES DE LA NUIT - Reborn
07. LIQUID DIVINE – Technocracy (Tom Wax Remix)
08. RETRACTOR – The False Memory (Hermonic Mix)
09. GRENDEL – Hate This
10. SOMAN - Absolution
11. SOMAN – Detail
12. MODULATE – Digital Alchemy
13. SYNCROTEK – Hacker (Infacted Mix)
14. REAPER – Urnensand (by Schallfaktor)
15. HEIMATAERDE – O Grosse Lieb
(N.B.: although this is a DJ-mix, of course every track has its own unique start ID! So the disc can be played straight through as 1 DJ-set: or the tracks can be played individually...)
Music from Infacted Recordings, mixed by DJ TAIKI, mastered by X-Fusion Music Production, artwork by Atsushi Tani, produced and released exclusively by Deathwatch Asia: welcome to the hard-hitting club sounds of Osaka’s ‘Black Veil’!
The official launch of this release takes place at Club Neo itself on June 6th, at a special event celebrating the 13th anniversary of DJ TAIKI's Shinsaibashi shop TERRITORY! Open from 18.00...
The name of songwriter and producer Sebastian Komor needs no introduction to all fans of EBM/dark electro after his massive international success with ZOMBIE GIRL and ICON OF COIL.
Now he has a new solo project, KOMOR KOMMANDO: the most aggressive music he has ever made!
Just released in Europe by Alfa-Matrix, DWA is proud to announce the Japanese release of KOMOR KOMMANDO’s 7-track debut ‘Das EP’ on 7/04!
Of course no mere import, DWA’s Japanese Limited Edition comes in a striking 6-panel Japan-only digipak, remodelled from the original artwork: plus 4-panel Japan-only gatefold insert with Japanese liner notes, and obi…and is strictly limited to 100 copies!
The tracks ‘Love Your Neighbor’ and ‘Beat Around The Bushes’ have already been featured in several compilation albums of club music (Endzeit Bunkertracks - Act IV, Advanced Electronics Vol.7, etc), receiving heavy play at club events around the world.
‘Das EP’ includes ‘Love Your Neighbor’, ‘Beat Around The Bushes’ plus 5 brand new previously unreleased tracks: all killer tracks designed to take your head off on the dancefloor!
These are club industrial beats at their most brutal.
KOMOR KOMMANDO are here: and no prisoners will be taken.
On general release from July 4th!
Just hitting stores now is the June-July issue of GrindHouse Magazine: including full-page DWA feature and profiles of VIGILANTE, DOPE STARS INC. and LXT...plus a full page ad for the all the latest DWA releases including
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'Infacted Asia: Black Veil Club Selection'
(DWA 909)
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'Criminal Intents/Morning Star - Japanese Limited Edition' by DOPE STARS INC.
(DWA 908)
....and of course the upcoming DOPE STARS INC. album '21st Century Slave - Japanese Limited Edition'
(DWA 912)
GrindHouse has a circulation of 75,000 copies, and is on sale now across Japan priced at 800 Yen!
Stay tuned for more info on 'power push' of DWA artists on the GrindHouse channel on USEN over the next few months!
Already selling at incredible speed on pre-order, DWA's Japanese Limited Edition of 'Criminal Intents/Morning Star' contains no fewer than 8 completely different tracks to the European and American versions - all EXCLUSIVE and PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED!
4 remixes, plus 4 demos of never-before heard songs - completed, mixed and mastered by Victor Love himself especially for this special release!
To give you a first taste of the amazing bonus section of this CD, here is an MP3 clip of 1 of those previously unreleased
songs: '34 Hours'.
DOPE STARS INC. - 34 Hours 1.34
To pre-order this unique collector's edition CD right now, just click here to place your order with any major credit card or PayPal account:
Running at well over 70 minutes of music, this Japanese version of ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’ includes a selection of new tracks and a massive bonus section of remixes of classic DOPE STARS INC. tracks by top names such as KMFDM, MORTIIS and GOTHMINISTER.
But DWA’s unique Japanese Limited Edition of ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’ also features no less than EIGHT different bonus tracks to the European (Trisol/Subsound) and US (Metropolis) releases – remixes by XP8, LXT/LATEXXX TEENS, DEFLORE and ADAM KULT – plus 4 previously unreleased demos never heard before!
DWA’s digipak is 6-panels landscape-format rather than the 4-panel portrait-format digipak of the Trisol European release: with additional artwork.
The DWA booklet is 8-panels instead of the 4-panel booklet of the Metropolis American release, adding gorgeous additional photos of the band by Enrico Caputo.
All this, plus the 4-panel gatefold insert with Japanese liner notes.
Strictly limited to just 200 copies, we expect the already heavy demand for the digipak version of this release to rapidly outstrip supply! AND DOPE STARS INC. ARE SIGNING THE BOOKLETS OF ALL PRE-ORDERED COPIES OF THIS RELEASE!!!
Pre-order right here, right now:
This title goes on general release June 20th: preorders will be shipped up to 7 days prior to that, to ensure delivery corresponds with the date of general release.
In response to numerous requests, we have now opened a pre-ordering facility for selected titles.
Making use of the internationally-trusted PayPal system, it is now possible to pre-order DIRECT from DWA in Japan using any major credit card or your PayPal account.
Using PayPal’s secure server, with just a few clicks you can place your pre-order simply and easily: no complicated forms to complete, simply payment info and your shipping address.
And because we are dealing with you directly, we can afford to ship to you FREE.
That’s right: FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.
Pre-ordering is open NOW for DOPE STARS INC.’s ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’.
Another world-exclusive! DOPE STARS INC. album ‘21st Century Slave’ will be released in Japan on July 14: BEFORE the European and US releases of Trisol and Metropolis!
The DWA version will include a number of extra tracks: making this version an instant collectors item!
Full details to follow shortly.
Meanwhile, pre-order has now opened on the Japanese Limited Edition of ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’. Massively different to the European and US versions, the DWA version runs at almost 72 minutes and features no less than EIGHT unique and previously unreleased extra tracks! And as if this wasn’t enough, DOPE STARS INC. themselves have agreed to SIGN all pre-ordered copies!
The first 200 units come in 6-panel digipak, with 8-panel booklet.
With FREE international shipping direct from Japan to anywhere worldwide, what are you waiting for?
Pre-order now HERE!
