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July 27, 2001 Lexicon staff will be on holiday until August 7, 2001 Brand New Order Page- Order Back Issues of Lexicon or Ninthwave CDs using Pay Pal's secure Order Page -  /catalog.html New Blonide Re-Issues with Tons of cool stuff! On September 11, Chrysalis/Capitol USA will release the entire Blondie catalog in a digitaly remastered format with liner notes from the albums producers. Among the bonuses: Parallel Lines- unreleased versionof Heart of Glasscalled "Once I Had a Love." Autoamerican- Long version of Call Me from American Gigolo Eat to the Beat- two lives tracks from New Year's Eve 1979, "Seven Rooms of Gloom" and "Die Young Stay Pretty." Each CD will feature multiple bonus tracks. Stay tuned for details. OMD: When It Rains It Pours Another tribute CD (see"Messages" for a synthpop tribute) to Liverpool's Technopop Duo. This time from "indie-pop" bands. More info:  http://www.shelflife.com/ Jez Porat :Erasure / Depeche Mode News Part Deux, Living Color, more The Erasure Information Service has announced an exclusive,brand new Vince Clarke track, available only through the official web site. The song is "What A Wonderful World", written by Thiele/Weiss and original recorded by Louis Armstrong. This recording, made earlier this year, was produced and arrangedby Vince Clarke and Mick Martin, with vocals by Vince's Macintosh. Tolisten to the track, you will need RealPlayer installed. In the past couple of weeks, Vince and Andy have also returned to the studio with producer Gareth Jonesto begin work on a new album. This new album, which will hopefully becompleted this year, replaces Andy Bell's solo 'covers' album. * Depeche Mode are having "I feel loved" remixed by Club 69. Peter Rauhhofer aka Club 69 has only done an acetate so far.The remix will most probably be on a USA (promo)release only. Just a reminder for you readers,the Club 69 remixes of "It's no good" were rejected by Martin Lee Gore for being to sped up, however the remixes became huge clubhits. Also the Uselink webpage informs that possible remixers for "Freelove" include Josh Wink.for more info check out the Danish Depeche web site @ http://www.uselink.dk/ * Living Colour have announced the dates for the second U.S. leg of their comeback tour, which will find the hard rockers playing the East Coast and a couple of Midwest dates in early August. Following their unannounced first gig together in nearly sixyears in December, Living Colour played several sold-out club dates along the West Coast in May. So far this summer, the "Cult of Personality" crew has also hitSouth America and the European festival circuit. The members of Living Colour, vocalist Corey Glover, guitarist Vernon Reid, bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Will Calhoun, have taken on various other projects since the original demise of the group in 1995. Currently, Glover is acting in the independent film "Reunion 81," Reid is planning a mini-tour with jazz bassist Jack Bruce, and Calhoun and Wimbishare performing with Mos Def in Japan, according to Living Colour's publicist. The band is discussing recording a new album, but no specific plans have been made, the publicist said. Before disbanding, Living Colour released three studio albums, though none were as popular as their 1988 debut, Vivid. "Cult of Personality," the album's first single, was a smash hit and garnered the group a Grammy award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Living Colour tour dates, according to their publicist:                           8/1 - Old Bridge, NJ @ Birch Hill Nite Club                           8/2 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place                           8/3 - Hampton Bays, NY @ Canoe Place Inn                           8/4 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club                           8/5 - New York, NY @ Central Park SummerStage                           8/7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro                           8/8 - Ferndale, MI @ Magic Bag                           8/10 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero * Bjork has confirmed a number of European kicking off on August 18th in Paris. According to her "http://www.bjork.com" official website the shows are the first leg of a World tour.More will be announced in the coming weeks. The Icelandic songstress will perform in unusual venues throughout. The full list of dates so far are as follows and ticket details will be released shortly: August 18th & 20th - Paris Grand Rex August 23rd & 25th - Paris St Chapelle August 29th - St John's Smith Square September 12th - Stuttgart Hegelsaal September 15th - Lausanne Metropole September 18th - Frankfurt Alte Oper September 21st - Lille Le Colisee September 23rd - London ENO November 1st - Paris Champs Elysee November 6th - Lyon Auditorium Bjork's new album 'Vespertine' hits the shops on August 28th. * Warren Cuccurullo was the guitar player in Duran Duran for 13 years with original members singer Simon LeBon and keyboard player Nick Rhodes. He is now putting together a band he had when he was 23. He is teaming up with former Missing Persons bandmates, dayglo-haired lead singer Dale Bozzio, who always performed with pieces of duct tape over her breasts and drummer Terry Bozzio, who he hasn't played with in 15 years. Missing Persons of course scored major chart success back in the early '80s with "Walking in LA," "Words," "Mental Hopscotch" and "Destination Unknown" and then broke up in 1986. street."He does have new music for the reunion.Some of this is older songs writtenwith Nick Rhodes and originally intended for Blondie and then for a solo project with Dale Bozzio.Cuccurullo is now going to use them for Missing Persons.Plus he's writing new material with Bozzio. Missing Persons played the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on Jul 20. New Wave Complex has re-opened!! Ashley is working hard to update the site and get into shape, but meanwhile sneak a peek now: /NWC/complex/intro.html New Duran Singles Box Set Due? Unconfirmed reports from EMI UK report that a singles box set similar to recent efforts from Erasure is due for Duran. The idea is to reconstruct the singles as they were released in the UK. No word on a release date.  Human League: We Did It for the Money In an article in the Independent, a UK paper, Phil and the gals admit they did the Culture Club reunion tour because they were broke and in danger of losing their studio. And what a studio it is! Read the article for a fascinating (pun intended) look into the HL studio. :  http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=83770 Jez Porat Reports: Depeche Mode / Front Line Assembly/ Delerium/ Colourbox / Wolfgang Press / M/A/R/R/S According to the Delerium web page delerium.com, there are rumours that Rhys Fulber might be producing and co-producing the next Delerium album. The recording will commence as early as July, although this seems somewhat unlikely. Meanwhile the next Front Line Assembly single will be entitled 'All Things Must Perish', changed from 'Everything Must Die'. The album, 'Epitaph', is described as 'Harder and darker than before'. Both the single and album are finished and the mastering has been approved by Bill Leeb. The single will hopefully be released on 11th September, the album in October. Depeche Mode's upcoming European "Exciter Tour" will be opened by Technique and Fad Gadget. Technique will be a special guest at the gigs in Hamburg and Leipzig, and Fad Gadget will open for the rest of the gigs in Europe. Back in 1980, Depeche Mode was the opening band for Fad Gadget. Poe opens in North America. The third single to be released from "Exciter" is "Freelove". It will be released on September 17 on two CD:s, one 12" and one DVD (Bong32). The video for "Freelove" was shot July 12 and 13 in New Orleans. It was directed by John Hillcoat, who also directed the "I Feel Loved" video. Retrospective albums from both The Wolfgang Press and Colourbox are now well underway. The Wolfgang Press: Everything Is Beautiful / A Retrospective 1983-1995                                                1. Birdy Song                                                2. Dreams and Light                                                3. Going South                                                4. Sweatbox                                                5. Chains                                                6. Heavens Gate                                                7. Kansas - Flood mix                                                8. Honey Tree                                                9. Sucker - Young mix                                               10. Executioner Adamson mix                                               11. Slowtime                                               12. A Girl Like You                                               13. Respect                                               14. Mama Told Me Not to Come                                               15. Shut That Door                                               16. I Am The Crime                                               17. People Say (live)  Everything Is Beautiful features fantastic artwork from V23 plus track notes penned especially by TWP singer,Michael Allen. The Colourbox collection (title and tracklisting to be confirmed soon) will include M.A.R.R.S' seminal dance track, Pump Up The Volume  and will also be enhanced with the promo video.   