Marina Siertis and Shadowplay Music are proud to announce a new co-operation with the booking agency Nangijala bookings. Nangijala bookings will promote and book shows for Marina Siertis in Sweden and Europe. |
Marina Siertis is very happy to announce that the new album “The Much Needed Second Cold War” will be released worldwide on January 8, 2008. The album is a 13 track album, including the singles “The Minister is Dead” and “Disease”. |
Since we released The Minister is Dead for free download on the web this month, we have had 35 Gb of the song downloaded from our server. On the basis of full song downloads, that would amount to about 10000 mp3 downloads. |
Since we released The Minister is Dead for free download on the web this month, we have had 10 Gb of the song downloaded from our server. On the basis of full song downloads, that would amount to about 2600 mp3 downloads. |
A TV interview was made (in swedish) by Expressen, visit www.city.se to watch!
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Today we are releasing our second single ”The Minister is Dead” from the forthcoming album “The Much Needed Second Cold War”. The song reflects on the media and public response on the Swedish national crisis on the 11th of September 2003 when our foreign minister passed away after a horrific stabbing. The song also reflects on the lack of response of the stabbing of five year old girl Sabina on the same day. For the full story, click here.
As a curtsey to our fans the single will be available as mp3-file for free download during September. Thereafter, it will be available for listening and can be bought for download from the major download sites.
We truly hope you will enjoy the song. Tell us what you think in our guestbook! |
On the 11th of September, Marina Siertis will release the single “The minister is dead”. This will be the second single for the forthcoming album “The much needed Second Cold War”. This song makes reflections on the events and responses associated with the murder of the Swedish foreign minister, as well as a little five year old girl, on the 11th of September four years ago. The background of the song is found here.
The single will be available for listening at this site from the 11th of September. It will also by buyable (as downloadable file) at the major sites such as iTunes, MSN Music, CDON etc. |
Some of you may have wondered how you can get a free listen to Marina Siertis cover of the ”The Cure” cover wailing wall. As we do not have the rights for the song, we can not feature it at our site.
However, we have found a web radio site where you can request the song and then listen to it almost immediately, as the station apparently has very few requests. Go to the following link: Dusterstadl
Scroll down to Marina Siertis – Wailing Wall. Click on “request”, and the song is requested (no log-in, no e-mail address, no nothing is required). Then click on one of the player symbols at the top (MediaPlayer, RealOne, WinAmp etc.) to listen to the station.
If you are curious of the playlist, click on “Playing next” to the upper right. |
We'd like to thank you all for watching us at the Älghult festival! We had a great time and the arrangement was fantastic. As a special surprise we played the new songs "Suicide 2" and "Frank Schütz hallo" from the upcoming album.
Play list:
Frank Schütz hallo
Pretending
Suicide
Cold Anger
Den Tot
Berlin
Minister is dead
Disease
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We are sorry for the poor update frequency on this site. As the latest news anounced, we were interviewed on Lunds Student Radio on the 6th of March. You will soon be able to listen at the interview here, unfortunately in swedish.
We were also interviewed by the swedish webzine Synth.nu. You can read the interview here (also in swedish).
Last but not least, we will be playing at Älghultsfestivalen this summer. See the live page for more information. |
We would like to send our thanks to everyone who saw us at Neostalgia in Malmö last Friday. Also a great thanks to everyone involved in organizing the party, you did a hell of a job. If anyone has live photos to share we would be grateful if you contacted us as info@marinasiertis.net.
Also we would like to make commercial for Lund Student Radio, where Marina Siertis will do a live interview between 21:00 and 22:00 on Tuesday the 6th of March. 99.1 MHz if you are in the area or http://radio.af.lu.se/ if you are listening on the internet. |
It's quite amazing! The latest five weeks people around the globe has downloaded our latest single Disease over 50.000 times! We certainly hope that our music will be spinning in all those mp3 players out there. Keep listening, and don't forget to tell your friends about us! |
We have now released the single version of Disease for free download on our website. We hope you will support us by buying the other tracks from iTunes and other sites, or buy ordering the physical product at for example CDON. |
We are happy to announce that our video to the Disease single is release today! We will have a release party at Suger Bar in Stockholm this evening. Be there to participate.
