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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.
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We Have a Technical #39: Ow My Neck

We Have a Technical #39: Ow My Neck

On this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Alex and Bruce chat with Sara and Ryan from Youth Code! Topics include the deliciousness of coffee, the enduring radness of :Wumpscut: and what the future holds for YC now that they've completed a tour with Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly. Industrial fans buckle up, this is one hell of a convo! 
01:09:2629/01/2015
We Have a Technical #38: F**k That Band

We Have a Technical #38: F**k That Band

On the first episode of We Have a Technical for 2015 Bruce and Alex talk about expectations, hopes, dreams and wishes for the year to come. We also discuss some recent gigs we attended and some ol' nonsense that went down in Our Thing while we were on vacay. You like industrial, goth rock, all the jazz? Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot! 
01:06:2115/01/2015
We Have a Technical #37: An Excuse to Talk Wrestling

We Have a Technical #37: An Excuse to Talk Wrestling

Alex and Bruce got drunk after finishing their year end coverage and recorded this interstitial episode of the podcast. We don't talk about new music much, it's more just wrestling, comics, TV whatever. It might be terrible, we don't know. 
01:08:1802/01/2015
We Have a Technical #36: The Worst Stallone

We Have a Technical #36: The Worst Stallone

Bruce and Alex stumble across the finish line of I Die: You Die's Year End coverage, drunk and exhausted. We talk our top 25 of 2014, the recent amazing shows we've seen from Haujobb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly and Author & Punisher and a few other topics related to industrial and related musics. 
01:01:5719/12/2014
We Have a Technical #35: Welcome to Erf

We Have a Technical #35: Welcome to Erf

In this episode of We Have a Technical, Bruce and Alex listen to and comment on Apoptygma Berzerk's futurepop classic "Welcome to Earth". Thrill to our take on a 15 year old record as we excorcise our feelings about one of the seminal EBM acts' pinnacle moments and try to figure out exactly what it means in the here and now. 
01:08:2904/12/2014
We Have a Technical #34: Snooki Bat Machine

We Have a Technical #34: Snooki Bat Machine

On this episode of the I Die: You Die podcast Bruce and Alex talk about darkwave: its origins, its definition, and a bunch of bands that fall under its aegis; Switchblade Symphony, Xymox, Kirlian Camera, and many many more! 
01:02:3320/11/2014
We Have a Technical #33: Drank It All Up

We Have a Technical #33: Drank It All Up

On this episode of We Have a Technical, we bro down with Michael and Wes from the delightful Talking to Ghosts podcast. We discuss their goals with TTG, their music projects [product] and reakt[ion] and a couple of albums we're all high on right now. It's a regular bropocalypse now up in the internet's finest industrial and related musics podcast, as hosted by Alex and Bruce from I Die: You Die! 
01:04:4007/11/2014
We Have a Technical #32: Anonymous and Euphoric

We Have a Technical #32: Anonymous and Euphoric

On this extremely rambly episode of We Have a Technical Alex and Bruce have a jaw with Vancouver ex-pat Jack Duckworth of Soft Riot. It's a fun conversation sandwiched between a lot of blather about Spotify, records we're enjoying and a lot of other nonsense that will undoubtedly test your patience.   
57:3623/10/2014
We Have a Technical #31: I Got It Now

We Have a Technical #31: I Got It Now

On this episode of We Have a Technical Alex and Bruce revisit the format that time forgot, namely the discussion of two recent albums. This time out it's a proto-EBM excursion from Henrikk Björk Nordvargr of Poupée Fabrikk fame and the latest from long-running German conceptual synthpop project Welle:Erdball. We also chat about how much you would have to pay us never to hear songs we like ever again, some upcoming records we enjoy and recount a bit of our adventures in Chicago for Cold Waves! Download for all the industrial, ebm and related music chat you can stand! 
01:02:3509/10/2014
We Have a Technical #30: The Crowcast

We Have a Technical #30: The Crowcast

Bruce and Alex record a commentary track for the Crow Soundtrack. That's right, the good, the bad and the ugly of everyone's favourite goth-alternative soundtrack of the 1990s. Thrill to the anecdotes about The Cure and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, listen to us bury For Love Not Lisa and marvel at how much two nerds have to say about Machines of Loving Grace. 
01:05:0025/09/2014
We Have a Technical #29: Kiss The Blade Flesh

