Alka interview: ‘Working with Vince Clarke has been an absolutely amazing experience and completely inspiring’
(Text by Janos Janurik / Photo by Erika Tele) Vince Clarke has not only worked diligently on the current Erasure...
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Swedish electro pop act The Ghost Of Helags launch brand new single – listen here
Something nice arrived this afternoon from the Warsaw Recordings HQ, namely the new single from The Ghost Of Helags: “Night...
Shopping for Synthesizers: A Beginner’s Guide
Without synthesizers, would industrial music exist? Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip bought his first Moog in 1982; once he learned...
Erasure Interview: ‘Music has always been a comfort. I think that’s especially true right now’
(Interview by János Janurik - Photo by Phil Sharp) Erasure is going to release their 18th studio album, ‘The Neon’...
Subject.2 – Love Betrayal Deceit (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Gary Starky and Sandra Tully are back with their second opus, which just as...
V/A Hungarian Allstars Synthpop Compilation Volume 1 (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation will reveal to the international electro-pop community there’s a synth-pop...
Dark-O-Matic – New Hope (Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dark-O-Matic duo was set up in 2017 by Greg Dovas and later on joined...
Technique – Connected (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Alex Tibaldi and Robert Tibaldi are already busy for quite a long time. “Connected”...
Steve Whitfield (producer The Cure / The Mission) and French singer Fabrice Nau form synthpop / darkwave act Scenius
Scenius is a synth-pop / dark-wave duo composed of Leeds (UK) based producer Steve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission, Jane...
Plazmabeat – Utazók (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hungarian synth-pop duo Laczó Niki (vocals) - Grag Velvet (music) unleashed their newest opus...
‘Click Interview’ with Celluloide: ‘When We Hear Sounds, We See Shapes, Colors…’
Celluloide is a French synth-pop formation set up in 2000. Their work has been released by hometown label BOREDOMproduct. They...
Panic Priest reveals new album and quarantine video ‘Lonely City’
Synthpop/Post-Punk artist Panic Priest (aka Jack Armondo) has revealed the details on his new album "Second Seduction". At the same...
Tristán B – Porcelain (Mini Album – Other Voices Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Tristán B is a Mexican solo-project driven by ‘Antonio R.’ The music is driven...
Digital Energy – Tempest (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This German duo saw the light of day in 2000 and self-released the...
Beyond Obsession – Revolution From Below (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German formation Beyond Obsession signed to Infacted Recordings to release their fourth full length...
Available for free download: Dark-o-matic’s track ‘Zugswang’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 16th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
‘Click Interview’ with The Second Sight: ‘The Big Stars Became More Important Because That Is Where The Money Comes From’
German electro-pop formation The Second Sight got some successful releases in between the late 90s and early 2000 years. Their...
‘Click Interview’ with MOYA81: ‘“ESP” Is The Synthesis Of My Life’
MOYA81 is a rather unknown name active at the wider fields of eletro-pop music. Based in Helsinki (Finland), this artist...
Empire State Human – Housemuzik (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Irish musician and singer Aidan Casserly is back on track with his Empire...
Rroyce – Patience (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Based in Dortmund (Germany) Rroyce strikes back with their third full length to date....
Quieter Than Spiders – Signs Of Life (DCD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2012, Quieter Than Spiders is a Chinese-Anglo band unleashing their debut album. The songs...
Ministry – Prescripture: The Visual History (Book – Melodic Virtue)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, industrial-rock Background/Info: Al Jourgensen is the charismatic pioneer, musical genius, innovator and iconic founder of the industrial-metal genre...
Pos.:2 – Sounds Like Real Life (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: I personally consider Thorsten Krüger and Matthias Grod as one of the most promising electro-pop formations in...
Loewenhertz – Traumfaenger (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German synth-pop duo Alex Pfahler – Andy Pfiefer are back on track unleashing their third full length album....
‘Click Interview’ with ImiAFan Vs. 4mg Records: ‘I See Myself More Like A Music Activist. It Is Not About Business At All’
ImiAFan started as a solo-project set up by Imrich Vegh in 1999. Later on Miki Bernath joined in and ImiAFan...
Daniel Hall – Anomaly (CD Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop artist Daniel Hall seems to never stop writing new songs. A few months after his...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘It’s Just A Part Of My Life… But Not Everything’
Set up in 1983, German synth-pop band Boytronic is an old servant of the music genre. The band went through...
Blancmange 80s backcatalogue reissued in vinyl boxset ‘The Blanc Tapes’ incl. bonus tracks – listen here
Out via London Records is a limited vinyl boxset of Blancmange, called "The Blanc Tapes". The boxset holds all three...
Boytronic – The Robot Treatment (CD Album – Wuff Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, Italo-disco. Background/Info: Boytronic has been active since the early 80s, but went through several line-up changes. “The Robot...
Softwave – Game On (Vinyl Album – Softwave)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Softwave is a Danish duo set up in 2014 by Catrine Christensen and Jerry Olsen. They previously...
Mind Machine – Return To The Machine (CD Album – Mind Machine)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Originally set up in 1989 and split up in 1995, the American synth-pop formation got back to...
Side-Line presents: W-Festival – Waregem (BE)
The 4th edition of the W-Festival will take place from 15th until 18th August 2019 in Waregem Expo, Belgium. About...
!Distain – Wer Im Kreise Geht (Digital EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser are getting back to their last year released full length “Farewell To...
