French Body-Techno guru Terence Fixmer returns with a new EP featuring three tracks.

The title track closes the release and showcases Fixmer at his best — a dark and brutal piece with raw, unpolished production that feels like a perfect cross-pollination between Techno and Industrial. The other two tracks are remixes of familiar pieces from his latest album, “The Paradox In Me” (2024). Remixed by Oliver Rosemann and Marcel Dettmann, they sound more restrained and rooted in a classic Dark-Techno style.

There’s nothing bad to say about either remix, but next to the title track by the master himself, they inevitably feel a bit pale. (Rating:7½).

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About Terence Fixmer

Terence Fixmer began producing electronic music in the late 1990s and launched his label Planete Rouge in 1998. His debut album, “Muscle Machine” (2001, International Deejay Gigolos), introduced a fusion of Techno and EBM that he continued to refine across later works.

In the mid-2000s, he collaborated with the late Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb under the name Fixmer/McCarthy. Subsequent albums include “Comedy of Menace” (2010, Electric Deluxe), “Depth Charged” (2015, CLR), “Through the Cortex” (2018, Ostgut Ton), and “Shifting Signals” (2022, Mute). He has also remixed Depeche Mode, Front 242, and Sven Väth.

Fixmer is based in France. The “Magnetic North” EP follows the 2023 album “The Paradox In Me” on NovaMute, and includes remixes by Oliver Rosemann and Marcel Dettmann alongside the title track.

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French electronic artist Terence Fixmer has released a new three-track EP titled “Magnetic North“, available now via NovaMute, alongside an extended digital edition of his 2023 album “The Paradox In Me”.

But first things first, the “Magnetic North” EP features 3 tracks. Regarding the new EP Fixmer says that “it serves as a bridge between ‘The Paradox In Me’ and the sound of my future album, which will be lean towards the club, and be more techno, and hypnotic with raw sounds.”

The title track “Magnetic North” arrives with a video.

Accompanying the EP, NovaMute has also issued an extended digital edition of “The Paradox In Me“, Fixmer’s second full-length for Mute/NovaMute, originally released in 2023. This edition includes three new tracks:

1. “In Synthesis (Vocal Mix)”
2. “Razor Sharp (Version Two)”
3. “Close to You (Live Version)”

About Terence Fixmer

Terence Fixmer began producing electronic music in the late 1990s and launched his label Planete Rouge in 1998. His debut album, “Muscle Machine” (2001, International Deejay Gigolos), introduced a fusion of techno and EBM – a hybrid sound he continued to refine across later works.

In the mid-2000s, he collaborated with the late Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb under the name Fixmer/McCarthy, further bridging the gap between EBM and techno.

Subsequent albums include “Comedy of Menace” (2010, Electric Deluxe), “Depth Charged” (2015, CLR), “Through the Cortex” (2018, Ostgut Ton), and “Shifting Signals” (2022, Mute).

Fixmer also has remixed a string of artists such as Depeche Mode, Front 242, and Sven Väth. He is currently based in France and continues to perform internationally. Read the review of ‘Magnetic North’.

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French electronic producer Terence Fixmer has announced a new three-track EP titled “Magnetic North”, set for release on July 16 via NovaMute / Mute. Ahead of the release, Fixmer has unveiled a remix of “Evolve” by German techno artist Marcel Dettmann.

The remix reworks one of the key tracks from Fixmer’s latest album “The Paradox in Me” – Fixmer’s second album for Mute / NovaMute – and will be included on the upcoming EP. “Magnetic North” will also feature a remix of “Another End” by German DJ Oliver Rosemann, founder of the Recorded Things imprint, and a new title track that Fixmer says “serves as a bridge between ‘The Paradox in Me’ and the sound of my future album, which will be more techno, and hypnotic with raw sounds.”

Fixmer comments: “Marcel chose ‘Evolve’ to remix, he always likes tracks when I put my voice to it. I love the way it starts with a dubby direction, before developing into electronic club sequence and bringing on the voice. Marcel is so creative, it’s an honour to share this remix.”

The remix is part of a larger release schedule for Fixmer. An extended edition of “The Paradox in Me” will also arrive on July 16, featuring three additional tracks: “In Synthesis (Vocal Mix)”, “Razor Sharp (Version Two)”, and “Close to You (Live Version)”.

