Konstant – Unbändige Kinder (Digital/Vinyl Album – Subject To Restrictions Disc / Default Mode Records)
Konstant is a new project and duo from Switzerland, and their debut album is a particularly pleasant surprise. The duo...
Krautrock
Motor!k – 5 (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Out Of Line)
The Belgian trio Motor!k returns with their fifth EP, simply titled “5”. Featuring Joeri Dobbeleir, Dries D'Hollander, and Belgian Electro/Industrial...
Midas Fall – Cold Waves Divide Us (Album – Monotreme Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic-Rock, Krautrock, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Scottish female duo Midas Fall strikes back after six years and...
Sly Koyaanis presents brand new electro krautrock EP ‘Chaosdaïsme’
Sly Koyaanis, a Paris-based artist, introduces his new electro krautrock EP, "Chaosdaïsme". This second EP in his project merges electro-acoustic...
VNV Nation interview: ‘Life goes on, the world goes on’
Ronan Harris from VNV Nation was in his former life the very first webmaster of Side-Line. A little known fact,...
‘Click Interview’ with La Jungle: ‘Organic Trance Music’
La Jungle is a Belgian duo from the Southern part of the country set up in 2013 by ‘Roxie Rookie’...
Depeche Mode photographer Brian Griffin talks about his new photo book ’Mode’ – Out now
(Photos by Brian Griffin, Interview by Janos Janurik for Side-Line) Brian Griffin was responsible for the visual perception of Depeche...
Krautrock protagonist Dieter Moebius gets posthumous album released via Curious Music: ‘Aspirin’
Dieter Moebius (16 January 1944 – 20 July 2015) was a pivotal figure in Germany's avant-garde electronic music scene. He...
La Jungle – Blurry Landscapes (Album – Black Basset / Rockerill / A Tant Rêver Du Roi)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock ,Techno, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Belgian duo La Jungle has already released several albums and are...
Post-punk / krautrock outfit Tantrum Zentrum launch animated video for ‘Don’t Be A Fascist’
The UK/Canadian/American group Tantrum Zentrum presents their latest single, "Don't Be A Fascist," along with a new video featuring animation,...
Telehealth presents debut album ‘Content Oscillator’ – Out now
(Photo by Mikayla Neves) Two months ago we announced that the Seattle based synthpop / post-punk band Telehealth (feat. Alexander...
Swedish post-punk duo Low-Res releases new single, ‘Makeup’, from forthcoming album ‘Därför’
Swedish post-punk duo Low-Res have released a new single, "Makeup", from their upcoming album "Därför," set for release on May...
Seattle synthpop band Telehealth (feat. Alexander Attitude & Kendra Cox) announce debut LP ‘Content Oscillator’ – first single and video out now
Arriving March 31st is the debut album for the Seattle based synthpop band Telehealth (feat. Alexander Attitude & Kendra Cox):...
Motor!k – Odyssey (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having released three successful albums on Out Of Line the Belgian trio Motor!k...
French techno-pop duo Cercueil lands new dark techno-pop EP ‘Bad Posture’
Out now via Citizen Records is the last Clivage Music release of the year: "Bad Posture" by Cercueil EP. This...
Motor!k – 3 (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the third (mini)-album by Belgian Motor!k trio. Joeri Dobbeleir, Dirk Ivens...
The chart swindle – signed Richard Branson – that rushed krautrock act Faust in the charts (and a bit of terror)
Out now is the re-release of Faust's 3rd album "The Faust Tapes". It's far from sure that this re-released krautrock...
La Jungle – Ephemeral Feast (Album – Black Basset / A Tant Rêver Du Roi / Rockerill / Stock)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the fifth studio album by the Belgian duo La Jungle....
Sonologyst – Interdimensional (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Unexplained Sounds Group label owner Raffaele Pezzella moves back to Cold Spring...
Minimalistic synth pop act Dolva Sana offers new single ‘Without Help’ ahead of new EP ‘Hard-boiled Wonderland’
Out now is "Without Help" from the minimalistic synth pop act Dolva Sana. The project is a collaboration between singer...
Bitcrush – Dead Corners (Single – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: You for sure remember Gridlock, which was featuring Mike Cadoo. After the...
Can announce ‘Live In Brighton 1975’ to be released December 3 – listen to a first excerpt
(Photo by Spoon Records) Mute and Spoon Records have released details of the second in a series of Can live...
Tim Story releases tribute to sound pioneer Dieter Moebius: ‘Moebius Strips’
(Photo by Alice d25) "Moebius Strips" is a brand new tribute to sound pioneer Dieter Moebius, put together by longtime...
(Ex-)Members from Kraftwerk, Portishead, Devo, etc. pay respect to electronic music and krautrock pioneer Dieter Moebius in Moebius Strips audio installation by Tim Story
(Photo by Irene Moebius - Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius in 2008) Moebius Strips is an audio installation by Tim...
Daniel B. & Elko B. – 66.6 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, EBM, Industrial, Krautrock, Psychedelic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: One year after the “Six+Six”-album, on which Front 242 core...
Krautrock legends Faust see 1971-1974 years compiled on a mega boxset on vinyl and CD and release long lost album ‘Punkt’
Audioglobe sent us some interesting news about Faust. Who? Faust! Faust are a German band which was formed in 1971...
Scottish darkwave duo Hanging Freud back with 6th album, ‘Persona Normal’ – check out the single video ‘Antidote/Immune’
Glasgow based darkwave/post-punk duo Hanging Freud have just unveiled their sixth full-length album, "Persona Normal". "Persona Normal" is available now...
