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Metroland – 1​.​0 EP

Metroland - 1​.​0 EP

METROLAND’s countdown towards their upcoming album, eagerly awaited by their fans for months reaches “0”! After both coloured 12inch vinyl versions of “4” came “3” (“Modularity”), and over “2” (“Davos”) they now continue the countdown with “1” holding the song entitled “4ir Intelligence”.

“4ir Intelligence” is their last single release and reveals what their concept of the new album “0” is all about, the new future era which came upon us only a few years ago. The idea to give this future era an appropriate soundtrack came after reading the fantastic book “the fourth industrial revolution” written by none less than Klaus Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum, held in ”Davos”.

“4ir Intelligence” is at the same time a reference to METROLANDs 80s pop past and it ejects into that futuristic fourth revolution. Winking to bands like OMD, YAZOO and BLANCMANGE when they magically produced the finest melodies and sequence layers, topped with the METROLAND vintage sound anno 2023, keeps placing these Belgian synth lovers in the heart of many fans of the Düsseldorf sound style.
Next to the title song, each METROLAND Passenger, from their own secluded habitat, reshaped “4ir Intelligence” into their very own personal view giving it wide and extra synthetic dimensions. Last but not least, METROLAND invited lifetime friend Franky Deblomme from CUBIC as external remixer unleashing his acidic Manchester sounds, all the way from Belgium, tweaking the atmosphere of the original version.

As always with METROLAND and their recurrent conceptual artistic approach, this EP comes out simultaneously in two different versions (“1.0” and “1.1”) each holding exclusive edits and remixes.

4, 3, 2, 1… Again, no reason to miss this link in the countdown chain, straight to the very end of “0”, straight into the future of the fourth industrial revolution.

Metroland – 2​.​1 EP

Metroland - 2​.​1 EP

METROLAND’s countdown across the recent releases towards their upcoming album “0”, eagerly awaited by their fans, is proceeding steadily. After both 12-inch vinyl versions of “4” came “3” (“Modularity”), and now we have reached “2”…

This 3rd release holds the single “Davos” where the genesis of the new album concept actually can be found; In fact, not from the Passengers themselves, but from someone closely related. The lyrical samples in the song will give a bit more insight on where this electronically induced road is heading for when they reach final destination: The new album “0”!

“Davos” reveals a more harsh sound side compared with many other tunes from the Belgian duo, bashing beats accompanied with a dry hitting bass, but as always spiced with the trademark METROLAND sequence layers and that unique touch of vintage synth music that keeps placing the Belgian duo in the heart of all fans of the Düsseldorf soundstyle.

Next to the title song, each METROLAND Passenger, from their own secluded habitat, reshaped “Davos” into their very own personal view giving it some extra synthetic dimensions. Last but not least, METROLAND invited the young Belgian LOXS as external remixer who took the track to ulterior levels and turned it into an epic dark techno anthem, rightly suiting the atmosphere of the original version. (Note that LOXS is nothing else but the dark electronic project of Passenger S’s eldest son!)

As always with METROLAND and their recurrent conceptual artistic approach, this EP comes out simultaneously in two different versions (“2.0” and “2.1”) holding each exclusive edits and remixes

4, 3, 2, 1… Again, no reason to miss this link in the countdown chain, straight to the very end which will reveal the concept of the album “0”.

Metroland – 2​.​0 EP

Metroland - 2​.​0 EP

METROLAND’s countdown across the recent releases towards their upcoming album “0”, eagerly awaited by their fans, is proceeding steadily. After both 12-inch vinyl versions of “4” came “3” (“Modularity”), and now we have reached “2”…

This 3rd release holds the single “Davos” where the genesis of the new album concept actually can be found; In fact, not from the Passengers themselves, but from someone closely related. The lyrical samples in the song will give a bit more insight on where this electronically induced road is heading for when they reach final destination: The new album “0”!

“Davos” reveals a more harsh sound side compared with many other tunes from the Belgian duo, bashing beats accompanied with a dry hitting bass, but as always spiced with the trademark METROLAND sequence layers and that unique touch of vintage synth music that keeps placing the Belgian duo in the heart of all fans of the Düsseldorf soundstyle.

