Dirk Da Davo, one half of the Belgian electronic outfit The Neon Judgement, is back with his solo project Neon Electronics. Out on January 30th 2012 will be his newest album "Keylogger".

Released in a joined operation between M-Tronic and Dancedelicd. DanceDelic [D]igital is a European record label that publishes electronic dance music. The label is managed by Dirk Da Davo.

The release will coincide with a few concerts including January 28th, 2012 in Cannes (France) at the Electro Industrial Festival. Next are February 10th, 2012, Zichem (Belgium) at Den Hemel and May 17th, 2012, Ghent (Belgium) at the Charlatan club.

Some surfing stuff :

http://www.dancedelicd.com/index.html

http://www.theneonjudgement.com/

http://www.neon-electronics.org/

From Croatia, they bring us the lovely voice of Shaita as a beautiful instrument between minimal bass and synth sounds. "Inside" is a great album with 16 short tracks that become an intriguing life story of this croatian dark lady.

Inside the album, the song titles are not listed, but put down in a poetrical text ...

The opening and title-track is a mysterious and etherial soundscaping piece that makes you very curious and wants you to learn more about this project. In the following tracks you will be swallowed within the dark bass tunes in a minimalistic soundscape, where the female voice always ask for your attention with high-skilled singing and easy-to-catch lyrics. It feels like Shaita lets you into her living room, and entrust you her life story ...

Discovery of the year !

Classic U.K. post-punk outfit Wire will commemorate its year-long tour in support of the band’s current           record, Red Barked Tree, by giving its recent tour-only live album — the 13-track The Black Session – Paris      10  May 2011 — a full worldwide release in February.

According to the band material, The Black Session finds Wire “in razor-sharp form, tightly honed after months   of touring.” The collection features a mix of cuts from this year’s Red Barked Tree as well as classic songs such as “Pink Flag,” “Kidney Bingos” and “Map Ref 41°N 93°W.”

Just to remind you, dark souls ! Great line-up at this years' BIM-fest, presented by our friends from Body Beats Productions, Dark Entries and Peek-a-Boo Magazine. Gothville will be there ... or what did you think ?

Kate Bush is another great artist who pleases us with a brand new album: "50 Words For Snow".

50 Words for Snow is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It is the second album to be released on her own label, Fish People.The album consists of seven songs "set against a backdrop of falling snow" and has a running time of 65 minutes.

Sometimes it takes a while before good news crosses the ocean, hitting us at Gothville.

Established in 2005 by Fuchsia and Kal3id, American band BELLA LUNE released their debut album 'Abstracted Visions' in 2008. In the summer of 2010, BELLA LUNE gave away their second full length album ‘Synesthesia’ with a charity benefit show as a release party.

You should get them both ... to discover this amazing dark yet dreamy (Imagine if Cranes and The Cure met in a dark alley) atmosphere.

From her website : Let’s talk about magic. Because music, at its best, is a kind of magic that lifts you up and takes you somewhere else. “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.”

Haujobb are part of the newest wave of electronic dance acts to come storming out of Europe. Along with such other notables as :wumpscut: and VNV Nation, Haujobb are bringing, if possible, an even newer surge of adrenaline to a genre that already seems expanding to burst.

On this year's WGT-Treffen (Leipzig), we at Gothville were pleasantly surprised by this belgian band.

Since the mid 80-ties working in the ritual - mythical -industrial and magical music scene, this band is known for its mind expanding sound. Primitive ethnical and contemporary industrial influences are blended to create an unique style that has influenced many who were looking for spiritual dimensions. In the beginning of the 80-ties, Magthea, the male side of the HYBRYDS was involved in THE KLINIK, in the mid 80-ties he worked on his own personnel music style, based on ancient influences and modern technology.

Especially known through their activities under the Ambassador21 moniker, it is with their new Suicide Inside album that the collaboration will start in the first weeks of 2012. The "Homicide" album will be one of the most powerful female fronted album ever released by Alfa Matrix.

Later this month, the new album of this belgian alternative duo will be released by the Alfa Matrix label.

So get yourself an early christmas present and lock yourself in a dark room to get the right atmosphere.

We've waited more than 10 long years before this great band granted us with new material.

Since the new millennium we only got a collection with rare material (cf. “Akashic Recordings”) and the re-release of their 2nd opus (cf. “Ignis Fatuus”). The end of 2011 stands for the real resurrection of the German trio.

