Neikka RPM – Battle Scars (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, EBM, dark electro-pop. Background/Info: New-York duo Neikka RPM are back on track unleashing their first new studio...
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Dave Inox feat. HIV+ – Danger Signal/MissConceptual (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This work has been introduced as Spanish EBM and features David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox (who...
Motionen – Imago (Vinyl EP – Ascetic Limited)
Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, techno, ambient. Background/Info: Motionen is a project hailing from Los Angeles (USA). “Imago” is the first release...
Mimetic – Maidenhead (Digital EP – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Jérôme Soudan has been active under the Mimetic moniker since 1998. He released a considerable number...
Metalized Man – Losing Your Virginity: Metalized Boy’s First Adventures In Manhood (Vinyl Album – Foul-Up)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Lasse Bjørck Volkmann is a producer hailing from Copenhagen (Denmark) and active under the Metalized...
The Empire Line – Syndicat De La Couture (Vinyl 12 – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient, experimental, trance. Background/Info: Behind The Empire Line is hiding a Scandinavian duo of producers. Jonas Rönnberg and...
Aeon Waves – The Place Where Stars Choir (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Aeon Waves is an Indian producer (cf. Kanishk Budhori) who joined the Mindtrick Records roster to...
Theory – Red Book (Digital Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Theory is one of the newest additions to the Mindtrick Records roster. Driven by the creative...
Soldout – Forever (CD Album – Flatcat Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Charlotte Maison and David Baboulis better known as Soldout are back on track unleashing a new...
We Are Temporary – Crossing Over (CD album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We are Temporary was set in 2013 by Brooklyn – New York based artist Mark Roberts. After...
Nachtmahr – Unbeugsam (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nachtmahr was set up in 2007 by Thomas Rainer. The Austrian musician was the creative spirit behind...
Die Form – Psychic Poison (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: I realized that this year Die Form will celebrate its 40 years of existence! “Psychic...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Strvngers – Strvngers (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, d’n’b & pop. Background/Info: Strvngers is a new Canadian duo featuring Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig. Their self-titled...
QDOR – I (Cassette Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ritual. Background/Info: QDOR is a mysterious Italian combo driven by ritual themes and dealing with experimental music. ‘QDOR...
Mytrip – Filament (Digital Album – Amek)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Real die-hard freaks of dark-ambient music will probably have heard of the Bulgarian formation Mytrip. This project...
Monocube – The Rituals (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Andrzew Gladushevskiy joined hands together with Malignant Records to unleash the second official album of...
Mnemonic – Mo:ral (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, EBM. Background/Info: The German duo Mnemonic is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Last year they released...
The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro (Vinyl 12” – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: British formation The Thought Criminals has already been active since 2004. They mainly released EP’s and only...
Mechanical Cabaret – Ortonesque (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop. Background/Info: “Ortonesque” is the seventh full length released by London based Mechanical Cabaret. Set up in the...
Kilner – Walk Type (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Behind this new technoid project is hiding Jamie Roberts. This is a British producer operating from...
Johannes Malfatti – Surge (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, abstract, experimental. Background/Info: Johannes Malfatti is an artist who probably doesn’t really ring a bell. He however is...
The Gathering – Blueprints (DCD Album – Psychonaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The Gathering is a band, which doesn’t really need any further introduction. Hailing from...
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito – Visitors / Projections (Double Vinyl Album – Edit Select Records)
Genre/Influences: Deep-techno, dark-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between Tony Scott (Edit Select) and Antonio Ruscito. It also...
Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Destruktionsanstalt – Swedenborg (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Danish artist Per Najbjerg Odderskov has released an impressive number of productions under different monikers...
Clavius – Nebula (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t receive any information about Clavius and there’s not much to find on the...
2nd Face – Nemesis (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: 2nd Face is a brand-new German solo-project set up by Vincent Uhlig. The debut work...
Vitalic – Voyager (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, electro-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Pascal Arbez-Nicolas better known as Vitalic gained a serious reputation in the selected and intelligent...
Parralox – Subculture (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Parralox is a prolific band animated by the creative spirit of John von Ahlen. “Subculture” is...
Parralox – Holiday ’16 (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set and driven by John Von Ahlen the Melbourner based Parralox became a familiar and recognized formation...
V/A Electropop 11 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The “Electropop”-series became one of the most exciting compilations in the electro-pop genre style, but especially...
Zeitfaktor – Signals (Digital Album – Zeitfaktor)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-electro, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Zeitfaktor is a German solo-project. Daniel’s classical music education incited him to compose his own music,...
Synoiz – The Forbidden (Digital Album – Synoiz)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Synoiz is a solo-project driven by Graeme Donaldson. The artists hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne (England)...
