Antoine Panaché – Pleasures (Cassette EP – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Antoine Panaché is a nickname for Lilia Scheerder. Hailing from The Netherlands he already released a few...
Month: October 2018
Oestergaards – Rötterna (Cassette Album – Lamour)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the debut work of Oestergaards. This Swedish artist started organizing festivals and finally started...
How did Jean-Marc Lederman end up with The The at The The Marquee gigs in 1982?
A few days ago Jean-Marc Lederman - the man who worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, Gene Loves Jezebel,...
Massive Attack launch ‘Mezzanine’ anniversary tour with… Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser !
If you think Massive Attack, you instantly think "Teardrop", the massive hit Massive Attack had in 1998. "Teardrop" features lead...
Ljungblut: “Villa Carlotta 5959” premiere – stream it here two days before release
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Ljungblut & Karisma Records press release) The sixth album from Ljungblut are...
Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore reissues rare 1995 noise album on vinyl
Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore has announced the release of his "Klangfarbenmelodie.. And The Colorist Strikes Primitiv" LP. Originally released...
Formshift joins with Dirk Da Davo for 4-track EP ‘E Society’
Its been a while since Gavin (Formshift) and Dirk Da Davo did a collaboration after the "Crash/Overtime" release (2016). Out...
Mount Shrine – Winter Restlessness (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: When evoking Rio De Janeiro we all imagine the beach, sexy girls, carnival and other exotic...
JK Flesh – New Horizon (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Justin Broadrick will be always linked to Godflesh, but he in the meantime is getting more...
ESA interview: ‘I Love To Pick Up Instruments And Use Them As An Extension To Myself’
Set up by Jamie Blacker in 2002 Electronic Substance Abuse (ESA) rapidly became a noticeable project dealing with multiple influences...
Hidden Souls – The Incorruptible Dream (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2005, Hidden Souls is an Argentinean band based in Buenos Aires. They...
Alex Braun – Eiskalt (CD EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: !Distain fans will be intrigued to discover this debut solo-work of the band’s front man Alex Braun....
Mlada Fronta returns with all new album ‘No Trespassing’ 2 years after ‘Outrun’
Two years after the release of “Outrun“, the french project Mlada Fronta returns with an album deeply rooted in the...
Raison d’être reissues first 2 albums on double vinyl
Out in December are 2 vinyl reissues of the following Raison d'être albums: "Enthralled by the Wind of Loneliness" and...
Penny Rimbaud – Oh Magick Kingdom (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: This album released by the legendary Crass front man Penny Rimbaud got originally released in 2011...
Coil + Zos Kia + Marc Almond – How To Destroy Angels / A Slow Fade To Total Transparency (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records’ time machine brings us back to 1983 when John Balance (Coil), John Gosling...
State Of Being – Awake (CD Album – State Of Being)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock, industrial. Background/Info: One year after the album “The Misinformation Age”, which in a way stands for the return...
Ontal – Ontal 3 (Vinyl 12” – Ontal Series)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: The Serbian duo Ontal gained some recognition for their albums released on labels such as...
‘Click’ Interview with Sylvgheist Maëlström: ‘Music Is A Feeling And The Right Emanation From Experienced Feelings’
French solo-project Sylvgheist Maëlström this year released its fourth full length album in history. Driven by Julien Sylvgheist the sound...
Llovespell – Places (CD Album – Wrotycz)
Genre/Influences: Electro-dub, lounge, experimental. Background/Info: Llovespell (aka Stephan Spreer) set up Llovespell in 2002. Nearly all of his work got...
Ethan Fawkes – Revolution Never Came (Digital EP – Corresponding Positions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Belgian producer and DJ Ethan Fawkes is a quite familiar name in my reviews section. This prolific...
Desroi – Dwell In Motion (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Desroi is German producer Frederic Lindemann. He already released a few 12”, but “Dwell In Motion”...
Blasted – Anvil (Vinyl 12” – Depth.Request)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Blasted is an Italian producer who already has released a few numbers of EP’s. He now joined...
MZ.412 preps double vinyl re-release for 1995 classic – check out the pre-order details
"In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi", the 1995 album by MZ.412, will see a re-release in a deluxe double-vinyl...
The Rain Within announce North America tour With VNV Nation
Synthpop/Synthwave artists The Rain Within announce they will be touring with VNV Nation on their upcoming North America Noire tour....
Ugasanie & Xerxes The Dark – Abysmal (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Abysmal” resulted from the common efforts between two artists hailing from different cultures, but sharing a...
Purwien & Kowa – Drei (Digital 3-EP – Zwei Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German duo Christian Purwien and Thomas Kowa(lzik) are back on track unleashing 3 new EP’s entitled “Drei...
Blutengel to launch 2nd single from upcoming ‘Un:Gott’ album: ‘Vampire’ – also available as picture vinyl
The second single off the upcoming Blutengel album "Un:Gott" is "Vampire" and will be officially out by the end of...
Mexico’s dark electro Circuito Cerrado returns with new album 2 years after very well-received ‘Arrhythmia’ album
"Furious Basslines" is the title of the brand new album by Mexico's dark electro act Circuito Cerrado, the band's 3rd...
The Overlookers – Driving Fast (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: It’s not very often that the French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct signs new bands. But here comes The...
Happiness Project – Mutation (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: French electro-pop formation Happiness Project doesn’t release new work on a regular basis, but their recently...
Studio-X returns with all new album ‘Wrong’ in November – listen to the first 2 tracks!
The Australian techno industrial producer Studio-X strikes back with a quite surprising new full length album. For this new release...
‘Click Interview’ with Zwaremachine: ‘Minimal Hypnotic Industrial Body Music’
Did you ever heard of Zwaremachine before? Based in Minneapolis (USA), ‘Mach Fox’ released different productions on German-, Italian-, French-...