DAWN OF ASHES have finally revealed a taste of their new ‘metal’ sound: the demo version of new track ‘The Filth Coated Heart’ is available for listening now on the band’s Myspace profile, and has already attracted thousands of plays from the legions of fans eagerly awaiting new album ‘Genocide Chapters’.
The slow and powerful rock song is described by DAWN OF ASHES themselves as ‘a ballad’, and marks a clear departure from the Terror EBM sound of ‘In The Acts Of Violence/The Crypt Injection’ out now on DWA.
Recording of ‘Genocide Chapters’ is still in progress - with the band threatening a number of faster tracks for the album itself - and will include a collaboration with CRADLE OF FILTH vocalist Jezebel.
Recording of the new GRENDEL EP ‘Chemicals & Circuitry’ is almost complete: just some final vocal parts to add, and then remixing will begin. The EP will be released simultaneously on Infacted, Metropolis and DWA later this summer: naturally the DWA version will be a Japanese Limited Edition digipak! Tracklisting and release date to follow.
DWA’s first collaboration with Infacted - the Japanese Limited Edition of GRENDEL’s ‘Harsh Generation’ with collectors postcards - is almost SOLD OUT! We are now down literally to the last 10 copies. Grab one while you can!
Following the enormous success of DWA’s release of LXT/LATEXXX TEENS ‘Death Club Entertainment’ in January - produced by Victor Love of DOPE STARS INC. and featuring DOPE STARS INC. guitarist La Nuit – DWA is now proud to present an exclusive Japanese Limited Edition release by the cyberpunk-rockers DOPE STARS INC. themselves, complete with Japan-only bonus tracks!
Featuring 8 completely different tracks to the European and American versions – all exclusive and previously unreleased – plus larger digipak and booklet, the Japanese Limited Edition is a must-have collectors item for all fans of DOPE STARS INC.…with the added bonus that DOPE STARS INC. will SIGN all pre-ordered copies!
Blending cyberpunk imagery with heavy rock guitars and programmed electronics, the impossibly good-looking DOPE STARS INC. powered onto the European alternative scene with their 2005 debut ‘Neuromance’ and ‘Gigahearts’ (2006) for German label Trisol, attracting massive press coverage.
Between 2005-2008 DOPE STARS INC. performed at some of the biggest alternative music festivals in Europe such as Mera Luna, Wave Gotik Treffen, Amphi, and Summer Darkness: as well as playing support to acts like COMBICHRIST, APOPTYGMA BERZERK and ASP, and having songs featured in the soundtracks of hit horror movies SAW 2, 3 and 4.
Now, after a 3-year hiatus during which frontman and songwriter Victor Love has been honing his production skills with fellow Italian act LXT/LATEXXX TEENS and his own side-project EPOCHATE, the self-styled ‘digital warriors’ have returned with a brand-new feature-length EP ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’: a preview for their forthcoming 3rd full studio album scheduled for release on DWA (Japan), Metropolis (USA) and Trisol/Subsound (Europe) this July.
Running at well over 70 minutes of music, this version of ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’ includes a selection of new tracks and a massive bonus section of remixes of classic DOPE STARS INC. tracks by top names such as KMFDM, MORTIIS and GOTHMINISTER!
DWA’s unique Japanese Limited Edition digipak of ‘Criminal Intents/Morning Star’ features no less than EIGHT different bonus tracks to the European (Trisol/Subsound) and US (Metropolis) releases – remixes by XP8, LXT/LATEXXX TEENS, DEFLORE and ADAM KULT – plus 4 previously unreleased demos never heard before!
DWA’s digipak is 6-panels landscape-format rather than the 4-panel portrait-format digipak of the Trisol European release: with additional artwork.
The DWA booklet is 8-panels instead of the 4-panel booklet of the Metropolis release, adding gorgeous additional photos of the band by Enrico Caputo.
All this, plus 4-panel gatefold insert with Japanese liner notes.
Strictly limited to 200 copies, we expect heavy demand for this release to rapidly outstrip supply! And to repeat: DOPE STARS INC. WILL SIGN THE BOOKLETS OF ALL PRE-ORDERED COPIES OF THIS RELEASE!!!
Available from June 20th!
Another Japan-only exclusive! 15 tracks from leading German electro-industrial label Infacted Recordings, mixed for the dancefloor by none other than Japan’s #1 electro-industrial DJ TAIKI!
In 2006, DWA released the first compilation album of music from the Japanese dark scene, the best-selling ‘Dark Waters’ album. Now, in another ground-breaking idea, DWA presents the first-ever commercial release of a mix-CD by a Japanese dark scene DJ: using an exclusive selection of tracks from leading German dark electro label Infacted Recordings!
Mixed live in Osaka by DJ TAIKI (Black Veil), ‘Infacted Asia: Black Veil Club Selection’ is a non-stop DJ-mix of 15 dance tracks from top Infacted artists such as GRENDEL, REAPER, HEIMATAERDE and SOMAN. The perfect introduction to the best of Infacted’s impressive catalogue of alternative club music: perfectly mixed by leading dark scene DJ TAIKI, organiser of Japan’s premier alternative club night ‘Black Veil’ at Shinsaibashi Club Neo since 2000.
A world-exclusive CD, produced only for Japan, the mix has been mastered by top European engineer Jan L (aka NOISUF-X/X-FUSION) of X-Fusion Music Production, whose extensive production and mastering credits include SIVA SIX (DWA901: Flesh And Will Resurrected), SUICIDE COMMANDO and GRENDEL.
Artwork for the 6-panel digipak and 8-panel insert features photography of DJ TAIKI by leading Japanese dark scene photographer and digital artist Tani Atsushi.
Music from Infacted Recordings, mixed by DJ TAIKI, mastered by X-Fusion Music Production, artwork by Atsushi Tani, produced and released exclusively by Deathwatch Asia: welcome to the hard-hitting club sounds of Osaka’s ‘Black Veil’!
Available from June 6th, the official launch of this release takes place at Club Neo itself, at a special event celebrating the 13th anniversary of DJ TAIKI's Shinsaibashi shop TERRITORY!
Another world-exclusive coming soon on DWA: a Japan-only ‘Greatest Hits Collection’ from this top Swiss EBM/New Wave act!
BAK XIII is an EBM/New Wave powerhouse from Switzerland, combining modern industrial production with classic old-school EBM-sequencing: 21st Century music with punk attitude and a retro feel evidenced by song-titles like ‘80s Are Back Forever’ and ‘New Wave Party’.
