We Have a Technical

Alex and Bruce catch up with Kanga on their West Coast jaunt to talk about pop in industrial, the perils of the entertainment biz, and how your vocals never sound how you think. All that plus the breaking announcement of another Terminus Festival on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

It's an opposites attract episode of We Have A Technical, as Alex and Bruce discuss the softer side of the avant garde with Controlled Bleeding, and the industrial big beat stylings of The Retrosic. All that and some recent events on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Bruce and Alex listen to their mutual favourite album of 2010: Ashbury Heights' "Take Cair Paramour"! The discussion touches upon synthpop's straddling of the mainstream and underground, extended arch metaphor, and, maybe most importantly, the stellar songwriting of Anders Hagström.

The Senior Staff is back from winter hiatus with a look back at how their hopes and wishes for 2016 fared, and a look ahead at records and trends are on the horizon in 2017. All that plus a big ol' love-in for The KLF on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

The yearly off-topic episode of We Have A Technical is here, ready to eat an hour of your life with aimless discussion of music and culture wholly unrelated to the podcast's regular purview. Sorry, not sorry.

For the last official I Die: You Die podcast of 2016, Bruce and Alex round out Year End coverage by discussing the making of their Top 25 albums of 2016 list, do some honourable mentions and complain about phony promo e-mails! Also some chat about broad musical trends in Our Thing! All this week on We Have a Technical! 

On the heels of their Forma Tadre commentary, Alex and Bruce take another trip back to 1996 to each Pick Five records from that illustrious year. They also comment on the recent news coming out of San Francisco's DNA Lounge. All this week on the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

This week on the official I Die: You Die podcast we chat with Daniel Graves of Aesthetic Perfection! Topics include interacting with people online, his recent move towards releasing individual singles and what motivates him as a performer and artist! A very fun conversation that Alex and Bruce have wanted to have for a long time, all this week on We Have a Technical! 

This month's Patreon-supported bonus commentary podcast takes a trip to the frontier of 1996! Forma Tadre's debut, "Navigator", has remained a touchstone for the Senior Staff in terms of sound design, theme, and so much more. Bruce and Alex have loads to say about Lovecraft, Tangerine Dream, and Blade Runner samples, so join them on a journey through sea and space.

In the wake of the Oakland tragedy, we wanted to pay our respects on this episode of the podcast to the life and work of Cash Askew of Them Are Us Too.

Trying to keep up with the deluge of releases 2016 has brought, Bruce and Alex discuss new records by In Strict Confidence and Black Tape For A Blue Girl, introduce a CD giveaway, and field some questions from listeners. It's a jam-packed episode of We Have A Technical as we start bearing down on the end of the year from hell.

It's a pillar to post interview on the podcast this week, as we talk with Rexx Arkana (Bruderschaft, FGFC820, Coldkill) about his lengthy history with synthpop, industrial, and all points in between as a fan, a DJ, and as an artist. It's a barnburner of a conversation this week on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

The enduring relevance of compilations to dark music is taken up in this week's episode of We Have A Technical, be they archival, thematic, or charity comps. Also: new microphones! The dunces behind the I Die: You Die podcast have never sounded so clear!

On this Patreon supported podcast we do a commentary on Switchblade Symphony's goth/darkwave classic "Serpentine Gallery". From end to end, Bruce and Alex discuss the record's unique place in the history of Our Thing, and exactly what makes it specifically resonate with them some 21 years after its release. 

In the wake of this week's events, we talk a little about a lot of things. This is a pretty freeform episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Bruce and Alex discuss albums by Statiqbloom and Jager 90. Thrill to discussions of electro-industrial and anhalt EBM, and cringe at how two people could possibly be this bad at pronouncing words in German! Also, some questions from the Slack, news from our Patreon and much more, all this week on We Have a Technical! 

t's a grimly fiendish episode of We Have A Technical this week as Alex and Bruce each pick five "nightmarish" records to discuss. Don't worry, there's also some Pet Shop Boys to lighten the mood. Happy Halloween from I Die: You Die, kiddies

We're doing a (lengthy) run-down of all the goings-on at Das Bunker's DB20 party this past weekend on this week's episode of the podcast. From the noise room to the main stage, from headliners to newcomers, it was a hell of a celebration, and we've got the full breakdown.

BRUCE AND ALEX GO TO WAR IN... THE GREAT DEBATE II! No longer content to argue about the merits of Blutengel, the Senior Staff do battle over the relative strengths of the early Depeche Mode catalogue in a conflict that will rock I Die: You Die to its very foundations! Feelings are hurt! Accusations are levied! And things will never be the same, here on We Have a Technical! 

It's the first Patreon supported commentary podcast, as voted on by our patrons! Alex and Bruce talk over Front 242's "Tyranny For You", discussing thematics, sounds and where the record sits in the legendary Belgian project's discography! www.idieyoudie.com  www.patreon.com/idieyoudie www.facebook.com/idieudie www.twitter.com/idie_youdie

On this episode, Bruce and Alex discuss albumcraft. Yes, it's another long rambling conversation about stuff like track sequencing, cohesion and the other semi-intangibles that effect the listening experience. Plus some random chatter about shows both recent and upcoming and more, on the official I Die: You Die podcast! 

Alex is back home from Chicago and has a blow by blow account of all the Cold Waves action. Also, we're talking about crossover bands: those who've wandered into our thing from other climes and those who've gone on to different pastures. All this and more on this week's episode of We Have A Technical!

On this episode of We Have A Technical Bruce and Alex take up two albums which, arguably, couldn't be further apart: Haujobb's minimalist masterpiece "ninetynine", and Diamanda Galas' harrowing "The Divine Punishment".

We're dishing a bit of dirt on this week's episode of the podcast...but in the most pleasant and Canadian way possible. We're picking songs we like by bands we don't. All that and much much more on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official idieyoudie.com podcast! 

On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we discuss Type O Negative.  No seriously, we spend the whole episode talking about their value as a gateway band, and how their aesthetics intersect with Our Thing in interesting ways. Also some chat about VNV Nation, and our ongoing experiments with Patreon and Slack, all this week on We Have a Technical!