Mortiis announces the re-release of the early 1993 demo recording ‘The Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost’ on CD/LP/digital
"The Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost", the early 1993 recording that started the movement that came to be known...
Mortiis releases ltd edition Halloween special version of the ‘Weal & Woe’ 9inch x 9 inch cassette box set
In cooperation with Dead Seed Productions, preorders are now open for a strictly limited edition Halloween special version of the...
Avarice In Audio launches brand new 5-track download only single ‘Wolves at the door’ – check out the full track previews
Following the release of their latest album, “No Punishment: No Paradise” (available here), the australian act Avarice In Audio brings...
Exclusive premiere of Lycia’s ‘The song is Autumn Into Winter’ on Side-Line !
American darkwave pioneers Lycia (a Side-Line favourite for years already!) returns to Projekt for the 4th release of their second...
Electro Spectre: “A Man-Made Sun” album release interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) On October 19th Isak Rypdal and Alexander Bjørneboe of Electro Spectre returns with...
Watch the brand new Moby video for ‘Falling rain and light’
Moby has launched a new video for "Falling Rain and Light", a piano-driven track from his latest studio album, "Everything...
Alien Vampires return with 2 twin concept EPs: ‘Fuck the revolution bring on the apocalypse’ & ‘Evil twins’
Since the release of their last studio album "Drag You To Hell" and their most recent deluxe anthology box "Evil...
Chronic Twilight – Vulnerable (CD EP – Nowhere Now Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Chronic Twilight is the solo-project from American artist Michael Louis. One year after the debut album “Hymns...
Yann Tiersen announces brand new album ‘All’ in a production by Gareth Jones – first video available
Out 15 February 2019 is the brand new album 'All', Yann Tiersen’s 10th album release. A first video for the...
We Are The Line – Songs Of Light & Darkness (CD EP – La Ligne Productions)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-pop. Background/Info: I discovered this French formation by their previous EP “Through The Crack”, which was a...
Unplaces – Changes (CD Album – Tangrami / Timezone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: German Unplaces trio strikes back with a new album, which seems to be their second one....
Double interview: Alex Møklebust (Zeromancer/Seigmen) and Stephan Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk) about remixing
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In the aftermath of the Electro Spectre remix contest, I had a chat...
Tropic Of Coldness – Framed Waves (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the third full length album by the Italian-American formation Tropic Of Coldness....
Blume – Ashes (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Enrico Filisetti (vocals & lyrics, composition), Ivan Savino (composition, electronics) and Daniele...
Mechatronic unveil video for the song ‘A Life Pretending’ taken from their album ‘Still Life’
The Swedish electropop act Mechatronic have launched a video for the song "A Life Pretending". You can view it below,...
VNV Nation debuts official video for ‘When is the future’
VNV Nation have released their latest (10th) studio album, "Noire". The album is out since October 12th (available here on...
Black Nail Cabaret – Bête Noire (Digital EP – Black Nail Cabaret)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Based in London, Hungarian duo Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) and Krisztian Arvai (electronics) are back on track unleashing...
Council Of Nine – Exit Earth (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: American solo-project Council Of Nine aka Maximillian Olivier is back on track, unleashing a new conceptual...
Textbeak – Sick For Songs A Season Eats (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, electronic. Background/Info: Behind Textbeak is hiding Michael Szewczyck, which is a kind of US veteran in electronic/industrial...
‘Click Interview’ with Arcana Obscura: ‘I Have Always Had Elements And Influences Of World Music In My Music‘
Set up in 1990 and driven by Thomas Gäbhard, Arcana Obscura directly caught my attention by its first and self-titled...
Signalstoerung – S (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics. Background/Info: Signalstoerung is a German project, which is also one of the founders of the artist collective...
Henric De La Cour – Gimme Daggers (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro veteran Hendrik De La Cour strikes back with a new full length album, which...
Vlimmer – X (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, cold-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Alexander Leonard Donat aka Vlimmer started end of 2015 with an 18-EP series. We here...
Thanatoloop – Resilencia (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Thanatoloop is a Chilean solo-project set up in 1994 and driven by the prolific mind of...
Mentallo & The Fixer launches remastered version 2001 album ‘Return To Grimpen Ward’
Cult industrial music pioneers Mentallo & The Fixer are now reissuing their back-catalogue, fully remastered by Gary Dassing himself, on...
Excubitors – In Aeternum (CD Album – 4eck Studios)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The German band Excubitors are back on track unleashing their fourth full length. Set up in 2006...
Ele Ypsis – Linga Dei (Digital Album – Ele Ypsis)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Ele Ypsis has been set up now 10 years ago and is the artistic fusion...
Dimitri Berzerk – Remixes Collection Vol.03 (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Mexican DJ/producer/label owner Dimitri Berzerk is an artist who has remixed an impressive number of...
Alphaxone – Edge Of Solitude (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Iranian composer Mehdi Saleh has released an impressive number of productions since 2010. “Edge Of Solitude”...
Mexico’s harsh electro act Circuito Cerrado hits back with 4-track download EP ‘Revolution’
The Mexican harsh electro act Circuito Cerrado returns with the 4-track download EP "Revolution". The EP is the first one...
Offerbeest – Afrika (CD Album – Tumor / Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Behind Offerbeest is hiding Maurice De Jong, who’s an artist you know from his involvement...
WANT/ed and SoftWave singer releases new EP “Peace”
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Kaliningrad based Russian electro pop band WANT/ed have had several collaborations with...
Tunnels Of Āh – Charnel Transmissions (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Stephen R. Burroughs (previously involved with Head Of David) is back on track as Tunnels Of...