We Have a Technical #29: Kiss The Blade Flesh

Bruce returns to the official I Die: You Die podcast! We talk about his travels in the British isles (and seeing Kate Bush), get excited for Cold Waves and then chat about some of the rad dark music happening in Vancouver like Koban, Spectres and Animal Bodies! 
58:4912/09/2014
We Have a Technical #28: All Manner of Jovial Whatnots

We Have a Technical #28: All Manner of Jovial Whatnots

Alex takes the easy way out and assembles a clip show comprised from the first two episodes of the podcast, never before available on iTunes! Take a trip into the distant past of 2013 as we discuss Mr.Kitty, Freezepop, Distorted Memory and Derniere Volonte! Thrill to the garbage production values of our earliest efforts! Marvel at how many times a grown man can say "uh" in the course of a short interstitial segment! Witness the origins of the web's premiere commentary podcast for industrial and related musics! Fuck, I dunno, I need a nap. 
01:15:5428/08/2014
We Have a Technical #27: Oui, Oui, Oui!

We Have a Technical #27: Oui, Oui, Oui!

Matt Fanale of Caustic joins Alex for this episode of the Official I Die: You Die podcast as we discuss Chicago's Cold Waves III! We even get on the horn with fest organizer Dave Schock and Bruce calls in from Scotland so we can chit chat about his adventures and the pitfalls of organizing a fest! This is a long one, so strap yourselves in and get ready for that sweet industrial gold! 
01:20:2014/08/2014
We Have a Technical #26: Réal's Cat Noises

We Have a Technical #26: Réal's Cat Noises

With Bruce away, Alex is joined by Réal Cardinal of Comaduster to discuss the history of the project, his process, how he approaches remixes and what he's up to post the release of his excellent 2013 LP "Hollow Worlds". 
01:17:4931/07/2014
We Have a Technical #25: The Headhunter 2Kast

We Have a Technical #25: The Headhunter 2Kast

Alex and Bruce get drunk and do a running commentary on Front 242's Headhunter 2000. It gets kind of gnarly, so sit back, crack a beer and let the dulcet sounds of the official I Die: You Die podcast (www.idieyoudie.com) carry you away on wings of drunken blabbering. 
01:42:5318/07/2014
We Have  a Technical #24: Two Scoops of Hell

We Have a Technical #24: Two Scoops of Hell

In this installment of the official www.idieyoudie.com podcast Bruce and Alex talk about how much fun they had at Terminus Festival in Calgary, chat with friend of the site Eric Gottesman about the new album from his band Everything Goes Cold and reminisce about the first three years of ID:UD. 
01:17:0404/07/2014
We Have a Technical #23: It'd be "Coup"

We Have a Technical #23: It'd be "Coup"

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Bruce and Alex discuss a special number (seriously) and talk to Michael Treveloni of Alter Der Ruine about the band's upcoming album! 
59:5320/06/2014
We Have a Technical #22: We Won't Stop

We Have a Technical #22: We Won't Stop

Bruce and Alex do a final AFTERMATH decompression before diving into the amazing line-up of Calgary's Terminus Festival, including an interview with organizer Chris Hewitt! 
59:2506/06/2014
We Have a Technical #21: Dad Magazines

We Have a Technical #21: Dad Magazines

Alex and Bruce get pranked by Volt 9000 and chat Ottawa industrial (including Encephalon, Apriorism, and Wychdoktor) on this pre-AFTERMATH episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast!
55:1021/05/2014
We Have a Technical #20: Impressed By How Evil You Are

We Have a Technical #20: Impressed By How Evil You Are

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast Daniel X Belasco joins Alex and Bruce to talk about his new album as Glass Apple Bonzai. Plus the guys talk some lost Vancouver records and a little Ashbury Heights! 
01:00:0009/05/2014
We Have a Technical #19: Princes of Atlantis

We Have a Technical #19: Princes of Atlantis

Bruce and Alex talk AFTERMATH Festival, Cold Waves III, the new Haujobb single, Front Line Assembly's remix album and just a mess of other topics on this episode of the official Idieyoudie.com podcast. 
55:2325/04/2014
We Have a Technical #18: Not Talking About Jambalaya

We Have a Technical #18: Not Talking About Jambalaya

Bruce and Alex kvetch about the cancellation of Festival Kinetik, then talk about releases by High-Functioning Flesh and Kindest Cuts in this episode of the official idieyoudie.com podcast. 
56:3110/04/2014
We Have a Technical #17: Would I Kill a Drifter???