You can also watch the video on You Tube. Give us your comments! |
For a time period we will feature our new single Disease (single version) as free listening on
myspace.com. If you are interested in our new sound, go to
http://www.myspace.com/marinasiertis and the song will start automatically. |
We are happy to announce that our new single will be released the 7:th of December! In conjunction with the release we will perform live on the event "Das Boot". Das boot is a baltic see cruise festival arranged by Arvika music festival and the community Helgon.net. For tickets and information visit the Das Boot page. The first 800 passengers will recieve a free copy of the single!
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As the attentive visitor may have noticed, things have happened lately with this site. We are building up the site to accommodate the release of our new single "Disease". As you can se at the shop page, "Disease" has now been released on worldwide download sites, such as iTunes. At the download sites you can also get free previews of the tracks. The release date for the physical product is still to be set. Tune in frequently as this site is evolving as we speak.
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Due to the fact that our guestbook is visited alot by bots, we decided to protect it. Both the user name and the password is "x" (whithout the quotes). We hope you can forgive us. ;) /keif
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Our website has been temporarily down today as it was hacked by someone supporting the people of Lebanon against the oppressor Israel. We do not think their message showed externally on our site. We may not support their means or their exact wordings (who knows, their message was in Turkish) but we do support the right for the Arabic people in the region not to get their guts spilled or children killed by Israeli bombs.
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For the last two or three weeks we have predominantly been lazy in the summer heat taking some time off. We hope you do the same thing. As nothing is worth reporting we can offer a tip for your next Saturday evening (if you happen to be in Stockholm). Why don't you swing by Street Corner Clash at Sugar bar seeing some good live music and having a few beers. We'll surely do that. For more info go to Lobotom Records.
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Our idea of an interactive site for our web album is actually working. We have received both title and art work suggestions. Latest contribution, which is awesome, comes from Rikard. Check it out at our discography section.
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During the last few weeks the track "Ahead of us" from our web album has been downloaded mode than 10,000 times. Now it is time to release another song, "Waking up". We do take the liberty of releasing a demo version of the song. As the web album is a living project and the whole concept is that you can follow our progress, we have no objections of releasing beta versions of tracks.
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Although we have just released two songs for the web album and made no commercial or press release yet, our server is being kept busy. As an example, yesterday
1.6 2.3 GB of "Ahead of us" was downloaded. A new song will be released within weeks.
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By now, we have uploaded two songs for the web album. These songs were originally thought to be the b-sides of our forthcoming singles "Disease" and "The minister is dead". However, as the recordings of "The much needed second cold war" progressed, we found ourselves ending up with better b-sides. So the two songs uploaded,
, "Ahead of us" and "Turn" are truly leftovers.
The current suggestions of title and art work |
We are releasing a new album! This album will not be available in stores or web shops. The only way to get your hands on these tunes is right here on our web site,
for free. Every now and then we will post new songs that did not make it to the album. So instead of releasing some "lost tapes" we go one step further and releses these songs right here, right now. =) We have not decided on a name for this album yet so you may enter the competition to name the album yourself! Simply post a suggestion in the guestbook!
You may also send us a suggestion for the album layout. Create a
photoshop image 12x12 cm 300 dpi, zip it and mail it to
info@marinasiertis.net.
The album cover should not contain the band name "marina siertis"
nor the album name. We will add them ourselves. May the best
suggestion win! |
| We are proud to present our new website! The site has been remade to make it easier for you to find the information you are looking for. Keep track of this new site for posts on exciting news and songs. We will be releasing some new songs that will not be a part of the upcoming album, so stay alert! /keif |
| We want to thank The Vogue in Seattle and Bar Sinister in Los Angeles for having Marina Siertis. It was truly fun and inspiring. Thank you everyone watching. At the pictures section there are photos from the shows. Back in Stockholm and back in business! We are working top gear to prepare the release of our single Disease. |
| As can be seen we have exchanged our old logotype with a new one. The one on display on the website is one in a series of MS bombs. Our Japanese and Russian sites now work again. As usual, we don’t have a clue what's in there. Probably nothing updated. Furthermore, our press section has been updated with high-resolution files. |
| We now have a show booked in Los Angeles, USA at Bar Sinister on the 25th of March. Otherwise the work with the album is coming along quite nice |
| Marina Siertis will do a mini promotion tour in USA in March. We now have a booked show in Seattle on the 30th of March at The Vogue. We are also about to close a deal concerning a show in Los Angeles of the 25th of March. More dates and more info will be announced. |
After having changed our web supplier and experienced tones of problems, our website is finally up again. We are very sorry for the mess up. This delay has depressed us greatly.
