Acclaimed by Evolver magazine as “already a legend in his lifetime”,
singer-songwriter Nikolas Schreck’s initiatory application of music,
ritual and theater formally began in 1984 when he returned to the West
from a life-changing spiritual pilgrimage in Egypt to found the
shapeshifting musical ensemble Radio Werewolf, a nine-year sonic magic
operation which concluded in 1993. After pioneering early Los Angeles
Gothic and deathrock with the band’s first incarnation, Radio Werewolf’s
European phase was hailed by Christopher Walton of the band Endura for
“simultaneously pre-empting and giving birth to the dark-ambient and
ritual-industrial scene of the 1990’s.”
Schreck has previously collaborated musically with Zeena, John Murphy,
Death in June, Non and Sir Christopher Lee, whose first solo album he
produced. In 2015’s Kingdom of Heaven album “XXIII”, as music site
African Paper noted, Schreck “dove deep into the realms of American pop
culture”, breaking genre boundaries by bringing his distinctive dark
voice to an eclectic spectrum including Gospel, space rock and
neo-classical Prog. Marking a new landmark in Nikolas Schreck’s ever
mutating genre-defying musical voyage The Futura Model takes its
listeners on a retro-futurist audio adventure in cosmic avant-pop that
celebrates the joys of extraterrestrial sex, plunges to the icy depths
of interstellar alienation, and soars towards the Gnostic mysteries of
the trans-human state.
Recorded in Berlin shortly before Schreck and his band debuted the song
at their memorable Leipzig performance Der Schwarze Planet hailed as one
of the ‘’Best Concerts at WGT 2017’’, the singer’s evocative
Sinatra-in-space croon, masterfully accompanied by the glacial synths of
keyboardist Winfried Strauss, the powerful pulsations of bassist
Ohnesorg, and the furious battery and percussion of drummer Heathen Rae,
propels The Futura Model to sonic regions unknown.
Offering a tantalizing taste of Nikolas Schreck’s forthcoming album,
this special limited collector’s edition EP allows you to hear the song
performed from three different aural perspectives, including the
propulsive Parallel Universe Version and a moody Late Night Supernova
Version. In keeping with Schreck’s current practice of continually
deconstructing and reimagining his repertoire in live performance, each
version of The Futura Model reveals hidden facets of the song’s
multi-levelled essence.
Perfectly complementing the sleek alien textures heard on the triad of
songs is cover art featuring a portrait of Nikolas by Zeena Schreck and
typography & design by The Epicurean created exclusively for this
release.
17.00€
In Stock
Format: 12"
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