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We Have a Technical
We Have a Technical brings I Die: You Die's discussions of industrial, EBM, goth, dark electro, and related music genres to the podcast format. Join Alex, Bruce, and guests as they explore music's darker alternatives.
Episodes
- We Have a Technical
We Have a Technical 105: Edit This Out
On this week's episode of We Have A Technical, Greh Holger of Hive Mind, Pure Ground, and Chondritic Sound stops by on the latest episode to talk noise, LA…
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We Have a Technical 104: The Pronunciation Episode
On this episode, Bruce and Alex are tackling an album by Dead Voices On Air -and- the very thorny issue of capitalism and its intersection with Our Thing…
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We Have a Technical 103: Breaking One Off with Ol' Eddie
Lyrics are the topic du jour on this episode of the podcast, with Bruce and Alex each picking five songs whose lyrics have personally resonated with them.
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We Have a Technical 102: The Devil's Pillow - A Velveteen Glove
On this episode of the podcast, Bruce and Alex sit down with Greg and Susan of High-Functioning Flesh, a chat we recorded when they came through Vancouver on…
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We Have a Technical 101: The Transhuman Musicians
Encephalon's debut record gets the full commentary treatment on this week's episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast! 2011's "The Transhuman Condition"…
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We Have a Technical 100: Wepisodes of the Ebsite
Bruce and Alex keep it hundred on this very special episode of We Have A Technical with an interview with none other than Jerome Reuter of Rome. War, Jacques…
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We Have a Technical 99: Classy Stephan
A thoughtful and considered interview with Brant Showers of DAIMON and SOLVE is featured on this week's episode of the podcast. We've also got a recap of the…
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We Have a Technical 98: Chokeslam Kids
Still recovering from an all-night Leaether Strip trip, Alex and Bruce consider the art of the live set list on the podcast. How long? Which hits? How much new…
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We Have a Technical 97: Thirty Three and a Bird
On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we talk about two very different albums joined by a simple idea: they represent artists stepping out of…
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We Have a Technical 96: A Talking Motorcycle
We're catching up with Youth Code on this week's episode of We Have a Technical! On the eve of the release of their second LP, Sara and Ryan chatted with us…
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We Have a Technical 95: You Know What They Say
On the occasion of his in-progress North American tour and out of our appreciation for his body of work, we're spending this episode of the podcast talking…
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We Have a Technical 94: Cocktails with Cockroaches
We're back to our not-quite live broadcast after a couple weeks of canned episodes! Alex is back from Italy and we're hitting the ground running with a…
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We Have a Technical 93: Not Afraid of Bats
On yet another slightly shorter episode (only slightly though!) Alex and Bruce take a suggestion from the Mailbag and do a Pick 5 feature on their favourite…
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We Have a Technical 92: Geoffrey's Obsession
In this pre-recorded and slightly appended episode of the podcast, the I Die: You Die Senior Staff spin off from last week's episode about neo-oldschool EBM…
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We Have a Technical 91: Lifting Heavy Things
It's a roots-EBM episode of the podcast this week. Old-school, anhalt, traditional, whatever you want to call it, it's big in Europe with guys with Guile…
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We Have a Technical 90: It's Big, It's Huge
This episode's offering nothing short of a Masterclass in recording and production from Réal Cardinal of Comaduster! Réal delineates a lot of the terms we tend…
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We Have a Technical 89: In All the Land
It's a grab bag episode this week, as Bruce and Alex tackle topics wide and far-reaching: recent shows, the changing realities of accessing music files, the…
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We Have a Technical 88: Once in a Podcast
The Senior Staff return to the popular full-album commentary format! This time, it's Wolfsheim's 1999 breakthrough LP "Spectators" which is getting the deluxe…
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We Have a Technical 87: The Erotic Adventures of R.
The Senior Staff are back to their classic two albums format on this episode of We Have A Technical, with records by Daniel Myer's Clear Vision project and…
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We Have a Technical 86: Falls W*nking to the Floor
This week, like everyone else, Bruce and Alex are talking about David Bowie. They do their best to draw lines between his work and goth and industrial, but…
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We Have a Technical 85: I Swear I Said Pouppée
To kick off 2016, Bruce and Alex each pick five things they'd like to see in the year ahead. New albums, trends, reissues, it's all fair game as the Senior…
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We Have a Technical 84: Son of a Shape
In our yearly off topic episode Bruce and Alex pay homage to Lemmy by drinking an ocean of Jack and Cokes. Some discussion of books, pro wrestling and…
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We Have a Technical 83: Somebody Once Told Me
Bruce and Alex take a final look back at the trends and topics of 2015 and send last minute shout outs to some overlooked LPs on this episode of We Have A…
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We Have a Technical 82: The Digital Bone
With the blog's Top 25 Records of 2015 list published, Alex and Bruce look at some honourable mentions and notable reissues, and give some thought to the ins…
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We Have a Technical 81: Business Analysis, Man
On this episode of the podcast, the Senior Staff takes up the question of the label's role in 2025. Curation, distribution, legacies: what can labels do for…
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We Have a Technical 80: Rowdy in the Bathtub
Alex and Bruce each offer takes on a pair of electo-industrial records from the mid-aughts, and respond to some of the blowback from last week's discussion of…
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We Have a Technical 79: That Would Be 5
Alex and Bruce return to the Pick Five format to discuss "difficult" music of all stripes and sizes, and talk through the issues pertaining to industrial-esque…
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We Have a Technical 78: Some Effin' Mozart
Alex and Bruce offer up 2 for 1 interviews this week as photographer Jill Grant and Gregg McGillivray of Urusai stop by for some chats. They also touch on the…
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We Have a Technical 77: A Familiar Problem
Bruce and Alex are joined by Michael Arthur Holloway of Dead When I Found Her. New album "All The Way Down"'s connections to end of life care, the history of…
