Lots of great news! [Our apologies for cross-posting.]
i. Censor _ Empire Holds Down [HIV.07]
ii. Rereleases for Pneumatic Detach [HIV.02 and HIV.03]
iii. Two new releases for May - Tekniq and Exclipsect + Kaebin Yield
iv. New Reviews and Interviews
v. Live news [Pneumatic Detach, Censor, Retnah, Manufactura]
vi. Hive website updates
vii. A special note from Davyd P @ Hive
i. + Censor's debut album Empire Holds Down is almost here! The album is
at the factory now, and will be out by the end of March. This album floods
the intricate pathways between drum-and-bass, industrial, powernoise, and
hardcore with sonar pings and records the findings in audio format.
Intricate, bombastic, and definately fucking delicious, Censor is an act
who has come out of nowhere to kick you in the chest. There are still a few
copies of the limited edition version of the album available, so if you
haven't gotten one reserved yet, you would do well to get one now. Also,
keep an eye out for an upcoming TIK compilation featuring a censor track.
[Due to the delays in releasing this album, if you preordered a copy before
March 15, you will recieve a special CDR featuring unreleased and upcoming
tracks from Hive artists including Duncan Avoid, Kaebin Yield, Exclipsect,
and others. We apologize for the delays, such is the nature of the music
business, though we sincerely appreciate your patience and support!]
ii. + Available for preorder now! Very limited quantities of Pneumatic
Detach's two recent [and sold out] releases Pareses Re:infected and the
Pneumatic Detach + C2 split release Pareses / cc: are now available for
order on the Hive website. These will go quick, so get one now if you have
been looking for one of these gems. These will also be available at the
upcoming Pneumatic Detach live shows this year.
iii. + New releases confirmed! May 1st will see the release of two new
Hive Records releases: Tekniq's much-anticipated Shazbut! and a split
release between Exclipsect and Kaebin Yield entitled Symbiosis [which will
be packaged in a metal tin]. We are obviously very excited to be bringing
these two amazing releases to the masses for consumption! Sound files for
both albums are available on the Hive Records website. Both albums are
limited to just 200 copies only, so keep your eye out for these when they
drop.
iv. + New reviews on the Hive Records website! New reviews of
Manufactura's Precognitive Dissonance from Slug Magazine, Twilight-Zone,
Funprox, Chain DLK, Unmute, Metica, and more. Also new reviews of Chango
Feo's Alaska, Ou Moins' Anti Matter of Fact, and Terminal Sound System's
Solaris. Also, new interviews with Manufactura will appear in the upcoming
issues of Industrial Nation and Side Line magazines. The current issue of
Industrial Nation also features a scene-report on Dallas, TX with some
mention [and an incriminating picture!] of Hive Records.
v. + Hive Records bands will be representing LIVE several times this year.
Manufactura - Live Punishment 2004
Thursday April 8, 2k4
with CONVERTER
@ The Vogue
1516 11th ave
Seattle Wa USA
21+ $10 cover
Doors - 9pm
April 15, 2k4
with AH CAMA SOTZ, THIS MORN' OMINA, & EMPUSAE
@ Nation
1015 Half St SE, Washington DC
Doors 8pm - 18 and over
$12 presale - $15 at door
April 17, 2k4
with PNEUAMTIC DETACH, CERVELLO ELETTRONICO, and special live members
CENSOR and RETNAH
@ Downtime
251 West 30th St
New York City - NY
$10 with flyer / $15 without
Doors - 8pm
18+/21+ to Drink 8:PM
Manufactura will also be playing a full North American tour alongside
Sister Machine Gun and Christ Analogue from April - June of this year as
part of the DOMINATION tour! Details to follow.
PNEUMATIC DETACH will be playing live at this year's Saturation Bombing
festival in Toronto alongside acts such as Ah Cama Sotz, Empusae, Horchata,
Iszoloscope, Needle Sharing, Scrap.edx, and more! Info at the URL below:
<
http://saturationbombing.org/>http://saturationbombing.org/
vi. The Hive Records website has been updated, with a slightly adjusted
layout for easier navigation, new album artwork for Tekniq and Exclipsect +
Kaebin Yield, new MP3s, new info for the 'Fuck' compilation [coming this
summer!], A new page for MP3 clips, updated distro page and ordering page,
and more! Check it:
<
http://www.hiverecords.com>http://www.hiverecords.com
vii. A note to all our fans, customers, bands, distros, and anyone else
who is involved with Hive - The past year has seen a lot of good and a lot
of bad for us here. 'Real Life' has been a little rough, and the demands
of running a record label on top of everything else going on has been very
difficult at times. I would just like to let you all know that we
appreciate everything you guys have done for us and all of the support over
the past year. I have reinvested myself in making Hive the best new dark
electronics label in the USA, and I hope that we will impress you all with
the quality of music we will be releasing throughout this coming year -
this is stuff that needs to be heard! We have reorganized our
infrastructure to make sure that orders are filled even more promptly, that
releases will hopefully now be on track with release dates, and we have
redoubled our promotional efforts. So, to everyone who has helped make our
little label what it is today: THANK YOU! You guys fucking rock.
thanks for reading!
.d.
davyd c pittman // dj :insect
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http://www.hiverecords.com>www.hiverecords.com // hive records
industrial.triphop.ambient.powernoise.experimental
+ <
http://www.metawerks.org/insect>www.metawerks.org/insect // insect
aesthetic design
grand works & pixel engineering of the swarm
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