After 3 successful European tour legs (with QNTAL, Apoptygma Berzerk and Unheilig), the band was ready to open a new chapter. In Winter 2008, 120 years after the Whitchapel murders; after reading, researching, visiting and discussing the case with Ripperologists, Phil and FAQ opened a new file, a new casebook, about the most famous serial killer of all time. The man who will always be remembered as the one, who gave birth to the 20th century.Who was Jack The Ripper? We don't know for sure, it's still a mystery and FAQ are certainly not the ones who will be able to reveal it. That's why the bands 5th official studio album WHITECHAPEL doesn't (try to) give any new answers or theories; it's rather Philip Noirjean's personal case study about the legendary and infamous Whitechapel murderer and the dark corners of Victorian England. "Be our guest and join us on a tour through London East End district, and let's go back in time, into the streets of Whitechapel, 1888. Yours truly, xxx" (Phil, May 2009)
Diskography:
1998 | Substitute
2000 | Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
2003 | Carpe Diem
2005 | Is Pornography Art?
2008 | Leather Apron
2009 | Whitechapel
Tourdates:
04. Jul. 2009 20:00 De Kade [FAQ vs RD] NL-Amsterdam
08. Aug. 2009 20:00 Usine/KAB CH-Genève
11. Okt. 2009 20:00 TBA CA-Montreal QC
31. Okt. 2009 20:00 TBA US-Denver CO
Bandmembers:
Philip Noirjean (lyrics, music, vocals, bass, guitar)
Thomas Daverio (music, programming, production, keyboards)
Pille (guitars)
Style:
Electro / Indie / Progressive
Tracklist:
01. Yours truly (introduction)
02. Absinthe and Laudanum
03. Birth of the 20th Century
04. Grapes
05. Ten Bells (album version)
06. Dear Boss
07. The 4th Dimension
08. Leather Apron (Album version)
09. From Hell
10. Merrick
11. Buck`s Row
12. A Violet from Mother`s Grave (interlude)
13. Miller`s Court
14. In Memoriam (outroduction)
Releasedate:
May 20th, 2009
Year of foundation:
1996 (till 2002 under the name CARPE DIEM, since 2003 as FAQ)
Order FAQ:
http://www.amazon.de
FAQ @ www:
http://faq-music.com
FAQ @ Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/faqofficial
After the brilliant EP ‘Criminal Intents’, the complete new studio album from the digital warriors is now finally released. And unlike the implication of the album title, DOPE STARS INC. aren’t slaves of the technological world. They’re loud, warlike, angry and political. They use the medium of cybertech but combine it with the fury of punk. They combine flimmering sequencers with aggressive guitars; distorted vocals with persistently infectious melodies. And they arise out of the sordid darkness of modern cities to live on the edge of the abyss. Shimmering outlaws of the virtual reality who fight the system by using its own methods.
For a long time now, their music has not only been influenced by the elements of cyberpunk, new metal, electro, industrial and rock. DOPE STARS INC. are above all the musically realised version of William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’, Neal Stephenson’s ‘Snow Crash’ and in terms of their sound, the further development of films such as ‘Bladerunner’. They show us the world how it is. Dirty, shimmering, full of neon glare and beautiful light. But between all the superficialities are concealed feeling, but above all furious, rebels who tear down the boundaries and defy all categorisation: and all the while still damn young, loud and sexy. The album also shouldn’t be without a few sensitive love songs. And just as SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK once celebrated ‘21st Century Boy’, DOPE STARS INC. really have become symbols of the new era. This is the sound of the new millennium.
09. Okt. 2009 Matrix / Bochum
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