IAMX

[Dawnthief]

Sorry, am I hearing 'angrier'? Am I hearing 'darker'?

Now this sounds promising :D

:yesey:

[Deano.]

Hey everyone

Can anyone recommend me a few typical (easy to like maybe) IAMX songs to check out to see if i like them? Ive decided to start listening to alot more bands than i listen to now so IAMX are one i have in mind :)

EDIT: Ive just heard Spit It Out and After Every Party I Die and im pretty confident ill like this band :happy:

[Darkshines]

Hey everyone

Can anyone recommend me a few typical (easy to like maybe) IAMX songs to check out to see if i like them? Ive decided to start listening to alot more bands than i listen to now so IAMX are one i have in mind :)

EDIT: Ive just heard Spit It Out and After Every Party I Die and im pretty confident ill like this band :happy:

Those are great ones! Here's some more choons for you to check out: The Alternative, The Negative Sex, Missile (a classic), Tear Garden, Think of England, and You Can Be Happy :)

But of course, all of their other songs are just as amazing as well!

[Deano.]

Those are great ones! Here's some more choons for you to check out: The Alternative, The Negative Sex, Missile (a classic), Tear Garden, Think of England, and You Can Be Happy :)

But of course, all of their other songs are just as amazing as well!

<3 !!!!

I love all of those :D

*goes and buys their 3 albums*

[Deano.]

Omg Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction has just arrived in the post today, its so amazing :eek: It could become my favourite album of 2009 when i get tired of The Resistance

Cant wait for the other 2 albums to come now :D

[Girl Anachronism]

Bought my ticket for the gig at Trabendo, Paris. Yay! :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

The 'Kingdom of Welcome Addiction' remix album is out next month. Can't say remix albums ever fill me with much/any excitement, but hey! I'd be interested to hear Alex Empire's remix at least.

http://shop.strato.de/WebRoot/Store4/Shops/15482160/4B61/FE7A/912F/F28E/0F0C/C0A8/28BC/CA78/DogmaticCoverSm.jpg

Tracklist:

01 Nature Of Inviting - Black Light Odyssey
02 Tear Garden - UNFALL CHOCOLATEFURWINE
03 You Can Be Happy - Combichrist
04 Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction - Aesthetic Perfection
05 The Great Shipwreck Of Life - Pull Out Kings
06 Tear Garden - UNFALL ART DECO
07 Think Of England - Miss Derringer
08 The Stupid, The Proud - Index
09 My Secret Friend - Omega Man
10 I Am Terrified - Alec Empire
11 An I For An I - UNFALL X-Mess
12 Nature Of Inviting - Terence Fixmer
13 Running - Cook/Kirby


http://www.boutiqueiamx.eu/

[seregon]

Combichrist! :LOL::LOL: Oh man can't wait for that

[ChasingDreams]

Every time I see this band name, I read it as "IMAX" :LOL: :facepalm:

[Static Shadows]

Combichrist! :LOL::LOL: Oh man can't wait for that

That'll be an interesting one! :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

Just looked at the unofficial (we hate) iamxforum to see their predictable angry dramatic teenager reaction to the "horrors" of a remix album. I was not disappointed:

Dear IAMX management,

You guys are stupid! No, Seriously! You are all doing really stupid things that doesn't do any good to either you chris or the fans! Stop doing so fucking stupid all the time!
Chris Corner's penis is officially smaller than Janine's nose. I guarantee that.

I'm tired of his selfish drama-queen attitude, by the way. Get out of the fucking closet, finally, unless you're travelling Narnia from your berlin studio, shortie. And probably get some high heels and Lady Gaga wig, to deal both balding and height complexes.
:LOL::facepalm::facepalm:

[super_assassin]

i only just discovered this thread.


OHMYGOD! me loves IAMX. absolutely fucking brilliant :D

[iamawesome]

Chris Corner's penis is officially smaller than Janine's nose. I guarantee that.

I'm tired of his selfish drama-queen attitude, by the way. Get out of the fucking closet, finally, unless you're travelling Narnia from your berlin studio, shortie. And probably get some high heels and Lady Gaga wig, to deal both balding and height complexes.
My god. :LOL:

[iamawesome]

Chris Corner's penis is officially smaller than Janine's nose. I guarantee that.

I'm tired of his selfish drama-queen attitude, by the way. Get out of the fucking closet, finally, unless you're travelling Narnia from your berlin studio, shortie. And probably get some high heels and Lady Gaga wig, to deal both balding and height complexes.
My god. :LOL:

To be fair, Chris already wears heels... :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

i only just discovered this thread.


OHMYGOD! me loves IAMX. absolutely fucking brilliant :D

:awesome:

Can't wait for the next album. :happy:

My god. :LOL:

To be fair, Chris already wears heels... :LOL:
I said I wasn't excited about a remix album myself, but they just push it to a whole other drama queen level. :LOL:

[seregon]

Just looked at the unofficial (we hate) iamxforum to see their predictable angry dramatic teenager reaction to the "horrors" of a remix album. I was not disappointed:



:LOL::facepalm::facepalm:

Wow didn't realise IAMX were so hated!

[Girl Anachronism]

Wow didn't realise IAMX were so hated!

This is silly. What's the point in being so agressive?

[seregon]

This is silly. What's the point in being so agressive?

If you are merely a follower of the music, aggression is pointless as in most cases. KOWA has been out a year and there is nothing wrong with having a remix album, perhaps if fans waited longer than that it would make most sense and I am sure Chris is/will be recording some more. Fans are silly

[Girl Anachronism]

If you are merely a follower of the music, aggression is pointless as in most cases. KOWA has been out a year and there is nothing wrong with having a remix album, perhaps if fans waited longer than that it would make most sense and I am sure Chris is/will be recording some more. Fans are silly

Sillier than Muse fans apparently. :noey: Never thought that could be possible to be quite honest. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Wow didn't realise IAMX were so hated!
Sillier than Muse fans apparently. :noey: Never thought that could be possible to be quite honest. :LOL:

It's just the one website, and even then only about half of them! They were apparently kicked out of the other fan-forum (iamxinternational) for being so aggressive, so formed their own anti-fan forum to be as obnoxious as they liked. It's best to just ignore them really. :LOL: Problem is when they spam things (like the KOWA/I Am Terrified mini videos) until they got taken down.

[Girl Anachronism]

It's just the one website, and even then only about half of them! They were apparently kicked out of the other fan-forum (iamxinternational) for being so aggressive, so formed their own anti-fan forum to be as obnoxious as they liked. It's best to just ignore them really. :LOL: Problem is when they spam things (like the KOWA/I Am Terrified mini videos) until they got taken down.

:chuckle:
I'm sorry but if they hate IAMX so much, why would they even bother creating their own forum to spread the hate? :LOL: Some people have too much time to waste... :rolleyes:

[Static Shadows]

:chuckle:
I'm sorry but if they hate IAMX so much, why would they even bother creating their own forum to spread the hate? :LOL: Some people have too much time to waste... :rolleyes:

They love the first album and Sneaker Pimps, and hate everything else, including Chris. They pretty much just blanketly hate the last two albums and live band, and claim anyone who doesn't agree with them is an arse-licker. Look a couple of pages back on this thread and you can see their founder (Optimax tm) responding to me! I know though, they're utterly ridiculous, but seem to get some kind of kick out of it. It used to annoy me, but now I just find them funny. :LOL:

[Girl Anachronism]

They love the first album and Sneaker Pimps, and hate everything else, including Chris. They pretty much just blanketly hate the last two albums and live band, and claim anyone who doesn't agree with them is an arse-licker. Look a couple of pages back on this thread and you can see their founder (Optimax tm) responding to me! I know though, they're utterly ridiculous, but seem to get some kind of kick out of it. It used to annoy me, but now I just find them funny. :LOL:


Bahaha :LOL::LOL: I just read the post OptimaX left here. Awesome! :chuckle:
They kind of remind me of some Muse fans who consider that anything the band has done since Origin of Symmetry is crap, except these Sneaker Pimps fans seem even worse.
In a way, I love to hate this kind of fans. :LOL:

[seregon]

I like a band's music so I'm an arse licker? ....right. That makes such little sense, even Muse fans aren't that pathetic

[Static Shadows]

For me the last two albums are the best thing Chris has ever done, and his vocals have gone from good to amazing. So as far as I see it I don't care what they think! And from things like mysapce/facebook/twitter and the other fan-forum you can tell the majority fan opinion is generally against them too!

