Side-Line introduces Purple Fog Side – listen now to ‘Breathe In’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 60th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the female/male...
Month: March 2017
More details available from self-titled Slowdive album – pre-orders available now
After sharing their first single "Star Roving" earlier this year, Slowdive have announced more details from their self-titled album which...
April 22 is Record Store Day – here’s a list of release which darkwave/postpunk fans might dig including The Cure, Pink Floyd, …
We have again found some real gems in the list of releases especially produced for the upcoming Record Store Day...
Side-Line introduces Psyborg Corp. – listen now to ‘Tekhelet’s Ice Cyclone (Exemia Remix)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 59th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Colombian...
Win 1 of these Depeche Mode promo MCDs – participate now !
After giving away 40 entries to attend the official Depeche Mode pre-listing launch party of "Spirit" a few weeks ago,...
SPECTRA*paris to release 3rd album ‘Retromachine Betty’ end of May – pre-orders available now
SPECTRA*paris, the project of Elena Alice Fossi, lead singer of Italian outfit Kirlian Camera, is back with a 3rd album,...
Electropop act SIN.SIN releases killer single feat. n0emi Aurora: ‘Blacklist’ – listen here
Before the release of the full album "Reverie", the Belgian female powered SIN.SIN project launches an excellent and catchy single:...
iEuropean releases debut album ‘Into The Unknown’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The People’s Electric, record label founded in 2016 by Jon ‘Jonteknik’ Russell, are...
Strvngers – Strvngers (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, d’n’b & pop. Background/Info: Strvngers is a new Canadian duo featuring Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig. Their self-titled...
Side-Line introduces Psy’Aviah – listen now to ‘Not What I Expected (Feat. Fallon Nieves)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 58th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the popular...
Metroland launches brand new download single ‘Cube’ + video
“Cube” is already the 12th release in Metroland's young but very prolific career. This new 5-track EP makes the junction...
Throbbing Gristle renews its deal with Mute Records, finally appears on streaming platforms + boxsets
Mute informed us this afternoon that they have renewed their worldwide partnership with Throbbing Gristle. The first stage of this...
Cult darkwave act Dorsetshire to return with new album, 21 years after their last one ‘Beast’
The German darkwave band Dorsetshire is back alive after a prologned silence that lasted 21 years (if you don't count...
QDOR – I (Cassette Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ritual. Background/Info: QDOR is a mysterious Italian combo driven by ritual themes and dealing with experimental music. ‘QDOR...
Side-Line introduces Possible Space – listen now to ‘Streets Of Sound’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 57th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Finland...
DAF has recorded a brand new single at the Hansa Studios in Berlin (together with producer Alex Silva)
Gabi Delgado and Robert Goren have confirmed that they have recorded a brand new single at the famous Hansa Studios...
2 brand new EPs by Junksista, including one in a very limited MCD edition + brand new video of ‘Drug’
The German female fronted electro dance outfit Junksista finally returns, not with 1 but with 2 EPs, including one which...
Mytrip – Filament (Digital Album – Amek)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Real die-hard freaks of dark-ambient music will probably have heard of the Bulgarian formation Mytrip. This project...
Monocube – The Rituals (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Andrzew Gladushevskiy joined hands together with Malignant Records to unleash the second official album of...
Mnemonic – Mo:ral (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, EBM. Background/Info: The German duo Mnemonic is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Last year they released...
The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro (Vinyl 12” – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: British formation The Thought Criminals has already been active since 2004. They mainly released EP’s and only...
Norwegian synth/folk project Langsomt Mot Nord crowdfunds 4 LP vinyl remasters box set
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Langsomt Mot Nord (Slowly Toward (the) North/Slowly Northward, LMN) was a Norwegian synth/folk...
3rd LP by Jesus Complex ‘Live A Little – Die A Little’ out now – listen to the previews
Jesus Complex, the electro-industrial project of Damon Fries, guitarist in Boudoir and live soundman of pioneering electronic group Clan Of...
Mechanical Cabaret – Ortonesque (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop. Background/Info: “Ortonesque” is the seventh full length released by London based Mechanical Cabaret. Set up in the...
Kilner – Walk Type (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Behind this new technoid project is hiding Jamie Roberts. This is a British producer operating from...
Johannes Malfatti – Surge (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, abstract, experimental. Background/Info: Johannes Malfatti is an artist who probably doesn’t really ring a bell. He however is...
Side-Line introduces Pegasus Asteroid – listen now to ‘Mechanical Heart’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 56th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Russian...
The Gathering – Blueprints (DCD Album – Psychonaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The Gathering is a band, which doesn’t really need any further introduction. Hailing from...
Chilean aggro tech Distoxia to launch labeldebut EP ‘Maniobra Evasiva’ on Insane Records – listen to the first tracks
The young label Insane Records has added a newcomer to its roster: the Chilean solo project Distoxia. Distoxia was formed...
The 8th volume of Electrostorm to hit the stores in May – pre-orders accepted here
The 8th instalment in the Electrostorm electro-sampler-series will be released in early May. This new volume will hold 17 tracks...
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito – Visitors / Projections (Double Vinyl Album – Edit Select Records)
Genre/Influences: Deep-techno, dark-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between Tony Scott (Edit Select) and Antonio Ruscito. It also...
