Monday, December 30, 2013

Equitant – Retrospekt 2008/2013 Review @ Side-Line Magazine



This review is a bit special to me since Stephane Froidcoeur (Side-Line) is pretty much responsible/suggested getting Equitant signed with EKP. Thanks for your support and strong belief in Equitant Stephane! Op uw gezondheid!

Equitant – Retrospekt 2008/2013 Review (CD Album – EK Product)

Posted on 26/12/13
Genre/Influences: Minimal EBM.

Content: The name of Equitant doesn’t maybe say that much to you, but in just a couple of years it simply became one of Side-Line’s favorite contemporary EBM projects. The reason why you don’t know Equitant yet maybe is because this American project only released digital material.

Equitant is a Texan based minimal-EBM project set up by Raymond D. Heflin. Next to Equitant, Heflin also runs the digital label Black Montanas, which is mainly devoted to the same kind of EBM and a truly passion for analogue gear. This album must be a kind of consecration for this talented composer who finally found a home at EK Product to release his ‘old’ songs on CD format. “Retrospekt 2008/2013” doesn’t bring anything new for all of those who know Equitant and who’re familiar with the discography. But on the other hand it’s pure lust to get all these songs on one disc.

Equitant clearly sounds like a sound bridge between good-old 80s EBM influences and contemporary body-minimalism. The songs might remind you of other artists like Terence Fixmer and Adam-X. there’s a similar taste for minimalism and the love for 80s elements. The cold, analogue atmosphere recovering the songs will for sure evoke good-old souvenirs. The production of the vocals is another typical element reminding me of the golden decade of early EBM. Next to Ray Heflin singing on several tracks you’ll hear a few familiar Equitant-guests like Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Stephan Busche and Bastian.

Getting back to the music you sometimes will recognize elements of DAF and analogue manipulations à la Kraftwerk. The songs often sound simple and repetitive, but the global production simply sounds powerful and murderously efficient.

Equitant has selected some of their finest songs and I here will tip essential cuts like “Dynamique” (English and a French version), Das Menschlicherennen (for all DAF fans), Flash Of Light, “Dynamism” and “Body Vehement”. There’s no real break on this album, but a non-stop energy and dynamism! The choruses are often carried by cold leads bringing EBM-lovers to a state of ultimate excitement. The coldness of the body-songs is often joined by the sterile, but sensual half spoken – half sung vocals of both female guest singers. Equitant sounds hot and sexy and yet that cold and irresistible.

Conclusion: I’ve already heard several essential albums this year, but “Retrospekt 2008/2013” definitely is the last one to add to this selected list of ‘finest records of 2013’. This is a great and pure vintage EBM records releases by one of the last –and still not that renowned genius in the genre!

Best songs: “Dynamique”, Das Menschlicherennen, Flash Of Light, “Dynamism”, “Body Vehement”, Let Me Be On”, “Mekanik”, “Di Minantz Di Inferni”.

Rate: (DP:9) DP.

Source: www.side-line.com/reviews
Read past Equitant reviews from Side-Line Magazine here

Equitant – Retrospekt 2008/2013 @ Side-Line Magazine // BEST OF 2013!



*From Side-Line Magazine // BEST OF 2013

We this year again got an impressive number of promo material. 562 reviews were made and posted all over the year (!!!)

So here's my 'best of 2013', which is a selection of 50 releases (only full length albums) among the promo material we got. It of course remains a very subjective selection of EBM, dark-electro, synth-pop, techno-body, dark-ambient, ethereal, ritual, industrial, powernoise, IDM, gothic and related music releases.

Thankxxx to all labels, artists, promo agencies and of course to our readers!