In Europe, BAK XIII have toured with such top names in the electro-industrial scene as SUICIDE COMMANDO, FRONT 242 and DAS ICH: and have remixed or been remixed by top artists like PSYCHE, HIV+ and THE NEON JUDGEMENT.
In 2008, DWA invited BAK XIII programmer Baron Von Smock to Japan to present his ambient-industrial solo-project MUSIC FOR THE SPACE live in Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto: and as guest DJ for leading dark-scene event Tokyo Dark Castle in Shinjuku.
Now with ‘Best Of BAK XIII’ DWA is proud to present a world-exclusive Japan-only ‘Greatest Hits Collection’ of BAK XIII: celebrating the prolific musical career of Switzerland’s best-known electro-industrial act!
Originally formed as a duo by Baron Von Smock and DDDmix (vocals, programming) in Geneva in 2001, since 2003 BAK XIII has operated as a trio with guitarists Garf (2003-2006) and Tenebras (2007-2009) adding metal riffs to the mix.
Since 2003, BAK XIII have released a new studio album almost every year: ‘In Cauda Venenum’ (2003), ‘Post Lucem Tenebrae’ (2004), ‘Morituri Te Salutant’ (2005), ‘Vae Victis’ (2006) and ‘Ultima Ratio Regum’ (2008), plus the 2006 EP ‘Dead Again’. DWA’s ‘Best Of BAK XIII’ contains a massive 20 tracks from all 5 BAK XIII albums: all personally selected by the band themselves!
Under exclusive license from BAK XIII’s European label Urgence Disk Records, DWA’s ‘Best Of BAK XIII’ comes with an 8-panel folding insert detailing the entire recorded history of BAK XIII’s albums, plus 4-panel insert with Japanese linernotes about the band. And the first 200 copies of this unique album are presented in a 6-panel digipak, with artwork specially commissioned for this release!
Available June 27th!
June can be a month to avoid in Japan, as heavy rain usually heralds the end of Spring and start of the oppressive summer heat. This year however, June will bring with it several releases to savour on DWA: none sweeter than the full-length debut from Osaka’s sawDUST in me.
‘Decorated Doll’ features 10 brand new tracks, plus a bonus remix section featuring an array of top international and domestic artists such as sonic terrorist UTEROZZZAAA, DJs SiSeN and TAKUYA ANGEL, 2BULLET, UK EBM-legends INERTIA and Chilean industrial-metal act VIGILANTE.
The first 222 copies will come in a 6-panel digipak Special Edition, with 8-panel folding insert, obi, and 4-panel gatefold insert with linernotes in Japanese.
‘Decorated Doll’ delivers on all levels, totally fulfilling the promise of sawDUST’s 2007 debut EP ‘Mortification Made Me’. Co-produced like ‘Mortification Made Me’ by Jude of SINS OF THE FLESH/DESPAIR, ‘Decorated Doll’ is loaded with throbbing sequencers, haunting piano refrains, plaintive melodies and screaming vocals.
Further details to follow, as we get them..!
Another 'killer' release on DWA next month: a 2CD digipak edition of DAWN OF ASHES awesome splatter-themed dark-electro albums 'In The Acts Of Violence' and 'The Crypt Injection'.
Some groups like SIVA SIX have successfully switched to the electro-industrial scene from origins in black metal. Like PSYCLON NINE before them, DAWN OF ASHES seem to currently be moving in the opposite direction: from dark electro to death metal.
Currently recording what will be their third studio album ‘Genocide Chapters’, DAWN OF ASHES have now adopted SLIPKNOT-style masks and an expanded line-up featuring live drums, bass and guitar.
However, prior to this apparent change of musical direction they have been responsible for 2 of the electro-industrial scene’s most powerful recent albums - in the shape of their 2006 debut ‘In The Acts Of Violence’ (which reached #9 in the DAC German Alternative Charts), and the widely-praised follow-up ‘The Crypt Injection’ (2007: DAC #6!).
For the first time, DWA brings these 2 brilliant albums together: in 1 beautiful collector’s edition package.
Including remixes from FGFC820, ASLAN FACTION, XP8 and DIOXYDE – plus the music video for ‘Torture Device’ – this is a non-stop sensory assault of electro-horror.
Coming in an all-new 6-panel digipak modelled on the artwork of the original NoiTekk releases, this strictly Limited Edition of 100 pieces comes with obi and Japanese liner-notes insert from DWA - plus the 2 original 8-page booklets and 2 CDs from the individual NoiTekk European editions of both albums.
Available April 25th.
February brought a flurry of new releases, including the latest offering from SINS OF THE FLESH. Featuring 7 remixes of the grinding 'F**k #1', plus a couple of bonus tracks, the resulting CD weighs in at an impressive 45 minutes, and includes versions of 'F**k #1' reinterpreted by MIMETIC and 2BULLET.
The first 222 copies come in a 6-panel collector's digipak, with 8-panel insert, plus 4-panel insert with linernotes in Japanese.
Also in stores now is the Japanese 2CD Limited Digipak Edition
of TACTICAL SEKT's 'Syncope': featuring a bonus CD of rare and deleted material that has been sought after by TACTICAL SEKT fans for many years.
In stores now!
We can now confirm a release date for the latest offering of martial electro from New York DJs Rexx Arkana and Dräcos.
The stunning sophomore release from FGFC820 'Law & Ordnance' comes in a special limited 2-disc edition with bonus remixes from the likes of COMBICHRIST, C-LEKKTOR, SAM and many many more!
This 2CD-set is limited worldwide to 1000 copies: and this Japanese edtion of it to just 100, so pre-order is highly recommended!
A massive collection of punchy club tracks, the regular edition of this CD alone would be a serious contender for 'Album Of The Year', and has already been a permanent fixture at the top end of the DAC (German Alternative Charts) for months.
Throw in the CD2 of a further 11 remixes, and this becomes a 'must-have' purchase for anybody into the harder end of alternative dance music.
Coming in 6-panel digipak as standard, modelled as always on the original artwork for the NoiTekk release (designed by Nathan Winter of IndustriArts), this 2CD set will include a 4-panel gatefold insert with Japanese linernotes on FGFC820, plus 8-page booklet and CDs from the NoiTekk edition.
In stores from April 18th.
Now completing a brand new CD/DVD set 'Life Is A Battlefield', Chilean industrial metal heavyweights VIGILANTE have agreed to make time for remixing a sawDUST in me track for the upcoming sawDUST album ' Decorated Doll' later this spring!
