Ghostigital, the band, is a continuation of “Ghostigital,” the solo album by former Sugarcubes member Einar Örn. A collaboration between Einar and musician Curver, Ghostigital creates unusual free-formed music that makes extensive use of cut-up techniques. Combining live instruments and electronics, the Ghostigital sound has a somewhat improvisational feel. It never feels over-produced, even though editing and manipulation is used extensively in building the tracks. And it provides the perfect outlet for Einar’s unique, often spoken vocals. The band recently did a short American tour, with two dates on the West Coast followed by two on the East. We interviewed them prior to the final show at Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ.)

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Having given up on record labels, at least for the time being, Halou is back with a new self-released CD, “Wholeness and Separation.” (street date of May 23, 2006) Their third full-length album, “Wholeness and Separation” once again features highly organic sounding electronic tracks and breathtaking vocals.

Based in San Francisco, Halou is comprised husband and wife Ryan and Rebecca Coseboom and Count. We recently did a phone interview with Count and have posted the first part of it online. Be sure to check back soon to read the rest!

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“I always have too many ideas that I don’t know what to do with, but generally we just go on the road and get drunk every night and the ideas fade after a while.” - Ross Godfry of Morcheeba (1998)

We interviewed Morcheeba back in 1998, shortly after they did a series of Lilith Fair dates. Things have changed a bit for the band since then. After taking a few years off, they re-emerged last year with their fifth album, “THE ANTIDOTE.” It marked their first without singer Skye Edwards, who was replaced by Daisy Martey, and a label shift from Warner / East West to Echo Record. Be sure to check out the official Morcheeba site to get more info and hear samples from the album.

A few weeks back we did another interview with Daniel Hunt of Ladytron (who we originally featured in 2002.) The band returned late last year with their 3rd album, “Witching Hour,” and recently released a new EP/DVD, “Extended Play.” Ladytron are currently out on a North American tour, which will be followed by live dates in Argentina and Europe. In addition, “Witching Hour” has just come out on vinyl. A full transcription of the interview has now been posted - click on the link below to read it.

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On her debut full-length CD, “…and the moon was hungry…,” Morgan manages to flawlessly bring together the classical training she’s had since childhood and her love for darkwave music. What makes it work so well is that she obviously has a deep understanding and heartfelt appreciation of both genres. This isn’t like when a singer/songwriter just adds electronic beats to give their music an edge, or when a synth band experiments with orchestral samples. Together with the production team Wizardz of Oz, Morgan has truly managed to fuse styles in such a way that sounds natural and extremely powerful. In an email interview, Morgan told us a bit about the CD, her work on a “Harry Potter” trailer, and more!

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When Chaos Control was first starting up in late 1992, I was on the Prodigy online service networking and doing promotion. Back then, I was using a black and white “Macintosh Classic” with a 1400 baud modem (very slow!) One of the people I met on the discussion boards was none other than Trent Reznor. At the time, the Nine Inch Nails “Broken” EP had just come out, and he was in the studio working on “The Downward Spiral.” He wasn’t really doing press then, but agreed to be interviewed for the first edition of Chaos Control as long as I promised not publish the article anywhere else. A call to his publicist (who I’d dealt with in the past) confirmed that my new online friend was indeed the REAL Trent Reznor and a phone interview was set up. It proved to be a very interesting interview, with Reznor talking about the origins of NIN, his problems with TVT Records, labeling music, and more.

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Thanks to independently developed software such as Nanoloop and Little Sound DJ, the Nintendo Gameboy has turned into the instrument of choice for a growing number of electronic musicians. While the Gameboy’s 8-bit soundchip is somewhat limited, it has a warm, crunchy sound that works well when taken beyond the context of simply supplying video game soundtracks. Musically, Gameboy tracks run the gamut from energetic electronic pop to weird, often scary-sounding experimental stuff. On the more danceable end of the spectrum is New York’s Josh Davis, aka Bit Shifter, who will soon embark on a world tour with fellow NY Gameboy artist Nullsleep. In an email interview, Josh explained a bit about what goes into making music on a device only intended to play games.

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We just did an email interview with Carmen Rosa, a British band who shares their rhythm section with the Cranes live line-up. While the connection has helped spread the word about Carmen Rosa, the band has more than enough talent and originality to stand up on their own. Their recently released debut album, “You Only Think You Know,” showcases a highly rhythmic guitar-driven sound complimented by touches of electronics. Click here to read the interview.