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New video single, "Opposition", from electronic music pioneers HAUJOBB feat. Emese Árvai-Illés

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HAUJOBB unveil new video single "Opposition" featuring BLACK NAIL CABARET vocalist Emese Árvai-Illés!

"Opposition" is taken from forthcoming new album "The Machine in the Ghost" to be released on September 20th, 2024, via Dependent Records.

While being less than two months away from the 10th full length release from HAUJOBB it is obvious that the German duo of Daniel Myer and Dejan Samardzic is not willing to do things twice. "Opposition" and its predecessor, first single taken from "The Machine in the Ghost", "In The Headlights" just ensures that album number 10 for the Leipzig based electronic musicians will be a new chapter in their sonic collection!

"Opposition" is coming to make clear once more the clever use of electronic music elements coming from a variety of sub-genres, which delivers a unique soundscape and audio experience through HAUJOBB's combination of hardware and software tools and instruments. Emotional and angry, "Opposition" builds a cold and haunting ambience that drags you into their electrified world and their seductive sound. The addition of the mesmerizing vocals from Emese Árvai-Illés just gives to "Opposition" another layer of music addiction and inspiration!

Emese Árvais-Illés of Dependent labelmates Black Nail Cabaret added the final touch in the new single, with Dejan Samardzic of Haujobb stating that “adding a female vocal towards the end of the song was a last minute idea, but Emese is so reliable and immediately delivered impressive results. Maybe she felt my sense of urgency. I couldn't wait to add this new element to the arrangement as it added a strong organic feel.”

“Dejan had some wordless singing in mind, like the side vocals of Eurythmics‘ ‘Sweet Dreams’, so he just asked me to improvise,” adds Árvais-Illés. “I recorded a couple of takes doing random ad-libs at the end. It kind of gave me a Massive Attack ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ feel, but in a more industrial way.“

"Opposition" comes with a beautiful official video created by Boris May of Klangstabil!

Maintaining an impressive penchant for refusing to do the same thing twice on each studio album, 'The Machine In The Ghost' deploys field recordings to create some of its most prominent sounds. In order to achieve the desired effect, the duo used a mix of software and hardware in the shape of everyday items. This deliberate nod to a previous era with more analogue shifting of the dials complements the retro theme of ‘The Machine In The Ghost’ (albeit without indulging in nostalgia for its own sake), the album revolving around the highly charged relationship between mind and matter, analogue and digital.

Despite their constant artistic evolution, a unique musical handwriting is present throughout the Haujobb catalogue. Originally founded as a trio in the West German city of Bielefeld, they were initially influenced by the ‘Vancouver school’ of industrial electronics (the likes of Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly), but it did not take long for them to be recognised as figureheads of a more modern take on this sound that incorporated elements of IDM (intelligent dance music) that helped catapult them onto the wider international scene.

Co-founding member Björn Jünemann left the band after their second album, with Myer and Samardzic subsequently releasing the acclaimed ‘Solutions For A Small Planet’ (1996) and thereafter maintaining a strong strike-rate that has included ‘New World March’ (2011), their 7th record and regarded as another milestone effort.

‘The Machine in the Ghost’ has seen Haujobb begin another exciting chapter in their career. As we enter the next industrial and creative revolution that has been ignited by the rise of AI, it shows that they still have their musical fingers on the pulse.

THE MACHINE IN THE GHOST

TRACKLISTING
1 Uncanny Valley
2 Uselessness
3 In The Headlights
4 Under the Gun
5 Tomorrow
6 The Internation
7 Opposition
8 Singularity
9 Mass Master
10 While It Rains

Daniel Myer – vocals, programming
Dejan Samardzic – programming

guest musicians
Emese Árvai-Illés (BLACK NAIL CABARET) – vocals
Hannes Rief (DIE SELEKTION) – trumpet
Aleta Welling – lyrics
Felix Gerlach – cello