VIGILANTE's version of 'bfs' will appear as part of a bonus remix section of this debut full-length album: remixes produced by a variety of international and Japanese artists.
DWA's Japanese Limited 2CD Digipak Edition of VIGILANTE's current album 'War Of Ideas'
is on sale NOW!
This one has been a long time 'in development': but is finally here.
The result of a chance meeting between SINS OF THE FLESH frontman Jude and OBSCENITY TRIAL frontman
Oliver Wand backstage at the Radio Inferno Festival in St.Petersburg, this is the Japanese Limited Edition of German act OBSCENITY TRIAL's latest electropop masterpiece 'That Night' - under exclusive license from German label Major Records (IAMX, MESH, Ladytron).
OBSCENITY TRIAL's 2nd full-length album, 'That Night' follows 2 highly-successful releases on Infacted ('Daydream', 'Here And Now'), and marks somewhat of a musical departure for both OBSCENITY TRIAL and DWA.
Already renowned for hard dance tracks, with 'That Night' OBSCENITY TRIAL embrace a broader spectrum
of sounds such as the uplifting and melodic 'My Mind, Your Mind'.
'That Night' is synthpop at its finest, in all its varieties: both danceable and downtempo.
Presented as a luxurious Japan-only 6-panel digipak with obi - containing gatefold insert with Japanese linernotes - plus CD and 8-panel booklet from the Major Records European release, this Japanese Limited Edition of ‘That Night’ is strictly limited to 100 pieces!
Just returned to Germany from a mammoth 26-date US tour to promoted 'That Night', OBSCENITY TRIAL are already back in the studio recording new material!
Another fantastic 'free upgrade'!
Italy's industrial-metal sensation LXT continues to explode into Japan, rapidly following labelmates SIVA SIX into becoming one of DWA's fastest-selling titles ever!
DWA's Japanese Limited 2CD Edition digipak of LXT's debut full-length album 'Death Club Entertainment' sold as many copies in its first month of release as any of our 'home-grown' Japanese acts: not bad for a band which has yet to appear live in Japan!
However, as there seemed to be some issue with playback of certain copies of the CD2 'Moloko & Ultraviolence', rather than wait to replace them with copies of the Italian original we have pressed a limited-run Japanese version: with brand new artwork modelled on the original CD's cover-art!
Another Japan-only world-exclusive!
Superbly produced by Victor Love of Trisol's cyber-metal superstars DOPE STARS INC., the 'Death Club Entertainment' 2CD Limited Edition is a heady cocktail of hard electronics and heavy guitar riffs - a must-have item for any fans of MARILYN MANSON or Japan's own DESTRUCT SYSTEM!
Check out these MP3 preview clips NOW:
1. (P)Resident Evil 1.51
2. Hey God 1.21
3. Long Way To Ruin 1.19
4. L.S.D. 1.39
5. Natural Born Chaos 1.46
6. Filth & Fury 1.24
Another fantastic exclusive from DWA!
Thanks to our good friends at Black Rain Media Group, we have secured permission to upgrade the Japanese Limited Editon of TACTICAL SEKT's seminal work 'Syncope' to a world exclusive 2CD version!
Melodic and catchy music, distorted vocals and clever dialogue samples fused to brutal dance beats: the 'regular' version of ‘Syncope’ is a must-have album of the harsh–EBM/dark electro genre in its own right, packed with club-friendly tracks.
But CD2 of the Japanese Limited Edition contains 8 rare and deleted tracks from the original bonus CD of the European Limited Edition of 'Syncope':sold-out, deleted and massively in demand by collectors worldwide since 2006!
Re-pressed as a strictly limited edition of 200 retail copies only, with new artwork corresponding to the DWA digipak, this disc is destined to become a major collector's item!
The Japanese Limited Edition of this double-CD title comes in a 6-panel digipak, featuring artwork redesigned from the original NoiTekk European release. In addition to the DWA-exclusive CD2, 'Syncope - Japanese Limited 2CD Edition' comes complete with 4-panel gatefold insert featuring Japanese liner-notes, obi, plus the 4-panel insert and main CD from the standard NoiTekk European edition.
Retail price: a mere 2,500 Yen!
New Year, new products!
Another great title featuring remixes from top Japanese artists like BLOOD, DIABOLIC ART (DJ TAIKI of BLACK VEIL/MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS) and DWA's own DESPAIR: the DWA edition of the latest SIVA SIX double-album is unleashed today (01/10)!
The all-new 15-track remix-CD 'Flesh And Will Resurrected...' would be a fantastic purchase in its own right, brimming as it is with versions of SIVA SIX tracks from top international artists such as NOISUF-X, DOPE STARS INC., XP8, SOMAN and latest DWA signings VIGILANTE and LXT.
Yet as if the remix-CD itself wasn't enough, this gorgeous digipak edition exclusive to Japan also contains the reissue of SIVA SIX's much-praised (and sold-out) 2005 debut 'Rise New Flesh'!
DWA's beautifully-packaged Japanese Limited Edition of this double-CD title comes in a 6-panel digipak, with 4-panel gatefold insert and obi, plus the 12-page booklet and 2CDs from the standard European edition of our Italian partner Decadance Records: all for the bargain price of only 3,000 Yen!
Out now!
2009 brings with it a whole host of great new releases on DWA - naturally all perfectly-presented in collector's edition digipak format!
In addition to the previously confirmed releases from SIVA SIX, VIGILANTE and LXT, we are now pleased to announce details of the February releases...
First out of the gate on 2009/02/07 will be the Japanese debut of German synthpop stars OBSCENITY TRIAL: formerly of Infacted Recordings, now with Major Records, and freshly returned from a massive 26-date coast-to-coast co-headline tour across the USA wih SPETSNAZ. 'That Night' is the latest album - an electro-pop odyssey in the vein of DEPECHE MODE.
For Valentine's Day 2009, what could be better than to find your 'F**k #1'?
And that is exactly what we bring you: the long-awaited remix EP version of
'F**k #1' from Osaka-based SINS OF THE FLESH. With the live band now recovering from an exhaustive European tour throughout most of September 2008, and busily recording new material, 2009/02/14 will see the club-side of SOTF again, in the shape of 7 remixes: from Swiss maestro MIMETIC, Tokyo electro-industrial outfit 2BULLET and 5 from SOTF.
