Australia’s roving merchant of industrial synth crust, Schkeuditzer Kreuz, releases their next 7” vinyl single, ‘Keep Dancing’, with a release party at Sydney’s Lazy Thinking on Friday, 5 June, alongside Anti Itch Cream from Tokyo, Japan.
Talking about the title track / A-side, ‘Keep Dancing’, Schkeuditzer Kreuz alias Kieren Hills says:
“Keep Dancing is a song of rebellion. It is a song about standing up for what you think is right. And it is a song of standing up for those who can’t stand up for themselves. It is about sticking together and sticking around to make our voice heard in a time where we feel under constant attack. The world feels pretty bad right now, but the song is about not switching off even when that feels like the only option.”
The single, ‘Keep Dancing – Fresh Graves Mix’ and its B-side, ‘Poor Impulse Control – Three Days Deep’, are both brand-new exclusive Schkeuditzer Kreuz remixes of tracks lifted from last year’s widely praised Swan Grinder album. Kieren continues:
“I have always wanted to have a go at putting guitar with one of my songs and this seemed like the perfect one to do. So I rerecorded it with guitars as well as redoing the drums and synths to make it sound more urgent and more, well, danceable.”
“Then the B-side – Three Days Deep: I took the original song and sped it up to 240bpm, distorted the fuck out of everything and well, we all know what Three Days Deep refers to…”
The show at Lazy Thinking is part of the 10-date Kae Takahashi / Anti Itch Cream tour of Australia, running from 4-14 June. Kieren explains how the tour came about:
Meanwhile, Schkeuditzer Kreuz is also using the ‘Keep Dancing’ release to make an early announcement of their own 19-date tour of Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia in October this year.
“Last week I put the finishing touches on the Asia tour, locking in a date in Kuala Lumpur. It is over four months until I leave but I am already nerve crushingly excited for it.”
The ‘Keep Dancing’ single is released on vinyl and digital formats on 5 June, with presales available on Bandcamp now.