Depeche Mode tribute compilation to be released in April

Massive Depeche Mode tribute compilation to be released in April
V/A - "alfa matrix re:covered - a tribute to depeche mode" 2CD is the title of a brand new and massive DEPECHE MODE tribute compilation which will be released in April 2009 worldwide by Alfa Matrix.

On "Alfa Matrix Re:covered - a tribute to Depeche Mode" the Alfa Matrix label unites the electronic sounds from the Alfa Matrix label artists with some of the best songs pop history has ever heard from one single band. All electronic music genres have their very own ambassadors on this double CD compilation including interpretations by Sebastian Komor (Zombie Girl, Komor Kommando, ...), Jean-Luc Demeyer (Front 242), Claus larsen (Leaether Strip) and many many more. 32 tracks in total !

On top, the first online orders for this compilation will receive a FREE promo only 7-track EPCD with their order (next to a FREE label compilation). Included on this EPCD are special mixes from the covers which will be serviced to club DJ's. So be fast if you want to be among the first ones to get this gem !

Tracklist and more info at www.depeche-mode-tribute.com

Genesis P. Orridge/Psychic TV

Counter Cultural provocateur Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her reactivated Psychic TV aka "PTV3" will be releasing their second album MR. ALIEN BRAIN vs THE SKINWALKERS. The album was produced by Edward ODowd & Genesis for Angry Love Productions. It was mastered by Bryin Dall at Waxy Yellow Build Up Studios, New York July 2008. Most of these tracks were recorded live for NPR's "WORLD CAFE" program at WXPN-FM's studios in Philadelphia, PA May 2008 or at Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn, New York 2007. Initial pressing will include an exclusive DVD boasting 30 minutes of unseen PSYCHIC TV/PTV3 live and on the road and in the studio by filmmaker Marie Losier and other surprises. MR. ALIEN BRAIN vs THE SKINWALKERS is released on Sweet Nothing Records though Cargo Distribution. I'm hoping you'd be interested in covering via feature or CD review.

For the realisation of this project Psychic TV/PTV3 were: Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge - Vocals, percussion, samples (also of Thee Majesty); Edley ODowd (also of Toilet Boys) - drums and percussion; Hanna Haddix - samples and percussion; Marrkus Aurelius Cirkus Maximus Fabulous Perrson - Keyboards; David XXX Maxxx - Lead Guitars and vocals (developing from The Tadpoles); Alice Genese - Bass Guitar and vocals (formerly of Pretty Boys, Candy Ass, Sexpod and Gutbank); Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - Noise Bass, vocals and percussion (also of Throbbing Gristle and Thee Majesty).

Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were recorded direct to "tape" at the Philadelphia studio that NPR's premier live music program "World Café" originates from. There were NO overdubs, no remixing. What you hear is what the band played. PTV3 had not played together for some six months previously, basically not since Lady Jaye dropped her body on October 9th 2007. The surviving members had ONE short, one hour rehearsal the night before the taping documented. The next day they went in and played their hearts and souls out for Lady Jaye. All were amazed at how sensitive and exact the breaks and textures were considering they were relying totally on instinct, in the moment. Other selections include "I"m Making A Mirror", Lady Jaye's song/poem for Genesis previously only available as a bonus track on the vinyl version of Hell Is Invisible..., the previously unreleased mix of "New York Story" by Michael Gira (Angels of Light, Swans), live recordings from PTV3's residency at Galapagos Art Space as well as 2 entirely new, unheard tracks (The Alien Brain & I Love You, I Know).

