Archive for September 19, 2011

TEXTURES Stream Full Upcoming Album, ‘Dualism’, at GuitarWorld.com Today

Posted in Artist Watch, News, Releases with tags , , , , on September 19, 2011 by Randy

Dualism Hits Stores on September 27th, 2011 in North America

Catch TEXTURES on Tour NOW with Periphery, The Human Abstract, and The Contortionist

Progressive technical metallers TEXTURES and GuitarWorld.com are teaming up today to bring you an exclusive full album stream of the band’s upcoming full-length album, Dualism, out on Nuclear Blast in the US on September 27th, 2011. The exclusive also features a special video introduction recently filmed at the Guitar World studios in New York City. Head to GuitarWorld.com now to listen to the full album an entire week before release!

Dualism will also be released on September 23rd in Europe, South America, Australia, and Asia. The album was recorded at Split Second Sound Studios in Amsterdam with TEXTURES guitarist & producer Jochem Jacobs.

The band is currently giving away their new single ‘Reaching Home’ for free through the smartphone app Repudo! In this embedded video, TEXTURES guitarist Jochem Jacobs explains how the Repudo app works. To download the app please visit www.repudo.com.

Last week, the band released the music video for ‘Reaching Home’, the first single from Dualism, via the band’s YouTube page. ‘Reaching Home’ was shot on the island of Lanzarote (part of The Canary Islands) off the coast of Morocco and was directed by TEXTURES bass player Remko Tielemans together with the help ofKunststoff Media.

The Dualism CD can be pre-ordered from Nuclear Blast USA’s webshop for $10.00.  An album art t-shirt + CD bundle is available here.  Pre-order bundles with a variety of t-shirt designs to choose from can be purchased from IndieMerch.com.  All Indie Merch pre-order bundles will be automatically entered into a raffle to win a TEXTURES Mayones guitar.

TEXTURES are currently on their inaugural North American tour with Periphery, The Human Abstract and The Contortionist.  Remaining “Frak The Gods” tour dates are:

09-20-2011         The New Parish                                Oakland, CA
09-21-2011         Branx                                               Portland, OR
09-22-2011         Studio Seven                                    Seattle, WA
09-23-2011         The Venue                                        Boise, ID
09-24-2011         The Complex                                    Salt Lake City, UT
09-25-2011         The Marquis Theatre                        Denver, CO
09-27-2011         Fubar                                               St. Louis, MO
09-28-2011         The Bluestone                                   Columbus, OH
09-29-2011         Mojoe’s                                           Joliet, IL
09-30-2011         Rave Bar                                          Milwaukee, WI
10-01-2011         MXTP                                             Grand Rapids, MI
10-02-2011         Wreck Room                                   Toronto, ON – CANADA
10-03-2011         La Tulipe                                          Montreal, QC – CANADA
10-05-2011         The Palladium                                   Worcester, MA
10-06-2011         Gramercy Theatre                             New York, NY
10-07-2011         First Unitarian Church                       Philadelphia, PA
10-08-2011         Kingdom                                          Richmond, VA

Pre-sale tickets can be purchased via the online links on the band’s Facebook page.

Visit the TEXTURES landing page here.
Follow TEXTURES online at:

www.TEXTURESBAND.com

www.facebook.com/TEXTURES

www.youtube.com/TEXTURESTV

Twitter.com/TEXTURESBAND

www.myspace.com/TEXTURES

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ELECTRIC FLOWER TO RELEASE DEBUT EP ON NARNACK RECORDS NOVEMBER 8TH

Posted in Artist Watch, News with tags , , , , on September 19, 2011 by Randy

NEW BAND FEATURES JOSH GARZA AND IMAAD WASIF
Los Angeles, CA – September 19, 2011 – Electric Flower, the new band featuring Josh Garza and Imaad Wasif, will release their debut EP on November 8th on Narnack Records. The self-titled EP will be released digitally and on limited (500 copies) foil stamped, red 10-inch vinyl.

Electric Flower had a most unlikely of beginnings. The first time they met, Josh Garza and Imaad Wasif were strangers in an elevator in London. Garza was carrying his kick drum and Wasif had his guitar in hand. They were at the BBC Studios to film performances on “Top of the Pops,” Garza with his band Secret Machines and Wasif appearing as a guest musician with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Eyeing one another suspiciously, the two maintained a curious silence, until the elevator came to a screeching halt, between floors. Wasif began frantically hitting all the buttons to get the metal box moving, but the lights just flickered and the elevator remained eerily still and suspended. While waiting for the emergency operator to dispatch a technician, the two eventually set about jamming, Wasif, to ease his claustrophobia and Garza, ever-cool and stoic, to deal with the boredom, and, in his own words, to “just get this little freak to calm down.”

Another three years passed before the two men randomly collided again, this time on a street corner in Los Angeles. After picking up the spilled tacos and samosas, they decided to head to Wasif’s rehearsal space. In a blast of inspiration from the cosmic weirdness of it all, they wrote “Circles,” the epic track off of their debut EP. With the pounding of blood, the rumbling of thunder, and the indelicate sensations delicately rendered; its finesse lies in the grafting on such libidinous roots of the more visceral stems of Electric Flower.

“Four16”, the lead track off the EP, is a roaring tower of power inspired by Kurt Cobain’s iconic performance of Leadbelly song “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” during 1993’s MTV Unplugged In New York concert. A song about reincarnation, “Four16” refers to the minute mark (4:16) during Cobain’s performance of the Leadbelly song where you can see him become possessed in a flash and his soul leave his body. “He was gone a long time before he was really gone,” asserts Wasif. With Nevermind‘s 20th anniversary approaching next week, the sentiment behind the song resonates even more powerfully.

Imaad Wasif has released three solo albums, including 2010’s highly acclaimed The Voidist, and has established himself as one of the L.A. underground’s most electrifying guitar players. Josh Garza, a Texas native and the drummer of Secret Machines, is widely recognized for his fearless sound, channeling the spirit of Bonham and the space between the beats. Together, their sound is part Motorik, part psychedelic, with strains of post-punk, Japanese Group Sounds and East Indian drone. It’s raw, yet richly detailed and atmospheric, with booming beats and often obscure lyrical themes.

Electric Flower’s live presence is already sending shockwaves of excitement through Los Angeles and other exotic locales, gaining a reputation for being “louder than My Bloody Valentine.” Expect live dates to be announced shortly.

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