[seregon]

For me the last two albums are the best thing Chris has ever done, and his vocals have gone from good to amazing. So as far as I see it I don't care what they think! And from things like mysapce/facebook/twitter and the other fan-forum you can tell the majority fan opinion is generally against them too!

They should waste their time doing that about things that actually matter to society, most people haven't even heard of IAMX so why bother

[Girl Anachronism]

They should waste their time doing that about things that actually matter to society, most people haven't even heard of IAMX so why bother

This.

[Rosalie(:]

Hi, i've just joined on here. I'm in love with Chris and IAMX. I can't actually describe how much i'm in awe of his music.
His work is often compared to Muse, but i don't really see the similarity. Do any of you?

[InsertCreativeNameHere]

His vocals are very Matt Bellamyish on some songs.

[Static Shadows]

Hi, i've just joined on here. I'm in love with Chris and IAMX. I can't actually describe how much i'm in awe of his music.
His work is often compared to Muse, but i don't really see the similarity. Do any of you?
His vocals are very Matt Bellamyish on some songs.

Certainly vocally they can both be piercing and harsh enough to strip paint from walls! I think there's more similarity between Matt and Chris than there is in the old comparison of Matt and Thom Yorke. But i'd never be able to confuse any of them. ...come to think of it those are probably my 3 favourite vocalists of all time though so there must be some vague similarity!

Chris > Matt > Thom :yesey:

I suppose musically they both mix rock and synths (with the occasional piano), but they do it in such a different way that it almost never sounds similar to me.

[melon]

I've only heard My Secret Friend, but I really like it.

Suggestions?

[iamawesome]

Maybe falsetto vocals are another similarity? Chris is WAY better than Matt in that aspect, though. Chris has a really resonant, clean falsetto. Matt's can be too delicate when soft, and too screechy when loud.

[Darkshines]

For me the last two albums are the best thing Chris has ever done, and his vocals have gone from good to amazing. So as far as I see it I don't care what they think! And from things like mysapce/facebook/twitter and the other fan-forum you can tell the majority fan opinion is generally against them too!

Quoted for truth :yesey:

I've only heard My Secret Friend, but I really like it.

Suggestions?

My response below:

Those are great ones! Here's some more choons for you to check out: The Alternative, The Negative Sex, Missile (a classic), Tear Garden, Think of England, and You Can Be Happy :)

But of course, all of their other songs are just as amazing as well!

I would like to add "After Every Party I Die", "Your Joy Is My Low", and "Running" to the list. Those songs sound AMAZING with headphones :awesome:

[melon]

Ok, thanks! I'll look into them soon :happy:

[Darkshines]

Shiz, I meant "Nightlife" rather than "After Every Party I Die". Sometimes I get the two mixed up. Nonetheless, both are great choons!

[InsertCreativeNameHere]

Maybe falsetto vocals are another similarity? Chris is WAY better than Matt in that aspect, though. Chris has a really resonant, clean falsetto. Matt's can be too delicate when soft, and too screechy when loud.

Hmm well, I've seen IAMX and Muse live and I can say without any doubt that Matt was better singing live than Chris was. Chris was out of tune a lot when I saw them. Both good singers though.

[Static Shadows]

Hmm well, I've seen IAMX and Muse live and I can say without any doubt that Matt was better singing live than Chris was. Chris was out of tune a lot when I saw them. Both good singers though.

From the multiple times i've seen them both live, Chris has a far better low and middle register, while Matt's tends to get very nasally and whiney, but Matt has a stronger higher register/falsetto (or at least one which is more likely to be pitch perfect) while Chris very occasionally doesn't hit it quite right so it strays or sounds weak. On albums though i'd say Chris has a better voice all round. Especially as Matt's voice is getting fuller and less cutting these days.

But as i've said, they're my probably my two favourite vocalists so this is really splitting hairs.

[melon]

Oh and what IAMX album would you guys suggest?

[Dispatch Absolution]

Oh and what IAMX album would you guys suggest?

I've only been listening a few months but I would say The Alternative (remastered) or the Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. :D

[melon]

I've only been listening a few months but I would say The Alternative (remastered) or the Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. :D

Thank youuu :happy:

[Static Shadows]

Oh and what IAMX album would you guys suggest?
I've only been listening a few months but I would say The Alternative (remastered) or the Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. :D

+1

And definitely make sure it's the remastered version of The Alternative, as it has a far better mix and extra guitar/piano parts. :yesey:

[iamawesome]

Some of the changes made on the remastered version of The Alternative are just too much. Song of Imaginary Beings sounds like it was sung underwater. :LOL:

[melon]

Ok, I am looooooving The Alternative. :awesome:

[lightisbright]

Some of the changes made on the remastered version of The Alternative are just too much. Song of Imaginary Beings sounds like it was sung underwater. :LOL:

So true. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Ok, I am looooooving The Alternative. :awesome:
:awesome:
Some of the changes made on the remastered version of The Alternative are just too much. Song of Imaginary Beings sounds like it was sung underwater. :LOL:
I really like that version for that though! :LOL::p

[melon]

I am sold. The 2 albums you guys suggested are :awesome:

These will get plenty of play counts on my iTunes :yesey:

[Rosalie(:]

Thank you all for your respsonses!
I agree that both Matt and Chris have amazing vocals. And on CD Chris does sound stronger. Chris focuses more on performance when live however, so that is no doubt why his vocals aren't as good.

[Static Shadows]

Rough official video for the Alec Empire (i.e. him from Atari Teenage Riot) remix of I Am Terrified:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl7AuTSegh8

Bit weird and disjointed! :LOL: Seems strangely subdued for Alec Empire to me too... I sort of like it, but it doesn't do much for me. But then remixes rarely do.

[Darkshines]

Mmm, it's a pretty interesting video. But it is rather slow, and as you said, disjointed. However, I would like to point out that it's nice to see Chris looking like a proper dude again :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Mmm, it's a pretty interesting video. But it is rather slow, and as you said, disjointed. However, I would like to point out that it's nice to see Chris looking like a proper dude again :LOL:

Even if he seems to have lost his eyes. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Oh, and here's a new interview to go with the new video:

http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=3767d60ee92524ebd5ade115d1f6de00&section=features&action=showfeature&featureid=12206

New album now predicted to be recorded from April and finished June/July.


EDIT: And there's a bit more about the new album on the remix album press release http://www.reybee.com/iamx/210/

IAMX are currently planning the next chapter of their very storied history which includes touring throughout Europe and the follow-up, which is planned for release in Fall 2010. "After a long hard northern European winter, I have fallen into an impatient and aggressive state of mind," he says. "I have the feeling everything I am writing at the moment is more biting than Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. But then again I am known to have intense mood swings. We will spend a month touring Europe in March and then I will lock myself in my East Berlin playhouse and continue work on the next IAMX album. I plan to release this in the autumn. After the festival season, around the release we will tour extensively in the US and in Europe. In the in-between I will be developing material for online activity, making videos and talking to the wild boars in my garden."

Oh I do hope so! :awesome:

[Girl Anachronism]

Seeing IAMX tonight :awesome:

[Evilduck]

I went to the London gig on Saturday, it was fantastic as always. It was great having James Cook from Nemo supporting. I miss Dean and Tom though :(

[Dawnthief]

I was there as well, after that gig i was left feeling that although KoWA is a better studio album, tA is a better live album (and apart from being headbutted by some black guy, yes, it was an awesome gig, was outshined by the two i had the following days though)

[Evilduck]

I'm annoyed that they seem to have given up on playing Kingdom of Welcome Addiction (the track) live, thats the only one I really love from that album. Loved ending on After Every Party I Die though :D

[Ionnas]

I'm really loving Dogmatic Infidel Comedown Ok. :happy: The two Tear Garden remixes are probably my favorites.

