We Have a Technical
615 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWe Have a Technical brings I Die: You Die's discussions of industrial, EBM, goth, dark electro, and related music genres to the podcast format. Join Alex, Bruce, and guests as they explore music's darker alternatives.
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We Have a Technical 117: Modified Chaps
August 18, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBOn this episode of We Have a Technical we have special guest Sam Rosenthal of Black Tape For a Blue Girl and Projekt Records! Bruce and Alex get to chat with the American darkwave and ethereal music stalwart about revisiting the past on his band's new album, running a label in 2016 and the nature of fan artist relationships! All this week on the official www.idieyoudie.com podcast!
We Have a Technical 116: Crunk Juice
August 10, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBOn this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex reunite after some weeks in the wilder and woolier reaches of Canada! There's a rundown of what Alex missed at Terminus, and a Pick 5 of records we like to listen to at bedtime! All this and more of the same nonsense we've been doing for the previous 115 episodes of We Have a Technical!
We Have a Technical 115: Heaven is a Holodeck
August 04, 2016 09:00 - 55 minutes - 45.5 MBNew records by Dom Fernow and Justin Broadrick are the topics du jour on this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast! We're talking about the specific sounds and moods carved out by Vatican Shadow and JK Flesh, along with all manner of detours into metaphysical matters (and Bruce's apparent hatred for TV pitchmen).
We Have a Technical 114: How to Deal with Leprosy
July 28, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis week we are joined by Fredrik Djurfeldt of Severe Illusion and Analfabetism to discuss his various projects, North American vs European perspectives on Our Thing and host of other topics. Also Alex gets way too drunk and says some inadvisable things re: S U R V I V E. All this and more on We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast.
We Have a Technical 113: Our Emissary
July 21, 2016 09:00 - 56 minutes - 46.9 MBOkay so you know how everyone in North American industrial lost their minds over the Das Bunker 20th Anniversary announcement? Well we got Rev John of DB on the horn to talk about putting the fest together, how the line-up reflects the history of the club and the broader scope of the Los Angeles electronic music scene. Plus Alex and Bruce get a little tipsy, all this week on the official I Die: You Die podcast!
We Have a Technical 112: Not the Passenger
July 14, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBBruce and Alex are taking a look at futurespast on the latest episode of We Have a Technical. Yes, futurepop, that millennial sensation, is the subject. It's highlights, lowlights, and enduring legacies, are all discussed on the most Metallica-heavy episode (no, really!) of We Have a Technical to date.
We Have a Technical 111: GohGurt
July 07, 2016 09:00 - 44 minutes - 37.2 MBHas it really been fifteen years since ohGr's "Welt" was released? It has! And we're doing an album commentary podcast in its honour. The record's odd mix of pop and industrial, its forecasting of post-reunion S'Puppy, and so much more are taken up on this week's episode of We Have A Technical, the official idieyoudie.com podcast.
We Have a Technical 110: A Noble Endeavour
June 30, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBIt's our birthday! Well, the website's at least. We're spending this week's episode reflecting on five years of idieyoudie.com: how has post-industrial music changed in that time? How have our attitudes towards writing about it evolved? What bands and labels are inseparable from our experiences with the site? All this and so much more indulgent reverie on this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 109: Prog in Prague
June 23, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBAlex and Bruce through a few of their fav-o-rite things about the legendary Legendary Pink Dots on this week's episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast! We're also offering updates, and the new gameshow that's sweeping the nation, "Baseball Term or Futurepop Song?"
We Have a Technical 108: Cane Dewey
June 16, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBJoin Alex and Bruce for a classic format episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, as they discuss albums by Bel Canto and The Revolting Cocks. Also we kick off the voting for Daniel Myer's setlist at Terminus festival, spend some time discussing a recent show and generally doing what we do here on We Have a Technical! Rate and subscribe, fool!
We Have a Technical 107: No!
June 09, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBScott Fox of iVardensphere joins Bruce and Alex to talk about breaking his sound down and reconstructing it on the fly for his improvisational Singularity sets. The full skinny on Vancouver's recent Cure show and some exciting news for Daniel Myer fans are also on this week's episode of the podcast.
We Have a Technical 106: Pip Pip Cheerio M'erF'er
June 02, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBThe broader state of dark music is being discussed on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, with questions concerning the rise of darker music outside of the boundaries of goth and industrial being kicked about. Alex and Bruce debate whether or not a new dark age is moving beyond the ken of Our Thing, and try to keep baseball and wrestling chatter to a minimum.
