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seedarklyxeroWelcome back to another installment of SeeDarkly Sunday DisCOVERies: a weekly exploration of goth/industrial cover songs!
First time here? Click here for details from first entry.
Tonight marks the launch of the X-files mini-series! And while both the previous series and movie soundtracks from the 20th century have a couple of covers of note (which we may get to sometime in the next few weeks,) today's entry will instead focus on a more modern song performed by a couple of "X-philes" of different kind.:
XP8 - Nightlife
Chris Corner of Sneaker Pimps started up his solo-project, IAMX, in 2004. His second album, The Alternative, was released in 2006 and featured the track Nightlife. It was co-written by his then-girlfriend, Sue Denim of the band Robots in Disguise, and was the second single released from the album.
In 2010, Nightlife was used in the promotions and soundtrack of the German vampire film, Wir sind die Nacht (We Are The Night.) Think modern day European Lost Boys, but with only female vampires! In the film, the track is used during a montage of four vampires partying and indoctrinating a recently turned vampire to some of her new powers and their hedonistic lifestyle. The film itself did not do well in the German box-office despite reviews that claimed it as a revival of the genre after such recent popular (trite) fare as Twilight or Vampire Diaries. Its reception in the U.S. was even more dismal, though fans of independent and foreign horror might find it worth while. (Scenes from the film are featured in the video below.) Plus the soundtrack enjoys tracks from Covenant, VAST, and Klaus Nomi, so there IS that to enjoy about it.
Three years later, XP8, an electro futurepop act out of Italy, produced their cover of Nightlife. The track was included on their 2013 Meathead's Lost HD compilation, which is primarily made up of remixes of songs from their crowd-funded album, Adrenochrome.
XP8 have also done a cover of Out Of Control by She Wants Revenge.
XP8 disbanded in 2014, but its members continue to pursue their individual musical projects: Lørdäh & Mxd_Bld.
Both the original and the cover of Nightlife are high-energy dance tracks, though XP8's rendition is vocally grittier and stylistically more aggressive.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Fifth Sunday A La Mode! Depeche Mode, that is. 0_0
Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
I'm spinning this Tuesday for the 20th Anniversary of Haven in Northampton, MA! Click through to my schedule for links to details, RSVPs, and other upcoming dates.
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Jan 17 - David Bowie - Sorrow (The McCoys)
Jan 10 - Unwoman - Careless Whisper (WHAM!)
Jan 03 - Columbine - Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
Dec 27 - Comasoft - Let's Go All the Way (Sly Fox)
Dec 20 - The Crüxshadows: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon)
Directory of All DisCOVERies
First time here? Click here for details from first entry.
Tonight marks the launch of the X-files mini-series! And while both the previous series and movie soundtracks from the 20th century have a couple of covers of note (which we may get to sometime in the next few weeks,) today's entry will instead focus on a more modern song performed by a couple of "X-philes" of different kind.:
XP8 - Nightlife
Chris Corner of Sneaker Pimps started up his solo-project, IAMX, in 2004. His second album, The Alternative, was released in 2006 and featured the track Nightlife. It was co-written by his then-girlfriend, Sue Denim of the band Robots in Disguise, and was the second single released from the album.
In 2010, Nightlife was used in the promotions and soundtrack of the German vampire film, Wir sind die Nacht (We Are The Night.) Think modern day European Lost Boys, but with only female vampires! In the film, the track is used during a montage of four vampires partying and indoctrinating a recently turned vampire to some of her new powers and their hedonistic lifestyle. The film itself did not do well in the German box-office despite reviews that claimed it as a revival of the genre after such recent popular (trite) fare as Twilight or Vampire Diaries. Its reception in the U.S. was even more dismal, though fans of independent and foreign horror might find it worth while. (Scenes from the film are featured in the video below.) Plus the soundtrack enjoys tracks from Covenant, VAST, and Klaus Nomi, so there IS that to enjoy about it.
Three years later, XP8, an electro futurepop act out of Italy, produced their cover of Nightlife. The track was included on their 2013 Meathead's Lost HD compilation, which is primarily made up of remixes of songs from their crowd-funded album, Adrenochrome.
XP8 have also done a cover of Out Of Control by She Wants Revenge.
XP8 disbanded in 2014, but its members continue to pursue their individual musical projects: Lørdäh & Mxd_Bld.
Both the original and the cover of Nightlife are high-energy dance tracks, though XP8's rendition is vocally grittier and stylistically more aggressive.
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Fifth Sunday A La Mode! Depeche Mode, that is. 0_0
Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome!
I'm spinning this Tuesday for the 20th Anniversary of Haven in Northampton, MA! Click through to my schedule for links to details, RSVPs, and other upcoming dates.
Explore the darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Jan 17 - David Bowie - Sorrow (The McCoys)
Jan 10 - Unwoman - Careless Whisper (WHAM!)
Jan 03 - Columbine - Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
Dec 27 - Comasoft - Let's Go All the Way (Sly Fox)
Dec 20 - The Crüxshadows: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon)
Directory of All DisCOVERies