emmobiz records presses the 19. Elektrisch Festival 10-inch on brown vinyl, limited to 222 copies
emmobiz records issues the “V.A. 19. Elektrisch Festival” 10-inch on 24 October 2026, brown vinyl limited to 222 copies, with six tracks by five acts.
German EBM and electro label emmobiz records releases “V.A. 19. Elektrisch Festival” on 24 October 2026, the same day as the 19th Elektrisch Festival at Club Seilerstraße in Zwickau. The 10-inch is pressed on brown vinyl, limited to 222 copies, and sells for 16.99 euro through the label’s own shop. Six tracks from five acts fill the two sides.
The record continues an annual series that the label has run since the festival returned in 2024, following the red-vinyl 16th edition and the 17th edition 10-inch, and the 18th, which split across an EBM Edition and a Synth Pop Edition earlier this year. emmobiz describes the Elektrisch series as the only festival compilation of its kind carrying rare or exclusive tracks from the acts on the bill.
What is on the 19. Elektrisch Festival 10-inch
Four of the five acts on the record play the festival. Portion Control, this year’s headliner, does not appear on the compilation. The label fills the gap with two bonus tracks by acts outside the bill.
- A1: Escalator, “Utolsókor (Short)”, 3:47
- A2: Oszylayter, “we’re the noise”, 4:01
- A3: Cyborg Projekt X, “Native Terror” (Vinyl Edit), 3:49
- B1: Krieg-B, “kill the light” (V111 Mix), 5:20
- B2: Sabotage Q.C.Q.C., “Heidenangst” (Drumatic), 6:05
- B3: TöT, “Diers Irae” (Rough Mix), 2:27
The two bonus cuts on the B-side reach outside the festival line-up. Sabotage Q.C.Q.C. are a German electro act who released through Spin Records and EMI Electrola in the 1990s; “Heidenangst” first appeared on their 1996 album “Sexploitation Cinema” and returned in remixed form on the 1997 maxi-single “Schlager”. The version here is a new remake made for this record. Closing the compilation, the Marseille electro-punk and EBM band TöT contribute “Diers Irae”.
Escalator, the Budapest EBM band founded in 1988 by 2RT+TB, took their starting point from Kraftwerk and have released since 1989. Oszylayter bring electropunk and breakbeat from Germany. Krieg-B, the Franco-Belgian project Dominique Lallement and Benoît Buyse started in June 2023, follow their emmobiz debut “War Drums’ Resonance” with the album “Concrete Dominion”, which the label also dates to 24 October.
About the Elektrisch Festival and emmobiz records
The Elektrisch Festival ran five editions in Zwickau between 2007 and 2010, from the 11th to the 15th, at the city’s BPM Club. It then stopped for 14 years. emmobiz records brought it back in 2024 with the 16th edition at Club Seilerstraße, which sold out in advance behind Calva Y Nada, Cat Rapes Dog, Digital Factor and Accessory. The 17th followed in October 2025 and the 18th ran over two evenings in February 2026. The 19th takes place on 24 October 2026 with Portion Control, Escalator, Oszylayter, Cyborg Projekt X and Krieg-B; doors open at 19:00 and the music starts at 20:00.
emmobiz records is run by Jörg Freier from Oelsnitz in the Erzgebirge, Saxony, and specialises in industrial, EBM and synthpop. The label stopped operating at the end of 2017 and relaunched on 22 August 2024 with a vinyl reissue of Tyske Ludder’s “Bombt Die Mörder?”. Since then it has reissued the Calva Y Nada catalogue on picture disc, pressed Apoptygma Berzerk’s “Kathy’s Song XXV”, and put out records by Second Decay, Blind Passengers, Fairlight Children and Piston Damp. It organises the festival as well as documenting it, and the 10-inch goes on sale the day the doors open.
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