The unique vintage set of unforgettable Covenant will be a special event of this year’s WIF. There were many reasons for choosing Covenant as one of the festival’s headliners. The friendship and joint work of Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius have been within the orbit of the post-punk electronic music since the mid-1980s. The original Covenant set was under the overwhelming influence of the roots of Electronic Body Music. Dreams Of A Cryotank – the first album, dating from the early 90s, contained not only elements of advanced neo-EBM but also everything that the Swedish duo would later on become famous for. In addition to the superb sound, perfect production, and catchiness, Covenant’s strictly synth-based work contained the characteristic element of humanum. Covenant’s music focused on universality and constant progress. At the beginning of the first decade of the 21st century, the dynamics, melody, and perfection offered by Covenant began to dictate the directions of the development of so-called future pop. Despite their overwhelming success, they never departed from the ethos of the independence and autonomy of their alternative beginnings. The hymns full of soul went beyond the limited formulas of genres such as electro, synth-pop, future-pop, etc. The advanced output of Covenant outdistanced the copycats and gained recognition even among radicals reluctant to appreciate such music. Discovering its roots at the unique WIF show is strictly advisable. [ws]
COVENANT (SE)
