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...
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Mondträume exclusive interview – Bringing infectious synthpop to life
With their melancholic synth melodies and pulsating beats, Mondträume has cemented itself as a key name in the modern synth-pop...
Mondträume – Poisoned Love (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
The highly anticipated third album, “Mind Games”, by Spanish act Mondträume is set for release this year. Their previous album,...
Mondträume returns with brand new synth pop single ‘Poisoned Love’
The Spanish electro pop act Mondträume returns with a brand new synth-pop single, “Poisoned Love”. After the previous single "Heart...
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Bérèche You completes Spring releases with ‘Business Of Love’ album
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Photos Tarjei Krogh / band) Bérèche You follows up the first three Spring...
Mondträume EP ‘Heart Machine’ is available now from Bandcamp
After the chart-hitting "The Unknown Path" EP which was released last year, the Spanish electropop act Mondträume is back with...
Mondträume to premiere new video ‘Heart Machine’ on Friday
On December 15th, 2023, at 8:00 pm (CET) Mondträume will present the exclusive YouTube premiere of "Heart Machine", taken from...
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...
Mondträume singer Madil Hardis announces special solo charity EP, ‘Noel’, feat. 3 Christmas classics
London based musician Madil Hardis combines classical and electronic elements with ethereal vocals. It got her invited as guest vocalist...
Electro Spectre back with a Christmas gift to their fans
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In a series of new deluxe remasters released in December 2022, the Norwegian...
Spanish electropop act Mondträume lands all new video for ‘Day After Day’
Out now is a brand new video for the track "Day After Day" by the Spanish electropop act Mondträume. The...
Mondträume – The Unknown Path (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Mondträume strikes back with a new line-up. Singer Damasius Venys is no longer on...
Electric Music Stars Revelling in the Prestige of Las Vegas
Electric music has expanded a great deal over the last decade, now encompassing a wide range of sub-genres, from the...
Spanish electropop act Mondträume returns with an all new EP: ‘The Unknown Path’
Since 2010, the Spanish act Mondträume has been seducing the dark souls with their somber synth pop music with an...
The 10 best synthpop / electropop albums of all times (and 5 more)
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. During the late 1970s bands such as...
Click Interview with Elektrostaub: ‘I Don’t Really Like To Look Back, I Love To Look Forward’
Patrick Knoch set up Elektrostaub in 2007. Elektrostaub can be defined as Electro/Future-Pop and is a solo-project with guest singers....
Elektrostaub – Reliance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the debut-album “Birthday And Death” released on Echozone, Patrick...
Impressive list of EBM / electro / synthpop guest vocalists featured on new ‘Reliance’ album by German synthpop act Elektrostaub
After the two chart-hitting singles “We Are Dreamers“ (#1) and “Wake Up“ (#4), German synth pop act Elektrostaub is about...
Mental Exile – Inferno Hotline (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the successful debut album “Ride The Madness” (2019) Mondträume singer Damasius Venys got back...
Spanish electro pop act Mental Exile returns with ‘Inferno Hotline’ EP – listen here
(Photo by Daniele Jaeger) The last 15 months have been difficult and pretty challenging for most of us with the...
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...
Nightcrawler – Visionary (Album – Nightcrawler / Electric Dream Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cinematographic, indie-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: George Gold is a Spanish producer mainly inspired by horror- and...
Mental Exile – Exile Nights II (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Mondträume singer Damasius Venys moves on with his solo-project Mental Exile. After a successful...
Mondträume side-project Mental Exile offers brand new single: ‘Exile Nights II’ EP – available now via Bandcamp
(Photo by Lydia Solans) The debut album “Ride The Madness” (available here on bandcamp) by the electro pop act Mental...
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...
‘Click Interview’ with Mental Exile: ‘Mental Exile Is My Way To Talk, To Feel And To See Around Me’
Mental Exile is a Spanish solo-project set up by Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe. We last year discovered Mental Exile by...
Available for free download: Aiboforcen’s track ‘In My Arms (Ocean Mix)’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 4th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Mental Exile – Ride The Madness (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe last year released the EP “Exile Nights” from his solo-project Mental Exile. It...
Out now: First album Mental Exile (solo project Mondträume singer) – preview the full album
(Photo by Lydia Solans) Out now is “Ride The Madness”, the debut by Mental Exile. Behind Mental Exile we find Damasius Venys...
Mental Exile debuts blood filled video for ‘Renegades’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Mental Exile, the solo project of Damasius Venys from Mondträume, debuted a brand...
Synth-/electropop act Gimme Shelter announces new album with ‘Friedensfahrt’ video
Gimme Shelter, Shooting, Theresienwiese, München Gimme Shelter is a German synthpop/electropop act founded by the duo-act Robert Grolms and Niko...
First album Mental Exile (solo project Mondträume singer) to launch in October – check the first tracks
(Photo by Lydia Solans) To be released on October 4th is "Ride The Madness", the debut by Mental Exile. Behind...
‘Click Interview’ with Mondträume: ‘With This New Image And Artwork We Tried To Reflect The Birth Of The Hypocrisy Without Masks’
Spanish duo Pikotto vondMond (music & programming) and Damasius Venys (vocals & lyrics) are back on track, unleashing their second...
Mondträume – Lovers, Sinners & Liars (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: The Spanish Mondträume duo strikes back with their second full length, which comes five years after...
Synthpop act Iris returns with brand new album: ‘Six’ – Check the opening track!
After a long hiatus (also on social media channels), Iris returns with a brand new (6th) album, "Six". You can...
Mondträume returns with an all new album this Summer, listen to the first 2 tracks!
"Lovers, sinners & liars" is the title of the brand new album by the excellent Spanish electropop act Mondträume. With...
