Throughout the 1980s, Xmal Deutschland distinguished themselves with a voracious and unwavering approach to their art. Their distinctive aesthetic, characterized by bold hairstyles and intense, kohl-rimmed eyes, mirrored the complex nature of their music, which combined relentless energy with a nuanced finesse. This blend allowed them to break free from the confines of the “Neue Deutsche Welle” movement, differentiating them from peers like DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten.

Xmal Deutschland embraced punk’s bold break from traditional norms, finding solace in its anti-establishment ethos—a stark contrast to the rigid conventions of the past. Their recording debut, the single Schwarze Welt, was characterized by an unforeseen turn of events: Rita Simon, the intended lead vocalist, was unexpectedly absent on the day of recording. This twist of fate thrust Anja Huwe, initially the bassist, into the spotlight as the lead singer. Despite her initial hesitations, she stepped into the role, marking a significant shift in the band’s trajectory.

“The only condition from my side [was that] I will never perform onstage,” she reflects. “Two months later, they made me without ever telling me up front. I had no choice.”Their breakthrough came with the release of Incubus Succubus in 1982, a pivotal moment that was further amplified by a landmark performance in London the same year, where they opened for the Cocteau Twins. This event propelled them into the spotlight, attracting an avant-garde audience characterized by torn fishnets and a penchant for the unconventional.

Listen to the original version of the single “Incubus Succubus” below:

 Schwarze Welt was released on the local punk label, ZickZack, in 1981 and introduced the band as an unsettling swarm of intensity. The characterization of Xmal Deutschland primarily as a female ensemble—a notion later playfully amended with the inclusion of Wolfgang Ellerbrock, who became the group’s lone male counterpart—gained momentum within the circles of media, a fascination propelled as much by their visual appeal as by their musical prowess. “We were like paradise birds,” Huwe wryly remembers. “We as girls, especially being creative in many ways, ignored facts like: be nice, be polite, take good care about your looks. Of course, we wanted to look good but in a different and unconventional way. We were enough for ourselves.”

Following Xmal Deutschland’s distinguished run, marked by four albums released under esteemed labels like 4AD, Anja Huwe shifted her creative focus, leaving the musical stage to delve into the realm of visual arts. However, this transition did not mean an effortless departure from her musical legacy; the echoes of her past endeavors lingered.

“Since the split in the early 1990s, I have been haunted by the ‘Legend of Xmal Deutschland’ and never-ending requests from all over the world, all of which I always turned down,” she says.

Early Singles (1981-1982) is a map of their foundational movements, just seconds before takeoff. The band’s pursuit of something greater is palpable with this release, a reflection of a time that introduced accessibility to new means of making music following the onset of punk. This reissue includes two bonus tracks; Kaelbermarsch (originally from the compilation Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig) and a gritty live version of Allein (originally from the compilation Nosferatu Festival), which is shared online today along with a video montage of footage from this era of the band’s career.

Pre-order ‘Early Singles (1981-1982) here.

Pariah is the second offering from the debut solo release from Anja Huwe. Invited by her long-time friend Mona Mur, Huwe reconsidered her decades-long hiatus from music and decided to join Mur in her studio in Berlin. Together, they worked for a year and a half, composing, performing and producing the tracks from scratch which eventually became the album Codes.

The razor-sharp new single shows the intentional interchange between languages on the record: “Since I sing multilingually, and often work with metaphors, I hope that the listener can grasp the moods without understanding them literally. I believe that voice, expression, and sound can achieve an overall atmosphere. Sometimes melancholic and blue, but also uplifting, vibrant, or subliminally aggressive.”

Listen to “Pariah” below:

Initially inspired by the diary entries of Moshe Shnitzki, who, at the age of 17, left his home in 1942 to live in the cavernous White Russian forests as a partisan, Codes is about the human experience and what extremes can do to an individual. “The result is a poetic, musical cosmos that encompasses the following themes: forest, fear, pain, loss, violence, and loneliness but also beauty, longing, hope and the will to survive,” Huwe explains.