Continuing DWA's twin pursuit of 'the best new and the best ever' titles from overseas, 2009/02/21 brings the official Japanese release of TACTICAL SEKT's classic dark electro masterpiece 'Syncope'. 12 tracks of unbridled dancefloor aggression, this album is a must for anyone who loved our GRENDEL and REAPER releases this year. An absolute classic of the harsh-EBM genre.
And speaking of club-friendly sounds, the February line-up is completed by the latest offering from New York DJs Rexx Arkana and Dracos: the stunning sophomore release from FGFC820 'Law & Ordnance', in a special limited 2-disc edition with bonus remixes from the likes of COMBICHRIST, C-LEKKTOR, SAM and many many more!
All 4 releases come in 6-panel full-colour digipaks, complete with inserts, booklets and obis. And just wait to see what we have in store for you in March! Full details to follow...
They're loud, they're glamorous, they're here!
LXT - or to give them their full name, LATEXXX TEENS - is DWA's second signing from Italian partner Decadance Records, and 'Death Club Entertainment' is the Teens debut full-length album.
Produced by Victor Love of Trisol's cyber-metal act DOPE STARS INC, 'Death Club Entertainment' was unleashed this Halloween in Europe: where it stormed straight into the Top 10 of the Italian Alternative Charts.
DWA's Japanese Limited Edition comes out on January 31st, in a Japan-only 6-panel digipak, obi and 4-panel gatefold insert set: plus CD and 12-page booklet from the European standard edition. And as an added bonus, this Japanese Limited Edition contains as a bonus disc the now-deleted mini-album 'Moloko & Ultraviolence'!
As previously announced, the first 200 copies of DWA's Japanese Limited Edition of NECRO STELLAR's 'Pulsing Zero' album (DWA-806) come in a set comprising 6-panel digipak, 8-panel folding insert, 4-panel gatefold Japanese liner notes insert and obi. On general release from December 13th priced at just 2500 Yen, while stocks last..!
All-new bonus tracks for this release come in the shape of exclusive remixes from DWA artists DEMONOID 13 and DESPAIR: plus Avex signings AURAL VAMPIRE.
Raveman's pounding take on 'Tachyon Spiral' is already becoming a club classic in Japan - check out his 'Tachyon Spiral - AURAL VAMPIRE remix' here!
Being chosen to open recently for NINE INCH NAILS in their native Santiago, Chile only confirmed what fans of industrial rock around the world have known for some time - that VIGILANTE is without doubt the finest and most important band of this genre in South America!
Now, for DWA's debut collaboration with leading German industrial/gothic label Black Rain, DWA is proud to present a Japanese Limited Edition of VIGILANTE’s essential hit album ‘War Of Ideas’ from 2007 – in an all-new 6-panel luxury collector’s digipak with obi and 4-panel gatefold insert from DWA, plus bonus remix CD and 20-page booklet from the European first edition!
DWA’s Japanese Limited Edition of ‘War Of Ideas’ is the perfect introduction to South America’s greatest industrial rock sensation, a crossover fusion of breakbeats and metal sure to appeal to fans of BAAL, FEAR FACTORY or DIE KRUPPS!
Another title featuring remixes from top Japanese artists is the DWA edition of the latest SIVA SIX double-album:coming at you from 01/10!
In association with our Italian partner Decadance Records, this gorgeous digipak edition exclusive to Japan contains the reissue of SIVA SIX's much-praised (and sold-out) 2005 debut 'Rise New Flesh', combined with an all-new 15-track remix album 'Flesh And Will Resurrected...'.
Packed with remixes from top international artists such as SOMAN, NOISUF-X, MONO NO AWARE and latest DWA signings VIGILANTE and LXT, 'Flesh And Will Resurrected' also carries remixes from BLOOD, DIABOLIC ART (featuring DJ TAIKI of BLACK VEIL/MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS) and DWA's own DESPAIR!
DWA's Japanese Limited Edition of this title comes in a 6-panel digipak, with 4-panel gatefold insert and obi, plus the 12-page booklet and 2CDs from the standard European edition: all for the bargain price of only 3,000 Yen!
On general release from January 10th...
After several months of frenzied behind-the-scenes activity, the DWA winter product line-up is finally rolling out: and what a fantastic line-up it is. In collaboration with our European partners, DWA will be bringing a selection of titles from top artists from around the world: from Russia to Greece, from Chile to Italy and beyond. All presented as exclusive Japanese Limited Editions - in high-end multi-panel digipak format, loaded with as many extras as possible!
First off the presses is the Japanese debut of Russia's first dark electro outfit NECRO STELLAR, with a Japanese Limited Edition of the group's earliest material entitled 'Pulsing Zero'. NECRO STELLAR lay claim to the title of being Russia's first Darkwave act, having made their first live appearance in 1993. Since signing to leading Russian alternative label Shadowplay, NECRO STELLAR have released 3 acclaimed albums: 'Saturating Cemetery' (2005, reissued 2008), the retrospective 'Pulsing Zero' (2006) and concept album 'White Tranquility' (2007).
Under exclusive license from Shadowplay, DWA is pleased to present the first 200 copies of this release in a sumptuous digipak edition comprising 6-panel digipak, 8-panel folding insert, 4-panel gatefold Japanese liner notes insert and obi. All of course in full colour, on heavyweight paper-stock. A collector's dream...
And as if these features were not enough, the CD also comes loaded with a bonus section of remixes by leading Japanese underground artists AURAL VAMPIRE, DEMONOID 13 and DESPAIR: all tracks previously unreleased and specially commissioned by DWA for this release!
Jude from SINS OF THE FLESH will make a rare DJ-appearance at Osaka's Club NEO in Shinsaibashi on Saturday August 2nd: as the guest DJ for Territory-event MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS.
Doors will be open from 22.00 - 06.00.
Admission is 2,500 Yen if in dress code (gothic/cyber/fetish) or 3,000 Yen without.
Advance tickets are available now from Territory, Alice Auaa and Babylon in Shinsaibashi: or directly from Club NEO itself.
The first 50 customers on the night will receive the latest mix CD-R from main DJ Taiki.
Deathwatch Asia leads the way in this massive 4-page J-scene feature in the August issue of long-running monthly Japanese rock magazine DOLL: with 4 out of the 9 featured acts...and all 9 included on the latest DARKER WATERS compilation.
DESPAIR, DEMONOID 13, sawDUST in me and SINS OF THE FLESH all come under the spotlight: along with UTEROZZZAAA, BAKI-SHO-JI, 2BULLET, THE ROYAL DEAD and BAAL.
