ARTIST: Bitune
TITLE: The Great Compression
LABEL: Headroom Records
GENRE: Rock
SOURCE: CD
BITRATE: 193 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 44:57
RELEASE DATE: 2009-00-00
RIP DATE: 2010-00-00
Track List
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1. The Great Compression 4:23
2. Red Light 3:40
3. Get Out Of My Head 3:36
4. Shut Down 3:36
5. Dissolve The World 3:46
6. First Time 3:16
7. This Is Mine 4:42
8. Other Side 4:01
9. Into The Fire 3:43
10. Shattered Revolt 5:21
11. Can't Stop 4:53
Release Notes:
After years of gigging locally, bitune finally came together in Eschwege,
Germany in early 2001 when Christian Wosimski (guitar) joined Sascha Wiegand
(guitar, vocals), Martin Bartscher (drums, backing vocals) and Thomas Bartscher
(bass) to complete the lineup. A few months later, they came to the attention of
former Skunk Anansie guitarist Ace who was blown away by a demo they handed to
him at a musicians' workshop.
Ace offered to produce the band, and together they began work on crafting new
songs and honing the bitune sound. The ep they recorded together in 2003 brought
bitune to the attention of German booking agency K.O.K.S. This brought tours in
Germany during 2004 supporting the likes of Billy Talent, and German punk giants
Die Toten Hosen.
After signing to UK label Headroom Records in late 2006, bitune toured the UK
for the first time in April & May 2007 supporting Kyrb Grinder on more than 30
dates and making many new friends. Their debut ep 'fantastica' was well-received
by fans, press and radio in both Germany & the UK.
A showcase gig at Popkomm in Berlin paved the way for the German release of
bitune's debut album 'after the fire' in October 2007. A lengthy German tour to
support the release of the album culminated in a prestigious live session on
Berlin's leading youth-oriented radio station Fritz FM in November 2007.
The band continued gigging into 2008 and took some time out to write and record
the songs for their next album, co-produced by the band and Willi Dammeier. In
the meantime, 'after the fire' was released in the UK in September 2008,
supported by more UK gigs, and was released in Russia in December 2008.
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