Here's my list:
01- Skinny Puppy – Weapon (CD Album – Metropolis)
02- Geomatic / Lagowski – Cosmochemistry (Digital Album – Strange Place)
03- Equitant – Retrospekt 2008/2013 (CD Album – EK Product)
04- Cervello Elettronico – Anima Meccanica (CD Album – Hands)
05- Tzolk’in – The Sixth Sun (CD Album – Ant-zen)
06- Triangular Ascension – The Chronos Anomaly (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
07- Virgins O.R Pigeons – Gotta Get Mad (DCD Album – Alfa-Matrix)
08- Mesh – Automation Baby (CD Album – Dependent)
09- Nullgrad – Seeds (CD Album – Hands)
10- Autodafeh – Blackout Scenario (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
11- Interface – The Perfect World (CD Album – Nilaihah Records)
12- Adeonesis – The Rite Of Our Cross (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
13- Hydra Division V – Ostracized (CD Album – Artificial Sun)
14- Vestigial – Solar/Aeon (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
15- Manasuna – Breath Beyond (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
16- Shock Frontier – Mancuerda Confessions (CD Album – Malignant Records)
17- T.O.M.B. – ThirdWave Holocaust (CD Album – Black Plagve Records/Malignant Records)
18- Machine Rox – Shout (CD Album – Static Distortion Records)
19- Delete – Predatory Things Of A Minute (CD Album – Mindtrick Records)
20- Juno Reactor – The Golden Sun Of the Great East (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
21- Atiq & Enk – Fear Of The Unknown (CD Album – Tympanik Audio/Mindtrick Records)
22- Front Line Assembly – Echogenetic (CD Album – Dependent)
23- Zeromancer – Bye-Bye Borderline (CD Album – Trisol)
24- Orange Sector – Vorwärts Nach Weit (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
25- Slave Republic – Quest For Love (CD Album – Accession Records)
26- X-Fusion – What Remains Is Black (CD Album – Scanner)
27- Funker Vogt – Companion In Crime / Limited Edition (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
28- VNV Nation – Transnational (CD Album – Anachron Sounds)
29- Zeromancer – Something For The Pain / The Best Of (DCD Album – Trisol)
30- Staubkind – Wo Wir Zu Hause Sind / Akustik Tour – Live (CD Album + DVD – Out Of Line)
31- Techdiff – P.Conv (CD Album – Ad Noiseam)
32- Project Pitchfork – Black (CD Album – Trisol)
33- Blutengel – Monument (CD Album – Out Of Line)
34- Freakangel – The Ones To Fall (DCD Album – Alfa-Matrix)
35- Frontier Guards – Interface (CD Album – Aliens Production/Signifier)
36- Meinhard – Beyond Wonderland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
37- Ayria – Plastic Makes Perfect (DCD Album – Alfa-Matrix)
38- Junksista – Bad Case Of Fabulous (DCD Album – Alfa-Matrix)
39- SN-A – Transmissions (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
40- Autoclav1.1 – Portents Call (CD Album – Tympanik Audio)
41- Amduscia – Filofobia (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
42- Daemonia Nymphe – Psychostasia (CD Album – Prikosnovénie)
43- Parzival – Die Kulturnacht (CD Album – Euphonious/VME)
44- Abandoned Asylum – Derelicts Of Distant Hope (CD Album – Malignant)
45- Pouppée Fabrikk – The Dirt (DCD Album – Alfa-Matrix)
46- Disharmony – Room 78 (CD Album – Tympanik Audio)
47- Pröjekt F – Skins (CD Album – Pröjekt F)
48- Solar Fake – Reasons To Kill (CD Album – Synthetic Symphony/SPV)
49- Signal Aout 42 – Inspiration (CD Album – Out Of Line)
50- Embryoid – Dead Cells (CD Album – Advoxya Records)

See you again at the end of 2014... (Stéphane Froidcoeur)
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Equitant - Operative EP 2014

First up for 2014! Equitant - Operative EP BM126 (Black Montanas) 2 tracks of cold, raw, analog, 1980's inspired body music...

"Operative" cover art (pictured below) will feature self portrait photography by Diana GM (Ave Muerta) avemuerta.tumblr.com. Release date: TBA // Format: Digital // Free download.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Monday, December 23, 2013

Electro Generator Group - To Believe (Equitant Remix) Teaser

Electro Generator Group - To Believe (Equitant Remix) Teaser // Coming soon on Dancefloor Killers // With remixes by: Al Ferox, Jonathann Cast, Delectro, Radical G, The Horrorist, Equitant and more.



Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Horrorist DJ Set - December 11 2013 // Including Kontravoid - Impurities (Equitant Remix)

Oliver Chesler included my remix for Kontravoid in his Dj-set @ Bossa Nova - Bushwick, Brooklyn NY. The Horrorist DJ Set - December 11 2013 // Listen @ mixcloud

1. Addiction (Dog House mix) - Skinny Puppy
2. Impurities (Equitant Remix) - Kontravoid
3. Until Death (Us Do Part) - Front 242
4. Neuen Strassen - Metro Pakt
5. We Believe (LP Version) - Ministry
6. Here Comes the Storm (Carretta & Workerpoor rmx) - Radical G & The Horrorist
7. Shockwave (Gesaffelstein Remix) - The Hacker
8. En Partance - Le Syndicat Electronique
9. Wet & Shiny (Hell's 2013 Rework) - The Horrorist
10. No Shuffle - Front 242
13. Tarantula (original master002) - Radical G
14. Lucrecia My Reflection - Vampire Lust
15. Murderous (Phil Kieran Remix) - Nitzer Ebb
17. Heiliger Bimm Bamm (Original Mix) - Johannes Heil
18. Wie Du - Jäger 90
19. Into the Light - Absolute Body Control
20. O Mineiro (Der Bergmann) - U.M.M.
21. Biba Butzermann - Petra Flurr + Modernista
26. Cardinal Newman - Nervous Gender

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Friday, December 13, 2013

Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Press Release - EKP

OUT NOW ON EKP! Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Digipak/Digital EKPCD033 - Purchase @ Equitant Bandcamp





"Retrospekt 2008-2013" // A compilation documenting the past five years of Equitant music. Featuring 13 selected tracks from: "Body Vehement Remixes - 2013", "Body Vehement - 2012", "Flash of Light - 2011", "That's All - 2009", "Dynamism - 2009", "Mekanik Remix - 2008" & "Mekanik - 2008". Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Stephan Busche & Bastian. All tracks remixed & remastered by Equitant - 2013. Released by EK Product (Italy). Purchase Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Digital or CD/Digipak @ Bandcamp

Monday, December 9, 2013

Out soon on Dancefloor Killers "Electro Generator Group" LP! Including remixes by: Al Ferox, Delectro, The Horrorist, Equitant + more...