Martyn and Steven Young of Colourbox were the primary members of M.A.R.R.S responsible for the UK number 1 hit,  previously unavailable on a 4AD album. Both albums are slated for a simultaneous August /September release; an exact date should be confirmed soon. Correction- Simple Minds are, of course, Scottish, not Irish. :-) New Reviews at Ultrapopcentral.com ABC plays Night At The Proms: ABC will play the concert series this November.  Martin Fry does all German, Belgium and Dutch dates. See www.notp.com Jez Porat Reports: New Order / Depeche Mode/ The Cure / Simple Minds & more After the Depeche Mode tribute CD released by the english spoken Bong list, the german Insight list, connected to depechemode.de, has recorded its own compilation titled "Songs from fans and devotion". An artwork competition was held and won by Kai Sander while german bands started in speed tempo recording their covers. Even more impressive is that 32 fans invested 50 to 100 DM to finance the pressing of the CD on 500 copies. The tribute by the community at depechemode.de holds 17 tracks including "Nothing to  ear","Clean", "One Caress", "Condemnation", "Home", "Strangelove (Acoustic)", "Barrel of a gun" and even "Puppets". The first copies have been sent, to get hold of your own copy you'll have to wait a week or two when also non-pre-orders will be accepted! Check the link Good news for the Simple Minds fans, the Scottish band has refound its youth and has recorded a completely new album."Neon lights" is planned for September 2001 and will be followed by a worldtour. In further news, singer Jim Kerr has also recorded a solo-album. The album will hold covers from songs by Doors frontman Jim Morrison. The new New Order album "Get Ready" is scheduled for release October 16th. The new single "Crystal" will be out on August 21st. You will be able to enbjoy some of the new songs on the official New Order website this month. There is already a download available for "Crystal" - with a digital signature valid for 30 days.New Order have performed live in Liverpool on July 17th with their new guitarist BILLY CORGAN. Playing their first UK gig since the millenium at the Liverpool Olympia,the five piece brout out many New Order and Joy Division favourites and introduced several new tracks off upcoming LP "Get Ready".New Order make their comeback to the live stage in the UK this Wednesday (July 18) at Liverpool Olympia. The video of the song "Hidden Place" featured on the upcoming album "Vespertine" by Bjork can now be consumed @ the official Bjork site http://www.bjork.com The video itself is somewhat minimal, showing only Bjorks face and some computer animated worms and stuff around her. Fresh news from the De/vision infoservice. A few seconds from the band's upcoming single can now be downloaded.Check the link http://www.devision.de/The 10-track album will feature female guest-vocals and some distortion, some of them with natural drums and guitars. According to the band, the album is "a very adult album with very strong lyrics". Meanwhile the releasedate of the new cd "Two" will be September 24th with a MCD released in front of the album. Also coming up is an unplugged show with De/Vision on August 16th in Cologne, Germany. The gig will be recorded by german television VIVA2 for later broadcast. THE CURE are compiling a 'GREATEST HITS' compilation, and have entered the studio to work on new material. According to a posting on the band's official website, www.thecure.com The Cure will enter the studio "very soon" to work on a selection of new singles which will feature on the album. The record is due for release in the autumn, and may be followed by a 'B-sides' collection also. The Cure have dismissed persistent rumours that they are to split, and as well as working on new material, performed at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark earlier this month. The JOY DIVISION box set 'HEARTANDSOUL' is to be released in the US next month, three years after it was issued in the UK. The compilation includes both the band's albums, singles and radio sessions which were previously unavailable in the US, plus tracks recorded live around the globe. The first CD will feature their 1979 debut 'Unknown Pleasures' plus singles including 'Digital', while CD two will feature the 1980 follow-up album 'Closer', completed shortly before singer Ian Curtis suicide, and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. CD three will include their first EP 'An Ideal For Living'and radio sessions, while the fourth and final CD will feature live tracks chosen by the three surviving members of Joy Division,Peter Hook,Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris.  