We Have A Technical

It's the time of the month when we record and release one of our special We Have a Commentary podcasts, supported by our backers at www.patreon.com/idieyoudie! The album this month was selected by our patrons, and overwhelmingly they wanted to hear us talk about Laibach's landmark LP "Opus Dei". Thrill to the Queen references, both overt and hidden as we chat about the lasting power of the NSK's most populist statement! 

It's a Schrodinger's Goth episode of We Have A Technical! Bruce and Alex Pick Five goth records by non-goth artists. What is goth? What is not goth? These are the angels on the head of a pin type questions the Senior Staff are coming at from a variety of musical angles this week.

On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex take up the shadowy and nebulous notion of occult and Satanic imagery in industrial and goth music. How does it differ from metal in this regard? Should these themes be used more as thesis than anti-thesis? And are God Destruction totally cheesy, totally awesome, or a little of both? All this and more on Hot Stuff the Little Devil's favourite podcast!

Alex and Bruce catch up with Kanga on their West Coast jaunt to talk about pop in industrial, the perils of the entertainment biz, and how your vocals never sound how you think. All that plus the breaking announcement of another Terminus Festival on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

It's an opposites attract episode of We Have A Technical, as Alex and Bruce discuss the softer side of the avant garde with Controlled Bleeding, and the industrial big beat stylings of The Retrosic. All that and some recent events on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex listen to their mutual favourite album of 2010: Ashbury Heights' "Take Cair Paramour"! The discussion touches upon synthpop's straddling of the mainstream and underground, extended arch metaphor, and, maybe most importantly, the stellar songwriting of Anders Hagström.

The Senior Staff is back from winter hiatus with a look back at how their hopes and wishes for 2016 fared, and a look ahead at records and trends are on the horizon in 2017. All that plus a big ol' love-in for The KLF on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

The yearly off-topic episode of We Have A Technical is here, ready to eat an hour of your life with aimless discussion of music and culture wholly unrelated to the podcast's regular purview. Sorry, not sorry.

For the last official I Die: You Die podcast of 2016, Bruce and Alex round out Year End coverage by discussing the making of their Top 25 albums of 2016 list, do some honourable mentions and complain about phony promo e-mails! Also some chat about broad musical trends in Our Thing! All this week on We Have a Technical! 

On the heels of their Forma Tadre commentary, Alex and Bruce take another trip back to 1996 to each Pick Five records from that illustrious year. They also comment on the recent news coming out of San Francisco's DNA Lounge. All this week on the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

This week on the official I Die: You Die podcast we chat with Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection! Topics include interacting with people online, his recent move towards releasing individual singles and what motivates him as a performer and artist! A very fun conversation that Alex and Bruce have wanted to have for a long time, all this week on We Have a Technical! 

This month's Patreon-supported bonus commentary podcast takes a trip to the frontier of 1996! Forma Tadre's debut, "Navigator", has remained a touchstone for the Senior Staff in terms of sound design, theme, and so much more. Bruce and Alex have loads to say about Lovecraft, Tangerine Dream, and Blade Runner samples, so join them on a journey through sea and space.

In the wake of the Oakland tragedy, we wanted to pay our respects on this episode of the podcast to the life and work of Cash Askew of Them Are Us Too.

Trying to keep up with the deluge of releases 2016 has brought, Bruce and Alex discuss new records by In Strict Confidence and Black Tape For A Blue Girl, introduce a CD giveaway, and field some questions from listeners. It's a jam-packed episode of We Have A Technical as we start bearing down on the end of the year from hell.

It's a pillar to post interview on the podcast this week, as we talk with Rexx Arkana (Bruderschaft, FGFC820, Coldkill) about his lengthy history with synthpop, industrial, and all points in between as a fan, a DJ, and as an artist. It's a barnburner of a conversation this week on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

The enduring relevance of compilations to dark music is taken up in this week's episode of We Have A Technical, be they archival, thematic, or charity comps. Also: new microphones! The dunces behind the I Die: You Die podcast have never sounded so clear!

On this Patreon supported podcast we do a commentary on Switchblade Symphony's goth/darkwave classic "Serpentine Gallery". From end to end, Bruce and Alex discuss the record's unique place in the history of Our Thing, and exactly what makes it specifically resonate with them some 21 years after its release. 

In the wake of this week's events, we talk a little about a lot of things. This is a pretty freeform episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Bruce and Alex discuss albums by Statiqbloom and Jager 90. Thrill to discussions of electro-industrial and anhalt EBM, and cringe at how two people could possibly be this bad at pronouncing words in German! Also, some questions from the Slack, news from our Patreon and much more, all this week on We Have a Technical! 

t's a grimly fiendish episode of We Have A Technical this week as Alex and Bruce each pick five "nightmarish" records to discuss. Don't worry, there's also some Pet Shop Boys to lighten the mood. Happy Halloween from I Die: You Die, kiddies