― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link
That's about it, I think.
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link
I LIE.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:13 (eighteen years ago) link
And the visuals. I haven't mentioned the visuals yet. They were incredible. Unfortunately, I've only seen one big camera near the PA and nothing else, so I'm going to have to assume these two shows aren't going to be released on DVD. :-(
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:37 (eighteen years ago) link
can any front 242 fans help me out? heard "headhunter v1.0" the other day for what might have been the first time, but I've heard chunks of it before - I can place the opening bit as sampled by dennis dj's "cerol na mao", but the bit which starts at around thirty seconds in - where have I heard that before? kraftwerk? miami bass? blackstrobe? the ingame music for the first command & conquer? argh!
-- etc (et...), August 31st, 2005
. . . wait, maybe I've gotten it the wrong way round - that pulsing keyboard bit's sampled by the avalanches on "flight tonight", isn't it?
― etc, Saturday, 4 March 2006 02:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 12:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
01. first in, first out02. body to body03. no shuffle04. don't crash05. religion06. welcome to paradise07. commando remix08. quite unusual09. melt10. circling overland11. gripped by fear12. loud13. moldavia14. (don't know this one) ("inspired by the freedom fight"? "I feel home again"?)15. take one16. headhunter----17. kampfbereit18. punish your machine----19. soul manager20. rhythm of time
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
*finally shuts up now*
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
I was going to check out their first album recently, haven't gotten around to it yet. One song sounded pretty good anyway.
― Bimble The Nimble (Bimble...), Saturday, 4 March 2006 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, and they did Masterhit and Crapage too, by the way.
― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link
01. first in, first out02. body to body03. u-men04. lovely day05. religion06. welcome to paradise07. masterhit08. tragedy > for you <09. crapage10. 7rain11. until death (us do part)12. one with the fire13. moldavia/neurobashing14. together15. im rhythmus bleiben16. headhunter----17. operating tracks18. happiness----19. loud20. take one
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
what i would give to have witnessed this!
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 5 March 2006 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
(wtf?)
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 May 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link
OMG! It's 10:20 AM And I'm Watching The Awesome "Take One" Video!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9dFpJ6GiwRc
― scott seward, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
just spent the day revisiting a large chunk of the F242 catalogue. damn it stands up well. i'd completely forgotten the pleasures that headphone listening to 242 can induce. i was lucky to see the Front By Front tour, and fuck it was good. easily one of my favourite gigs. when cruising the ILM archives, i expected a barrage of hatred towards the band, so this thread came as a pleasant surprise i have to say.
― mark e, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmm, I have to disagree re. the test of time. Recent spins have left me a bit cold.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
ahh well. its all to do with nostalgia innit. i'm sooo loving the old technonlogy sounds today. then again, the love maybe due to the fact i shaved my head this morning. Oh, and surely Front 242 are meant to leave you feeling cold. Warm and cuddly they were never meant to be ?
― mark e, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
New free 2-track single available for download now:
http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1534_0_8_0_C
― StanM, Sunday, 15 June 2008 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear Alfa Matrix, please provide more than two initial seeds next time you announce something like that.
http://i28.tinypic.com/2je4qiw.png
― StanM, Sunday, 15 June 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Contents: live versions of U-Men and Im Rhythmus Bleiben, plus this comment in the mp3 files:
Tune in on www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1533_0_8_0_C on July 4th 2008 for further moments.
(I'm hoping they're going to announce the release of the two anniversary gigs in the Ancienne Belgique)
― StanM, Sunday, 15 June 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
mail from alfa matrix:
Dear Front 242 fan,
After the free "First moment" download teaser, FRONT 242 brings you the live release "Moments..." including the very best of Front242's compositions recorded during the band's worldwide "Vintage Tour" that is still running strong today.
Available as an 18-track digipack CD (holding 4 tracks in alternative versions not featured on the box edition), there will also be a pure vintage collector limited double-disc edition with in total some 32 tracks: 2 picture discs inside a 23 cm square deluxe carton box with 1 poster, 2 stickers and 1 button.
Also available is an exclusive vintage "Kommando" 242 T-shirt which was also designed for the occasion. The shirt is available in various sizes (M, L, XL).
