Side-Line introduces Electrogenic – listen now to ‘Game Over’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 24th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Italian...
Month: December 2016
‘Click Interview’ with Phonothek: ‘Listen To Phonothek Before Sleep Or Just To Make Yourself Feeling Sad’
I recently discovered the debut album “Lost In Fog” from the Georgian male-female duo Phonothek. The dark-ambient style of the...
Side-Line introduces Electro Fear – listen now to ‘House On Haunted Hill’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 23rd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Polish...
Siva Six launches official video ‘Apocalypsis’ – watch it here
Out now is the official video for the Siva Six track "Apocalypsis", taken from their recently released "Dawn Of Days"...
Side-Line introduces DJ Zevzek – listen now to ‘Like To Make Music’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 22nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the new/deep...
Storming The Base launches Boxing Week sale – CDs, T-shirts, … at US$ 5 !
The fine industrial mail order Storming The Base has launched its annual Boxing Week sale during which they offer CDs,...
Star Wars’ Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) has died, aged only 60
"It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at...
Kari Berg releases book soundtrack ‘Music from Fjärilarnas stad’ – listen here!
Swedish artist Kari Berg has just released released the EP "Music from Fjärilarnas stad", a soundtrack for the book "Fjärilarnas...
Nigel Samways & Foss Moigne – Sanyo 07.1/Sanyo 07.2 Remixes (CD EP – INTOY)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient. Background/Info: I did not find a lot of information about Nigel Samways and Foss Moigne. Both artists...
Cryo Chamber releases 1-hour free ‘Dark Ambient of 2016’ track
Cryo Chamber has released a special Christmas gift to all of those who support the label. Continuing their yearly tradition,...
‘Click Interview’ with Arian1: ‘We Consider Europe As The ‘Meca’ To Play The Music We Love’
Arian1 is an ‘old’ electronic duo from Peru. Set up in the early 90s by Eduardo and Cesar Leiva they...
Null Device – While You Were Otherwise Engaged (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: American formation Null Device has already been active for more than 20 years now. They became one...
Stoneburner – On The Folding Of Space (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-tribal & trance, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Steven Archer (Ego Likeness) took me by surprise in 2014 unleashing the debut-album of...
Totem Obscura – Blutiges Eisen (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-industrial. Background/Info: Set up by Nadine- and Pedro Engel, Totem Obscura was revealed to the world now 3 years...
‘Click Interview’ with Jacky Meurisse: ‘Today You Only Need A Pc To Become An ‘Artist’
Jacky Meurisse belongs to the pioneers of EBM, but he first of all is a visionary electro-artist who later on...
Syndrome – Forever And A Day (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, ambient, drones. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Mathieu Vandekerckhove, Syndrome is a familiar name from the Consouling...
Ortega – Sacred States (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, doom-metal. Background/Info: Ortega is a band from The Netherlands, which started terrorizing the underground scene since 2007. The...
Barst – The Western Lands (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, soundtrack, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Bart Desmet better known under the Barst moniker is a renowned and recognized Belgian...
Aidan Baker & Tomas Järmyr – Werl (DCD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic & apocalyptic-rock, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Aidan Baker needs no real introduction, but Swedish drummer Tomas Järmyr is probably...
Supersimmetria – Materia (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-trance, ambient-techno. Background/Info: We last year saw the amazing Supersimmetria project driven by Armando Alibrandi joining hands with Hands....
Ah Cama-Sotz – Exorcise – Murder Themes III (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundtrack. Background/Info: Belgian electro-industrial sound guru Herman Klapholz is back on track unleashing his latest opus, which in...
Geistform – Transmitter (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-techno-industrial. Background/Info: Rafael Espinosa better known under the Geistform moniker is an artist I discovered in 2002 on...
Cervello Elettronico – Logical Fears (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, IDM. Background/Info: No doubt about it, David Christian became one of the most praised sound makers when it...
Yura Yura – Rumu Namba (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, IDM, power-noise. Background/Info: Three years after the official debut album (cf. “Be Sexual”) French noise terrorist ‘Grégory...
Urok – Nagawor (CD Album – Mozdok)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Urok is a Polish duo driven by Robert Skrzyński and Michał Turowski. The band...
Shifted – Six Steps To Resurgence (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Guy Brewer aka Shifted has been quite prolific this year. Next to a new full length...
Shifted – Appropriation Stories (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Guy Brewer was previously involved in the Commix project. After he had left this formation...
Side-Line introduces Diversant:13 – listen now to ‘Spit The Fire Out’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 21st track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Minsk...
Full details new Blutengel album ‘Leitbild’ released – boxset, vinyl, …
The new Blutengel album “Leitbild” will be out early next year, but for those wanting to secure the limited editions,...
Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) to launch live album ‘Bare-Boned and Sacred’ in March – pre-orders available here
"Bare-Boned and Sacred" is a brand new live album by Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy. The recordings offer stripped down versions...
Traversable Wormhole – Sublight Velocities/Semiclassical Gravity (Vinyl 12” – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is one of those artists and sound producers who doesn’t often need to get introduced....
Reggy Van Oers – Taciturn Manner (Double Vinyl Album – Telemorph)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, techno-ambient. Background/Info: Reggy Van Oers is a DJ and producer from The Netherlands who’s now been busy for...
Side-Line introduces Distoxia – listen now to ‘Encrucijada En El Cielo’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 20th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Chile...
‘Das Lied der Deutschen’ – a 200 old year song banned by political correctness – finally re-released in its entirety by Sacha Korn – an interview
Released now for the very first time on digital platforms is "Das Lied der Deutschen" in a version by Sacha...