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An official release party for the Japanese Limited Editions of REAPER's 'Hell Starts With An H' and GRENDEL's 'Harsh Generation will take place on 07/05 at Club NEO in Osaka: at MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS, Kansai's premier electro-industrial/EBM night.
It is always a good idea to get to Club NEO early on Territory club nights - to catch the excellent warm-up DJs...but this time we are offering an extra incentive to the first customers on the night. As this launch night celebrates not only the release of the REAPER and GRENDEL albums, but also the beginning of an alliance between DWA and Infacted Recordings, there will be a giveaway of various Infacted products! The first 10 customers will get a free CD randomly drawn from the following selection:
...and for the following 15 customers, a GRENDEL or INFACTED RECORDINGS vinyl sticker.
The official launch night of DEMONOID 13's 'Death To The Vulgar Lord' will take place in DEMONOID 13's hometown of Nagoya at a special instalment of the live event TORTURE TECHNIQUE at DAYTRIP on 7/13: with special guests BAAL, just returned from their Australian tour with ANGELSPIT.
Nagoya’s DEMONOID 13 is the only Japanese act producing tracks in the predominantly European/North American ‘Terror EBM’ style: a combination of hard dance beats/electronics fused with horror film themes.
After nearly a 2-year wait, DEMONOID 13 finally return with the long-awaited follow-up to their super-heavy debut ‘GATE OF DEATH’.
Released through Deathwatch Asia at the end of 2006, ‘GATE OF DEATH’ has now almost sold out its original pressing, with only limited stocks remaining.
The first pressing of new CD ‘DEATH TO THE VULGAR LORD’ is issued in a beautiful gatefold digipak, featuring dark artwork from Nagoya tattoo artist Ryuji (Ryuji Tattoo Design): and limited to 500 copies.
Already wildly popular outside Japan, DEMONOID 13 have been featured in #1 German alternative magazine ORKUS, and in September make their European live debut as the headline act of Eastern Europe’s largest industrial-gothic festival: ‘Chorna Rada’ in Kiev (Ukraine).
‘DEATH TO THE VULGAR LORD’ will cement DEMONOID 13’s position as a force to be reckoned with in the international industrial/EBM scene.
Release date: 2008/07/13
Product Number: DWA-803
Price: 1500 Yen
JAN-CODE: 4582237815634
Format: 2-panel gatefold digipak
Tracklisting:
01) Sacrifice 3.25
02) The Hidden Justice 4.17
03) Slaughter In Heaven 3.55
04) Infernal Forces 4.49
05) Iconoclast 5.03
06) Master Of D (2008 version) 5.22
The Japanese scene was shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of popular and talented singer Ana this March. Ana had just quit DESPAIR after recording 1 final track especially for the new DWA compilation DARKER WATERS, and given that this song - the epic and emotional 'Gash' - sadly forms her final recorded work, it was therefore decided that the release-date of DARKER WATERS should be postponed to coincide with a memorial gig being held in her honour at Tokyo Dark Castle.
'DARKER WATERS: deeper into the Japanese underground' goes on domestic sale 06/07.
Available across Japan from Tower, HMV, Territory and all other usual stockists: and of course on the night at Shinjuku Marz.
The Japanese Limited Editions of REAPER's 'Hell Starts With An H' and GRENDEL's 'Harsh Generation' will go on commercial release across Japan from 07/05.
An official release party for these CDs will take place that night at Club NEO in Osaka: at MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS, Osaka's premier electro-industrial/EBM night.
As this celebrates not only the release of the REAPER and GRENDEL albums, but also the beginning of an alliance between DWA and Infacted Recordings, there will be a giveaway of various Infacted products to the first customers on the night! First come, first served!
Side-project of Swiss electro-industrial act BAK XIII, MUSIC FOR THE SPACE will play 3 dates in the Kansai area this week:
06/03 KOBE Otoya (Sannomiya)
with Osaka digital hardcore legend UTERO ZZZ AAA and DWA's own sawDUST IN ME in support. Doors open at 18.30, first act onstage 19.00. Admission 1500 Yen: or a mere 1000 Yen if you can
show one of the special 'NOSFERATU NIGHT' flyers to the door-staff. Plus 500 yen drink ticket.
06/04 OSAKA Socio (Shinsaibashi)
with BUDOU-YA and NANO KID. Doors open at 18.30, event starts at 19.00. Admission 1500 Yen in advance (or with a reservation): or 1800
Yen on the door. Plus 500 yen drink ticket.
06/05 KYOTO Oooh-La-La (Saiin)
with ULTRA BIDE, KURUPIA and POINT OF CONTACT. Doors open at 18.30, event starts 19.00. Admission 2000 Yen (includes 500 Yen drink ticket).
The tour then heads for Kanto, where HERR LIEBE will play a special guest DJ-slot at Tokyo Dark Castle:
06/07 TOKYO Marz (Shinjuku)
with DWA's own DESPAIR, THE NEUTRON EGO TAPE, DEMONS, gadget., AUTO-MOD. Doors open at midnight for this all-night tribute event to former DESPAIR singer Ana. Admission 3000 Yen in advance, or 3500 on the door...plus 1 drink ticket at 500 Yen.
The first of several upcoming DWA collaborations with leading European labels is now ready for release. In celebration of DWA's strategic partnership with German label Infacted Recordings, we are pleased to present special Japanese editions of albums from 2 of Infacted's best-known and best-selling artists: REAPER and GRENDEL.
GRENDEL is the dark dance sensation from the Netherlands,
now playing some of the biggest alternative festivals across Europe:
07/17 AMPHI FESTIVAL (DE)
08/22 INFEST (UK)
09/12 INFACTED FESTIVAL (DE)
10/02 DARK AREA FESTIVAL (DE)
Following 2 highly successful albums ('Inhumane Amusement', Prescription: Medicide') and EPs ('End Of Ages', 'Soilbleed') for German label NOITEKK/Black Rain, GRENDEL signed to leading industrial label INFACTED RECORDINGS.
With their INFACTED debut 'Harsh Generation' GRENDEL have had their greatest success so far: hitting #3 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC), and staying in the 'Top 5' for many weeks.
REAPER is the pounding dark-electro project of Vasi Vallis (FROZEN PLASMA, NAM NAM BULU), who recently hit #1 in the German Alternative Charts (DAC) with latest single 'The Devil Is Female'.