Next to the title song, each METROLAND Passenger, from their own secluded habitat, reshaped “Davos” into their very own personal view giving it some extra synthetic dimensions. Last but not least, METROLAND invited the young Belgian LOXS as external remixer who took the track to ulterior levels and turned it into an epic dark techno anthem, rightly suiting the atmosphere of the original version. (Note that LOXS is nothing else but the dark electronic project of Passenger S’s eldest son!)

As always with METROLAND and their recurrent conceptual artistic approach, this EP comes out simultaneously in two different versions (“2.0” and “2.1”) holding each exclusive edits and remixes

4, 3, 2, 1… Again, no reason to miss this link in the countdown chain, straight to the very end which will reveal the concept of the album “0”.

Metroland – 3.1 EP

Metroland - 3.1 EP

Over more than a decade Belgian techno pop fame METROLAND has been touching many concepts during their musical ventures, going from an almost ordinary thing like commuting or a ride across Europe on the Thalys to art from Bauhaus or photography to very personal and sad events.

The theme that they started off with the previous EP (and limited vinyl!) “4” this year and which shall only be fully revealed little before the upcoming album is only to be touched lightly in this second single, called “3”. However, this time the veil is lifted a tad more than with its predecessor as the title track has an actual name: “Modularity”.

During the studio sessions for this album’s singles, Passenger A and Passenger S have each separately recreated each single into a vision of their own and edited it for each digital release. On top of that in the remix section we have for you a version by none other than ASPRA, also known as Sophia from MARSHEAUX, turning the song into a dreamy synthpop tune. And on the other hand we get the technological view of the song by Q’PNZ.

Two separate 4-track digital sets (“3.0” and “3.1”) are coming your way, holding each exclusive edits and remixes by your humble Passengers, ASTRA and Q’PNZ.

4, 3, 2, 1… Don’t miss this link of METROLAND’s ongoing countdown to the new theme.

The new tracks of course combine the typical METROLAND darker bass sounds with their trademark bleeps and analogue sequences. A guaranteed sonic delight for all lovers of vintage synth music, the Düsseldorf soundstyle and other “KRAFTWERK & co” artisans.

Metroland – 3​.​0 EP

Metroland - 3​.​0 EP

Over more than a decade Belgian techno pop fame METROLAND has been touching many concepts during their musical ventures, going from an almost ordinary thing like commuting or a ride across Europe on the Thalys to art from Bauhaus or photography to very personal and sad events.

The theme that they started off with the previous EP (and limited vinyl!) “4” this year and which shall only be fully revealed little before the upcoming album is only to be touched lightly in this second single, called “3”. However, this time the veil is lifted a tad more than with its predecessor as the title track has an actual name: “Modularity”.

During the studio sessions for this album’s singles, Passenger A and Passenger S have each separately recreated each single into a vision of their own and edited it for each digital release. On top of that in the remix section we have for you a version by none other than ASPRA, also known as Sophia from MARSHEAUX, turning the song into a dreamy synthpop tune. And on the other hand we get the technological view of the song by Q’PNZ.

Two separate 4-track digital sets (“3.0” and “3.1”) are coming your way, holding each exclusive edits and remixes by your humble Passengers, ASTRA and Q’PNZ.

4, 3, 2, 1… Don’t miss this link of METROLAND’s ongoing countdown to the new theme.

The new tracks of course combine the typical METROLAND darker bass sounds with their trademark bleeps and analogue sequences. A guaranteed sonic delight for all lovers of vintage synth music, the Düsseldorf soundstyle and other “KRAFTWERK & co” artisans.

Metroland – 4 (Transparent Crystal) Vinyl

Metroland - 4 (Transparent Crystal) Vinyl

The wait is over! Belgium’s very own vintage techno pop fame METROLAND start the countdown with their new single “4”. “4”, as in the number, is also a global title available in over 7000 different spoken languages worldwide! “4” is not only the precursor to their new album acting as the first of an announced series of 4 singles in total…

Unlike any other previous METROLAND release, ‘4’ in its original form is a 20-minute song where the same arrangement is reworked 4 times, neatly tied together as one complete song. While the B-side holds two 6-minute-plus versions subtitled “countdown a” and “countdown s”. This new 12-inch release of course combines the typical METROLAND darker bass sounds with their trademark bleeps and analogue sequences. A guaranteed sonic delight for all lovers of vintage synth music with an edge and other “KRAFTWERK & co” amateurs.