‘Click Interview’ with Vlimmer: ‘There’s Music For Every Mood And Emotion In My Life’
Vlimmer is the sonic brainchild of German musician, producer, label owner, visual artist and book author Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s...
Norwegian electronica wave / ambient act Lights A.M launches debut album – an interview
(Photos by Tori Lind) Out since last month and now available on Bandcamp and all other platforms including Spotify is...
‘Click Interview’ with MOTOR!K: ‘It’s Only The Love For The Music’
MOTOR!K is a Belgian Krautrock formation set up in 2018 by Joeri Dobbeleir (guitar and synths), Dries D’Hollander (drums) and...
Motor!k – Motor!k 2 (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, Psychedelic Electro-Rock, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: One year after their self-titled debut release the Belgian Motor!k...
Daniel B. – Six+Six (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. is a kind of living legend....
Tribute album to Timothy Leary by Sam Rosenthal and other Projekt artists
With "Tim, where are you now?" Projekt Records releases a tribute album to Timothy Leary who was born 100 years...
TIJ – Gig Economy (Album – Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, dark-rock, experimental, krautrock, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TIJ (The Inconsistent Jukebox) is a project driven by Barry...
Mandivula – Nonsense (CD Album – Dal Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, krautrock. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of information available about Mandivula. The solo-project likes certain anonymity, but seems...
Motor!k – Motor!k (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, psychedelic-rock, experimental. Background/Info: Motor!k is one of the newest signings from Out Of Line and definitely one of...
‘Click Interview’ with Onsturicheit: ‘It’s Like A Splinter In Our Soul Cause What Kind Of Future Do We Give To Our Children’
Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist born in 1965. He started playing acoustic guitar and got later on interested by...
Onsturicheit – Splinter (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: The creativity of Onsturicheit has no limits. This is album number three for Peter Moorkens...
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...
Onsturicheit – Waan (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, krautrock. Background/Info: Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist who is involved with music for numerous years now....
Feverdreamt – Melantant (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, experimental, krautrock. Background/Info: Feverdreamt is one of the numerous projects set up by Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s mainly...
Nothing But Noise – Formations Magnétiques Et Phénomènes D’incertitude (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Old Front 242 mates Daniel B. (Prothese) and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this...
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...
Katie Kruel – The Rise And Fall Of Cannibal Planet (CD Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, doom-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: Set up by Nathalie Houtermans (vocals) and Hans Dirksden-Smits (guitar) they later on were joined...
Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Wish I Weren’t Here (CD Album – WKN)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, psychedelic, industrial-rock, krautrock. . Background/Info: Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Album Julius (formerly involved...
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...
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...
White Hills & Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Desire (CD EP – Ván)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-rock, rock-wave, krautrock. Background/Info: Albin Julius got some fame with Der Blutharsch. This neo-folk driven project got renamed into...
Interview with Daniel B / Prothese: ‘I Don’t Want To Be Confined In A Genre That Creates Expectations And Borders’
Daniel B will be forever linked to Front 242, but in the meantime we all know he also releases music...
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...
White Hills & Der Blutharsch launches ‘Desire’ vinyl – check the video for the title track
Eight years after their 7" single "Today I want to catch Clouds", the two spacerock/prog/krautrock bands White Hills and Der...
#BRSTKRN feat. Sofie Verdoodt & Jeroen Jacobs – #BRSTKRN (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, krautrock, cinematographic. Background/Info: This Belgian project is the meeting between Bart Desmet better known as Barst (BRST)...
CAN gets immortalized in 2 new books: ‘All Gates Open’ and ‘Can Kiosk’
Faber & Faber have announced the publication (later on in April) of 2 books, "All Gates Open" and "Can Kiosk"....
Essay: History of Electronic Music
(By James T) Electronic music first became widely popular in the mid-1970s, but experiments with electronic musical instruments began as...
Annie & The Station Orchestra – Bingo Halls (CD Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, psychedelic. Background/Info: Annie & The Station Orchestra is a Scottish formation. They already released a split album...
Holygram – Holygram (CD EP – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dreamy wave-pop. Background/Info: Holygram is a German formation, which wants to compose a sonic bridge between new-wave, post-punk...
Reissue for Dieter Moebius’ 2011 album ‘Ding’ on vinyl for the very first time!
Out this summer is a vinyl reissue of Dieter Moebius’ 2011 album "Ding". It's the first time that "Ding" (together...
Can (and Depeche Mode) drummer Jaki Liebezeit dead aged 78
Again bad news from the music business. Jaki Liebezeit, the founding member of the iconic Krautrock Can, is no more....
Side-Line introduces Feeding Fingers – listen now to ‘Where All of These Towns & Choices End’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 32nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the dark...
TwoMonkeys – Whatt? (CD Album – Villa Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: A few years ago now the brothers Simone and Michele Bornati set up TwoMonkeys. “Whatt?”...
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)...
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...
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 – Things Will Never Sound The Same Again (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: electro-pop. Background/Info: The third album by Belgian duo of Metroland is for sure the most special one, which is...
Rodney Cromwell – Age Of Anxiety (CD Album – Happy Robots)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Rodney Cromwell is a new solo-project set up by Adam Cresswell. This artist was formerly involved in...
Imagine a map featuring the history of electronic music… it exists!
(All pictures by Dorothy) A map featuring the history of electronic music (albeit without dates), who could ever have imagined...