Out soon on Dancefloor Killers "Electro Generator Group" LP! Including remixes by: Al Ferox, Delectro, The Horrorist, Equitant + more... Watch the Electro Generator Group - To Believe (Official Video) here

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Equitant Shop @ Bigcartel

Equitant Shop @ bigcartel.com

Pre-order Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Digital or CD/Digipak @ Bandcamp

Pre-order Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Digital or CD/Digipak @ Bandcamp "Retrospekt 2008-2013" // A compilation documenting the past five years of Equitant music. Featuring 13 selected tracks from: "Body Vehement Remixes - 2013", "Body Vehement - 2012", "Flash of Light - 2011", "That's All - 2009", "Dynamism - 2009", "Mekanik Remix - 2008" & "Mekanik - 2008". Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Stephan Busche & Bastian. All tracks remixed & remastered by Equitant - 2013.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Jonathann Cast feat Drey - Hurt Me (Equitant Remix) Radio Edit 2008 *free download

Jonathann Cast feat Drey - Hurt Me (Equitant Remix) Radio Edit 2008 // Taken from "Futureclash2 Compilation" (Advanced Synergy - Mexico)



Thursday, November 14, 2013

OUT NOW! Kontravoid - Impurities Remixes // Including Equitant Remix

OUT NOW! Kontravoid - Impurities Remixes Including remixes by: Equitant, Alixander III, Tarantula X, Tannhauser Gate, Vlsonn + Impurities Original Mix (Remastered by Equitant). Available now on Bandcamp, iTunes & Spotify.



E - November 2013





Friday, November 8, 2013

Equitant - Retrospekt 2008-2013 // TBR 12-12-13





































Artist: Equitant
Title: Retrospekt 2008/2013
Label: EK Product
Catalog #: EKPCD033
UPC Code: 8051773120428
Release Date: December 12th 2013
Format: Digipak CD & Digital
Tracks: 13

Release date:
USA (Isotank Music) 12.12.13
Canada (Storming The Base) 12.12.13
Europe 13.12.13

Equitant @ EK Product

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

FREE DOWNLOAD // Equitant - Mekanik (Equitant Remix) // promotional track not appearing on CD



Free download in promotion for the upcoming "Retrospekt 2008-2013" CD & Digital Album // EK Product (Italy). Originally taken from the “Mekanik Remix” EP BM068 2008 (Black Montanas). Recorded @ Agurak Studios - San Antonio, Texas. (June 2008 - July 2008). Remastered by Equitant @ Agurak Studios - San Antonio, Texas. (August 2013)

"Retrospekt 2008-2013" // A compilation documenting the past five years of Equitant music. Featuring 13 selected tracks from: "Body Vehement Remixes - 2013", "Body Vehement - 2012", "Flash of Light - 2011", "That's All - 2009", "Dynamism - 2009", "Mekanik Remix - 2008" & "Mekanik - 2008". Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Stephan Busche & Bastian. All tracks remixed & remastered by Equitant - 2013

Label: EK Product
Release Date: December 12th 2013
Format: Digipak CD & Digital
Tracks: 13

Equitant @ EK Product

Adán & Ilse - Gente Moderna (Equitant Remix) / Adrenalina (Live in Paris 2013)

Adán & Ilse - Gente Moderna (Equitant Remix) / Adrenalina (Live in Paris 2013). Video by Yannick Dangin Leconte / Recorded @ Deviant Disco #3 (Nüba Club, Paris) Adan & Ilse (SPACE FACTORY Records/UNKNOWN PLEASURES Records)

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Kontravoid - Impurities Remixes // Including Equitant Remix

/// Coming soon: Kontravoid - Impurities Remixes - Including Original Mix, Alixander III Remix + Equitant Remix /// kontravoid.com

You don't exactly expect hard techno-EBM coming from Texas...

You don't exactly expect hard techno-EBM coming from Texas (USA) and yet Equitant is a project that has actually been active since the early 1990’s. Equitant stands for high-tech and modern techno-EBM and can be defined as an offspring between bands like Nitzer Ebb & DAF at one side, and a darkened Giorgio Moroder at the other. You can hear what is some of the hardest beats in old school EBM, with a touch of old school techno, and a great deal of hard energy stemming from traditional 1980's electronic music. The mix of both styles is simply irresistible and injects a refreshing boost to the traditional electronic music of today.

Coming soon on EK Product // Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" // A compilation documenting the past five years of Equitant music. Release Date: 27/12/2013 // Format: Digipak CD & Digital

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

FREE DOWNLOAD // Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Continuous Mix By Equitant 2013)




Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Continuous Mix By Equitant 2013)
Feat. Remixes by Carretta & Workerpoor, Canzian, Tkuz, Lia Organa & Electric Prince, Equitant, Electrosexual.

