1334BATS Shirt #2 Design Preview:

The second official 1334Bats shirt will be available for sale very soon and will be limited to only 10 orders.

Listen to Gary Numan's new track "Dead Sun Rising" Radio Edit

Click above to listen to one of the new tracks "Dead Sun Rising" by Gary Numan
The new album "Dead Son Rising" is released September 5 through www.Numan.co.uk - special editions are available for pre-order.

We will have a complete review of the much anticipated album soon.

1334Bats Limited Edition Shirt #1

We're pleased to announce that you can now purchase the official 1334Bats Dracula Limited Edition Shirt: HERE

Only 10 will be made available for sale and then it will disappear forever.

1334BATS Shirt Design Preview:

The first design for a very limited edition run of shirts by 1334Bats. More details when these will be released will be available soon. We'll also have some limited edition patches in the works too. Stay tuned.

DJ Boxer - Track of the Week

Götterdämmerung - Left Hand Rapture

Recently coming from the same label (Strobelight Records) as such notorious Darkwave/Deathrock acts as “Last Days Of Jesus” and “Pink Turns Blue”, this track from the album Kin-Birst 9104, is probably my favourite from Götterdämmerung . I would also recommend listening to the album “Of Whores and Culture”, especially the track Vibroboy.

Album review: Christ vs. Warhol - Dissent

Post-Punk/Deathrock

Album released 2010

★★★★
Review by DJ Boxer
Favorite Track:     Paper Dolls

It was a warm summer’s day at Wave Gotik Treffen back in 2010 when I found myself and a few friends waiting outside of the Felsenkeller venue. As usual at WGT, it was a difficult decision to make (as Pink Turns Blue was playing at Werk II) however, Sex Gang Children were playing at Felsenkeller too and that became the deciding factor for our choice of a venue for the day. By a stroke of luck, there was another band we’ve had yet to hear of set to play early on in the day called Christ Vs. Warhol. Their performance throughout which we originally intended to sit around and drink beer while waiting for Sex Gang blew us all away and from then on, I was instantly hooked.

The Californian group came together in the studios of William Faith (Faith and the Muse) to produce their debut release, "Dissent". The album is 45 minutes of political and emotive Deathrock lined with Post-Punk elements and a few melancholic tracks for good measure. The instrumental composition is not overly complicated which helps to not only keep the listeners feet tapping to the songs, but to also compliment the lyrical arrangement.



The first track, "A New Model of the Universe" pulls you out of whatever world you're currently in, and lines you up for the onslaught of the following tracks. You're suddenly hit with "Cross of Lorraine", "Paper Dolls" and "Dissent" with Eveghost's aggressive vocals really helping to emote their politically charged and – at times – mocking lyrics.

"...They label healthcare akin to fascism
As they kowtow to the gods capitalism
Force-feeding images of prosperity
They feed you what you want to hear, so comforting
When the corporations shell out the big money
They got one thing right: freedom isn't free
There's a price on each and every politician's head
And a corporate logo on their sleeve..."
- Secret

As the album weaves its way through its political and social commentary to the tune of Scarlet Remains-esque guitars together with a driving bass and drum line, the tracks take a seemingly personal turn with "Fade" and "And If You Forget". Instrumental effects become softer with Eveghost's vocals now constantly within a higher vocal range complimented by a few lines in french as if to juxtapose with their more political overtones on the rest of the album.

"...But when you said "Could we kiss?",
And petals came to spread,
In a heart long wilted and dead..."
- Fade

The album ends with "Robin Hood In Reverse", a commentary on the current economic crisis engulfing the USA and the Government’s inability to balance their social responsibility with the corporate greed from the banking sector. This is an interesting track for Christ vs Warhol to finish with, but helps to remind the listener why this album was written, and in fact, what most of this album is about, dissent.

Line up:

Eveghost - Vocals
Steven James - Guitars
Marzia Rangel - Bass
Geoff Bruce - Drums

Website: http://christvswarhol.bigcartel.com/

DJ De Ville - Track of the Week

This week I decided to choose one of my favourite Gary Numan tracks 'Before You Hate It' taken from the album 'Jagged' released in 2006. One of his more powerful tracks which builds to pulsing heavy synth outro thanks to the then new band member and collaborator Ade Fenton.

Gary Numan's new album 'Dead Son Rising' will be released September 5 2011. The album is co-written and co-produced by Fenton.

1334Bats Podcast Volume: 2

Mixed by DJ De Ville

Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Peter Murphy - Disappearing
Dead or Alive - Flowers
Pink Turns Blue - Missing You
The Smiths - London
The Dark - The Masque
Christian Death - Face
Feeding Fingers  - Detach Me From My Head
Eva O - Children of the Light
The Faces of Sarah - All That is Divine
The Vanishing - Skin
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - A Daisy Chain 4 Satan (Extended Single Version)
The Electric Hellfire Club - Mr .44
Principe Valiente - The Night

DJ Boxer - Track of the Week

This week's track of the week comes from Frank the Baptist's first release, "Different Degrees of Empty". Initially founded in San Diego, California, frontman Frank Vollmann initially found success in the Darkwave/Deathrock scene in North America before finally signing with Austrian's Strobelight Records. A move which helped the band break into the Europen market. After releasing a further two albums through the label, a relocation to Berlin and a line-up change, Frank the Baptist are continuing to earn their place within the Darkwave community.

1334Bats Podcast - Volume 1

1334Bats - Volume 1 by 1334bats on Mixcloud

Mixed by DJ Boxer

The Wake - Nazarene
UK Decay - UK Decay
The Birthday Party - Loose
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?
Psychic TV - Hookah Chalice
The Cemetary Girlz - Reflection
Cinema Strange - Aboriginal Anemia
Christian Death - Cervix Couch [One by One]
Alien Sex Fiend - Stress
Akira Yamaoka - Killing Time
Xmal Deutschland - Augen-Blick
Rosetta Stone - An Eye For The Main Chance
Mary Goes Round - Kiss Me Love
Miguel And The Living Dead - Graveyard Love Song
?13th Moon? - Under The Mask
Christ vs. Warhol - Dissent
Virgin Prunes - Caucasian Walk