Now playing some of the biggest alternative festivals across Europe:
07/06 BLACKFIELD FESTIVAL (DE)
07/25 GOTHIC FESTIVAL (BE)
07/27 CASTLE PARTY (PL)
08/10 SUMMER DARKNESS (NL)
09/12 INFACTED FESTIVAL (DE)
'Hell Starts With An H' is the awesome full-length debut album:
featuring collaborations with guests such as SUICIDE COMMANDO and Mark Jackson (VNV NATION), plus remixes from the likes of SCHALLFAKTOR, PAINBASTARD and MODULATE.
DWA is proud to present special Japanese Limited Editions of 'Hell Starts With An H' and 'Harsh Generation'
Strictly limited to just 100 copies, these releases re-package the original Infacted CDs and 8-panel colour booklets with all-new tray-cards, obi and heavyweight collector's postcards (220gsm): redesigned by DWA from the original artwork.
And to commemorate the start of this historic relationship between Infacted and DWA, these releases are being made available at the incredibly low introductory price of only 2000 Yen!
A 'must buy' for collectors, these CDs will sell out fast!
We recommend pre-order NOW!
We are pleased to announce that DWA's titles are now available to order in Germany from InfraRot. InfraRot has been a market-leader in the supply of industrial, EBM and gothic CDs for many years, and probably needs no introduction!
DWA is pleased to welcome HERR LIEBE of Swiss electro-industrial outfit BAK XIII to Japan for a few live dates with his ambient-industrial side-project MUSIC FOR THE SPACE this June:
6/03 KOBE Otoya
6/04 OSAKA Socio
6/05 KYOTO Ooh-La-La
plus a special-guest DJ spot at Tokyo Dark Castle:
06/07 TOKYO Marz
Kobe's show will be a special one-off presentation of his soundtrack for F.W.Murnau's classic silent horror film NOSFERATU: which will be projected during his show. Naturally this version includes Japanese subtitles!
Nagoya's DEMONOID 13 are today preparing to enter the studio to lay down final vocal and percussion tracks for the long-awaited follow-up to their GATE OF DEATH debut.
New 6-track mini-album DEATH TO THE VULGAR LORD will feature 5 brand new floor-fillers guaranteed to satisfy all fans of hellektro/terror-EBM: plus a complete 2008-reworking of the classic MASTER OF -D.
Coming to you in limited edition digipak format this July: (un)naturally July 13TH!
Full tracklist and further details to follow...
After a couple of great last-minute additions, we are now pleased to announce the final tracklisting of the imminent DARK WATERS 2.
THE ROYAL DEAD (formerly known as PHANTASMAGORIA, leading to some confusion between them and the Visual Kei act of the same name) have just been on tour in the USA, and have a new mini-album out: from which we have culled a special radio-edit of the track THE COMMON BETRAYAL (OF GIRLFRIENDS) especially for this compilation. Usually known for a lighter trancey sound, this track features a darker distorted-vocal feel.
Also, we are pleased to give brand new Tokyo industrial outfit THE NEUTRON EGO TAPE a first release on CD. Their CD-R demo was so impressive, we had to include them! Marilyn Manson-esque vocals over meaty guitar riffs place this exciting act in the same Tokyo-heavy-industrial camp as their peers BAAL and DESPAIR.
01/ UTEROZZZAAA - Unknown Terrorist Reverse 01.44
02/ 2BULLET - Forest Of Traps 04.04
03/ BAKI SHO JI - Kyorai 04.20
04/ THE ROYAL DEAD - The Common Betrayal (Of Girlfriends) - radio edit 03.48
05/ GOTHIKA - Fata Morgana Android 04.03
06/ gadget. - Lost Avalon - Darker Waters version 05.00
07/ STRAWBERRY SONG ORCHESTRA - Boku No Ita Chizu 06.05
08/ SUNAO INAMI - Farm Machines And Implements 05.41
09/ sawDUST IN ME - Tiny 03.25
10/ consume - 04.36
11/ BAAL - Vermin (Destroyed RMX's rule version) 04.16
12/ THE NEUTRON EGO TAPE - Fake Aberration 03.43
13/ LILLIES AND REMAINS - The Fake 04.04
14/ SINS OF THE FLESH - (How Can I) Smile? 05.16
15/ DESPAIR - Gash 04.56
16/ UTEROZZZAAA - Ultimate Torture Regurgitator 02.00
DARKER WATERS comes next month in a sumptuous 3-panel digipak at the ridiculously low price of 2000 Yen!
First confirmed European show of the New Year for SINS OF THE FLESH will be a long-overdue German festival debut in September.
Further details of this and accompanying European tour dates to follow...
First release of the New Year for DWA will be the long-heralded sequel to last year's innovative J-scene compilation: the best-selling DARK WATERS. Featuring a selection of the finest established and new talent, DARKER WATERS presents another quality assortment of the various musical styles practised within the Japanese underground, including...
UTEROZZZAAA - Unknown Terrorist Reverse
2BULLET - Forest Of Traps
BAKI-SHO-JI - Kyorai
GOTHIKA - Fata Morgana Android
.gadget - Lost Avalon [Darker Waters version]
STRAWBERRY SONG ORCHESTRA - Boku No Ita Chizu
SUNAO INAMI - Farm Machines And Implements
consume - Alberta Eugenics Board [redneck biatch remix by LBM]
BAAL - Vermin [Destroyed RMX's rule version]
LILLIES AND REMAINS - The Fake
sawDUST IN ME - Tiny
SINS OF THE FLESH - (How Can I) Smile?
DESPAIR - Gash
UTEROZZZAAA - Ultimate Torture Regurgitator
Further details and confirmed release date to follow.
SINS OF THE FLESH will soon be heading back to Europe for further live promotion of 2007's stunning return THE DEATH OF THE FLESH.
The tour kicks off in the UK at premier UK festival WHITBY GOTHIC WEEKEND and the next day at LONDON ISLINGTON ACADEMY, where SOTF line up as main support to Canadian act THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE.
UK regional club dates follow, after which the band head east to headline 3 nights of the prestigious RADIO INFERNO FESTIVAL in Finland and Russia.