[VictoriousRepercussions]

<3

[Ionnas]

I'm loving IAMX more and more everytime.

You Can Be Happy really inspires me to write a book. :happy:

[Static Shadows]

Here's another interesting recent interview, albeit one written by a slightly over-enthusiastic fan:

http://www.mudkiss.com/iamx.htm

In the Western world we follow all sorts of icons: they are not just political and religious but also cultural, and that’s on all levels, from our most basic popular culture to academic level. It is important that we smash through those icons as they are used and put the world into a false context.

How very post-structural of him. True too! In high-brow academia, the post-structuralists are now the new idols, but who in turn can twist the world into a false, or at least meaningless, context. Derrida is now no less of an idol than any idol in trashy popular culture who pompous academics may sneer at. Deconstruction is by it's definition therefore an endless process as even once you've deconstructed the world, you must then deconstruct your own new construction. Which interestingly sounds like something else Chris says in that interview: "I think people mix dressing up with acting. With me it’s not about the acting, it’s more about putting myself in a position where I can deconstruct myself, and it’s easier for me to do that by dressing up than just going on stage in a t-shirt."

That may be me putting my own thoughts into his mouth though. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Chris has started a new blog: http://iamx.eu/blog/

Looks like the promised angry IAMX has already passed sadly! This will be the first album he's written with other people since Sneaker Pimps, so that could be interesting.

[iamawesome]

The blog. Lolchris. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

The blog. Lolchris. :LOL:

"BEING HOME IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE GLIMPSE AT THE LIFE I WILL NEVER HAVE. BUT I DO HAVE A GARDEN. FOR REFLECTIVE MOMENTS AND THE INFINITY FEELING. BEING IN IT IS MIND SOOTHING, THOUGH, UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN NOT KEEP PLANTS ALIVE."

Emo Chris is emo. :LOL:

[iamawesome]

I like

"EVEN AFTER A BEAUTIFUL, SUCCESSFUL TOUR, I AM IN SUCH A CLOUDY FUG OF NOTHING THAT WRITING AND RECORDING SEEMS UNBEARABLE."

...cloudy fug of nothing. :chuckle:

[Black Mamba]

I want new material:mad:

[Ionnas]

I love the blog! Never saw it before. It's great to read stuff like that from artists, not just "ohai new single coming out soon, buy kthxbai" stuff.

[Darkshines]

As much as I love Chris, I can't help but think that his blog entries are a wee bit on the pretentious side...
Looking forward to the new album, nevertheless. Collaborating with others should lead to interesting results!

[Siouxz]

I love his entries and can't wait for the new album. I am actually wary of him collaborating - I think that (although I love all the IAMX albums) that his stuff has gotten progressively more interesting and textural and am worried that others will have TOO much influence and take away the essence of IAMX... he made so many wonderful choices in his compositions on his own... I hope this will be successful.

[Static Shadows]

Randomly just stumbled on some recent gig photos which make me hopeful that the next album may still end up being darker/angrier:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs571.snc3/31160_123935320960237_100000313082973_208230_38052 46_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs571.snc3/31160_123935347626901_100000313082973_208234_15644 37_n.jpg

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=14558&id=100000313082973

[the aurora]

I hope it's full of anger!

[seregon]

He looks like the signer out of Project Pitchfork:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/14027119/Imatem+Peter+Spilles.jpg

Makes sense as they play a lot of goth/ebm festivals these days, maybe they're going to implement that to their music

[Cydoniababy]

He looks like Marilyn Manson :LOL:

Makes me sad I didn't get to go to that gig though :(

[iamawesome]

FFFFFffffwooowh. (That was an attempt to spell my reaction to the new pictures.)

He looks like Marilyn Manson :LOL:
Probably about a foot shorter. :chuckle:

[Static Shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RRRwx8BKSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHSHg5q7Ow

Chris twatting the fuckery out of a drum made me laugh, as when me and my friend Khai first heard 'The Alternative' we pretty much imagined that image. :LOL:

[iamawesome]

*looks at related videos*

...THEY FUCKING PLAYED THE GREAT SHIPWRECK OF LIFE.

[iamawesome]

The dreaded double posting bump. I just looked up that Russian soundtrack version of S.H.E. on Youtube so I could show it to someone, and saw in a comment what the title means. :eek: When I saw it, I shat bricks.

Yes. It's been one of my favorite IAMX songs for three years, and I've listened to it far too many times to have an excuse, but I seriously never made that connection. :LOL::facepalm:

[hyperactivebliss]

The dreaded double posting bump. I just looked up that Russian soundtrack version of S.H.E. on Youtube so I could show it to someone, and saw in a comment what the title means. :eek: When I saw it, I shat bricks.

Yes. It's been one of my favorite IAMX songs for three years, and I've listened to it far too many times to have an excuse, but I seriously never made that connection. :LOL::facepalm:

Wait now I feel stupid, what does it stand for? >.<

[iamawesome]

Wait now I feel stupid, what does it stand for? >.<
Hint - it's IN the lyrics like 8 times.

[hyperactivebliss]

Hint - it's IN the lyrics like 3 times.

Oh! Okay. I thought it was something sketchy that I was missing. :LOL:

[iamawesome]

Haha, I like how I put "like 3 times" then realized "wait, it's way more than that" and changed it. 6 times?

[Ionnas]

The dreaded double posting bump. I just looked up that Russian soundtrack version of S.H.E. on Youtube so I could show it to someone, and saw in a comment what the title means. :eek: When I saw it, I shat bricks.

Yes. It's been one of my favorite IAMX songs for three years, and I've listened to it far too many times to have an excuse, but I seriously never made that connection. :LOL::facepalm:

Don't worry, it took me waaaay too long to get it too :LOL:

[hyperactivebliss]

Haha, I like how I put "like 3 times" then realized "wait, it's way more than that" and changed it. 6 times?

Prolly more than that. :P Now I'm listening to IAMX :happy: Haven't listened to them much in a bit tbh.

[Static Shadows]

Prolly more than that. :P Now I'm listening to IAMX :happy: Haven't listened to them much in a bit tbh.
+1 I was listening to KOWA for the first time in ages last week. I liked it before, but it's actually managed to grow on me after a break! Especially the second half of it.

Btw, has anyone seen the news that they're now going for drum machine all the way again for both live and new album: http://www.iamx.eu

[hyperactivebliss]

+1 I was listening to KOWA for the first time in ages last week. I liked it before, but it's actually managed to grow on me after a break! Especially the second half of it.

Btw, has anyone seen the news that they're now going for drum machine all the way again for both live and new album: http://www.iamx.eu

Yeah, that's precisely how I felt infact! It's much better than I remember it being.

Oooh -reads-

[Chocolate E. Clare]

bumping this thread, cause im just getting into them now :D, bought Kingdom of Welcome Addiction the other day on a whim and literally cant stop playing it :happy:

[Ionnas]

bumping this thread, cause im just getting into them now :D, bought Kingdom of Welcome Addiction the other day on a whim and literally cant stop playing it :happy:

The best there is :happy:

[Static Shadows]

Got this from the email list:

IAMX announce their Fire and Whispers Tour for 2011 to support the highly anticipated release of the fourth studio album Volatile Times.

Emotionally charged and sensually produced, 'Volatile Times' is an explosive psychological journey that explores themes of mental and sexual instability, religious perversion, socio-political ignorance, celebrity and the music industry.

'Volatile Times' is set to a backdrop of the unique electro-organic IAMX sound with glorious rhythms, melancholic melodies and operatic performances. “I have been decoding the past and hitting walls for years but finally I feel this album is my personal breakthrough.” Chris Corner

The album is scheduled to be released in March 2011.

