Neon Insect is the musical alter ego of Nils Sinatsch. Having already released several works, he returns with a continuation of the dystopian world he previously developed. Musically, the sound is dark, blending atmospheric Dark-Electro with Industrial-Pop. The production feels bombastic, yet features dream-like strings that soften the edges. The vocals, on the other hand, are harsh and devilish. Toward the end of the album, there are even hints of Dub-like elements. This new work is varied, making it both engaging and easy to listen to. (Rating:7).

Listen to “Love sex + Robots”:

About Neon Insect

Neon Insect is the solo project of Nils Sinatsch, a musician and producer based in Hanover, Germany. He fuses industrial, electronica and cyberpunk elements into concept albums with dark, dystopian themes set in a fictional, Orwellian state.

After the album “Abatron”, the album “Glitches” arrived in February 2018, featuring Claus Larsen (Leaether Strip) on the track “L.L.t.Q.”. The full-length “New Moscow Underground” introduced the New Moscow narrative, an alternative reality where the Cold War went hot, and was followed by the album “Love, Sex & Robots” and the singles “Rewired” (2023) and “There Is Beauty In Noise” (2024).

“Liberty Flowers”, released in 2024 as a digital, CD and cassette album, continues that dystopian world and is the album reviewed here.

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The new single “There Is Beauty In Noise” by German industrial artist Neon Insect is out now. The track is what the band calls “a cacophony of heavy drums, industrial noises and razorsharp synthesizers”, all this accompanied by the distorted vocals of Nils Sinatsch himself.

The single delves back into the dystopian narrative of New Moscow, where there is societal unrest against the oppressive regime of the “New Russian Empire”. The single is the follow-up to the previous single “Love Sex + Robots”.

Nils explains: “This new release is serving as a powerful invitation to a rebellion, while also being a warning to the oppressing forces within the fictional world of New Moscow, as well as in reality. Sometimes it requires destructive chaos to form something new and better.”

Neon Insect is the pseudonym of Nils Sinatsch, a musician and producer based in Hanover, Germany. As Neon Insect, he specializes in fusing industrial, electronica, and cyberpunk genres, and has released several concept albums, including “Glitches” and “New Moscow Underground”. His music is characterized by dark, dystopian, and futuristic themes, set in a fictional, Orwellian state.

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Nils Sinatsch, the mastermind behind the electro-industrial music project Neon Insect, has released his new single, “Rewired”.

Soundwise you’ll quickly hear that Nils found it difficult to continue on the cyberpunk, dystopian-themed path that began on the preceding release; the full-length LP, “New Moscow Underground”. “Rewired” will also appear on the upcoming album, “Love, Sex & Robots”.

In the conceptual series – you can only name it like this – Sinatsch tells tales from New Moscow, New York in an alternative reality, where the cold war went hot and the Soviets won (quite frightening in today’s reality). As a citizen of Hanover/”Germanograd” by day and a rebel by night, Neon Insect fetches the stories through the cyber web from his contacts in New Moscow – the only habitable city in a nuked America where cyborgs rule the streets, where lower Manhattan is a prison and the last bastion of the local rebellion.

Here’s the video for “Rewired”.

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“Glitches” is the brand new album by Neon Insect, and offers dark electro/electronica with a combination of fast vocal tracks and rather calm instrumentals.

Good to know, Claus Larsen (Leaether Strip) is featured on one of the album tracks, namely “L.L.t.Q.”. Also audible is that compared to its precursor “Abatron”, you’ll find a lot less guitars onb this album. Other featured artists are french composer Enlia (“The Council”) and Twill.Distilled (“To The Moon And Back”).

“Glitches” will hit the stores on February, 16th. Pre order starts on January, 15th. Along with the digital release, “Glitches” will also have a limited edition on tape for those who embrace the 90s.

You can preview the album below.

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