Psychic TV was first born in 50 Beck Road, Hackney in 1982. Persuaded and encouraged by his cool friend guitarist Alex Fergusson of punk trailblazers Alternative TV an initially reluctant Genesis P-Orridge returned to active duty inventing new music following his termination of Throbbing Gristle in 1981. Six months later the duo completed the nucleus of the new unit with ex-TG'er Peter Christopherson. By that time Genesis had already conceived, named and pioneered the genre "Industrial Music" with Throbbing Gristle. Along with the Velvet Underground, Throbbing Gristle is and remains one of the most influential rock groups of the last 30 years; if you haven't heard their music, you will certainly have listened to someone who has. In Throbbing Gristle, Genesis and company synthesized the influences and philosophies of Gen's close friends and collaborators, including Beat writer William S. Burroughs; Beat poet and painter Brion Gysin; psychedelic shaman Dr Timothy Leary; queer activist film maker Derek Jarman; and those of legendary occultist Austin Osman Spare, theorist John Cage and various seminal underground authors, thinkers, artists and film makers. The group "TG" produced some of the most unsettling and thought-provoking music of all time. Their pioneering "Industrial" sound and self-sufficient approach to record distribution has had a profound impact, becoming key elements of underground music production and distribution ever since (the definitive TG history Wreckers Of Civilisation by Simon Ford is still available, published by Black Dog Books, London).

Right from the outset, Psychic TV in turn made highly innovative and unflinchingly provocative music blending elements of psychedelia and dance with Industrial sounds (named HYPERDELIC" by Genesis). As with TG, the details of Psychic TV's packaging, marketing and the radical lifestyle of the musicians were all treated as equally crucial components of the final aesthetic statement. Psychic TV created the template for the avant-dance stance popularly labeled "Electronica" as well as having an undeniable influence on the emergent "Rave" culture; the group released the world's first 12 inch single with the words "ACID HOUSE" in the title, "Turn On Tune In To The Acid House." The label depicted Superman as a tab of LSD emblazoned with their logo the Psychic(k) Cross and triggered a suppressive lawsuit making this withdrawn icon a rare collectible!

For some 14 odd years, Psychic TV recorded and released dozens of live and studio albums winding up in the Guiness Book Of Records for releasing more albums in one year than any other artist (even Elvis!). Psychic TV was terminated in the mid 90's as Genesis pursued further musical goals with his spoken-word and expanded poetry/video installation project Thee Majesty.

Over the last several years, Eddie ODowd of New York City's legendary rock band The Toilet Boys gently but persistently persuaded Genesis to rekindle her rock spirit and Psychic TV. As sincere and dogged as Alex Fergusson had been before him, Eddie succeeded and Psychic TV was reactivated as PTV3 in December 2003 when they played their first public show. Once PTV3 reached the recording studio, ODowd played a crucial part in pushing Genesis and the other musicians to give their very best, and then some, filling Hell Is Invisible, Heaven is Her/e with stellar performances out of all concerned as a result. In addition Eddie also art directed and designed the innovative and distinctive packaging for that album as well as for MR ALIEN BRAIN versus THE... The packaging Eddie designed for this release was created custom and uses no plastic and therefore is very bio-friendly. PTV3 is very much the product of the creative partnership of Genesis and Eddie.

The full history of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her varied seminal musical exploits of the past three decades as well as her socio-cultural (or should that be politico-sexual? Or all the above!) adventures would easily fill a book (and has. Soft Skull/Shortwave Books published Painful but Fabulous: The Lives and Art of Genesis P-Orridge in 2003). The reactivated ensemble undertook a wildly successful North American tour in 2004, followed by an equally tumultuously received European tours in 2006 and 2007. Genesis continues to periodically mount exhibitions of her artwork in galleries around the globe.

Already living a creative further chapter of her "life" book Genesis continues to provoke and explore in her very public private life; from replacing all her healthy teeth with solid gold permanent replicas in an homage to Pierre Clemente in Luis Bunuel's "Belle De Jour." Littering the dictionary and culture with new words for new, original ideas Genesis and Lady Jaye can be said to have followed the serious process and joy-filled strategy of "When there is no example imagine it, when there is no word for it invent one."

It is through this deeply sincere search for a positive path of humanE evolution and his/their commitment of mind, body and soul to that voyage of discovery that such a profound global influence of her creative experimentation and current (PTV3) music continues to animate and deeply inspire successive generations. S/HE IS HER/E alive, unique and a living legend!

