Fictional releases first new album in 22 years: ‘Some Great Constructions’ – Out now via RepoRecords
Fictional releases first new album in 22 years: 'Some Great Constructions' - Out now via RepoRecords
Fictional, the synthpop/EBM project of German producer Gerrit Thomas (Eisfabrik, Funker Vogt, Ravenous), returns with “Some Great Constructions”, a new full-length out now on CD and digitally via RepoRecords. The album features eleven tracks with seven guest vocalists and marks the first Fictional LP in 22 years.
The title clearly nods to Thomas’s early influences, including Depeche Mode’s “A Broken Frame,” “Construction Time Again,” and “Some Great Reward,” while keeping his own production signature. Guest singers include Christian Schottstädt (Forced To Mode/Forced Movement), David Erdmann (digital Energy/Binokular), Patrik Hansson (Vanguard/Uncreated), Nils Upahl (Beyond Obsession), Nicky and Rocco Schulschenk (N-Frequency/Binokular), and P-O Svensson (Colony 5).
The album was preceded by the singles “Your Whisper,” “Embrace the Silence,” “Nightfall,” “Crossroads,” and “My Tears Will Fall” across May-August 2025. “Nightfall” arrived July 10, 2025, with a video by Christian Schottstädt and Rafał “Ralfino” Drosik.
About Fictional
Fictional is a German synthpop/EBM studio project formed by producer and programmer Gerrit Thomas in the late 1990s as a vehicle distinct from his work in Funker Vogt and Ravenous. The debut album, “Fictitious,” appeared in 1999 on Zoth Ommog, with Thomas handling writing, programming, and most vocals, and guest vocals by Tim Fockenbrock on two tracks (“Blue Lights,” “Dream of God”). After Zoth Ommog ceased operations, a revised U.S. edition, “Fictitious [+],” was issued by Metropolis Records in 2001.
Across its first phase (1999–2003), Fictional’s recordings offered a high-energy club production aligned with late-1990s/early-2000s European synthpop, EBM and emerging futurepop. The second full-length, “Fiction,” followed in 2003 now also including Jason Bainbridge taking the lead-vocal role while Thomas remained principal composer/producer. Releases in this period were handled by Metropolis (North America) and RepoRecords (Europe), with later European digipak pressings of “Fiction” appearing on Repo.
After 2003, Fictional went dormant while Thomas concentrated on other projects (notably Funker Vogt). In 2025 he reactivated Fictional with a run of digital singles – “Your Whisper,” “Embrace the Silence,” “Nightfall,” and “Crossroads”-leading into the third album “Some Great Constructions.” The 2025 material features seven guest singers, including Christian Schottstädt (Forced To Mode/Forced Movement), Patrik Hansson (Vanguard/Uncreated), and P-O Svensson (Colony 5). Videos and EP editions accompanied the singles, with RepoRecords again serving as label.
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