The thematic extremities cause an erraticism to Codes—a passing thunderstorm, a cyclonic burst of nature’s force—but one that exudes anticipation amidst the chill. With elegant production by Mur and Huwe and mixing and mastering by Jon Caffery (Joy Division, Gary Numan, Einstürzende Neubauten) epic builds crash and disseminate, the sleek synthesised drones of sound even feel claustrophobic at times.

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Unhuman & Petra Flurr’s music encapsulates the evolving sonic landscape of Berlin, traversing through the city’s rich musical heritage. Their sound is a retrospective journey, starting from the raw, rebellious energy of the punk scene in the 1980s, weaving through the pulsating rhythms of the techno movement that dominated the 1990s, and culminating in the contemporary sounds that define Berlin today. This blend not only pays homage to the city’s diverse musical epochs – but also blares the spotlight on their ability to meld these influences into a unique, contemporary expression.

Today they release a performance video for the ages – an hourlong behemoth called Unhuman + Petra Flurr Live at “Mala Vida X BITE, filmed at their album release party at SO36 Berlin on 11 August 2023. If you can’t physically make it to see these two stalwarts of the Berlin club scene, this is the next best thing – make sure to blare the volume loudly…and join in the dance.

Watch below:

The video production and editing were done by AK Shoots Cinematography, with cinematography by Andreas Kühn and Pinia Witt. The lightshow was created by Melanopic Art, with mastering by Rell Studio.

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Since 2006, The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project has been simmering in a slow cooker, ready at last to serve up The Task Has Overwhelmed Us, the long-awaited fourth volume in The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project series, on the 29th of September via Glitterhouse Records. The legend of Jeffrey Lee Pierce roaring out of the post-punk LA scene, wielding his volatile genius like a torch, is pretty much engraved in the annals of music history; this incandescent flame blazed in the public eye for a fleeting fifteen years before his premature demise in 1996.

Pierce’s tragic death ended the reign of one of America’s most influential songwriters of the late 20th century, but Pierce’s friend, guitarist Cypress Grove, has made it his mission to keep Pierce’s legacy alive and thriving. A staggering number of collaborators, friends, and fans of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club have taken his music and lyrics to new heights.

Cypress Grove, who accompanied Jeffrey during his final years of performing and on the 1992 album Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove With Willie Love, became the keeper of a significant artifact. One day in 2006, while rummaging through his attic, Cypress stumbled upon an unmarked cassette. It contained intimate bedroom rehearsals for Ramblin’.

“Very vague but good enough to work from,” he says. “I had the idea of asking people who worked with Jeffrey, were friends with him or who simply admired his work to help me complete the songs.”

In the inventive process of marrying song concepts bereft of lyrics with words yearning for their musical counterparts, an innovative realm was birthed, an idea beautifully encapsulated in what Cypress Grove has so aptly coined “Frankenstein songs.”

“The Cypress Tape,” as it would soon be known, was destined to find company in a treasure trove of other unfulfilled song sources. These were gleaned from a diverse collection of tapes offered up by key figures in Jeffrey’s life who had come on board: Gene Temesy, the instigator of the Gun Club fan club in 1984 and the man who brought Pierce’s ’98 autobiography Go Tell The Mountain to light; writer-DJ-musician Phast Phreddie Patterson, and Jeffrey’s sister Jacqui. Jacqui contributed unfinished songs and previously unseen writings that she had unearthed following her brother’s passing.

“The source material for some of the songs was so vague that it could be interpreted in many ways,” muses Cypress, offering a glimpse into the enigmatic nature of these salvaged pieces. “There was no definitive or ‘original’ version. It was like trying to restore a painting where much of the material was missing.”

The newest contribution emanates from Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, as he renders his interpretation of the classic “Mother of Earth” from 1982’s Miami. The original melody was replete with the resonant twangs of a sliding guitar and steady percussion, evocative of a spaghetti western, yet Gahan’s rendition pares it down to robust vocals with the occasional punctuation of piano, strings, and backup.

