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...
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Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) presents new track of deluxe edition Will Gregory Moog Ensemble album ‘Heat Ray: The Archimedes Project’
(Photo by Paul Heartfield) Goldfrapp co-creator Will Gregory has shared another track, "Parabolic Sleuth", from the upcoming deluxe edition of...
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...
Everything Goes Cold offers new single and video: ‘Nadir’
Ten years after the release of "Black Out the Sun" (Metropolis Records, 2014) the San Francisco, California-based act Everything Goes...
Plastikman debut ‘Sheet One’ out now on vinyl in a 30th anniversary edition
Richie Hawtin and Mute have announced the 30th anniversary edition of the Plastikman debut album, "Sheet One", set for release...
The legendary Belgian label Antler is coming back to life and immediately announces new releases
The legendary Belgian label Antler returns. Pioneering in the 80s and 90s and an absolute vanguard in the world of...
Mike Erkau (The_Empath) click interview: ‘My Master Is The Universe’
German musician Mike Erkau started making music forty years ago now! He got involved with multiple projects like Trackologists, Cosmic...
Working with Fad Gadget and Daniel Miller was an exciting treat says Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photos from the personal archives of Jean-Marc Lederman) This article draws from various updates posted by Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen,...
Inkubus Sukkubus conquers Brexit bureaucracy and sees last 2 albums distributed again in the EU
When Brexit struck in 2020 it meant a lot of problems for UK labels to keep their activity up and...
Tears for Fears announce North American tour for this summer
Roland Orzabal (60) and Curt Smith (60), also known as Tears for Fears, have announced a North American tour set...
Krate – It’s The Hope That Kills You (EP – Krate)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Ambient, Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Chris Shortt (Verin) and Roland Zwaga (Acidrodent, Construct)...
Click Interview with Akustikkoppler: ‘Our Music Is Timeless And Follows No Trends’
Akustikkoppler is the sonic symbiosis between two, legendary, German, Electronic, artists. Matthias Schuster (Das Institut, Bal Paré, Geisterfahrer, Im Namen...
Electro-industrial act Krate returns with new EP: ‘It’s The Hope That Kills You’
The Dutch electro-industrial band Krate (Chris Shortt from VERIN and Roland Zwaga from Acidrodent and Construct) is back with their...
Click Interview with Skren: ‘I Like The Idea Of Destruction And The Search For A Fresh Start’
Skren is a German duo driven by ‘Bias’ and ‘Poisa’. Hailing from Düsseldorf they this year self-released their second album...
Legendary Belgian post-punk Soviet War comes with new and old work
Out on October 7th is "Psychopuppets", the new album by the legendary Leuven based post-punk band Soviet War. The release...
Dave Smith, founder of synthesizer company Sequential and ‘father’ of MIDI, has died aged 72
(Photo via Sequential) This news got in our spam folder unfortunately, but the synthesizer company Sequential has informed that Dave...
Swedish gothic-rock band De Arma exclusively premieres new EP on Side-Line
(Photo by Nicklas Lundqvist) Out via Silent Future Recordings, but already exclusively streaming on Side-Line is the newest release by...
Tears For Fears dump ‘hit album’ and record all new album ‘The Tipping Point’
Eighteen years after their last release, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending", Tears For Fears - the duo consisting of Roland...
Interview with Trial: ‘Quality Will Stand The Measure Of Time’
Set up in 1991 by Torsten Schröder (vocals, drums) and Erick Miotke (keyboards), Trial gained instant success in the early...
‘Det er ikke hos meg det brenner’: dystopian EP from Norwegian duo EL/NeUe
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / EL/NeUe press release) The Norwegian duo EL/NeUe just released a new EP,...
‘Click Interview’ with Reality’s Despair: ‘Music Is An Art, Created By Your Brain And Shaped By Your Heart!’
Reality’s Despair is a Belgian solo-project, which was set up more than 20 years ago now. The project self-released numerous...
Live album for Steve Roach, ‘Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021’
Out via Timeroom Editions later next month is a live album by Steve Roach: "Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021". The...
Pioneering electronic act 808 State remixes Trance Wax’s ‘Eve’
Trance Wax is an alias of Belfast-born producer Garry McCartney, also known as Ejeca. His Trance Wax project began as...
EL/NeUe: ‘KRANK’ – an album 34 years in the making
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Kampenkontor press release) EL/NeUe from Norway released their album 'KRANK' June 1st...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘Click Interview’ with Paradox Obscur: ‘We Never Use Software Synths, Something That Sounds Too Sterile And Clinic’
Paradox Obscur is a Greek duo driven by ‘Toxic Razor’ and ‘Kriistal Ann’. They’re composing a kind of Electro/Wave-Pop characterized...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando): ‘I Probably Will Continue Writing Music Till I Drop Dead’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘Click Interview’ with LivingTotem: ‘A Ritual Cyber-Punk Dystopia In Industrial Technology’
LIVINGTOTEM is a Hungarian solo-project driven by András Gulyás. He released his first official album “40K” in 2014 on Advoxya...
Opera Multi Steel reissues ‘Cathédrale’ in a 35th anniversary edition
"Cathédrale" was the very first studio album of Opéra Multi Steel, originally released in 1985. Based on sounds of nowadays...
‘Click Interview’ with Tineidae: ‘I Love Telling Stories With Melodies’
TINEIDAE is a project I discovered back in 2012 by the “Lights”-album released on the now defunct Tympanik Audio. The...
Shopping for Synthesizers: A Beginner’s Guide
Without synthesizers, would industrial music exist? Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip bought his first Moog in 1982; once he learned...
