‘Click Interview’ with Dunkelwerk: ‘The War Setting Is A Metaphor’
Martin V. Kester aka ‘Losttrooper’ is already active under the Dunkelwerk moniker for several years now. He this year released...
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0Kontrol – 3rdeye2ndhand (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: 0Kontrol saw the daylight early 2018. The band was set up as an internet-project between...
V/A A Tribute To Depeche Mode Vol.3 (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-electro, EBM, gothic, industrial. Background/Info: Alfa Matrix clearly has something with Depeche Mode while the electro-pop masters remain...
Grauzone get’s culthit ‘Eisbär’ reissued as a 3-track 40th anniversary limited 12 inch
Out via WRWTFWW Records in early May is the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single "Eisbär". The release...
Darkwave act KePESLAP releases video for brand new single ‘Este van’
KePESLAP is an international (on distance) collaboration side-project between Imiafan (from Slovakia) and Makina Girgir (from France). The project formed...
Daniel Hall – The Collection (USB Key Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Daniel Hall celebrates his tenth full length album with a real special production. “The Collection” is partly...
‘Click Interview’ with Alien Skin: ‘With A Change Of Attitude Comes The Choice Of ‘Sound’ Itself’
Alien Skin is an Australian synth-pop project set up in 2008 by George Pappas. George has been involved with the...
Schnodig releases second album “Et rop om hjelp”
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Norwegian synth-pop trio Schnodig * just released their follow-up "Et rop om...
Ultranoire – Isolation (CD EP – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) the duo Josef Stapel - Szilard Kun have already released...
‘Wave Earplug No.3’ vinyl compilation out now
Out now on 4mg Records is "Wave Earplug No.3", the third volume of the vinyl series which started in 2017....
First official single ‘Zugzwang’ by the duo Dark-o-matic out now – check the video!
Out now is "Zugzwang", the first official single by the duo Dark-o-matic, which recently signed to the fine label SkyQode....
‘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...
Exclusive preview Berlin Taxi’s newest synth-pop single, ‘Everybody Changes’
Processed with VSCO with c8 preset Berlin Taxi is a New Orleans based synth-pop band set to release their debut...
Mark Hollis of Talk Talk is no more, the cult frontman dies aged 64. Alan Wilder comments.
Update: a comment by Alan Wilder on Mark Hollis from Talk Talk was added. Mark Hollis, frontman of the band...
‘Click Interview’ with !Distain: ‘The Band Is More Important Than The Ego’
Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser both remain the single members on board of !distain. This German electro-pop formation is active...
‘Click Interview’ with Tobias Bernstrup: ‘We Are Lost In-Between Real And Virtual Life’
Tobias Bernstrup is maybe not the most renowned artist dealing with electro-pop- and Italo-disco music, but I personally consider him...
Subject:2 – Forward/Return (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Subject:2 is a new name active at the wider fields of synth-pop music. The English duo Gary...
!Distain – Farewell To The Past (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Ano 2018 German synth-pop formation !Distain became a duo. Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser both remain the...
‘Click Interview’ with Melotron: ‘We Lost The Sense Why We Are Making Music’
Melotron Some of you might remind The Vermin, which was the first band featuring the German trio Andy Krüger, Edgar...
‘Click Interview’ with Hidden Souls: ‘You Can Have The Talent, But Without Money The World Doesn’t Turn’
Set up in 2005, Hidden Souls is an Argentinean band based in Buenos Aires. They got featured on a few...
State Of The Union – Mindless (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Californian based Johann Sebastian is back after a hiatus of four years. While we’re eagerly expecting the...
Machinista – Black Tide (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: John Lindqwister (also involved with Cat Rapes Dog) and Richard Flow (also member of Vision Talk) are...
Electro Spectre: “A Man-Made Sun” album release interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) On October 19th Isak Rypdal and Alexander Bjørneboe of Electro Spectre returns with...
Melotron – Für Alle (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Andy Krüger, Edgar Slatnow and Kay Hildebrandt started in the early 90s as The Vermin. In 1995...
‘Click Interview’ with Huminoida: ‘There’s Enough Moronic Shouting On The Internet’
Kimmo Karjalainen got some recognition as member of Media Disease and Neuroactive. In 2007 he set up Huminoida and started...
Logic & Olivia – Louder Than Words (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: This is the fourth full length album for the German band Logic & Olivia. René Anke, Kalle...
Blue Images – Her Light (CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: It all started in 2013 as a solo-project, but New-York (USA) based Blue Images finally became...
Analogue-X – Course Of Life (CD Album – RMP Records/Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Analogue-X is a brand-new German synth-pop formation. Set up in 2017 by René Mußbach, Susan Mußbach...
Page – Start (CD EP – Energy Rekords)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish Page formation remains one of the oldest synth-pop formations active in their homeland. Set up in...
Vogon Poetry – Life. The Universe And Everything (CD Album – Audite Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish pop-invaders Roger Tell, Daniel Önnerby and John Andersson are back on track unleashing their third album...
Assemblage 23’s Tom Shear launches new project Helix – check the trailer
Helix is the brand new collaboration between Tom Shear (Assemblage 23) and vocalist Mari Kattman (known for her work with...
‘Click Interview’ with Tycho Brahe: ‘It Is Painful To See Very Little Financial Return On The Recorded Work Through These Streaming Services’
Set up in 1993 by Ken Evans and Georgina Emery, Australian formation Tycho Brahe recently released the “Triplex ”-album on...
Electro Spectre – Bullets & Desert Blooms 2018 Re-Work (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: While the Norwegian electro-pop duo is working on a new album, Razgrom Music is revisiting the back...