Kazeria & Aphlar – In Bloskan (CD Album – GH Records)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two Argentinia bands. Kazeria has already...
Kaos! – Still (Digital Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Kaos! strikes back with a new single. Eva Kaxe and Kristian Oscarsson have released...
Massive Ego – Beautiful Suicide (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up during the 90s, “Beautiful Suicide” stands for the return of Massive Ego. It’s not...
Cephalgy – Gott Maschine Vaterland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the “Leid Statt Liebe”-album released by Cephalgy. This German...
Gopota – Music For Primitive (CD Album – Gopota)
Genre/Influences: Noise & dark-ambient. Background/Info: Gopota resulted from the common efforts between the projects Empty Chalice and Obozdur. I last...
Gin Devo – Electrotheque (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, cinematographic. Background/Info: Gin Devo will always be linked to Vomito Negro, which remains one of the essential dark-electro/EBM...
Absurd Minds – Tempus Fugit (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & pop, wave-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Absurd Minds strikes back after a hiatus of seven years! Stefan Grossmann, Tilo...
Siyanie – Mystery Of Life (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, psychedelic. Background/Info: After having released 2 albums plus one split-album on Moonsun Productions, Russian band Siyanie joined hands...
Kryptogen Rundfunk – Liquid Circuits (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-electronics, soundscape. Background/Info: Kryptogen Rundfunk is a Russian solo project driven by Zhelezobeton-founder Artyom Ostapchuk. He’s also involved...
Exit In Grey – Hysterics Of The Eternal (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Russian music project Exit In Grey started as a duo, but got reduced to a...
NamNamBulu – Borders (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: NamNamBulu was originally set up in 2002. The debut full length “Distances”, which was already released on...
Frame Of Mind – Murderous Thoughts (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Frame Of Mind was a German duo consisting of Michael Friedrich and Marko Hein. They were...
Orange Sector – Farben (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Farben” is the final EP of a trilogy. After “Monoton” and “Stahlwerk” the German EBM duo strikes...
Paranoid – Never Too Late (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s and active till the early 90s Paranoid definitely was a praised...
THX – New World Order (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: THX was a German duo active during the early 90s. Driven by Peter Schmidt producer Andy...
Machinista – Pain Of Every Day (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Machinista strikes back with a brand-new song entitled “Pain Of Every Day”. The Swedish electro-pop formation gained...
Snakeskin – Tunes For My Santiméa (CD Album – Hall Of Sermon)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-pop, neo-classic, electronic. Background/Info: Tilo Wolff and Lacrimosa both are inseparable, but I’m sure some of you will probably...
V/A Infrastructure (CD Album – Banoffeesound)
Genre/Influences: Dance, electro-pop, wave-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Banoffeesound is a British label you maybe know from bands like Spray, Anna Stimpson,...
Spielbann – Die Ballade Von Der Blutigen Rose (CD Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: Throughout the years Spielbann has acquired a serious reputation in their homeland (Germany) and became a respected...
Plastic People – It Prickles, It Burns, It Hurts (CD Album – Pink Narcissus Music)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop. Background/Info: Plastic People is a new French formation consisting of Valeria Pacella (bass guitar, guitar) and Sébastien F...
Guillotine Dream – Lemuria (CD Mini-Album – Guillotine Dream)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave. Background/Info: Guillotine Dream is a gothic formation that was originally set up in the 80s. They released...
Gitane Demone Quartet – Past The Sun (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Gitane Demone (ex-Christian Death) is a legendary Goth artist I don’t have to introduce. “Past The Sun”...
Gender Trouble – Chokehair (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: This new project was set up by R. Loren (Pyramids, Sailors With Wax Wings, White Moth) and...
Cyborgdrive – Majestic Land (CD Album – Amuza Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Spanish musician Paco Butrón aka Cyborgdrive started composing music in the 90s. He got involved in several...
The Psychic Force – Welcome To ScarCity (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: The Psychic Force is one of the numerous 90s bands, which after a hiatus of more...
Golden Apes – Malvs (CD Album – AF-Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, dark-rock, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the late 90s Berlin based Golden Apes progressively got some recognition...
Torn From Beyond – If The View Freezes (CD Album – Krater Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Torn From Beyond is a new dark-ambient project set up by Bert Lehmann who already experimented...
The Negativity Bias – Whatever You Want (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-techno, psy-trance, IDM. Background/Info: The Negativity Bias is a brand-new project set up by Chris Dupont (real name Christoph...
Spherical Disrupted – Periapsis (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Audiophob co-owner Mirko Hentrich is involved in numerous music projects, but Spherical Disrupted definitely remains...
