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Month: September 2019
SPK 1986 album ‘Zamia Lehmanni’ reissued and also available on vinyl for the very first time
Originally released by Side Effects in 1986, "Zamia Lehmanni (Songs of Byzantine Flowers)" was the third (and final) core SPK...
My Love Kills – Glitch (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: The debut-album “Glitch” resulted from the common efforts between V.V. Arkames (Ad Inferna) and Fredrik Sigeback...
Millions Of Dead Tourists – Helicoide (CD Album – 1000+1TiLt)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, industrial. Background/Info: Millions Of Dead Tourists is a Greek formation, which has released their second album. “Helicoide”...
Artefacts of the early days of Factory Records put on exhibition in London
(Photos and text by our UK correspondent Simon Helm) Original posters from The Factory club, along with the first steps...
The Cassandra Complex release debut album ‘Grenade’ in a 2019 remastered version
(Picture by Xavier Marquis) The classic The Cassandra Complex album "Grenade" from 1986 is once again available. Over 30 years...
Descendeur – Shoker Necklage (Vinyl 10” – Warm Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Descendeur is a French music project set up by Arno Bruil (who’s also involved with France...
Meager Benefits – Crawling (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, ambient. Background/Info: “Crawling” is the third album by the French solo-project Meager Benefits. Set up by Theo Parlier...
Tribute to Legendary Pink Dots/Tear Garden coming out via Coitus Interruptus Productions: ‘Love Notes to a Velvet Apocalypse’
Coitus Interruptus Productions in association with Auricle Media are currently working on a very special non-for-profit tribute album for the...
Exclusive premiere new The Mystic Underground single video ‘Tempted by the Sounds of Violence’
"Tempted By The Sound Of Violence" is a brand new video and single from The Mystic Underground, a band which...
Human Steel – Invaders (CD Album – Human Steel)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by the Polish duo Wojciech Gierowski (aka ‘Lindey Lindstorm’) and Marcin Wanat “Invaders”...
Brass Box – The Cathedral (Vinyl Album – Dune Altar)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Brass Box is a Los Angeles (USA) based formation, which is already active for a couple...
SynthAttack – Join Us (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, aggrotech. Background/Info: “Join Us” is SynthAttack’s fourth album since the opening full length “To The Floor” (2015). The...
Auger – From Now On I (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: “From Now On I” is the second full length album by the British duo Kyle Wilson -...
Angelspit return with 8th studio album ‘Bang Operative’
Los Angeles-based band, Angelspit announce their 8th studio album "Bang Operative" (out on Black Pill Red Pill). The album has...
The Swedish electro act Daybehavior returns with a brand new track: ‘There’s Nothing Else’ – check it out!
The brilliant Stockholm based electropop act Daybehavior have released another track from their forthcoming new album "Based On A True...
‘Click Interview’ with Icd-10: ‘Some Make Music To Open Hearts – We Aim To Perforate Other Organs’
ICD-10 is a medical classification for systematization of diagnoses. It means ‘International Classification of Diseases‘ and was created by the...
Depeche Mode and the railway arch
(By our UK correspondent Simon Helm) When Depeche Mode recorded Construction Time Again, they left the studio in order to...
Why Kraftwerk Should Be Inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kraftwerk are one of the most important and influential bands of all time, the most influential for us, and yet...
Torul – Hikikomori (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Slovenian formation Torul is already active since 2003. They progressively became an established electro-pop formation and...
Accessory – Elektrik (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1996 the German duo Dirk Steyer (vocals) - Mike Königsberger (machines) released eight albums (including...
KMFDM to release ‘Paradise’ feat. Raymond Watts (PIG) for the first time in 16 years
With 2019 marking 35 years of conceptual continuity, KMFDM are to release the band's 21st album, "Paradise". KMFDM was this...
The Lautreamonts announce European tour 2019
Next week, Brazilian post-punk/darkwave band The Lautreamonts will arrive in Europe for a 11 date tour across 6 countries (Netherlands, Belgium,...
Mandivula – Nonsense (CD Album – Dal Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, krautrock. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of information available about Mandivula. The solo-project likes certain anonymity, but seems...
Planet Supreme – Planet Supreme (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Planet Supreme is a new project set up by Swedish musician Karl Ture Rydby (known from...
Gutenberg – Unnecessary Bronze (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Behind this less familiar project is hiding the Japanese artist Shouji Sakurai. After a few...
Crisis Actor – Orange Man Bad (Digital EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: After their successful debut album “Slave New World” the duo David Thrussell (Snog, Black Lung ao)...
Peter Murphy announces first live date with Bauhaus after suffering a heart attack
Bauhaus has announced a Hollywood Palladium show featuring Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and David J. The show will...
Music News You Have To Know About
The music industry has changed significantly during the past few years. Despite these changes, the musicians are able to captivate...
Anatoly Grinberg & Mark Spybey – 123 m (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: The album “123 m” resulted from the common efforts between Russian artist Anatoly Tokee...
Fiction 8 – Constructive Interference (CD Album – Fiction 8)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: After last year’s successful album “The Bleak Disease” Fiction 8 planned to release an EP. It...
OMD release ‘lost’ 1993 song: ‘Liberator’ – listen here
Out now is the previously unreleased Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) track "Liberator", taken from the forthcoming "Souvenir" boxset....
First Aid 4 Souls returns with a brand new album (CD and 2CD) in November: ‘Keep This World Empty’ – check the first 2 tracks
Veteran Hungarian artist István Gazdag (ex-Vacuum) has been active in the avant-garde electronic / industrial scene since the late 80’s...
