Producer John Fryer, a living legend in his own right, is always at the forefront of new sounds and trends. He's shown it time and again from his early days producing the likes of Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance and Cocteau Twins to Nine Inch Nails, Love and Rockets and HIM. His latest project, for which he is both musician and producer (as was the case with This Mortal Coil previously), is Black Needle Noise.

On 'SyStem Bi', Dakar-based Fakeba sings in her native Wolof language, emitting radiant energy and a coherent and authentic fusion between genres and continents, merging tradition with futurism. This single is perfectly complemented by a video by Gina Czarnecki (derived from her film, Spintex, encapsulating the multiple, interconnected daily rhythms of physicality and mortality.

"I was very interested in having Fakeba sing in Wolof and complement the full beauty of the vocals as possible. I don't want to have any limitations with Black Needle Noise and am interested in working with more singers from around the world, singing in their own language," explains John Fryer.

In the world of Kuoleman Galleria there is no place for faith, and hope arises briefly when you are scratching the last wet match desperately with your numb hands on a matchbox cover only to feel warm for a second. Kuoleman Galleria creates their music unconditionally and do not bow to any direction. It could be labeled as kind of black'n'roll that takes form in groovy songs not forgetting the madness lurking on the back.

Kuoleman Galleria was born in 2012 as a one man project. After all the musicians were found in 2014 the band started to compose a full-length album. The debut album Kärsimys Kunniaan was released early 2016 and it gained good reviews. After that release, Kuoleman Galleria toured in Finland during 2016 and got inspiring feedback from the audience. In April 2017 the band made a tour of eight gigs through Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The audience in those countries was eager to hear some Finnish black’n’roll.

The idea of second album started to form and in June 2017 band went into studio and launched the album recordings. The new, Pimeys Saapuu Pohjoiseen, will crystallize the idea of being a Finn living in the dark and cold north. This album has more musical nuances than the first album and it will bring the dark core of Kuoleman Galleria into everyone’s mind. The album contains 14 new songs that are connected to each other and yet they are still individual songs with different moods. Pimeys Saapuu Pohjoiseen is dark, gloomy and angry album with the pinch of hatred and loads of despair.

The album is out now on Inverse Records.