Philippe Gerber/JOHN 3:16 has played more than 500 shows in the UK and Europe with the London based band Heat From a DeadStar (2004 to 2009). HFADS was the first non-US act to sign a record deal with the Boston-based label Ace of Hearts Records (owned by Rick Harte, producer of Mission of Burma, Lyres, The Infliktors, etc). The trio released its first album ‘Seven Rays of The Sun’ in 2008.
This album has been described as "abrasive, catchy, post-Wire post-punk" and "a Burma-esque adrenalin rush of banging drums, rumble bass and slashing guitars" (Big Take Over Magazine, USA).
JOHN 3:16 was started in 2007, as a studio-only project but after HFADS disbanded in 2010, JOHN 3:16 became the official live act of Philippe Gerber. The 5-track EP ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’ (2011) was critically acclaimed and presented the JOHN 3:16’s newly musical direction "synthesizing many different styles and genres such as those designed as psychedelic-electronic analog circuit no-wave, industrial, ambient, shoegaze, pop, trip-hop..." (Terapija Webzine, Croatia).
‘Visions of the Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory’ is the first full length of JOHN 3:16 and is to be released via Alrealon Musique on October 22, 2012. The nine tracks were recorded at the Alrealon Studio/Laboratory(76). Carolyn O’Neill (Director of the Logan Square New Music Ensemble) co-wrote the track ‘Abyss of Hell/Clouds of Fire’ and William Schaff (Okkervil River, Songs: Ohia, Godspeed You! Black Emperor...) designed the original artwork.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
We the people of Alrealon Musique…have some Pret-ty, Pret-tyyy, Pret-tyyyyy, Pret-ty GOOD NEWS for you!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_05qJTeNNI
Alrealon Musique is celebrating its 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! You heard me, that’s what I said… FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARYYYYY!!! Check out all of Alrealon’s music of the past, present, and future on Alrealon’s Bandcamp, http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com and Soundcloud pages, https://soundcloud.com/alrealon-music !
Congratulations to her founding forefathers Philippe Gerber (JOHN 3:16), Christopher Gilmore (FluiD), and Robert L. Pepper (PAS Musique) for their unyielding leadership, perseverance, dedication, innovative creations, and support to experimental artists and new music around the globe. Much thanks and love goes out to them!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5bcpjUjLpU
To commemorate this historic event Alrealon will be offering ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL OFFERS…AND GREEAAAT DEALS on purchases from their official Bandcamp store http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com ! Check it out! Specials like this one! http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/alrealon-musique-presents-tomorrows-universe-alrn016 …Tomorrow’s Universe (ALRN016) for only $3.50 until the end of July! There will be special BUNDLES, (Who doesn’t love BUNNNDLES?!) including the PAS Curated Series special BUNDLE, vinyl BUNDLES, The Pursuit of Salvation+Visions of the Hereafter+William Schaff Poster, yep, you guessed it…BUNDLE!!! The Pursuit of Salvation+FluiD albums also… BUNDLED! Anyone who makes a CD or vinyl purchase will be offered the FluiD/DJ Phys CD-R and a bunch of other treaty-goodies, including Alrealon’s KICK-ASS new Media Sampler http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/alrealon-musique-presents-new-sonic-strategies !!! This is the kind of stuff dreams are made of folks…and our only wish is to make all of your dreams come true!
In honor of Alrealon’s 5 YEARS of SOLID GOLD musical masterpiece manufacturing, Steve Harris/3by3 was kind enough to put together a flawless mix of Alrealon’s VERY BEST OF THE BEST. This gold-plated commemorative mix features music by [ówt krì], FluiD, JOHN 3:16, Zilmrah, Philippe Petit, Blue Sausage Infant, Jurica Jelic, ARU, and ASVA. This one of a kind mix can be all yours…for FREE…by listening here http://www.mixcloud.com/alrealonmusique/alrealon-label-mixtape-april-2013/ !
Also in honor of Alrealon’s 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY celebration a FREE compilation of exclusive new tracks is in the works from artists Alap Momin, FluiD, Tashkentiqué, The Use, Black Saturn, Rasplyn, PAS Musique, JOHN 3:16, Philippe Petit, Anthony Donovan, ARU and [ówt krì]. Look for it this September. With a line-up like that, it surely will not disappoint!
The release of [ówt krì] ‘s much awaited album, ‘The New Seed’ (ALRN041), is drawing very near!!! It will be available for purchase on June 24th! A new track from the album, The Sirens Call, has been made available for your previewing pleasure here http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/track/the-sirens-call ! If you’re into those dreams of finding yourself locked…naked… in a white walled psych ward room with one of your eyes sewn shut and are half way through the procedure of being lobotomized…then this may just be the track for you!!! Check it out!
