Syntec feat. Blind Passenger – Catch My Fall (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, synth-pop. Background/Info: This is another surprising comeback! Syntec is a band I perfectly remember from their early work,...
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.
Orange Sector – Im Stahlwerk (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1992 Orange Sector received instant success during their first 90s period where they got...
The Firm Incorporated – Veritas (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up at the end of 2014 The Firm Incorporated features Jens Kästel (ex-Funker Vogt singer),...
Throbberstalk – From Nought To Nowhere (DCD Album – Monopol Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Throbberstalk is a German band that was mainly active in between 1995 and 1999. They...
Nature Of Wires & CountessM – Cyber Rendezvous (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Formed in 1986 by Gary Watts and Andrew Stirling-Brown, Nature of Wires has been active since 1994....
Front 242 – (Filtered) Pulse – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (DCD / Vinyl Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: This album apparently is the final opus from the “Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box”-trilogy celebrating the 35th anniversary...
Front 242 – No Comment / Politics Of Pressure – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (3CD / Double Vinyl – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: If you’re a fan of ‘242’ this special “Deluxe Anniversary”-box strictly limited to 1242 copies definitely is...
Front 242 – Geography / Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (CD Album / 2 Vinyl Album / Vinyl 7” – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: There’re not enough adjectives to qualify Front 242, but let’s simply remind the Belgian veterans of EBM...
Rendez-Vous – Distance (Vinyl 12” – Avant! Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Hailing from one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, the Parisian band Rendez-Vous was...
Psykoxyde – Borderline (CD Album – X-Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Psykoxyde is an Italian duo that was set up in 2011 with some metal background. The sound...
Koban – Abject Obsessions (Vinyl Album – Avant! Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Hailing from Vancouver (Canada) Koban is a young duo consisting of Samuel Buss and Brittany...
JK Flesh – Rise Above (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Justin Karl Broadrick aka JK Flesh is one of those artists who doesn’t really need an...
Jesse Osborne Lanthier & Grischa Lichtenberger – CSLM (Digital EP – Cosmo Rhythmatic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, glitch, abstract-techno. Background/Info: “CSLM” (cf. “Conversations Sur Lettres Mortes”) is a project by Jesse OsborneLanthier and Grischa Lichtenberger....
Hymnambulae – Orgelhuset (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hymnambulae is a Swedish project created by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcastand) and Åsa Boström....
Headdreamer – Sonic Poetry (Digital EP – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Robert Gajdos is a Slovakian artist who has already released a respectable number of productions on...
‘Click Interview’ with Olaf Wollschläger Vs. Mesh: ‘I think it is really important to understand the artist in what they want to achieve’
Less bands are working with a producer today, but great bands know a producer can add this little extra to...
DrakenWerks – No Prisoners (CD Album – DrakenWerks)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM. Background/Info: DrakenWerks is a band based in South Wales and driven by S.P. Draken and assisted...
Monica Jeffries – Into Temptation (CD Album – Monica Jeffries)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, wave-rock, power-pop. Background/Info: Monica Jeffries is a Polish born artist who has already released a few EP’s. You...
‘Click Interview’ with Mesh: ‘The idea of using the latest synth preset or some popular soft synth has never really appealed to us’
1996: a ‘new’ band from Bristol (UK) took the electro-pop community by surprise! Twenty years have passed since Mesh’s official...
Scheerling/Thaumaturgist – Vertoeven LVI/Mysteries Van De Droom (Cassette EP – Oggy Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Oggy Records is a small underground label devoted to experimental electronic formats. This split-tape features Bert...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock & new-wave. Background/Info: I never heard of The Raudive before. The band is driven by a 3-membered combo...
Non-Bio – The Death Chillout Sessions (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic, industrial, ambient. Background/Info: I refer to the background info I found on the “Alpha Micro Revival 8000...
Non-Bio – Alpha Micro Revival 8000 Ultra (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Non-Bio is a project operating from London and driven by the creative mind of Howard...
The Birthday Massacre – Imagica (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-cyber-pop. Background/Info: The title of this new album has been named after the original band name Imagica. Imagica...
Naagauk – Naagauk (Cassette EP – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Black-metal, industrial-punk. Background/Info: Naagauk has been set up as a duo and is hailing from The Netherlands. They’ve been...
Mesh – Looking Skyward (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Three years have passed since the “Automation Baby”-album (2013) to see the Bristol based duo of...
Dawn Of Ashes – Theophany (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-black-metal. Background/Info: Dawn Of Ashes is a band I discovered during the glorious days of the now gone NoiTekk...
Atiq – Sonorous (Digital EP – Onset Audio)
Genre/Influences: IDM, ambient, d’n’b. Background/Info: Guido Van Den Brink aka Atiq also is the owner of Mindtrick Records. This label...
Arnwald – Primal Expurgation (CD Album – Abstruse Eerie Radiance)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ambient-noise, industrial. Background/Info: I’m really glad to discover a new Belgian project and a new Belgian label as...
Angelspit – Cult Of Fake (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-punk, electro-rock. Background/Info: It’s now 10 years ago that Angelspit released their debut-album “Krankhaus”, which became an instant hit...
Sieben – The Old Magic (CD Album – Redroom Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classical, soundtrack, ritual-folk. Background/Info: Matt Howden aka Sieben is an artist who gained a respectable reputation as violinist. Based...
Philippe Petit – You Only Live Ice (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Philippe Petit is a familiar and recognized artist at the wider fields of experimental- and...
Mythos – Jules Verne / Around The World In 80 Minutes (CD Album – Groove Unlimited)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, synthesizer music, experimental. Background/Info: Electro-veteran Stephan Kaske is back on track with a new –and logical, opus inspired...