01 Body Vehement (Carretta & Workerpoor Remix)
02 Body Vehement (Canzian Phase 02 Remix)
03 Body Vehement (Tkuz Remix)
04 Body Vehement (Lia Organa & Electric Prince Remix)
05 Body Vehement (Canzian Phase 01 Remix)
06 Body Vehement (Original Mix)
07 Body Vehement (Electrosexual Remix)

Free Download @ soundcloud

Remixes taken from: Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes BM125 2012
Preview & purchase here

Sunday, September 1, 2013

PODCAST #69 VERCETTI TECHNICOLOR feat. Equitant - Flash Of Light (Vercetti Technicolor Slowdeath Dub 2013)

PODCAST #69 VERCETTI TECHNICOLOR || WITCLUB.NET
1: Naum Gabo - Black Lab
2: Naum Gabo -Black Lab (Discosession remix)
3: Franz Falkenhaus - Forest Patrol
4: Equitant feat. Lea X - Flash Of Light (Vercetti Technicolor Slowdeath Dub 2013)
5: Antoni Maiovvi - Prisoner Nightdrive (Mircalla rmx)
6: Cliff Lothar - Dro Friday
7: Barnt - What is a number that a man may know it
8: Criss Moss Acid - Bay of Cadiz
9: Arandel - In D (Spitzer remix)
10: Vercetti Technicolor - Delphic Ghosts
11: Vercetti Technicolor - Beachside Rogues
12: Juju & Jordash - Track David would play

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Equitant "Retrospekt 2008-2013" Coming soon on EK Product (Italy) // Digipak CD & Digital

"Retrospekt 2008-2013" // A compilation documenting the past five years of Equitant music. Featuring 12 selected tracks from: "Body Vehement Remixes - 2013", "Body Vehement - 2012", "Flash of Light - 2011", "That's All - 2009", "Dynamism - 2009", "Mekanik Remix - 2008", "Mekanik - 2008". Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Stephan Busche & Bastian. All tracks remixed & remastered by Equitant - 2013.

CCPAR / COLOMBIA / – IYD – Podcast #01 – Equitant - Live Set @ The North Door (Austin Texas 8-30-12)

CCPAR / COLOMBIA / – IYD – Podcast #01 – Equitant - Live Set @ The North Door (Austin Texas 8-30-12)



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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

OUT NOW! ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) AIP Recordings

OUT NOW! ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) AIP Recordings // digipak limited to 500. Preview & purchase here



Monday, August 12, 2013

OUT NOW! Black Leather Records // Adan & Ilse "Split" featuring remixes by: Equitant & Christopher Kah

OUT NOW! Black Leather Records // Adan & Ilse "Split" featuring remixes by: Equitant & Christopher Kah // Purchase @ Beatport

TransmissionNOISES set 3 + 4 @ 01JAN2013 by CH IV E.M // feat. Equitant & Yasmin Gate - That's All





TransmissionNOISES set 3 + 4 @ 01JAN2013 by CH IV E.M (Christian IV E.Machina) feat. Equitant & Yasmin Gate - That's All

s e t 3 :
Chris Fortier + Sishi Roch
Gesaffelstein
Hacker + Millimetric + Carretta
Millimetric
Millimetric feat. The Horrorrist
AUX 88
David Carretta
Nitzer EBB
Equitant + Yasmin Gate

s e t 4 :
Xenia beliayevia
Adriano Cenzian
Gesaffelstein
Terence Fixmer
Hacker + Millimetris + Carretta
The Horrorrist
This Morn Omnima

Thursday, July 18, 2013

OUT NOW! ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) AIP Recordings

OUT NOW! ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) AIP Recordings // digipak limited to 500. Order contact: penasrobles.pedro@free.fr

ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed - Track List

01 DREAM UP (9 ELMA extended remix)
02 SWALLOW YOU ALL (remix by THE HORRORIST)
03 LOVE LET ME DOWN (FRANCK KARTELL remix)
04 PINK VITALICIOUS vocal
05 GENTE MODERNA (EQUITANT remix)
06 FLY TO UTOPIA (DYLAN McBRIDE vocal remix)
07 DREAM UP (SKYLAB REMIX)
08 TANGERINE (ADAN & ILSE version)
09 THEREMYNT transient (remix by ADAN & ILSE)
10 UP IN THE SKY V.02
11 BY THE WAY (COLD VERSION feat Chris/Press Gang Metropol)
12 UNITED SEXY V.02
13 SWALLOW YOU ALL V.02
14 DREAM UP



Monday, July 15, 2013

Equitant @ EK Product

Equitant @ EK Product
www.ekproduct.com/artists/equitant
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Keep up with what's coming up @ EKP!

Keep up with what's coming up @ EKP!

EQUITANT - Retrospekt 2008-2013
ESCALATOR - Let There Be Lie
INVOKE THE INSULT - You Can Trust...
TET - Code Ultimate Control
FRAMEWORK - Untold Stories

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Equitant - Flash Of Light (Vercetti Technicolor Slowdeath Dub 2013) /// Instrumental Remix Version by: Gianni Vercetti Balopitas "Vercetti Technicolor"

Equitant - Flash Of Light (Vercetti Technicolor Slowdeath Dub 2013) /// Instrumental Remix Version by: Gianni Vercetti Balopitas "Vercetti Technicolor".


ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed "teaser" (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) Out July 2013

ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed "teaser" (Including "Gente Moderna" Equitant Remix) Out July 2013 (AIP Recordings) Digipak limited to 500. Pre-order contact: penasrobles.pedro@free.fr

ADAN & ILSE - Sadisco Remixed - Track List

01 DREAM UP (9 ELMA extended remix)
02 SWALLOW YOU ALL (remix by THE HORRORIST)
03 LOVE LET ME DOWN (FRANCK KARTELL remix)
04 PINK VITALICIOUS vocal
05 GENTE MODERNA (EQUITANT remix)
06 FLY TO UTOPIA (DYLAN McBRIDE vocal remix)
07 DREAM UP (SKYLAB REMIX)
08 TANGERINE (ADAN & ILSE version)
09 THEREMYNT transient (remix by ADAN & ILSE)
10 UP IN THE SKY V.02
11 BY THE WAY (COLD VERSION feat Chris/Press Gang Metropol)
12 UNITED SEXY V.02
13 SWALLOW YOU ALL V.02
14 DREAM UP



Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Act I & II) BLR145 - Black Leather Records (re-release)

Featuring remixes by: Canzian, Carretta & Workerpoor, Electrosexual, Equitant, Indira Paganotto, Lia Organa & Electric Prince, Tkuz, Elite!, Illumine Concrete, Alexander Robotnick, Cole Black, Jordan Passmore, Life For Dead, The Populists, People Theatre, Bhasmantam, Dylan McBride, Fabio Scognamiglio, Fat Bastian, Overdriver, Skinovthenight, Strange Connection. Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Bastian & Illumine Concrete. Preview & purchase @ Junodownload, Beatport





Friday, May 31, 2013

Out Now! "REPUBLIK SOUNDS" V.A. COMPILATION CD ADV024 // Feat. Equitant - Dynamique (feat. Lea X & Bastian - People Theatre's Pulsion Remix)

"REPUBLIK SOUNDS" V.A. COMPILATION CD ADV024 // Feat. Equitant - Dynamique (feat. Lea X & Bastian - People Theatre's Pulsion Remix)

01. ISIS SIGNUM FEAT. LETHARGY - THE FUTURE IS NOT DIGITAL (RAUL PARRA REMIX) +
02. THE SOFT MOON - ZEROS
03. IRIS - LANDS OF FIRE (MESH CLUB EDIT) *
04. DOUGLAS J. MCCARTHY - DEATH IS KING
05. SCHWEFELGELB - REGEN AUS ROSENQUARTZ (AWKODER REMIX) *
06. EQUITANT FEAT. LEA X & BASTIAN - DYNAMIQUE (PEOPLE THEATRE REMIX) +
07. RED INDUSTRIE FEAT. HIV+ - FETICHE FUTURO (RADIO CUT) *
08. THE HORRORIST - THE MAN MASTER
09. HAUJOBB - LET'S DROP BOMBS (RADIO EDIT) +
10. FIREMENSCH - SADOMASOQUIST (ORLINE REMIX) *
11. MYNATIONSHIT - A LIFE OF IDLENESS (HYBOID REMIX) +
12. RUSLAN CROSS FEAT. RED INDUSTRIE - F*CK YEAH (RADIO CUT)*
13. DEAD MAD DANZ FEAT. REBEL EMPIRE - XTUPID DJ *
14. GROSSTRACKTOR - EVERY TIME BETTER (DR BODY CLUB CUT) *
15. W.A.R.D.R.O.B.E. - MUSICA EROTICA (KLONAVENUS REMIX) *
16. JESSE EDDIE - THE MOURNING CAT
17. NEZTIC - TORSOS *
18. GLOBAL CITIZEN - HILTON (FLESH EATING FOUNDATION CLUB CUT) *

* PREVOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK / VERSION
+ FIRST TIME ON CD




Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Life For Dead - 1984 (Equitant Remix)

Life For Dead - 1984 (Equitant Remix) Coming soon on Black Leather Records. With remixes by: Victor Lenis, Antoni Maiovii, Jordan Passmore, Equitant (Cover art by Equitant)





Monday, April 22, 2013

Equitant signed to the Italian label "EK Product"

Equitant has signed to the Italian label "EK Product"! "Retrospekt 2008-2013" digipak/digital coming soon... Equitant // EKP

Adán & Ilse feat. Peter - Gente Moderna (Equitant Remix)

Adán & Ilse feat. Peter - Gente Moderna (Equitant Remix) Coming soon on: Black Leather Records.