Aiboforcen is back with an all new ‘In My Arms’ EP – 13 tracks incl. covers of New Order and DAF classics
Belgium's cult dark electro act Aiboforcen is back among the living. A teaser was already released online a few days...
Interview: Mondträume singer about his Mental Exile solo project
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) As Side-Line reported late November last year, Damasius Venys, singer of the cult...
Alfa Matrix launches 200 minute-plus compilation for free: ‘Matrix Downloaded 008’
With the 8th edition of their now classic free "Matrix Downloaded" label digital compilation, Belgium's Alfa Matrix label presents a...
Aesthetische remixes united on 2 brand new digital downloads – available now
The Belgian label Alfa Matrix has launched 2 brand download releases in the low-priced 'Matrix:Rebooted' series containing no less than...
Mondträume frontman launches new synthwave project Mental Exile – first download single out now: ‘Exile Nights’
Today, Damasius Venys – singer of the cult synth pop band Mondtrâume reveals the first single of his brand new...
Any Second – Sünde Mensch (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by Jan Kluge (vocals) and Thomas DosUnit the Berlin duo self-released the...
Aïboforcen – Sense & Nonsense (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, dark-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Belgian project Aiboforcen is back on track with a new work, which has been released...
Out now, the brand new Aiboforcen album – check it out in full!
Out now is the newest Aiboforcen album, "Sense & Nonsense". You can order the CD, 2CD right here or you...
Special package for new Aiboforcen album limited to just 50 copies – check here to get yours
A special fan-pack has been prepared for the new Aiboforcen album. The 2CD box comes augmented with 4 signed exclusive...
Aiboforcen returns after 7 years of close to total silence
Still mostly centered today around mastermind Benoit Blanchart and female singer Patrice Synthea (Regenerator lead singer), Aiboforcen strikes back. The...
Alfa Matrix launches 19 volume in ‘Sounds From The Matrix’ series on Bandcamp (and on a free CD)
The Belgian electrolabel Alfa Matrix has launched it's 19th (!) volume in their popular 'Sounds From The Matrix' series. On...
Alfa Matrix launches Record Store Day 30% discount on webstore and Bandcamp – get your code here
It was Record Store Day this past weekend and for the occasion the Belgian label launched a special 30% discount...
It’s EBM day at Alfa Matrix! Use code ebmday242 and get 30% of on all releases (incl. Front 242 vinyls)
"Today he has no means He's alone and anonymous, but written in his cells he's got the marks of a...
Final hours to enjoy 50% off on Alfa Matrix Bandcamp page
We enter the final few hours to enjoy a 50% reduction on all of your purchases via the Alfa Matrix...
Side-Line introduces Entrzelle – listen now to ‘Secondary To My Love’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 26th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Los...
Mondträume – Free (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Spanish duo Damasius Venys (lyrics & vocals) - Pikotto Vond Mond (composition) was revealed by Alfa...
Alfa Matrix launches special discount action – get 30% off with this discount code: DECSALE16
The Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix has launched a mega pre-Christmas sale action via its online CD/vinyl web store. Just...
Free download compilation from Alfa Matrix available now: ‘Matrix Downloaded 006’ – 45 tracks including lots of exclusive ones
With the 6th edition of the now classic free "Matrix Downloaded" label digital compilation, Belgium's Alfa Matrix label prepared the...
Side-Line introduces Avarice In Audio (feat. Mondträume) – listen now to ‘Crystal Tears’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 6th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by Australian outfit...
Exclusive preview complete new ‘Free’ EP Mondträume on Side-Line – listen now
The Spanish dark electropop act Mondträume return with a brand new EP, "Free", on November 4. Today Side-Line offers you...
Spanish electropop sensation Mondträume returns with ‘Free’ EP on limited fan-CDS edition and as HQ download
While the Spanish electropop sensation Mondträume are still in the studio busy recording their new album “Lovers, Liars & Sinners”...
Avarice In Audio – Crystal Tears (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-dance music, body-techno. Background/Info: Lawrie Bayldon (Studio-X, Cryogenic Echelon), Ayax (Ascension Ex, Cryogenic Echelon) and Gerry Hawkins earlier this year...
Dark Sounds Festival 2016: Covenant, Electro Spectre, Mondträume, Dark Side Eons
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Poznan, Poland was the host for the Dark Sounds Festival on June 25th....
Avarice In Audio – Apollo & Dionysus – Deluxe Edition (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-dance, techno-body music, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Lawrie Bayldon (Studio-X, Cryogenic Echelon), Ayax (Ascension Ex, Cryogenic Echelon) and Gerry Hawkins are...
Popular Avarice In Audio track with Mondträume singer on vocals gets the EP treatment: ‘Crystal Tears’ – listen / download now
The latest Avarice In Audio album "Apollo & Dionysus", their second so far and available as download and on CD,...
Alfa Matrix starts distributing its free ‘Sounds Of The Matrix 017’ CD with all online orders
All new orders going via the Alfa Matrix webstore will be including volume 17 of the label's popular free Sounds...
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Electro Spectre releases massive ‘Essentials’ compilation
(By Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange and Bernard Van Isacker) Out now is "Essentials", the platinum collection of the very...
2nd album Avarice In Audio, ‘Apollo & Dionysus’, out now as download and as 2CD set – preview the album here
In 2014 the Australian act Avarice In Audio released the "Shine & Burn" album showcasing the band's mix of dark...
Avarice In Audio announce 2nd album ‘Apollo & Dionysus’ – including 2CD set – listen to the first 3 tracks!
In 2014 the Australian act Avarice In Audio released the "Shine & Burn" album showcasing the band's mix of dark...