Time for something new : the debut album of DarkDriveClinic is out on Danse Macabre Records. This is a project to keep our eyes and ears upon !

Legendary producer John Fryer (Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins, Nine Inch Nails, This Mortal Coil, Fad Gadget, Cradle Of Filth, HIM) and incredibly enchanting vocalist Rebecca Coseboom (of Stripmall Architecture and Halou) are DarkDriveClinic.

We just love the return of our heroes from the eighties !!

Gavin 'Virgin Prunes' Friday surprises us after more than a decade with a new solo album, and the man is still alive and kicking.

16 years since his last album Shag Tobacco, it’s time to salute anti-hero Gavin Friday, who returns fittingly, at a time of upheaval, of political chaos, and of spiritual, financial and moral bankruptcy.

If we could get our hands on this box, this would be a happy house ...

Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist) has started work on a 20-disc (!!) box set with Siouxsie and the Banshees material. Included will be the 11 studio albums, singles, live recordings and various TV appearances (on CD and DVD).

Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin. Initially associated with the English punk rock scene, they soon became inspirational in the creation and development of the gothic rock genre. The band split up in April 1996, after 20 years spent together.

On Nov 28th 2011 I will finally see her live in Brussels, Botanique venue.

Some artists are special and worth following, and this is definitely one of them.

In the last three years, Nika Roza Danilova has gone from being an outsider, experimental, teenage noise-maker to a fully-fledged, internationally-celebrated, electronic-pop musician.

Definitely one of the best albums I recieved this year (thanks to my friend Jo).

After I heard it a first time, I felt the urge to listen to it again and again ... each time discovering new features, new background sounds and admiring the most beautiful soundscapes.

You can't miss the Master touch of Gary Numan, but the sound has evolved to an up-to-date electronic approach with very professional soundscaping, the right (read : not exaggerated) use of guitars, and off course the recognisable and still penetrating voice of Numan himself.

Another great belgian indoor festival ahead !

BodyBeats and partners Peek-a-Boo & Dark Entries once again managed to present us  an extraordinary festival line-up, with some new bands but certainly some international cult acts.

Gothville will be present as hell in Antwerp (B) on 16th and 17th december ... what did you think ?

A must-have in your collection : The Suicide Sessions by our Belgian harsh-electro heroes.

Not many Electro-bands can look back upon a quarter of a century of existence and    numerous timeless club anthems and still be going strong as hell! Suicide Commando are not only celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, they are also one of the rare acts that can rightfully claim pioneering an entire genre! In the light of this special birthday, the “godfathers of Harsh Electro” are releasing a special 6-CD-box set titled “The Suicide Sessions.”

SINNER’S DAY is already a classic on the concert calendar. On Sunday 30 October 2011, about 10.000 music lovers are expected for an impressive 3rd edition in the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium.

After the perfect debut album "Trapped in a dream", we were anxiously waiting 3   long years for the second album. Always the most difficult album for an artist, 'cause expectations are high and the surprise effect is gone. But when we got the new album, we were –first of all- surprised by the great cover art and pictures.

So can somebody reach perfection twice ? Yes, Vic Anselmo can ! Again she managed to create an album that 'll take your breath away. Listening to this album will lead you to a higher dimension. What makes this artist so special, is the most original way to combine harder metal-like parts with the most intimate and precious thoughts, brought to you by the most astonishing voice ever. Fairy-metal with some special gothic, bluesy and whatever sauces ... mostly impossible to describe, to be honest :-)    Soon on this radio !!

The album starts with...

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2011 Radio Special

Saturday 04 June 2011 - From 11h00 till 16h00 CET
DJ. AnaXaGoRaS - Life Studio - Requests Possible on Facebook Page

Music from bands performing at the 20th edition of WGT 2011 Germany Leipzig.
This Largest Gothic meeting in the world is more then music, it is a mix of making new friends, enjoying the lifestyle and seeing you are not alone in this world where common sense has lost its way in mainstream...

Tune in at our on-line radio stream, make requests and enjoy the show, I will try to bring as much as available information, with probably interviews and new releases...

I have also created a list in Excel with all known schedules during the festival, combined with website, genre and personal score per band. Please note it is not official, that one is only available at the fest or the official website of WGT
http://www.gothville.com/images/eventlist/wgt2011_plan.xls