For more information on the One True TOPI Tribe and other projects connected to PTV3 go to:

www.myspace.com/PTV3
www.GenesisP-Orridge.com

THE BREEDERS

RETURN WITH 4-SONG EP, FATE TO FATAL, RECRUIT ROLLER DERBY GIRLS FOR "FATE TO FATAL" VIDEO SET TO PLAY/CURATE THE UK'S "ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES" IN MAY

Los Angeles, CA - Hot on the heels of the Breeders' 2008 studio album, Mountain Battles, comes a four-song-EP, Fate to Fatal, set for an April 21, 2009 release. Recorded both at a professional studio in England and in the basement of Breeders' singer/guitarist Kim Deal, Fate to Fatal is the EP where they boast, "we've discovered the treble knob."

"We started with a song called 'Fate to Fatal,'" recalls Kim. "The Breeders were on tour all of last year, so we booked time at a place called the Fortress in London, England, and worked with a guy named Gareth Parton. At the beginning, Gareth and I were really snitty towards each other, which can turn out bad or good. And it turned out really good. The second song, 'The Last Time,' I wrote, but I recorded it in my basement - we have a guest vocalist on it, Mark Lanegan [Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, The Gutter Twins]. The third song is a cover of a Bob Marley and the Wailers song, 'Chances Are.' Kelley and I recorded it live in Chicago at Steve Albini's. And the last song, 'Pinnacle Hollow,' I did in my basement on a four-track - tape hiss and all."

Additionally, the Fate to Fatal EP's album art will undoubtedly catch the eye of both Breeders fans and Obama supporters. Explains Kim, "An artist named Chris Glass designed the logo for Obama's 'American Recovery and Reinvestment Act' - we saw a news photo of Obama and Biden at a press conference standing next to a signboard with the logo on it - well, Chris designed the artwork for our EP. He's like family - we're related by marriage, so it was really exciting and it looks really good. We're getting some fancy craft paper for twelve inch sleeves, and Kelley and I are going to personally hand-screen the artwork at Chris' studio, Wire & Twine, in Ohio.

With the record industry in such a state of upheaval, along with the reach of the Internet, Kim and her Breeders bandmates - twin sister Kelley Deal (guitar, vocals), Cheryl Lyndsey (guitar), Mando Lopez (bass), and Jose Medeles (drums) - have decided to issue Fate to Fatal entirely on their own. "I started asking questions, talking to Dan Koretzky from Drag City Records, Albini, Bob Weston, and Ivo Watts-Russell who owned 4AD Records. And it seems that now, more than at any other time in the past, we could put the music out ourselves - hand-screen some cool artwork ourselves, sell the EPs at our shows and on our website, as well as get them to traditional record stores and other online outlets. So, we're just going to press up a thousand twelve-inch vinyls."

With some rock bands making it clear on which side of the fence they reside regarding whether music should be free or not, the Breeders fall somewhere in the middle, according to Kelley. "Eventually, you're going to get what you pay for. I don't know, it's one of those things - it's not like you can stop it. But it's like, the Fortress is all-analog, and there are people who work there who need to be paid. I don't know what the answer is, but I don't think 'free' is the answer."

In addition to the arrival of Fate to Fatal, the Breeders have several other upcoming projects, including playing and curating on 'All Tomorrow's Parties' festival in Minehead, England on May 15-17. In addition to the Breeders, fans will be able to catch sets by the likes of Bon Iver, Gang of Four, the Foals, X, J-Zone and Heartless Bastards, among others. Also, bassist Lopez is shooting footage of the Breeders for a forthcoming documentary (Kim's take on the docu's topic - "Why it takes us too long to make a record!"), while the band members have found themselves strangely aligned with a certain contact-heavy sport.