We Have a Technical 105: Edit This Out
May 27, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBOn this week's episode of We Have A Technical, Greh Holger of Hive Mind, Pure Ground, and Chondritic Sound stops by on the latest episode to talk noise, LA, and the aesthetic philosophies which underlie curating one's own label. Apologies in advance for the sound problems; for once the name of the podcast is particularly accurate.
We Have a Technical 104: The Pronunciation Episode
May 19, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBOn this episode, Bruce and Alex are tackling an album by Dead Voices On Air -and- the very thorny issue of capitalism and its intersection with Our Thing. Don't worry, there are probably at least a couple of fart jokes in there too.
We Have a Technical 103: Breaking One Off with Ol' Eddie
May 12, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBLyrics are the topic du jour on this episode of the podcast, with Bruce and Alex each picking five songs whose lyrics have personally resonated with them.
We Have a Technical 102: The Devil's Pillow - A Velveteen Glove
May 05, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBOn this episode of the podcast, Bruce and Alex sit down with Greg and Susan of High-Functioning Flesh, a chat we recorded when they came through Vancouver on tour with Body Of Light. We're also talking Haujobb, Babyland, and the mysterious Das Bunker anniversary festival!
We Have a Technical 101: The Transhuman Musicians
April 28, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBEncephalon's debut record gets the full commentary treatment on this week's episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast! 2011's "The Transhuman Condition" was the staff's favourite record of ID:UD's inaugural year, and they've got plenty to say about the Ottawa trio's head-trip of an electro-industrial tour de force.
We Have a Technical 100: Wepisodes of the Ebsite
April 21, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBBruce and Alex keep it hundred on this very special episode of We Have A Technical with an interview with none other than Jerome Reuter of Rome. War, Jacques Brel, and sousaphone: no topic is off the table as WHaT crosses the century mark.
We Have a Technical 99: Classy Stephan
April 14, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBA thoughtful and considered interview with Brant Showers of DAIMON and SOLVE is featured on this week's episode of the podcast. We've also got a recap of the recent Verboden festival and the scoop on Daniel Myer's by-request set at Terminus which we're going to help -you- curate! All this wee on the official I Die: You Die podcast!
We Have a Technical 98: Chokeslam Kids
April 07, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBStill recovering from an all-night Leaether Strip trip, Alex and Bruce consider the art of the live set list on the podcast. How long? Which hits? How much new stuff? Is the whole "playing a classic album in its entirety" thing played out? All this and plenty more on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 97: Thirty Three and a Bird
March 31, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBOn this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we talk about two very different albums joined by a simple idea: they represent artists stepping out of their most obvious influences into a wider world of musical ideas. Along with that talk about Rosetta Stone and Necro Facility, we also discuss festival line-up news, the Depeche Mode march madness brackets and plenty more nonsense and hullabaloo! Only on We Have a Technical!
We Have a Technical 96: A Talking Motorcycle
March 24, 2016 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWe're catching up with Youth Code on this week's episode of We Have a Technical! On the eve of the release of their second LP, Sara and Ryan chatted with us about the strife which drove and influenced the creation of "Commitment To Complications", working with Rhys Fulber, and the ethics of adding maple syrup to your coffee. We're also talking about Terminus' first band announcements, and the legacy of Tympanik Audio.
We Have a Technical 95: You Know What They Say
March 17, 2016 02:45 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBOn the occasion of his in-progress North American tour and out of our appreciation for his body of work, we're spending this episode of the podcast talking about Claus Larsen's hugely influential work as Leæther Strip. We talk about his influences, his role in shaping goth/industrial culture in the 90s, and how he's been recently navigating the unruly waters of self-released music. All this and more on this episode of We Have a Technical!
We Have a Technical 94: Cocktails with Cockroaches
March 10, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBWe're back to our not-quite live broadcast after a couple weeks of canned episodes! Alex is back from Italy and we're hitting the ground running with a conversation with legendary designer Steven R. Gilmore! The man behind countless Nettwerk sleeves for Skinny Puppy, The Tear Garden, Images In Vogue and plenty of others is here to give us the stories and method behind many of your favourite record designs.
