New Fanoe album coming in January
Fanoe is one of my favorite bands that has emerged in the past few years. They are an industrial-rock band based in Switzerland with a sound floating somewhere between Nine Inch Nails and Die Krupps. Klaus Fanoe actually produced the first album Empire Dirt all on his own in 2005, only putting a band together afterward for a tour. Despite being a one-man project, the album is fantastic. Fanoe managed to create a diverse, yet intensely focused album with stunning production.
The big news, of course, is that Fanoe will be releasing a new album in January 2008. Down to Heaven is the name, and although I don’t see an exact release date, there’s a release party scheduled for January 17th in Zurich. That’s a Thursday, so I am guessing the album will be out the next day, Friday the 18th, because releases over there are typically done on Fridays. Whatever the date, I am sure Down to Heaven will be just as good, if not better, than Empire Dirt.
How do I know this? I’ve already heard their new song “Skin and Bones” and I love it. You can listen to it on Fanoe’s MySpace page, too. There are also samples to 9 songs from Empire Dirt on CD Baby for you to enjoy. If you like the album as much as I do, you can buy the album there, either on CD or MP3 files, for $12.
Above photo by manvarle.com
September 17th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I LIKE these songs! But this is quite inconvenient for one or the other of us, since we aren’t supposed to like the same kind of music ;-P WHY has no one told me about this band before?? lol cool music!!
September 17th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
We can both like Fanoe, there’s always an exception to the rule.
I’ve been listening to Fanoe for at least a year, probably longer. I don’t know how I haven’t told you about them before… but I’m glad you like them. I think they’re one of the better new bands these days.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:48 am
hey dear friends… unfortunately our release is a bit delayed. you can buy the album in switzerland so far. It wil be available worldwide in the next couple of days/weeks thru cdbaby.com itunes napster and many more. a release in germany is not planed before june 2008.
cheers for your support
FANOE
February 7th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Thanks for the update, I will write about Fanoe again soon.
-Greg
March 25th, 2008 at 12:44 am
[…] It has been a while since I talked about the Swiss-based band Fanoe, and it’s time to mention them again now that their long-awaited second album Down To Heaven has finally been released. It has actually been available since the beginning of February, but only from a limited number of sources so far and promotion has largely been underground and by word-of-mouth. This electronic rock album has 10 songs and comes in a very nice digipack featuring stunning artwork that was designed by the band’s singer himself. It’s almost as good as the music. […]