Xander Harris - Raven (Equitant Remix)

Xander Harris - Raven (Equitant Remix) Un-released

"Raven" original mix featured on the digital album "Snow Crash" by Xander Harris. Free Download @ Mishka NYC Bandcamp: mishkanyc.bandcamp.com

Order the vinyl version here: (dsr069) - 300 copies - purple vinyl desirerecords.bigcartel.com



Saturday, March 16, 2013

Inside The Volcano Vol. 1. V/A 2013 feat. Equitant's Di Minantz Di Inferni (2009)

OUT NOW! Inside The Volcano Vol. 1. feat. Equitant's Di Minantz Di Inferni (2009)

Inside The Volcano Vol. 1. CCP2CD001 V/A 2013 Complete Control Productions (Sweden)

Extreme heat and pressure. Glowing, pulsating. An environment that has the ability to create as well as destroy. Complete Control Productions are very proud to welcome you Inside The Volcano. A compilation where young, hot, electro punk acts like Schwefelgelb, Agent Side Grinder and Petra Flurr+Modernista demonstrate how to take a cue from old school influences and still sound totally fresh and thrilling. Industrial legends Portion Control, Ike Yard and Gerechtigkeits Liga refused to follow the herd when they started out at the dawn of the 1980s. They still do, and they remain as relevant and exciting as ever. Techno heroes Thomas P Heckmann, The Horrorist and Adriano Canzian have all contributed crushing dance tracks where old school EBM and furious techno fuse seamlessly. Also represented on Inside The Volcano is the new breed of leftfield dance music with mind blowing tracks from Equitant, Friherren, Diamond Skull District and K-Nitrate. Organic’s dark and beautiful alternative rock is firmly rooted in their post-punk past, while Atomic Playboy and Infiltrator bludgeon listeners into submission with dirty electronics and psychotic howls. The paranoid machine funk of //TENSE// and The Pain Machinery aims for the body as well as the mind, showing why they are at the forefront of the new wave of electronic body music currently wreaking havoc on dancefloors all over the world. Severe Illusion, Arzt+Pfusch, Guilt Trip and NTRSN are expert purveyors of dark, cold electro whereas Solvent and Emu Bomb infuse their darkness with a strong pop sensibility. Most of these 24 tracks are exclusive for this compilation. A few have only been released on vinyl before and some will be featured on upcoming releases.

Release date: March 8, 2013
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Disc 1
01 Petra Flurr+Modernista - Krawall
02 Portion Control - Punch
03 Solvent feat. Adam Killing – Red And Metal
04 Ike Yard – Shiva Virus
05 The Pain Machinery - Inferno
06 Gerechtigkeits Liga - Voelkermord 3
07 Emu Bomb - Desperado
08 NTRSN – Fading Sunlight
09 Organic - People
10 Agent Side Grinder - Life In Advance (Crash Course in Science Remix)
11 Friherren – Sernas Invitation
12 Adriano Canzian - I'm Not Sorry (Original Version)

Disc 2
01 Severe Illusion - Hymn To The Airport Paranoids
02 Arzt+Pfusch - Fuck You Reality
03 Atomic Playboy feat. Infiltrator - Atomic Playboy
04 The Horrorist - Heart of Steel
05 //TENSE// - Disconnect Myself (Wanzer RMX)
06 Schwefelgelb – Irgendwo Vereint (November Edit)
07 Equitant - Di Minantz Di Inferni
08 Guilt Trip - Tick Tock Boom
09 Infiltrator – Intermission 02.2
10 K-Nitrate - Autoslave
11 Thomas P Heckmann - Herzschlag
12 Diamond Skull District – War Is Imminent


Thursday, March 14, 2013

Equitant – Body Vehement Remixes Review @ Sideline Magazine

Content: “Body Vehement” was one of my favorite releases of 2012. This new EP is a nice bonus filled with remixes. The typical minimal EBM style of Ray Helfin remains rather intact. Equitant likes remixes and “Body Vehement” –just as most of the Equitant releases, has been exposed to this familiar formula.

We first get 9 remixes of the title song by Equitant and other projects. The remixes are quite recognizable featuring the raw and cold EBM sequences and the danceable rhythmic. I personally like both of the Equitant remixes while the “Lia Organa & Electric Prince Remix” is another attention grabber. It sounds powerful and like a kind of back to the essence of the Equitant sound.

We next get 2 remixes of “Das Menschlichen Rennen”, which remains one of the all time best songs of Equitant. It has a kind of DAF-touch –and not only because of the German lyrics, which sounds absolutely mind-blowing. Elite! made an impressive remix of this song, which sounds 100% EBM.

Last, but not least we also get 4 remixes of the great “Dynamique”. This is just one more master song of Equitant featuring sexy French spoken vocals. The remix by Alexander Robotnick is my favorite one for adding a great technoid element on top of the EBM basis. The remix by Jordan Passmore (featuring Lea X) probably is the most surprising remix for being less Equitant-minded. It’s a kind of groovy adaptation from the original song bringing Equitant into a different light.

Conclusion: I personally prefer the original “Body Vehement”-EP, but this “Remixes”-EP is again featuring several outstanding versions. I don’t know if Equitant still is the best hidden secret in EBM land, but all EBM fans who don’t know this band should be ashamed for their ignorance!