“4” sets the very first step to the new concept our two Belgian electronic artists (Passenger A and Passenger S) have been working on over the past 4 years.

This exclusive 12-inch vinyl comes out in two different colours (solid red & transparent crystal), each strictly limited to 150 copies worldwide and is part of a special vinyl series marketed by the Alfa Matrix label for the occasion of their 20th anniversary.

A digital-only 4-track companion EP will also be simultaneously released featuring different tracks and versions.

4, 3, 2, 1 – countdown!

Tracklist

SIDE-A

  1. 4 20’27

SIDE-B

  1. 4 countdown a 06’56
  2. 4 countdown s 06’10

Metroland – 4 (Solid Red) Vinyl

Metroland - 4 (Solid Red) Vinyl

The wait is over! Belgium’s very own vintage techno pop fame METROLAND start the countdown with their new single “4”. “4”, as in the number, is also a global title available in over 7000 different spoken languages worldwide! “4” is not only the precursor to their new album acting as the first of an announced series of 4 singles in total…

Unlike any other previous METROLAND release, ‘4’ in its original form is a 20-minute song where the same arrangement is reworked 4 times, neatly tied together as one complete song. While the B-side holds two 6-minute-plus versions subtitled “countdown a” and “countdown s”. This new 12-inch release of course combines the typical METROLAND darker bass sounds with their trademark bleeps and analogue sequences. A guaranteed sonic delight for all lovers of vintage synth music with an edge and other “KRAFTWERK & co” amateurs.

“4” sets the very first step to the new concept our two Belgian electronic artists (Passenger A and Passenger S) have been working on over the past 4 years.

This exclusive 12-inch vinyl comes out in two different colours (solid red & transparent crystal), each strictly limited to 150 copies worldwide and is part of a special vinyl series marketed by the Alfa Matrix label for the occasion of their 20th anniversary.

A digital-only 4-track companion EP will also be simultaneously released featuring different tracks and versions.

4, 3, 2, 1 – countdown!

Tracklist

SIDE-A

  1. 4 20’27

SIDE-B

  1. 4 countdown a 06’56
  2. 4 countdown s 06’10

Metroland – ​4.​0 EP

Metroland - ​4.​0 EP

The wait is over! Belgium’s very own vintage techno pop fame METROLAND start the countdown with their new EP “4.0”. “4”, as in the number, is also a global title available in over 7000 different spoken languages worldwide! “4” is not only the precursor to their new album acting as the first of an announced series of 4 singles in total…

This new digital-only 4-track EP gets simultaneously released with its 12inch vinyl companion entitled “4” featuring 3 different extended tracks & versions.

The new 1tracks of course combine the typical METROLAND darker bass sounds with their trademark bleeps and analogue sequences. A guaranteed sonic delight for all lovers of vintage synth music with an edge and other “KRAFTWERK & co” amateurs.

“4.0” sets the very first step to the new concept our two Belgian electronic artists (Passenger A and Passenger S) have been working on over the past 4 years.

4, 3, 2, 1 – countdown!

Metroland – The Key to Metroland (USBkey tinbox)

Metroland - The Key to Metroland (USBkey tinbox)

In 2018, Belgian vintage synth duo METROLAND released their 4th album “Men In A Frame” around “photography” as new artistic concept and prolonged the experience through several exclusive digital singles and an audiophile yellow double-LP vinyl release “Framed”.

For the occasion of the second “Pictures To Listen Too“ exposition at the Cultuur Centrum of Mechelen in Belgium (26th January 2019 until 24th March 2019), once again uniting image and sound, METROLAND serve their ever growing staunch fanbase with another original and unique collector item opening some more hidden doors to the secret conceptual world of METROLAND…

Strictly limited to 150 units worldwide, “The Key To Metroland” is a deluxe black yellow-printed key-shaped 16GB USB-key marketed in a beautiful metal tin box and its content is split into 3 categories:

