C-Lekktor returns with (double CD) ‘Out Of My Way’ – check out the leading track
C-Lekktor's 4th full studio album "Out Of My Way" will be released at the end of December. Expect a modern...
Month: November 2017
Sacha Korn unites with Aggressive 69 and (ex) Subway To Sally members to form Sick Man: 3 remixes out now!
The high explosive collaboration between Funker Vogt and Berlin musician Sacha Korn caused quite a big commotion a few years...
Dead Can Dance vocalist Lisa Gerrard releases 7inch ‘Pora Sotunda’ with The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices – limited quantity available (codeword for ‘act damn fast’)
"Pora Sotunda" is a brand new very limited 7” by the cult band The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices featuring...
When The Sun Hits – Immersed Within Your Eyes (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: When The Sun Hits is a new formation consisting out of experienced musicians from Nottingham (UK)...
Morrissey will no longer do print interviews – watch the announcement
Last week Morrissey caused quite some rumor with his attacks on Merkel and with his comments about the Kevin Spacey...
Alfa Matrix launches 19 volume in ‘Sounds From The Matrix’ series on Bandcamp (and on a free CD)
The Belgian electrolabel Alfa Matrix has launched it's 19th (!) volume in their popular 'Sounds From The Matrix' series. On...
Miniatures – Jessamines (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Operating from Melbourne (Australia) Miniatures was set up by New Zealand expatriates Ché Walden and...
Electro Spectre returns with brand new single ‘Lovers don’t forgive’ – and it’s bull’s-eye (yet) again!
The Norwegian duo Electro Spectre (Isak Rypdal and Alexander Björneboe) are back with a brand new 6-track single. "Lovers don't...
Synthpop duo Vera-Fi lands debut Black Romance
Japanese synthpop duo Vera-Fi is an electronic music duo based out of Tokyo and was formed by Kairu, an expat...
Seraphim System – Kelevra (Digital Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, electro-industrial, industrial-techno, d’n’b. Background/Info: Seraphim System has been very prolific during the past few years. The American project...
Post-punk act Gad Whip to launch ‘Trapped In A Pin Hole Camera’ album on cassette
Out via Arachnidiscs Recordings next month is the newest album by the post-punk act Gad Whip, "Trapped In A Pin...
Phurpa – Rituals Of Bön II (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Phurpa strikes back one year after their first chapter of “Rituals Of Bön”. The Russian information...
Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’I Gyer (DCD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Phurpa is a Russian collective inspired by ritual music and Buddhism. It...
Günter Schlienz – Book Of Dreams (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Günter Schlienz is a name that maybe doesn’t ring a bell although he already released...
Echoes Of Yul – The Healing Sessions (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Echoes Of Yul is a Polish solo-project, which released 3 albums thus far. “The...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘This Social Media Thing And The Digitalization Of Music Is A Good Thing’
German formation Boytronic belong to the German ‘history’ of electro-pop music. Set up in the early 80s they got an...
Yone Dudas – Waiting For The Storm / Original Movie Soundtrack (Digital Album – Laebel)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, soundtrack. Background/Info: We all know Yone Dudas as the female pole of Decoded Feedback. This album is something...
V/A Electronic Body Matrix II (4 CD Box + Download Card + Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, techno-body, electro-pop, industrial-rave, minimal-electro, future-pop, electro-industrial. Background/Info: One of the leading labels of the electronic underground scene...
Wasserkraft Manifest – Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding (CD Album – Kompuphonik Musik)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: “Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding” is the debut album of the Swedish electro-pop band Wasserkraft Manifest....
Unknown Land – Redline (CD EP – Unknown Land)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Unknown Land is the meeting between a Chileen singer/producer (Lucia Ponticas) and an Australian producer (Rob...
Otto Dix singer Michael Draw releases Russian opera tribute, gets remixed by Substaat
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Michael Draw, the countertenor singer from the Russian darkwave band Otto Dix, released...