"It was a weird thing that happened," explains Kelley. "The Breeders were on tour last summer, and we went through St. Louis where we met up with our friend Amy Whited. She is an Arch Rival roller girl - for the St. Louis roller girl team. I've known her since she was 16 or 17 - I met her in 1994 at Lollapalooza in Chicago. We really watched her grow up, and we talked about how cool it would be to do a video with the Breeders performing live while a roller derby game was going on around us. Then, last October in Cincinnati, the Breeders played a 'Vote Early, Rock Late' rally. While we were there, these girls introduced themselves to us as the Cincinnati roller derby team. Then in November, I was doing a signing for my book ["Bags That Rock: Knitting on the Road with Kelley Deal"] and judging a craft show in Minneapolis, and one of the teams that I was judging at the craft show was the Minnesota roller girls. All this was going on and I thought, 'this roller derby thing is really knocking at my door - I gotta do this!' So, I got a hold of Amy and we figured it all out. We got the first edit of the video last week, and the Arch Rival girls look great. I can't wait for them to see it!

ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL

GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO ECOVILLAGE
SUPPORTED IN PART BY RESCUE EARTH, SILVER DAGGER
AND GREEN ART USA

Return three plastic bottles and redeem them for a collectible band sticker or recycle 250 plastic cups for a hoodie with crystal embellishments, complements of Silver-Dagger Fashion. Is this a scene out of Mad Max, the 1979 Australian post-apocalyptic action thriller starring Mel Gibson? In fact, this scenario will play out in the ECOvillage at ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL (UMF), Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 in Miami's Downtown Bicentennial Park.

An estimated six tons of plastic bottles are converted into the bargain chips by 75,000 concertgoers to redeem in the ULTRAGREEN TRASHed Recycling Store, done in conjunction with GLOBAL INHERITANCE. Ultra Green is the on-site recycling program launched in 2007 where a mountain-size wasteland is transformed into a treatise on the hidden eco politics of everyday life. The new 'green' stamps fetch iPods, Netflix® memberships, premium spirits from Liquor Group, LLC, artesian water from Bravura Distribution, Bindi Desserts from PDF Foods, Flora Italian Imports and other enticing prizes. GLOBAL INHERITANCE—a Southern California-based non-profit organization working to empower individuals worldwide to think and act creatively in solving global imbalances—will also deliver their Tour De Energy Exhibit and TRASHed Art of Recycling with live painting on recycling bins. For more details on the different programs, visit: www.globalinheritance.org.

The ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL is South Florida’s favorite music festival, internationally renowned for its memorable live performances and DJ sets from the world’s top electronic and alternative rock artists. The 2009 line-up includes The Black Eyed Peas, Tiësto, The Prodigy, Paul van Dyk, Bloc Party and many more. The entire roster will be displayed via onsite plasma screens provided by Impact Media Group. ECOvillage offers an oasis of calm under a grove of Banyan trees and steps away from the frenzy unfolding on the main stages. The two ECOvillage stages host non-stop, live entertainment and dance. Why let a little global meltdown spoil our fun?

Where Green is the new Black, ECOvillage is coordinated by Heather Read and Danny Chasen in conjunction with Jose Rivas of RescueEarth.org. New tribes with corporate support are coming forward weekly to contribute to the building of the ECOvillage including Funkshion.com, a one-week fashion extravaganza beginning March 24 that takes place in two cruise ship-size tents on Miami's South Beach. “The collective sense of urgency has reached the tipping point,” states Sale Stojanovic, Funkshion Managing partner. “Global has become local with initiatives that encourage recycling on-site. Music revelers participate in an illuminating, hands-on example of what living in a sustainable planet really means,” states ECO Organizer Heather Read.

The ECOvillage comprises a Recycling Center and a Rescue Earth & Silver-Dagger Depot where UMF rations and provisions can be had for a donation to the causes. A first, BookLA.com® in conjunction with Vector International Pictures, Darfur Doc, Flora Foods and PDF Foods will oversee the “Sourced Local Competition!” Wild fruit, weed greens, edible flowers and vegetables found in back yards, parks and inner-city green areas will be prepared by South Florida's top chefs and filmed by Thel Patterson. Tulio of Casa Salvatore and Dane Iacangelo of Potions in Motion are among those chefs competing. Dean Taha of Santona Corner in Coral Gables and acclaimed concert promoter confirms: “The Chefs are slated to compete for top prizes in the preparation of a meal foraged from locally grown ingredients.”

