Welcome to the Future: 069? Nice. It’s Friday, therefore time for the usual amodelofcontrol.com round-up of new music coming your way this week and soon, as well as a look at the events and gigs in the future, and finally nods to any other notable news that affects artists and music that I cover here.

Over the past month I’ve run through the best of 2018 in my Countdown series, you can find the links to these posts at the bottom of this post.

transmission – the amodelofcontrol.com podcast – had begun the run through of the a-z of industrial, with all episodes here. The latest episode was released a few months ago (transmission: 012). transmission: 013 will be out as soon as I have the time to rebuild the whole damned thing…

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New and Upcoming Releases this week

One unexpected release this week was from KLACK.

Actually, that wasn’t the only unexpected release announcement this week – Lamb released a new single and confirmed their upcoming album The Secret of Letting Go.

A really fascinating release coming on Dependent also got announced today: Jean-Marc Lederman Experience – 13 Ghost Stories. The blurb is well worth reading to understand the concept, and you can hear part of one track here.

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Upcoming Club Nights and Events

01-Feb: Sentinel Vol. 8 at Zombie Shack, Manchester
01-Feb: Some Weird Sin #63 with Oh! Gunquit, Raw Fun, The Pacers Live at Paper Dress Vintage, E8
01-Feb: Metaltech (10th Anniversary) Live at Opium, Edinburgh
02-Feb: Exit The Grey X + Dark Disco 31 at Nightclub Kolis, NW1
02-Feb: Mondlicht VII at The Albany, W1W
02-Feb: Carpe Noctum Dawn of Elysium & Sometime the Wolf + VII Victim
08-Feb: Achtung! Achtung! live: Mitra Mitra at Aces and Eights, NW5
09-Feb: REPTILE at Nightclub Kolis, NW1
15-Feb: Sin City at Electric Ballroom, NW1
22-Feb: Drøne : Test Dept, Domenico Crisci, Celldöd & More at The White Hotel, Salford
23-Feb: Bunker 13 at Eiger Studios, Leeds
23-Feb: Spellbound at The Mulberry Bar and Venue, Sheffield
09-Mar: Projekt Nemesis – ESA / Tapewyrm / Pandemonium Live at Wharf Chambers, Leeds

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Upcoming Gigs

01-Feb: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Live at The Garage, N5
02-Feb: No Sleep ’til Bristol (Nature of Wires, This Human Condition, Fourth Engine and SOMBRE Moon) Live at The Crofters Rights, Bristol
03-Feb: VNV Nation + Empathy Test Live at Electric Ballroom, NW1
04-Feb: Tempers Live at The Waiting Room, N16
07-Feb: Lebanon Hanover + Uncanny Valley Live at Oslo, E8
08-Feb: Behemoth Live at O2 Forum Kentish Town, NW5
19-Feb: KÆLAN MIKLA Live at Electrowerkz, N1
23-Feb: Byronic Sex & Exile Live at Wharf Chambers, Leeds
27-Feb: Boy Harsher Live at Heaven, WC2
01-Mar: Laibach Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W12
02-Mar: Renaissance Alternative Music Festival – 8th Edition at Electrowerkz, N1
16-Mar: Senser Live at Hoodoo’s, Croydon
21-Mar: Pist.On Live at O2 Academy Islington
22-Mar: Siglo XX Live at The 100 Club, W1
22-Mar: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard Live at The Lexington, N1
23-Mar: The Young Gods Live at O2 Academy Islington, N1
23-Mar: BEAT:CANCER Reading feat Petrol Hoers, Bitman and guests/victims Live at The Facebar, Reading
29-Mar: Ventenner & Cold In Berlin Live at Thousand Island, N5
05-Apr: Desperate Journalist Live at The Garage, N5
06-Apr: The Last Cry, Kadeadkas, Psychoformalina, Future Daughters Live at Electrowerkz, N1
14-Apr: Aesthetic Perfection with Priest and Amelia Arsenic Live at O2 Academy Islington, N1
02-May: Terrorvision Live at Islington Assembly Hall, N1
03-May: Sacrosanct Presents – The Rope – Siberia plus support Live at The Face Bar, Reading
08-May: dEUS Live at Electric Ballroom, NW1
14-May: Samael Live at Underworld, Camden
31-May: Red Sun Revival and Burning Gates Live at Hope and Anchor, N1
01-Jun: She Past Away Live at The Dome, NW5
15-Jun: AT:10 – Celebrating 10 Years of AnalogueTrash at The Bread Shed, Manchester
20-Jul: Neurosis and Godflesh Live at The Forum, NW5
03-Aug: The Mirimar Disaster Live at The Hubs, Sheffield
23-25-Aug: INFEST 2019 at University of Bradford, Bradford
20/21-Sep: The Sisters of Mercy Live at The Roundhouse, NW1
09-Nov: BEAT:CANCER Festival 2.0 with Promenade Cinema Live at Electrowerkz, N1

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Other Music News

The Infest line-up for the twenty-first edition of the festival in August is shaping up nicely, with recent announcements including Ded.Pixel and KÆLAN MIKLA to add to the long-since announced Nitzer Ebb.

This is an interesting move by Spotify – they are rolling out a feature that allows you to “mute” artists. Removing some of these artists entirely has been called for, but for what and where do you draw the line, is the obvious question?

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amodelofcontrol.com content in the past month

Tuesday Ten: 355: How Great Thou Art
I look at modern art, design and architecture in music
Countdown: 2018: Compilations and Re-issues
I begin the wrap-up of 2018 with the best in compilations and re-issues
Countdown: 2018: Tracks
The best forty tracks of the year
Countdown: 2018: Albums
The best fifty albums of the year
Countdown: 2018: Gigs
The best twenty gigs of the year