Neonsol – Another Day (CD EP – Analogue Trash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Neonsol is a Danish-Canadian trio, which is already active for a couple of years now. They...
Inferno Sound Diaries
I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.
WhatTwoLeft – Children Of The Sun Shall Wither + What Two Left (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-Wave, Post-Punk. Background/Info: American duo WhatTwoLeft has already released a number of productions. They’ve joined hands with Brazilian leading...
Moth – 20 Songs (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Moth was a Danish formation active in between 2012 and 2016. They released several productions and...
Les Chats Noirs – Les Fleurs Des Morts (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Les Chats Noirs is a male-female duo from Brazil. They previously self-released a few EP’s...
Android Lust – Berlin / Crater Vol.02 (CD Album – Synthellec Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental-pop, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Shikhee better known under the Android Lust moniker is now busy for more than 20...
‘Extended Interview’ with Mentallo & The Fixer: ‘I Just Want People To Trip Out On It’
With his new studio album “Arrange The Molecule”, Gary Dassing confirms the undisputed Mentallo & The Fixer’s sound singularity. With...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
‘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...
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...
‘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...
‘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...
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...