10.03.2011 Vienna, Austria, Gasometer
18.03.2011 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, KulturFabrik
19.03.2011 Brussels, Belgium, Ancienne Belgique
24.03.2011 Malmo, Sweden, Babel
25.03.2011 Stockholm,Sweden, Nalen
26.03.2011 Helsinki, Finland, Nosturi
02.04.2011 Athens, Greece, Gagarin 205
08.04.2011 Köln, Germany, Essigfabrik
09.04.2011 Hamburg, Germany, Grünspan
16.04.2011 Warsaw, Poland, Stodola
19.04.2011 Munich, Germany, Backstage Halle
20.04.2011 Zurich, Switzerland, X-TRA
21.04.2011 Frankfurt, Germany, Das Bett
29.04.2011 Madrid, Spain, Sala Heineken
30.04.2011 Barcelona, Spain, Salamandra Sala1

More shows and ticket links will be announced very soon!

:awesome:

[Girl Anachronism]

Got this from the email list:



:awesome:

:awesome:

[seregon]

I am looking forward to the new album, definitely need to see them again! I have a feeling there's gonna be a bit of an ebm element thrown in there

[Cydoniababy]

Mental and sexual instability you say?

I think I'm gonna like it.

[Ionnas]

:awesome:!!!

Oh and isn't there a concert soon where they'll be playing new stuff? Like the 22nd if I recall correctly?

[iamawesome]

Hmmm... I predict... it's going to be really good. :awesome:

[the aurora]

Got this from the email list:

:awesome:
Needs to play Austin next year. Let's write Chris a letter.

[melon]

Come to Californiaaaaaaaa

:awesome:

[Static Shadows]

Needs to play Austin next year. Let's write Chris a letter.

You and your letters. :happy:

[Static Shadows]

:awesome:!!!

Oh and isn't there a concert soon where they'll be playing new stuff? Like the 22nd if I recall correctly?

There is, in Prague! Which means that some of the new songs may have appeared in dodgy live versions on youtube by tomorrow.

:awesome:

[iamawesome]

There is, in Prague! Which means that some of the new songs may have appeared in dodgy live versions on youtube by tomorrow.

:awesome:
I realized that a few days ago, SO excited. I remember when I had already fallen in love with Kingdom of Welcome Addiction and Nature of Inviting just from the terrible quality recordings. :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

Clips of the new songs are about. Seems to be sounding melancholic and atmospheric:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeCPIcPOIj0

[Static Shadows]

This one's a bit heavier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtABiQBdTY

And there seems to be a electro-rock Nature of Inviting/Kiss+Swallow-ish song too, but only youtube versions I can find atm aren't great quality, so hard to tell much:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux58XluX3cE

EDIT: Oh, and here's quite a eastern European sounding track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_VCcm3kxpA

Electro Gogol Bordello? :LOL: < + the beginning of that song in far better quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlFDOk-4Xxg

EDIT2: And another atmospheric one, this time very dark and electronic sounding (and good sound quality! :awesome:): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQSYPUvGY4

[Rainbow]

Clips of the new songs are about. Seems to be sounding melancholic and atmospheric:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeCPIcPOIj0Nice song. What's the title?

[iamawesome]

Beautiful Town is LOVELY. I think that's my favorite new song. I quite like Music People, as well... also Fire and Whispers.


Chris has a reverse flying V. I swear I spend half of my time as an IAMX fan simultaneously cringing and laughing at his taste in everything. :LOL:

[Static Shadows]

Nice song. What's the title?
Beautiful Town at a guess. We'll find out in March next year!
Beautiful Town is LOVELY. I think that's my favorite new song. I quite like Music People, as well... also Fire and Whispers.

Chris has a reverse flying V. I swear I spend half of my time as an IAMX fan simultaneously cringing and laughing at his taste in everything. :LOL:
I'm liking them all so far. I've had Beautiful Town and Music People stuck in my head for the last couple of days! I think the rest have a lot of promise, but i'd like to hear a decent version of them and hear them all the way through as it's difficult to tell if they go anywhere or not from the youtube clips.

I cringed at the sight of that guitar! :LOL::noey:

[iamawesome]

Possible US tour next year? :awesome:

[Ionnas]

Possible US tour next year? :awesome:

Question! Does he come to Canada sometimes?

[Static Shadows]

http://iamx.eu/blog/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iamx_benwolf10_1247_2_sw3-1024x682.jpg

http://iamx.eu/blog/?p=73#comments

^ Rather sinister diary of recording the new album. And news that Chris has now dyed his hair a very Patrick Wolf orangey-red!

[hyperactivebliss]

^ That picture is fantastic.
And that entry was a tad intense.
I am extra excited for the new album + I pray for US tour, and then I realized that it won't even matter if they come here... :p

[iamawesome]

That blog entry. My god, Chris. :LOL:

A friend told me she heard some new tracks off the scavenger hunt thing on iamxforum, so I thought it might be worth a venture into the batshit cave, but I had no idea where to begin. Anyone know what was going on?

[Static Shadows]

^ That picture is fantastic.
And that entry was a tad intense.
I am extra excited for the new album + I pray for US tour, and then I realized that it won't even matter if they come here... :p
Now praying for a UK tour? :awesome: They'll definitely play London at some point (although it's not in the coming European tour), but I don't think they've done a proper tour here for years...
That blog entry. My god, Chris. :LOL:

A friend told me she heard some new tracks off the scavenger hunt thing on iamxforum, so I thought it might be worth a venture into the batshit cave, but I had no idea where to begin. Anyone know what was going on?
I think he may have finally snapped! :LOL:

Looks like it was just Optimax delving into his Sneaker Pimps/early IAMX demo collection, with a couple of old Chris remixes. He's probably only doing it because Chris has promised to do the same thing on his website, and as usual Optimax wants to try and disrupt things! Well... maybe i'm just being cynical, but it is how he seems to think. :LOL: Anyway, I think i've already got pretty much all of them except the SP5 demos (supposedly recorded by Chris and Liam Howe with an unknown female vocalist). None of them are new tracks though! Just old unreleased ones.

EDIT: Ginger Chris:

http://s19.radikal.ru/i192/1012/67/c690bcfee42e.jpg

Not sure if that suits him myself, but hey... :LOL:

[hyperactivebliss]

I once found a really old pic of him with that haircolor... I prefer black.

[Static Shadows]

Volatile Times release date now set for 4th March. Which I hope means we'll hear... *checks blog of rage* ..."Ghosts of Utopia" sometime near the end of February! Probably with an accompanying video! :cool:

I once found a really old pic of him with that haircolor... I prefer black.
Should have gone for full on red imo. :yesey:

[a-museing]

No Dublin date on the tour. :mad:

[Futurellama]

Wait for the UK tour announcement. :yesey:

[hyperactivebliss]

Volatile Times release date now set for 4th March. Which I hope means we'll hear... *checks blog of rage* ..."Ghosts of Utopia" sometime near the end of February! Probably with an accompanying video! :cool:


Should have gone for full on red imo. :yesey:

:D

Agreed.

[Girl Anachronism]

http://s19.radikal.ru/i192/1012/67/c690bcfee42e.jpg

Not sure if that suits him myself, but hey... :LOL:

I spot a date in Paris! :awesome:

[melon]

Chris Corner? Ginger? .......what? :LOL:

American tour too pleaseeeeee

[Ionnas]

News! Excitement! Red!

[Cydoniababy]

Red? lol I'm not sure about this :LOL:

[Siouxz]

So excited to finally have a date to look forward to. Hoping that US tour dates are announced soon. I've been waiting quite some time to see Chris live...

The strawberry blond - not the best color - but it's really the cut I'm worried about. There's a second picture on the IAMX site with this one that shows the cut better and it is... :eek:

[melon]

You stick it in me, then you go to hurrrrr

US tour dates now please? PLZ?

[Static Shadows]

New song tomorrow!



Hello beautiful people,

Ghosts Of Utopia, the first single from the new IAMX album Volatile Times, will be premiered on Prague Radio 1, 91.9 FM.

Here’s the info to the program:

News Of Alternative Scene by DJ Josef Sedlon
Sunday Jan 23, 2011
21:00 – 22:00 CET

Listen here:
http://www.play.cz/radio/radio1-64.asx
http://www.play.cz/radio/radio1-128.asx
http://www.play.cz/radio/radio1-192.mp3.m3u

You can also listen on itunes by visiting the Radio 1 site: http://www.radio1.cz/


The official release date for 'Ghosts of Utopia' is February 25th. It will be available as a download with exclusive video and remix in our download shop at www.iamx.eu

Spread the word.

