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Color Theory – Depeche Mode (Album – Eleventh Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American musician Brian Hazard has been active as Color Theory since the late 90s. One of his main sources.
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Bara Hari releases new music video ‘Weapon’
Dark pop act Bara Hari has announced the release of her new music video “Weapon”. “Weapon” is inspired by her many experiences with psychological and.
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Greek/Austrian synth-pop duo Marva Von Theo drop sophomore album ‘Afterglow’ via Wave Records
The Greek/Austrian electropop / synthwave duo Marva Von Theo, aka Marva Voulgari and Theo Foinidis, are to release their sophomore album “Afterglow” via Wave Records..
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‘Click Interview’ with DIE BRAUT: ‘Music Has To Be Sexy In All Its Dimensions’
Chilean duo Die BRAUT has been set up in 2007 by singer Katia Figueroa Letelier and composer Voz y Líricas Cristián Soto Vanell. DIE BRAUT.
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‘Click Interview’ with My Love Kills: ‘The EBM Formula Is More Open Than When You Make Synth-Pop’
MY LOVE KILLS is the sonic meeting between two artists from different countries, but still from different music universes. Swedish musician Fredrik Sigeback gained some.
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Diorama – Tiny Missing Fragments (Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dark-Popk, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Diorama is now active for twenty four years and this new opus is the band’s tenth album..
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Strikkland interview: ‘Here we are, seven months, three singles and one EP later.’
(Interview by Simon Helm / photo by Krichan Wihlborg) Sweden’s love affair with EBM goes back a long way. Bands like Pouppée Fabrikk, Container 90,.
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Softwave – Game On 1Up (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dance-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Danish Electro-Pop duo Softwave has been active since 2014. Catrine Christensen and Jerry Olsen released several singles and.
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Digital Energy – Nostalgia (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: German duo Digital Energy last year struck back with their first album (cf. “Tempest”) in eleven years. I have to.
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Before a-ha there was Bridges – 2nd album ‘Våkenatt’ finally released to larger public 40 years after being recorded
Bridges were a Norwegian rock band formed in Oslo, Norway in 1978. It is notable for being the predecessor to synth pop band a-ha. The.
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Alka interview: ‘Working with Vince Clarke has been an absolutely amazing experience and completely inspiring’
(Text by Janos Janurik / Photo by Erika Tele) Vince Clarke has not only worked diligently on the current Erasure album “The Neon”, but he.
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Swedish electro pop act The Ghost Of Helags launch brand new single – listen here
Something nice arrived this afternoon from the Warsaw Recordings HQ, namely the new single from The Ghost Of Helags: “Night Summer Waiting”. The track is.
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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 to make sounds with it,.
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Erasure Interview: ‘Music has always been a comfort. I think that’s especially true right now’
(Interview by János Janurik – Photo by Phil Sharp) Erasure is going to release their 18th studio album, ‘The Neon’ on 21st August. Their first.
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Subject.2 – Love Betrayal Deceit (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Gary Starky and Sandra Tully are back with their second opus, which just as “Forward/Return” is driven by good-old.
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V/A Hungarian Allstars Synthpop Compilation Volume 1 (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation will reveal to the international electro-pop community there’s a synth-pop scene in Hungary! The idea.
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Dark-O-Matic – New Hope (Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dark-O-Matic duo was set up in 2017 by Greg Dovas and later on joined by singer Piero Delux. After.
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Technique – Connected (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Alex Tibaldi and Robert Tibaldi are already busy for quite a long time. “Connected” is their third opus released.
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Steve Whitfield (producer The Cure / The Mission) and French singer Fabrice Nau form synthpop / darkwave act Scenius
Scenius is a synth-pop / dark-wave duo composed of Leeds (UK) based producer Steve Whitfield (The Cure, The Mission, Jane Weaver…) and French singer Fabrice.
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Plazmabeat – Utazók (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hungarian synth-pop duo Laczó Niki (vocals) – Grag Velvet (music) unleashed their newest opus in 2019. It took them.