A flight forward journey at full speed rolled-out in some 13 songs bringing us to dark oppressive cinematic industrial territories full of sample manipulations (the opening “Welcome To ScarCity”, the lingering “Die In The Clinic”, the upbeat “Painful Revelation” or  the noir “BeDevil”) also haunted by true classic dark elektro tracks with powerful harsh vocals like the cold and engaged SUICIDE COMMANDOesque “Politics Of Greed”, the anti-terrorism EBM assault “Blowback” and the unmatched revamped version of their club-hit “Twilight Zone MMXVI”. 

The German duo also sharpened the more melodic side of the band’s work by intelligently adding lighter passages to the album’s diversity where clearer vocals (even sometimes accompanied by Darja’s female backing vocals on 2 songs) and more modern melodic synth lines get fused with their characteristic icy elektro sequences and ripping EBM basslines sometimes evoking bands like LEAETHER STRIP, VNV NATION or even BEBORN BETON (the catchy synth pop fugue “Drive”, the carrying minimal electro-pop “Accelerate”, the introspective and highly emotional “Teach Me” or the transporting robotic and darkish “Neurotic (Relapse)” and the icy blast of “Demons Of Time”). THE PSYCHIC FORCE also add a touch of humour to the album with the intentionally cliché EBM track “Vater EBM” with German lyrics that will bring some fun moments to dancefloors and at their concerts, evoking some kind of harsher “DAF-like” version of AND ONE’s good old tongue-in-cheek “Techno Man” hit…
 
In short: “ScarCity” offers you a challenging mixture of icy EBM, harsh elektro and catchy synth melodies marking a solid return on the forefront of the dark EBM scene for THE PSYCHIC FORCE nicely rendered by the apocalyptic noir design of n0emi Aurora of Toxic Visions.

To celebrate the band’s return in record stores, the album is also released as a limited deluxe carton box edition with a 12-track bonus CD offering an astounding EBM/dark elektro sonic extravaganza including an exclusive cover version of THE KLINIK’s classic “Someone Somewhere” hit as well as remix works from among others EISFABRIK, AD:KEY, READJUST, ACYLUM, and many more.

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A flight forward journey at full speed rolled-out in some 13 songs bringing us to dark oppressive cinematic industrial territories full of sample manipulations (the opening “Welcome To ScarCity”, the lingering “Die In The Clinic”, the upbeat “Painful Revelation” or  the noir “BeDevil”) also haunted by true classic dark elektro tracks with powerful harsh vocals like the cold and engaged SUICIDE COMMANDOesque “Politics Of Greed”, the anti-terrorism EBM assault “Blowback” and the unmatched revamped version of their club-hit “Twilight Zone MMXVI”. 

The German duo also sharpened the more melodic side of the band’s work by intelligently adding lighter passages to the album’s diversity where clearer vocals (even sometimes accompanied by Darja’s female backing vocals on 2 songs) and more modern melodic synth lines get fused with their characteristic icy elektro sequences and ripping EBM basslines sometimes evoking bands like LEAETHER STRIP, VNV NATION or even BEBORN BETON (the catchy synth pop fugue “Drive”, the carrying minimal electro-pop “Accelerate”, the introspective and highly emotional “Teach Me” or the transporting robotic and darkish “Neurotic (Relapse)” and the icy blast of “Demons Of Time”). THE PSYCHIC FORCE also add a touch of humour to the album with the intentionally cliché EBM track “Vater EBM” with German lyrics that will bring some fun moments to dancefloors and at their concerts, evoking some kind of harsher “DAF-like” version of AND ONE’s good old tongue-in-cheek “Techno Man” hit…
 
In short: “ScarCity” offers you a challenging mixture of icy EBM, harsh elektro and catchy synth melodies marking a solid return on the forefront of the dark EBM scene for THE PSYCHIC FORCE nicely rendered by the apocalyptic noir design of n0emi Aurora of Toxic Visions.

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Michelle Christiansen and Jörg Charnowski spent the last month in the studio fully remastering their back-catalog song repertoire! And all we can say is that the blasting sound revision they made offers a stunning sound quality boost to these good old dark elektro/EBM jewels benefiting from advances in today’s modern sound equipment…

Originally released back in 1994, “Traces” is PSYCHIC FORCE’s second album which brought the band’s sound into a mixture of raw harsh elektro and icy atmospheric electronics à la KLINIK and featured the duo’s collaboration with Sven Klose (lyricist for the album and guest vocalist on the harsh “Gravity Is Present”). An album which allowed the band to expand their fanbase and reach a more synth pop oriented audience thanks to their then successful cover version of John Foxx’s classic “Underpass”…

Besides the remastered 11 original tracks from this “Traces” album, PSYCHIC FORCE also offer to us some 7 bonus songs previously released on rare compilations or Popkomm promo CD’s!

We invite you to turn up the volume and to dive into the new sound dimension of the good old nineties EBM/elektro days of THE PSYCHIC FORCE…

Also enjoy the new cover artwork specially designed for the occasion of these treasured re-releases by n0emi Aurora of Toxic Visions Design.

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Michelle Christiansen and Jörg Charnowski spent the last month in the studio fully remastering their back-catalog song repertoire! And all we can say is that the blasting sound revision they made offers a stunning sound quality boost to these good old EBM jewels…

Originally released back in 1992, “Mutilation” is PSYCHIC FORCE’s debut album which initiated the band’s sonic invasion on dark elektro dancefloors across the globe with the classic club hits “Still Walking” and “Twilight Zone”…

Besides the remastered 12 original tracks from this first album, PSYCHIC FORCE also offer to us some 6 exclusive bonus songs including “Totes Fleisch”, the first and only song ever sung by Jörg himself, or yet cover versions of Stephan Eicher’s “Noiseboys” and Boney M’s “Exodus”.

We invite you to dive into the new sound dimension of the good old nineties EBM days of THE PSYCHIC FORCE…

Also enjoy the new cover artwork specially designed for the occasion for these treasured re-releases by n0emi Aurora of Toxic Visions Design.

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German duo THE PSYCHIC FORCE earned a huge reputation in the early nineties in the dark elektro scene next to bands like YELWORC, AMGOD, PNE, PLACEBO EFFECT. At the turn of the millennium, Michelle Christiansen and Jörg Charnowski simply vanished from the surface of the Earth.

For the celebration of their 25th anniversary, EBM/dark elektro veterans THE PSYCHIC FORCE break some 20 years of extended silence to announce a strong comeback with this 13-track new EP announcing a new studio album for later this year!

On this new “Relapse” EP, you can expect a challenging mixture of icy EBM, harsh elektro and catchy synth melodies… Besides the two brand new songs “No Secrets Allowed” and “The Fog”, THE PSYCHIC FORCE also serve us a revamped 2015 version of their good old classic club hit “Still Walking”…

To celebrate their return on the forefront of the elektro scene, THE PSYCHIC FORCE teamed up with some 10 EBM bands who remixed one of these songs for an astounding EBM extravaganza, including acts like SERPENTS, PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE, FRAMEWORK, MRDTC and many more!

Be prepared to enter the world of THE PSYCHIC FORCE again! And please, don’t call it a comeback or a reunion, simply call it “Relapse”!

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