Luis Valenzuela and Alexis Rodriguez of greenartUSA.org are providing art direction reminiscent of their Green Art Fair that coincided with this year’s Art Basel. Most of their plans are under wraps but what has been revealed is the Eco-Village design includes a spectacular art installation representing the connection of humans united for a global mission in saving our planet. MannequinsInternational.com and canvas and bamboo tenting by Kool Bamboo have been donated for Green Art's couture vert fashion exhibit. The leading edge fashion is made from recycled cigarette butts, plastic bags and yesterday's news and accessorized by Silver-Dagger, who is also staging informal modeling. Film director, Mohamed Hassan is planning to preview new footage from his documentary Death in Darfur, produced in part by VectorIp.com.

Another first, Solar Panels donated by Electron Solar Energy (electronicsolarenergy.com) will generate enough 'sun-juice' to power-up an on-stage sound system. ECOvillage's main supporter RescueEarth.org, co-founded in 2000 by Jose Rivas, began as a community grassroots organization serving Dade County schools and underwrites restoring and replanting indigenous trees, educational programs and supports Rock Garden Herbs’ Green Railroad Organic Workshop (G.R.O.W). Ecomb (ecomb.org), another ECOvillage, backer has maintained and sustained Miami's beaches since 1991 and is best known for their aggressive Coastal Clean Up on Biscayne Bay.

PET SHOP BOYS

RELEASE THEIR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM "YES"
APRIL 21 ON ASTRALWERKS

One of the most iconic and influential pop acts in the world, Pet Shop Boys return with their tenth album and first for Astralwerks on April 21, 2009. In a career spanning over 2 decades, the duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have created some of the most beloved and recognizable hits in the world (‘West End girls’, ‘It’s a sin’, ‘New York City boy’, etc.), and sold over 30 million records. They’ve worked with artists like Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Liza Minnelli, Robbie Williams, Electronic, The Killers and Madonna. In the USA, Pet Shop Boys are the fourth most successful artist in the history of the Billboard dance charts (behind Madonna, Donna Summer and Janet Jackson).

Filled with sparkling state of the art pop songs, Yes is an affirmation of the duo’s knack for mixing innovative artistry with exuberant commercial appeal. Produced by the acclaimed Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Saint Etienne), the album features guitar work by ex-Smith Johnny Marr and orchestral arrangements by Owen Pallett (Last Shadow Puppets, Final Fantasy)..

Never far from the public eye, Pet Shop Boys have been very busy lately: producing a #1 UK dance hit for Sam Taylor-Wood (released on the ultra-hip Kompakt label), remixing a track for Lady GaGa and co-writing the hit UK single ‘The Loving Kind’ for Girls Aloud. They are also working on a ballet, and were honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Brit Awards this month. You can check out their performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OAlTWrNN6o

"We can’t seem to remember how we came up with the title Yes," says Neil. "Our official story is that we may have taken it from the famous Yoko Ono exhibition in 1967 where you had to climb up a step ladder – as John Lennon famously did - pick up a magnifying glass, look at a tiny word written on the ceiling, and the word was ‘yes’. I think it partly came from that." (Chris adds: "We thought No was a bit negative.")

Tracklisting:

Love etc*

All over the world

Beautiful people

Did you see me coming?

Vulnerable

More than a dream*

Building a wall

King of Rome

Pandemonium

The way it used to be*

Legacy

* written by Tennant/Lowe/Xenomania

The release of Yes will be preceded by the single "Love etc". Pet Shop Boys describe the song as "a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we’ve done before." See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBiaRBUjUs

There will also be a limited edition version of the album featuring a bonus disc with 'This used to be the future' an exclusive track featuring Phil Oakey (Human League) and 6 dub mixes produced by Xenomania ('More than a dream', Pandemonium', 'The way it used to be', 'All over the world', 'Vulnerable', 'Love etc.').

www.petshopboys.co.uk

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY, THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ART

