Alfa Matrix marks 24 years with a 69-track free label sampler, ‘Matrix+ Downloaded 012’
The Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix releases the twelfth volume in its “Matrix+ Downloaded” series to coincide with the label’s...
Metroland
Metroland concludes ‘Forum’ cycle with digital ‘Reset’ EP – Out now
Belgian electronic duo Metroland has released “Reset”, the fourth and final EP associated with their concept album “Forum”. Available digitally...
Metroland drop new electro pop 3-track single ‘Activity’ – Out now
Following their "Forum" album, the Belgian electro pop / minimal electro duo Metroland returns with “Activity”, the 3rd single from...
Metroland presents 2nd EP in a four-part series: ‘Cooperation’ – Out now
"Cooperation" is the second EP in a four-part series ("Industry" being the first) from the Belgian electronic act Metroland. The...
Cubic – Back To Basic (Album – Digital/CD – Alfa Matrix)
Three years after his promising debut album “The Cubic Alphabet”, Franky Deblomme returns with a compelling follow-up album, “Back To...
Metroland – Forum (Album – Digital/CD – Alfa Matrix)
The Belgian Metroland has been highly active in recent years. Their latest album -"Forum," directly inspired by the economic forum...
Metroland interview: ‘Every new release is a fresh new audio canvas’
The Belgian electro-pop duo Metroland released “Forum” a few months ago, an electrifying conceptual hymn to the industrial revolution of...
Elektroklänge pays tribute to Kraftwerk on new ‘Motorik’ album – Out now
The Swedish minimalistic electro-pop act Elektroklänge have just released their second conceptual album "Motorik". The album is the follow-up to...
Metroland lands all new album, ‘Forum’ – Out now
Alfa Matrix, the Belgian label, has embraced a Kraftwerk-inspired mode, marking the announcement of its third electro-pop release reminiscent of...
Kraftman revisits ‘Chernobyl’ fallout on new CD
Out on March 22 is the new album from the electropop act Kraftman, "Chernobyl". The physical edition is limited to...
Elektroklänge finally back with all new EP: ‘Abfahrt’ – Out now
The Swedish minimalistic electro pop act Elektroklänge is back with a brand new 6-track EP, "Abfahrt". This is one of...
Metroland returns with new ‘Industry’ single ahead of new album
The Belgian electro-pop duo Metroland returns with a new 3-track single, "Industry", which is a teaser for their forthcoming conceptual...
Audioglobe statistics on the darkwave music sales in 2023 out now
Celebrating its 30th year, Audioglobe, the most important distributor in the darkwave scene, just shared a statistical review, revealing the...
Cubic hits back with ‘c128’ EP announcing all new album
Before the release of the new “Back To Basic” full length album, Belgian electronic artist Franky Deblomme aka Cubic comes...
Interview with Bernard Van Isacker on new ‘Electronic Bodies’ compilation: ‘I’m a person who thinks in terms of projects and concepts rather than daily routines.’
Every time Side-Line releases a new compilation, I seize the chance to interview Bernard Van Isacker, the chief compiler for...
Alfa Matrix unleashes new free massive download compilation – Dominates industrial Bandcamp charts overnight!
Alfa Matrix, the renowned Belgian label, commemorates its 22nd anniversary with yet another mastodont compilation on Bandcamp. The latest installment...
Out now: Brand new The Cure tribute 2CD compilation via Alfa Matrix and Spleen+ featuring 27 songs: ‘A Strange Play (Vol. 2) – Tribute to The Cure’
Nine years after the release of their first tribute to The Cure, titled "A Strange Play – Tribute to The...
Belgian dark pop act Psy’Aviah collaborates with Sorrow Stories’ Tina Forlorn on ‘Healing’ EP – Out now on Bandcamp
The Belgian dark pop act Psy’Aviah is now closing the “Bittersweet” album chapter in beauty with a collaboration with Tina...
808 Dot Pop – Pop Radio AM 1350 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: CD. Background/Info: Belgian ‘Passenger S’ has been very prolific the past few months. Next to a new...
808 Dot Pop – Pop Radio FM 88.2 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: CD. Background/Info: Nearly three years after the promising debut album “The Colour Temperature”, Metroland’s ‘Passenger S” strikes...
Belgian electronica act 808 Dot Pop back with 3 albums in one go + 2 singles
Metroland's Passenger S his first solo album, “The Colour Temperature” (2020), and its companion remix album “The Cubic Temperature”, were...
