Paul Handley – For The Love Of Something… (Digital EP – Electron)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-dance, IDM. Background/Info: Australian musician Paul Handley has already been active for quite a long time and has been...
Reviews
Magnetfisch – If You Were A Dinosaur, What Kind Of Dinosaur Would You Be? (Digital EP – Magnetfisch)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Swiss trio of Magnetfisch has already been active since the early millennium years...
Bloque Del Sur – Periferia (Digital EP – Pakapi Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Bloque Del Sur is an Argentine solo-project, which a few people might have discovered on a compilation...
Rotersand – Capitalism TM (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, future-pop, trance-body-music. Background/Info: “Capitalism TM” is the fifth full length album of Rotersand, but also their first...
Project Pitchfork – Look Up, I’m Down There (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Twenty five years after their official debut album “Dhyani”, which became an instant success, Project Pitchfork...
ASP – Live… Auf Rauen Pfaden (4CD Box – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock, goth-metal, epic, medieval, ballad. Background/Info: ASP is a real phenomenon. Alexander Spreng is the creative spirit and...
ASP – Geisterfahrer (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, dark-rock, epic. Background/Info: ‘Asp’ aka Alexander Spreng became one of the uncontested flag holders of Trisol. “Geisterfahrer” was...
TöT – United By Hatred (CD Album – Replikants Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: TöT is a French EBM formation from Marseille. The band consists of 3 members sharing a common...
Leæther Strip – Spæctator (CD Album – Rustblade)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Claus Larsen is back on track unleashing his newest full length and the first...
Nigel Samways & Foss Moigne – Sanyo 07.1/Sanyo 07.2 Remixes (CD EP – INTOY)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient. Background/Info: I did not find a lot of information about Nigel Samways and Foss Moigne. Both artists...
Null Device – While You Were Otherwise Engaged (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: American formation Null Device has already been active for more than 20 years now. They became one...
Stoneburner – On The Folding Of Space (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-tribal & trance, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Steven Archer (Ego Likeness) took me by surprise in 2014 unleashing the debut-album of...
Totem Obscura – Blutiges Eisen (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-industrial. Background/Info: Set up by Nadine- and Pedro Engel, Totem Obscura was revealed to the world now 3 years...
Syndrome – Forever And A Day (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, ambient, drones. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Mathieu Vandekerckhove, Syndrome is a familiar name from the Consouling...
Ortega – Sacred States (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, doom-metal. Background/Info: Ortega is a band from The Netherlands, which started terrorizing the underground scene since 2007. The...
Barst – The Western Lands (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, soundtrack, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Bart Desmet better known under the Barst moniker is a renowned and recognized Belgian...
Aidan Baker & Tomas Järmyr – Werl (DCD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic & apocalyptic-rock, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Aidan Baker needs no real introduction, but Swedish drummer Tomas Järmyr is probably...
Supersimmetria – Materia (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-trance, ambient-techno. Background/Info: We last year saw the amazing Supersimmetria project driven by Armando Alibrandi joining hands with Hands....
Ah Cama-Sotz – Exorcise – Murder Themes III (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundtrack. Background/Info: Belgian electro-industrial sound guru Herman Klapholz is back on track unleashing his latest opus, which in...
Geistform – Transmitter (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-techno-industrial. Background/Info: Rafael Espinosa better known under the Geistform moniker is an artist I discovered in 2002 on...
Cervello Elettronico – Logical Fears (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, IDM. Background/Info: No doubt about it, David Christian became one of the most praised sound makers when it...
Yura Yura – Rumu Namba (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, IDM, power-noise. Background/Info: Three years after the official debut album (cf. “Be Sexual”) French noise terrorist ‘Grégory...
Urok – Nagawor (CD Album – Mozdok)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Urok is a Polish duo driven by Robert Skrzyński and Michał Turowski. The band...
Shifted – Six Steps To Resurgence (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Guy Brewer aka Shifted has been quite prolific this year. Next to a new full length...
Shifted – Appropriation Stories (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Guy Brewer was previously involved in the Commix project. After he had left this formation...
Traversable Wormhole – Sublight Velocities/Semiclassical Gravity (Vinyl 12” – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is one of those artists and sound producers who doesn’t often need to get introduced....
Reggy Van Oers – Taciturn Manner (Double Vinyl Album – Telemorph)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, techno-ambient. Background/Info: Reggy Van Oers is a DJ and producer from The Netherlands who’s now been busy for...
Panic Lift – Skeleton Key (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover, hard-pop. Background/Info: Ten years after the debut full length “Dancing Through The Ashes” Panic Lift has released...
Növö – The Shortwaves/Parallel (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, experimental. Background/Info: Laurent Boudic earlier this year unleashed his new opus “The Shortwaves” featuring 11 pieces of electro...
Jian Outworld & Simona Regina – Mirror Soul (Digital EP – Jian Outworld & Simona Regina)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, wave-dance. Background/Info: Jian Outworld started to write music which seemed to be inspired by music genres like trance,...
Cygnets – Alone/Together (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, electro-rock. Background/Info: Cygnets is an American trio from Edmonton. After a few self-released albums they joined hands...
ANFS – The Age Of Ephemeral Man (Vinyl 12” – Inner Surface Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: ANFS is a Greek producer who has already released a few EP’s. This new release...
V/A 4 In 1 Vol.4 – Compilation (Cassette C60 – Insane Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, cinematographic. Background/Info: The “4 In 1”-series has been created by Alain Neffe during the early 80s. The...