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Curse Mackey
Website: http://cursemackey.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cursemackey
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0usgY8btlTK2oA5B2nxaSC
Curse Mackey is a prolific industrial – darkwave performer and visual artist, a prominent member of industrial supergroup Pigface, as well as My Life with The Thrill Kill Kult. Founder of the notorious industrial-punk act Evil Mothers, he began his career as a teenager DJing and producing underground events in San Antonio & Austin, Texas. Curse Mackey’s new album, Immoral Emporium, due out on 09/09/22 is a riveting ten-song look forward at dark electronic music. Immoral Emporium pushes the boundaries of genre with a vast dynamic range, from a tortured whisper to a triumphant howl.
The first single, “Lacerations” is a dancefloor stomper with hypnotic vocals, a hard-hitting chorus with wailing synths and bin-shaking beats.
The album moves into poppy, upbeat club territory with the earworm “Dead Fingers Talk,” guaranteed to get everyone moving at your city’s goth/industrial club night. The buildups are big, such as in “Omens and Monuments”, with monstrous synths that bring Immoral Emporium to a goosebump-inducing, cathartic end leaving the listener looking forward to the future.
The album was produced by Curse Mackey and Chase Dobson (Rufus Du Sol), who also co-produced Instant Exorcism. Collaborators include synth wizard Justin McGrath (Nine Inch Nails, Kanga, The Black Queen), and MVTANT an exciting new industrial act from San Antonio, Texas. The album was mastered by Ken Marshall at HiWatt Labs, (Skinny Puppy, Riki, Front Line Assembly).
SINE
Website: http://sine.band
Facebook: https://facebook.com/SINEbandofficial
Instagram: https://instagram.com/sinebandofficial
YouTube: https://youtube.com/sinetv
Austin, Texas’ electronic/alternative rock band, SINE (pronounced like ‘sign’, written in all caps), is the brainchild of drummer/multi-instrumentalist, Rona Rougeheart.
Rona was born in New York, the youngest daughter of a Taiwanese mother and Irish father. She grew up as a military child, living all over the U.S. and in Okinawa, Japan. Her father was a musician who taught her how to play keys and guitar. It wasn’t until later, she decided to take up drums on her own. Early in her musical career, she played drums for multiple bands in Austin, TX, catching the eye of Gretsch Drums who, in 2012, gave her her first endorsement. Gibraltar Hardware also added her to their roster.
Since SINE’s inception in 2016, the band has headlined shows around Texas and has shared stages with David J and Peter Murphy’s band (Bauhaus 40 Year Celebration), She Wants Revenge, 3Teeth, Curse Mackey, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Kanga, Twin Tribes, Wingtips and most recently on December 2, 2021 in Dallas, TX with legendary EBM artists, Nitzer Ebb.
TIMELINE
SINE’s debut album, INSOMNIÆ, was released in January 11, 2019 and was recorded in Austin, TX with Charles Godfrey/Scary American (also of Sonic Ranch). Godfrey, in his two decade plus audio career, has been engineer/producer on over 75 recordings, including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’, It’s Blitz! and Mosquito, and The Black Angels Indigo Meadow. SINE also worked with Charles on the Injected release that came out on November 1, 2019, as well as the new forthcoming EP trilogy entitled, Mantis, to be released in 2022.
In April, 2019, she landed a sole opening slot with her band SINE for Peter Murphy in Orlando, FL for the 40th Anniversary of Bauhaus Ruby Tour with David J. The night seemed ill-fated when Peter was unable to perform, but was revitalized when she joined David J, Curse Mackey, Mark Gemini-Thwaite and Marc Slutsky for an impromptu performance of Bauhaus tunes.
In 2020, unable to tour due to the shutdowns, she began producing the television series, Villains Wear Black Presents, which ran for 2 seasons on television and streaming worldwide.
In mid 2021, SINE was signed with the Austin, TX based electronic industrial record label, eMERGENCY heARTS (eH) in a perfect pairing for both the artist and the label.
The initial SINE release with eMERGENCY heARTS is entitled, Desire, Denial and Paramania, which as released on October 7, 2021. It’s an 11 track collection featuring select songs from SINE’s albums, INSOMNIÆ and Injected, recorded between the years 2016-2020 and includes collaborations with Curse Mackey (Pigface, Evil Mothers, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult), producer Sean Beavan (Nine Inch Nails, 3Teeth, Slayer) and legendary industrial vocalist Chris Connelly (Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pigface) with remixes by Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto) and more.
2021 also saw SINE collaborations with remixes from Mark Pistel (Consolidated!), Adrian Sherwood (Tackhead) and Black Sugar Transmission (Andee Blacksugar – KMFDM, Blondie). The new EP trilogy, Mantis, will be released on eMERGENCY heARTS, along with more collaborations in 2022.
She continues to write new music and work on future collaborations in music and television.
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SINE weaves dance beats with industrial noise and layers of booming bass, synths and guitars into a mix of jagged textures and dark, lush fusions equally at home on the dance floor, video games and cinematic soundtracks.