Metroland’s new ‘0’ album released today: Belgian electronica duo launches on CD & blue vinyl, plus standalone ‘X’ album
Metroland's latest album, "0," is now available on CD, double blue vinyl, and for download. During the pre-sale, those who...
Final opportunity to secure your free ‘X’ album by Metroland with double blue vinyl pre-order of ‘0’
Don't miss your last chance to get Metroland's album "X" for free with your double blue vinyl pre-order. Metroland's brand...
Metroland – 0 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released a few noticeable EP’s as countdown to Belgian Metroland’s fifth album...
Belgian minimal electro act Metroland to release all new album ‘0’ on March 25th – new singles ‘1.0’ and ‘1.1’ available now
Mid 2022 Belgium’s minimal electro duo Metroland started the countdown with 2 different color 12inch vinyl versions of “4", a...
Alfa Matrix launches brand new post-punk recordlabel: Spleen+
The post-punk scene has a new recordlabel with Alfa Matrix launching a sublabel created to accomodate this specific genre and...
Elektroklänge – Komposituation (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Minimal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish Elektroklänge project formerly released a few EP’s -the first one being released...
Die Robo Sapiens – Robo Sapien Race (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after their impressive debut EP Die Robo Sapiens are back with...
Metroland returns with double EP, ‘2.0’ and ‘2.1’
The Belgian electronica act Metroland is a step closer to their upcoming album "0" now that they have released yet...
Out now – debut album by Die Krupps side-project Die Robo Sapiens – ‘Robo Sapien Race’ out on Vinyl and as 2CD boxset
After a couple of teasing EP and video clip releases, the Belgian Alfa Matrix label releases today the full length...
Metroland returns with two new singles/EPs: ‘3.0’ and ‘3.1’ – feat. remix by Marsheaux member
The Belgian technopop act Metroland has been active for over a decade now. The duo have now started working on...
Metroland – 4.0 (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having released several productions under the 808 Dot Pop moniker, ‘Passenger S’ moves...
Reakton – Micro: Macro: Nano (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, USB. Background/Info: Three years after the successful debut album “Weltall: Erde: Mensch” Berliner formation Reakton joined...
Cubic pays tribute to the vibrant electronic scene in the Belgian city of Ghent with the 4-track single ‘Exit – Ghent’
Throughout his work with Cubic, the Belgian artist Franky Deblomme always has distilled his own eclectic influences within the wide...
Belgium’s techno pop act Metroland returns with all new single in two 12 inch vinyl formats + a special Bandcamp download
The Belgium-based techno pop act Metroland are back with an all new single “4”. “4” acts as the first of...
Belgium’s electronica pop act 808 DOT POP launches 4 singles in one go for Bandcamp Friday
Today Belgium's electronica pop act 808 DOT POP launched their newest single “Suncatcher” in no less than four 3-track EP...
Rector Scanner – Das Mädchen Aus Dem All EP I (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Driven by the German EBM veteran René Nowotny (AD:KeY), this year Rector Scanner returned with...
Rector Scanner returns with 2 complementary twin-EP’s under the title ‘Das Mädchen aus dem All’
The Berlin-based vintage electronic project Rector Scanner (the retro electropop side-project of the EBM duo AD:keY) has released two complementary...
‘Click Interview’ with Rector Scanner: ‘There Is No Longer A Total Work Of Art‘
Rector Scanner was the first project set up by René Nowotny. Known from his EBM project AD:KeY, Rector Scanner is...
‘Click Interview’ with Cubic: ‘It Was Time To Pull The Plug And Leave Ebm To The ‘Jügend’’
Franky Deblomme got some recognition with his EBM-project Darkmen. After having stopped the project we didn’t hear new stuff from...
Rector Scanner – Radioteleskop (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Set up in 1997 by Rene Nowotny –who’s actually more known from his...
Cubic – The Cubic Alphabet (Album – Alfa Matrtix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the excellent “Alphabet Hymn”-EP and having revisited the 808 Dot.Pop-album “Cubic Temperature” Belgian...
KRAFTman ready to release ‘Electrique Fabrique’ – a clear sonically inspired hommage to Kraftwerk
KRAFTman aka UK based artist Gary Hunter will be releasing the album called "Electrique Fabrique" on August 13th. The album...