Best songs: “Body Vehement (Equitant's V2 Alternate Mix)”, “Body Vehement (Equitant's V2 Remix)”, “Body Vehement (Lia Organa & Electric Prince Remix)”, “Das Menschliche Rennen (feat. Illumine Concrete - Elite! Remix)”, “Dynamique (feat. Bastian - Alexander Robotnick Remix)”.

Rate: (DP:8/9)DP. Source: Body Vehement Remixes Review @ Sideline Magazine

Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Act I & II) BM125 - Black Montanas Featuring remixes by: Canzian, Carretta & Workerpoor, Electrosexual, Equitant, Indira Paganotto, Lia Organa & Electric Prince, Tkuz, Elite!, Illumine Concrete, Alexander Robotnick, Cole Black, Jordan Passmore, Life For Dead, The Populists, People Theatre, Bhasmantam, Dylan McBride, Fabio Scognamiglio, Fat Bastian, Overdriver, Skinovthenight, Strange Connection. Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Bastian & Illumine Concrete. preview & purchase @ soundcloud

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Enrico Caruso Kerry Mixtape (Desigual Disco) Italy /// feat. Equitant - Body Vehement (Canzian Phase 01 Remix) Free Download!

Enrico Caruso Kerry Mixtape (Desigual Disco) Italy /// feat. Equitant - Body Vehement (Canzian Phase 01 Remix) Free Download! Enrico Caruso Kerry Mixtape (Desigual Disco) @ soundcloud www.discotecadesigual.it

Equitant - Body Vehement #15 @ Side-Line Reviews (Best of 2012)



SIDE-LINE REVIEWS - BEST OF RELEASES 2012!

This is a very personal and delicate choice! There were a lot of cool releases all over the year, but my number 1 was an easy choice; according to me it's the uncontested winner of 2012! I was hesitating about a lot of releases to get part of the 'top 20' and that's why I also made a list 'Special Mention'. The selection concerns releases we got for the reviews-section! We got more than 700 releases for 2012 dealing with EBM, dark-electornics, dark-ambient, synth-pop, ethereal, industrial, power-noise, IDM, tribal, trance, gothic, new-wave and related genres... so it's a very eclectic 'top 20'.

See you in 2013 for a new 'top 20'! Stéphane Froidcoeur

BEST OF 2012!!!

01-ADMX-71 - Second System (CD - Sonic Groove Experiments/Sleepless Records)
02-Metroland - Mind The Gap (DCD - Alfa-Matrix)
03-Diary Of Dreams – The Anatomy Of Silence (CD – Accession Records)
04-Wieloryb – Namaste (CD – Hands)
05-Velvet Acid Christ – Maldire (CD – Dependent)
06-Frontline Assembly – AirMech (CD – Metropolis Records)
07-Red Industrie – Destroyer (CD – EK Product)
08-Cryogenic Echelon – Antipode (CD – CRL Studios)
09-Espermachine – Dying Life (CD – 23db Records)
10-The Birthday Massacre – Hide And Seek (CD – Out Of Line)
11-Gin Devo – Errata (CD – EK Product)
12-Grendel - Timewave Zero (CD - Infacted Recordings)
13-Portion Control – Pure Form (CD – Other Sounds/Cherry Red Records)
14-Sibelian - Gothic Opera 1999-2011 (CD - The Fossil Dungeon)
15-Equitant - Body Vehement (Digital EP - Black Montanas)
16-Nachtmahr – Veni Vidi Vici (DCD + Book – Trisol)
17-Decoded Feedback – Dis|Konnekt (CD – Dependent)
18-Necrotek – Blacklight Magick (CD – Vendetta Music)
19-Xiphoid Dementia – Secular Hymns (CD – Malignant Records)
20-Mlada Fronta – Contract 1998-2004 Unreleased And Rare Tracks (CD – Sounds Of Industry)

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Inside The Volcano Vol. 1. feat. Equitant's Di Minantz Di Inferni (Complete Control Productions)


Inside The Volcano Vol. 1. CCP2CD001 V/A 2013 - Complete Control Productions (Sweden) feat. Equitant's Di Minantz Di Inferni (2009)

Extreme heat and pressure. Glowing, pulsating. An environment that has the ability to create as well as destroy. Complete Control Productions are very proud to welcome you Inside The Volcano. A compilation where young, hot, electro punk acts like Schwefelgelb, Agent Side Grinder and Petra Flurr+Modernista demonstrate how to take a cue from old school influences and still sound totally fresh and thrilling. Industrial legends Portion Control, Ike Yard and Gerechtigkeits Liga refused to follow the herd when they started out at the dawn of the 1980s. They still do, and they remain as relevant and exciting as ever. Techno heroes Thomas P Heckmann, The Horrorist and Adriano Canzian have all contributed crushing dance tracks where old school EBM and furious techno fuse seamlessly. Also represented on Inside The Volcano is the new breed of leftfield dance music with mind blowing tracks from Equitant, Friherren, Diamond Skull District and K-Nitrate. Organic’s dark and beautiful alternative rock is firmly rooted in their post-punk past, while Atomic Playboy and Infiltrator bludgeon listeners into submission with dirty electronics and psychotic howls. The paranoid machine funk of //TENSE// and The Pain Machinery aims for the body as well as the mind, showing why they are at the forefront of the new wave of electronic body music currently wreaking havoc on dancefloors all over the world. Severe Illusion, Arzt+Pfusch, Guilt Trip and NTRSN are expert purveyors of dark, cold electro whereas Solvent and Emu Bomb infuse their darkness with a strong pop sensibility. Most of these 24 tracks are exclusive for this compilation. A few have only been released on vinyl before and some will be featured on upcoming releases.

