Intrusive Pinky is the first signing for the new label Les Disques De La Pantoufle
With the Long Beach, California-based synth punk duo Intrusive Pinky, Les Disques De La Pantoufle announces its vey first signing....
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Jean-Marc Lederman presents audiobook of short sci-fi tales, ‘Sci-Fi Revisited’ – Out now
Jean-Marc Lederman, known for his work with Fad Gadget, The The, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Weathermen, Ghost & Writer (with...
How interesting was the Vince Clarke Q&A session in London? Find out here on video!
(By our UK correspondent Simon Helm of Cold War Nightlife) A few days ago we posted a review of the first solo...
45th anniversary surprise 7-track album ‘Waving Goodbye’ for Dutch post-punk act Mecano
Mark your calendars for November 10th, as the iconic Dutch post-punk band Mecano unveils a 45th-anniversary album, "Waving Goodbye," exclusively...
Working with Fad Gadget and Daniel Miller was an exciting treat says Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photos from the personal archives of Jean-Marc Lederman) This article draws from various updates posted by Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen,...
A night with Telex and Mute Records founder Daniel Miller in Brussels (BE)
BXL Central and Pias are collaborating to host a special musical event that brings together Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers...
Peter Renkens, original frontman of the New Beat cult act The Confetti’s, has passed away
Sad news, as the news reached us that Peter Renkens, frontman of The Confetti's, has passed away. He was just...
Black Needle Noise invites Lisa Kekaula (Basement Jaxx) for newest EP, ‘Rise Up’
"Rise Up" is the latest in a long line of tracks from producer legend John Fryer and his Black Needle...
Camouflage side-project Areu Areu sees 30th anniversary edition of ‘Areu Areu’ in an extended edition
Under the name Areu Areu, the two Camouflage musicians Heiko Maile and Marcus Meyn released a 5-track EP in 1992,...
Electropop project Rohn – Lederman to release ‘Rage!’ Album on September 2nd – check a first video
Out on the 2nd of September via COP International is the Rohn - Lederman album "Rage!". Behind Rohn - Lederman...
DIY darkwave / synthpop project Like What releases all new single ‘Burn’
Out now is the newest single by Like What a darkwave / synthpop project based in New York. The material...
Northern Loner – The Paper City Conspiracy (Album – Northern Loner)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CDR. Background/Info: Manus Norr (The Girl And The Robot, Deadbeat, Le Volt) is back...
Neonpocalypse – ISH (EP – Swiss Dark Nights)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Behind this new Swedish solo-project is hiding Alex Svenson who you for sure...
Assassun – Sunset Skull (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: After the promising debut EP “The World I Will Leave”Alexander Leonard Donat...
Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost returns with Pyxis remix of ‘Come Back To Surprise’
The Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost follows up its recent release "Come Back To Surprise" with the Pyxis remix of the...
Metal Disco – Misbehave (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Werkstatt Recordings label owner ‘Toxic Razor’ has been very prolific with...
Beatbox Machinery – Nuclear Devastation (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: ‘Toxic Razor’ (Paradox Obscur, Metal Disco) seems to be a musician who...
Rohn-Lederman project launches first single, ‘Watch Out!’
After her work with Chiasm and John Fryer's album " Missed the Noise", Emileigh Rohn has jumped right into her...
Permafrost offers remix of ‘Closed Eyes’ – check it out
After their recent release "Closed Eyes", post-punk act Permafrost now follows up with the "Closed Eyes - Open Mouth Remix"....
Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost releases new single ‘Closed Eyes’ through Fear of Music
(Photo by Sofie Amalie Klougart) Out since today is the new single "Closed Eyes" by the Norwegian post-punk act Permafrost....
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando): ‘I Probably Will Continue Writing Music Till I Drop Dead’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Die Krupps cover Gang Of Four with new single ‘To Hell With Poverty’
Die Krupps have just released a brand new single from their upcoming cover album "Songs from the Dark Side of...
Die Krupps release cover album ‘Songs from the Dark Side of Heaven’
Out on May 28th is the first ever cover album by Die Krupps, well, the second actually since they did...