About Terence Fixmer

Terence Fixmer is a French techno and EBM producer who launched his career in the late 1990s by founding the Planete Rouge label in 1998. He gained recognition for blending industrial and techno with his 2001 debut “Muscle Machine”. His collaborative project Fixmer/McCarthy with Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) yielded two albums that fused EBM with techno aesthetics.

His remix work spans artists such as Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Depeche Mode, Ellen Allien, DJ Hell, Dave Clarke, and Sven Väth. Fixmer’s discography includes multiple releases on NovaMute, Electric Deluxe, CLR, and Ostgut Ton.

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Last September, Alfa Matrix released the 7th studio album from AD:KEY, “0609” (available via Bandcamp): a release full of energy, strong old-school EBM basslines, catchy synth melodies, and addictive choruses, all highlighted by their unique male/female vocal interplay. NITZER EBB’s power meets KRAFTWERK’s melody for a smashing album evoking AND ONE or FRONT 242!

S. First of all, congratulations on the release of “0609” and your wedding anniversary! September 6th must hold a lot of personal significance for you both. Can you share how you spent your anniversary this year and what this date means to you in both your personal and professional lives? 

R. Thank you for your kind wishes. September 6th has a very big meaning for us indeed. We wanted to show the whole world that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. This year we spent our 16th wedding anniversary at the NCN Festival. The night before I performed at the NCN with Orange Sector. Andrea and I met at a festival 17 years ago, married 16 years ago and gave our first AD:keY concert in Kassel on that very day. So a wedding concert!

S. “0609” is described as your most personal album to date, reflecting your deep bond as a couple and bandmates. How did your relationship influence the creative process behind this release? Were there any moments that felt especially emotional or cathartic during the making of the album?

R. We are married, but at the same time we are best friends. We can tell each other anything and don’t shy away from criticizing each other. Because we have set up our studio at home, we can work on music at any time. Alone or together, whatever suits us. Of course there are emotional moments. Especially when a track gives us goosebumps at the same time. I think especially with the songs “Your Eyes” and “Two Souls” we felt a sense of deep connection…

S. The male/female vocal interplay is a core element of your sound. How do you approach balancing your voices and perspectives in the music? Are there specific tracks on “0609” where you feel this dynamic really shines?

R. That’s a tough question! My favorite on the album is “Your Eyes.” The song is based on Andrea’s voice. My voice can only be heard in the background during the chorus. Where a female voice is needed or rather a male voice, we also use it. Andrea finds the outro of the album, the song “0609”, particularly successful. Here both voices appear in a balanced ratio…

S. This album celebrates not only your relationship but also your dedication to the EBM genre. How do you see your sound evolving on “0609,” and what were your main influences or inspirations while working on this album?

R. I think we have undergone a lot of development in the last few years. Our songs seem (at least we think so) more grown-up, more mature than on the first albums. They are more classic, melodic old school EBM songs with a somewhat rough instrumentalization. We only use hardware synthesizers, many of which are analog devices. This makes the sound warm and rich – and somehow everything sounds a little like electronics from the end of the 80s. I think this is a new quality feature of “0609”. We like that sound because we grew up with it. These are our sources of inspiration. Our song “The Evil God,” for example, makes me think a little of Bigod 20 with its sounds and samples, for example the tracks “Kreusch” and “The Big Bang.” I’m a big Bigod 20 fan. Or the sequencer runs on the songs “Heartbeat” and “By Your Side” could perhaps have come from Nitzer Ebb. Andrea has been a Nitzer Ebb fan since she was a child. Some of the sounds on “0609” sound a bit like Armageddon Dildos, which I was a keyboard player for on stage for years. Uwe Kanka, the mastermind of Armageddon Dildos, finally insisted on contributing the vocals for our song “Feel the Beat” in the chorus. We have been friends with Uwe for years; after all, Uwe is originally from Kassel, just like Andrea. They even attended the same school, except that Uwe learned there a bunch of years before Andrea (laugh).  I would perhaps mention Terence Fixmer and Miss Kittin as further influences – and of course Front 242 and Kraftwerk.

S. The album comes with a bonus CD featuring remixes by artists like ORANGE SECTOR, ZWEITE JUGEND, and even your side project RECTOR SCANNER. How did you decide which artists to collaborate with for these remixes, and how does it feel to have your music reinterpreted by others?