Well whaddya know?! PAS Musique was welcomed home from his European tour by this LOVELY review by Misfit City of his experimental jazz group’s new album! the JazzFakers, ‘Here Is Now’ could not be better described than it is here http://misfitcity.org/2013/05/11/review-the-jazzfakers-here-is-now-album-2013-accumulates-itself-out-of-loose-particles-of-imagination-like-a-rogue-dust-bunny/ . The creatively eclectic imagery and word magickery applied to describe this equally entertaining album makes this review one of the most interesting and compelling things that I’ve read all year! With passages like, “their music accumulates itself out of loose particles of imagination; like a rogue dust-bunny. Or, more accurately, like a gigantic hairball – something rolling restlessly around the band members’ Brooklyn rooms and lofts, accreting a body from discarded bits of living and usefulness. Any given JazzFakers piece is a cannibal mass, crammed with china plate-shards, snapped pencils, and the sparking remnants of semi-dismantled technology; given extra lift by rolled-in springy fibres and by jazz-honk air-pockets. Runaway guitars, violins and reeds tussle with sundry distortions and tangled-up masses of electronic blips”, this review is one not to miss…and neither is this great album!!! Purchase it HERE…NOW…get it?!?! ;) http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/here-is-now-alrn043
Carolyn O’Neill/Alrealon Musique
JOHN 3:16 - Visions of The Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
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JOHN 3:16 ‘Visions of The Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory’ is now available at chemicaluk.com (mp3, wav, flac).
Digipack CD available at Bandcamp:
http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-the-hereafter-visions-of-heaven-hell-and-purgatory-alrn033
JOHN 3:16 - Israel Tour Visuals / March 2013 (excerpt) (by Philippe Gerber)
Audio:
1. From Flame to Flesh (Unreleased)
2. The Holy Mountain (HaveFaith InSound Compilation)
3. Abyss of Hell / Clouds of Fire (Visions of The Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, Alrealon Musique 2012) Feat. Carolyn O’Neill/Rasplyn
Video dedicated to Claude Gerber (1936-2010), Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bruno Dumont, Robert Bresson and Tobe Hooper.
JOHN 3:16 live at The Wunderbar (Haifa, Israel - March 2013)
OBEY GOD (Excerpt)
Video: Adi Feldman
https://soundcloud.com/john316john/obey-god
…Ses visions nous mènent au travers de contrées indus, cold-wave et drone, alternant moments d’élévation éthérés d’une légèreté de toute beauté (« Abyss Of Hell / Clouds Of Fire », avec la participation de Carolyn O’Neill, « Star Of The Sea / Guardian Angel », ou encore « Through Fire And Through Water »), plongeons menaçants vers les enfers, rythmés pas une batterie ou des rythmes tribaux (« The Ninth Circle », « Throne Of God / Angel Of The Lord », « God’s Holy Fire »), jusqu’à ce final symbiotique qui élève l’ensemble sur une ligne de basse charnelle accompagnée de guitares hypnotiques.
A mille lieues des sentiers battus du Metal, les visions de JOHN 3:16 nous emmènent tout droit dans l’au-delà. Une expérience qu’il nous tarde de découvrir en live…
Christophe Darras / Hard Force Magazine (France)
http://www.hardforce.fr/Heavy-Metal-Releases-Database-Albums-Records-Hard-Force.php?id=7991
First full length Visions of The Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory (ALRN033) out October 22, 2012 via Alrealon Musique
www.alrealonmusique.com
Formats: Limited Edition Digipack CD and Digital
john316.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-the-hereafter-visions-of-heaven-hell-and-purgatory-alrn033
All tracks written by JOHN 3:16/Philippe Gerber, except ‘Abyss of Hell / Clouds of Fire’ written by JOHN 3:16/Philippe Gerber and Rasplyn/Carolyn O’Neill.
@soundcloud.com/rasplyn
Artwork by William Schaff
www.williamschaff.com
JOHN 3:16 live @ Uganda, Jerusalem - Pictures by Adi Feldman
… Typically dark, dense and threatened in religious overtones and an oncoming dread, ’the holy mountain’ is somewhat mellower toned in texture, built upon a slow to burn persona and forged with as storm-gathering a panoramic majesty as a sky-fired arabesque drift wind. It’s turned upon the atmospheric handcraft of a ’true’ era Roy Montgomery found located in some desert dry wilderness sealing apocalyptic bargains with godspeed. Quietly epic…
Mark Barton / God Is In The TV (UK)
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2013/03/12/tales-from-the-attic-volume-xi/
Thanks to everyone who came at The Wunderbar in Haifa yesterday night. It’s was great to share the stage with Magnolia!
See you at The Uganda in Jerusalem on Tuesday!
Pictures by Adi Feldman
New track ‘The Holy Mountain’ (Have Faith in Sound comp) dedicated to Carolyn O’Neill @Rasplyn
JOHN 3:16 - Drone / Ambient / ColdWave
JOHN 3:16 interview for RIKAVON (Israel) - Thank you Adi Feldman and Yàvin Arba
This new compilation by Square Peg In A Round Hole (UK) includes the track ‘Obey God’ by JOHN 3:16.
FREE DOWNLOAD!
http://squarepegmusic.bandcamp.com/album/square-peg-in-a-round-hole-compilation-volume-4
JOHN 3:16 interview published @ Peek-a-boo magazine (Belgium)
JOHN 3:16 is the project of Philippe Gerber and recently released its first cd ‘Visions of the Hereafter - Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory’ on Gerber’s own label Alrealon. The project presents a hing-level mix of instrumental industrial and post-rock. The inspiration is in the first place drawn from the Bible, but also from literature and paintings from the Middle Ages.
JOHN 3:16 • Er zit meer duisternis in de bijbel dan waar dan ook in de literatuur. • interview • Dark Entries
JOHN 3:16 interview published @ Dark Entries (Belgium). Thank you Xavier. The English version will be published in Peek-a-boo Magazine soon.
Psalm 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
12”+Digital available at Bandcamp:
http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/the-pursuit-of-salvation-alrn024-alrn-vl001
http://alrealonmusique.bandcamp.com/album/guardian