Jean-Marc Lederman and Erik Stein form Lederman * Stein project and release ‘Textbooks for Tomorrow’ digital EP
Out since last month but still worth checking out today is the new electronic project formed by two talents in...
Aidan Casserly – Ballads Of Sorrow (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Irish singer Aidan Casserly has been very busy during the past few years. Next...
Nine Seconds – That Perfect Beat Will Tear Us Apart (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German-Swiss trio Nine Seconds announced their fourth full length album with the surprising...
Gareth Jones interview: ‘Go the whole journey with me and listen to the LP’
(Interview by János Janurik) About a year ago, I had the honour to ask Gareth Jones about his studio work...
COP International has announced the signing to their artist roster of Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photo by Erica Hinyot) COP International has announced the signing to their artist roster of Jean-Marc Lederman. COP International will...
Diorama returns with 10th album ‘Tiny Missing Fragments’
Out on Accession Records by end of next month is "Tiny missing Fragments", the 10th studio album of the darkwwave...
A visit at ‘Electronic: from Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers’
(Photo & Text by UK correspondent Simon Helm) If you are curating an exhibition on electronic music and design, how...
Collaborative album for Jean-Marc Lederman Experience: ‘Letters To Gods (and fallen angels)’ incl. a massive list of vocalists
Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen, Fad Gadget, The The, Ghost & Writer, Lederman-Demeyer) has released a new release under the Jean-Marc...
‘Click Interview’ with Athan Maroulis Of NØIR: ‘Nøir Is An Amalgamation Of Each Band I Have Ever Been In’
Athan Maroulis will be always linked to Spahn Ranch and Black Tape For A Blue Girl, but the past few...
Noir – A Pleasure (EP – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Athan Maroulis will be always linked to Spahn Ranch and Black Tape For A Blue...
Gary Flanagan – Son Of Parkway (Album – Gary Flanagan)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Canadian synth-pop artist Gary Flanagan started composing his music in 1999. You might have...
A Tribute to The Legendary Pink Dots & The Tear Garden hits Bandcamp in February: ‘Love Notes to a Velvet Apocalypse’
Out on February 14th is the a tribute to The Legendary Pink Dots & The Tear Garden. "Love Notes to...
NØIR set to release new EP ‘A Pleasure’ incl. Fad Gadget cover
The New York City-based dark electronic act NØIR will be releasing a 6-song EP entitled "A Pleasure". It will be...
Tribute to Legendary Pink Dots/Tear Garden coming out via Coitus Interruptus Productions: ‘Love Notes to a Velvet Apocalypse’
Coitus Interruptus Productions in association with Auricle Media are currently working on a very special non-for-profit tribute album for the...
Fad Gadget best of released on vinyl for the very first time + 2020 boxset in the making
(Photo Credit: Peter Gruchot) Mute Records will release a silver double vinyl release of "The Best of Fad Gadget" on...
The Normal returns on Mute Records after 40 years of silence… with more silence
Earlier this year, in January to be precise, we posted this article "When an April Fools prank becomes reality: ‘STUMM433’...
‘Click Interview’ with La Mécanique: ‘DIY Is A Good Way To Produce And Share Our Passion’
Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater set up La Mécanique in 2016. He got featured on a few samplers, released a few...
Rosi – Grey City Life (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Sven Rosenkötter and Mirco Rappsilber set up Rosi in 2014. A first album “Grey City Life”...
Jean-Marc Lederman Experience – 13 Ghost Stories (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, cinematographic, down-tempo. Background/Info: If I say Jean-Marc Lederman you quite spontaneously will think about bands such as The...
When an April Fools prank becomes reality: ‘STUMM433’ (feat. Laibach, Depeche Mode, …)
Last year we had the idea to create an April Fools prank with a fake compilation with a lot of...
Lederman / De Meyer – Atoms In Fury (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: After the promising debut album “Eleven Grinding Sounds” the duo Lean-Marc Lederman – Jean-Luc De Meyer released...
Techniques Berlin – Breathing (DCD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop. Background/Info: Some of you for sure know Andreas Gregor and Dave Rout from their involvement with bands...
How did Jean-Marc Lederman end up with The The at The The Marquee gigs in 1982?