Though it may seem an eerie choice, it’s executed with exquisite finesse in Gahan’s profound baritone, ingeniously transforming the tune from a jaunty rhythm to a poignant dirge of lamentation.

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Following We Are Only Riders, 2012’s The Journey Is Long, and 2014’s Axels and Sockets, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us showcases superb renditions of Pierce’s masterpieces from both his Gun Club epoch and his independent ventures, while concurrently breathing life into brand new compositions born from the bare bones of rehearsal drafts, unheard lyrical wonders, and songs that have solely graced the live stage.

The dazzling array of talents contributing to this work features the Project’s original, steadfast core including such luminaries as Nick Cave, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, Warren Ellis, Mark Stewart, Hugo Race, and Cypress. In addition, The Amber Lights, represented by Mick Harvey and J.P. Shilo, grace the project with their presence, along with echoes of Jeffrey himself culled from original tapes.

This steadfast assembly is further enriched by the infusion of fresh talent in addition to Gahan, including Suzie Stapleton, Duke Garwood, Pam Hogg, The Coathangers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Peter Hayes and Leah Shapiro, Jim Jarmusch, and more.

Across the span of eighteen melodious narratives, there pervades an atmosphere of rare, gleaming jewels, all painstakingly and lovingly chiseled by devoted admirers channeling the varying aspects or fragments of Pierce’s rebellious muse that sparks their creative fervour.

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The Chavis brothers’ nonconformist streak was evident from their youth, when the Raleigh, NC natives both were expelled from their local church choir. As children, they cut their teeth – and musical chops – to gospel, Motown, Prince, Sun Ra, and Pink Floyd, frequenting juke-joints and diving into an eclectic sea of musical influences. By the late 80’s they formed The Veldt, initially signing with Mammoth Records.

Relocating from Raleigh to the vibrant heartbeat of New York’s East Village, this new chapter saw the addition of Hayato Nakao, a bassist-programmer who further enriched the band’s sound. Like their heroes Echo & The Bunnymen, their initial setup involved a drum machine as their rhythm section. At the time, however, The Veldt’s experimentation and forward-thinking dynamism were overshadowed by prejudice from record executives and promoters. Their musical ventures were likewise met with indifference in a world unprepared to welcome their audacious amalgamation of genres. Sadly, The Veldt’s groundbreaking approach wasn’t widely accepted or entirely understood by the mainstream, either.

The Veldt’s unconventional journey was fraught with questionable decisions and missed opportunities. Quite frankly, the Chavises were simply considered the wrong shade of melanin in the post-punk, shoegaze world. Despite collaborations and appearances with a staggering roster of artists: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Pixies, Throwing Muses, Echo & The Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, Manic Street Preachers, Phantogram, Modern English, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Oasis, and Public Enemy’s Chuck D, for starters – The Veldt suffered a whole host of injustices and racial stereotyping. The brothers recall an A&R representative suggesting they recruit a blonde bass player — an ill-conceived attempt to presumably increase their market appeal. In another blunder, the suits vetoed a promising European tour with Cocteau Twins, instead sending them on a grueling journey through conservative bars in the American South, paired with The Smithereens. Their struggles continued, with record labels suggesting they conform to the mainstream rock sound popularized by Lenny Kravitz.

The Veldt did end up releasing a more beat-centric album, ‘White Music for Black People,‘ in 2007. Despite notable cameos from Robin Guthrie, Mos Def, and Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, the album suffered commercially due to its resistance to succinct categorization. Despite the ongoing absurdity, the brothers Chavis persisted, forever marching to the beat of their own drum machine.

The cultural landscape of today reveals a dramatically transformed vista that is more understanding of their contributions. No longer an outlier in a conformist world, The Veldt’s groundbreaking sound has emerged as a blueprint. Notably, TV On The Radio, one of the defining bands of the early 2000s, regards The Veldt as one of their key influences. Bloc Party echoes the sentiment. Doc McKinney, who produced The Weeknd’s House of Balloons and Thursday, also acknowledges their influence.