Much love,
IAMX Mgnt

:awesome:

CET is GMT+1, so that should be 22:00 - 23:00 for us in the UK.

[Ionnas]

New song tomorrow!



:awesome:

CET is GMT+1, so that should be 22:00 - 23:00 for us in the UK.

Can't wait!

[Ionnas]

Check out what I found :awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTezc1DZYpU

I really, really, really like it!

[seregon]

Check out what I found :awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTezc1DZYpU

I really, really, really like it!

I am loving that <3

[iamawesome]

Holy synth porn.

[lalalive]

This song is filthy beautiful and I am in fucking love with it. <3

US DATES NAO PLZ

[the.unintended]

New Album! Woo! :dance:

Love the sound of the new single :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

Check out what I found :awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTezc1DZYpU

I really, really, really like it!

Whey! That chorus is awesomely epic! And I can see what Chris meant in his blog by it being "more electronic than I expected". I don't immediately love it though... it lacks raw edges and has too much electronic gloss for me. May grow more on me. But I do like it nonetheless, and think it should make more sense within the context of the album. I think my nagging problem with it is that it musically lacks that IAMX individuality of sound. If it weren't for the vocals i'd be unable to tell it was an IAMX song...

EDIT: Actually having now heard a bit of the uncompressed version, I already like it a lot more!

[Kuutar]

Check out what I found :awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTezc1DZYpU

I really, really, really like it!
I like it:happy:

[Sippe]

It's a lot less depressing than the earlier material :LOL:

I really like it.

[the aurora]

OoOoOoOoooo. I like.

You stick it in me, then you go to hurrrrr

:LOL:

[Static Shadows]

The track list for Volatile Times has been announced:


1) I Salute You Christopher
2) Music People
3) Volatile Times
4) Fire And Whispers
5) Dance With Me
6) Bernadette
7) Ghosts Of Utopia
8) Commnded By Voices
9) Into Asylum
10) Cold Red Light
11) Beautiful Town

First track looks a bit megalomaniacal/schizophrenic... :LOL:

[iamawesome]

First track looks a bit megalomaniacal/schizophrenic... :LOL:
It just reminds me of that interview where he was talking to his reflection and talking back to himself as his reflection. :LOL:

Someone threw out the idea that it could just be an intro... I will be so disappointed if it is. It needs to be a big brilliantly bizarre song!

[Static Shadows]

It just reminds me of that interview where he was talking to his reflection and talking back to himself as his reflection. :LOL:

Someone threw out the idea that it could just be an intro... I will be so disappointed if it is. It needs to be a big brilliantly bizarre song!

There are only 11 tracks there, so i'd hope none of them are intros/interludes!

This has appeared on IAMX's official facebook page:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs244.snc6/179279_10150177629134012_109474734011_8654760_8081 878_n.jpg

If it is the album cover it's certainly better than the KOWA artwork! :awesome:

[Ionnas]

There are only 11 tracks there, so i'd hope none of them are intros/interludes!

This has appeared on IAMX's official facebook page:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs244.snc6/179279_10150177629134012_109474734011_8654760_8081 878_n.jpg

If it is the album cover it's certainly better than the KOWA artwork! :awesome:

Oooh, sexy cover.

[kaere]

I LIKE. :happy:
Lovely new song, too.

[the aurora]

The track list for Volatile Times has been announced:



First track looks a bit megalomaniacal/schizophrenic... :LOL:
I LOVE IT.

There are only 11 tracks there, so i'd hope none of them are intros/interludes!

This has appeared on IAMX's official facebook page:

If it is the album cover it's certainly better than the KOWA artwork! :awesome:
I LOVE IT.

Very excited.

[Static Shadows]

Anyone fancy hearing a clip of Cold Red Light and an uncompressed Ghosts Of Utopia?

http://www.rough-trade.net/2011/02/04/iamx-volatile-times-ltd-special-edition/ < They're labelled wrongly at the bottom of the page! (The page bizarrely moves every 24 hours - I see there's today's date in the url which may be why - so either update the date in the web address, or simply search if the link is unable to find the page!)


Now i'm feeling very excited. :awesome:

[Ionnas]

Cold Red Light sounds sexy!

[Static Shadows]

Cold Red Light sounds sexy!

Reminds me slightly of Skin Vision or even Fuel. But an updated version! :D

[Static Shadows]

I see in the IAMX newsletter the first track has been slightly altered to: "I Salute You Christopher (Ode to Christopher Hitchens)" So not quite as schizophrenic as hoped then!

It also says: "We are preparing to give you a taste of the album soon. Stay tuned for a free download link of one of the tracks from Volatile Times in the next couple of weeks." :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdwWlhbMf54

[Sippe]

18th now?

Great...that gives me like a week to listen to the album before the concert.

[Ionnas]

18th now?

Great...that gives me like a week to listen to the album before the concert.

That gives me like forever to listen to the album before the concert :awesome: :(

[Static Shadows]

Saw this in my Facebook feed:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184927_10150188431549012_109474734011_8810987_4162 946_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184155_10150188431594012_109474734011_8810990_2655 299_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/182751_10150188431649012_109474734011_8810991_5232 434_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180055_10150188431689012_109474734011_8810993_2699 490_n.jpg
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/182011_10150188431719012_109474734011_8810994_7661 387_n.jpg

[melon]

US tour dates yet? :(

Want. Now.

[hyperactivebliss]

US tour dates yet? :(

Want. Now.

Meee too.

[seregon]

Janine <3

[Static Shadows]

Janine <3

She looks fucking terrifing there. :LOL:

Although I'm liking Alberto's gay ninja look. :ninja:

[seregon]

She looks fucking terrifing there. :LOL:

Although I'm liking Alberto's gay ninja look. :ninja:

I know but I just remembered what she's like live and I wanted to climb on stage and hump her leg

[Ionnas]

Hello, new video, premiering today? Somebody watched it? I couldn't. But it will be up on his youtube channel by tomorrow! So excited!

[Static Shadows]

Bit annoying that they've posted it on a site where only those in Germany, Austria and Switzerland can see it... :erm:

Still, only a few hours to go! Should be on youtube by 6/7pm today. *watches the video trailer again*

EDIT: Found a screenshot on another forum:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m89/Baby_Luve/NeuesBild8.jpg

Makes me think of:

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSw4IoWwQkr576a68w4hkkxplb5XA810 TZPpVGTeXDkVvcUXy_yCA

:LOL:

[Static Shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GciKkJaCGXo

That's probably my favourite IAMX video so far! :awesome:

[Sippe]

That man is HOT.

[the aurora]

That's probably my favourite IAMX video so far! :awesome:
Because of the BOOBS, huh? :LOL:

That man is HOT.
He sure is.

[iamawesome]

That video is one of those "what is the weirdest thing Chris Corner can wear and I'll still think he's hot" tests...

[Static Shadows]

Because of the BOOBS, huh? :LOL:
It has a good stylised feel, cool imagery, boobs, Chris looking (relatively) sane, and even a random comedy poncho! I definitely approve. :yesey:

That video is one of those "what is the weirdest thing Chris Corner can wear and I'll still think he's hot" tests...
That bizarre poncho with furry hood has made me laugh more with every viewing. Just... why? Love it. :LOL:

[Ionnas]

I like it! Not crazy about it, since I don't quite get it yet, but that woman's outfit is supreme. :yesey:

[Static Shadows]

I'm finding that the more I listen to that song the more I hear, especially now we have a good quality version of it with that video. At first it felt to me like it lacked some kind of depth or a musical individuality which was recognisably IAMX, but now I keep noticing new little random things, whether strange screams of white noise, or odd little off-kilter electronic near counter-melodies, or how the guitar is used in the chorus/end (if it even is a guitar!), or even just how the vocals are layered. Really been growing on me a lot! Plus those vocals are very catchy! And the lyrics seem to fit very thought-provokingly oddly, yet fittingly against the backdrop of the Middle East revolutions, which is what i've been reading news reports/analysis on late into the night.