COACHELLA DIGITAL
INAUAGURAL ONLINE MAGAZINE DEBUTS THIS MONTH

The Chemical Brothers (DJ Set), Devendra Banhart, Etienne De Crecy, The Orb, Murder City Devils, Busy P, and Plump DJs have joined the line-up for the tenth COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL. The full updated list of acts for this year’s festival--set for Friday, April 17, Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19--is as follows:

FRIDAY APRIL 17: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18: The Killers, Thievery Corporation, The Chemical Brothers, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT’s, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19: The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, The Orb Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Etienne De Crecy, Devendra Banhart, Murder City Devils, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Plump DJs, Busy P, Sebastien Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K’naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes.

At the same time, this month marks the debut of Coachella Digital, a 40-page interactive digital magazine profiling a few artists performing at this year’s festival. Coachella Digital also offers insight into festival culture around the globe; music reviews; festival rumors and how quickly they spread; a photo montage featuring images submitted by COACHELLA attendees; and a multitude of interactive elements. The inaugural issue is available online at WWW.COACHELLADIGITAL.COM.

Tickets for COACHELLA--which will will once again take place at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, the same grounds where the festival debuted in 1999--are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00 +$3 charity + $9 facility fee ($1 charity/$3 facility fee per day) and single day tickets are $99.00 +$1 charity + $3 facility fee.

For up-to-the-minute information on COACHELLA, please visit www.coachella.com. COACHELLA sponsors include AT&T, Heineken and PlayStation.

FISCHERSPOONER PREMIERES NEW LIVE SHOW "BETWEEN WORLDS"

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FIVE YEARS, FISCHERSPOONER TOUR NORTH AMERICA

In conjunction with each album, FISCHERSPOONER develops a dynamic performance that theatrically realizes and furthers their creative concepts and ideas. Legend amongst outsider teenagers and sophisticated arts elite alike, the shows are renowned for their rich mix of art, dance, music and fashion. Hairy monsters, feathered chorus girls spitting blood, raucous new versions of their underground hits, and storms of glitter - a FISCHERSPOONER show is a phantasmagoric experience that is all the way live.

Accompanying the digital minimalism of #1 was a visually maximalist punk pop road show. The fraught tensions of Odyssey were realized in a dramatic rock performance drawing on ideas from the high Romantic era. With Entertainment, the group directly addresses its ongoing exploration of art and entertainment in a show that references Vaudeville, Japanese Kabuki and avant-garde theatre. "It's not art versus entertainment," says front man Casey Spooner, "It is art AND entertainment."

Having returned to their independent roots in the creation of the music, the live show has similarly been developed in tandem over the years of writing the album. During this process, Spooner appeared with legendary experimental company The Wooster Group in their unique production of Hamlet. This led to a series of workshops with the entire Fischerspooner company being trained in many of the company's signature techniques, which are now integrated with their own brand of postmodern showmanship.

Longtime choreographer Vanessa Walters has created intricate and explosive dances that blend a vigorous future pop aesthetic with classical and modern technique. Musical director Ian Pai continues to trigger the FISCHERSPOONER song catalog, and new collaborator Andrew Schneider adds a new layer of detailed video art.

You never know what quite to expect from a FISCHERSPOONER performance, but it's safe to say that you have to be there. Don't miss out, it's not the same on video.

TOUR DATES:
6-May-09 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia
7-May-09 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn
8-May-09 Webster Hall NYC
10-May-09 9:30 Club Washington DC
11-May-09 The Roxy Boston
13-May-09 The Loft Atlanta
15-May-09 Granada Theatre Dallas
16-May-09 House of Blues Houston
18-May-09 Ogden Denver
20-May-09 HOB San Diego
21-May-09 House of Blues Anaheim
22-May-09 Fillmore San Francisco
23-May-09 Avalon Los Angeles
25-May-09 Wonder Ballroom Portland
26-May-09 The Showbox@The Market Seattle
29-May-09 First Ave Minneapolis
30-May-09 Metro/Smart Bar Chicago
31-May-09 Majestic Theatre Detroit
2-Jun-09 Phoenix Toronto

www.fischerspooner.com
www.myspace.com/fischerspooner

KATY PERRY

STORMS INTO SPRING 2009
Two Triple-Platinum Hit Singles Drive Album Past Platinum
New single "Thinking of You" heats up
50-City "Hello Katy" Tour Sells Out
Katy’s Smash Singles Pace The Year’s Best-Selling Artists

