REALDJ.COM: juni 2007

Death From Above 1979 "Little Girl"

Smashing Pumpkins "1979"

Velvet Revolver "She Builds Quick Machines"

Duran Duran "Instant Karma" [From: "Save Darfur"]

Nine Inch Nails "Capital G" [From: "Year Zero"]

Recoil "Prey (Single Version)"

Alan Wilder returns with a brand new Recoil single release. 'Prey', released on 7” and download, precedes 'subHuman', the 5th studio album.

The limited 7" comes backed with 'Prey – Reduction edit'.

'Prey' features the evocative vocal style and guitar talents of Bluesman Joe Richardson. Born in Southern Louisiana, Richardson spent years immersed in the murkier side of New Orleans life and offers a unique commentary on conflict, religion, incarceration and personal struggle.

Alan Wilder's 30 years in the music industry has seen him go from studio assistant to session keyboard player, but it was his 14 years as a member of Depeche Mode where Wilder really honed his skills. Recognised by many as the dominant musical force and cited for his attention to detail in the studio, Wilder pushed the boundaries even within the restrictive climate of commercial pop. As an antidote to the demands of the Mode, his studio project Recoil was born in the mid-eighties.

Wilder's skill at blending diverse and eclectic musical styles with often controversial subjects has produced an album of complex sonic imagery and expansive dynamic range. 'subHuman' asks us to reach within ourselves and extract the very essence of what makes us human - and more importantly what allows us to subordinate others, sometimes with the most brutal consequences. We are all subHuman in somebody's eyes.

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Rufus Wainwright "Rules and Regulation" [upcoming single]

Kaiser Chiefs "The Angry Mob" [upcoming single]

Alex Gopher "The Game (Flairs Remix)" [From: "Versailles Special Edition"]

Smashing Pumpkins "Doomsday Clock" [From: "Zeitgeist"]

The Raveonettes "One Day At A Time" [From: "Save Darfur"]

The Clash "London Calling" [From: "The Singles"]

Air Traffic "Shooting Star (Alternative Version)"

Chemical Brothers "Do It Again (Audion's House Arrest Mix Edit)"

Digitalism "Pogo (On the Road to Paris Version)"

Arctic Monkeys "Matador"

Arctic Monkeys will release a 7" white label single on 18th June 2007. The single contains 2 tracks: 'Matador' and 'Da Frame 2r'. Both songs were originally released on the Japanese version of their recent album 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' and are now being made available for the rest of us to enjoy on this release.