A few days ago Jean-Marc Lederman - the man who worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, Gene Loves Jezebel,...
‘Click Interview’ with Zwaremachine: ‘Minimal Hypnotic Industrial Body Music’
Did you ever heard of Zwaremachine before? Based in Minneapolis (USA), ‘Mach Fox’ released different productions on German-, Italian-, French-...
‘Click Interview’ with Lederman / De Meyer: ‘A Fun And Easy-Going Process’
Lederman / De Meyer maybe doesn’t sound as the most ‘sexy’ band name, but when you realize this ‘new’ group...
Lederman / De Meyer – Eleven Grinding Songs (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Earlier this year we discover the surprising duo Jean-Marc Lederman – Jean-Luc De Meyer joining...
10 tips and composing advice from Jean-Marc Lederman (Lederman / De Meyer, The Weathermen, Fad Gadget, …)
The recently released “Eleven Grinding Songs”, the debut album by Lederman / De Meyer (a new project between 2 electronic...
Lederman / De Meyer – A Tribe Of My Own (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: This project is the surprising meeting between two Belgian electronic pioneers and ‘Godfathers’ of EBM. Jean-Marc...
Side-Line interviews Mute label boss Daniel Miller: ‘The Lederman / De Meyer version (of ‘Back To Nature’) is very good!’
(Photo by Diane Zillmer) Out next month is the debut album by Lederman / De Meyer. On that album (titled...
Black Needle Noise – Lost In Reflections (Digital Album – Black Needle Noise)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Black Needle Noise has been introduced as ‘music for the movies you haven’t dream of yet…’...
Paradox Obscur – Artifact (Vinyl Album – Young & Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Greek duo Kriistal Ann – Toxic Razor is back on track unleashing their third album. “Artifact”...
Front 242 side-project Lederman / De Meyer launches debut download EP ‘A Tribe Of My Own’
The first release from Lederman / De Meyer is a fact! Out now - and available only on Bandcamp for...
All new Front 242 sideproject Lederman / De Meyer launched – check out the first track as livecasted on Facebook
The announcement of Die Krupp's EBM-only side project Die Robo Sapiens wasn't the only surprise on EBM-day this weekend. A...
Enzo Kreft – Wasteland (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, new-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who started his music activities and...
Ono Scream – Ono Scream (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, new-wave. Background/Info: Ono Scream is a Belgian solo-project driven by Bart Willems (also known from Apparaat). This...
Legendary label Mute Records visually documented in hardback book ‘Mute: A Visual Document’ incl. Depeche Mode, Erasure, …
Mute and Thames & Hudson have announced details of "Mute: A Visual Document", a 320-page hardback book, available November 28,...
Dive – Underneath (CD album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial. Background/Info: Dive aka Dirk Ivens (The Klinik, Absolute Body Control, Sonar, Blok 57) is back with his legendary...
Brand new album by Jean-Marc Lederman available now – check out the trailer
Out via Wool-E Discs is the brand new album by Jean-Marc Lederman: "The Space Between Worlds Label". This 14-track album...
Roxy Music almost ended up with a Belgian EBM pioneer on keyboards
Belgian keyboard player, producer and EBM pioneer Jean-Marc Lederman has revealed an interesting story earlier today on his Facebook page...
Aidan Casserly launches new ‘Spoken’ album featuring a huge array of collaborators incl. Martin Bowes (Attrition), Monica Brito (poet, artist), Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen, Fad Gadget), Maggie K. DeMonde (Scarlet Fantastic), Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur), …
Aidan Casserly (Empire State Human & KuBO) has just released an album called "Spoken", which contains 15 new poems of...
‘Click Interview’ with Llumen: ‘I Strive To Make Llumen Very Much My Own’
LLUMEN is the newest Belgian formation that joined the Alfa Matrix stable. It all started as a real band featuring...
Enzo Kreft – Turning Point (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who was mainly active during the...
Diorama to release new ‘Zero soldier army’ album this Fall, re-issue ‘Pale’ album with bonus tracks
3 and a half year after their latest album, the German electropop band Diorama returns with their all new album,...