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We Have a Technical 76: Hoagies in the Bathroom
This week on We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex go on at length about the club scene as it pertains to Our Thing. Changes in the music, style of promotion…
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We Have a Technical 75: This Industrial Life
Bruce and Alex flip through the Rolodex for the 75th episode of We Have a Technical and have eleven friends of the podcast drop in to comment on albums they…
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We Have a Technical 74: Coarse Undergarments
On this episode of the official (accept no substitutes) podcast of Spoopoween, the Senior Staff of I Die: You Die talk to industrial podcast OG DJ Todd of Real…
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We Have a Technical 73: Posthumous Pitfalls
On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex give some thought to the great beyond with a discussion of the pragmatics and ethics of…
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We Have a Technical 72: Jerk O' Lantern
Alex and Bruce take a look at the paths carved out by two bands they've been tracking for the past few years - Terminal Gods and Mircalla - and cut through the…
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We Have a Technical 71: Vegan Food Tourists
Bruce and Alex run through all of the recent goings on in Chicago for Cold Waves and in LA for Front 242. But the Industrial Summer Camp madness doesn't stop…
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We Have a Technical 70: All Credibility Lost
On this episode of We Have A Technical, Bruce and Alex field questions from listeners, ranging from the function and quality of lyrics to their preferred…
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We Have a Technical 69: Solid Gold Easy Hustler
On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex dig into the influences of two very disparate acts on the shape and sound of Our Thing: Pet Shop Boys…
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We Have a Technical 68: New Chairs
On this episode of We Have A Technical, Jason Novak joins the senior staff for a chat about the origins and new realizations of the Cold Waves festival in…
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We Have a Technical 67: The Handsome One
After a couple of weeks away (not that the listening public would know), Bruce and Alex take a look at the insurmountable stack of records yet to be released…
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We Have a Technical 66: Where's My Tambourine?
A few weeks back Bruce and Alex met up with Aaron Fuleki and Alex Reed on the eve of their amazing performance at Terminus Festival to chat improvisation, the…
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We Have a Technical 65: Europa Europa
On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex run a commentary on one of their mutual favourite 90s EBM albums, the majestic electropop journey that…
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We Have a Technical 64: Tell 'Em Steve-Dave
Fresh back from a road trip to Seattle Alex and Bruce are ready to talk about records by And One and Din [A] Tod, do a bit of crate digging, and turn an eye to…
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We Have a Technical 63: A Band is a Business
On this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex chatting with our friend Troy Hilton of Darker Side of Light Productions about the upcoming Aftermath…
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We Have a Technical 62: God Dammit Tobey
Bruce and Alex do a wrap-up of Calgary's Terminus Festival and talk to JD and Mel from Grendel! We go over some of our favourite performances, chat a bit about…
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We Have a Technical 61: Wenis Have a Technical
On this episode, Bruce and Alex go to the movies! "Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay", "The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye", and a recently translated…
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We Have a Technical 59: Steve Ouroboros
On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Bruce and Alex quiz each other on their predilections for albums by Pretentious, Moi? and Ghost &…
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We Have a Technical 58: Jiggery Potpourri
This week Bruce and Alex have Erica Mulkey of Unwoman and returning superguest Matt Fanale of Caustic on to chat the new release from their collaborative…
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We Have a Technical 57: Summer Camp is Nigh
On this episode of We Have a Technical Bruce and Alex talk to Chris Hewitt, organizer of Calgary Alberta's Terminus Festival. Lots of interesting chat about…
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We Have a Technical 56: Both a Little Bit Right
In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Alex and Bruce are tackling the ever thorny issue of the DJ in the goth/industrial scene. Obviously this…
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We Have a Technical 55: Blabbity Schloo Music
Alex and Bruce are very excited to chat with Cory from Volt 9000, one of the most interesting bands from the current wave of Canadian industrial! We talk about…
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We Have a Technical 54: Rose McDeeznutz
Ont this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast, Alex and Bruce each make a list of five bands based on a very specific criteria. Also some chat about…
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We Have a Technical 53: Intangible Tangerine Tangents
Oh man podcast listeners, Bruce and Alex fucked up real bad and forgot to come up with a topic or a guest for We Have a Technical (the official I Die: You Die…
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We Have a Technical #52: The Band, Not the Act
Bruce and Alex look back at an older Ministry record in light of the band's legacy since then, and talk about the new Prurient record and how it connects to…
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We Have a Technical #51: Your Daddy Don't Know
On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Matt Gifford from Encephalon drops in to chat about his band's excellent new album "Psychogenesis". Also…
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We Have a Technical #50: The Great Debate
After nearly a month of carefully calculated hype and ballyhoo, it's finally here. The Great Debate, in which Alex and Bruce square off in opposing corners…
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We Have a Technical #49: Talking to Technicals
It's the fight (or congenial meet-up) of the century as We Have a Technical and Talking to Ghosts collide! What happens when the number 1 and 2 goth and…
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We Have a Technical #48: No Laser Beams, Just Apples
On this week of the world's premier industrial, gothic and related musics podcast Bruce and Alex return to the "TOP 5" format, and bust out lists of their…
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We Have a Technical #47: The Telekon Telekast
On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Bruce and Alex do a commentary for Gary Numan's classic 1980 album "Telekon". Thrill to our mildly…
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We Have a Technical #46: Noted Fruitcake
In this particularly gushy episode of the world's greatest industrial and related musics podcast, we talk about Killing Joke and Ulver. Both bands beloved to…