The 5 best electronic drum pads on the market
In 1967, Felix Visser, a drummer playing with the Dutch pop band the VIPs, DIY-modified one of the pre-Roland Music-era...
‘Click Interview’ with Circumpolar: ‘There Is So Much Great New Music Within Our Genre Yet To Discover’
Circumpolar is a Swedish duo driven by Jonas Mattson and Patrik Wallin. They last year self-released their debut-EP “Until The...
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...
Erasure announce a brand new remastered & expanded 3CD edition of ‘Chorus’
On February 14th 2020 BMG will release the latest in their series of remastered and expanded Erasure CD reissues with...
‘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...
Interview with Erasure ‘s Vince Clarke, Mark Saunders and Gareth Jones on re-release ‘Wild!’ LP
(Interview © Janos Janurik) 2019 is a year full of anniversaries and anniversary releases and tours, just think of bands...
‘Click Interview’ with Markus Midnight: ‘Something Is So Great About A Singer Lip Syncing And Gyrating On An Empty Stage’
I never heard of Markus Midnight before he joined hands together with the Brazilian label Wave Records. This Canadian artist...
Legendary keyboard used by Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode) up for sale
Here's an item that will interest many Depeche Mode fans. Bonhams of London will be auctioning Alan Wilder’s original Roland...
Beranek: “Sound of danger” – concert and interview at Kulturhuset, Oslo, Oct. 25th 2018
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Photos by Einar Låker and Jan Ronald Stange) The seasoned Norwegian entertainer, comedian,...
‘Click Interview’ with Schicksal: ‘Stop Looking At Your Smartphone And Create Your Own Revolution’!
The ‘older’ electro fans familiar with EBM will probably remind Schicksal. This Belgian solo-project set up by Rudi Huybrechts released...
How did Jean-Marc Lederman end up with The The at The The Marquee gigs in 1982?
A few days ago Jean-Marc Lederman - the man who worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, Gene Loves Jezebel,...
Ljungblut premieres music video for “Hasselblad”
(Photo: Bjørn Opsahl) (By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Karisma Records press release. Photos by Bjørn Opsahl and...
‘The Chaser’ single from The Ghostly Ravens – new exciting project from Fredrikstad
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Imagine David Lynch producing an offspring of The Jesus And Mary Chain and...
‘Click Interview’ with Maschine Brennt: ‘Kraftwerk Is Very Important For Maschine Brennt’
Behind Maschine Brennt is hiding Joacim Thenander. This Swedish musician has been involved with numerous bands and multiple music genres,...
Stef Animal – Top Gear (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, dream-pop. Background/Info: The name Stef Animal doesn’t maybe say something. She’s a member of The Golden Awesome...
‘Click Interview’ with Pro Patria: ‘You Had To Feel The Pain’
Pro Patria Belgian formation Pro Patria has been set up by Peter Vercauteren (PVC). The band was mainly active during...
Side-Line interviews Mute label boss Daniel Miller: ‘The Lederman / De Meyer version (of ‘Back To Nature’) is very good!’
(Photo by Diane Zillmer) Out next month is the debut album by Lederman / De Meyer. On that album (titled...
‘Click Interview’ with Sleepwalk: ‘Sleepwalk Is A Place To Canalize The Darker Emotions
Sleepwalk celebrates their 25th anniversary by the release of the new album “Tempus Vincit Omnia”. Core member Bruno Ruch, Andreas...
Tears For Fears launch new single ‘I Love You But I’m Lost’ to promote new ‘best of’
Out on November 10th is "Rule The World", a collection of the biggest hits from Tears For Fears including two...
‘Click Interview’ with K.I.F.O.T.H.: ‘The Album Is Written In Journalistic Style And With A View To Processing The Summary Report On The State Of The World’
Kneel In Front Of The Hangman, later on renamed into Kneel In Front Of The Executioner is already active since...
Yet another pre-Front 242 project is being resurrected and released on vinyl: Daniel B. Prothèse – listen here
We already informed you a few days ago that the pre-Front 242 project Underviewer was back alive (and there is...
Electro Spectre label Crab Key Records releases album from the brand new project Model1
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The new project led by producer Isak Rypdal will present raw electronic music...
Listen to an exclusive preview of the new 11-track album by one of France’s best electropop product Foretaste!
Here's great news for all those into great female fronted electropop. The French top electropop act Foretaste returns with a...
Portion Control – “We aren’t musicians so for us the mouse is still the best tool!” – Tech-Talk with DJ Wildhoney
In 1980 Portion Control, one of the biggest and most underground and influential electropunk/industrial/EBM acts of the UK was formed...
Leaether Strip – “I hate all this gear snobbery!” – Tech-Talk with DJ Wildhoney
The Danish EBM/Industrial project Leaether Strip was founded in 1988 by Claus Larsen. Leaether Strip will tour North-America in March/April...
T.Raumschmiere – ‘I don’t give a sh** where it comes from … analog, digital, a cow’s fart … who cares?’ – Tech-Talk with DJ Wildhoney
T.Raumschmiere is the electro-punk project of the German techno-producer Marco Haas. He runs his own label Shitkatapult and very recently released...
Gary Numan – ‘After doing this for over 35 years I still get excited about what’s around the corner’ – Tech-Talk with DJ Wildhoney
Gary Numan (who currently lives in Los Angeles) was the lead singer of the British new-wave band Tubeway Army before...
Container 90 – Roller Derby Girls (CD EP – Sham Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-punk. Content: Container 90 is one of those hard-core EBM combo’s with a typical punkish sound on top....
