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...
Kraftwerk
Swedish electropop act VOITH launches ‘Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)’ – their own tribute to Kraftwerk
Out now is the brand new VOITH video "Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)" which is basically a tribute to Kraftwerk, but without being...
‘Click Interview’ with Gimme Shelter: ‘ I Do Not Know What Is So Funny About Being Named After A Title Of The Rolling Stones’
German duo Robert Grolms - Niko Kötzsch are active under the Gimme Shelter moniker for a couple of years now....
And Then You Die – Lord Of The Flies (CD Album – Skithund Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychdelic, rock, electronics, industrial. Background/Info: “Lord Of The Flies” is the seventh album by Finnish formation And Then You...
Bio + Pavlov & Computers – SynthieScheme (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Bio (written БИО) is a Russian synth-pop formation set up in 1990 by Alexander Yakovlev. From...
Welle: Erdball – Gaudeamus Igitur (CD Album – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: One of the most unique electro-pop formations from the scene strikes back with a new (mini)-album. The...
Ever wondered what those 4 Kraftwerk dudes are exactly doing behind their keyboards? Check this video!
A video on YouTube, filmed at the Amsterdam club Paradiso (back in 2015), is picking up steam again as it...
Proxies – Groovin’Over Beirut (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop & new-wave. Background/Info: Anna Logue Records takes us back in time to Greece. Proxies was originally set up...
Kraftwerk & early Depeche Mode fans, here’s the new Metroland video: ‘Cube (Small)’ – watch it here
https://youtu.be/Iqj8AtSBWgU The Belgian electronic act Metroland is back with a new single and video. The "Cube" single (counting 5 tracks)...
Metroland launches brand new download single ‘Cube’ + video
“Cube” is already the 12th release in Metroland's young but very prolific career. This new 5-track EP makes the junction...
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...
Side-Line introduces Növö – listen now to ‘The Shortwaves’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 51st track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Belgian...
Click Interview’ with Grandchaos: ‘I Don’t Find Digital Synths Appealing At All’
Tcheleskov Ivanovitch is already into music since the late 80s. He together with his brother set up the Belgian project...
Pitch Yarn Of Matter – It’s New, Sounds Old And I Love It (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Pitch Yarn Of Matter (P.Y.M.) is a Brazilian formation that was active during the 90s releasing a...
“Skylines” – a musical journey through Europe by Jonteknik
Jonteknik, the electronic project by Jon Russel, just released their 5th album 'Skylines'. It's described as "a soundtrack to a...
Reed & Caroline – Buchla And Singing (CD Album – Very Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Reed Hays and Caroline Schutz is a duo based in New York who met at college....
Side-Line introduces Finkseye – listen now to ‘Give In To Me (Feat Suzy VP)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 32nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Trelleborg...
Euphorbia – Eternal Lie (CD Album – Euphorbia)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Euphorbia is a Brazilian duo consisting of Cirion Barboza and Ulisses Righi. The band has already been...
Side-Line introduces Elektroklänge – listen now to ‘Approach To Tokyo (Straight Connection Mix)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 25th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Swedish...
‘Click Interview’ with Signal~Bruit: ‘Turning The Knobs And Pushing The Faders Until It Has An Hypnotic Feel’
“Planisphère(s)“ is the debut album from the brand-new French project Signal~Bruit. The full length has been released on the brand-new...
Deutsche Bank – Autopop / Deluxe Edition (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Deutsche Bank is not a German, but a Swedish electro-pop formation set up by Mats From. I...
Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk on Spotify vs. vinyl, his inspirations and the new alter ego ♠TP
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Photos by Tarjei Krogh and Jan Ronald Stange) An extensive interview with Stephan...
Apoptygma Berzerk: Exit Popularity Contest – reinvention by going back to the roots
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange, w/inputs from John-Erik Bye Johansen. Photos by Tarjei Krogh and Jan Ronald Stange)...
Did you know this (very fake) Kraftwerk sitcom ‘pilot’?
In the Summer of 2009 a video landed on YouTube claiming it was from a tape discovered at a Dusseldorf...
Foretaste – Space Echoes (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The French Foretaste duo consisting of ‘XX’ (vocals) and ‘XY’ (machines) has already released so many cool...
Növö launch video for ‘The Shortwaves’ to announce upcoming EP
Out now is the video for "The Shortwaves", the leading track for the recently released album by Növö with the...
Apoptygma Berzerk drops video teaser ‘Exit popularity contest’ and it fucking sounds awesome! Order your copy on cassette, vinyl and CD right here.
As we reported a few weeks ago, Apoptygma Berzerk's Stephan Groth is reinventing his sound on the new 10-track album...
Karl Bartos releases ‘Communication’ deluxe fanbox with bonus track and lots more!
Out in October, but available in pre-order right here, is a deluxe fanbox version of "Communication", the debut solo album...
Apoptygma Berzerk pays tribute to his roots on ‘Exit popularity contest’ – to be released on vinyl, cassette and CD – you can order your copy here
Apoptygma Berzerk is reinventing its sound which is different from, but complementary to, the electro rock future pop stylings of...
Metroland’s new double single ‘Brother’ out now via Spotify, iTunes, etc.
Out now via Spotify, iTunes and other online stores is "Brother", the third and final single from "Things Will Never...
A★I – Le Chant Du Cygne Noir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: My first feeling was that this band was the logical new project of Pedro Peñas Robles after...
Rational Youth – Future Past Tense (CD EP – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Set up and mainly active during the 80s, the Canadian electro-pop formation Rational Youth got reactivated in...
Metroland selected by the official Swedish Stockholm underground to score OST for promo video
Major news from the Belgian electronica act Metroland, known for their updated Kraftwerk sound. The band's 2012 song "The Passenger"...
