Мишка Records 002: //TENSE// “Turn It Off” Now Available!

We’re proud to announce our second record release, this time a 7-inch from Houston’s //TENSE//.

Frustrated with the direction electronic music was headed, one man, Robert Lane, decided to create the sound he so badly craved. So, in the Winter of 2006, he bought some machines, learned to program them, and stole his girlfriend’s computer to record the ensuing beats. Since then, Mariana Saldaña (also of Medio Mutante) has joined him in what can only be described as a burgeoning Industrial/EBM juggernaut. //TENSE// was born with dreams of resurrecting the forgotten Wax Trax! sound. Keep your memories alive, but move into the future…

Last year the band self-released their debut album, Memory, as a CD-R. Earlier this year Desire Records pressed a limited-run vinyl of Memory and released an EP from the group simply called Introducing. Since then, //TENSE// has also released the Consume EP on Disaro Records.

To round out their year, we will be releasing the group’s first-ever 7-inch for “Turn It Off.” One of //TENSE//’s signature and standout tracks, this EBM anthem is available for the first time, anywhere,on this 7-inch. If you’ve never seen its video before, take a gander at the clip above.

The B-side to this release is the band’s dark and seductive re-imagining of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain,” the video for which is brand-spanking new (above). Tommyboy, who crafted both “Tun It Off” and “Sin Realitie” videos for //TENSE//, has returned with his latest icy and dark creation for the band.

We’ve pressed only 200 copies of “Turn It Off”on black vinyl and 100 more on red vinyl (which is available only via our special T-shirt combo pack). Like the black vinyl, you can buy the tee separately… but if you want that super limited, “going to be a collector’s item” red vinyl, you gotta get the combo pack.

“Turn It Off” will also be released digitally as an EP. The release will feature both A and B sides, along with remixes of “Turn It Off” by //TENSE// and fellow EBM revivalists White Car and Valis. And to really trip shit up, we reached out to two of Witch House’s best, Party Trash and Mater Suspiria Vision, to twist and contort “The Chain” into a frightening story of dwarves, forests and heartbreak.

And as with all MSV releases, its remix comes fully equipped with its own video collage (the video above) created by Cosmotropia de Xam in his signature style. We’ll have details on the 7 song digital EP and where to buy it for you guys very soon. In the meantime, why don’t you download Valis’ remix of “Turn It Off.”

//TENSE// – Turn It Off (Valis Remix)

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