The Connexion Bizarre (dot) net webzine was updated on website was updated on 2006-12-11 with a new webcast, new reviews, and recommended links. Reviewed this week were 15 Degrees Below Zero "Under A Morphine Sky", "Decennium" compilation, Monica Schroeder "So Far", Electric Press Kit "Analogic". This week's webcast, features "Live May, 31st, 2003 @ the Mercury - Machineries of Joy (Seattle, WA)" with music selection by DJ Burn and "Shifting Another Circle" with music selection by M. Also this week, we start a CD giveaway competition of Dead Man's Hill "Lakes Of Sacrifice" and continue the CD giveaway competition of the "Riyaz Master" compilation and Shhh...'s self-titled debut album (see below for details). Dead Man's Hill "Lakes Of Sacrifice" CD give-away We have 5 copies of "Lakes Of Sacrifice", the latest album by Belgian Death Industrial act Dead Man's Hill, courtesy of the Canadian label Bugs Crawling Out Of People. With "Lakes Of Sacrifice", Dead Man's Hill presents a sound that crosses, combines, and surpasses subgenres, resulting in a tour de force of industrial, neo-classical and neo-folk that is a powerful entity with a horror movie soundtrack feel. In addition, the album features "Sacrifice Of Subscription", a collaborative track with spoken word artist It-Clings and a remix of "Legions Of Coldness" by Nick Gorman of Fractured. To be elegible to win the CDs in question, mail us at info(at)connexionbizarre(dot)net with your full name and street address. Deadline for this giveaway is December 31th, 2006 and winners will be selected at random on that day. Not valid for current Connexion Bizarre staff members. "Riyaz Master" compilation + Shhh... "Shhh..." CD give-away As part of the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of the Thisco label, we have four copies of the recently released compilation "Riyaz Master" and four copies of Shhh...'s debut album to be given away courtesy of the Thisco label. "Riyaz Master" was favourably reviewed this week in Connexion Bizarre and you can read our review here. The review of Shhh...'s album can be read here. To be elegible to win the CDs in question, mail us at info(at)connexionbizarre(dot)net with your full name and street address. Deadline for this giveaway is December 25th, 2006 and winners will be selected at random on that day. Not valid for current Connexion Bizarre staff members. Connexion Bizarre events status: "Bodypop" @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar 13/01, saturday, 10.30pm-3.00am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal). Menu: synthpop, electropop, idm-pop, porn-pop, bodypop! Connexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio Zero The Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Saturday at 19:00 GMT from Radio Zero. Music selection follows each week's second part of our webcast. Webcast Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Live May, 31st, 2003 @ the Mercury - Machineries of Joy (Seattle, WA)" with music selection by DJ Burn) Tumor- Labortest ( Zombienation - Out of Line) ( f/a/v )- Juni ( Feinde Auf Valium - Mental Ulcer Forges) Seventh Image - No Time (Back U Up Mix) ( various artists : Synchromesh vol 2 - Synchromesh) Golden Boy (featuring Miss Kittin) - Rippin Kittin ( OR - Emperor Norton) X Marks the Pedwalk - Mirthless Knick Knack ( Abbitor - Zoth Ommog) HIV + - I Heard a Strange Noise ( Censored Frequencies / Other Mystic Terrories - Divine Comedy) Manufactura- Killing You ( Regression - Auricle Media) Converter- Death Time (Maschinenfest remix) ( Machinenfest 2000 - Pflichtkauf) Synapscape- My Distance ( Raw - Ant Zen) Dulce Liquido- Disolucion ( Disolucion - Out of Line) Covenant- One World One Sky ( United States of Mind - Metropolis Records) VNV Nation- Legion (Janus) ( Burning Empires (Standing) - Dependent Records) Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Shifting Another Circle" with music selection by M.) Pristina - Paradigm ( Stars & Sirens - A Different Drum) Eloquent - Carte Blanche (Radio Edit) ( V/A - Sector One - Section 44) Eight To Infinity - Tidal Waves ( Aether - Section 44) Stochastic Theory - Simple Choices ( Opposite Extremes - Sonic Mainline) Welle:Erdball - Der Telegraph ( Chaos Total - Synthetic Symphony) Cursor Miner - Exult ( Danceflaw - Lo Recordings) 047 - Hokkaido ( Robopop - Killing Music) Tammy - Amor De Computadora ( Amor De Computadora - Sonic360) Phantom West - The Rain Expedition (Demigod in Fluid Remix by The Operative) ( The Rain Expedition - Sistinas) Mimetic & Data Senses - Shaping ( Riyaz Master - Thisco) Xsix - Gypsy Tea ( De Nada - Backwards Records) Mnemonic - Social Downfall ( Monokultur - M-tronic) Listen to the Webcast Reviews 15 Degrees Below Zero - 'Under A Morphine Sky' 15 Degrees Below Zero - Under A Morphine Sky Evolving from power electronics into introspective dark ambient, "Under A Morphine Sky" takes the listener on a haunting aural voyage of highly immersive soundscapes, which can only be fully appreciated in the isolation that is achieved with the use of headphones. Read more V/A - 'Decennium' V/A - Decennium An interesting compilation, featuring exclusively Latvian artists, which definitely shows that there is a rather good pool of talent for Industrial music in this country. Let's hope that some of these acts will be gracing the stages of venues across Europe and further in the near future. Read more Monica Schroeder - 'So Far' Monica Schroeder - So Far The album could have possibly done with a fair bit more electronic work and could definitely have done with more than just nine tracks but that aside, it is on the whole an immensely interesting and thoughtful addition to any music lover's collection. Read more Electric Press Kit - 'Analogic' Electric Press Kit - Analogic Having far too much distortion on your guitar does not equal "noise" music, using a drum machine for your punk rock does not mean you are making industrial music and as for the dubious term "cold wave", I was led to believe that meant minimal electronics. Read more Links added this week Audiobulb, record label Killing Music, record label Acroplane, netlabel TEMP, netlabel tonAtom, netlabel Other recommended links Eretsua, Dutch electronic musician Mothboy "Anomalies", free online Mothboy release on the Acroplane netlabel "Neo-Form II", free industrial/neo-folk/avangarde online compilation Songs in the Key of Death - a DEATHKEY compilation, when jokes take on a (somewhat serious) life of their own... For more information and the complete articles, check http://www.connexionbizarre.net/.