Moya81 – ESP (Mini-Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, Italo-disco, techno-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Moya81 was introduced as the ‘history of an artist and music fan...
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Amber Teaser – Human Ritual (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Amber Teaser is an Italian formation that saw the light of day in...
The Independent Seasons – Songs From The Core Kit II (Digital Album – The Independent Seasons)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: You probably know Manfred Thomaser as the compositor behind !Distain, but he’s also busy with...
Rheingold’s Bodo Staiger is no more – RIP
Bodo Staiger is no more, he died today from an unknown cause. Staiger became famous in the eighties with the...
Metroland member launches 808 DOT POP solo electropop project with Helalyn Flowers frontwoman Noemi Aurora – 2 download singles available now
Alfa Matrix has some more good news coming up today. They also have announced the signing of the new side-project...
DIE KRUPPS – Vision 2020 Vision (CD Album – SPV/Oblivion Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, Neue Deutsche Haerte, EBM Background/Info: DIE KRUPPS are a phenomenon in the German music scene, active since 1980...
The Cassandra Complex re-release 20-year old ‘Wetware’ in 3 linked releases
(Picture by Daniela Vorndran) Almost 20 years ago (it's like yesterday if you ask us) the influential goth-electro-industrial-cyberpunk band The...
Jonteknik – Tectonics (CD Album – The People’s Electric)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Based in Brighton (UK) Jon Russell better known as Jonteknik, has just released his ninth full length...
Electronica duo Komputer reboot for London show
Komputer, the Mute artists who joined the influential label in 1984 as I Start Counting, are rebooting for a live...
Dirty Vocoder (project by Escape With Romeo frontman) offers brand new video and single for ‘Cocaine Dawn’
Dirty Vocoder is a new electronic solo project by Cologne based Thomas Elbern, founder and frontman of the German new...
‘Click Interview’ with A Spell Inside: ‘We Live The Ideal Of An Independent Band’
Michael (Mel) Roeder and Peter Kirchmeyer set up A Spell Inside in 1989! The German electro-pop duo this year celebrates...
Deutsche Bank – Transmission (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Despite of the band name, Deutsche Bank is a Swedish project driven by Mats From. The album...
The Cassandra Complex release debut album ‘Grenade’ in a 2019 remastered version
(Picture by Xavier Marquis) The classic The Cassandra Complex album "Grenade" from 1986 is once again available. Over 30 years...
Human Steel – Invaders (CD Album – Human Steel)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by the Polish duo Wojciech Gierowski (aka ‘Lindey Lindstorm’) and Marcin Wanat “Invaders”...
Why Kraftwerk Should Be Inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Kraftwerk are one of the most important and influential bands of all time, the most influential for us, and yet...
Onsturicheit – Angstzweet (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Krautorck, experimental. Background/Info: “Angstzweet” is the 16th chapter of the “Belgian NeuMusik”-series created by Belgian label Wool-E Discs. It...
Kraftwerk wins sampling case in EU top court: permission needs to be obtained to sample another musician’s song
A verdict in the EU top court - which lasted for 22 years (!) - is defining the rules of...
‘Click Interview’ with Anni Hogan: ‘It Was A Really Happy Album Setting Based On Love And Friendship’
If you’re an ‘80s kid’ who listened to ‘dark’ music you for sure remember Anni Hogan! She started piano lessons...
‘Click Interview’ with Novocibirsk: ‘The Approach That Was Mine, Was Not To Compose Music’
Electro-pop lovers know the French label BOREDOMproduct. This label is the host of bands such as Celluloide, Dekad, Foretaste… but...
‘Click Interview’ with Mark Burghgraeve: ‘We Were Multicultural Anarchists With A Rainbow Of Tastes And Opinions’
Does the name Mark Burghraeve make ring a bell? No doubt about it, ‘older’ electro heads know this Belgian artist...
Click Interview with The Overlookers: ‘We Wanted To Break The Rock‘N’roll Codes’
The French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct doesn’t often sign new bands. So I was really wondering who was hiding behind this...
