November 30th we were a gang of friends going to Sundvolden Hotel, 45 mins out of Oslo, spending the night at the hotel, having both a classic Norwegian xmas party...
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Alphaville live in Norway – concert and interview: ‘The most bizarre show? Lebanon, we saw a toy shop, with a Mickey Mouse figure outside, full of bullet holes’
Jérôme Soudan is one of those artists I personally consider as a ‘visionary’ artist. His Mimetic project is the best exposure to realize the constant avant-garde approach he tries to...
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Erasure’s Andy Bell releases ‘Variance III – The Queereteria Remixes’ feat. Bronski Beat remixes – check a first track
“Variance III – The Queereteria Remixes” is the latest Andy Bell album which presents remixes of some of the tracks from the “Torsten In Queereteria” alongside some previously unreleased music...
Out now is a brand new music video and single from Germany’s Neue Deutsche Härte ‘enfant terrible’ Sacha Korn: “Unsere Kraft”. The track is the first release from the album...
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Olivia Louvel back after 3 years in the studio with the album ‘SculptOr [Hepworth Resounds]’ – check out the videotrailer
Out via the Cat Werk Imprint label is the new Olivia Louvel album “SculptOr [Hepworth Resounds]”. The release has been 3 years in the making and takes as starting point...
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Early Front 242 style EBM? Check this free download from Bloque Del Sur: ‘Sistema De Autoprotección’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 11th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation “Face The Beat: Session 5” is by the Argentina based electro-industrial act Bloque Del Sur....
Bodo Staiger is no more, he died today from an unknown cause. Staiger became famous in the eighties with the electropop band Rheingold (together with Lothar Manteuffel and Brigitte Kunze)...
Very sad news reaches us from Sweden. Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson is no more, she has died aged 61 after a 17 year long battle with cancer. The sad news...
Today the American industrial-metal pioneers Ministry released their authorized 248 pages book ‘Ministry – Prescripture: The Visual History’ via Melodic Virtue. It is a collection of rare and unseen photos...
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Metroland member launches 808 DOT POP solo electropop project with Helalyn Flowers frontwoman Noemi Aurora – 2 download singles available now
Alfa Matrix has some more good news coming up today. They also have announced the signing of the new side-project from Metroland’s Passenger S: 808 DOT POP. When you are...
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Swedish electro wave act Circumpolar joins Alfa Matrix – the label immediately releases 2 download EPs/singles
A few weeks ago, we informed you about Circumpolar, a Swedish darkwave project consisting of the duo Jonas Mattson and Patrik Wallin. The band got featured on our free charity...
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Available for free download: Binary Division’s track ‘Netrunner’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 10th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation “Face The Beat: Session 5” is by the Cologne (Germany) based act Binary Division. Founded...
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Justo Bagüeste & Suso Saiz work together on ‘Inducing the Pleasure Dreams v2’ LP – check the first preview here
Two famous Spanish electronica wizzards have joined for the album “Inducing the Pleasure Dreams v2”, namely Suso Saiz and Justo Bagüeste. Suso Saiz is one of Spain’s most wellknown experimental...
The shoegaze/darkwave act Chandeen is back with an all new video for the track “Vanish”. The track is taken from the band’s new album “Mercury Retrograde” out February 28, 2020....
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‘Click Interview’ with Mental Exile: ‘Mental Exile Is My Way To Talk, To Feel And To See Around Me’
Mental Exile is a Spanish solo-project set up by Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe. We last year discovered Mental Exile by the EP “Exile Nights” revealing a great retro electro-pop approach....
New York City’s Hanzel und Gretyl return with their 9th album entitled “Hexennacht”. With “Hexennacht”, the duo continue their dark descent into the forest of an imagined Bavarian Halloween, blending...
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Black Tape for a Blue Girl releases first music video in 6 years: ‘In my memories’ – watch it now on Side-Line + interview
Black Tape for a Blue Girl releases their first music video in 6 years with “In my memories” taken from the album “To touch the milky way”. Conceived, shot and...
(Photo by Carsten Stiller) Esplendor Geométrico, the influential industrial pioneers of the pulsating, hypnotic and mechanical rhythms, returns with a new album “Cinética”, after their previous “Fluida Mekaniko” (2016). The...
The Belgian tripop/synthpop act Psy’Aviah isn’t shy of venturing into unknown territories. On their newest album, “SoulSearching”, they invited the wellknown Belgian psychologist Dirk De Wachter to provide words on...
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‘Click Interview’ with Cervello Elettronico: ‘My Biggest Fear Is Nuclear Fallout From War Or Negligence’
I discovered David Christian aka Cervello Elettronico by his official debut-album “Negate The Instigator” released in 2007 on Crunch Pod. The debut of the American producer based in Los Angeles...
