“A Reassuring Voice On The Television” is the first official compilation released by the burgeoning French Label Hermetique. Press says that “having impressed dark ambient and industrial music fans with previous releases from Propergol, Dusk Of Hope, Radiodrama and Post Scriptum. “A Reassuring Voice On The Television” stays true to the mission of Hermetique as well as the labels aesthetic offering seven exclusive songs by established Hermetique artists as well as new comers Sea-Green Series, Old Iron Fence”. The compilations also includes one exclusive track from nEGAPADRES.3.3. The track entitled “Transe Low (Magyar Dwarf Mix)” is a remix of the band’s latest album track “Transe ov Exstrophy” about 14 minutes long. The track announces the official release of nEGAPADRES.3.3.’s new album “Exstrophy of Amphigouris” on hERMETIQUE later this spring.

The Russian label Wastyx Records, who is going to release a new album from J47’s band “Institut Drahomira”, has expressed strong interest in releasing an exclusive ultra-packaged version of nEGAPADRES.3.3. album “Exstrophy of Amphigouris”. The album will remain available thru our shop in its simple format in the shell-box with the collector prints.

(July 2005 update: since Wastyx has not come up with a definitive plan, this release is probably not going to happen.)

Ironflame has released STATEMENT 1961, a marvellous compilation of industrial music, on which you can hear the new track “Transe ov Exstrophy” by nEGAPADRES.3.3. The compilation is made of 2 vinyle LP’s, one vinyle 10″ EP, one CD and a beautiful booklet, all under a superb multi-folder cover. Info and orders thru Ironflame only.

“Exstrophy of Amphigouris”, the new album by nEGAPADRES.3.3. was completed and finally mixed on March 15th 2004 at The House Studios. It contains 9 original tracks and will be released as a single CD, and also as a special edition double-CD. Release date, label and distribution is not yet decided.

S3 was contacted by Stefan Schwanke, co-owner of the Berlin-based label Ironflame, who asked if nEGAPADRES.3.3. could collaborate to a forthcoming compilation of industrial music called Statement 1961. Flattered, and also because Stefan Schwanke was a very old and dear friend, we accepted. We sent to Stefan a cd with the three parts of “qontain air” but he didn’t like it very much. Then we remixed one part and released “qontain air nr2 DOAM”, but at the same time, we mixed a new song entitled “Transe Ov Exstrophy”, which turned out to be the best work we had done so far since the reunion, and we sent Stefan a cd with the new remix “qontain air nr2 DOAM” and this new song “Transe Ov Exstrophy”. This time, Stefan liked it.

Before it was due to be released, the compilation was sent to the industrial magazine Spectrum, in which it got an excellent review and where the track from nEGAPADRES.3.3. was highly praised. In his review, Richard Stenson, editor of Spectrum magazine, said “With the final track for Side B, nEGAPADRES.3.3. showcases an amazing ritual industrial piece ‘Transe of Exstropy’.  Using looped, shifting/ sweeping tones that ebb and flow throughout, it creates a knife’s edge intensity that acts as a backdrop for a sampled male voice discussing male genital modification.”

S3 and J3 sEUQCAJ met at THE HOUSE studios and started playing with sounds. After recording samples and creating new sounds, a first track was recorded, entitled “quontain air nr1”. A few days later, they met again and recorded another piece with some of the same sounds and more tracks added, and they mixed “qontain air nr2 (MICs)” and “qontain air nr3 (WTC)” – which didn’t have anything to do with the World Trade Center; only people who listen to it closely and who are familiar with alternative americano/Belgian music from the end of the 70’s involcing alcoholic and addicted asian singers “ayant des heures de vol” can find out what “WTC” means.