So what is up with Marina Siertis? In fact a lot of things have happened. Our first single “Disease” is now mastered, the graphic is done and it is on its way for pressing. On the album front we have also moved forward greatly. At present 11 songs out of 13 is decided upon. We are getting there!
On the live front we do not have anything planned. Our presumptive gig at Mondo, Stockholm last month was cancelled due to the problems Mondo has experienced lately. We hope they pull through. Except for this we have made to much progress with the single and album to have time to do anything on the live front.
I’ll have to get back to bug-testing this site. Cheers
/Martin L |
Cheers. There are some images from our last live show in Stockholm taken by Jonas Carlson at this link.
Our next live show will be on Friday the 16th of September at Vintage Club in Stockholm. The location is Mondo at Medborgarplatsen. |
Hello everyone. Our next live show will be at Sugar Bar/Hatam in Stockholm. The date is on the 20th of August. More information will follow as we receive it.
I also want to take the opportunity to thank Daldansen and especially Baktakt and Mr. Moonlight in Amino. We do have some photos from the event to show in our pictures section on this site.
Otherwise we have been rebuilding our studio and are at the moment resolving some technical issues. But rest assure, our next single Disease is on its way. |
Now the rehearsals are almost over and we are fit to do our premiere show in Sweden for our fall tour at Daldansen in Hedemora. Don't miss it if you are passing through Dalarna tomorrow. :)
Also, thanks to all our friends attending our special show at "Klubb Kolkällaren" yesterday. |
Do you miss the perfect pin for you jacket? Now you can get your hands on the first Marina Siertis pin ever released. Get the instructions on the Shop section of this page. If you find the way of trading complicated, remember that it should be complicated getting you hands on underground merchandise.
Cheers
/Martin L |
| To make it easier for you to get your hands on a copy of Delay and Depression, a Shop section has been added to the site. Soon you will also be able to buy pins and T-shirts from this site. |
| We are extremely happy to announce that we have now been confirmed for Daldansen in Hedemora, one of the major festivals in Sweden. The festival is held from the 23rd – 31st of July and we will enter the stage at 22:00 on Friday the 29th. More information about the festival can be found here. Among other artist at the festival Wilmer X, Alcazar, Mendez, and Svenne Rubins can be found. |
From this date, Marina Sirtis becomes Marina Siertis. A change in the spelling of our name is not big, but hopefully people who know us will still recognize us and hopefully Star Trek will no longer draw attention from our music in the media.
Our new url becomes www.marinasiertis.net
Our new e-mail address becomes info@marinasiertis.net
The old url and mail address will still work for a while, together with the new ones
/André |
We just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone involved with our live show in Prague. Our thanks goes both to the crew at the club and the audience. We really had a great time. The club was situated right at the Prague castle and everyone who have been in Prague know that the castle with surroundings is one of the most beautiful locations in the world. Anyway, once more thanks for a great time.
Dr. Martin |
Two new live dates for the Cold War Tour are now confirmed:
2005-08-20, Festival, Sugarbar and Hatam, Kammakargatan 9, Stockholm
2005-09-16, Vintage club, Mondo, Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm
More dates to be annonced
/André |
This week, much energy has been put into rehearsing our new live show. As you can see, we now have a few dates booked for our upcoming "Cold War Tour". Otherwise, we have completed one of the mixes for the "Disease" single. So right now, a lot of stuff is happening. For those who wonders why I have almost become a shoe brand, take a look at this link :)
Cheers/Dr. Martin |
After spending 15 hours down in the coalmine studio this weekend, we got the results we were looking for. Now the B-site of our forthcoming single "Disease" is fully recorded. So that make both "Ahead of us" and "Disease" recorded, and the mixes of "Disease" are on the way. Furthermore, we will shoot some extra material to the video to "Disease" next weekend. Also more shows for our summer/fall tour are on the way. So we are getting busy.
Greetings
/Dr. Martin |
While we are at it, updating our site, we might just as well give you something new to listen to. We have now made available two live uptakes from our "Delay and Depression" tour. You can find them on the Discography and mp3s section. "Berlin" was recoded at RUM576 and "The end" at Tanz Debil in Stockholm during 2004.
