SUBCULTURE

TRACKLISTING

1 . The Subs - Music Is The New Religi on (Album Version)
2 . The Subs - Kiss My Trance (Album Version)
3 . The Subs - Papillon (Album Version)
4 . The Subs - My Punk
5 . The Subs - Albatross
6 . The Subs - In Cold Blood
7 . The Subs - Breathe
8 . The Subs - Fuck That Shit (Album Version)
9 . The Subs - From D usk Till Dawn (Album Version)



INFO
PRESS RELEAS E TEXT:
'Subculture' is the debut album from Belgium electronic upstarts Th e Subs and you could be easily forgiven for thinking that with a name like that, this three piece are a classic punk band. Well if punk means tearing up the rul e book then to some degree The Subs are punk and if anything rambunctious. That' s the least you can say about these beat mavericks. Having already released a co uple of underground dance singles like 'You Make Me Spill', 'Fuck That Shit', 'S ubstracktion' they hit it dancefloor gold in 2008, with 'Kiss My Trance', a punk trance-juggernaut of a hit single which hit the top 20 national singles chart in Belgium.

The track started off as a joke, the band wanted to see how far they could push the limits of the trance-genre and get away with it. A true jack-in-the-box, 'Kiss My Trance' turned out to be a massive cross-over success : in genuine guerilla-style peaking in both commercial charts and DJ lists from the likes of Boys Noize, Fake Blood, Brodinski, Simian Mobile Disco, A-Trak, T. Raumschmiere, Philippe Zdar, Alex Gopher, Laurent Garnier and uh... even the wor ld's number one DJ!

The Subs are Jeroen De Pessemier aka Papillon (si nger/producer), Wiebe Loccufier aka Tonic (half of DJ duo Starski & Tonic, heirs to the Culture Club-throne, as they took over the residency spot at the infamou s Ghent club from 2 ManyDJs and The Glimmers) and Stefan Bracke aka l'entreprene ur (splits his time between deejaying with The Subs and fronting his rave-rock b and Foxylane).

Over the last year The Subs have enthralled audiences with a live show comprising of a unique set up; 3 men with a laboratory of decks , synths, effects and a microphone. No hiding behind laptops –andwith thei r raving frontman, The Subs take the sweaty punktrashfeel to the dance stage - t hey work those machines! With gigs at Dour Festival (B), Pukkelpop (B), Social C lub (Paris), Razzmatazz (Barcelona), Fabric (LDN) and Club Low (Madrid) having s ecured the band's live reputation and remixes for the likes of Telex, Sharam Jey , Alex Gopher, Plump DJs, The Lotterboys and dEUS cementing their studio prowess we now have The Subs dropping their hotly anticipated debut album.

T he Subs are not your average 'let's mess around with some analogue machines' ban d. They fought with the machines until a consistent album, a true body of work, came about. Papillon being the songwriter-half (brought up on landmark nineties dance-albums from the likes of Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers and Underworld) and Tonic being the DJ/songwriter with a passion for brand new underground releases and innovative sounds, The Subs had made an album with songs lurking underneath the sounds. (There's even a mellotron on the album - the retrofuturistic instrum ent the Beatles used on 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'!)

'Subculture ' is a dance album that you can listen to in your car. In your living room. In y our bedroom. Anywhere. The mood is intense and brooding. Featuring the singles ' Fuck That Shit', 'Papillon' and the massive 'Kiss My Trance', it's a down-right dirty stunner with both gripping euphoric peaks and melancholy riddled melodic m oments. That's how we like our punks.

Video for 'Music Is The New Rel igion', the first single from the album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQycgw4Q 9fM
Video for 'Kiss My Trance', their biggest hit to date and also featured on the album):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXosA7Yhkw&feature=related

The second single from the album: "My Punk" will precede the album on 9 Feb featuring remixes from Jokers Of The Scene (Fool's Gold, Mental Groove) a nd Alex Gopher.
http://www.thesubs.be
http://www.myspace.com/thesubstr ax

PRESS PICS:
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INTL GIGS:
09 Jan: Live @ Social Club, Paris, FR
16 Jan: Live @ Eurosonic Festival, Groningen, NL 23 Jan: DJ-set @ Vice Party, Amsterdam, NL
24 Jan: Live @ Effenaar, Eind hoven, NL
30 Jan: Live @ Paard Van Troje, Den Haag, NL
20 Feb: DJ-set @ Kelder, Amersfoort, NL
07-17 May: Japan tour (tbc)

PR offices:
Jonas/EPM (UK)
Mike/Fake PR (DE)

BOOKINGS:
Belgium: r oel.vergauwen@livenation.be
Netherlands: D.Spoek@mojo.nl
Spain: alvaru llo@hotmail.com
Rest of the world: domien@gentlemanagement.be

DI SCOGRAPHY:
Sub-Mission, Suicide 2006
Substracktion, Lektroluv 2006
Fuck That Shit, Lektroluv 2007
Kiss My Trance, Lektroluv 2007
Papill on 1 & 2, Lektroluv 2008
Music Is The New Religion, Lektroluv 2008