(Former) member of Sweden’s Systema The Affliction and Cultivated Bimbo revives Behind Maschine Brennt project
We are in 1991 and the Swedish label Energy Rekords releases what becomes their biggest hit ever, the compilation "I...
3rd album for German vintage EBM act Rector Scanner finally out! ‘Radioteleskop’ is available as a limited 2CD and as download
Founded in 1997, Rector Scanner was actually the very first music project of Berlin-based artist Rene Nowotny who then redirected...
Belgium’s dark electronics act Cubic presents excellent debut album ‘The Cubic Alphabet’ – out today
After some compilation appearances, including our very own "Face The Beat 6", and a collaboration with 808 Dot Pop on...
Labels Interviews: File 3: Seba Dolimont & Bernard Van Isacker / Alfa Matrix: ‘We Keep Anticipating New Trends In Order To Stay Relevant And Future Proof’
Seba Dolimont Alfa Matrix has been set up in 2001 by three friends. Séba Dolimont, Benoît Blanchart and Bernard Van...
Cubic – Alphabet Hymn (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Cubic is a Belgian solo-project driven by Franky Deblomme. EBM freaks will remind him as...
808 Dot Pop – Ultraviolet –Phototonic + Pentatonic +Diatonic (EP + Single – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: We discovered 808 Dot Pop –side project of Metroland’s ‘Passenger S’ with the successful debut...
KRAFTman to release new 4 track EP ‘Electrique Musique’
Following on from the release of the KRAFTman single "Florian" (which included remixes by 808 Dot Pop and Maschine Brennt)...
Alfa Matrix releases brand new free download compilation + exclusive face masks
It has been a hectic year, also for Alfa Matrix, but luckily their bands took the time to work in...
808 Dot Pop – Kelvin 7300 + Kelvin 5600 (EP + Single – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Metroland’s ‘Passenger S’ this year released his first solo-album under the 808 Dot Pop moniker....
‘Click Interview’ with Reakton: ‘How Would It Sound If Kraftwerk Continued To Write Music?’
I never heard of the Berliner project REAKTON before the listening of the album “Weltall: Erde: Mensch” released on Electro...
Electro pop act 808 Dot Pop releases triple 7 inch vinyl singles in one bundle + 2 new download only singles
808 Dot Pop, the new side-project from Metroland's Passenger S, releases an exclusive fanbase bundle of 3 (!!) exclusive 7”...
Reakton – Weltall : Erde : Mensch (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, USB stick. Background/Info: Reakton is a Berlin based artist inspired by the sound of Kraftwerk....
808 Dot.Pop – Incandescent (Chromium + Platinum) (Single + EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Metroland’s ’Passenger S’ is back on track unleashing the third single/EP from his debut album...
‘Click Interview’ with 808 DOT POP: ‘Thinking Outside Of The Box Is Something I Dearly Love’
He doesn’t like to be asked about his passed involvement with the EBM formation Ionic Vision and he doesn’t like...
808 Dot Pop – The Colour Temperature (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian ‘Passenger S’ has now been active in the electronic scene for numerous years....
Electronica project 808 DOT POP returns with 2 brand new singles AND an exclusive 7 inch vinyl – 2 videos out as well
After the “Blackbodies” single release and the recent release of the first full length album “The Colour Temperature”, Metroland’s Passenger...
808 Dot Pop – Blackbodies (Radiation) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the “Variation” and “Pulsation” edits of “Blackbodies” we now get the “Radiation”-EP from 808...
Alfa Matrix offers 2 more ‘Matrix:Reb00ted’ remix albums, this time remixed by the electro dance / trip pop electro act Psy’Aviah
Alfa Matrix continues the 'Matrix:Reb00ted' series, this time with 2 remix albums by Belgian artist Psy'Aviah displaying his electro dance...
Metroland’s Passenger S launches debut album under 808 DOT POP moniker
From Metroland's Passenger S comes the brand new electro pop side-project 808 DOT POP. Signed to Alfa Matrix the project...
808 Dot Pop featuring Noemi Aurora – Blackbodies (Variation) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Blackbodies” has been released as two different digital releases. Next to the “Pulsation”-edit featuring two...
808 Dot Pop featuring Noemi Aurora – Blackbodies (Pulsation) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The name of this project clearly refers to the legendary rhythm box TR 808 from...
Psy’Aviah – Soul Searching (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, ambient-pop. Background/Info: “Soul Searching” is the seventh official album for Belgian Yves Schelpe aka Psy’Aviah. The composer again...
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...
