In celebration of
their astounding thirty-fifth anniversary, KILLING JOKE today unveils their latest
video single in the form of “Corporate Elect.” The tune comes by way of the
band’s critically-lauded MMXII
full-length released last year via Spinefarm Records and serves as a taster
of the band’s three-CD anthology — The Singles Collection
1979-2012.
Conceived, filmed
and directed by Mikee Goodman, the video is only the fourth official clip sanctioned
by the band in the past few years, following “In Excelsis, the
animated “European Super State” and the “In Cythera” clips in which the band
have barely appeared. Notes Goodman, former frontman of UK outfit SikTh, one
half of Primal Rock Rebellion (along with Iron Maiden guitarist, Adrian Smith),
and now recording with new project, Outpatients: "This video has been my biggest creative
challenge yet. I had never previously met Jaz Coleman, but was blown away by the
powerful and passionate performance he delivered. I did not sleep properly for five weeks. Now
I have, I have looked at it again with fresh eyes. And smiled. I was honored to be asked to make a music
video for KILLING JOKE, and so
pleased to hear they liked it."
The Singles
Collection 1979-2012 captures
KILLING
JOKE’s ever-evolving legacy with a series of
dark, apocalyptic songs that have successfully combined disco, funk and shamanic
wisdom with the dark side of punk rock. Called “a timely reminder why
KILLING
JOKE continue to be held in such high esteem,” by Drowned In
Sound, The Singles
Collection 1979-2012 delivers thirty-three career-spanning singles
over two CDs with an additional third disc of rarities which includes previously
unreleased studio tracks. The three-CD version will be limited in number,
reverting to two CDs containing the singles tracks. Notes BrooklynVegan,
“KILLING
JOKE is, like many of the great bands of our time, unique and
generally unclassifiable. Punk in both ethos and origin, the UK band has dipped
its toe in industrial, metal, funk and dance music in their close-to-35-year
career, carving out their own niche and more importantly their own
sound.”
If you missed it,
you can still check out a stream of “Four Stations Of The Sun,” a remix of which
appeared on the 1998 LP Wardance – The Remixes and included on disc three of The Singles Collection
courtesy
of BrookynVegan at THIS LOCATION. You can also
hear
the band’s “Timewave” demo, brought to you
by
Decibel
Magazine HERE. Previously
unreleased, the track was recorded during the Absolute
Dissent studio sessions and is included on the third rarities
disc.
The digital version
of The Singles Collection 1979-2012 is out now! The three-disc deluxe and
regular two-CD version is set for release via Spinefarm on the new date of June
4, 2013. Pre-order your copy HERE.