Anni Hogan – Lost In Blue (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, jazz, cabaret. Background/Info: Anni Hogan belongs to this list of mythical artists from the 80s underground movement. She...
Novocibirsk – Télévision 1945 Volume 1 (CD Album – ProductionB)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: ProductionB is the brand-new subdivision of the French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct. The French label released its...
‘Click Interview’ with Viviankrist: ‘Equipment Gives Me Inspiration’
Viviankrist is a minimal electro/power-noise project set up by Japanese female artist Eri Isaka. Around 1997-1999 she was member of...
Metroland – Framed + Framed Anew (Vinyl Double Album + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland last year unleashed their fourth full length “Men In A Frame”; a conceptual album about...
Darkness On Demand – Detoxination (Digital EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: From Dance Or Die to Darkness On Demand not much has really changed in style and...
‘Click Interview’ with Ruined Conflict: ‘The New Album Was Supposed To Be My Last Work In This Scene’
Set up in 2011 by Xavier Morales, Ruined Conflict got rapidly signed to Infacted Recordings. The electro/future-pop style directly reminded...
Junor Reactor’s Kris Kylven revamps his industrial project Ultimate Xperience with a brand new album
Kris Kylven (Junor Reactor's Drummer / Collaborator / The 69 Eyes Remixer & Ex-Killing Joke) returns with his trance /...
Datapop – Pop (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish duo Mikael Larsson - Anders Wilhelm have been active for a couple of years and don’t...
Metroland holds special expo ‘Pictures to listen to’ in Mechelen (BE) – here’s a video report by Side-Line
Our Side-Line editor in chief Bernard Van Isacker was present at Metroland's opening expo night in Mechelen (BE) this weekend....
Djedjotronic – R.U.R. (Vinyl Album – Boysnoize Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: French DJ/producer Jérèmy Cottereau is now based in Berlin. He can look back at an impressive...
2-track Karl Bartos vinyl single with 50th issue Electronic Sound
The Electronic Sound magazine is celebrating its 50th issue with a special vinyl package when you sign up to the...
Metroland returns with brand new single ‘Reframed’
To close this fruitful 2018 year in beauty, Belgium’s vintage synth pop duo Metroland are releasing today the exclusive “Reframed”...
One – Alpha Noise Fetishism (CD mini-Album – One)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, rhythmic-noise. Background/Info: One (or also called One Human Factor) is a French project that was set up in...
Iris Manta – Kilonova (CD Album – Iris Manta)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, electro-pop, minimal-electro. Background/Info: “Kilonova” is the second full length album by Greek artist Manos Zafirakis. Iris Manta is...
Daniel.B.Prothese – HöllEKtroKraut / HellEctroKraut (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti (Daniel B) became a real prolific artist during the past few years. He...
5 duo-tickets to win via Side-Line for Sinner’s Day Festival (December 1, 2018)
On Saturday December 1st the Limburghal (Jaarbeurslaan 6) in Genk (BE) will host the 5th edition of the Sinner's Day...
Metroland launches 2 singles: ‘Memorabilia’ and ‘Memorabilia (remixes)’ – preview both singles
Belgium's electronic duo Metroland has launched 2 new singles: "Memorabilia" and "Memorabilia (remixes)". Both singles count 3 tracks each and...
Carl Finlow – Romboid Assassin (Digital EP – Lone Romantic)
Genre/Influences: IDM. Background/Info: Born in England, but operating from Toulon (France) Carl Finlow is an old servant from the electro/IDM...
House Of Blondes – Time Trip (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: John Blonde and Chris Pace are operating from N.Y (USA). So far they released 2 albums...
Microwelt – A1 (CD EP – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Microwelt is a German duo consisting of Machinist A & B. Behind these robotic nicknames are hiding...
Kraftwerk plays live with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst – watch the video
On 20 July 2018 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst welcomed the legendary electronic band Kraftwerk and 7500 visitors to the Jazz...
Metroland – Men In A Frame (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian electro-pop duo Metroland are striking back revealing their 4th full length album to the world. This...
