Sigsaly Transmissions is happy to announce the signing of the electronic pioneers, Portion Control. Portion Control is currently working on a new full-length album tentatively entitled “Witness”, to be released on Sigsaly Transmissions in June 2009. “Witness” will reach out to the older fans and new crowds alike with a mix of their traditional sound as well as the men moving into new directions. As always, Portion Control is ahead of the curve.
The band is looking forward to two live appearances in the next few months and is looking to add more dates as opportunity present themselves.
Next live Audio/Visual Transmissions:
- February 21, 2009 @ Club Iroko, Salerno, Italy
- April 11th, 2009 @ Tinitus Festival 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
Portion Control are one of the most influential and copied harder edged electronic bands in the world. They have been honored, and name checked by the likes of Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, NIN & Orbital. Formed in London in 1979 they have produced a stream of critically acclaimed releases. They forge on unfettered by typical genre thinking, continuing to deliver a unique, innovative, updated and relevant sound that is theirs alone.
Sigsaly Transmissions is a US based label catering the Electronic-Industrial & EBM music scene. The label is home to, Autodafeh, K-Beriet, NTRSN, Portion Control, & Red Flag. The label was #12 on the top 50 labels of 2008 by the German Alternative charts (DAC).
Sunao Anami, the well renowned Japanese electronic musician was captured on video at his Sept. 11th gig wearing the new Autodafeh “Hunt For Glory” T-shirt! Ok, Ok… so ADF did not make it to Kobe but the shirt did…
Sunao is no stranger to Sigsaly Transmissions, he is a good friend. Sunao recently composed an exclusive track for the Machines Against Hunger compilation.
Sunao started working with synthesizers when he was 13 years old. He has a huge knowledge of analog and digital synthesis and is a key figure in the field of wavetable synthesis. After playing in the post-new wave band CONTROLLED VOLTAGE in the early ’90s, he built his own Internet servers and started creating improvised electronic music. In 1998, his 1st album was released by the Belgian label, SubRosa.
In 2000, he participated in the Y.M.O. (Yellow Magic Orchestra) remix project “TECHNOPOLIS 2000-00″. Sunao has toured extensively in the past year, performing in Europe, the U.S. and Taiwan with other musicians and dancers, and around Japan.
He also performs twice monthly in a live studio webcast series entitled “Live from Far East” and has done over 70 such webcast gigs since 2002.
He runs CAVE Studio, his own label “electr-ohm” and the electronica/noise label and shop “C.U.E. Records” in Kobe.
And he appears with the legendary Japanese band AUTO-MOD at Kobe Underground Festival.
He is organizing series event at Apple Store in Osaka & Nagoya,it called “mindscapes”.
Be sure to check out his music and his shop for some great finds!
Since the North American release of Autodafeh’s debut album, “Hunt for Glory” and ahead of the November 4th. World-Wide release, the Swedish masters have been getting a decent amount of attention world-wide. The last few weeks the boys have been aired on a really cool Croatian radio show, Elektronski Zvuk.
Be sure to check out the Elektronski Zvuk Website for lots of podcasts, review, interviews, links, and more.
If you happen to be in Croatia you can also listen on Radio Sjeverozapad, 95.2 FM on Wednesdays from 21.00 to 23.00 hours local time.
Check out this great interview by Eric ‘Marqo’ Gottesman of NoiseScape TV as he interviews XP8 on the tail end of their recently completed US “End Tour 2008″
XP8 talks about the bands first tour in the US, their new US label (Sigsaly Transmissions) and some other “gay” things…
The Interview takes place in San Francisco on August 14th. 2008
After twelve gigs throughout the USA , XP8’s End Tour 2008 (with System Syn) comes to a conclusion. The tour began on July 25 in El Paso, Texas then headed East, North, then west finishing up at Das Bunker in L.A on August 15, 2008.
Marko & Marco kept a blog while on the tour keeping note of some interesting happenings along the way. Be sure to visit their MySpace page to read the blog and check out the great tour photos.
The boys have returned home to Italy for some well deserved rest. However, not too long though… The must prepare for more upcoming XP8 and Grendel (Marco) gigs in Europe including the Infacted Festival. Infacted Recordings is celebrating it’s 5th anniversary.
XP8 hopes to possibly visit the US again in early 2009!
Side-Line Magazine (Belgium) just published a recent interview with the head of the label. Check out some interesting reading about the history and future of Sigsaly Transmissions.
Ahead of their North American debut album release, Autodafeh posted a track for free download, “Anger And Hate”.
The full length album, “Hunt For Glory” will be available in USA and Canada on the 15th. The album will also be released worldwide soon after completing promotional and distribution campaigns.
Be sure to check out the Limited Edition “Bundle” offer. Get an Autodafeh t-shirt, bumper sticker and CD for the low priced of only $30.00 USD
The MP3 file can be found on their MySpace site here:
http://autodafeh.com
Due to popular demand (and complaints about myspace) I have uploaded the track for you here.
Sigsaly Transmissions is happy to announce the signing of the electronic pioneers, Portion Control. Portion Control is currently working on a new full-length album tentatively entitled “Witness”, to be released on Sigsaly Transmissions in June 2009. “Witness” will reach out to the older fans and new crowds alike with a mix of their traditional sound as well as the men moving into new directions. As always, Portion Control is ahead of the curve.
In 2000, he participated in the Y.M.O. (Yellow Magic Orchestra) remix project “TECHNOPOLIS 2000-00″. Sunao has toured extensively in the past year, performing in Europe, the U.S. and Taiwan with other musicians and dancers, and around Japan.
Check out this great interview by 
After twelve gigs throughout the USA , XP8’s End Tour 2008 (with System Syn) comes to a conclusion. The tour began on July 25 in El Paso, Texas then headed East, North, then west finishing up at Das Bunker in L.A on August 15, 2008.