We present you 6 packages: - Digipak CD (holding 4 tracks in alternative versions not featured on the box edition) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1540_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1541_0_8_0_C - Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1542_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) + CD digipack http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1543_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) + Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1544_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) + Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL) + CD digipack http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1545_0_8_0_C
IMPORTANT: for 5 days (UNTIL Tuesday July 8th, 12 PM) you - as a downloader of "First Moment" - can purchase the digipak, the double CD boxset (or both in one package) for 3 euro cheaper than the normal price ! Follow the links below in order to benefit from this special fan discount ! This offer expires on July 8th, 12 PM so be quick !
- Digipak CD (holding 4 tracks in alternative versions not featured on the box edition) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1547_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1546_0_8_0_C - Limited 2CD Carton Box (including "Sounds From the Matrix 007" in all boxes) + CD digipack http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1548_0_8_0_C
Or order the Limited 2CD Carton Box + Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL) + CD digipack in one go ! http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1545_0_8_0_C
Tracklisting Boxset:
CD1 1. Happiness 2. Body to Body 3. U-Men 4. Lovely Day 5. Religion 6. Welcome to Paradise 7. Commando Remix 8. Funkhadafi 9. 7Rain 10. Until Death 11. Moldavia 12. Together 13. Im Rhythmus Bleiben 14. HeadHunter 15. Operating Tracks 16. Punish Your Machine
CD2 1. First in First Out 2. No Shuffle 3. Don't Crash 4. Welcome to Paradise 5. Commando Remix 6. Quite Unusual 7. Master Hit 8. Crapage 9. Melt 10. Gripped by Fear 11. Loud 12. Moldavia 13. Take One 14. HeadHunter 15. Kampfbereit 16. Punish Your Machine
Tracklisting Digipak:
1. Happiness 2. Body to Body 3. Religion 4. Welcome to Paradise 5. Commando Remix 6. Lovely Day 7. Until Death 8. Moldavia 9. Funkhadafi 10. 7Rain 11. Loud* 12. Together 13. U-Men 14. Take one* 15. Im Rhythmus Bleiben 16. HeadHunter 17. Kampfbereit* 18. Punish Your Machine* (*) alternative versions not featured on the box edition
― StanM, Friday, 4 July 2008 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG no one should be listening to Front 242 at 9:30 AM unless they are on some heavy drugs or alcohol.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Friday, 4 July 2008 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I posted that at 6:20 AM :-(
― StanM, Friday, 4 July 2008 08:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Great news! Got me the itch for ebm and now I'm playing some Mussolini Headkick.
― no-nonsense, Friday, 4 July 2008 12:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I was into Mussolini Headkick for about a month in 1990. Everyone I've mentioned them to thinks I've made them up for a laugh. Few bands have been so firmly consigned to history's dustbin as second/third-tier EBM groups.
― Dorianlynskey, Friday, 4 July 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
np. "commando mix" http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/317/3/7/Headbang_Emoticon_by_d3monthesicko.gif
― rio (r1o natsume), Wednesday, 18 February 2009 10:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/317/3/7/Headbang_Emoticon_by_d3monthesicko.gif"masterhit part i & ii"http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/317/3/7/Headbang_Emoticon_by_d3monthesicko.gif
― rio (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG! Guys, sit down... It's 2:48 and I've just discovered that the guy who distributes the internal mail for the last few years is... Richard 23!!!!!!!!
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
*head explodes*
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link
What!? Where do you work?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
You caught the man!
― no-nonsense, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
The ramifications of this are fucking with my brain... For the last four years, I've been regularly having Monday morning coffees with RICHARD 23! OMGWTF!!!
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I must see if I can find a WDYLL with your colleagues (who happen to be be members of FRONT 242)
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Omg it's 9:30 am and you're drinking coffee with Front 242!
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
looooool
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha! weird!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
How did you find out, by the way? Did you get pushed out of the way by a roadie? :-)
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I was walking in the street with a colleague and we passed by a F242 poster and he was like "oh look that's mailman Richard's band. Have you heard of them?"
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 17 June 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link