We Have A Technical

After a couple of weeks away (not that the listening public would know), Bruce and Alex take a look at the insurmountable stack of records yet to be released in 2015, and each pick five records which point to the music of the future...

A few weeks back Bruce and Alex met up with Aaron Fuleki and Alex Reed on the eve of their amazing performance at Terminus Festival to chat improvisation, the fan/artist relationship and how to bring music as varied as theirs to the stage. It was fun and brisk convo that touched on a lot of concepts and ideas, had numerous intriguing diversions and occasionally descended into some good natured silliness, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it!

On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex run a commentary on one of their mutual favourite 90s EBM albums, the majestic electropop journey that is Covenant's "Europa". These album commentaries are a bit of a rare bird, so come on a ride that goes from millenial clubs to the edge of history, and, yes, to the water and the stone.

Fresh back from a road trip to Seattle Alex and Bruce are ready to talk about records by And One and Din [A] Tod, do a bit of crate digging, and turn an eye to what's happening in Toronto. There's also a little bit of local show scouting and overall (if vague) excitement over a whole bunch of upcoming projects and releases on this, the latest episode of your snooty roommate's favourite music podcast, We Have A Technical.

On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex chatting with our friend Troy Hilton of Darker Side of Light Productions about the upcoming Aftermath Festival in Toronto! Additionally we get him to talk booking and tour managing, getting him to pull back the curtain and really dig into what it takes to get a multi-city tour happening, from the band, to the local promoters and even the fans! Lots to chew on in this episode, so make sure you pay close attention. Also we have to apologize for some dicey audio for a large portion of the episode, between our mic having a nasty crackle we didn't discover until after we had recorded and a slightly dubious Skype connection this one is a little rough (we did our best to fix it in post!), but we think it's worth the effort. 

Bruce and Alex do a wrap-up of Calgary's Terminus Festival and talk to JD and Mel from Grendel! We go over some of our favourite performances, chat a bit about what separated this iteration from others, and toss in a bit of New Order nitpicking for good measure.

On this episode, Bruce and Alex go to the movies! "Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay", "The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye", and a recently translated Belgian documentary on Front 242 are all being discussed on the latest episode of the podcast as the Senior Staff gets ready to roll out to Terminus.

On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex quiz each other on their predilections for albums by Pretentious, Moi? and Ghost & Writer. Also Alex has a lot of thoughts and feelings about the announcement of a new New Order record, Bruce reads Japanese science fiction and we announce the winner of our "Death to False EBM" t-shirt contest! All this week on the internet's pre-eminent goth and industrial music podcast (more the former than the latter for once). 

This week Bruce and Alex have Erica Mulkey of Unwoman and returning superguest Matt Fanale of Caustic on to chat the new release from their collaborative Beauty Queen Autopsy project! Lots of interesting stuff about process, how they approached things differently creatively and promotionally, and a strange new idea for merch! Also some discussion of our anniversary show, and all the other chit chat you've come to expect from the internet's preeminent industrial and related musics podcast! www.idieyoudie.com

On this episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex talk to Chris Hewitt, organizer of Calgary Alberta's Terminus Festival. Lots of interesting chat about festival economics, booking and what makes a collection of bands over three nights into an experience. Also some chat about our upcoming anniversary and some recent sad news for the Canadian industrial scene. 

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Alex and Bruce are tackling the ever thorny issue of the DJ in the goth/industrial scene. Obviously this ties in with all sorts of other changes to the musical landscape that have happened in the past fifteen or so years, so we'll try to restrict ourselves to talking about DJing in the goth/industrial end of the pool, but this should still prove to be a rather careening convo. 

Alex and Bruce are very excited to chat with Cory from Volt 9000, one of the most interesting bands from the current wave of Canadian industrial! We talk about the new album "Timeshift", why difficult can be inspiring and the paranormal, plus chit chat about our upcoming anniversary, recent articles and more! Also, what is BLABITTY SCHMOO MUSIC???

Ont this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Alex and Bruce each make a list of five bands based on a very specific criteria. Also some chat about Laibach, some very cool industroal memorabilia that showed up on eBay and a whole lot of off-topic chitty chit chat, all this week on the internet's number one industrial, goth and related musics talk podcast! 

Oh man podcast listeners, Bruce and Alex fucked up real bad and forgot to come up with a topic or a guest for We Have a Technical (the official I Die: You Die podcast!) this week. So they did what any self-respecting industrial music nerds would do and fell back on talking about Forma Tadre and Interlace because they could literally drone on and on about those two acts for hours on end. Plus some updates to our thoughts about the Laibach tour, a and more sedate general chit chat than usual, on the internet's number one goth, industrial and related musics podcast! 

Bruce and Alex look back at an older Ministry record in light of the band's legacy since then, and talk about the new Prurient record and how it connects to the broader spectrum of noise/industrial crossover. All that plus some reflective chatter on favourite articles on the occasion of the site's 900th post (and more!) on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.

On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Matt Gifford from Encephalon drops in to chat about his band's excellent new album "Psychogenesis". Also Bruce and Alex chat fallout from The Great Debate, whether people should be sore at Laibach, some fun shows we're gonna attend and much much more! 

After nearly a month of carefully calculated hype and ballyhoo, it's finally here. The Great Debate, in which Alex and Bruce square off in opposing corners, ready to fight dirty, throw low blows, and endanger our decade-plus friendship all for the sake of winning an argument about goth/industrial music. With a little help from a surprise guest MC, we think we were able to put together the symphony of rhetorical attacks, parries, and counterstrikes which we've been building towards...or at least a reasonable facsimile of what it's like to be stuck at a pub table with us when we happen upon a point of disagreement (which was half of the goal in starting this site in the first place). 

It's the fight (or congenial meet-up) of the century as We Have a Technical and Talking to Ghosts collide! What happens when the number 1 and 2 goth and industrial podcasts meet-up to hash out some topics? Why, a bunch of chat about tours vs festivals, laptops on stage and industrial dance videos amongst other topics! Plus, a few more hints about THE GREAT DEBATE! All this week on TALKING TO TECHNICALS. 

On this week of the world's premier industrial, gothic and related musics podcast Bruce and Alex return to the "TOP 5" format, and bust out lists of their favourite closing tracks. Plus they discuss recent shows they saw, upcoming events and the same wholesome family friendly chitter chatter that has become the hallmark of the official I Die: You Die podcast!