First Aid 4 Souls goes post-punk / darkwave on upcoming album ‘Progenitrix’ featuring a string of female singers
First Aid 4 Souls
Alfa Matrix / Spleen+ will release “Progenitrix”, the new CD by the Hungarian project First Aid 4 Souls, on December 12, 2025. The album features a string of female guestvocalist and is a complete shift in sound for the project which moved from an industrial sound into a darkwave / post-punk direction or as the label puts it: “With ‘Progenitrix’, István Gazdag opens a bold new chapter for First Aid 4 Souls, abandoning the project’s industrial harshness to embrace a more sensual and evocative universe where darkwave, goth and post-punk shimmer with electronic authenticity.”
The female singers on the album include Emke (Black Nail Cabaret), Marita Volodina (Stridulum / Blood Tears After), Celina, Ruth García Núñez de Arenas (From Hell), Aux Animaux, Aleksandra Rempel, Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur), Linda Daemon and Valanaïs (Valérie Hendrich). Note that the material for this album was produced with restored vintage 80s/90s synthesizers and samplers.
The release is available for ordering via Bandcamp and on CD via the Alfa Matrix / Spleen+ webstore.
About First Aid 4 Souls
First Aid 4 Souls is a Budapest-based electronic project founded in 2007 by István Gazdag, evolving from his earlier industrial/EBM outfit Vacuum. Over time, the project has worked with rotating collaborators and guest vocalists, and has touched industrial, EBM, dark ambient and new wave influences.
Early releases appeared via Some Bizarre, Electro Arc and Poison Girls Records before Gazdag joined the Belgian label Alfa Matrix. Discography milestones include “Deathstep” (2011, CD) and the earlier “Beyond The Galaxy” era, later revisited as “Beyond The Galaxy / Rework” under Alfa Matrix.
In 2025 the project shifted sound and announced a new album, “Progenitrix”, featuring a post-punk / darkwave sound with a long list of female guest vocalists, the ‘ ‘Divas of the Dark’ (Aux Animaux, Emke/Black Nail Cabaret, Marita Volodina/Stridulum, Kriistal Ann/Paradox Obscur, among others).
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