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The CyberNoise Directives 2013 (Best Of Year 2013)

by Graham Needham (© 14th December 2013)

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)

Kavinsky

Front Line Assembly

How To Destroy Angels

Alison Moyet

SN-A

Visage

Die Krupps

Pet Shop Boys

Erasure

John Carpenter

John Carpenter

Vangelis

Hard Corps

Cabaret Voltaire

Various Artists

Various Artists

Mark Snow

Doubting Thomas

The Orb

27th March

6th April

18th April

3rd May

19th May

23rd July

21st August

3rd November

11th November

1. 1st - Heaven 17

   Live At Metropolis Studios DVD+CD
   >= In a dire year of hardly any electronic music live concerts being released this easily comes top with the Heaven 17 crew on top form at an intimate gig with all the favourites being played.



2. 2nd - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD)

   Live - Architecture Morality & More
   >= A re-release on blu-ray - as electronic music lovers don't have much to choose from on blu-ray this gets the nod for second place.



3. 3rd - Ministry

   Enjoy The Quiet - Live At Wacken 2012
   >= Hard pressed to find three electronic music live concerts being released and although it's hard and heavy, this one's on blu-ray too. Ministry comes in third!


2 official videos from the concert:

1. 1st - Erasure

   Snow Globe 3xCD Erasure Information Service (EIS) box set (3000 copies worldwide)
   >= Incredible design with attention to detail obviously paramount AND so many goodies included (presentation box, signed Christmas card, festive tree bauble, desktop calendar, set of postcards, sweets, balloons and an Erasure themed cocktail book!). What more could you want? Andy and Vince Socks or an actual Erasure snow globe maybe? - box set art direction by Paul A. Taylor (Mute) and manufactured by Key Production

2. 2nd - Pet Shop Boys

   Electric "The Electric Box" (350 copies worldwide)
   >= Gorgeous, evocative, neon 80s throwback (just like the album) and beautiful but very expensive (the price puts it in second place) - design by Farrow in collaboration with PSB and The Vinyl Factory

3. 3rd - Uschi-No-Michi

   Ameratsu 7" vinyl single with 8" 'floppy disk' sleeve (100 hand numbered unique copies worldwide)
   >= Just goes to show you don't need to charge £500 for a lovely bit of clever design. This vinyl record comes in an original 8" floppy disk sleeve with individual writing on it, all contained within a black metallic envelope. Retro, different and very desirable - design concept by Graham Holden (@opensussex)

• Various Artists - Astralwerks "20/20" Record Store Day 2013 numbered 20x7" flexi-disc box set [sold out]
• Nitzer Ebb - Basic Pain Procedure cassette style USB drive [sold out]
• Security - Security 1 numbered cassette with "key box" [still available - go get one before it sells out!]
• Leæther Strip - Serenade For The Dead II numbered wooden box set [sold out]
• Heaven 17 - Live At Metropolis Studios signed, numbered deluxe book edition [still available - go get one before it sells out!]
• Kavinsky - Outrun numbered deluxe vinyl LP with 12"x12" hardback book [still available - go get one before it sells out!]
• Various Artists - Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary Collection 11xCD TARDIS box set [release date TBC]

Recommendations For 2014 - Watch and LISTEN out for them!
(Oh and BUY their stuff of course…)

• Chvrches
• Diamond Version
• Ghost Capsules (Tim Simenon from Bomb The Bass)
• DJMREX (Douglas J McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb and Cyrusrex)
• Apt (Jon Russell of [Jon]Teknik and Martyn Bailey)

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