We Have a Technical 93: Not Afraid of Bats
March 03, 2016 10:00 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MBOn yet another slightly shorter episode (only slightly though!) Alex and Bruce take a suggestion from the Mailbag and do a Pick 5 feature on their favourite packaging. What labels get the most love for their fancy format and cool design? You'll have to listen to these two guys yammer on at length to find out! All this week on We Have a Technical, the I Die: You Die podcast.
We Have a Technical 92: Geoffrey's Obsession
February 25, 2016 10:00 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this pre-recorded and slightly appended episode of the podcast, the I Die: You Die Senior Staff spin off from last week's episode about neo-oldschool EBM with some talk about Nexus Kenosis and The Pain Machinery. That and actually only a tiny bit more, this week on We Have a Technical!
We Have a Technical 91: Lifting Heavy Things
February 18, 2016 10:00 - 58 minutes - 48.5 MBIt's a roots-EBM episode of the podcast this week. Old-school, anhalt, traditional, whatever you want to call it, it's big in Europe with guys with Guile Mohawks, and we're here to talk about it. Put on a black singlet and some combat pants, crack a tallboy of lager, and settle in with this week's episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 90: It's Big, It's Huge
February 11, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis episode's offering nothing short of a Masterclass in recording and production from Réal Cardinal of Comaduster! Réal delineates a lot of the terms we tend to throw around indiscriminately while writing about music, and walks us through the processes of creating electronic music well beyond just "writing" it. All this week on We Have a Technical, the I Die: You Die podcast!
We Have a Technical 89: In All the Land
February 04, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIt's a grab bag episode this week, as Bruce and Alex tackle topics wide and far-reaching: recent shows, the changing realities of accessing music files, the much-ballyhooed Black Queen record, Laibach's troll-heavy (or not?) endorsement of boomer rock, and some listener questions all make it into this beggar's banquet which is the newest episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 88: Once in a Podcast
January 28, 2016 10:00 - 42 minutes - 35.3 MBThe Senior Staff return to the popular full-album commentary format! This time, it's Wolfsheim's 1999 breakthrough LP "Spectators" which is getting the deluxe treatment. The album's distinction from Wolfsheim's existing discography and contemporary dance floors, its catapulting of Peter Heppner to mainstream stardom in Germany and so much more are discussed on the newest episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 87: The Erotic Adventures of R.
January 21, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThe Senior Staff are back to their classic two albums format on this episode of We Have A Technical, with records by Daniel Myer's Clear Vision project and Christian Death. The year's first festival announcements and new releases are also kicked about as We Have A Technical begins to properly dig into 2016.
We Have a Technical 86: Falls W*nking to the Floor
January 13, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThis week, like everyone else, Bruce and Alex are talking about David Bowie. They do their best to draw lines between his work and goth and industrial, but like Bowie himself, a discussion of his influence can't be tied to just one or two points. Lotsa talk about Outside, the Berlin records and so much more on this episode of We Have a Technical.
We Have a Technical 85: I Swear I Said Pouppée
January 07, 2016 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBTo kick off 2016, Bruce and Alex each pick five things they'd like to see in the year ahead. New albums, trends, reissues, it's all fair game as the Senior Staff dig into the new year with all the gusto you've come to expect from the official I Die: You Die podcast!
We Have a Technical 84: Son of a Shape
December 30, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBIn our yearly off topic episode Bruce and Alex pay homage to Lemmy by drinking an ocean of Jack and Cokes. Some discussion of books, pro wrestling and non-scene music is also had. It's pretty long, and meanders a lot, and both hosts are pretty drunk by the end of it. It's probably not that great? You be the judge!
We Have a Technical 83: Somebody Once Told Me
December 23, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBBruce and Alex take a final look back at the trends and topics of 2015 and send last minute shout outs to some overlooked LPs on this episode of We Have A Technical, the penultimate of the year!
We Have a Technical 82: The Digital Bone
December 18, 2015 10:00 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBWith the blog's Top 25 Records of 2015 list published, Alex and Bruce look at some honourable mentions and notable reissues, and give some thought to the ins and outs of what does and doesn't fall within the purview of niche music writing. It's a sober second look at the year that was, just before 2015 gets rung out in a far more inebriated style on the latest episode of We Have A Technical.
We Have a Technical 81: Business Analysis, Man
December 10, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBOn this episode of the podcast, the Senior Staff takes up the question of the label's role in 2025. Curation, distribution, legacies: what can labels do for fans and bands in the digital age? That and more on this week's episode of We Have a Technical, the official I Die: You Die podcast.
