Some last words

I know I've been teasing you a lot lately. To make it up with you, we will announce a lot by the start of the new year. When to expect the new album, what the tracklist will look like, etc. By the end of January, you should know everything.

Too bad you can't see the cover on this picture! ;-)
Let it be the last time we teased you, as we will reveal the cover next Tuesday!

Hang on! Stay 'konnekted'.

ps: Oh, and then there was some additional great news that was a wonderful way to end the year.
And also that other thing: a vocal participation for a great German band...

Lots to talk about next year!
See you on the other side!

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

Sorry it took me four years to finish a new album.
But I promise you ‘Hotel Existence’ will be worth the wait!

I am working (as we speak) on final mixes for all tracks, and this time it’s for real.
Dear Santa, you really have to believe me on this one.

2011 was an adventurous year with lots of chaos and drama. Schidde left the band, and what was even a bigger shock: so did Christophe ‘Hitman’ Salvatore.
Emeric joined the band and I am really happy to have him with us. He’s both talented and fun, and he’s a ‘tough’ guy too as he survived a rather severe operation. Thank you for burning a candle!
And then there’s Romuald ‘Ishoothorizon’ Swieconek, following every step we take and making pictures of it. He gave Diskonnekted the look and feel we needed.

Stay tuned, Santa, because we will reveal more about the forthcoming ‘Hotel Existence’ after the switch into 2012.

See you next year!

Jan

Diskonnekted is:
Jan – Didier – Emeric - Romuald

Change of plan: Mildreda LIVE @ Twilight op 27 december

Tot onze grote spijt moeten we jullie vertellen dat Diskonnekted niet zal kunnen optreden op 27 december in de Twilight.
Onze gitarist Emeric zal ‘out’ zijn omwille van een ernstige operatie en zal zich op dat moment moeten worstelen door een stevige revalidatie.
We wensen Emeric veel sterkte toe.

Mildreda is het donkere zusje van Diskonnekted. Op 27 december komen we daarom in haar gedaante spelen. Met Mildreda brengen we een harde en donkere brok electro en industrial die ergens het midden houdt tussen Combichrist, Skinny Puppy, Suicide Commando of zelfs Das Ich.
Dit jaar nog werd Mildreda door Suicide Commando meegenomen op de Out of Line compilation World Wide Electronics. Maak je alvast klaar voor meer!

Op 27 december maken we er een heuse MILDREDA vs Diskonnekted show van en graaien we enkele Diskonnekted nummers mee in een donker jasje.
Ter ere van Emeric!

Diskonnekted LIVE @ Twilight

Laat de Twilight toevallig het stamcafé van Diskonnekted zijn.
We repeteren er op zolder en op andere momenten hangen we er aan de toog.

Maar op dinsdag 27 december brengen we ons materiaal naar beneden om nog eens goed loos te gaan!
Bovendien zijn we van plan er videobeelden te schieten voor een maffe videoclip. En die komt op dvd.
Doe dus je mooiste pakje aan!

Afspraak: dinsdag 27 december om 21.00 uur in de Twilight (Langestraat Oostende).
GRATIS toegang

En in deze clip van Romuald ‘Ishoothorizon’ Swieconek zie je ons repeteren in de Twilight:

Diskonnekted bangs the drums

Diskonnekted is featured in the November edition of the German Beat magazine. The edition contains a 10-page special "Electronic Drums" in which Diskonnekted discloses the secrets of our drum sound. Other artists involved are among others: Tom Wax & Boris Alexander, Rotersand, KMFDM, Martin Eyerer, Sebastian Komor, Edge Of Dawn, Apoptygma Berzerk and KJ Sawka of Pendulum.

Diskonnekted also delivered some sounds for the DVD of Beat 2011/11 which contains 1.2 GB of drum samples from the mentioned artists as well as from Best Service, Ableton, Time & Space, Prime Loops, Loopbased and Xenomorph Productions.

Some words on producing beats:

"Back in the days when sequencers and samplers were hard to master there was a big difference between step sequencing a pattern and the more adventurous way of chopping up loops into a new collage.
New technologies and better environments have brought these two approaches together. Take Stylus RMX or Reason’s Dr. Rex for example: it brings both worlds together making it very easy to create cool rhythms. It enables you to make your own patterns with cool sounds without having the trouble of chopping up loop sources yourself.
I continuously invest in new sounds for my library so it can tickle my inspiration in whatever mood that I am working in. And I strongly suggest everyone to do the same: you can’t evolve sound wise without having a constant growing library that supports your inspiration.
Whenever I have new rex2-files I translate them into RMX because it fuels my inspiration in a very intuitive way. It almost feels like jamming. And once I have the sound that I am looking for after messing around with knobs and effects, I finally programme my own patterns in midi."

- Jan

Emeric playing Yesteryears LIVE

Emeric playing "Yesteryears" LIVE at Shadowplay Festival last summer.
Yesteryears - from the forthcoming album "Hotel Existence".

Adrenaline: a view behind the scenes

While rehearsing for the Shadowplay Festival last summer in our rehearsal room above The Twilight (the coolest bar in the world), Romuald ‘Ishoothorizon’ Swieconek was shooting images with his camera toys.

He made a cool impression giving a nice view behind the scenes. Let this be the official video for Adrenaline ft. Frank M. Spinath (Seabound/Edge of Dawn/Ghost & Writer) from our album “Old School Policies” (2008 - Alfa Matrix).

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