We Have a Technical #17: Would I Kill a Drifter???

Alex and Bruce talk remix culture in the goth and industrial scene, get mad about :Wumpscut:'s "Totmacher" and generally find a way to kill an hour blathering on. Music by Front 242, 3 Teeth, Forma Tadre and Haujobb. 
01:03:3727/03/2014
We Have a Technical #16: You Ain't Nothin'

We Have a Technical #16: You Ain't Nothin'

Bruce and Alex chat about the history of I Die: You Die, the definition of "Our Thing" and answer some listener questions in this episode of the official idieyoudie.com podcast! 
01:03:2314/03/2014
We Have a Technical #15: Down the Rabbit Hole

We Have a Technical #15: Down the Rabbit Hole

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast chat with Jason Amm of Solvent about his work on the modular synth documentary 
01:09:4828/02/2014
We Have a Technical #14: Not a Time I Don't Think Even

We Have a Technical #14: Not a Time I Don't Think Even

The senior staff chats with homeboy Rev John (aka John G) of Das Bunker about that club night's glorious finale and rebirth, as well as the science and magic of club promotion. 
01:03:1913/02/2014
We Have a Technical #13: Smooth Jazz 'Round the Midnight Hour

We Have a Technical #13: Smooth Jazz 'Round the Midnight Hour

Scott Fox of iVardensphere joins Alex and Bruce for a fun chat about the origins and future of the rhythmic tribal project. 
01:10:3523/01/2014
We Have a Technical #12: Bruce Hates EDM

We Have a Technical #12: Bruce Hates EDM

The senior staff have a long and winding conversation about synthpop. 
01:01:5316/01/2014
We Have a Technical #11: Clubstitute

We Have a Technical #11: Clubstitute

Matt Fanale of Caustic joins the senior staff for the first episode of the new year! 
01:06:4531/12/2013
We Have a Technical #10: It's Still Recording

We Have a Technical #10: It's Still Recording

The Senior Staff talks their best of 2013 list and some broader trends in Our Thing from the year that was! 
01:04:1322/12/2013
We Have a Technical #9: Right in the Feels

We Have a Technical #9: Right in the Feels

Music journalist Ned Raggett joins Bruce and Alex for a lengthy chat about the enduring appeal of VNV Nation. 
01:25:1705/12/2013
WHaT #8: Shopping Cart Down an Elevator Shaft

WHaT #8: Shopping Cart Down an Elevator Shaft

In this episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we discuss records by Skinny Puppy, Download and Dubcon. Read the annotations at www.idieyoudie.com/2013/11/what-8-shoppin…elevator-shaft/
58:2521/11/2013
We Have a Technical #7: Industrial Hype Men

We Have a Technical #7: Industrial Hype Men

In this episode we're joined by Alex Reed, author of "Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music" to chat about his book, his new band Seeming and engage with us in some general industrial nerdery. Read the annotations at www.idieyoudie.com! 
01:17:2806/11/2013
We Have a Technical #6: Jump Back, Germany!

We Have a Technical #6: Jump Back, Germany!

In this episode we discuss records by Individual Totem and Volt 9000 and the line-up of acts for our stage at Festival Kinetik! 
01:00:4924/10/2013
We Have a Technical #5: Self-Assigned Hairshirt

We Have a Technical #5: Self-Assigned Hairshirt

In this episode we compare and contrast records from Kite and Henric de la Cour and Architect and Comaduster. Annotations can be found here: http://www.idieyoudie.com/2013/10/we-have-a-tech…gned-hairshirt/
59:1010/10/2013
We Have a Technical #4: Poor Axl

We Have a Technical #4: Poor Axl

In this episode we discuss recent albums by Front Line Assembly and Stefan Poiss of mind.in.a.box. 
01:01:4626/09/2013
We Have a Technical #3: A Friggin' Academy Award

We Have a Technical #3: A Friggin' Academy Award

In our third episode of the official I Die: You Die podcast we discuss new records from Nine Inch Nails and Caustic and blather on about some recent goings on around the HQ. Annotations can be found at http://www.idieyoudie.com/2013/09/we-have-a-technical-3-a-friggin-academy-award/
59:4912/09/2013