Angelspit’s 11th album “THE BASTARD GODS”
“…an awesome and interesting composition diving deep into the dark truths of technology and society.”
– EVOL RADIO
“One of Angelspit’s finer efforts!”
– REGEN MAGAZINE
Bandcamp Digital Release: July 24, 2023
CD/USB/T-Shirts Release: August 21, 2023
VINYL/TAPE Release: November 2023
BPRP60 MP3
BPRP60 LP Vinyl
BPRP60 TA Tape
BPRP60 CD CD
UPC: 655365970088
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TRACKLIST
ANGELSPIT’S 11TH ALBUM ‘THE BASTARD GODS’ IS THEIR MOST BRUTAL TO DATE
13 TRACKS FROM HELL
#industrialmusic # cyberpunk #ebm #electroindustrial #industrialrock
An experiment in sonic brutality.
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THE BASTARD GODS is distributed through Black Pill Red Pill and is available on all digital services.
THE ALBUM
The music, sound design and lyrics on this album is something new for Angelspit. The melodies came from samples of scraping and bashing large springs, metal sculptures and all assortment of found sounds from sonic safaris. New colorful harmonics were created when these samples were distorted. This created something nasty and disturbingly beautiful – resulting in Angelspit’s most brutal album to date.
Several tracks include war drums by Dave NATO from 4th Wall. Dave and engineer Paul (4th Wall, Relium X) created something that takes the album to a new terrifying level.
Another instrument to feature predominantly is the Blaster Beam. It’s a 6 foot aluminum beam with 11 piano wires. These resonate from subsonic to screaming frequencies. It’s very loud, very aggressive and sounds like the most brutal electric guitar you’ve never heard. Angelspit’s guitarist George Bikos ran this through his wall of guitar amps at Baysound Studios to make it sound massive.
The lyrics were inspired by conversations with Angelspit supporters. Exploring how new technology will affect our personal interactions, access to factual news and its influence on the way we vote, the ever widening class system and emerging underclass.
THE TITLE
The album’s title is “The Bastard Gods”, but in a twist of perfect irony it was redacted to become “The Star”. It’s ironic because the Social Media algorithms don’t like the word “Bastard” or the word “Gods”, and the driving concept behind the album is the increasing influence of algorithms and how they are feeding/censoring content with our “best moral interest” at heart – which is why I refer to algorithms as “Bastard Gods”.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I had so much fun making this album! I was building instruments, recording, sampling and distorting – It was like creating in a rusty playground of discarded metal.
The concept driving the album questions the increasing influence of algorithms on how we perceive the world, what we call “truth”, “facts”, what we support and shun. The only thing these algorithms care about is keeping users engaged, enraged and buying more disposable trash. The happiness and tragedy you share is merely content to help it achieve it’s goal. Either you play the game, or you don’t exist.
I don’t see “light & dark” or “wolves & sheep” anymore, just angry animals trying to ruin each other with disinformation and hate campaigns.
…and now we have an increasing influence from artificial intelligence – the future is now, and it’s getting very interesting.
Album Credits:
ART: En Tze Loh and Zoog Von Rock; Painting: En Tze Loh (en-tze.format.com).
CONCEPT: Zoog Von Rock, En Tze Loh, Brent Zius.
MUSIC: Composition, Production, Lyrics and Vocals: Zoog Von Rock; Drums: Dave Nato (4th Wall); Drums recorded by Paul Cheese (4th Wall, Relium X) at The Granary Studio in Lamberhurst, Kent, UK; Blaster Beam re-amping: George Bikos (Baysound Studios); Mastering: David Walker (Stepford Audio Mastering); Possessed Choir: Max Malada, Thrust Valve, Angel Ibarra; TX7: Seth Larson; Computer Construction: Brett Welsh, Sean Moriarty and Michael Stults; E-MU TRAINERS: Trevor Brown, Thomas Horst, Geoff Raye, Larry Kleinke.
ZINE PRINTING: Carley and TJ at Amerigraphics Group, Inc
VIDEO: Directors: The Liar (The Basement Labs), Keith Jenson (Brainwomb), Chris Davis, Kino McFarland, Steve Hasse, Zoog Von Rock, Darrin Williams (Gravity Red Productions).
SUPPORT: Website: Brian Doody. Jedi Masters: Brent Zius, Steve Jones; Legal: Paul Medved, Lauren McDonald.
THANK YOU: Dave Nato and Paul Cheese (4th Wall), George Bikos, En Tze Loh, David Walker, Brent Zius.
SUPPORT: Brent Heinze, Brian Graupner, Steve Archer, Raphaelle Ziemba, Imogen, Carley and Amanda (Miss Ballistic); Melody Lynn and Disraeli (Queen of the Static Opera), Zizzeezeer0, Diana Davis and AddamBombb (eMpTyVee TV), Darkfox and Austin Eubanks (DarkStar Fusion), Marinella, The Liar, Al Ford, May May Graves, James Ryan, Lux Voltaire, The Learmont Clan, Brian Doody, Scarlett Nymph, Chris Martinez, Patrick Volkmar, Ashley and Mark, Jan Lucanus and Justice For Hire Crew, Shea The Space Cat, Mordeci, Devo Astro-Pup.
GEAR: Deiter and Chris @ Doepfer Modular Synthesizers, Justin @ Sequential Circuits, Stacy @ Hexinverter Électronique, Sean @ Mazzatron Synths, Suit @ STG Soundlabs, Phil @ Cirocco Modular Synthesizers, Mike @ Brazier Modular Systems, Igor @ Roland, Sum Zero Inertia, E-mu Systems.
Synths maintained by Steve Jones (Agent 13).
BLASTER BEAM: Dustan Morgan @ Guitar Rehab, Vince (DJ Underminer), Collin Schipper, Craig Huxley, Mickey Hart.
ETERNAL ROCK: John Burgess, Mark Railton, Jamie Duffy, Jeremy Inkel, Mike McGrath, Sophie Lancaster, Mike McGrath, Andy Fletcher, Vangelis, David Smith, Bob Moog, Donald Buchla, Klaus Schulze, Bowie, Dave Heckman, Anastasia (Staci) Payne, Vera, Violet, Shea (my muse).
Dedicated to Shea, my muse.
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CATALOGUE NUMBER
Bandcamp Digital Release: July 24, 2023
CD/USB/T-Shirts Release: August 21, 2023
VINYL/TAPE Release: November 2023
BPRP60 MP3
BPRP60 LP Vinyl
BPRP60 TA Tape
BPRP60 CD CD
UPC: 655365970088
Released through Black Pill Red Pill, 2023.
©+P ANGELSPIT 2023.
