We Have a Technical

On this month's Patreon-supported and selected bonus commentary podcast Alex and Bruce talk Ministry's love-it-or-hate-it new wave debut "With Sympathy". This is definitely the record we like the least of any we've done a commentary for, but behind the cheese and the fake accents there's some pretty fascinating connections both to Al's later work and the origins of the project. What he say? Find o...

Bruce and Alex jibber jabber about the role of sampled voices in industrial music. From staccato cut ups and obscure manipulations to easily recognizable movie samples from cinematic blockbusters, what role does the human voice play in a non singing capacity in Our Thing? We also chat about some upcoming tours and the great Severed Heads show we just saw, all this week on We Have a Technical.  

This week some of our Patreon backers join us to talk about a trio of records that hail from right here in Vancouver. This kind of came together completely by coincidence, but we're always happy to talk the enduring appeal of records from right here in the heartland of Canadian Industrial. That and we talk some NIN, the Cold Waves Los Angeles line-up and more, all this week on We Have a Technical,...

We return to our classic "Two Albums" format on this episode, chatting about records by Mild Peril and C-Tec. The line between pop and kosmische and whether the Heal/De Meyer alliance constitutes the greatest industrial supergroup of all time are on the table. That and so much more all this week on Town Talk, er, on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex each pick five best of and singles compilations. Are greatest hits albums for posers only? Tune in to the latest episode of We Have A Technical to find out! Also includes discussion of certain controversial recent events, and the just announced Cold Waves Los Angeles.

We're gettin' down with our bad selves on this episode of We Have A Technical as the influence of funk and all things funky on Our Thing are on the docket. What goes into an EBM bassline? Does industrial "clean" funk up or does it keep it dirty? And does Prince figure into this, like all things? All that plus some thoughts on Complex and Boy Harsher. All this week on the official I Die: You Die po...

We're delving deep into the roots of darkwave for this month's We Have A Commentary bonus podcast! Yep, it's not less a foundational record than Clan Of Xymox's "Medusa" which we're discussing. How does it fit into the radically distinct phases of Ronny Moorings' career? How did the individual intetests of the CoX trio combine to produce an understated masterpiece? Alex and Bruce hold forth on thi...

Alex is returned and he and Bruce celebrate by talking at length  about recent shows they have seen. Thrill to an hour of talk about bands from Bestial Mouths to Neubauten as two slightly punchy Canadian nerds drink beers and recollect their most recent concert-going experiences. All this and more, much more, on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex chisel the last profiles into our Mount Rushmore Conversations with some discussion of the enduring power of the late, great Babyland in this week's episode of the podcast. They discuss the duo's inspired blend of noise and melody, the inspirational bent of the band's themes, and the enduring cult legacy of the band in today's landscape.

Perhaps more than any band in existence, Skinny Puppy remains the essential to our fandom and understanding of Our Thing. Beyond their critical function in the history of industrial post the initial explosion, this week's Mount Rushmore conversation focuses on SP's personal impact on Bruce and Alex and how they help define Vancouver for I Die: You Die. 

The second of our Mount Rushmore Conversations centers on a band we talk about a lot, maybe more than any other. Its Bruce and Alex waxing, fawning and wistfully recillecting Front 242, mostly from a personal perspective on this week's special interstitial episode of We Have a Technical,  the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

Taking the place of We Have a Commentary this month is the first in our 4 part Mount Rushmore Conversations series. Essentially designed to reflect a more conversational and discussion between Bruce and Alex, the idea is to talk about the four acts we consider foundational to I Die: You Die, with the conversation going wherever it may, with no goals or structure. Just too friends talking about a b...

Alex and Bruce catch up with Mr. Kitty on this week's episode of We Have a Technical! Forrest clues us in on the process behind his recent album A.i., performing and connecting with listeners and concert goers! All that and some discussion of recent shows by Kite and Schwefelgelb, and all that :Wumpscut: controversy on the latest installment of the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex are throwing a big old house party in honour of the 150th episode of We Have A Technical, and you're invited! Which familiar faces and industrial luminaries might drop by? What are folks going to be talking about? Is it gauche to bring two of the same bottles of rosé? The only way to find out is to show up to the We Have A Technical House Party!

In anticipation of Industrial Summer Camp, Bruce and Alex are discussing albums by two acts set to play Cold Waves and Terminus respectively, KMFDM and Wulfband! That plus some discussion of a quote from an unusual source on the topic of Gary Numan and the introduction of a bunch of new fancasts, it's another episode of We Have a Technical! 

In this week's episode of We Have A Technical, Bruce and Alex pick up the weighty question of technology: how has it guided the productoon and evolution of industrial music over the past decades? How has it been dealt with as a theme in this music? Heady stuff, plus all of the usual fixins in the latest episode of the I Die: You Die podcast!

On this Patreon-supported podcast we do a commentary track for The Gothsicles 2006 scene-skewering classic "Nesferatu". We run down the nature of parody, the substance of satire and big up everyone we ever met from Madison Wisconsin with some basic video game knowledge to boot. All on this month's episode of We Have a Commentary! 

On this episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex play the Pick 5 game with projects that only had one release! Plus we chat the final Terminus announcements, the upcoming Canadian Severed Heads dates and a remarkable amount of off-topic nonsense on this week's We Have a Technical! Accept no substitutes. 

We return to the venerable two album discussion format of We Have a Technical this week, with some chit chat about Numb and Liquid Divine. We also get real excited about forthcoming albums from some acts we like a great deal! Yup, it's another episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, direct from our beer-lubed mouths to your ears, no filter. 

Bruce and Alex tackle a bevy of recent news items in this week's episode of the podcast, including the recent controversy involving Death In June and Soleilmoon Recordings. That, and festival line-up chat, along with other assorted one-offs, all on this week's We Have a Technical! 

On this week's episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex speak with one of I Die: You Die's perennial favourite acts, Swedish electropop masters Kite! Topics include being open and emotional, travelling the world and what folks can expect from their upcoming tour dates! 

It's a Swedish synth two-fer on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, as we discuss records by Henric De La Cour and S.P.O.C.K.! Nostalgia and the cross-pollination of sounds are on the table, and we also dish on the recent VOWWS/White Lies show.

It's the time of the month when we record and release one of our special We Have a Commentary podcasts, supported by our backers at www.patreon.com/idieyoudie!  The album this month was selected by our patrons, and overwhelmingly they wanted to hear us talk about Laibach's landmark LP "Opus Dei". Thrill to the Queen references, both overt and hidden as we chat about the lasting power of the NSK's...

It's a Schrodinger's Goth episode of We Have A Technical! Bruce and Alex Pick Five goth records by non-goth artists. What is goth? What is not goth? These are the angels on the head of a pin type questions the Senior Staff are coming at from a variety of musical angles this week.

On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex take up the shadowy and nebulous notion of occult and Satanic imagery in industrial and goth music. How does it differ from metal in this regard? Should these themes be used more as thesis than anti-thesis? And are God Destruction totally cheesy, totally awesome, or a little of both? All this and more on Hot Stuff the Little Devil's favourite...