Panic Lift – Skeleton Key (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover, hard-pop. Background/Info: Ten years after the debut full length “Dancing Through The Ashes” Panic Lift has released...
Növö – The Shortwaves/Parallel (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, experimental. Background/Info: Laurent Boudic earlier this year unleashed his new opus “The Shortwaves” featuring 11 pieces of electro...
Side-Line introduces Distorted World – listen now to ‘Cerulean Sea’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 19th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Russian...
Massive John Foxx 5x vinyl boxset for John Foxx titled ‘The complete cathedral oceans’ available now
Out by the first week of January - but available right here already - is John Foxx's "The complete cathedral...
Paleowolf, side project of Scorpio V of Metatron Omega, has just released new album on Cryo Chamber – stream the new album ‘Genesis’
A few days ago we informed that Paleowolf had joined the Cryo Chamber label. Paleowolf is the side project of...
Jian Outworld & Simona Regina – Mirror Soul (Digital EP – Jian Outworld & Simona Regina)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, wave-dance. Background/Info: Jian Outworld started to write music which seemed to be inspired by music genres like trance,...
Cygnets – Alone/Together (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, electro-rock. Background/Info: Cygnets is an American trio from Edmonton. After a few self-released albums they joined hands...
ANFS – The Age Of Ephemeral Man (Vinyl 12” – Inner Surface Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: ANFS is a Greek producer who has already released a few EP’s. This new release...
Out now: album pre-Front 242 project Underviewer – listen here !
After a first download single, the pre-Front 242 project Underviewer has now released a full album: “Wonders & Monsters”. “Wonders...
Side-Line introduces Dark Side Eons – listen now to ‘Infinity Equals Zero’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 18th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by Dark Side...
V/A 4 In 1 Vol.4 – Compilation (Cassette C60 – Insane Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, cinematographic. Background/Info: The “4 In 1”-series has been created by Alain Neffe during the early 80s. The...
TwoMonkeys – Whatt? (CD Album – Villa Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: A few years ago now the brothers Simone and Michele Bornati set up TwoMonkeys. “Whatt?”...
‘Click Interview’ with Fredrik Croona: ‘You Need To Challenge Yourself And Try Something You Aren’t Comfortable With’
Swedish artist Fredrik Croona has been already involved in different bands, but the dark-electro driven Cynical Existence remains without a...
OAKE – Monad XXIV (Digital EP – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Eric Goldstein and Konstanze Bathseba Zippora started working together as OAKE in 2011. They’ve released a...
Stream the Front 242 tribute ‘Recovery >for you<‘ right now from Side-Line : 32-tracks by Front 242’s label mates on Alfa Matrix
For its 15th anniversary, the Belgian record label Alfa Matrix also celebrated the 35 years of existence of Front 242...
Side-Line introduces Cynical Existence – listen now to ‘Wasteful Scum’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 17th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Swedish...
LPF12 – The Changing Season (CD Album – Raumklang Music)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient. Background/Info: LPF12 is the solo-project of Sascha Lemon. After an early active period during the 90s the...
Grand((Ø))Signal – Aktivation (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-body-music, electroclash, new-beat. Background/Info: One year after their debut album “Aktivation” the Belgian duo consisting of Jacky Meurisse...
DI⁺ove – DI⁺vided (CD Album – DI⁺ove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: DI⁺ove is a Belgian formation set up by Eric ‘Manchiniste’ who’s a guy I remember from...
Covenant – The Blinding Dark (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, ambient-body music. Background/Info: Covenant is one of the leading bands of the electro-underground scene for quite a...
Sixth Minor – Amygdalae (CD Album – Megaphone Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, apocalyptic electro-rock. Background/Info: Sixth Minor started as a duo featuring Renato Longobardi and Andrea Gallo. They released a...
Reaper – Babylon Killed The Music (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-body-music, industrial new-beat, EBM. Background/Info: Vasi Vallis became a praised and recognition musicians as a member of Frozen Plasma...
Torul – Reset (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: The Slovenian electro-pop formation Torul recently started a new and important chapter in their career....
Syntec – The Beginning (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German duo Uwe Kallenbach (music) - Tobias Hartwig (vocals) set up Syntec in the early 90s. They quickly...
Confirmed: a-ha to record live acoustic album, film and tour
A few days ago we reported about an (possible) upcoming acoustic tour for a-ha. The official word is out now...
Jacky Meurisse Project – Crystal Blackout (Digital Album – i-Traxx Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, new-beat, electroclash, techno-body. Background/Info: Jacky Meurisse is one of Belgium’s EBM pioneers and an artist who has been...
Side-Line introduces Cosmic Armchair – listen now to ‘Just One Look (Club Mix)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 16th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the excellent...
Subliminal Code – Soldier Of Hell Reborn (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, hardcore electronics. Background/Info: Subliminal Code is a project from Venezuela set up and driven by Raul Jose Padron....
Der Blutharsch has new ‘Sucht & Ordnung’ album released on atomic yellow and black vinyl – listen to the title track
Out in a few weeks, is the newest Der Blutharsch album "Sucht & Ordnung". There will be 3 versions of...
Kant Kino offers free exclusive download of their cover of the Motorhead track ‘We Are The Roadcrew (Robots)’
In January the Norwegian dark electro duo Kant Kino will see its long awaited new album "Kopfkino" released. But before...
Degenerated Sequences – Degenerated Sequences (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind this new formation is hiding PreEmptive Strike.01 keyboardist Yiannis Dseq. The band got introduced to Advoxya...
Bio-Mechanical Degeneration – Warbeats (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind Bio-Mechanical Degeneration hides Vincent Pujol (ESR) and Tommy T. Rapisardi (Diverje) plus guest musician Tcheleskov...