Release date: March 8, 2013. Pre-order: www.ccproductions.org

Track list
Disc 1
01 Petra Flurr+Modernista - Krawall
02 Portion Control - Punch
03 Solvent feat. Adam Killing – Red And Metal
04 Ike Yard – Shiva Virus
05 The Pain Machinery - Inferno
06 Gerechtigkeits Liga - Voelkermord 3
07 Emu Bomb - Desperado
08 NTRSN – Fading Sunlight
09 Organic - People
10 Agent Side Grinder - Life In Advance (Crash Course in Science Remix)
11 Friherren – Sernas Invitation
12 Adriano Canzian - I'm Not Sorry (Original Version)

Disc 2
01 Severe Illusion - Hymn To The Airport Paranoids
02 Arzt+Pfusch - Fuck You Reality
03 Atomic Playboy feat. Infiltrator - Atomic Playboy
04 The Horrorist - Heart of Steel
05 //TENSE// - Disconnect Myself (Wanzer RMX)
06 Schwefelgelb – Irgendwo Vereint (November Edit)
07 Equitant - Di Minantz Di Inferni
08 Guilt Trip - Tick Tock Boom
09 Infiltrator – Intermission 02.2
10 K-Nitrate - Autoslave
11 Thomas P Heckmann - Herzschlag
12 Diamond Skull District – War Is Imminent

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

OUT NOW! Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Act I & II) BM125 - Black Montanas

OUT NOW! Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Act I & II) BM125 - Black Montanas

Featuring remixes by: Canzian, Carretta & Workerpoor, Electrosexual, Equitant, Indira Paganotto, Lia Organa & Electric Prince, Tkuz, Elite!, Illumine Concrete, Alexander Robotnick, Cole Black, Jordan Passmore, Life For Dead, The Populists, People Theatre, Bhasmantam, Dylan McBride, Fabio Scognamiglio, Fat Bastian, Overdriver, Skinovthenight, Strange Connection. Featuring vocals by: Equitant, Lea X, Yasmin Gate, Bastian & Illumine Concrete. Preview & purchase @ soundcloud/junodownload:

Equitant - Body Vehement Remixes (Act I & II) Set by Equitant Remixed

Equitant – Body Vehement Review @ ReGen Magazine

If you’re someone who’s looking for a new soundtrack to play master and servant with, look no further than Equitant’s Body Vehement. Although this seven track EP is lyrically simplistic and musically repetitive, it creates a dark and looming atmosphere great for dancing or for dirty deeds. Aside from the audio sexuality embodied on Body Vehement, it appears as if Equitant has added yet another way to express emotion through its music. Returning to lend vocals on this EP are Lea X, Yasmin Gate, and Bastian – all have worked with Equitant in the past and continue to lend creative and new ways to enhance the music. Without the alluring and seductive vocals, Body Vehement would be rather stale.

The EP opens with the title track and draws you in with rapid synths and strong yet whispery vocals. There’s a gloomy undertone that runs the entire duration of the track, giving chills to the listener. The sexual yet sensual lyrics mesh well with the darkness of the track. If you’ve heard Equitant before, you’re no stranger to Yasmin Gate, the vocalist on “Let Me Be On.” In 2009, Gate and Equitant created a massive dance floor hit called “That’s All.” In 2012, they’ve created a more subtle yet grooving tune. Much like “Body Vehement,” the vocals are whispery and the music is repetitive, but in all the right ways. This track is a must for fetish ball set lists. The two versions of “Dynamique” are the same song, but dramatically different at the same time due to the vocals. When sung by Lea X, the song takes on a more pop/disco feel, but however sounds somehow more mysterious when Bastian is the one singing. Despite the music being identical, the songs sound entirely different due to the mood the singers set. Lea’s vocals are pure and clear and just outright beautiful. Bastian sings in French, which seems to fit the sexual motif Body Vehement produces. “Das Menschliche Rennen” is a German track featuring Illumine Concrete, adding more culture to an already cultured piece of work and gives the entire EP a little more punch. It doesn’t tend to exhume the same sexual nature the rest of Body Vehement does, but it’s the most danceable track on it. The bouncy beats heard during this song resemble those of an old school Nitzer Ebb album – it’s catchy, fun, and will likely get stuck in your head for hours.

Overall, this is a stellar release for only seven songs. A little more variety would have been preferred in place of a couple of the remixes, but that’s really the only complaint here. For its dark, sexual, and danceable beats, this EP is perfect for the bedroom or the underground nightclub.

by: Grant V. Ziegler (GVZ)