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September 27, 2011

Severe Illusion “No More Alive than You Deserve”: Viva Music Album Review

Filed under: Album Reviews — Tags: album release, complete control productions, new release, no more alive than you deserve, severe illusion, viva music review — admin @ 6:51 pm

Tracklist: “Mockingbird” * “Try Harder” * “Clear Head” * “To the Wall” * “Nar helvetet kom till byn” * “Inside Your Narrow Little World” * “Them Unwitting” * “Rotating Knives, Yes” * “Cultural Identity +” * “And Them We Kill” * “Dirt”

Prior to “No More Alive than You Deserve” Severe Illusion released two digital singles, “Clear Head (Single Version)” (+) and “The End of Flowers” (+). | Other Severe Illusion news on darkwave.ro: Severe Illusion joins forces with CCP

Severe Illusion – “No More Alive than This”: Viva Music Review:

The very atmospheric album from Severe Illusion, “No More Alive than You Deserve” with Complete Control Productions astonishes in many ways, not unlike their previous discography. It is a very dense album, and very intuitively invested in by the two musicians who take part in the project. Unlike their previous releases, which are chronological, this release comprises material produced and performed between 2004 and 2011, that is more than half through the artists’ career. (more…)

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June 23, 2011

Severe Illusion joins forces with CCP

Filed under: International News — Tags: ccp, june 2011, new album, new label, no more alive than you deserve, press release, severe illusion, the pain machinery — admin @ 5:51 pm

It is a great honor and privilege to present a new addition to the Complete Control Productions artist roster. After a few years of relative silence, Swedish EBM veterans Severe Illusion are preparing a full scale comeback later in 2011. The album “No More Alive Than You Deserve” is due for release on CCP, where Severe Illusion have found a new home along with Arzt+Pfusch, Emu Bomb, Infiltrator and The Pain Machinery. As usual with Severe Illusion, a traditional EBM sound combined with lots of distortion and serious attitude problems is to be expected. The album deals with the perceived freedom of the individual, the failure of democracy and the advantages of ignorance. A journey back to the roots of riot electronics. Severe Illusion have been active since 2000, releasing 3 albums and playing numerous live shows all over Europe. Lately the band have been collaborating with The Pain Machinery: the results will be released before the end of this year. (source: CCP)

About Severe Illusion:

It all began in the year 2000, some time during the summer. Fredrik Djurfeldt and Ulf Lundblad happened to be in the same place at the same time. Since then they have released three albums and a whole lot of other stuff. First off was the album “Discipline” is reward enough, released by PAF records in May 2003. Soon PAF records ceased to exist and Severe Illusion moved to New Mexico based Dangerous Sharks Biting People (DSBP) who released the next album, “Accomplishments of Leopold II”, in the year 2005. In late 2006, Double Shotgun Barrel Politics (DSBP) also released the album “Shortcut to Civilization”. During the same period, a split 12″ vinyl thing called “Fight your lodging elsewhere/Hyper decease” EP was made together with EBM/Power Noise legends The Pain Machinery. Throughout the years, Severe Illusion have played live shows in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

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March 9, 2011

The Pain Machinery ‘Auto Surveillance’ To Be Released on March-17

Filed under: International News — Tags: 2011, autosurveillance, cc productions, jouni ollila, necro facility, new album, release, remix, severe illusion, the weathermen, thepainmachinery — admin @ 6:15 pm

Since their last album “Urban Survival“, TPM have decided to embrace a more structured electronic sound with fewer building blocks but more punchiness: a compelling hybrid of early Electronic Body Music, New Beat and Acid House dragged kicking and screaming into the future.

This change of approach …is already reflected in “Auto Surveillance“, a collection of remixes from the forthcoming album “Surveillance Culture” due later in 2011.

A diverse selection of artists (Necro Facility, The Weathermen, Severe Illusion and Jouni Ollila to name a few) have been given free rein to reshape three album tracks into everything from dark electro house to twisted rockabilly with amazing results.

The first release on new label Complete Control Productions, “Auto Surveillance” also features two tracks (“Twilight” and “Exit Strategy“) which will not be included on the album. For all intents and purposes, this is three singles in one with a total playing time of almost 70 minutes. An extended burst of punishing beats and basslines, ready to rip the darkest of dancefloors to shreds.

Track list:

01 Hard Cash (12″ Mix feat. Ted Barley)

02 Armed! (Jouni Ollila Remix)

03 Grinder (Ted’s Acid Mix)

04 Twilight

05 Armed! (The Weathermen Remix)

06 Hard Cash (Severe Illusion Sober Mono Mix)

07 Grinder (12″ Mix)

08 Hard Cash (Necro Facility Remix)

09 Armed…to the teeth!

10 Exit Strategy

11 Hard Cash (Testarossa Remix)