(NEW YORK, NY March 5, 2009) – With her act on the road again in the midst of her 50-city sold out world headline tour, Grammy nominated Capitol Records break through artist KATY PERRY, 2008’s most-noted, most-discussed and most-danced-to new artist, extends her remarkable track record at full force, well into 2009.

As "Thinking of You," the newest single from the album, bullets in the Top 20 of both Mainstream Top 40 and Hot AC formats, Perry’s debut album ONE OF THE BOYS has earned RIAA platinum certification for U.S. sales in excess of 1 million copies, enjoying a rebound into the national Top 30, eight full months after its No. 9 Billboard Top 200 debut.

In singles sales, Perry is the only artist to have more than one single certified at triple-platinum level or more in the last 12-month period, with the phenomenal seven-week U.S. No. 1 debut "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot N Cold" which has surpassed "I Kissed A Girl" in digital sales.

In total worldwide sales, Perry’s album has sold over 2 million copies and individual tracks are approaching the 14-million mark, with multi-platinum certification in five international markets and gold/platinum in seven more for "I Kissed a Girl;" multi-platinum sales in Canada and New Zealand and gold/platinum in eight additional markets for "Hot N Cold." ONE OF THE BOYS has achieved platinum certification in Australia, Canada, Ireland and U.K., and gold sales in nine other international markets. Perry was recently named Best International Female Solo Artist at the prestigious Brit Awards.

For more on music’s true "It Girl," including photos, streaming video, and Katy’s blog, visit her official website www.katyperry.com, MySpace page www.myspace.com/katyperry and her personal blog at www.katyperryblog.com.

Katy Perry "Hello Katy" tour dates:

March 23 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont

March 24 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

March 26 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

March 27 Detroit, MI @ Clutch Cargo

March 28 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

March 30 Toronto, ONT @ Kool Haus

March 31 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis

April 1 Boston, MA @ House of Blues

April 3 Palm Springs, CA @ Palm Springs Convention Center (Dinah Shore Weekend)

April 5 Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts

April 6 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

April 7 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

April 8 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

April 10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

April 11 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues

April 14 Nashville, TN @ Cannery

April 15 Atlanta, GA @ CenterStage

April 28 St. Petersburgh, FL @ Jannus Landing

April 29 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

May 2 Birmingham, AL @ Schaeffer Crawfish Boil

May 9 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl

May 11 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

May 12 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

PET SHOP BOYS

RELEASE THEIR TENTH STUDIO ALBUM "YES"
APRIL 21 ON ASTRALWERKS

One of the most iconic and influential pop acts in the world, Pet Shop Boys return with their tenth album and first for Astralwerks on April 21, 2009. In a career spanning over 2 decades, the duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have created some of the most beloved and recognizable hits in the world (‘West End girls’, ‘It’s a sin’, ‘New York City boy’, etc.), and sold over 30 million records. They’ve worked with artists like Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Liza Minnelli, Robbie Williams, Electronic, The Killers and Madonna. In the USA, Pet Shop Boys are the fourth most successful artist in the history of the Billboard dance charts (behind Madonna, Donna Summer and Janet Jackson).

Filled with sparkling state of the art pop songs, Yes is an affirmation of the duo’s knack for mixing innovative artistry with exuberant commercial appeal. Produced by the acclaimed Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Saint Etienne), the album features guitar work by ex-Smith Johnny Marr and orchestral arrangements by Owen Pallett (Last Shadow Puppets, Final Fantasy)..

