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! 

We've got deep industrial historian and writer (and ID:UD contributor) Sharon Kyronfive on this week's podcast to discuss the recently reissued Remix Wars series, and the larger histories of all of the bands involved in those campaigns. Also: the Slack is popping, the Patreon's rolling, and we're looking to the edge of the year with a batch of records still yet to be released in 2016!        

Albums from Psychic TV and Siouxsie & The Banshees are discussed on this week's episode of the I Die: You Die podcast, plus a whole mess of website biz: books! Slack! Paying the bills! And what sort of tunes -would- Scrooge McDuck be bumping in Launchpad's helicopter? All this and more on We Have A Technical.

On this episode of We Have a Technical we have special guest Sam Rosenthal of Black Tape For a Blue Girl and Projekt Records! Bruce and Alex get to chat with the American darkwave and ethereal music stalwart about revisiting the past on his band's new album, running a label in 2016 and the nature of fan artist relationships! All this week on the official www.idieyoudie.com  podcast! 

On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex reunite after some weeks in the wilder and woolier reaches of Canada! There's a rundown of what Alex missed at Terminus, and a Pick 5 of records we like to listen to at bedtime! All this and more of the same nonsense we've been doing for the previous 115 episodes of We Have a Technical! 

New records by Dom Fernow and Justin Broadrick are the topics du jour on this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast! We're talking about the specific sounds and moods carved out by Vatican Shadow and JK Flesh, along with all manner of detours into metaphysical matters (and Bruce's apparent hatred for TV pitchmen).

This week we are joined by Fredrik Djurfeldt of Severe Illusion and Analfabetism to discuss his various projects, North American vs European perspectives on Our Thing and host of other topics. Also Alex gets way too drunk and says some inadvisable things re: S U R V I V E. All this and more on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast. 

Okay so you know how everyone in North American industrial lost their minds over the Das Bunker 20th Anniversary announcement? Well we got Rev John of DB on the horn to talk about putting the fest together, how the line-up reflects the history of the club and the broader scope of the Los Angeles electronic music scene. Plus Alex and Bruce get a little tipsy, all this week on the official I Die: Yo...

Bruce and Alex are taking a look at futurespast on the latest episode of We Have a Technical. Yes, futurepop, that millennial sensation, is the subject. It's highlights, lowlights, and enduring legacies, are all discussed on the most Metallica-heavy episode (no, really!) of We Have a Technical to date.