West Coast Tour Dates Announced

Come see what happens when a woman CMJ called, “a female front woman with an incredible voice – proves she has enough swagger and sway to keep things interesting without ever being overstated” and a man who has more rock in his pinky than you have in your whole life put it all on stage!

Sun, 10th June, Santa Cruz, CA. Blue Lagoon
Tues, 12th June, Seattle, WA. High Dive
Wed, 13th June, Portland, OR, Lovecraft (John Fryer DJ Set)
Thur, 14th June, Portland, OR. Star Theater
Fri, 15th June, San Francisco, CA. Monarch
Sat, 16th June, Hollywood, CA. Bar Sinister

This will be DarkDriveClinic’s first of hopefully many tours.

DarkDriveClinic Receives Kemper Amplifier Sponsorship

Kemper Amplifiers has selected DarkDriveClinic to receive one of its fantastic profiling amps!

Rebecca Named one of the “100 Greatest Women in Music”

Thanks to Twin Cities Underground for placing Rebecca Coseboom of DarkDriveClinic in the top 50 of the “100 Greatest Women in Music”

http://thetwincitiesunderground.blogspot.com/2012/02/100-greatest-women-in-music.html

Reflections of Darkness Gives DarkDriveClinic 8.5/10

Behind the inspired name DARK DRIVE CLINIC and the debut full-length effort ‘Noise In My Head’, talented people like John Fryer (member of THIS MORTAL COIL, THE HOPE BLISTER and rock producer with collaborations such as DEPECHE MODE, NINE INCH NAILS, CRADLE OF FILTH, HIM) & vocalist Rebecca Coseboom (STRIPMALL ARCHITECTURE, HALOU) hide. The basic ingredients of the album are… (read more)

Soundsphere Magazine Reviews DarkDriveClinic

DarkDriveClinic is legendary producer John Fryer and angel-voiced Rebecca Coseboom, with the occasional input of guitarist Tom Berger. And when we say legendary producer, we mean legendary. If you haven’t heard of John Fryer, you’re going to wonder why the hell not when you know what he’s been involved in creating. He has worked with Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins and Nine Inch Nails, and helped to bring the goth and industrial genres to the forefront of alternative… (read more)

DarkDriveClinic Receive MikTek Sponsorship

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Miktek, makers of fine microphones which have been described as “a unique blend of engineering and design.”

Miktek’s proprietary capsules feature ultra thin Mylar diaphragms with evaporated gold and are manufactured to tight tolerances for unparalleled quality. Precise machining of the backplates, along with careful consideration of internal acoustic properties, assures the pristine performance of every microphone.

Learn more about these wonderful microphones

Additional Re-Releases

This past year has seen a lot of activity in John Fryer’s back catalog. In addition to the re-releases that we told you about in a previous post, we’ve become aware of three additional re-releases:

DOME – BOX SET – Editions Mego are proud to release the complete recorded works of DOME in a deluxe vinyl box set that that also includes newly designed artwork by David Coppenhall, reproductions of the original Atelier Koninck posters that accompanied Dome 1 and Dome 2, insert with sleeve notes by Howard Jacques and Neil Martinson as well as unseen photos from the period. If that wasn’t enough it also contains a matchbox to put matches in to shake along to your favourite Dome tune!

THIS MORTAL COIL – BOX SET – This collection is the second time that the three albums have been presented in a box set– the first time, in 1993, included a fourth disc that featured the original versions of the many songs that TMC covered. Besides updated remastering and a new overall presentation, there’s a new fourth disc here, Dust and Guitars, consisting of those previously mentioned non-album releases, including the “16 Days/Gathering Dust” medley from their first single, two unreleased songs from a planned 1992 Rough Trade single, and various single remixes. When those original songs TMC reworked can now be easily put together on a playlist via YouTube or Spotify, the actual physical sight of this comprehensive set helps reinforce what made this project special. It feels like one last nod toward the idea of 4AD-as-artistic-construction, a final opportunity for something a little more permanent.

PALE SAINTS – THE COMFORTS OF MADNESS – Remastered for vinyl for the first time in over two decades, this record is pressed on high quality, European vinyl. This is the first ever U.S. release of The Comforts of Madness on vinyl, the way it was meant to be heard. The Comforts of Madness, the band’s debut studio album, was released in 1990. It proved to be their most successful and critically acclaimed record, reaching the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart. An ambitious sound that remains unique right to this day, Ian Masters and the crew successfully merged dream pop with rather gentle shoegaze. The album includes a cover of Opal’s, “Fell Fromthe Sun,” and was produced by John Fryer and Gil Norton.

DarkDriveClinic join SOS Management

SOS Management is delighted to announce the addition of producer, engineer, mixer and writer, JOHN FRYER (Cocteau Twins, NIN, Stabbing Westward, HIM, Love & Rockets, Cradle Of Filth, Depeche Mode etc.) and his band DarkDriveClinic.

Revered as the mastermind behind the influential audio landscape of 4 A.D. Records, the legendary John Fryer’s multi-colored palette ranges from electronic pop and ethereal to industrial, alternative and modern rock. With his influence in such a wide range of seminal recordings, he is an innovative genre chameleon, coveted for his ability to find and facilitate an artist’s most intriguing aspects… but as far as he hears it, “good music is good music.”

Fryer (and his band, DarkDriveClinic) takes his place alongside SOS current and former luminaries including (but not limited to) Sean Beavan (and his band 8mm), Butch Vig (and his band Garbage), Danny Saber, Tony Visconti and the late, great, Jimmy Miller.

DarkDriveClinic sign with Green Fuse Records for Vinyl Release of Noise In My Head

A photo of the vinyl art proof

We are pleased to announce that Green Fuse Records has offered to release Noise In My Head, the debut album from DarkDriveClinic on 12″ vinyl record. The release date has not yet been set, but will be sometime in Q2 of 2012.

DarkDriveClinic Sign With Rocky Road Touring

We are pleased to announce that Rocky Road Touring has signed DarkDriveClinic as the newest artist in their roster. Rocky Road Touring books bands such as Dar Williams, DB & The Catastrophe, Die So Fluid, Hussle Club, Joe Purdy, Peter Murphy, Phenomenal Hand Clap Band, Rose Jang and The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players in the United States and Europe.