Never far from the public eye, Pet Shop Boys have been very busy lately: producing a #1 UK dance hit for Sam Taylor-Wood (released on the ultra-hip Kompakt label), remixing a track for Lady GaGa and co-writing the hit UK single ‘The Loving Kind’ for Girls Aloud. They are also working on a ballet, and were honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Brit Awards this month. You can check out their performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OAlTWrNN6o

"We can’t seem to remember how we came up with the title Yes," says Neil. "Our official story is that we may have taken it from the famous Yoko Ono exhibition in 1967 where you had to climb up a step ladder – as John Lennon famously did - pick up a magnifying glass, look at a tiny word written on the ceiling, and the word was ‘yes’. I think it partly came from that." (Chris adds: "We thought No was a bit negative.")

Tracklisting:
Love etc*
All over the world
Beautiful people
Did you see me coming?
Vulnerable
More than a dream*
Building a wall
King of Rome
Pandemonium
The way it used to be*
Legacy

* written by Tennant/Lowe/Xenomania

The release of Yes will be preceded by the single "Love etc". Pet Shop Boys describe the song as "a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we’ve done before." See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBiaRBUjUs

There will also be a limited edition version of the album featuring a bonus disc with 'This used to be the future' an exclusive track featuring Phil Oakey (Human League) and 6 dub mixes produced by Xenomania ('More than a dream', Pandemonium', 'The way it used to be', 'All over the world', 'Vulnerable', 'Love etc.').

www.petshopboys.co.uk

INTRODUCING: CYBERSUTRA

LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROJECT
RELEASES “I SEE FIRE” FEATURING JACINDA
ON KULT RECORDS VIA BEATPORT

Producers, performers and radio hosts, CYBERSUTRA is the live electronic music project from West Coast-based DJ and percussionist Scott Binder (via San Francisco) and producer Nathan Heal (via Seattle). Weaving together elements of electro house, melodic trance and live improvisation, the duo have designed their sound by fusing live performance with dance music while reaching out around the globe to collaborate with top vocalists on sensational new tracks. Their most recent single “I See Fire” featuring Jacinda just debuted on Billboard’s Club Play Chart and is available now through KULT Records/BeatPort with remixes by Karmatronic, Gabriel Robella, Brian Gionfriddo and Asi Givati.

Look for the duo to appear in London on February 14 (venue TBD), Club Heaven in Seattle on March 6 and at the Winter Music Conference in Miami on March 26. For two years in a row, CyberSutra has been a featured artist in San Francisco's LoveFest. With Nathan Heal on keys, Scott Binder on turntables and African percussion, and special guest vocalists, CyberSutra performed many of their original tracks before thousands of people.

CyberSutra’s recent releases are receiving endorsements from the legends of dance music, including Pete Tong, Judge Jules and DJ Dan. They have produced tracks with Marcia Juell, the graceful vocalist featured in Matt Darey's hit single, "Beautiful Day"; Tiff Lacey, one of the UK's brightest stars; and Shena, the sensational vocalist featured in "Watch Out" and "The Weekend.” Their first radio hit "Summer Sutra" topped charts on dance radio stations around the world. Its follow-up "Lick it" was handpicked by DJ Dan for release on his label, InStereo Recordings in March of 2008. By the time it hit the streets, it had already found its way into the hands of Marco V, Amber D, Judge Jules and other top DJs around the globe.

In December of 2007, CyberSutra landed a weekly hour-long slot on Pure.Fm, a leading internet radio station. Calling their show "Spektrum," the duo decided early on that instead of doing a simple mix, they would incorporate keyboards, bringing it closer to a live CyberSutra set. They have also featured guest mixes from some of the hottest DJs from around the globe, including Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, DJ Dan, Wolfgang Gartner and Amber D to name a few.

Because of their love for combining the best elements from two prominent genres--electro house and trance--the boys are creating their own unique category of music that is fresh and appeals to a very wide scope of electronic music listeners across the globe. The duo of CyberSutra creates on the cutting edge of the electronic music industry and is quickly becoming the hottest act in the states and abroad.

For more information, please visit

www.myspace.com/cybersutra

www.cybersutramusic.com