Seventeen Seconds – Puntata #32

Posted by Herbert Pacton on Aprile 18, 2017

18 aprile 2017
Rubrica Musicale (New Wave, Dark, Synthpop, New Romantics, 80’s)
A cura di Herbert Pacton & Federico Juan Rossi

Seventeen Seconds accende i suoi microfoni su Radio Gwen per farvi compagnia e farvi passare 1 ora e mezza con i suoni dei mitici anni 80…. ma non solo…. avremo sempre un orecchio teso verso il presente per scoprire i nuovi gruppi che ancora oggi ricalcano e cercano di tenere viva quest’ondata musicale…..

In onda tutti i Martedi dalle ore 13.30 – alle 15:00

Seventeen seconds è nato da una passione smisurata per il periodo che ha cavalcato la musica a tra la fine degli anni 70 e tutto il 1980. Herbert e Federico tra una pezzo musicale e l’altro, accompagneranno gli ascoltatori attraverso notizie improbabili recuperate da tutto il mondo e qui la differenza da altre trasmissioni che si occupano di musica Dark, New Wave… si fa sentire.

You only need seventeen seconds to love them…

Scaletta Puntata:

Intervista Ash Code - Dry Your Eyes

Palest Of Places

Servizio Telefonico Per Lasciare Il Proprio Partner

Power Of Magic-XBS

Kidnap

You Belong To The City

In Your Eyes

Sins

Voodoo Island

In questa puntata, abbiamo il grandissimo onore di avere in scaletta gli

“Ash Code”

Biografia:

Ash Code is the moniker for the meeting of Alessandro’s sensivity and Claudia’s taste. Their music describes a collage of darkwave, noise and electronic music with a solid drum machine. Dark ballads and obsessive beats, deep and melancholic synths, noise and distortions, arpeggiators and delays. Lights and shades. Dances of Death. Visions and theatricality. Coded ash.

Early days

In January 2014, “Dry your Eyes” and “Unnecessary Songs” were released online. Since the very beginning, they acquired attention from DJs and media from the Dark Wave scene thanks to their fresh sound that was still faithfully anchored in the 80’s. In a matter of weeks, they signed with the Greek label Gehemnis Records for releasing a 7” single (300 numbered copies in June 2014) and an extended mix of “Dry Your Eyes” was included in the third volume of “Pagan Love Songs” compilation(compiled by Ralf Thyssen and Thomas Thyssen) ) alongside other important bands like She Past Away, Linea Aspera, The Chameleons, Psyche, Ulterior, Miserylab.

A second digital single for the song “Empty Room” was released in June 2014 including the cover of “I can’t escape myself” from The Sound as b-side.

Oblivion LP

On October 15, 2014, Ash Code released their first full-length album, ‘Oblivion’ on CD under the Swiss Dark Nights label. The concept of oblivion described by the band is interpreted possibility in accordance with Nietzschean philosophy, where forgetfulness was described as an active force to forget what one suffers and afflicts us without getting caught in a spiral of negative feelings and depression. It is one way to react positively to life, to avoid further pain and suffering. The work reached 2nd in the “Soundcheck” chart of Sonic Seducer and it was described as feverish and restless debut, capable of translating the Icy Expressionist theme pairing with the abrasive sweep of the neo industrial; essentially 10 tracks between Dark Wave and black electro pop, succeeding at capturing the early days yet blending them into present time by means of modern Synthpop, catchy and tormented hints delivering one of the best Dark Wave albums of 2014.

A second press of the CD was released in May 2015 with inverted colours for the cover, as well as a vinyl version under the label Manic Drepression Records.

Posthuman LP

On February 27, 2016 their second LP “Posthuman” was released under the Swiss Dark Nights label. According to the band, we live in a posthuman era. It is an era of technology, of multiculturalism, of the transformation of every aspect of the world around us. In this radical change, the individual must relocate ethically, socially and politically while men must reformulate their values, with the understanding that they do not own the world but rather share it with other natural beings. The album reached the 2nd position in the “Soundcheck” chart of Sonic Seducer again and was described as a hectic work of obsessive rhythm and markedly post-punk.

The sepulchral vocals and dark catchiness of the supporting melodies, being constantly on the edge of a glacial minimalism made the album pretty much reverberating electrogoth similar to other seminal bands such as Clan Of Xymox, Depeche Mode, Sisters Of Mercy. The band used minimal wave structures ultimately intended for the dance floor^[13] and adhered to the dandy apocalyptic manifesto claiming Gary Numan, Soft Cell and Neon as inspirational fathers. Posthuman is also depicted as an album where the trio searches for new paths, personalizing the sound with ‘noisy analog DIY synthesisers and instruments such as Mellotron and Theremin, being overall a more mature work and even more accessible than “Oblivion” . On April 2016 a vinyl version with inverted colours for the cover was released under the label Manic Depression Records.

During the last months of 2016 they start to remix songs from their favourite bands like Hante, She Past Away and Massive Ego.