Anyway, can't wait for the album now! Just pre-ordered myself a copy. :awesome:

[Static Shadows]

I like it! Not crazy about it, since I don't quite get it yet, but that woman's outfit is supreme. :yesey:

Well the lyrics appear to be about those people and countries who are exploited and oppressed by neo-colonial western capitalist interests. If those western powers present themselves outwardly as utopias then those exploited to feed their coffers are undoubtedly the unheard ghosts of those utopias! Hence the Arabic on the walls and, I imagine, why Chris is randomly dressed in the video in a South American poncho. :LOL:

[Ionnas]

Well the lyrics appear to be about those people and countries who are exploited and oppressed by neo-colonial western capitalist interests. If those western powers present themselves outwardly as utopias then those exploited to feed their coffers are undoubtedly the unheard ghosts of those utopias! Hence the Arabic on the walls and, I imagine, why Chris is randomly dressed in the video in a South American poncho. :LOL:

I see! I sort of got the song, I just felt that the video was, as you said it in your earlier post, that it lacked some depth. At first it struck me as sort of just "cool looking images put randomly together". But I just have to watch it more closely, the video will surely unveil it's secrets slowly.

[Static Shadows]

If you click on the song links on http://itunes.apple.com/de/preorder/volatile-times-deluxe-edition/id422583307, or just change your iTunes store to the German one yourself (somehow!), then you can hear previews of all the tracks on Volatile Times (WARNING: Clicking on that link changed mine to the German store and i've currently no idea how to change it back!).

And i'm not sure what to make of it from those clips. Very weird, slightly chaotic sounding, and very atmospheric, near abstract. Might be closer to an updated Sneaker Pimps "Splinter" than it is to any other IAMX album. I've put my impressions of all the previews below:

I Salute You Christopher: Very atmospheric and slow sounding with no drums or bass but lots of squalling violin, slow synth chords, and awkward, synth touched vocals.

Music People: Slightly more atmospheric and chaotic than it sounded on those live youtube clips, but essentially the same!

Volatile Times: Odd mix of poppy vocal melodies, choatically happy drums, and blaring distorted horn/synths.

Fire And Whispers: Aggressive stop-start drums, cool bass and squalling guitar. Sounds like the live youtube clips but more interesting and slightly less ballad like!

Dance With Me: Very "Splinter", all acoustic plucking and shed loads of atmosphere. Unless it's only an intro on the preview you certainly won't be able to dance to it!

Bernadette: Aggressive east-European tilted waltz.

Ghosts of Utopia: You know! Sounds like it may actually be the most accessible track on here!

Commanded By Voices: An unhinged ballad with a waltzing bass, jazzy drums, and lots of vocal harmonies.

Into Asylum: Noisy distorted bass and shouting, breaking into an acoustic plucked chorus with loads of soft chanting vocals, and back! Think of a chaotic unhinged Attack 61... well it's not at all like that, but that's close enough!

Cold Red Light: Somewhere around Skin Vision/Fuel and Nature Of Inviting with some squalling guitar, looping synths, and very catchy vocals.

Oh Beautiful Town: Rolling military drums, tinkling piano and synths, lovely violin, and that absolutely beautiful vocal melody that can be heard in the live clips.


Avalanches [Vinyl Bonus track]: I'm already wishing it was also on the CD from the 30 second clip! Sounds like an achingly beautiful piano ballad. But it looks like it will be available digitally too!

I think this is one which will require repeated listens. Definitely don't expect immediacy!
Remember all those are 30 second clips though! The full length songs may vary!

[melon]

Mark's notes are far more interesting than my random thoughts, but here:

Oooh I like Music People a lot.

Dance People sounds like it's on the verge of erupting into something epic. Maybe it won't but I have a feeling...

Bernadette is quirky!

THIS IS PSYCHOSIS, THIS IS PSYCHOSIS

Avalanches is so pretty!

I think this album sounds really promising! You can definitely expect some great tracks, in my opinion.

By the way, you can change back to the iTunes version of your country by scrolling to the bottom of the page, clicking on the little bubble-like circle with the German flag on it, and then selecting your own flag.

[melon]

And just because :happy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9pUE6aIG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VqpB00zFIQ

[hyperactivesteph]

I am not sure about the new song :erm:...
But it's growing on me the more times i listen to it... :happy:
I am still going to get the album though :p
I wish they would come to the UK...

[Static Shadows]

By the way, you can change back to the iTunes version of your country by scrolling to the bottom of the page, clicking on the little bubble-like circle with the German flag on it, and then selecting your own flag.

Cheers!

And I agree that it sounds promising. I just think it will need to be listened to fully and repeatedly, whilst I loved the last two albums from the first listen. But that can be a good thing! From the clips I genuinely think it could end up being anywhere between my favourite and my least favourite IAMX album!

[muse-queen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GciKkJaCGXo

That's probably my favourite IAMX video so far! :awesome:

Ooft I am loving the video and the song.
Chris looks pwoper cute throughout too, havn't drooled over him in a while, was rather fun hehe.

[melon]

Cheers!

And I agree that it sounds promising. I just think it will need to be listened to fully and repeatedly, whilst I loved the last two albums from the first listen. But that can be a good thing! From the clips I genuinely think it could end up being anywhere between my favourite and my least favourite IAMX album!

Some of my favorite albums took many listens to grow on me, so I definitely think it can be a good thing too :happy:

I just found out that IAMX played at a venue an hour away from me 3 years in a row :stunned: WHY couldn't I have listened to these bands a few years earlier :(

[Static Shadows]

Doesn't really add anything, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFASs3YBnPs&feature=feedu

[Static Shadows]

"Fire and Whispers" is being given away for free on the IAMX Website, where there are also some different & better 30 second clips of each song: http://iamx.eu/index2.html?volatile-times.html*

That midi-esque bass on Fire and Whispers keeps making me think of old computer games. Not sure if this is a good or a bad thing! It sounds a bit demo-ish to me, but I do have a lot of fond memories of old computer games... And those clips make Commanded By Voices, Into Asylum, and Cold Red Light sound pretty deranged!

EDIT:* I see someone's put them all in a convenient video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhW6Sy16TII&feature=related

[Static Shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve0ulnuQzkw&feature=feedu

Clip of Commanded By Voices? It sounds surprisingly bluesy!

[Static Shadows]

Album's leaked! Initial impressions drunk at 2am with only 3 hours sleep in the last 48 hours:

I Salute You Christopher: Speaking as a drunk, was Chris drinking? Lyrics seem awkward and melody is pretty much absent. Lots of atmosphere with synths and violin. HA! I like the bit about "the man in the sky is a tyrant and a lonely psychopath"! Good bye any religious IAMX fans! And in east Europe that's surely quite a few! Going into choral-ish music. I think he was going for an anti-Hymn. Pretty much just a long intro, but not amazing as an individual song. May grow on me, it has humour in it at least, the Chris choir at the end is pretty nice, and it sets up an odd unsettled mood...

Music People: Production seems a bit chaotic (too much reverb and vocals too low in the mix?). Only seems to work when listened to loud, like the original mix of the Alternative. Yes, that's a bit better. It is cool in an atmospheric-noisy-industrial way! And I love that chorus! AH WOO! End is amazing chaos. Weird start to an album between these two. Oddly headfuckish in my current state! Be interesting if it keeps this feeling up for the whole album...

Volatile Times: Bring in the industrial funk! With a brass filled chorus. Keeping the unhinged/slightly unreal feeling. Although no sleep and drunkenness may help this. Sounds zooming around my head. Not sure of the coca cola product placement! Wall of sound building up here. Getting wonderfully strange to lay on a person who's not quite with it anyway. DARTH VADER CONDUCTING DUMBO'S PINK ELEPHANT JAZZ BAND! That's what it is.

Fire and Whispers: Intro makes a lot of sense coming from that last track. Still think that bass sounds too midi-ish. "Even when the drugs have gone" seems apt for the album's feeling so far! Song has a good melody and really seems to work in context.