  1. The 1st “audio” part is spread across 3 sub-folders with 3 exclusive 3-song EP’s (“3×3” – does it ring a bell to some fans!?) being “Een Dag In Mechelen” (exclusive new expo song with Dutch vocoders!), “Pictures To Listen Too” and “Shades Of Pale”; the “Framed” folder with a selection of some 20 remixes made by other artists and the band itself; and the stunning “Mixland” folder revealing amongst others mega-mixes exclusively arranged and carefully crafted and mixed by Passenger S himself, bringing us on some non-stop sonic journeys across METROLAND’s history for an ultimate 90 min+ flow of melodic electronic bleeps and beats that will please all fans of KRAFTWERKian tunes…
  2. The 2nd “picture” part adds the visual dimension to the whole concept with 6 screen-sized minimalistic METROLAND designs plus copies of the 14 floor stickers paving the “pictures to listen too” exhibition.
  3. Last but not least, the 3rd “video” part unites image and sound with an 82-minute-video documentary retracing the band’s extraordinary ascension from their “Mind The Gap” debut album until the “Framed” vinyl release, topped with 4 additional exclusive video clips shot for the occasion. Every video is made available in various formats, making them playable for every METROLAND sonic commuter across the globe.

All in all, another original top-quality product with the standard METROLAND seal of quality.

What you see is what you hear…

What you hear is what you see in your best electronic dreams.

On the next conceptual travel with METROLAND!

TRACK-LISTING

1/ AUDIO

. “3×3” EP’s:

een dag in mechelen EP

101. een dag in mechelen (short conduct)

102. een dag in mechelen (long conduct)

103. een dag in mechelen (no conduct)

pictures to listen too EP

201. pictures to listen too (clipped)

202. pictures to listen to (increase mix)

203. pictures to listen too (unclipped)

shades of pale EP

301. shades of pale (re-framed)

302. shades of pale (decibel sintético)

303. shades of pale (re-framed anew)

. “Framed” remix collection:

01. creative rose (Passenger S perennial mix)

02. memorabilia (Der Dritte Raum rmx) 

03. proiezione (OT-Vorsprung-remix)

04. concrete witness (Analogue Audio Association remix 3)

05. shades of pale (re-framed by Metroland)

06. next choice (Kurt Baggaley’s destination mix)

07. man in a frame (Decibel Sintético) 

08. trust (never trust an Implant rmx)

09. speed of life (Elektroklänge 1-2-3 mix)

10. la macchia d’aqua (Him+He’s real sounds from a matrix edit)

11. memorabilia (Zusammenklang mix)

12. man in a frame (Frohm remix)

13. hope (Psy’aviah remix)

14. b-old (Aavikko remix)

15. concrete witness (Analogue Audio Association remix 1)

16. shades of pale (Die Robo Sapiens mix)

17. creative rose (perennial edit)

18. pictures to listen too (clip)

19. man in a frame (Decibel Sintético edit) 

20. memorabilia (hunted video) 

. Mixland 

1. Remixland (60min megamix)

2. Megaframed (30min megamix)

3. Radioland (spoken word version of the video documentary)

2/ PICTURES

6 computer screen designs 

14 floorsticker design images

 

3/ VIDEO

1. The Key To Metroland – video documentary – 82min

2. Man In A Frame (Decibel Sintético edit) – video clip

3. Memorabilia (hunted video version) – video clip

4. Pictures To Listen Too (clip) – video clip 

5. Shades Of Pale (re-framed) – video clip 

Metroland – Framed Anew

Metroland - Framed Anew

In 2018, Metroland released their 4th conceptual album “Men in a frame”. On this album they further expanded their artistic horizon by (quite literally) throwing photography into the concept.

Apart from the main release, two non-album singles, “Man in a frame’”and “Memorabilia”, were accompanied by more obscure b-sides and remixes.

Add to this, the first exposition “Pictures to listen to”, where Metroland realised the concept of how “Men in a frame” should be experienced to the full.

This unique happening allowed people to actually listen to the pictures, after which they were given the opportunity to obtain the likewise called compilation containing all the tracks used in the exhibition plus an exclusive title track..

Metroland’s aim is, at all times, to immerse their listeners in the symbiotic combination of electronics and deliberate, yet minimal design.

Metroland presented a selection of kindred spirit musicians and bands with the challenge of this time putting the band in the frame, ending up in this unique remix album.

As an extension to the austere art that Metroland holds so dear, each track on this luscious 12 track download is the remixers’ contribution to really put the finishing touch on all of these Metroland memorabilia.

 

“Framed Anew“ (cd + download) accompanied by “Framed“ (double yellow vinyl) will be available from the second “Pictures To Listen Too“ exposition onwards from the vernissage on 26th January, 2019 until 24th March, 2019 at Cultuur Centrum Mechelen – Belgium.