ABC Live Dates: ABC will tour with RObbie Williams later this summer, but first:Three UK live dates for September (confirmed!) ABC headline the Shepherds Bush Empire £18.50 on Saturday September 29th,  promoted by SJM Concerts. They also play Sheffield Leadmill £15 on Friday 28th September, and  Warrington Parr Hall £15.00 on Sunday 30th September, again with SJM  promoting. Tickets are on sale NOW and you can order online through the abc web site:  http://www.abcmartinfry.com S.P.O.C.K Plans They have announced plans to perform at five different festivals this summer, so far at least. They always play at the Arvika Festival in Sweden and this year, at the festival's ten year anniversary, will be no different. Other plans include Eurorock (together with artists like Nina Hagen and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) and M'era Luna (where also Marilyn Manson and Gary Numan will show up). Fellow Mute label act Fad Gadget Supports D Mode He is to be the support act ('special guest') for Depeche Mode during the German leg of the "Exciter" tour. The news does not come as a surprise as Fad Gadget has started playing live again just recently. For the other Gadget fans, don't forget,you'll be able to catch the man live at Euro-Rock festival! New Frankie Remix CD Revists Old Mixes: Release date Aug 13. German Repertoire version: CD1:  01. WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND (ATTACK MIX FEAT. GARY MOORE) 6:30  02. RELAX (NEW YORK MIX) 7:22 03. TWO TRIBES (808 STATE REMIX) 5:07 04. WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (FRUITNESS MIX) 12:11 05. RAGE HARD - STAMPED 4:59 06. WARRIORS (OF THE WASTELAND) ATTACK FULL 9:52 07. WATCHING THE WILDLIFE (DIE LETZTEN DER MENSCHHEIT) 10:12 08. WAR - HIDDEN 8:32 09. DISNEYLAND 3:05 (tbc. CD 2: 01. WARRIORS (OF THE WASTELAND) (TURN OF THE KNIFE - MIX) 8:08 02. TWO TRIBES (VIDEO DESTRUCTO MIX) 6:11 03. WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (ESCAPE ACT VIDEO MIX) 5:08 04. RAGE HARD (FREDDIE BASTONE MIX) 6:59 05. POWER OF LOVE '93 (ALTERNATIVE MIX) 5:07 06. RELAX (SEX MIX) 16:23 07. WATCHING THE WILDLIFE (HOTTER) 9:06 08. RAGE HARD (BROAD) 8:28  09. TWO TRIBES (HIBAKUSHA MIX) 6:35 UK version has a few differences: ZTT176CD - TWELVE INCHES CD1 1) Relax - Sex Mix 2) Two Tribes - Hibakusha Mix 3) Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Fruitness Mix 4) Rage Hard - Stamped 5) (Don't Lose What's Left) of Your Mind 6) Watching the Wildlife - Die Letzen Der Menschheit 7) Warriors of the Wasteland - Attack mix Feat Gary Moore 8) War (Hidden) 9) Rage Hard - Freddie Bastone Mix CD2 1) Welcome to the Plesuredome - Escape Act video mix 2) Warriors of the Wasteland - Attack Full mix 3) Two Tribes - 808State remix 4) Disneyland 5) Rage Hard - Broad 6) Watching the Wildlife - Hotter 7) Warriors of the Wasteland - Turn of the Knife 8) Power of Love '93 - Alternative Mix 9) Relax - Peter Rauhofers Doomsday Club Mix German cd details: CD 1 101. WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND (ATTACK MIX FEAT. GARY MOORE) (Gill / Johnson  / Nash / O'Toole) 6:31 ZTT UK 12 ZTAK 25 A 2 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00346] (1986) Only available on a limited promo-only 12" which was planned for a  third "Warriors" 12"-release in 1986. 102. RELAX (NEW YORK MIX) (Gill / Johnson / O'Toole) 7:23 ZTT UK 12 ZTAS 1 / A- 2 U-1-1 (1984) The classic 12"-version of "Relax" is number 3 in a release-series of  3 different 12". 103. TWO TRIBES (808 STATE REMIX) (Gill / Johnson / O'Toole) 5:06 ZTT UK 808 FGTH 808 III FGTH [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00351] (1994) This remix is from 1994 and was only available on a 1-sided white  label promo 10" which came in red and much rarer blue vinyl. 1 copy exists in  yellow.... It was only mailed out to DJs to promote the re-release of "Two  Tribes" in 1994. 104. WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (FRUITNESS MIX) (Gill / Johnson / Nash /  O'Toole) 12:07 ZTT UK 12x ZTAS 7 / A - 2U - 1-1 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00342] 1984) This remix is taken from the limited 2nd 12" of "WTTPD". 105. RAGE HARD - STAMPED (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole) 5:03 ZTT UK ZTAX 22 (1986) Taken from the very limited remix 7" of "Rage hard". 106. WARRIORS (OF THE WASTELAND) ATTACK FULL (Gill / Johnson / Nash /  O'Toole) 10:01 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00350] (1986) B-side of the "Attack"-12". 107. WATCHING THE WILDLIFE (DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER MENSCHHEIT) (Gill / Johnson  / Nash / O'Toole) 10:24 ZTT UK 12 ZTE 26 / A - 1U -1 - 1 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00345] (1987) Taken from the 3rd 12" of "watching the Wildlife" in 1986. Remixed by  Klaus Schulze. 