While they may have been underappreciated by the wider public for much of their existence, The Veldt certainly did not go unnoticed by the critics. Pitchfork included their album ‘Afrodisiac‘ (produced by Ray Shulman — known for his work with The Sundays, Bjork, and The Sugarcubes) in its Top 50 shoegaze albums of all time. Their single ‘Until You’re Forever‘ also earned critical distinction, landing in the Top 31 shoegaze tracks listed by Stereogum. This powerful acknowledgment of their influence validates The Veldt’s uncanny foresight and artistic boldness.

In autumn 1989, The Veldt recorded The Everlasting Gobstopper, a collaboration with Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie and featuring backing vocals by Elizabeth Fraser. This single was to be the first taste of their intended debut LP: ‘Illuminated 1989‘, but Capitol Records inexplicably shelved the recording, and it sat collecting dust for years. In the meantime, The Veldt changed course and debuted with another album entirely: Marigolds, produced by Lincoln Fong (Moose).

“As the benchmark of the new sound we had started to develop, ‘The Everlasting Gobstopper’ was a throwback to our younger days of our family getting together on holidays, when Willy Wonka would be playing, and the certain atmosphere would be filled with a sense of love and security,” muses Daniel Chavis. “Upon reminiscing about this, my brother Danny came up with a riff and then called it The Everlasting Gobstopper as a lullaby to put his baby daughter to sleep. Thus was born this sound that would develop into what we have right now. This is significant – the birth of the sound that we have come to develop until present, because back then we were quite a different band. Robin pretty much shaved off all the excess and led us toward the sound we have now, so ‘The Everlasting Gobstopper’ is the cornerstone that Robin helped us to lay for our own unique sound, which we still have to this day.”

In 2022, the Chavises reconnected with Guthrie, and the three decided it was time to reclaim The Everlasting Gobstopper from the clenched jaws of Capitol Records. Guthrie remastered the track in early 2023. Ahead of the full album (due out this autumn), The Veldt is releasing the single digitally and as a 12″ vinyl single via Disc Drive and The Veldt’s new imprint, 5BC Records.

The accompanying video, showcasing the band with interspersed dreamy Super-8 clips, was produced by Jammi York and the late Yuko Sueta. It’s a gorgeous memento of a brotherhood’s long journey, peppered with nostalgia.

‘The Everlasting Gobstopper’ single is now available everywhere. The B-side is ‘Joshuu Lullaby‘, a previously unreleased vinyl exclusive, produced by Robin Guthrie in 2023.

The full ‘Illuminated 1989‘ album will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally.

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Dance Music, Dark Matter, Direct Message, Dungeon Master, Distant Memory? Numerous interpretations have been attempted for the enigmatic name Rare DM, yet it all boils down to the creative force of Brooklyn’s very own singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Erin Hoagg. Embodied in Rare DM is Hoagg at her most exposed and raw, delving into experiences of romantic encounters, breakups, and other ventures to create intimate, alluring darkwave dance-pop tunes.

Armed with an arsenal of retro analogue synthesizers, Hoagg metamorphoses the ordinary into the extraordinary, transmuting genuine direct messages she’s exchanged into seductive darkwave dance-pop melodies. Her compositions reflect upon the fragmented essence of contemporary communication and virtual romance, capturing vulnerable and intense moments in unadulterated detail.

That detail includes a really, really good thread count.

With her new single “Hotel Jacuzzi,” Rare DM hauntingly chants her way through a bullet point list of the ideal vacation, and the sensual pleasures of the journey itself. It’s a fun bit of dark pop fluff; the perfect little daydream to manifest during eclipse season. Channeling sonic resemblances to PJ Harvey, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the ethereal ambiance of a David Lynch score, Rare DM’s distinctive vocal prowess transports us on a peculiar odyssey through the realms of reverie and the pursuit of flawlessness. At times, the cosmos proves to be excessively enigmatic, but we definitely need a good night’s sleep to prepare for the joys planned for this holiday.

You can pre-save the single here.

