Friday 24 March 2023

Big Day For Releases In Belgium - Metroland & 808 Dot Pop Albums

Passenger S & Passenger A of Metroland have been working hard on a new album called "0", which is released today on an array of formats, as well as a special album called "X", to celebrate Metroland's 10th anniversary, which features mega-Mixes for each of their studio album releases.

on top of that Passenger S releases 3 new 808 Dot Pop albums on the same day!

https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/0

The new Metroland album is called "0", this follows on the tradition of numbers being used for the releases connected to the concept, 4 EP's have been released prior to the album, as you would expect from the duo, the album centres around a concept, the concept for this album is "The Fourth Industrial Revolution".

The album is available on double coloured vinyl, which is blue and looks fantastic, the track listing for the vinyl is:

A1. Industrie 4.0 (5’26)
A2. Davos (6’07)
A3. Bigger Data (7’14)
A4. In/out (2’47)

B1. Machine 2 Machine (7’24)
B2. 4ir Intelligence (6’33)
B3. The 2nd Machine Age (5’59)

C1. Modularity (7’15)
C2. Smart factory (7’25)
C3. Mimo (6’15)

D1. Klaus Schwab (5’18)
D2. 7 Principles (16’00)

The CD edition and Digital Download has a different track listing, which is:

01. Industrie 4.0 (5’26)
02. Davos (6’07)
03. Bitcoins And Blockchains (4’31)
04. Big Data (4’29)
05. 4ir Intelligence (6’33)
06. Out/In (1’55)
07. Machine 2 Machine (5’45)
08. Modularity (5’53)
09. Smart factory (7’25)
10. Klaus Schwab (5’18)
11. The 2nd Machine Age (5’59)
12. 7 Principles (7’00)

The double vinyl edition is available from the Alfa-Matrix store here

The CD edition is also available from the Alfa-Matrix store here 

The Digital Download is available from Bandcamp here

Metroland also celebrate 10 years as a band and have released a special album called "X", the album features mega-mixes of tracks from all of their studio albums, including the new album "0".

The album is available on CD and as a Digital Download.

Track listing for both the CD and Digital Download are the same:

01. Mind The Gap 2012
02. Triadic Ballet 2015
03. Things Will Never Sound The Same Again 2016
04. Men In A Frame 2018
05. 0 2022 

The CD edition is available from the Alfa-Matrix store here

The Digital Download is available from Bandcamp here 

3 new albums by 808 Dot Pop.......


Passenger S has delved into the history of radio for the latest 808 Dot Pop album releases, a fascinating subject, with a wealth of history to look back on and Passenger S has certainly done his homework, and his level of creativity, is as such, been in overdrive to bring us 3 superb albums.

"AM 1350" taps into the early history of radio, with songs about "Marconi", "Crystal Set Receivers", "Jan Moedwil (Radio Belgie)" and Short Wave Radio reception reports.   

The track listing for the CD edition is:

01. Pop Radio AM
02. AM/FM
03. Sing
04. Distant Voices
05. Syntonic Telegraphy
06. Marconi (On The Radio)
07. Radio Waves
08. Jan Moedwil (Radio Belgie)
09. The Detector
10. Schumann Resonanz
11. Crystal Radio
12. Germanium
13. SINPO
14. Closedown AM

"FM 88.2" gives us a deeper look at "Crystal Radio" sets in more detail, "Heinrich Hertz", "Modulation" "Morse Code" and the "Antenna".

The track listing for the CD edition is: 

01. Pop Radio FM
02. RCA AR-812
03. A Cycle Per Second
04. Heinrich Hertz
05. Osterreich 3

06. Distant Voices (On The Radio)
07. Cat's Whisker
08. Galena
09. Modulation
10. Capacitor
11. Marconi
12. Morse Code
13. Antenna
14. Closedown FM

The CD edition is available from the Alfa-Matrix store here

"AM 720" is a Digital Download album that features tracks from both of the main albums, including "Marconi", "Modulation", "SINPO", "Capacitor" and more. 

The track listing for the Digital Download is:

01. Pop Radio MW
02. Marconi (On The Radio)
03. Antenna
04. Cat's Whisker
05. Modulation
06. Syntonic Telegraphy
07. Schumann Resonanz
08. Crystal Radio
09. Capacitor
10. Distant Voices
11. SINPO
12. Closedown MW 

The Digital Download is available from Bandcamp here

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