We Have a Technical 80: Rowdy in the Bathtub
December 03, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBAlex and Bruce each offer takes on a pair of electo-industrial records from the mid-aughts, and respond to some of the blowback from last week's discussion of Front 242.
We Have a Technical 79: That Would Be 5
November 26, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBAlex and Bruce return to the Pick Five format to discuss "difficult" music of all stripes and sizes, and talk through the issues pertaining to industrial-esque artists who've received mainstream plaudits, all on this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast.
We Have a Technical 78: Some Effin' Mozart
November 19, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBAlex and Bruce offer up 2 for 1 interviews this week as photographer Jill Grant and Gregg McGillivray of Urusai stop by for some chats. They also touch on the ever-present controversies surrounding Death In June as the band embarks on a North American tour.
We Have a Technical 77: A Familiar Problem
November 12, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBBruce and Alex are joined by Michael Arthur Holloway of Dead When I Found Her. New album "All The Way Down"'s connections to end of life care, the history of sampling in industrial music, and plenty more are taken up in the latest episode of the idieyoudie.com podcast!
We Have a Technical 76: Hoagies in the Bathroom
November 05, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBThis week on We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex go on at length about the club scene as it pertains to Our Thing. Changes in the music, style of promotion, the role of attendees, DJs, owners and the social incentives for going out dancing (and drinking!) are explored in the patented style of this, the official I Die: You Die podcast!
We Have a Technical 75: This Industrial Life
October 29, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBBruce and Alex flip through the Rolodex for the 75th episode of We Have a Technical and have eleven friends of the podcast drop in to comment on albums they hold near and dear to their hearts. Special Appearances by Matt Fanale of Caustic, Adam Williams of amodelofcontrol.com, Ned Ragget, Kathleen Chausse, Rexx Arkana of FGFC820, Sara Taylor of Youth Code, Eric Gottesman of Everything Goes Cold, Wes and Michael from Talking to Ghosts, Rev John from Das Bunker, Sharon Kyronfive and Michael Ar...
We Have a Technical 74: Coarse Undergarments
October 22, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBOn this episode of the official (accept no substitutes) podcast of Spoopoween, the Senior Staff of I Die: You Die talk to industrial podcast OG DJ Todd of Real Synthetic Audio! Topics include the history of RSA, the role of the DJ in the club and on the internet and changes we've seen in the last 15 plus years in the game. Also some chat about the recently announced Swans reissues, our regular recommendations feature and all the usual nonsense you've come to expect from the idieyoudie.com po...
We Have a Technical 73: Posthumous Pitfalls
October 15, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBOn this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex give some thought to the great beyond with a discussion of the pragmatics and ethics of posthumous releases.
We Have a Technical 72: Jerk O' Lantern
October 08, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBAlex and Bruce take a look at the paths carved out by two bands they've been tracking for the past few years - Terminal Gods and Mircalla - and cut through the hype surrounding the new New Order LP on the latest episode of We Have A Technical!
We Have a Technical 71: Vegan Food Tourists
October 01, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBruce and Alex run through all of the recent goings on in Chicago for Cold Waves and in LA for Front 242. But the Industrial Summer Camp madness doesn't stop there! Kathleen Chausse drops by to talk about the Voidstar festival happening this weekend in Boston!
We Have a Technical 70: All Credibility Lost
September 24, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBOn this episode of We Have A Technical, Bruce and Alex field questions from listeners, ranging from the function and quality of lyrics to their preferred shooter recipes! It's an all request, all mailbag episode of the world's spoopiest industrial podcast.
We Have a Technical 69: Solid Gold Easy Hustler
September 18, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBOn this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex dig into the influences of two very disparate acts on the shape and sound of Our Thing: Pet Shop Boys and Converter. Odball tribute albums are unearthed, the merits of VPN surfing are debated, and all the usual nonsense you've come to expect from Canada's most pro-wrestling friendly industrial podcast makes its way in as well.
We Have a Technical 68: New Chairs
September 11, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOn this episode of We Have A Technical, Jason Novak joins the senior staff for a chat about the origins and new realizations of the Cold Waves festival in Chicago, his work in reviving the old Wax Trax sound with Chris Connelly as Cocksure, and that certain je ne sais quoi possessed by Severed Heads. All this and more of the usual nonsense on the latest episode of WHaT!