Dance With Me: Echoing footsteps give way to vaguely Chinese feeling plucking and unsettling atmosphere. Fragmented piano adds a really cool edge. Military drums and squalling swirling violin making this fairly neck hair raising. I do like this. Really like this. Thunder storm!

Bernadette: Beautiful violin intro, with added sci-fi Doctor Who thing. Then huge aggressive waltzing bass and East European lilt. Now this makes me want to dance! Who knows what the lyrics are about, and I don't really care at this point. Loving it! Doctor Who returns with a bit of added Gogol Bordello. There seems to be a street party going on at the end of this!

Ghosts of Utopia: Not sure how this is going to fit with the album's flow so far (pre-emptively!) With a bit of extra intro apparently! Feels very noticeably more electronic in context. But it does work! And it is a damn catchy song. Especially THAT chorus. Makes a nicely welcome catchy break actually! Shit, this is a much better album than I was expecting from those clips! Really works well together so far. Very happy right now.

Commanded By Voices: Electro blues? Works well. Very well. Atmosphere prevalent again, and that chorus with a choir of vocals is fantastic. Dissonant guitar worthy of Johnny Greenwood there! Genuinely love this again. A touch insane. Whoops, clattering, and creepy child. Percussion breakdown with a chorus of people twatting things and guitar squalling about.

Into Asylum: The way it abruptly cuts into this feels drug-trip unsettling (in my drunken state). Lots of shouting over distortion for verse followed by chanting chorus over plucked guitar. All slightly odd. Terrible lyrics: "flush the toilet on this God shit"(?)... :erm: Not sure it works as a song, but as a kind of part two to Commanded By Voices it kind of works.

Cold Red Light: They really have worked on album flow. Descending deeper into the chaos is I feel accurate. I can imagine people getting very excited or completely turned off by this point! Luckily for me i'm on the excited side - on first (slightly spaced out) listen at any rate. Slightly Skin Vision in feel as a track. But with added swirling dissonant synths, deranged guitar squalls, and random screams. And getting ever stranger. Curiouser and curiouser.

Oh Beautiful Town: Doctor Who synths return with thunderous drums. Beautiful piano and violin compliment and sooth over thunder, and the chorus melody and lyrics are just wonderful. Wall of lovely sound at the end, fading into distant drums...

Well that was odd. Started off unsure, but I loved it by the end. Just feels like a brilliant, flowing whole. I may really, really like this album after repeated listens! May be a big grower. Want to listen again, but need sleep. Very badly! x

[melon]

WOOOOOOO

*goes off to search torrent*

[Sippe]

oh goddamnit, can't listen until Monday :'(

[Static Shadows]

Being now sober, less sleep deprived, and a few listens in, I can add to my drunken thoughts that "I Salute You Christopher" has remarkably (considering my initial opinion of it) really grown on me, but i'm not really feeling "Into Asylum." The album sounds to me like a collection of B-Side experiments which were deemed too odd, but the type of B-Sides that you listen to and wish were on the album instead of some of the safer songs! I like it. A lot. Probably my second favourite after The Alternative, and not to far behind it either! Slightly flawed, but glorious! And it really works well as a whole.

[melon]

I'm excited! I was unsuccessful at finding it on torrent though :indiff:

And it was depressing to discover that IAMX played here 3 years in a row at a small venue :facepalm: 2007, 2008, and 2009. Nice one.

[Sippe]

I'm excited! I was unsuccessful at finding it on torrent though :indiff:

And it was depressing to discover that IAMX played here 3 years in a row at a small venue :facepalm: 2007, 2008, and 2009. Nice one.
Let me se...yeah, there it was. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6236683/IAMX_-_[2011]_-_Volatile_Times_[192kbps]

Shame I can't download it yet :'(

[melon]

Thank you Si! :awesome:

[lalalive]

I can't even handle how good this album is. I feel like VT and MP are my all time favourite IAMX songs. So goddamn good, what the hell.

[melon]

Downloading now...

[Sippe]

At first listen I really like it. That's never a good sign.

[Sippe]

I Salute You Christopher feels very Imogen Heap. I love it.

[melon]

I am fairly obsessed with Music People. And Bernadette.

[Ionnas]

Commanded by Voices won me over hands down. And Music People as a close second. I really love this album!

[Evilduck]

Meh I'm not liking it much. Music People is good, but nothing else has stood out so far. I didn't like a lot of the last album either though.

[Sophie.]

I've not been this instantly taken by an album for quite a while :stunned:

Granted there's a couple of tracks I don't like, but I mean literally a couple, and the rest is all creepy and wonderful and lovely. And 'Oh Beautiful Town'? Phwoar :happy:

[Cydoniababy]

And 'Oh Beautiful Town'? Phwoar :happy:
This :happy:


Only listened to it one time so I haven't really formed an opinion about anything else yet.

[Static Shadows]

New Blog entry from Chris (finally without excessive Caps Lock!): http://iamx.eu/blog/?p=85

Volatile Times release

Hello my friends

Today we release Volatile Times.
I want you all to know that I am very excited and, as always, feeling somewhat sick in the knowledge that a piece of me is going out into the world to be analysed, criticised and loved. But overall I am proud of the record despite my previous psychotic blog.

And it is sad that music these days is instantly downloadable. This will make it very difficult for us to survive. We know that. You know that. Blah blah blah. There are always parasites that think they deserve art for free and live off other peoples energy. And I refer to the person that uploaded the album before the release. I am used to this. Ignorance does not surprise me anymore. But I trust YOU my friends. I consider you close to my heart. That you have supported this project so intensely gives me goose pimples every time I think about it and when we receive messages like this one below I remember that I do have faith in people.

On 13 March 2011 09:14, Rowan R. wrote:

Hi
I have guiltily downloaded the album early and already.
I don’t want to pay postage or hurt the environment with my consumption…

Can I make an honest payment by other means as I would have bought the album. If you give me bank details I will send 12 Euro today.

Fantastic work, really fantastic.

Kindest regards Rowan

A small note to our fans in UK, US and Canada.
We are trying very hard to get a solid release in your territories and also to set up some shows. It seems harder than ever to make it happen on our indie budget. The only real way to secure this in the future is for you to buy the record. We just cannot afford it and nobody with big pockets seems to be interested in challenging music anymore. That is the reality of the situation.
We will update you as soon as there is news.

So, whiskey raised and downed, lets all do what we can to keep the spirit alive.

Much love and respect.

chrisx

Sounds like times are really tough for them, despite the growing fan base. Hope they survive. :(

I've already pre-ordered the CD, but like the new album so much that I may get it on vinyl too in a couple of months time, when I can hopefully afford it! Mostly because I do love that rich depth of sound you get on vinyl.

[Kuutar]

Hello beautiful people,

with tremendous disappointment we regret to inform you that tonight and the next two Scandinavian shows have been cancelled.
On arriving in Malmö, Chris, the other band members and one crew member were taken to a hospital after violent outbursts of fever.
We now know that they have contracted an aggressive virus which prevents them from performing (see attachment).
The shows will be re-scheduled, we will let you know the new dates in the next days, as soon as they have been organised.



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[the aurora]

Sounds like times are really tough for them, despite the growing fan base. Hope they survive. :(

I've already pre-ordered the CD, but like the new album so much that I may get it on vinyl too in a couple of months time, when I can hopefully afford it! Mostly because I do love that rich depth of sound you get on vinyl.
So do I. Now I'm sad.

.
:(

[Sippe]

Came here to whine about the cancelled show, read the statement in Kuutars post and now I feel bad :(

[halo eighteen]

That's really unfortunate to know that the band is struggling financially. I thought they had done well with Metropolis Records in the US, but it looks like they are no longer associated with that label. My boyfriend was watching a blu-ray movie earlier today (I think Buried), and there was a promo for Fear.net that ran beforehand with the music for Nightlife. I was shocked... nowhere did the promo display the artist or song title, but they could probably benefit from more exposure like that.

I'm sad that the vinyl is no longer able to ordered from the IAMX boutique. I hope they get more in stock soon..

[halo eighteen]

Album's back in stock on vinyl at the boutique!