Following the triumph of her last offering, “Rolex,” Rare DM has emerged as a sensation on TikTok, frequently providing the soundtrack for creators’ animations, sculptures, and makeup demonstrations. In live performances, Rare DM stays true to her enigmatic identity by employing a DAW-less setup—masterfully navigating between an Octatrack, a Machinedrum, and other analog equipment. Last year Rare DM shared the stage with Molchat Doma, headlining Verboden Festival in Vancouver, and performing at SXSW, Cold Waves X in Chicago, Flesh & Steel in NYC, as well as selling out Synthicide’s inaugural Goth Boat, “Synths at Sea” in New York.

This April, she will be touring across Europe, before returning to North America in May to support Drab Majesty on their tour across Mexico.
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Rare DM did a shoot in NYC with Post-Punk.com, interpreting the theme of “Hotel Jacuzzi”. Styling was done by Chantal Nightingale, who has worked with the likes of Bauhaus, Gogol Bordello, and Diamanda Galás.

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“I’ll Wait” seamlessly melds elements of electronica, synthpop, trip-hop, and industrial into a hypnotic soundscape. The collaborators for this track wear their hearts on their sleeves: I’ll Wait sounds like a lost collaboration between Massive Attack, Depeche Mode, later Leonard Cohen and Kraftwerk. With expert mixing by the legendary Gareth Jones (who worked with Depeche Mode), it’s easy to draw these parallels with the sources themselves.

In reality, Chris Kobusch, the creative force behind Berlin Banter,  says that “I’ll Wait” was composed way back in 1996, but deemed too experimental to be released at the time. It wasn’t until last summer that Chris revisited the track, which he felt was a perfect fit for Tricky’s distinctive vocal style. With Tricky residing in Berlin, Chris took the opportunity to reach out for a potential collaboration, and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Berlin Banter, the avant-garde electronica project founded by music producer Chris Kobusch in 2020, is a testament to the power of collaboration and experimentation in the electronic music scene. With Berlin Banter, Kobusch has assembled a collective of vocalists and visual artists.

Their debut release, the All Too Familiar EP, is a stunning reimagining of tracks from iconic bands such as The Cure, Depeche Mode, and Pet Shop Boys. With the help of vocalist Cassis B Staudt, a film music professional who has previously worked with film producer Jim Jarmusch in New York City, Chris has crafted a collection of tracks that are at once familiar and innovative. All Too Familiar was released digitally in November 2021, with a vinyl release following in November 2022.

Tricky is a visionary in the world of music and has remained a true iconoclast. As an early member of Massive Attack, he helped to shape the sound of trip hop. Over the course of his solo career, Tricky’s style has hallmarks of dark, layered textures and a wide range of cultural influences and genres. He has collaborated with some of the most innovative and influential artists of his time, including Björk, Grace Jones, and PJ Harvey. His music has been described as a kind of sonic collage.

In addition to his work as a musician, Tricky has also made a name for himself as an actor and producer. He has appeared in a number of films and television shows, bringing his intense and brooding presence to the screen…most notably for his supporting role in the 1997 Luc Besson film The Fifth Element, playing the right-hand man “Right Arm” to evil businessman Mr. Zorg.

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For the final 2022 release on Ombra INTL, Italian EBM maestro, Unconscious, dissects and recharges the track for an updated interpretation that’s part of the label’s 12″ compilation series. Renamed to simply “Angel,” Unconscious’ version is just as lush as the original by retaining its epic synth chorus sounds and melodies but subtracts the vocals from the track almost entirely. When the vocals are present, Ombra boss, Curses, offers up his voice to even the track out in all its shining glory.

Listen below:

Ombra INTL 024: Eternity includes additional tracks by Shubostar, Sugar Rody and Astroloop. It will be out on December 9th.

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Clocking in at seven and a half minutes, the beguiling track floats through the ether with sparse guitar and otherworldly chimes. The song, seemingly composed and presented straight from the heavens, is a beautiful addition to its two predecessors from the album, “Golden Air” and “Underwater”. Fraser’s voice is impeccable in this track, an angelic presence from the spirit realm crossed over to the mortal world delivering a tour-de-force performance.