108. WAR - HIDDEN (Whitfield / Strong) 8:35 WARTZ 3 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00347] (1984) 12" part 3 in a series of 4 "Two Tribes" 12"s. 109. Disneyland (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole) 3:05 IQ 6 - A - 2 (1985) An early recording by FGTH taken form the ZTT-sampler "ZTT Sampled". CD 2: 201. WARRIORS (OF THE WASTELAND) (TURN OF THE KNIFE - MIX) (Gill / Johnson /  Nash / O'Toole) 8:13 ZTT UK 12 ZTAX 25 / A - 2 - 1 - 1 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00355] (1986) Taken from the 2nd 12" of "Warriors" 202. TWO TRIBES (VIDEO DESTRUCTO MIX) (Gill / Johnson / O'Toole) 6:13 Originally released as a stereo mix on a Swiss WEA promo-video-compilation (1984) Originally released in 1984 on a UK promo video IN MONO ! Re-released  in 1994 on Swiss WEA instore-promo-video-compilation IN STEREO 203. WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (ESCAPE ACT VIDEO MIX) (Gill / Johnson /  Nash / O'Toole) 5:50 ZTT UK - Video- Tape [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00349] (1994) Only available on a UK-1-trk. promo-video in 1994 204. RAGE HARD (FREDDIE BASTONE MIX) (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole) 7:00 ISLAND USA DMD 987 /ST-50743-sp [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00348] (1986) Only available on a US-promo-only 12" in 1986 (here un-edited) - which  also includes a short remix and a dub/instr.-version of this mix.  NOTE: this  version comes from a fan owned DAT. 205. POWER OF LOVE '93 (ALTERNATIVE MIX) (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole)  5:09 ZTT UK FGTH 3 CDX [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00356] (1993) Only available on CD in 1993 which comes in a limited edition  individually numbered box set in 1994 206. RELAX (SEX MIX) (Gill / Johnson / O'Toole) 16:24 ZTT UK 12 ZTAS 1 / A - 1U - 1 - 1 / or : 1 A 5 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00340] (1983) This mix is taken from the 1st edition 12" of "Relax" which was  available for a short time only in 1983. Followed by 2 other 12"-versions  this one is the rarest of all 3. The follow-ups to this one are an 8:20  min.-edit of the original 12" mix and the well-known 7:23 min. US-Mix /  New-York mix. 207. WATCHING THE WILDLIFE (HOTTER) (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole) 9:09 ZTT UK 12 ZTAS 26 / A - 1 U - 1 -2 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00354] (1987) Taken from the 1st 12" of "Watching the Wildlife", follwed by 2  others: "Watching the Wildlife (Movement 2)" and "Beobachtungen im wilden  Leben". 208. RAGE HARD (BROAD) (Gill / Johnson / Nash / O'Toole) 8:28  ZTT UK 12 ZTAX 22 / A - 1U - 1 - 1 [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00353]  (1986) This mix is taken from the 2nd 12" of "Rage Hard"  209. TWO TRIBES (HIBAKUSHA MIX) (Gill / Johnson / O'Toole) 6:36  ZTT UK [ISRC: GB-AHW-01-00341]  (1984) This mix is taken from the 4th "Two Tribes" 12" which was limited to  5000 copies only. New Erasure Single and Box Set Due: From  our far flung corraspondant Jez:  Some brand new hot info from the Erasure Info Service. The new Erasure single, "Moon & The Sky" has been provisionally scheduled for release on August 27th. The release date is almost certain to change over the coming weeks. Rumour is it will be a double a-side with "Alien" including video and several mixes. The biggest news however is that the follow-up to the Erasure Singles Box Sets 1+2 will be released in October (tbc)! Box 3 and 4 will each contain 5 CD singles, containing all of the tracks from the various UK single formats [7", 12", Limited 12", CD,Limited CD and so on!] in digitally remastered sound quality. The booklets will also contain the artwork from the various formats. While Box Set 3 will contain the singles from the "Crackers International EP" to "Star", Box Set 4 will contain the singles from "Chorus" to the "ABBA-esque EP". The latter Box Set may also include some mixes which were previously only released in the UK on promotional 12"s. There are also tentative plans to re-issue some of Erasure's concert/compilation videos on DVD. First Depeche Mode DVD Due Also from Jez:First DVD-single release for Depeche Mode According to a post on the Halo webboard, it would appear that "Freelove", Depeche Mode's third single, would be released not only on 2 CD formats but also on a DVD. As for now, no tracklisting has been made available but it wouldn't be a surprise if some live tracks will end up on the single-DVD as some were recorded for MTV during the Philidelphia gig. More news as we get it. For the moment being, here's the tentative catalogue number at Mute: DVDBong32. The Damned / Peter Murphy / Nik Kershaw In the News And finally from Jez (a very busy person!!! Thanks!!!!) 1.The Damned will be releasing a new album, Grave Disorder, on Aug. 21st. 2.Peter Murphy will be releasing a new live album July 31st, aLive Justforlove. Recorded during the Wild Birds tour last year it includes a cover of Elvis' "Love Me Tender." Meanwhile, Murphy has returned to the studio to work on a new album 3.After Nik Kershaw released his new album, To Be Frank, he decided to be more accessible by creating a new website at http://www.nikkershaw.net/ The first single, "Wounded," is at stations now.     Previous Weeks News