Karl Bartos – Communication (CD Album – Trocadero)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Karl Bartos entered into history as a Kraftwerk-member, but also as the one who left the band...
Month: April 2016
Front 242 reissues ‘Pulse’ + ‘Still & Raw’ in remastered version in several formats including boxset with loads of extras (incl. live recording 1989!)
For the celebration of their 35th anniversary year of existence in 2016, Belgian electronic music pioneers Front 242 decided to...
John Carpenter re-recorded classic titles for a vinyl (incl. picture vinyl) release: ‘Assault on percent 13 / The Fog’ & ‘Halloween / Escape from New York’
John Carpenter fans, attention. 2 classic, cult really, releases by this famous composer (and film director and much more) are...
Skinny Puppy – “All my gear crashing on top of me… was not good!” – Tech-Talk with DJ Wildhoney
cEvin Key (born Kevin William Crompton) is a founding member of the Canadian industrial-electro band Skinny Puppy. He has been...
Tax Sale at Storming The Base – here’s the link!
The fine people at the industrial music mailorder Storming The Base have a special sale going on, baptised "Tax Sale"....
Metroland – Things Will Never Sound The Same Again (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: electro-pop. Background/Info: The third album by Belgian duo of Metroland is for sure the most special one, which is...
‘Beep’, a documentary history of game sound to be released on DVD and Blu-ray – get your order in now
Here's a special item which many will love. Out in a few months, but available in pre-order now, is the...
Interview Sophia: ‘Living in a world as dark and corrupted as this gives me plenty of things to bring up.’
Out now is the brand new album by Sophia, "Unclean", on CD (1000 copies), LP (500 copies) and even on...
Vanguard returns with ‘Never surrender’ – pre-orders available now
Out in June is the newest Vanguard album "Never surrender". The album is the follow-up of the teaser single "I...
Emmo.biz Records prepare special mega-limited Nitzer Ebb digipak edition box limited to just 77 copies
Out in 2 weeks from now, is a special re-release of Nitzer Ebb's last album "Industrial complex". The re-release comes...
Caustic caught up in Facebook drama / late April Fools Day prank – everyone fired from the band
Funny times for Caustic, an American industrial band based out of Madison, WI. Both remaining members, Matt Fanale and Eric...
Die Krupps release live show sold out E-tropolis Festival on DVD & Blu-ray (incl. 2CD) – get yours now
In February 2014 Die Krupps started the 'The Machinists Of Joy' tour including 12 dates to present their first studio...
Keosz joins the dark ambient label Cryo Chamber with the album ‘Be Left to Oneself’ – album now up for pre-order
Out on April 19 but available for pre-order now via Bandcamp as download and as CD is the newest Keosz...
Karnnos – Dream Continent (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: There’s been a hiatus of 10 years between the previous album of Karnnos and the...
The Joy Of Nature – A Roda Do Tempo (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, folk, ritual, mystic. Background/Info: Set up by Luís Couto who’s originally from the beautiful Azores archipelago, The Joy...
Electrosexual – Art Support Remix (Digital EP – Rock Machine Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, technoid. Background/Info: Romain Frequency aka ‘Electrosexual’ strikes back with a new EP featuring 13 remixes. The work is...
Covenant frontman Eskil Simonsson has a new look and the fans do (not) like it
And now something completely different and oh so tabloid like. Eskil Simonsson, the frontman of the Swedish band Covenant, has...
BC working on a new album, 8 years after excellent ‘Sinecure’ debut
In 2008 Lube Records / Crispin Glover Records released BC's debut album "Sinecure". It was an immediate hit, especially thanks...
In Slaughter Natives re-release legendary radio recording ‘Mort aux Vaches’ on vinyl
Releasedfor the first time ever on vinyl is the legendary In Slaughter Natives radio recording "Mort aux Vaches". The recording,...
Dronny Darko sale on dark ambient label Cryo Chamber
The dark ambient label Cryo Chamber recently completed their studio and office relocation from Portland, Oregon to Eugene, Oregon. For...
a-ha issues statement after disastrous Blick interview
Yesterday we posted an article regarding a rather unusual interview Morten Harket had given to the the Swiss magazine Blick....
Glass Apple Bonzai – Night Maze (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We here welcome a Canadian solo-project set up by Daniel X. Belasco. You might have heard of...
Giant Waves – Solidarnosc (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, wave-rock, rock-pop. Background/Info: Giant Waves is a Russian trio, which released their debut album “Solidarnosc” during 2015. “Solidarnosc”...
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Electro Spectre releases massive ‘Essentials’ compilation
(By Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange and Bernard Van Isacker) Out now is "Essentials", the platinum collection of the very...
Ataraxia’s ‘Simphonia Sine Nomine’ reissued on vinyl
The Italian neoclassical band Ataraxia is in reissue mode, on vinyl this time. Their classic album "Simphonia Sine Nomine" sees...
The end of a-ha – again
In an interview with the Swiss magazine Blick a-ha's Morten Harket has said that it's over and out for a-ha...
Vince Clarke (Erasure) launches project together with Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) – first single expected in June
"Better Have A Drink To Think" is the first single from Erasure's Vince Clarke and Orbital's Paul Hartnoll. The duo...
Full Contact 69 – Man Machine Version.2015 (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Full Contact 69 is a German duo operating from Erfurt. After having self-released 2 albums they got...
Rhesus Factor featuring Leæther Strip – Mann Der Arbeit (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rhesus Factor is a German solo-project set up by Stefan Rukavina. This artist was previously involved in...
Electro Spectre – Beautiful Lies (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: The duo Isak Rypdal (producer) and Alexander Björneboe definitely belong to the most significant and successful electro-pop...