Fraser and Reece began working on the songs on Sun’s Signature after the 1997 breakup of Cocteau Twins, and the culmination of their labour is incredible indeed. “Apples” is the third single from their self-titled EP, due out this Saturday via Partisan Records (for Record Store Day), with a digital release following on 29th July.

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The songs “Golden Air” and “Make Lovely the Day” by Sun’s Signature previously made their live debut when Fraser performed solo at the 2012 Meltdown Festival.

The new EP will be the first release by Fraser since 2009’s “Moses”, a song she’d written with Damon Reece and the late Jake-Drake Brockman.

Sun Signature is out on June 18th via Partisan Records.

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MRC HK/jansongs have compiled several collaborations Seligman recorded with singer, musician, and producer Jan Linton, who helped internationalise the music scene in Tokyo, recording with members of Japan, Duran Duran, Ippu Do’s Masami Tsuchiya, the late Kenichi Kurosawa, Bill Nelson, and others.

Seligman’s talent and emotive bass, embraced by Linton’s synths, overflows in these offerings, including a new EP, Byzantine, consisting of two songs plus remixes. The new release is bundled with the three-disc version of a previous album in which Seligman appeared, I Actually Come Back (IACB). Seligman remixed the title track, called “Matthew’s Edit”, which features his sublime fretless bass performance. The background is Linton performing live on Christmas day at Hong Kong TST waterfront, a venue Matthew often used to frequent. “We thought it might be a nice gesture, and not quite time to say goodbye. His presence lingers on,” Linton muses.

Byzantine in its original form is dizzyingly introspective; a bittersweet symphony careening toward the wild unknown. I Actually Come Back has a nostalgic flavour; its ethereal quality emulating a thin red cord separating the veils of the spirit and material worlds, making the posthumously released remix ever more poignant.

The gorgeous King Hong EP is a fascinating and at times surprising atmospheric psychedelic journey that features the full-length version of King Hong and an alternative take of Low Down, with Matthew’s voice and improv, a previously unseen photo of Matthew, reminiscences about the project and its performance in Hong Kong etc, in a six-page foldout sleeve in jewel case. Loaded with fretless bass art funk, gentle ambience, and haunting voice, the cinematic instrumentals are timeless masterpieces.

Sendai is very different from King Hong – a more industrial flavour permeates the album, evoking memories of the tidal pools brought on by the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

You can order the album here. This comes with the completely new remix EP Byzantine Remixes. Four discs (I Actually Come Back/Buddha Machine/Selected Esoterica) for just $17.50 USD.

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The Grey Cardinal,  remixed by Cold Cave, is a hypnotic chillwave track taken from their upcoming album Stress Positions, is a collision of futurist electro, glacial goth tones, techno, and post-punk, recorded using analogue electronics: samplers, step sequencers, synths, and drum machines. There is a Human League-esque vibe to the vocal arrangement and synth backing, if tossed ahead in the time machine a bit to about 1990.

“Cold Cave is a kindred spirit,” says Reggie Debris. “Wes’s take on the track slices and reorganizes the vocals into an entirely new arrangement, all driven by a charging big-beat rave track that pulses and chugs along, conjuring images of strobing lights and sweaty dance floors.”

Collapsing Scenery regards themselves as “curators of a series of planet-planning events, expressions, exhibitions, albums, installations, journeys, adventures and parties, all operating outside of the confines of the tired traditional industry.”

Aesthetically recalling pioneering synth-punk such as Human League, Screamers, and The Normal, their lyrical content diverges from nostalgia, instead, unfurling an articulate and highly politicised collection. The band has done collaborations with Jamaican dancehall legend Ninjaman, Beastie Boys producer/collaborator Money Mark, and no-wave pioneer James Chance. The band also has remixes out or on the way from the late Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle), Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux), Uniform, Youth Code, Brian DeGraw (Gang Gang Dance), and more. Stress Positions features contributions from UK grime artist Jammz, award-wining Palestinian hip hop group DAM, and several other like-minded collaborators.

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