[melon]

Bewbs, lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpNfKCc4th4

[Static Shadows]

They've changed so little there from the original video that it doesn't really seem worth putting it up again. :LOL:

Come on Chris, I want a new video! Btw, has anyone noticed that the album booklet claims Chris is playing acoustic guitar in Ghosts of Utpoia? A malteser based prize to anyone who can hear it!

[melon]

:LOL: I know, it seems like there were just more shots of the girl and the ninja.

[Static Shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw3gRGnKJ4s&feature=player_profilepage

I love this! Very slightly creepy. :happy:

[Girl Anachronism]

New Blog entry from Chris (finally without excessive Caps Lock!): http://iamx.eu/blog/?p=85



Sounds like times are really tough for them, despite the growing fan base. Hope they survive. :(

I've already pre-ordered the CD, but like the new album so much that I may get it on vinyl too in a couple of months time, when I can hopefully afford it! Mostly because I do love that rich depth of sound you get on vinyl.

:supersad: It's sad to know that they're struggling.

And I must order their new album.

[hyperactivebliss]

They're playing London in October :awesome:

[Tanel]

Saw them live yesterday at Rabarock festival in Estonia, just one word: wow!! They were really crazy on the stage, Chris pushed his mic stand and drums to the floor many times during the show and messed around on the stage all the time and sometime in the middle of the show he jumped into to the crowd :p what a superb gig it was! :happy:
Hadn't heard much about them before, but listening to their albums right now I am becoming a bigger fan every minute.

[Cydoniababy]

They're playing Kiev in October??? :stunned: This is gonna make my whole year

[Girl Anachronism]

They're playing Kiev in October??? :stunned: This is gonna make my whole year

When I saw that on Facebook, I immediately thought of you. :happy:

I'm tempted to get a ticket for their gig in Paris. Damn, September and October are going to be expensive months for me.

[Cydoniababy]

When I saw that on Facebook, I immediately thought of you. :happy:

I'm tempted to get a ticket for their gig in Paris. Damn, September and October are going to be expensive months for me.
:D Do it!

[binarysonnets]

They're playing London in October :awesome:

im sort of tempted to go for nostalgia's sake but i have no clue what any of the new stuff is like. i was very much a kiss and swallow/alternative fan. have they had two albums since i stopped listening to them?

must say im blasting kiss and swallow right now and its brill. reminds me of when i used to draw dots on my face and fancy the pants off chris corner.

[hyperactivebliss]

im sort of tempted to go for nostalgia's sake but i have no clue what any of the new stuff is like. i was very much a kiss and swallow/alternative fan. have they had two albums since i stopped listening to them?

must say im blasting kiss and swallow right now and its brill. reminds me of when i used to draw dots on my face and fancy the pants off chris corner.

You should go! I am :happy: Ah yeah. The 3rd album was quite good though, I thought. Haven't heard much of the new album yet though.

Haha I was doing that the other day. I used to be like that too heh. Memories <3

[hugenkiss]

Hi IAMX fans :) I've never posted on this thread before, but I thought I'd stop by to say hi. I am actually going to the London show with some Musers that I met on here (Siouxz and Hillz). It's a long flight across the Atlantic Ocean for this gig, but who knows if CC and Co. will make over to the states. Anyways, if anyone else here is going, let me know. I think some other Musers are going as well, HAARP61 and Izzy (don't know her .mu name).

[hyperactivebliss]

Hi IAMX fans :) I've never posted on this thread before, but I thought I'd stop by to say hi. I am actually going to the London show with some Musers that I met on here (Siouxz and Hillz). It's a long flight across the Atlantic Ocean for this gig, but who knows if CC and Co. will make over to the states. Anyways, if anyone else here is going, let me know. I think some other Musers are going as well, HAARP61 and Izzy (don't know her .mu name).

I'll be there.

[melon]

I'll be there.

Gahhhhhhhh lucky! Tell me how it is!

[seregon]

I saw a vid of them doing The Alternative with Combichrist which was rather sexy, although Chris was a bit out of tune during it.. mmm

[melon]

So, CC apparently wants to move to LA this fall/winter.

Time to get my stalking on?

[hugenkiss]

I'll be there.

Awesome. I see that your profile says you are in Chicago. Are you flying over to the UK for the show?

[hyperactivebliss]

I saw a vid of them doing The Alternative with Combichrist which was rather sexy, although Chris was a bit out of tune during it.. mmm
:eek: Link please? That sounds amaze.
So, CC apparently wants to move to LA this fall/winter.

Time to get my stalking on?
:awesome: Hell yeah.
Awesome. I see that your profile says you are in Chicago. Are you flying over to the UK for the show?

Nah, I'm moving to London in September for school, so I'll already be there.

[seregon]

:eek: Link please? That sounds amaze.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxLHiuVF2I

[Static Shadows]

Chris is releasing Bernadette (https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150263090367608) as a single, so a video and remixes are to come! From the single artwork it looks like the video might be a full version of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcYIECg0E6g

Which could be a little dizzying!

[Kuutar]

New video makes me dizzy.
Bernadette is my favourite from the album though.

[Static Shadows]

New video makes me dizzy.
Bernadette is my favourite from the album though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyEaHN7QKik

That makes me feel seasick. I actually like the visuals, but I really struggle to watch it.

Sounds surprisingly good in German though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKq-4goq2A&NR=1

[hugenkiss]

I love the song. And I love the unique visuals for the video. But to be honest, I couldn't take it anymore after 3:00 minutes. I think it would have been good to have some breaks in the movement. I need to go lie down now. :$

[Siouxz]

Hi IAMX fans :) I've never posted on this thread before, but I thought I'd stop by to say hi. I am actually going to the London show with some Musers that I met on here (Siouxz and Hillz). It's a long flight across the Atlantic Ocean for this gig, but who knows if CC and Co. will make over to the states. Anyways, if anyone else here is going, let me know. I think some other Musers are going as well, HAARP61 and Izzy (don't know her .mu name).

And, now we are also going to the show in Charleroi, Belgium! Woohoo!!! Yes, also Bellapod and Uprised are coming. So is Louise, but I don't know her .mu name... Izzy is not coming now because she's going to a show in Poland instead.

[Static Shadows]

Volatile Times video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dwG4UT7JNs&feature=channel_video_title

But bizarrely released as an electronic remix of the track. A remix which I personally don't think is as good as the original... :erm: Although, saying that, it works well when turned VERY LOUD (which makes the levels balance out) and the new OOS Muse-worthy bass riff on there is fucking awesome! :awesome:

If the original track (complete with distorted brass band and properly mixed vocals) was mixed with that bass in the verses, then I would be very, very happy.

[seregon]

I prefer the remix :$ I do love the even darker turn they seem to have taken though

[Cydoniababy]

I prefer the remix :$ I do love the even darker turn they seem to have taken though
+1.



Seeing them tomorrow, I'm over the moon!! :happy:

[melon]

I'm so jealous of all of you that get to see them! They'd better be back in LA soon :yesey:

[Static Shadows]

+1.

Seeing them tomorrow, I'm over the moon!! :happy:
Wish I could have seen them in London. :(

I wonder if Chris can walk again yet? I read on the Facebook news feed a week or two ago that he'd fucked his foot while destroying a drum kit, and would have to do the next few shows either hobbling about with crutches or sat on a stool in a protective boot. Bless. :LOL:

[Deano.]

Oh man, saw them for the first time just over a week ago with not much idea on what to expect and it was superb, one of the most fun gigs I've ever been to. I have to see them again!

[Cydoniababy]

Wish I could have seen them in London. :(

I wonder if Chris can walk again yet? I read on the Facebook news feed a week or two ago that he'd fucked his foot while destroying a drum kit, and would have to do the next few shows either hobbling about with crutches or sat on a stool in a protective boot. Bless. :LOL:
:LOL: Damn it. I was hoping for some action during the show!

[Cydoniababy]

Wow, the gig was amazing. Wish I could relive that night again. Except the crowd was way too enthusiastic and my purse got hurt :(

Oh and Chris was able to move around just fine :chuckle: