STOP PRESS: We'll be playing support to VNV Nation in Birmingham... tomorrow night!
Due to their original support act Empirion pulling out of the show at the last minute, we have agreed to perform in their place, as sole support to headliners VNV Nation at the HMV Institute in Birmingham, on Saturday 7th January 2012.
Hope to see some of you there. Our live show in February, also in Brum, is still taking place as planned, where we'll be playing a full length set, including material from our forthcoming new album - details to follow sometime soon-ish.
x
Roi and Steven
December 13th 2011
That's yer lot
Well, sort of.
A bulging fat sack-full of Yuletide induced festive thanks to everyone who came to see us play this year, particularly all those who've shelled out and helped keep us in Maplin MIDI cables, sandwiches, and cans of WD40, by buying our CDs, T-Shirts, & badges... and even the people who sent us flattering/threatening messages or emailed us pictures of them playing with their toilet parts. Everyone plays a valuable part in the Cabaret of Life after all.
Our first show of 2012 will be at the Midlands Goth Festival in Birmingham on February 18th: Check it out on Facebook
Merry 'Christ'mas folks, hold on to your baubles, and we'll see you in 2012 with news of our brand new album! TBC...
XXX
Roi and Steve
November 21st 2011
New Video! New T-Shirts!! (& Sherlock Holmes?)
Our new single In Loving Memory, available as a digital download from Major Records, now has it's very own video to accompany it!
We all had a great time whilst filming it! Millions and trillions of thanks to all involved in making the video, especially Mr W for producing and directing the whole extravaganza so thoroughly and so wonderfully, and Isabella Charlesworth for being a top-notch camerawoman and corpse. Also special thanks go to Mark Hockings of Mesh, who edited it all together splendidly, the final results of which you see before your very eyes!
New T-Shirts!
We've now got some gorgeous new T-shirts for sale! They're available at live shows only right now, but we're working on that one - more news on that soon we hope.
Designed by the fantastic Canadian born artist extraordinaire Mr Adam Cavill, who also produces and directs our on stage video projections, there are two brand new designs printed on black t's, 'Disco Vandalism' in White or Purple print, and 'London Eye', all of which have the band name as a backprint, available in S, M, L, and XL.
This is just part one of the film: there are four parts to it, which will each be made available online, one by one, over the coming month leading up to the book's release date. The book has the official approval of the Conan Doyle estate, a world first, as no author other than Conan Doyle himself has ever been officially sanctioned or deemed fit to take on Holmes, so it's really a major coup for Mr Horowitz! Judging by what I've read and heard so far, and being something of a Conan Doyle fan, I can't wait to read it myself actually. Here's the Wikipedia page for House Of Silk if you'd like to know more...
Our new single In Loving Memory is now available as a digital download, released by Major Records Medien GmbH! This is the only single to come from this year's Disco Vandalismalbum, originally released on CD in April this year, which is also now available as an official download via Major, from iTunes, Amazon etc, all the usual places.
The single includes two brand new, exclusive remixes, as well as the our 'DV800 Mix' of the title track:
In Loving Memory - DV800 Mix (From the album 'Disco Vandalism')
In Loving Memory - Steve Bellamy Mix (Previously unreleased)
My Sex Life - Electrogogo Mix (Previously unreleased too!)
Our next live shows in the UK are with a certain Ms. Toyah Wilcox, as well as various other support acts for each show. The dates are:
Thursday November 3rd - Supporting Toyah in Leamington Spa - THE ASSEMBLY, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3NF - Get tickets
Friday November 4th - Supporting Toyah in Nottingham - MG BALLROOM, Lenton Blvd. Nottingham NG7 2BY *CANCELLED* TICKETS CAN BE USED FOR EITHER OF THE OTHER 2 SHOWS, OR CONTACT FLAG PROMOTIONS FOR A FULL REFUND. THIS IS THE DECSISION OF THE PROMOTER, AND WE APOLOGISE TO THOSE WHO MAY BE AS DISAPPOINTED AS WE ARE ABOUT THIS. WE TRY TO NEVER EVER CANCEL A GIG, BUT THIS, AS 'THEY' SAY, IS OUT OF OUR HANDS.
Saturday November 5th - Supporting Toyah in London - O2 Academy Islington N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield St, London N1 0PS - Get Tickets
Our new single In Loving Memory- DV800 Mix will be available to download from Friday OCtober 21st 2011 released by Major Records Medien GmbH.
This will be the only single to come from our Disco Vandalism album, originally released on CD in April this year, which will now also be released as a download via Major, on the very same day as the single.
As well as the title track, the single will also include two brand new, exclusive remixes! The track-listing will be as follows:
In Loving Memory - DV800 Mix (From the album 'Disco Vandalism')
In Loving Memory - Steve Bellamy Mix (Previously unreleased)
My Sex Life - Electrogogo Mix (Previously unreleased too!)
Our next live shows are in the UK with a certain Ms. Toyah Wilcox, and various other support acts for each show. The dates are:
Thursday November 3rd - Supporting Toyah in Leamington Spa - THE ASSEMBLY, Spencer Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3NF - Get tickets
Friday November 4th - Supporting Toyah in Nottingham - MG BALLROOM, Lenton Blvd. Nottingham NG7 2BY - Get Tickets
Saturday November 5th - Supporting Toyah in London - O2 Academy Islington N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield St, London N1 0PS - Get Tickets
Additionally, we will be playing our final live date for 2011 at the Purple Turtle in Camden, London, on Friday 9th December 2011 with Blue Zoo, Alter Red, and Panning For Gold (why do all the other bands have a colour in their name?!) ttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=262141907159654
X
Roi
August 15th 2011
Live in Scotland, with Covenant 9/9/11
We're playing live with Covenant in Glasgow at The Classic Grand on Friday September 9th. You can get tickets here or from the usual outlets. This is a re-scheduled date from earlier this year.
x Roi x
July 23rd 2011
The DISCO VANDALISM TOUR 2011 continues...
We're playing a free entry gig at Pitch Black in Burton on Trent next Saturday, and we've confirmed some more live shows in the UK for the summer and autumn, including playing with Punk legend Toyah Wilcox!
Saturday July 30th-Headline show at Pitch Black @The Appleby, Green Street, Burton On Trent, Staffordshire DE14 3RT
Saturday August 13th- Performing as part of the Music For a Darkened Theatre festival at The Cochrane Theatre in London
We have several live dates coming up this Summer, continuing our 2011 Disco Vandalism Tour:
Friday June 24th - Club AntiChrist, London - on stage 11.15pm sharp!
Saturday July 30th - Pitch Black, Burton on Trent
Saturday August 13th - Music For A Darkened Theatre Festival, London Buy tickets
DISCO VANDALISM is our fantabulous new album, containing extended versions and remixes of 12 Mechanical Cabaret songs, and it's available for £9.95 from http://www.mechanicalcabaret.com/releases - you'll also be able to buy this and more from us in person at our forthcoming gigs.
We're releasing In Loving Memory as a single very soon, via Major Records. This digital single will come replete with several new and exclusive remixes, and a new video, filmed at secret locations in England, and Germany - more news on this when we have dates confirmed.
I was recently interviewed by Bodystyler, a German online Electronic music zine, which, if your German is any good (or you enjoy cutting and pasting copy and using Google Translate) you can devour to your heart's content here http://www.electrozine.net/interview/mechanical-cabaret-2011.html
Don't forget, we have some live dates coming up as part of our 2011 Disco Vandalism Tour:
June 24th - Club AntiChrist, London
July 30th - Pitch Black, Burton on Trent
August 13th - TBC London
September 9th - Glasgow (with Covenant)
Just a quick a reminder that our fantabulous new remix album DISCO VANDALISM is available for £9.95 from http://www.mechanicalcabaret.com/releases - you'll also be able to buy this and more from us in person at our forthcoming gigs.
And lastly, vast oceans of gratitude from myself and Steve, to everyone who has been so kindly supportive as to buy a copy of our new CD from us - we truly appreciate your support and belief in what we do, and hope to release more new music later this year!
XXX
Roi & Steve
April 26th 2011
DISCO VANDALISM TOUR 2011 Summer shows
We have some live shows coming up this Summer as part of our Disco Vandlism Tour 2011, to promote our new CD album Disco Vandlism.
FridayJune 24th We'll be performing live at the PVC Hotpants-splittingly popular Fetish/Industrial/Goth night Club Antichristat The Colosseum in Vauxhall, London. Tickets for this event sell out very quickly so if you want to come, we'd advise you buy yours as soon as you can. Club AntiChrist on Facebook
SaturdayJuly 30th we're playing a headline show at Pitch Black @The Appleby, Green Street, Burton On Trent, Staffordshire DE14 3RT. And, we'll be playing a full length set!
Saturday August 13th *TBC* playing as part of the Music For A Darkened Theatre event in London
Friday September 9th *Rescheduled date* Supporting Covenant, @ The Classic Grand, Glasgow, Scotland
What's more, all our upcoming gigs will be accompanied by our brand new live Video Show, made by the artist Adam Cavill, who also designed and made this very website, as well as the fantastic artwork for Disco Vandalism.
x x x
Roi 'n Steve
March 21st 2011
DISCO VANDALISM CD - out now!
We're rather chuffed to be able to announce that our new Limited Edition CD Disco Vandalism is now available to buy, exclusively from this website, or from us at our forthcoming live shows!
It contains 12 Mechanical Cabaret tracks and remixes that are brand new, unreleased, rare or previously unavailable on CD before.
It includes extended versions and remixes made by ourselves, as well as some made by other artists, all of whom we're honoured to consider as our friends - some well known, some less so, but all equally singular and excellent at making the music they make, in the unique ways that they make it.
We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we do!
We had a great time at our gig last Sunday at the 02 in Islington with DAF, Inertia and Leaether Strip! It was a fantastic night all-round in fact!! We have several more live shows coming up this Spring, all mainly taking place on very people-friendly Friday and Saturday nights too! The next show is this Friday 25th March at The Resolution Hotel in Whitby!
Friday March 25th we're playing at Resolution in Whitby, which is a 'fringe' happening, alongside the main Whitby Alt./Goth Weekend, held there bi-annually. This is our first show in Whitby since practically taking over the night we played there in 2005 along with Katscan. Continuing our tour together, albeit in a slightly staggered fashion, Inertia will be playing there the following evening!
Saturday April 9th We're playing a headline show at The Workshop in Old Street, London - and it's only £5 on the door before 8pm!
FridayJune 24th we're appearing at the very popular Fetish/Industrial/Goth club night 'AntiChrist' at The Colosseum in Vauxhall, London. Tickets for this event sell out very quickly so if you want to come, we'd advise you get buy them as soon as you can.
x
Roi & Steve
March 8th 2011
New CD! Gigs aplenty!!
Disco Vandalism will be available as a limited edition CD from 20th March. It contains 12 remixes of Mechanical Cabaret songs, made by ourselves and several different artists and bands. The tracks on the album are either rare/deleted, previously unavailable on CD, or brand new and unreleased, and therefore exclusive to this Ltd Ed. CD. The catalogue number is SOILED45RPMCD, we're releasing it on our own label Soiled Records, and numbers are limited to 1000 copies.
When we've received it from the pressing plant, and made sure that all is well (!) we'll commence offering it for sale via this website.
We have one or two live shows coming up during the Spring...
We'll be appearing as guests of original electropunks from Germany DAF onSunday March 20th at 02 Academyin Islington, London, along with Inertia, as part of our ongoing 'Inertia VS Mechanical Cabaret Tour' which we started last Autumn together with Reza, Alexys, and the lads, and Leaether Strip are playing too.
The week after that on Friday March 25th we're playing at Resolution in Whitby, which is a sort of 'side-show' gig to the main Whitby Alt./Goth Weekend, held there bi-annually. This is our first show in Whitby since practically taking over the night we played there in 2005 along with Katscan. Continuing our tour together, albeit in a slightly staggered fashion, Inertia will be playing there the following evening!
April 2nd, that following Saturday night, we'll be supporting Covenant at the Classic Grand in Glasgow
We're playing a headline show at The Workshop in Old Street, London onSaturday April 9th - only £5 on the door before 8pm!
... and on June 24th we're appearing at the very popular Fetish/Industrial/Goth club night 'AntiChrist' at The Colosseum in Vauxhall, London. Tickets for this event sell out very quickly so if you want to come, we'd advise you get buy them as soon as you can.
That's all folks... more news coming very soon.
x
Roi
February 12th 2011
Slimelight!
We're playing a live set at London's legendary Industrial/Goth club Slimelight on Saturday February 19th! We'll be on at 1am, and we're playing a more dance/club-orientated set, lasting around 40 minutes or so.
Slimelight is held at Electrowerkz which is at 7 Torren Street in Angel, Islington, EC1V 1NQ.
See you there!
x
Roi
February 3rd 2011
LIVE in London this Saturday!
We're playing a live set at the charity event 'For Pete's Sake' in London on February 5th, at Electrowerkz in Angel, Islington, EC1V 1NQ. There'll be lots of other electronic bands playing including Greenhaus Mk1, who'll be playing a techno set for the first time in several years, Young Things Don't Scream (Gary Numan covers band), Global Citizen, Spizz and more.
The event commemorates the life of Peter Gilbert, Frankie D's partner of more than 30 years, and it's in aid of The Mayhew Animal Home, who give sanctuary to stray, lost, and lonely animals.
Doors are at 7.30pm, and continues into the early hours as 'Slimelight' takes over... hope to see you there!
Toodle-oo!
January 18th 2011
DiscoVandalism: New album! And a gig.
Myself, Steve Bellamy, and a few other friends of ours with a musical bent, have been very busy recently, remixing various Mechanical Cabaret songs, both old and new. These will be included on our forthcoming new album of remixes entitled DiscoVandalism, along with lots of other Mechanical Cabaret remixes that are either rare, or have never been released before on CD.
The track listing is yet to be finalised, as we're still waiting for a couple of outstanding mixes, but we'll be putting the finishing touches to things soon, and hope to have it available on CD around March all being well.
Also, we'll be playing a live set at the Flag Promotions charity event 'For Pete's Sake' in London on February 5th, at Electrowerkz in Angel, Islington, EC1V 1NQ. There'll be lots of other electronic bands playing too I'm told, including Greenhaus, who'll be playing a techno set, YTDS, Global Citizen and more besides. The event commemorates the life of Peter Gilbert, Frankie D's partner of more than 30 years, and it's in aid of The Mayhew Animal Home, who give sanctuary to stray, lost, or lonely animals. Doors are at 7pm, until 10, when 'Slimelight' takes over!
x
Roi
January 6th 2011
Pop Charts and Pop tarts
The Kunt & the Gang single, including my remix, got to number 66 in the UK Top 100 pop singles for Xmas week! This momentous news even got tweeted on Twitter by Cosey Fanni Tutti from Throbbing Gristle, no less. Not bad at all really, considering that it was all acheived without any radio, TV, or record label support. Well done Kunt mate, you did us proud, and it was great to be part of all the surrounding pre-Xmas hoo-hah and hullabaloo.
To begin the new decade as I mean to go on, I've been doing more new music. I've just put the finishing touches to another remix, this time of a well known electronic pop group - more news on that front when I hear from them whether they actually like it, or if it's going to be consigned to a Co-Op carrier bag left outside their local charity shop front door, along with some old cassettes from the 80's of Five Star, Black Lace, Spandau Ballet, a 'Chart Trek' compilation, and a scratched up 7" single of Apollo 9 by Adam Ant. (Or something).
There have been various rumblings and whispers behind closed doors regarding some possible live shows that could be coming up for us soon. We're definitely playing on March 20th in London though, with one of my favourite ever German electronic type bands, D.A.F. as well as Inertia and Leaether Strip too.
Toodle pip for now...
X
Roi
December 16th 2010
New Mechanical Cabaret remix! And a gig this Sunday 19th!
I've done a remix of Kunt and the Gang's minor internet hit song Use My Arsehole As A Cunt which, along with six other new versions as well, is heading straight for the Xmas Top 40 even as I type! You can join the Facebook group here, and to download my remix, or as many versions of the song as you like, here's a message from Kunt himself telling you how to do it:
YOU can help Kunt and the Gang get the most offensive Xmas hit of all time!
Download 'Use My Arsehole As A Cunt' from NOW until Sat 18 December to qualify for Xmas chart. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE TOP 40! EVERY SINGLE DOWNLOAD COUNTS!!!
The venue is called Alleycat (formerly Peter Parker's Rock 'n Roll Club) located at 4 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LP.
We'll be on stage at 9.30pm - doors are at 7pm, and it'll cost you £2 before 8pm or £3 after, open until 1am.
Resident DJ's Reza (Killing Joke/Inertia) + Elektrobunny (Inertia/Electro Falco) + Andrew Trail (Knifeladder/Black Light Ascension) spinning the best in Old School Industrial, Electro, EBM, Darkwave, Gothic, 80's and Alternative Music. Hope to see you there!
Finally, a very Merry Xmas/Saturnalia to you all - I hope you all experience an enjoyably decadent and indulgent festive season, and manage to completely avoid the soap opera omnibus's and all the other shit Xmas telly, as well as preventing yourselves from scoffing so much fat food that you end up looking like a gym-dodger, and that you don't get drunk on Baileys at any point cos it tastes like rancid baby-sick and will make you very ill.
XXXmas
Roi
(RIP Peter Christopherson of Coil/Throbbing Gristle)
October 21st 2010
A Live/Undead Mechanical Cabaret show this Halloween!
Our next gig is on Halloween, which falls on a Sunday this year, and we'll be appearing as special guests of none other than the legendary Alien Sex Fiend at the Electric Ballroom in London! I played on the same bill as Alien Sex Fiend some years ago in fact, at the very first 'Infest' festival in Bradford, in 1998, when I was in the band Nekromantik with Martin Katscan.
It really couldn't be a more appropriate gig to play on such an auspicious day - hope to see you there...
The single features a fantastic reworking of Ne Plus Ultra by our friends LOWPULSE, who've put the song through their sonic mangle, slowed it down a touch, and given it a much darker, more sinister twist. There's a cute remix of Pretty Fucked Up by another of our friends - and Basildon's other finest export - KUNT AND THE GANG. Listen out for his partner in crime Little Kunt on backing vocals...
There's a good old-fashioned 80's style extended remix of the original track too, with the 'Exquisitely Extended Mix' of Ne Plus Ultra, and also included is a brand new recording - a cover version of the rather marvellous Fun Boy Three song from 1981 'The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum'. Terry Hall, and Fun Boy Three in particular, are a big influence on me, especially lyrically speaking - I've always wanted to do a cover of one of their songs and, well, now I have!
Here's the full details of the tracklisting:
Ne Plus Ultra
Ne Plus Ultra – Exquisitely Extended Mix
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (Originally by Fun Boy Three)
Pretty Fucked Up – Kunt and the Gang's Castlemayne Remix
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Kunt and the Gang, courtesy of Disco Minge Records under exclusive licence to Club Tuppence)
Ne Plus Ultra – Lowpulse Rework
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Lowpulse)
Ne Plus Ultra – Lowpulse Rework Dub
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Lowpulse)
I hope you enjoy hearing the new tracks - and do feel free to write a review online, I'd love to hear your opinions! (Cue 'You've asked for it now' type feelings, and small sense of dread...)
Toodle pip!
X
Roi
September 13th 2010
2 new singles and a hell of a Halloween gig
The Inertia vs Mechanical Cabaret gig we played last Friday was amazing - thanks so much to Vile Electrodes for supporting, and to everyone who made the effort and came along to support us and gave us such a fantastic response. We all had such a great time, and survived intact to tell the tale - despite the lack of working air-conditioning at the venue!!
Also, released at our gig last Friday was a limited edition joint single recorded with Inertia - a cover of the wonderful Joe Meek/Geoff Goddard song from 1961 Johnny, Remember Me! You can buy the CD from us at our live shows: it features our joint electro-disco cover version, plus a harder, noisier sounding Inertia remix, and my ultra-camp, HiNRG style, Mechanical Cabaret remix!
Ne Plus Ultra, the new Mechanical Cabaret single, will be released by Major Records and available to download on September 24th! Featuring brand new remixes and tracks, here's the full track listing and details:
Ne Plus Ultra
Ne Plus Ultra – Exquisitely Extended Mix
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum (Originally by Fun Boy Three)
Pretty Fucked Up – Kunt and the Gang's Castlemayne Remix
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Kunt and the Gang, courtesy of Disco Minge Records under exclusive licence to Club Tuppence)
Ne Plus Ultra – Lowpulse Rework
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Lowpulse)
Ne Plus Ultra – Lowpulse Rework Dub
(Remixed and reprogrammed by Lowpulse)
Our next gig is on Halloween, supporting none other than Alien Sex Fiend! We're the only band supporting, and we can't wait - it couldn't be a more appropriate gig to play on such an auspicious day.
Last but not least, my next DJ date is on September 23rd at Madame JoJo's at Warm Leatherette: we've got Department S and Blue Zoo playing live this time.
See you at Madame JoJo's and the Electric Ballroom on Halloween I hope!
x
Roi
August 9th 2010
Live and kicking and such like
We've got a few live shows coming up. The first one is on Saturday 28th of August in Wales at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, with the saucy ex-Daisy Chainsaw and Queen Adreena Dogbones and brilliant Birthday Party-esque utter mentalists Klaus Kinski.
The next one after that will be on Friday 10th of September in London playing with the divine Inertia (featuring Reza from Killing Joke) and the rather synthtastic Vile Electrodes - go to the Live Dates page for more details and to buy tickets.
In other news, if you order our most recent album Damaged Goods from our website, you'll get a set of free exclusive new badges! Have a look on our Releases page... if you already have the album, take comfort dearheart, for we'll be selling said new badges at our live shows.
Lastly, I've set up a blog on Wordpress now, and you can find it here!
Toodle-pip for now!
x
Roi
July 6th 2010
Hey Mr DJ! Got any Killing Joke? Or Bauhaus?
I'll be DJ'ing at new Post-Punk Electro night 'Warm Leatherette' on July 22nd - it's at my old haunt Madame JoJo's in Soho, where with Mark Moore and Frankie D we used to run Electrogogo.
The launch night is going to be a Killing Joke special, with Youth and Reza from Killing Joke playing live with their respective other projects Vertical Smile and Inertia. Also playing will be the marvellous Tribazik and Noblesse Oblige too - so it promises to be a somewhat debauched and delightful night all round...
Doors are at 7.30pm for those who want to see the live acts, and after the last strains of live music have subsided at 11pm, the club will go on until 3am for the people who want to - A) Have a postpunkalternativeelectro night of clubbing to some decent music for a change - B) Dance their socks and shoes and underwear off - and C) Join us for a post-club beverage or several in Soho afterwards.
As well as this, I'll be playing live keyboards on stage with the other half of Mechanical Cabaret, Steve Bellamy, and his own band Greenhaus when they tour the UK during the 1st week of August as special guests of Pete Murphy from Bauhaus. Greenhaus will be playing at the Wolverhampton, Glasgow, London and Sheffield shows only, so if you're going along, do make sure you come and say hello.
We've just been sent a few remixes for the next Mechanical Cabaret single, and they're all sounding great. One has been reworked by Lowpulse, and the other is a remix by Kunt and the Gang. Both myself and Steve are also working on a couple of remixes for this release too, and I have some new songs in the pipeline as well.
We're not deliberately trying to keep you in suspense but there will soon be more news on when our next release will come out, and what it will be, when we know for sure the facts and dates from Major Records - promise.
In the meantime, look after each other boys and girls... or who else will?
Bye bye darlings.
X Roi
P.S. RIP Sebastian Horsley - Go and see Dandy In The Underworld before it's too late. It's a fantastic tribute to the dear chap himself, a true wanton and inspiration to certainly my own heart and soul, as well as many others, and perhaps you too.
May 18th 2010
Live shows update
Due to unfortunate circumstances beyond our control, we will no longer be taking part in the Friend Vote Tour this autumn.
For official information about upcoming Mechanical Cabaret live shows, visit the Live Dates page on this website.
May 12th 2010
New Badges on the way
New Mechanical Cabaret badges are coming - made by our splendiferous friends at Badgesaplenty! You'll be able to order them here within the next few weeks...
May 6th 2010
An entirely downloadable back catalogue - at last!
You can now download all of our releases online, from places such as iTunes and Musicload.de - even including the first album 'We Have An Agenda' and the original 'Cheap and Nasty / See Her Smile' EP -
happy shopping boys and girls...
I just came across this DJ playlist from Marc Almond's website a couple of years ago - I'd printed it out and then promptly forgotten all about it for some reason...
Thanks Marc!
April 14th 2010
Playing with The Glitter Band, and Angie Bowie!
This Friday, 16th of April, we'll be playing live at Eddies in Birmingham (UK) with The Glitter Band, and Angie Bowie!
Bizarre indeed - but it's all true!
There are still some tickets left at time of writing this, but they've been selling pretty fast the last few days... if you want to come to this amazing one-off event then you'll have to be quick off the mark, so I'd suggest you buy your tickets now before they sell out.
Also appearing will be fab goth shock rockers Beautiful Deadly Children, and seeing as there hasn't been a Mechanical Cabaret show in Birmingham since 2007 (incidentally, we were apparently the last band to play the old 'Edwards No.8' venue before it burnt down!) it looks like it's shaping up to be quite a memorable night all round!
X
Roi
April 7th 2010
Live show coming up in UK
On Friday 16th of April we'll be playing live at Eddies in Birmingham (UK), appearing as special guests of The Glitter Band and Angie Bowie!
XXX
Roi
March 14th 2010
Nitzer Ebb show
Thanks to everyone who gave us such a warm reception last Thursday night when we supported Nitzer Ebb in London! It really was a fantastic gig and we loved every minute of it. Huge thanks go out to Doug, Bon, and Jason, as well as Peddy from Neuwerk, Hayo from Major and Frank from Flag for giving us the chance to play to such a great audience. Here's a link to some fantastisch photos from the show taken by Mr Medwyn Jones!
The next Mechanical Cabaret live show that Steve and I shall perform is in the 02 Academy in London on Thursday 11th March 2010, once again supporting the wonderful Nitzer Ebb!
Support will also come from Client, and System FX will be kicking off the evenings events. Should be a good one!
Hope to see you there!!
x
Roi
February 13th 2010
New Video
The current single 'Careful, Careless' now has a brand spanking new video to go with it! It was filmed in HD and produced in Hamburg and Paris by Hayo Lewerentz of Major Records.
Hope you like it!
x
Roi
January 28th 2010
We're No.1!
The Mechanical Cabaret song 'See Her Smile' has topped a chart of songs by independent bands and artists, voted for exclusively by friends and fans on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace!!!
Our song had been in the chart for several weeks, entering at number 62 the first week of January 2010 - and, as of this Monday it's finally reached the coveted position of No.1!
A million thanks to all of you that voted for us, it really is fantastic news for us - it's wonderful to know that, friends and fans alike, there's so many of you out there supporting us you've managed to vote us to the top of this chart.
X
Roi
January 20th 2010
Next live shows
Our gig at Bedsitland went really well last Saturday night. We had a great time and so did everyone there it seemed... thanks so much to Tracy for asking us to play and for looking after us so well. Special thanks also go to Clark - our one man 'road-crew', technical boffin and gentleman to the end - to Isabella, for hand-making our fantastic new onstage banner - and to the soundman Al for making sure it all sounded like it was supposed to.
The next live gig coming up is on Friday 28th Jan at The Purple Turtle supporting Karel Fialka. There are several other bands playing too, including Cassette Electric and The Modern, and we'll be on around 9pm.
Also, we're extremely pleased to be able to announce that, after enjoying a great gig supporting them in Hamburg only two weeks ago, we now have the opportunity to play another show with the rather wonderful Nitzer Ebb
This one will take place on Thursday 11th March in London, at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town. Our friends Client will be performing as well, so it should be a brilliant gig all round! Hope to see some of you at either (or both) of these upcoming shows.
X Roi X
January 15th 2010
Next live show: tomorrow!
After our rather short-notice support slot with Nitzer Ebb last Friday in Hamburg, the next live gig is already upon us - a headline show on Saturday 16th January (tomorrow) at Bedsitland, which is an excellent electro pop club night held at The Lexington on Pentonville Road in Islington/ Kings Cross, in London.
It opens at 9pm, costs £5 to get in, and we''l be on at 10pm.
Hope to see some of you there!
X
Roi
December 16th 2009
New single: 'Careful Careless'
The new single 'Careful, Careless' is now available as a download, released on Major Records! So far it's available only through Amazon and Beatport, but from around January 2010 it will then be released fully worldwide.
The full track listing is as follows:
1. Careful Careless
2. Careful Careless - Fur Coat, No Knickers Mix
3. Nothing Special - 2009 Remake
4. GBH - Melodramatic Version
5. Pretty Fucked Up - Size Zero Mix
6. Desperate But Not Serious (Originally by Adam Ant)
A video for it is being edited and prepared at this very moment, so watch this space for news about when it's all finally spruced up and ready for consumption.
The Fur Coat, No Knickers Mix was done in the spirit of 'proper' 12" mixes, where all the different parts of the original track are broken down, exposed, solo'd and generally extended for all to hear/see. Nothing Special has been re-recorded and updated a bit - this came about because we started playing it live again, with a new arrangement which seemed to work really well, so we thought it would be a good idea to release it.
The Melodramatic Version of the previous single GBH is quite different to the other versions you may have heard. This time it's been completely re-arranged and re-recorded as an Erik Satie/Kurt Weil/Jaques Brel style 'torch song', which is closer to how I initially wrote the song in the first place when I did the original demo. Pretty Fucked Up - Size Zero Mix is a more DJ friendly extended version of the first track from the current album Damaged Goods, and is fast becoming a live favourite.
The last of the tracks on the single is a very 70's electro-disco cover version of the Adam Ant song Desperate But Not Serious. I'm a huge fan of Adam Ant and love the electronic disco throb of artists like Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Sylvester, Boney M and so on - so it seemed quite natural to me to put the two together. It came about because in 2003 (I think?) we were asked by Madam Stan from the Ant Liberation Front, the official Adam Ant Fanclub, to perform at the annual Adam Ant convention held here in London - the 'condition' being that we also played a cover of an Ant song for the occasion. She suggested 'Desperate' and, as it happened, I'd previously toyed with doing a cover of this song before, so it seemed the perfect choice. I'd forgotten about it until early this year when I came across a live recording of it, and decided it would be good to finish off what I'd started 5 years ago - and now, here it is, finally recorded and released for you to listen and dance along to whilst you're doing the dishes/hoovering/dusting/ironing/etc.
Anyway, that's about enough blether from me. I hope you like the new tracks, and on behalf of Steve and myself, I'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and an extremely happy New Year!
Io Saturnalia!
XXX
Roi
November 16th 2009
Next live show on Thursday
Our next live outing for myself, Steve, and our collection of rusting synthesizers will be this Thursday at the 02 Academy in Islington, London. We're supporting the fantastic Motor, fresh off their European tour supporting Depeche Mode, and Alec Empire, he of Atari Teenage Riot noisiness fame. Also appearing are Cryogenica, and we should be on around 7.30 or something like that, although the usual arbitrary 'live show' timing adjustments will, as per normal, need to be applied. Suffice to say, we're looking forward to it immensely!
Filming in Hamburg went really well - I can't wait to see the full 'High-Definition' results sometime soon. Tsk, modern technology eh? X-Ray vision next. Oh, wait a minute, they've got that already at the Airports now haven't they? Hmm. Must make sure I wear my best pants next time I fly...
Met up with Mesh whilst I was there, too, and watched them set up and soundcheck for the first gig of their tour. Lovely to see 'em so it was... some great new songs, Rich's new hair-do and an even more technologically super-wow type live set up (including WIDI keyboards and four screens!) means it's an even more fantastic live spectacle than before - so go and see them play if they're anywhere near you, it'll be Ace! Shame I missed Client's show there on the weekend though :(
I'm off to Germany today, the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, to make the video for the next single 'Careful, Careless' which will be out soon on Major Records.
Thanks to all who made it to Slimelight last saturday for our gig - it was great to see so many friendly faces rallying for us. I escaped with only a few minor injuries - big thanks to Ozzi for bandaging my hand so expertly - and to Scott and the crew for being such helpful gentlemen all evening, too.
I'd best be off now really, early start tomorrow. One more glass of Sherry and I'll turn in for the night.
x
Roi
October 2nd 2009
Supporting Combichrist in November at Slimelight
That's right! Us, Combichrist and Slimelight, the best Industrial/Electro/Goth/Alternative/Whatever-you-want-to-call-it club night in London, all in one go!
On Saturday November 7th, 9.30pm at Slimelight in London we will be supporting Combichrist at their last UK show before they take to the road to support the almighty Rammstein on their European Tour. Over 18s only for this one, so I've been told to say...
September 24th 2009
Nothing Special in the Movies?
Back in 2001 I was contacted by a certain Mr Todd Stephens, who is a movie director and screen-writer from the US. A few emails, letters, parcels and trips back and forth to the Fax machine later and lo and behold, my song 'Nothing Special' ends up appearing as part of the soundtrack to the latest offering from Mr Stephens that year; a film entitled 'Gypsy 83'.
After doing a search on YouTube, I have in fact just recently found the very clip from said film, which includes 'Nothing Special' so I thought I'd share it with you. I particularly like the fact that there's dialogue and sound from the film over the top of it!
Hope you enjoy it anyway.
x
Roi
P.S. It's also on the Downloads page, outside of You Tube.
September 14th 2009
Night Clubbing
On Friday September 25th Steve and I will be getting our synths out and playing a live set at the DEVIANT club night, held at the Purple Turtle in Camden (nearest tube; Mornington Crescent) in London. We're on stage around 11.30pm. Earlier that evening at 7pm in the very same venue, synth maestro Steve Bellamy's band Greenhaus will also be playing live, supporting Punishment of Luxury - and I'll be playing live synthesiser for them, too, so make sure you come down early!
Our gig in Plymouth went really well and we had a great time there - huge thanks to Pete and both Rich's for looking after us so splendidly and making sure everyone had a blast! One question though; why are there no decent pubs in Plymouth? Very strange...
x Roi
September 11th 2009
Next live show
On Saturday September 12th we're playing an hour-long headline set at 'Dark Angels', an electronica club night in Plymouth. We'll be on stage around midnight; full details on the Live Dates page...
Also, there are some great photos on the Live dates page from last Sunday's gig supporting A Flock of Seagulls taken by Medwyn Jones who was positioned in front of the barrier before the stage so they're nice and close! To see them, just go to the Live dates page and scroll down a bit. Not only that, but there was also a video recording of us playing 'Desperate But Not Serious' (an Adam Ant cover). This was filmed by David Baker, and you can see it on the Mechanical Cabaret You Tube channel.
Right, I'm off. "Plymouth Hoe!"
August 25th 2009
Next live show
On Sunday September 6th we're supporting 80's synth-pop legends A Flock of Seagulls at the 02 Academy in Islington, London!
Come along and show your support! We're on stage at 8.30pm - hope to see many of you there...
x
Roi
July 20th 2009
German Interview
Read a recent interview I did with Dark Heart Magazine in Germany... um, which is in German however, so apologies to all non-German speakers! (They translated it, I can't speak Deutsch that well.) You have to scroll down a tiny bit...
Roi
July 4th 2009
Live dates and a new release
Just had confirmed some more gigs for later this year, one in Plymouth and another in London - go to the Live Dates page to find out more!
The new compilation album called Orbit Electro was released yesterday, July 3rd by Major Records, and it includes a Mechanical Cabaret cover version of a song by The Cure from 1982, Lets Go To Bed! It features backing vocals by the inimitable Susi9mm and an absolutely filthy sounding analogue synth riff - hope you like it! Watch this space for news about my forthcoming new single... coming soon to an online computer near you!
x
Roi
June 25th 2009
Next DJ date - Depeche Mode party!
I'll be DJing this Fri 26th June at a Depeche Mode party in Camden, after Seabound play their live set at Purple Turtle - details below. I'll be starting around 10pm - see you there if you can make it!
x
Roi
Mechanical Cabaret DJ Set, Depeche Mode Party, Fri 26th June @ PURPLE TURTLE
65 Crowndale Road, Camden. London. NW1 1TN 18+
11pm-3am
£6 Adv - www.flagpromotions.com/ Ticketweb 08700 600100
£5 with flyer, FREE with SEABOUND ticket
Seabound show details...
Doors 8pm £10 Adv (Includes free entry to Deviant Club 'til 3am)
www.flagpromotions.com
SEABOUND (www.myspace.com/seabound)
RBN (www.myspace.com/revolutio nbynight)
AUTO AGGRESSION (www.myspace.com/autoaggre ssion)
May 20th 2009
Live photos and a new interview too
There's some great new photos online, and a video too, from the gig we played last Saturday in London at Elektrowerkz! They're all courtesy of Mr. Medwyn Jones (thanks Med) and I think they're rather nice - I hope you like them too.
Toodle pip!
Roi
April 30th 2009
Live Headline show in London!
Here's the details for the next live gig at Elektrowerkz in London on Saturday May 16th, during which we'll be playing no less than a full hour long headline set!
Cor blimey! Innit marvellous, eh?
April 28th 2009
A New video for an Old song
Here's another recently 'un-earthed' video that Graeme Robertson made, this time for the track called 'Give It To Me' off my previous album 'Product For Your Insecurity' from 2006.
Graeme suggested doing a clip for this song, even though it wasn't on a single, because it's one of his favourites and he'd had the idea to do this simple-yet-bitchy kind of 'direct to camera' style treatment for it, and it's come out really well... take a look at it on You Tube anyway, I hope you agree :)
x
Roi
April 27th 2009
Me? Singing in German? With my reputation?
The current single 'GBH' includes a few different versions of the song, but notably a version called 'GBH in Deutsche' which features me singing in German! 'How is this possible?' I hear you cry! Well, I had a considerable amount of help from a good friend of mine from Germany, Connie Werner, who took my original lyrics and cleverly re-interpereted them into German.
As it's such an unusual thing to have done, I asked Connie if she'd perhaps write a few paragraphs about the work we'd done together, to put on the website, which she kindly agreed to do.
So, without any further ado, I hope you enjoy reading about Connie's experiences of working on 'GBH in Deutsche', here on the Lyrics page!
Also, don't forget, the next live show is a headline gig at Elektrowerkz in London on Saturday 16th May!
x
Roi
April 24th 2009
More live news, another new video clip, 2 ironing boards and a saucepan.
The next Mechanical Cabaret live outing is a headline gig (whoo!) on Saturday 16th May, at Elektrowerkz in Islington, London... the full details of which can be found on none other than the Live Dates page, would you believe?!!
Also, on the Downloads page you will now find a nice wee video clip edited together by Graeme Robertson using footage he shot at the recent gig I played in Preston, set to the sound of the current single 'GBH'! This features yours truly and a load of synths, this time including Graeme's Moog Prodigy and Korg Micropreset, plus a saucepan percussion incident and two rather fetching ironing boards for stands (thanks to Jane for providing those at such short notice... x)
Roi
April 17th 2009
New Live video clip
Take a look at the Downloads page to see the first video clip to be uploaded from my recent gig at Elektrofest; Disbehave!
In it, you'll see me flitting about between playing and twiddling knobs on several different *synths, as well as singing and hitting things and so on. Anyway, I hope you like it!
{*For the synth 'enthusiasts' out there, the synths in questions were: a Jen SX1000, a JHS SD1 drum synth, an EMS Polysynthi and an EMS Synthi A}
x
Roi
April 13th 2009
Next Live date
The next live date is on Saturday 18th of April. I'm going to be playing for none other than Miss Jane 616 and her merry band of fellow miscreants at her fabulous 'double-ender' club night Dark-Cide/Electro-Cide in Preston! It's been a while since Mechanical Cabaret has made it back to the North of England, and I'm really looking forward to it.
The new Mechanical Cabaret album 'Damaged Goods' and the single 'GBH' have now been released by Major Records Medien GmbH. Damaged Goods is available as a CD or download, and GBH is available as a download only.
You can place an order for the CD (i.e. not the downloads!) from Major Records - just email svenja@majorrecords.de with your name and address, & the number of CD albums you want, and they'll do the rest! Major Records' CD prices are£9.90 or €10.90 and their CD Packing and Postage costs are: Germany: €2.00, Europe: €3.50, World: €6.50
Obviously you can also order the CD and preview and/or Download both the album and single from all kinds of music websites online likeMusic Non-Stop.co.uk(English), Musicload.de andPoponaut.de(German) but be warned, some places are charging strange prices!I even found one place selling the album for the bizarre asking price of $47.98!! A little steep perhaps...
DAMAGED GOODS: Photography by Graeme Robertson, Artwork and layout by Bruce Lovelock
When Do I Get To Sing My Way? (Originally by Sparks)
Other news...
I'll be DJ'ing at the Deviant club at Purple Turtle in Camden Town on Friday 27th March, and at the forthcoming DAF concert in London on Saturday 28th March at the Islington Academy, N1 Centre,Islington, London N1.
Doors for this are at 18.00hrs and you can get advance tickets for £18 from Flagpromotions.
And finally... the next live date is detailed below! Hope to see you there.
x
Roi
New Interview
I was recently interviewed for a great music 'zine called The P.i.X. In it I talk a lot about the new album, and you can also read it online here! Lastly, as you'll no doubt have noticed from the Twitter feed below, I've joined Twitter - so, if you fancy it, you are most welcome to follow my Tweets!
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