‘Click Interview’ with AD:KeY: ‘EBM is missing fresh blood’
AD:KeY is driven by Rene and Andrea Nowotny. The 4th album “Anthropozän” released on Emmo.biz at the end of 2015...
Sophia – Unclean (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drones. Background/Info: Set up by Peter Bjärgö –as a side-project of Arcana, Sophia was mainly active and prolific...
Listen to the full stream of the upcoming Psy’Aviah album ‘Seven Sorrows, Seven Stars’ exclusively on Side-Line + track-by-track comment by the band !
Out on April 15 is the brand new Psy'Aviah album "Seven Sorrows, Seven Stars". Today Side-Line offers an exclusive stream...
Electropop act Blondage debut new single ‘Dive’ – listen here on Side-Line
(Photo by: Anders Bigum) "Dive" is the new single from Blondage, the Danish duo consisting of Pernille Smith-Sivertsen and Esben...
Ben Lukas Boysen (aka Hecq) signs to Erased Tapes and issues ‘Spells’ on vinyl and CD – orders available now!
After the single "Sundays" which was released in 2015 on Erased Tapes, Ben Lukas Boysen (aka Hecq) now also sees...
Deep Imagination – Dancing With Ghosts (CD EP – BSC Music)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic. Background/Info: Deep Imagination is the solo-work of Art Of Infinity member Thorsten Sudler-Mainz. This EP is meant...
Sunfrost – Outbreak (CD Album – 5527C°/0°C Records)
Genre/Influences: Spleen-rock, goth-rock, dream-rock. Background/Info: Sunfrost is a Parisian formation, which is has already been active since the early millennium...
Ô Paradis – Llega El Amor, Asoma La Murte (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-folk, Latino-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Demian Recio has already been active under the Ô Paradis moniker since the 90s and...
Le Syndicat Electronique – 1996-2016 (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This album is a retrospective of Le Syndicate Electronique. The band was set up by Alaxis...
Swedish synthpop act Saft returns after 15 years of silence with 3rd album, ‘Norrbacka’
The Swedish synthpop act Saft returns after laying under the ice for one and a half decade. Saft was during...
IANVA reissue ‘La Ballata Dell’Ardito’ debut EP with extras on vinyl
To mark both the Centenary of Italy’s involvement in World War 1 and the 10th Anniversary of IANVA’s debut "La...
Die Krupps re-records 1981 debut album ‘Stahlwerksinfonie’ for vinyl (incl. CD) release
In 1981 the Düsseldorf band Die Krupps (Jürgen Engler, Bernward Malaka, Ralf Dörper) released “Stahlwerksinfonie” (Steelworks Symphony) mixing EBM and...
OOMPH! release ‘Als wärs das letzte Mal’ live video
The German act OOMPH! has released a live video for "Als wärs das letzte Mal". The track can originally be...
Mute Records reveals details new Swans album ‘The Glowing Man’
Swans have announced details of a new album, "The Glowing Man", out on Mute / Young God (N America) on...
John Fryer launches 6 free songs for Black Needle Noise project feat. Jarboe, Antic Clay, Andreas Elvenes, Ledfoot & Zia
Black Needle Noise (the latest project by renown producer John Fryer) has launched 6 new songs on Bandcamp. Each song...
Kirchohmfeld – Motion (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Kirchohmfeld is a German band that was originally set up as a duo featuring Andreas Neumann...
‘Click Interview’ with Peter Rainman: ‘Vince Clarke is obviously the main influence’
Peter Rainman is a name you for sure will have noticed as producer from numerous bands and productions or you...
Echo West – Pagan City Ghosts (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: This album was released during the first half of 2015, but is an irresistible piece...
Symbion Project embarks on mini US-tour + did you hear their Lana Del Rey remix?
Symbion Project is embarking on their first mini-tour of the US in support of the dark, IDM/downtempo album "Semiotic" and...
Bruta Non Calculant – Instinct (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Bruta Non Calculant is the newest project of Alaxis Andreas G (Le Syndicat Electronique) and his...
Bisclaveret – In Hortis… Aegri Somnia / Early Works (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, cabaret, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up by Radosław Murawski (Thorn) and Maciej Mehring (Dragos) in Gdansk (Poland) this duo...
Neo-folk act Albireon returns with ‘L’inferno e l’aquilone’ album
Two years and a half after "Le Fiabe dei Ragni Funamboli" (Infinite Fog), Albireon are back with the album "L'inferno...
Metroland did not split – April fools joke went a bit too well
In the past few days Alfa Matrix has been inundated by people worried about a message put on the Metroland...
Sadman – The Big Cut (CD Album – Memento Materia)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, cinematographic-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Sadman is a band I immediately felt in love with since their debut album “Cold...
Factice Factory – Nada (CD Album – Factice Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop, cold-wave. Background/Info: I honestly never heard of Factice Factory before this album, which is their second. Behind...
‘Click Interview’ with Alphaxone: ‘Music Is The Best Way To Emit Inner Dark And Dark Senses!’
Behind Alphaxone is hiding a talented dark-ambient artist hailing from Iran. Mehdi Saleh is a passionate and prolific musician who...
Paranoid Winter – Thaw (CD Album – Paranoid Winter)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Paranoid Foundation often adapted their band name in function of their work. Set up by Crispin...
Mad Masks – Mad Masks (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cold-wave. Background/Info: I wasn’t able to find a lot information about Mad Masks, but it concerns a French...
3 formats for Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio’s ‘Vision: Libertine – The Hangman’s Triad’ release including vinyl
The new Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio album "Vision: Libertine - The Hangman's Triad" will be released in 3 different formats –...
Why use music sheets?
Music is one of the greatest gifts that life has to offer. There are so many different styles for you...
