Dark pop heros Germans Diorama will release their 7th studio album «Cubed» on March 19th, 2010 via Accession Records. After two years of composition and production, the band based around mastermind Torben Wendt presents a diversified and complex album. Potential dancefloor fillers like «Ignite» and «Apocalypse Later» in combination with soul-gripping ballads like «My Counterfeit» and «Lord of the Lies» result in a self-contained work of art, that adds new facets to Diorama's unmistakable musical identity - between melancholy and irony, snappiness and bulkiness, genius and madness, ordinariness and utopia. The figurative picture of a cube is the guiding theme of the album - a confined area serving as a living space be it as a stage, as a prison or as a shelter.

This concept consequently features throughout the band's artwork, stage setting and web appearance. With «Cubed», Diorama are sharpening their role as a creative engine within the black scene and beyond its boundaries. Those who have encountered Diorama at one of their live performances know about the unique experience they create in terms of emotionality, power and virtuosity, undoubtedly a factor leading to their success in exporting their show concept to over 20 countries.

This limited deluxe edition of «Cubed» is equipped with a bonus CD and extensive graphical artwork.

Tracklisting:

[01] Child of Entertainment
[02] Acid Trip
[03] Ignite
[04] Gone Gone Gone
[05] Cubed
[06] Apocalypse Later
[07] Record Deal
[08] My Counterfeit
[09] Refugee
[10] Alpha Animal Complex
[11] Golden Boy
[13] Lord of the Lies
[13] Stereotype

Bonus Disc «Shadowplay»
[01] Stuckkato
[02] Batteries
[03] The Hunt
[04] Jericho Beach
[05] Shadowplay

As a preview to their highly anticipated new longplayer «Cubed», «Child of Entertainment» will be appearing in stores on February 5th 2010 via Accession Records.  As well as the album version, the title track is presented in four different interpretations, from a forceful club version to a fragile piano composition. The release is complemented with both a remake of Diorama's classic from 2001 «HLA» and a brilliant live version of their club hit «Advance».

Tracklisting:

[01] Child of Entertainment (Cubed)
[02] Child of Entertainment (Clubbed)
[03] Child of Entertainment (Trapped)
[04] HLA (Hideous Heart)
[05] Child of Entertainment (Broken)
[06] Child of Entertainment (Stolen)
[07] Advance (Live in Reutlingen)

In other news: diorama will play some shows in Germany. The following dates are confirmed so far:

24.04.2010 - Leipzig - Moritzbastei
30.04.2010 - Hannover - Musikzentrum
01.05.2010 - Hamburg - Markthalle (Marx)
12.06.2010 - Schalke - Blackfield Festival
20.11.2010 - Goerlitz - TBA

Info submited by official Diorama web site.