After a long hiatus, Jeff Danos aka TESTUBE returns from the outer limits of electro with the Covert EP, an intriguing approach at vocal-driven "experimental pop". Intermittently composting gritty abstract rhythms and industrial glitch sampling into a slightly more accessible framework of dark electro-pop, the Covert EP shows the act moving into a new direction for 2008 and serves as an appropriate teaser for the upcoming TESTUBE full length tentatively titled Off Purpose. The 5-track EP is available as a FREE high quality (320kbps) download with artwork, and includes four new songs and a thumping club-friendly "treatment" remix for the dancefloor. This is the first release from TESTUBE on the newly formed GLIM RECORDS - an atypical promotion machine co-created by Jeff Danos and Jonathan Chalker (LOWHERO.DLL). The FREE download is available here: http://testube.com/covert In addition to the free digital EP, an extended 10-track EP is available for purchase, and includes stunning remixes from R010R, Digital

The follow up to the "Elektrisch!" compilation series from the past years has arrived. "Electropop.1" is the first volume of the new compilation series from the team that compiled "Elektrisch!" over...

One of the best electropop albums in years comes from the Swedish act Sadman who released their debut album "Cold in the State of Me" in April 2008 on Memento Materia. The duo consisting of Mattias Rftegrd and Lars Fernstrm succeeded...

Connexion Bizarre was updated on 2008-06-16 with new webcasts, reviews and media feature as well as new recommended events and links.

Reviewed this week: Feu Follet "Fogbank", Oxygenfad "Oxygenfad", Autopsia "The Berlin Requiem", Disharmony "Xframes", Numbers On The Mast "Numbers On The Mast"

In the Media section: another installment of Business Traveller.

This week's webcast features "unknown pleasures & underground cities" with music selection by :JW: and "Deep Solace" with music selection by M.

Also this week, we continue a giveaway of two copies of Famine's album "Every Mirror Turns Black" courtesy of record label Bugs Crawling Out Of People (see below for details).

Famine "Every Mirror Turns Black" giveaway

We have two copies of "Every Mirror Turns Black" the recently released album by Canadian artist Famine (www.myspace.com/chxstfamine) to give away, courtesy of the record label Bugs Crawling Out Of People (www.bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com).

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The pioneers of electropop, Yellow Magic Orchestra, have reunited for Massive Attack's Meltdown at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday June 15th. They will play their first UK show since 1980. In addition to their much-anticipated first London performance since October 16,...

The electropop group Vive La Fte's Danny Mommens (guitar and vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals) have launched their new project Vive Le Jazz, reworking their Vive La Fte songs into jazz...

The UK female fronted electropop act Northern Kind are in the final stages of completing their second album by the end of June to have it ready for release in Autumn. As a teaser they now released...

Germany based electropop act Endanger are back with their 4th studio album to date, "Revolt", on Infacted Recordings. And electropop fans will be delighted to learn that the album song "Times are changing" features female...

Mole Listening Pearls is starting the "Listening Pearls Series" with ReReleases of the best and most important albums of the label - mostly sold out for a long period of time. Beside the single album releases always three albums are bundled in a special limited boxset. In Box One you can find the following albums:

Audio Lotion - adelante! (LPS 1)

With adelante!", Audio Lotion step out into the world and delivered an outstanding piece of multifaceted latin sounds which enthused a much wider audience. Supported by sexy vocal parts, sappy horn arrangements, and versatile percussionists, Audio Lotion delivered truly first class New Latin sounds. adelante!" was produced in their own recording studio with Bo Kendren (who mastered e.g. the outstanding Jazzanovas Remixes) adding the final touch. Feathery grooves and catchy melodies keep on surprising the listener from track to track, giving rise to sensual desire, spreading pure magic and delivering tales of love and lust and pain. Refreshingly different from t