27/10 - WHITBY SPA PAVILLION (UK) - Whitby Gothic Weekend
28/10 - LONDON ISLINGTON ACADEMY (UK)
31/10 - BLACKPOOL BLUE ROOM (UK) - Misery Of Sound
02/11 - STOCKTON FALCHION (UK) - Persecution
07/11 - YORK JUNCTION (UK) - Prophecy
09/11 - HELSINKI GLORIA (FINLAND) - Radio Inferno Festival
10/11 - ST.PETERSBURG REVOLUTION (RUSSIA) - Radio Inferno Festival
11/11 - MOSCOW RELAX (RUSSIA) - Radio Inferno Festival
Full details are now available for the new 9-track remix CD from DESPAIR.
Packaged as a full-colour gatefold maxi-single, this EP weighs in at a massive 39 minutes: 9 tracks of controlled industrial carnage, breakcore and abstract ambient EBM, at the bargain price of ¥1500/€10.00.
3 versions of MPD Conflict, 3 versions of Jarring God, and 1 version each of the remaining 3 tracks of the original DESERTED TECHNOLGY RIOT have all been mangled and reprocessed into a unique and unprecedented sonic cocktail that takes the trademark beauty and brutality of DESPAIR to new and unimaginable levels.
The official street date is 2007/10/03...but anyone attending the official launch night at Shinjuku MARZ in Tokyo on Sunday 9/23 can pick up an advance copy, hot off the CD-presses. Those reserving advance tickets for this event with DESPAIR can also get a limited edition cotton patch on the day: exclusively for those making ticket reservations! To get in line for one of these, register for advance tickets by e-mail with the DESPAIR Management Office: jail@despair-nation.com.
This launch event also features appearances from fellow DARKER WATERS contributors BAAL and GADGET, among others!
Can't get enough of SAWDUST IN ME? Well, with MORTIFICATION MADE ME now on general release, DEATHWATCH ASIA is pleased to announce provisional details of artists and material featured in the upcoming DARK WATERS 2 CD: which will include a brand new SAWDUST IN ME track 'Tiny' recorded exclusively for this compilation.
'DARKER WATERS - Deeper Into The Japanese Underground' will, as promised, take the best-selling DARK WATERS concept to new heights...or should that be '(previously unplumbed) depths'?
Casting the net wider than before, we have sought out a diversity of new and well-established artists representing the Japanese underground scene in its myriad musical forms: from the theatrical flavour of Kyoto's STRAWBERRY SONG ORCHESTRA 'Boku No Ita Chizu' (exclusive) to the industrial noise terror of Osaka's UTERO ZZZ AAA 'Ultimate Torture Regurgitator'/'Unknown Terrorist Reverse' (exclusive), the alternative rock style of Tokyo's GADGET 'Lost Avalon' (exclusive) to the experimental electronica of Kobe's SUNAO INAMI 'Farm Machines And Implements' (exclusive).
And of course DARKER WATERS is also awash with brand new material from Deathwatch Asia artists like DESPAIR and SINS OF THE FLESH, artists familiar to European audiences from touring like BAAL and GOTHIKA (ex-EUTHANASIE)...and the debut recordings from new acts like LILLIES AND REMAINS.
Proof-positive, as if any were needed, of the vibrancy and variety of the Japanese underground scene in 2007...
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SAWDUST IN ME’s debut CD ‘MORTIFICATION MADE ME’ goes on general release from 2007/08/04, from all our sales points in Japan and overseas: including the recently added NANIMATO (France) and GROUND UNDER PRODUCTIONS (Australia).
As with DESPAIR’s ‘DESERTED TECHNOLOGY RIOT’, this new CD will be launched with the support of TOWER RECORDS Shibuya: where the EP can be heard on the listening post. And in conjunction with some of the most famous underground club-nights in Japan, this release will be launched at a variety of events around the country:
First in Osaka on Saturday 07/28, 5 copies will be given away via lottery-ticket on admission to MIDNIGHT NECROPOLIS at Club NEO in Shinsaibashi: Osaka’s hardest EBM/technoise/dark-electro event. In addition, the first 50 paying customers will receive a promotional CD-R of a SAWDUST IN ME remix produced exclusively for this event!
Next, on the release date itself of Saturday 08/04, SAWDUST IN ME will be the only featured live act at TOKYO DARK CASTLE’s ‘DJ-CASTLE’ at Shinjuku MARZ: sandwiched between a selection of the finest DJs in the scene including DJ ACID KLUXX (Rieu: DESPAIR).
And the following Sunday, 08/12, SAWDUST IN ME will return to Tokyo to play ALAMODE NIGHT at STUDIO CUBE 326 in Shibaura.
Please check the relevant websites of all participating organizations for further information: and our thanks to all the people in charge for their kindness and help in making this promotional push possible!
Scenes from Tokyo Shibuya: the largest branch of TOWER RECORDS in Japan...consolidating our position as the only domestic force in industrial/gothic music.
DESPAIR sandwiched between NINE INCH NAILS and ZOMBIE GIRL!
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The debut E.P. from Osaka's SAWDUST IN ME is now complete, and slated for a revised August 4th release. The originally announced 5 tracks are now complemented with a 6th - the instrumental piece 'Heaven'. Audio-clips of MORTIFICATION MADE ME are available now on the MP3-page.
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2007/06/01:
the national release-date of DESPAIR's
DESERTED TECHNOLOGY RIOT and
DEMONOID 13's
GATE OF DEATH!
This means the entire DEATHWATCH ASIA catalogue is now available across Japan, from major chain-stores like TOWER RECORDS and HMV.
So: we did our part.
Now get out there and buy it!
* * * ! POWER PROMOTION ! * * *
These 2 releases will be featured on the listening posts in TOWER RECORDS flagship store in Shibuya!
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Anything successful invariably inspires imitation: as others try to cash-in on your innovation. DARK WATERS was a groundbreaking release that set an industry-standard for what was possible in the Japanese scene: and sure enough, copycat releases have not been slow to follow...but nothing that comes (in our humble opinions) remotely close in terms of quality and price.
If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, we should perhaps be glad: and indeed we welcome both the competition and anything that helps promote interest in the Japanese underground scene.
But a word of warning to our would-be competitors: even as you try to catch up with what we already achieved, we are already preparing to out-do ourselves and set a new industry-standard.
DARK WATERS 2: deeper into the Japanese underground.
Coming this summer on DEATHWATCH ASIA.
Catch us if you can...
At DEATHWATCH ASIA, the attitude is 'Only the best will do'.
The best music, the best packaging, the best prices....
It's the policy that guides everything we do: from the acts we are willing to release material by, right down to the type of flyers we are prepared to print (full-colour heavyweight postcards).
And that means of course that we apply the same painstaking selection process to who we are prep | 