‘Click Interview’ with Maschine Brennt: ‘Kraftwerk Is Very Important For Maschine Brennt’
Behind Maschine Brennt is hiding Joacim Thenander. This Swedish musician has been involved with numerous bands and multiple music genres,...
Guild Of Cats – Kill The Pain (Digital EP – Guild Of Cats)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Guild Of Cats is a Swedish band which previously released a single. This debut-EP features 4 songs....
Unisonlab – Electrometric (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Unisonlab is a Swedish project set up and driven by Jörgen Erixon. His sonic brainchild Unisonlab is...
Maschine Brennt – The Hearing Aid (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish musician Joacim Thenander is a kind of electro-veteran. He’s already been involved in electronic music since...
Mnemonic – Aversionen (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Set up in 1997 Mnemonic went through several periods. I remember the early demo-work of the...
Daniel B. Prothèse interview: ‘I reused and pirated the EBM thing’
Out now under the Daniel.B.Prothese moniker is the (self-released) double CD "HollEKtroKraut/HellEctroKraut" (you can get it here on Bandcamp). As...
OOMPH! announces new album + European tour in 2019!
On January 18th, 2019 the new album (number 13 already!) of German Industrial-Metal rockers OOMPH! will be released via Napalm...
Die Robo Sapiens – Teufelskreis / Tanz Mit Dem Roboter (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and Marcel Zürcher aka Die Krupps have set up a new project named...
Happiness Project – Big Cities (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: While the new full length album “Mutation” is announced for September of this year, French electronic...
Alessandro Adriani – Enter The Fire (Vinyl 12” – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno. Background/Info: Active under the Alessandro Adriani moniker, this artist also runs Mannequin Records. He released his work...
Heliophile – Permeate (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Heliophile is an electro-pop band from The Netherlands set up in 2010 by Gijs van Ouwerkerk. If...
Metroland – Men In a Frame + Men In A Frame Remixes (2 Digital Singles – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Metroland has their fourth album in the pipeline. So there’s no better teaser than releasing 2 digital...
Full AD:keY and Rector Scanner back catalogue hits Spotify, Itunes and co
As we previously announced, AD:keY returns with brand new 10th anniversary album, but before that Alfa Matrix has now re-released...
Metroland launches ‘Pictures To Listen To’ exposition on 24th March 2018 to coincide with launch new album
Out in April is the brand new Metroland album “Men In A Frame”. On the new album photography is the...
AD:keY returns with brand new 10th anniversary album + digitally re-releases full back catalogue of AD:keY and Rector Scanner
AD:keY returns with brand new 10th anniversary album + digitally re-releases full back catalogue of AD:keY and Rector Scanner One...
Baroque – Ocean Of Noise (Digital EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal EBM. Background/Info: During the past few years Space Factory (label set up by David Carretta) doesn’t release...
New Metroland album out in April, Bandcamp users get an a bonus track and there’s an Expo!
Out in April is the brand new Metroland album "Men In A Frame". The album is the follow-up to 3...
Metroland launches double single ‘Man in a Frame’ – your discount download code
2018 will see a new Metroland album being released, but before that a new single is being released: "Man In...
‘Click Interview’ with C-Lekktor: ‘I Don’t Compose Music For A Competition Or So’
C-Lekktor progressively became one of the leading formations at the wider fields of dark-electronics. Master mind Marco Antonio Barrientos (Markko)...
Displacer – The Face You Deserve (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Michael Morton better known as Displacer has already released an impressive number of releases on...
Metroland – 12 x 12 (4CD Box – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland duo saw the daylight in 2012 and became an instant success. In only five years...
Massiv In Mensch – Am Port Der Guten Hoffnung (DCD Album – Katyusha)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Massiv In Mensch has already been active since 1993; but the German electro formation disappeared...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘This Social Media Thing And The Digitalization Of Music Is A Good Thing’
German formation Boytronic belong to the German ‘history’ of electro-pop music. Set up in the early 80s they got an...