Swedish electropop act VOITH launches ‘Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)’ – their own tribute to Kraftwerk
Out now is the brand new VOITH video "Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)" which is basically a tribute to Kraftwerk, but without being...
Deus frontman Tom Barman caught up in #MeToo boomerang after playing the angel on Belgian national TV
Belgian musician Thomas Andrew Barman,better known as Tom Barman, is caught up in the #MeToo storm as he has been...
Black Friday sale at Alfa Matrix : 50% off on all products – here’s your code
The Belgian industrial / electro record label Alfa Matrix has launched a huge Black Friday offer where they are offering...
Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld – Himuro (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, downtempo, IDM, experimental, deep-house, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Himuro” is the meeting between two great Italian artists. Eraldo Bernocchi (known...
Bruce Harper – Bruce Harper (CD Album – Bruce Harper)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic, ambient-techno, psychedelic. Background/Info: Bruce Harper is an Italian trio. The members are still active in other common...
Audio Mace – Disturbing Voices (CD Album – Ek Balam Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Audio Mace is an American duo driven by Chris Wikman and Al Baldwin. I never...
Mentallo & The Fixer – Arrange The Molecule (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Mentallo & The Fixer will next year celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Texan project...
Rome sees upcoming album ‘Hall of Thatch’ also released as a limited 2LP white vinyl+CD set
Out in a few weeks from now is the brand new Rome album "Hall of Thatch". "Hall of Thatch" will...
Animal Youth – Animal (Vinyl Album – Weyrd Son Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Risen from the ashes of Siamese Queens we welcome the in Brussels based trio Animal Youth....
Japanese electronic project Succubist debuts with ‘Blood Flow’ album – preview it here
The name Sara Tsukiyama might ring a bell with some of our readers as her old band Liiaiira was featured...
‘Click Interview’ with Root4: ‘When You Release Two Or Three Singles, The Album Has A Bigger Chance To Be Heard’
Root4 is not exactly the most famous and renowned underground electro band. Set up in 1990 the German formation went...
God Module – Does This Stuff Freak You? – A Retrospective (DCD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Jasyn Banger set up God Module in the late 90s. His debut album (cf. “Artificial”) became...
Ginger Snap5 – Against The Days (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Ukrainian duo Ginger Snap5 is a formation I discovered on the SkyQode with their excellent debut...
Kirlian Camera – Sky Collapse (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Italian duo Kirlian Camera has their new album “Hologram Moon” in the pipeline. They released this...
Morrissey attacks Merkel for destroying nation’s identity: ‘I want Germany to be German’
Smiths frontman Morrissey has gone full force in an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel defending Europe's cultural...
Simon D. Carter’s dark techno project SD-KRTR debut out now feat. a series of female guest singers
Back in March 2017, UK techno/breakbeat DJ Simon D. Carter formed SD-KRTR via which he launched the “Rise” EP. Out...
Storming The Base has started its Black Friday sale – include super limited vinyl test pressings, here’s the link to get access
It's Black Friday sale time at Storming The Base, and besides 100s of records at real dumping prices (as low...
Metroland remixes Erasure for deluxe 2CD version ‘World Be Gone’ – limited to just 500 copies
Out on December 21st is a Greek expanded edition of the recent Erasure album "World Be Gone" with 6 exclusive...
Out now – debut album female fronted electropop act Cosmic Armchair : ‘Contact’
In June 2014 Alfa Matrix launched the EP “We Are Watching” by a brand new signing, Cosmic Armchair. The female...
LCN launches official video for ‘N’Ecoutez Pas Tous Les Conseils De Vos Amis’ – watch here
The official video for LCN's "N'Ecoutez Pas Tous Les Conseils De Vos Amis" is out now. The track is taken...
Simple Minds returns with new album in February: ‘Walk Between Worlds’ – listen to the trailer
On February 2nd 2018 Simple Minds will release their newest album 'Walk Between Worlds'. The studio album is the follow-up...
