FRIEDRICH STRASSE ON “HYPERBOLIC MASSES”
Here’s a relatively in-depth look at “Hyperbolic Masses” from the online web zine FRIEDRICH STRASSE: Friedrich Strasse: Soft Riot-Hyperbolic Masseshttp://friedrichstrasse.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/soft-riot-hyperbolic-masses.htmlSoft Riot have been mentioned on here a couple of times now without receiving any of the individual attention they deserve. So, it’s an enormous pleasure to now say a few words…
OH… AND STOCKS ARE RUNNING LOW
Over the last month or so the majority of the limited edition “Hyperbolic Masses” cassettes have been relayed to all you good people out there by mailorder, distribution and purchases at live shows. They’re down to the last half dozen copies and then they’re gone. There are likely some still available through Rough Trade or […]
A RETURN FROM THE FOUR CITIES
After numerous days, thousands of kilometers on motorways, many new faces, new cities and late nights, SOFT RIOT is back in London after a whirlwind 4-date tour with N?i Kabát. The shows in Berlin, Budapest, Prague and Vienna were fantastic and thanks to the promoters, hosts and attendees who came or helped both acts out. […]
“YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE” PROMO VIDEO
Here’s the new promo video for the track “You Can’t Please Everyone” from the Another Drone In Your Head EP on Tundra Dubs. Bucolic, pastoral yet sinister; forests, synths in fields, devils over the shoulder, knives — and a bunch of other stuff on no budget… A bit of press from the Canadian nationwide magazine […]
HYPERBOLIC MASSES AROUND THE WORLD / JUNE TOUR
Copies of the limited edition cassette re-release are draining nicely out of the Soft Riot reserves. There’s copies now available through the following distributors: ROUGH TRADE (UK) AUFNAHME + WIEDERGABE (Europe) OTHER VOICES (Russia) It’s not expected for these to last for too much longer, especially with the upcoming European tour with Noi Kabat on […]
HYPERBOLIC MASSES AVAILABLE 08 MAY 2012
Available 08 May 2012, Hyperbolic Masses is a limited edition cassette that contains 8 tracks, 5 previously unreleased, that will be available at live shows over the coming months as well as some available by mail order through this site. It provides a document of the current material of Soft Riot before the unreleased tracks […]
FEATURE IN BAD FOTOGRAPHY
A small feature in the UK blog Bad Fotography, complete with videos and audio clips. Soft Riot | Bad Fotographyhttp://www.bad-fotography.co.uk/2012/04/soft-riot.htmlI’m continuing with the synth theme again. We’ve come to an age where being an “electronic” solo musician almost always seem to result in a…
A DIFFERENT VERSION OF DIE WORLD
Today you can find here the unveiling of SOFT RIOT’s “Ice Cave” Version of the track “Die World” by Lebanon Hanover below as a SoundCloud preview. The original track written and recorded by Lebanon Hanover is available on their fine LP “The World Is Getting Colder” released earlier this year on Fabrika Records. This version […]
LIVE BEYOND LONDON IN MAY AND JUNE
SOFT RIOT will be playing the following live dates in May: Friday, May 18th / Manchester @ Dancing and Laughing (Fuel) w/LEBANON HANOVER + A TERRIBLE SPLENDOUR Saturday, May 19th / Sheffield @ TBA w/LEBANON HANOVER + A TERRIBLE SPLENDOUR Then onto a tour of Europe with various dates between June 13th and 23rd with […]
LIVE FOOTAGE FROM FUTURE OBSCURA
From a live set last month at the new London club Future Obscura come two live clips. The first is filmed by MM Lyle for the track “You Can’t Please Everyone” with sound coming from the camera’s built-in microphone. The second is an offical Future Obscura clip for the track “Another Drone In Your Head” […]
THE HOLY INTRUDER + A TERRIBLE SPLENDOUR
A new compilation is coming out soon on the label Aural Sects featuring a sizable roster of dark electronic artists doing their own interpretations of tracks from video games old and new. Soft Riot has done a version of “The Holy Intruder”, an incidental piece from the 1993 Super Nintendo/Squaresoft video game The Secret of […]
SOFT RIOT RE-WORKS BABE RAINBOW
With the recent release of the Another Drone In Your Head EP, there was inclusion of a remix by Warp Records artist Babe Rainbow (aka Cameron Reed) on the release. This stunning effort by Mr Reed was reciprocated by a Soft Riot makeover on the Babe Rainbow track “Set Loose” from his Endless Path EP […]
INTERVIEW: SOFT RIOT WITH YOUINDIE.COM
This interview is courtesy of Tim Anderl from Youindie.com. You Indie Feature: Jack Duckworth of Soft Riot Truth be told, Jack Duckworth has been a long time friend of YouIndie. That said, he and his projects have also been a prolific source of music that has shaken me to the core for over a decade. […]
ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD OUT NOW
The new extended single/EP “Another Drone In Your Head” is now available through Tundra Dubs. It should be online through iTunes and other digital distributors in the near future. Check it out here: tundradub.bandcamp.com/album/another-drone-in-your-head.
“ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD” OUT THIS WEEK
All of the remixes are now in and yes, the “Another Drone In Your Head” extended signal is out this Friday on Tundra Dubs. It can be previewed below or purchasable from Tundra‘s BandCamp website followed by iTunes in the coming weeks. Another Drone In Your Head by softriot
IN THIS MONTH THAT MAKES THE LEAP YEAR
In this month of February 2012 there are number of things happening. First, Soft Riot 38mm badges will be available for purchase. You can pre-order them now through the new STORE page or you can pick them up at any one of the upcoming shows in the UK and mainland Europe. A lot studio work […]
IN MOTION
Thanks to all who came out to the SOFT RIOT show at The Old Blue Last in London yesterday evening. The next live outing will be in early March at Power Lunches in Dalston, London. Until then there’s a number of tracks to write for a few forthcoming future releases. Suspence on those will be […]
PREVIEW OF “ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD”
Happy 2012 everyone and fresh into the new year you can now preview the three main original tracks from the upcoming Another Drone In Your Head EP coming out in late February on the Tundra Dubs label. This EP will contain five remixes by artists Funerals, Babe Rainbow, ?AIMON, Chris Flatline and William Winslow-Hansen which […]
SIGN YOUR NAME IN DIGITAL BLOOD
Subscription capabilities have been wired into this site, which now gives you the opportunity to submit your email to receive updates. You can even choose from which category to choose your updates. You can go down the straight and narrow and receive updates on Soft Riot from the news category or take a more divergent […]
‘YOU’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE” PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
Thee third and final promotional video for the track “You’re Not Around Here” as been done for the No Longer Stranger EP, for which there will no longer be made any promotional videos for. Thanks to MM Lyle and Greg Allan for their assistance on this project. Further videos for this EP can be found […]
ANOTHER DRONE IN YOUR HEAD FOR 2012
Ah, 2012. Those digits alone look monumental with attachments to the cryptic Mayan calendar and also pre-dating the fictional storyline to the album 2112 by Rush by one hundred years. Whatever events this four digital number may entail, a small fraction of good news is that a new Soft Riot extended single, entitled “Another Drone In […]