/Dr. Martin |
Hello everyone. This is a spring update on the progress of Marina Sirtis. We have just finished recording and mixing the radio edit of our first single from the new album "Disease". At present we are right in the process of doing the last recordings on the B-side (yes, you may have to flip over the CD) "Ahead of us" and a few mixes of "Disease". As a bonus track we hope to feature a mix of an old goodie from "Delay and Depression". We'll be back on that information as soon as that is settled with the one who's done the mix.
If you're wondering whenever we will start doing live shows again I can inform you that we will now start looking into that so that the "Disease"-single can be accompanied by a small tour. We have initiated contacts both in Sweden and abroad.
So what's up with the album? We now have quite a few songs recorded, more being partially recorded and some still in a demo version. But we are moving along with greater pace now and things are starting to sound really good.
Cheers/Dr. Martin |
The synthpop club Neostalgia celebrates 5-years. We appear together with 19 other bands on their 5-year celebration CD, with an exclusive edit of Berlin called Neobell edit.
See http://neostalgia.org/ for more details.
/André |
Apparently our mp3's have not worked lately. Now they work again. Also, if you have mailed to info@shadowplayelectronica.com without success, try mailing to info@marinasirtis.net instead.
On the musical front we seem to have come to a temporary halt. André has shortly nurtured his solo project "Art and the tangled mandarin" or what ever it is called and I've been producing Ruler of the Solar Empire. Now we will get back on track again with our forthcoming album "The Much Needed Second Cold War".
Cheers
Martin L |
One more we are failing in our weekly updates. Personally I've been working as a madman on my Ph.D. thesis that will be printed next week. Thereafter I will be able to focus on the music. The other guys have also been buried in uninspiring everyday fucking boring work and not that much has happened on the musical front. The voice on a few more songs has been recorded. One more song called "Abuse" has been written. Some modifications have been performed here and there.
To have something to show, click on this link and listen to a snippet from our The Cure cover "Wailing Wall". We are bound by our contract not to publish the whole song on the net so the snippet will have to do. Other snippets from the "Our Voices – A Tribute to the Cure" album can be found here.
I also want to welcome our friends from Manchester (UK) Davi and Johna in Blind Before Dawn back to cyberspace with their new website.
Cheers
Soon to be Dr. Martin |
Next week the The Cure tribute "Our Voices" will be released. We are proud to appear on this tribute with the song "Wailing Wall". Other bands participating are Icon of Coil, Psyche, Tanzwut, The Fair Sex...
You can find interviews with the bands (including Marina Sirtis) here. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Equinoxe Records for the fine work in compiling this tribute.
 "Our Voices" release-parties:
29.10. Kato - Berlin (Germany)
31.10. L'hippo Bar - Strasbourh (France)
03.11. Kaiserkeller - Hamburg (Germany)
05.11. Black Inn - Ranstadt (Germany)
05.11. Underground - Kaiserslautern (Germany)
06.11. KUZ Schlachthof - Bremen (Germany)
06.11. Canossa - Saarbrücken (Germany)
12.11. Zentrum Zoo - Tübingen (Germany)
12.11. Felsenkeller - Höxter (Germany)
18.11. Sputnikhalle - Münster (Germany)
19.11. Dark Area - Kassel (Germany)
20.11. Villa - Leipzig (Germany)
Our forthcoming album now has the working name "The much needed second cold war". This weekend we will again visit Fashionpolice Studios and record the voice to four songs. So the album moves steadily forward.
On a personal note I became an old fart yesterday turning 30. Happy birthday to me…
Martin L |
Yet another week has passed of our short lives. Last week a dear friend of us had a great birthday party and we played our new tune "Disease". For the first time, but hopefully not for the last, we entered the stage with no back tape and that was quite an experience. We enjoyed it so much that we even bought a drum set. But don't worry too much, we won't go all Britt pop on you just yet.
We also have good news for our fans in the Netherlands. You can now contact Enfant Terrible concerning booking Marina Sirtis. |
There's not really much to tell about the progress the last week. We have worked hard and have almost finished the recordings on two songs. Actually we did finish recordings on one song but the day after the newly recorded files have vanished into thin air – strange. According to time schedule we aim to finish about three or four songs every months until Christmas. So to the once who have written to Santa and asked for the new album this Christmas, don't get you hopes up to high. But maybe elves will come down to the studio and give us a hand. But we feel it in the air that we are on a steady pace towards completing the album. As we have no new material to report – maybe you want to help finding the lost plane not shown in this Conspiracy Theory film.
Martin L |