Click Interviewʼ with Friends Of Alice Ivy: ‘We Operate Very Much On Instinct’
Australian duo Kylie (vocals) and Amps (instruments, programming) were previously involved in Ostia. They next moved on with Friends Of...
Exclusive video premiere newest single Black Forest – watch ‘Greed’ here
A few days ago we announced the birth of Black Forest, the brainchild of Dejan Belgrenius who was also the...
Out now, the new Totem Obscura album feat. legendary German electropop act Hubert Kah (Sandra)
Out now is "Nordische Feste", the 2nd full length album by the German duo Totem Obscura. The album is mixing...
Exclusive : Mark Jackson leaves VNV Nation. Read full statement.
VNV Nation as we know it is no more. The band has announced that England born Mark Jackson is no...
‘Click Interview’ with Aengeldust: ‘No Rules’
Aengeldust is an electro-industrial solo-project set up and driven by Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. She’s one of the few women involved...
Paul Kendall debuts with LeCabLe project together with Daniel Dickel – listen here
The first release from LeCabLe is a fact: the 8-track album "Multicore". LeCabLe consists of the duo Paul Kendall (lapsteel,...
Check teaser Morrissey biopic ‘England Is Mine’ – coming out on December 12th
Coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and digital formats (all available here) on December 12th is the Morrissey biopic "England Is Mine"...
After 4 years of silence the Swedish electro act Severe Illusion returns with EP ‘A Familiar State of Passive Compliance’
Four very long years. That is how long we had to wait on the newest EP by the Swedish Dark...
TB Frank (The Neon Judgement) joins up with Baustein to release the single ‘Mother of Earth’
Out on November 17 is the single "Mother of Earth" by the duo TB Frank (The Neon Judgement and also...
Marsheaux sees various very limited reissues on vinyl in December – pre-orders available now
Out in December - and available in pre-order now - are 2 brand new vinyl reissues of albums by the...
‘Click Interview’ with Stars Crusaders: ‘We Like To Blend The Sounds And Mix Ingredients To Create Something Different And Hard To Label’
Stars Crusaders is a ‘crazy’ Italian electro/future-pop band, which released their first official work in 2014. The band clearly revealed...
Arcana sees 2 albums re-released via Cyclic Law Records incl. previously unreleased material
Great news for the Arcana fans, the fine label Cyclic Law Records will be re-releasing 2 classic albums by the...
Chuck Mosley, former singer of Faith No More, dead at 57
Bad news keeps on pouring in. Former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley died aged only 57 after battling for...
Portland garage punk icon Fred Cole (Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows) dead at 69
Bad news from Portland, Fred Cole is no more, the American punk icon died on November 9 from liver disease....
Saline Grace – Blacksmith’s Fire (CD Album – Deeper Water Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: German duo Saline Grace is already active for a couple of years now, but isn’t...
United Front – By All Means II: The Fall Of Church And State (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, industrial, death-industrial. Background/Info: United Front is a duo consisting of Gordon Lazarus (previously active under the U-731...
V/A Total 17 (DCD Album – Kompakt)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, dance-pop, ambient-techno, downtempo, experimental. Background/Info: The “Total”-series started in 1999. The latest series reveals an impressive cocktail of...
Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Velvet Kills is a Portuguese duo consisting of Susana Santos and Harris Iveson. They previously released...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: Last year The Raudive released a digital mini-album featuring 7 songs. The trio Marc Atkinson (guitar,...
Paranoia Inducta – From The Depths (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Polish artist ‘Antony Armageddon Destroyer’ is a real prolific and creative artist. He’s active...
Day Before Us – Nihil Interit (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, ethereal. Background/Info: French composer Philippe Blache has already been active for 6 years now under the Day...
Noxvox – Niedowidzenia (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, ethereal, ritual. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much info about this ‘new’ Polish project, but it seems...
VNV Nation album ‘Empires’ re-issued on vinyl – Out now
For the first time ever, one of the most classic VNV Nation albums, "Empires", is being released on vinyl. There...
