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Galleries:
- Mera Luna 2016 - 2016-08-21 (Festivals)
- Wave Gotik Treffen 2013 - 2013-05-22 (Festivals)
- M'era Luna 2009 - 2009-08-29 (Festivals)
- IAMX - 2007-09-16 (Concerts)
- M'era Luna 2007 - 2007-08-09 (Festivals)
- Castle Party 2007 - 2007-07-27 (Festivals)
CDs catalogue:
- IAMX - Fault Lines² CD, Digital album
- IAMX - Everything Is Burning (Metanoia Addendum) 2CD
- IAMX - North Star CDS
- IAMX - Metanoia Vinyl
- IAMX - Metanoia CD
- IAMX - Happiness CDS
- IAMX - The Unified Field Limited 2LP Vinyl
- IAMX - The Unified Field CD
- IAMX - Volatile Times CDS
- IAMX - Bernadette CDS
- IAMX - Volatile Times CD Digipak
- IAMX - Volatile Times Limited 2LP Vinyl+CD
- IAMX - Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK CD
- IAMX - My Secret Friend CDS
- IAMX - Tear Garden CDS Ltd.
- IAMX - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction [US Import] CD
- IAMX - Think Of England CDS Ltd.
- IAMX - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction CD
- IAMX - Iamixed EP
- IAMX - Live In Warsaw CD
- IAMX - President CDS
- IAMX - The Alternative (Special Edition) Format
- IAMX - Nightlife Single
- IAMX - Nightlife CDS
- IAMX - Kiss & Swallow (Bonus Reissue) CD
- IAMX - Split It Out CDS
- IAMX - The Alternative LP
- IAMX - The Alternative CD
- IAMX - Missile MCD
- IAMX - Your Joy Is My Low Remixes EP
- IAMX - Kiss&Swallow Single
- IAMX - Kiss&Swallow LP
- IAMX - Your Joy Is My Low EP
- IAMX Before & After Party: 16-17.10: Kraków - 2009-10-14
- IAMX Party - 18.04.09 (sobota) - Kraków!!! - 2009-04-12
- IAMX Alternative Before Party - 14.11.2008 (piątek) - Folia, Kraków - 2008-11-15
Always before rating a record with mark 10/10 I mull it over. Now I wonder too because my approach to new record of Sneaker Pimps ex-leader, the star of OFF Festival, was rather sceptical.
Anyway, there is no IAMX without musical past of Chris Corner in previously mentioned Sneaker Pimps. Their first longplay released in 1996 (Becoming X) was a success but in these years on trip-hop scene Massive Attack and Portishead were giants, so female vocal of Kelli Dayton was useless.
Chris thanked her for cooperation, or putting it bluntly - he gave her the gate to unload routine.
After releasing 3 records Chris issued his debut album Kiss And Swallow (2004). It was the beginning of IAMX.
When I think of Depeche Mode concert, which took place in march 2006, and where the support was The Bravery I come to conclusion that Sam Endicott in comparison with Chris Corner is a kid, who doesn't know what a synthesizer is. The majority of british "alternative bands" are frustrated high school students or what?
IAMX creates good mix of Depeche Mode style (their tone from Violator and Ultra stage) and best Placebo singles (Bitter End or Every You, Every Me). There is no other way of interpretation Nightlife's cowboy pugnation than as a paralel to Personal Jesus. And what is Negative Sex if not a electro version of Bitter End?
Corner with ability to manipulate rock and electro tones is not screwing around like bands promoted by MTV2 Spanking New Music programme. Singing about sex, bisexuality, drugs and foggiest ideas of politics (President) has nothing to do with bands established by 16-years old guys trying to create rebel image.
Now there is only hope that boom for electro-rock bands with Brian-Molko-similar vocal won't come. But, this time Corner is not late.
Tracklist:
01 President
02 The Alternative
03 Nightlife
04 Lulled by Numbers
05 Song Of Imaginary Beings
06 The Negative Sex
07 Bring Me Back a Dog
08 S.H.E
09 Spit It Out
10 After Every Party I Die
11 This Will Make You Love Again
Other articles:
- IAMX - Metanoia - 2017-01-28 (Music reviews)
- M'era Luna 2016 - 2016-10-13 (Live reports)
- Interview with Chris Corner/IAMX - 2016-06-24 (Interviews)
- IAMX - Metanoia Tour - 2016-05-14 (Live reports)
- IAMX - The Unified Field - 2013-07-20 (Music reviews)
- IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction - 2013-07-15 (Music reviews)
- IAMX - Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction - 2012-03-09 (Music reviews)
- IAMX - Volatile Times - 2011-06-25 (Music reviews)
- IAMX - Spit It Out - 2008-09-07 (Music reviews)
- IAMX – Kiss & Swallow - 2008-06-04 (Music reviews)