Side-Line introduces Orbicide – listen now to ‘Mea Culpa’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 55th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Polish...
Shamanic ritualist act Phurpa lands ‘Gyer Ro’ 2CD set – listen to the preview of the complete album
Out on April 5 via Cyclic Law is a brand new release from Russia’s shamanic ritualists Phurpa. You can expect...
Managing Musicians Is a Good Career Choice
Are you tired of the job you are currently doing? If this is the case, you should look for a...
Side-Line introduces Omnimar – listen now to ‘Reason (Remix By Cutoff Sky)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 54th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the female...
Das Ich sees ‘Lava’ album re-released with bonus tracks
Coming up in the next 2 weeks is a re-release of "Lava" by the German Goth / EBM act Das...
Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
Vote for your favourite Foretaste remix for the upcoming remix album ‘Alter/Egoes, the remixes selection’
You can now vote for your favourite remixes of the (excellent!) french synthpop band Foretaste and see them featured on...
Ministry sees reissues of ‘Sphinctour’, ‘Houses of the Molé’ and ‘Animositisomina’ as ltd. digipaks
Out in a few weeks are brand new reissues of the following Ministry albums in limited edition digipaks: "Sphinctour", "Houses...
Side-Line presents: Wave-Gotik-Treffen 26th edition – Leipzig (DE)
picture by dark.edge photography From 2nd-5th June 2017 the annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen takes place in the area of Leipzig, Germany. WGT...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Side-Line introduces Obvianiger – listen now to ‘Manipulacion’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 53rd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Chile...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Legendary Dutch electronic music composers packaged in a 4CD deluxe box (recorded in the Philips Research Laboratories in the period 1956-1963)
Out in the next 2 weeks is the 4CD set "Popular Electronics: Early Dutch electronic music from Philips Research Laboratories...
The Charlatans return with new album ‘Different Days’ featuring Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Stephen Morris of New Order, …
The English indie act The Charlatans are to release their new album on May 26th through BMG. "Different Days" is...
Diamanda Galás hits back with ‘All the way’ – listen to the trailer + vinyl version available
American avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist, and painter Diamanda Galás is back with a brand new album: "All...
Destruktionsanstalt – Swedenborg (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Danish artist Per Najbjerg Odderskov has released an impressive number of productions under different monikers...
Clavius – Nebula (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t receive any information about Clavius and there’s not much to find on the...
2nd Face – Nemesis (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: 2nd Face is a brand-new German solo-project set up by Vincent Uhlig. The debut work...
Vitalic – Voyager (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, electro-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Pascal Arbez-Nicolas better known as Vitalic gained a serious reputation in the selected and intelligent...
Parralox – Subculture (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Parralox is a prolific band animated by the creative spirit of John von Ahlen. “Subculture” is...
Parralox – Holiday ’16 (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set and driven by John Von Ahlen the Melbourner based Parralox became a familiar and recognized formation...
V/A Electropop 11 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The “Electropop”-series became one of the most exciting compilations in the electro-pop genre style, but especially...
Zeitfaktor – Signals (Digital Album – Zeitfaktor)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-electro, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Zeitfaktor is a German solo-project. Daniel’s classical music education incited him to compose his own music,...
Side-Line introduces nTTx – listen now to ‘cRave (Touched By Stahlnebel & Black Selket)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 52nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Canadian...
Synoiz – The Forbidden (Digital Album – Synoiz)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Synoiz is a solo-project driven by Graeme Donaldson. The artists hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne (England)...
‘Lovely creatures’, the best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) released as 3CD+DVD+Book / 3CD+DVD / 2CD / 3LP vinyl
Coming up is "Lovely creatures - the best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984 - 2014)" which compiles...
‘Click Interview’ with The Psychic Force: ‘We Don’t Need A Professional Production To Sound Polished And Commercial Like Tons Of Other Bands’
The Psychic Force is back alive! Twenty one years after their last album they earlier this year unleached their third...
Kazeria & Aphlar – In Bloskan (CD Album – GH Records)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two Argentinia bands. Kazeria has already...
Dive returns with ‘Underneath’ album on a very limited vinyl and CD
Belgian electronic pioneer Dirk Ivens returns with a new album of his Dive project: "Underneath". The release comes after a...
Kaos! – Still (Digital Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Kaos! strikes back with a new single. Eva Kaxe and Kristian Oscarsson have released...
Massive Ego – Beautiful Suicide (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up during the 90s, “Beautiful Suicide” stands for the return of Massive Ego. It’s not...
Side-Line introduces Növö – listen now to ‘The Shortwaves’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 51st track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Belgian...
Pharmakon hits back with splendid ‘Contact’ album on vinyl and CD
Pharmakon is the solo industrial noise project by the 27-year old New York based musician Margaret Chardiet. She started the...
Cephalgy – Gott Maschine Vaterland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the “Leid Statt Liebe”-album released by Cephalgy. This German...
Tracklist new Mesh single ‘Runway’ available incl. Yazoo cover
The new Mesh album "Looking Skyward" by the duo Mark Hockings and Richard Silverthorn was released at the end of...