R. First of all, thank you again to all the remixers. Almost all of us know each others personally and are mostly friends with each other. Whenever we hear a remix for the first time, we are amazed at how different such new recordings are from the original and what new ideas the remixers have contributed. Since we know what our friends’ music sounds like with their own projects, we could already guess in advance which direction the mixes could go. With the Bodewell (Orange Sector) remix we knew it was going to be a club number that was going to be a blast. The TC 75 mix would be more ambient – and “Zweite Jugend” will sound like “Zweite Jugend”. “Aktion:Fiasko” definitely had to be there because the project is new, crisp and fresh. Franzi (the front woman) lives a few doors down from us. But we didn’t know that we would be presented with such a bright mix of “The Evil God” that will certainly attract attention in the club. The Miseria Ultima remix was also a big surprise because we had only known this band for a short time.

S. Considering the intimate nature of “0609” and your long-standing relationship as both partners and bandmates, how do you manage to maintain that balance between personal life and the creative energy needed for your music? 

R. For us, making music is part of our private lives. It mainly takes place on the weekends, after dinner on Friday or Saturday evening. If the creative energy isn’t there, we do something different: we meet up with friends, go to concerts, or go to readings in my favorite bookstore “Otherland” in Berlin Kreuzberg where we gather strength and find new ideas.

S. As you celebrate this milestone with “0609,” what does the future hold for AD:KEY? Are there any upcoming projects, collaborations, or special plans that fans can look forward to?

R. Of course we pause for a moment when a project like a new album that we have been working on for almost 4 years is finished. It’s like closing a book you’ve read. And then you look around for something new, you look around and start the next project. We will definitely play some concerts, for example in March 2025 at the E-Only Festival in Leipzig. We have some remixes in the pipeline for other bands. There are already a few song ideas for our Rector Scanner project. In the future there will be a new Rector Scanner album. At the moment we are planning another AD:keY single from the current album, which should be released in the next months.  Another AD:keY song is also finished, which was originally supposed to be on the album “0609”, but ultimately didn’t fit thematically. This song was sung by Martin Bodewell (Orange Sector). We also want to release this song somewhere!  Andrea has also been active as a guest singer with VillaBorghese (side project of Ex Trial / Trilogy) in recent months and will certainly be heard there more often. In addition, Andrea is planning a project that she would like to launch together with exclusively female musicians, including Franzi from Aktion:Fiasko and Lily from MDS 51. Female Electronic Music – “FEM”.

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(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Photos by Tarjei Krogh, Truls A. Bakken and Jan Ronald Stange) After the successful shows in Langen, Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Oberhausen earlier this year, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb started November 2023 with the second round of the ‘Join The Forces’ tour.

They kicked off in Oslo, the capital of Norway, and then headed to Sweden, offering fans in Gothenburg the chance to experience this unique package. The tour’s final shows in Germany will take place in Munich and Heidelberg, being the last opportunity to see these two legends share the stage in a single evening.

The opening act in Norway and Sweden were the up-and-coming Swedish queen of EBM, REIN, bringing her aggressive voice and beats. Douglas McCarthy’s longtime collaborator Terence Fixmer will open the evening at the German shows.

Like many in the audience, I too was curious about the health of Douglas when Nitzer Ebb entered the stage and how it would affect his performance. We all noticed a somewhat frail frontman at the start, but as the show progressed and both audience and band were warmed up, he seemed better and better, leaving us very happy with their concert.

Front 242 started, as usual, with their waving flashlight in ‘First In/First Out’, and was energetic throughout their whole show. The highlight for most was ‘Headhunter’, making the whole audience jump and the floor literally moving!

Must also mention that Tarjei Krogh, the photografer of the NEP/F242 photos (here caught on camera himself taking these photos), also are a musician and producer in various EBM/electronic bands since the 80’s! Do check out his most recent project Norwegian Giants!

About Front 242

Front 242 formed in 1981 in Aarschot, near Leuven, Belgium, founded by Daniel Bressanutti (electronics, production) and Dirk Bergen (graphic design). Patrick Codenys (keyboards, programming) and vocalist Jean-Luc De Meyer joined in 1982, and Richard “23” Jonckheere (electronic percussion, backing vocals) joined in 1983 as Bergen moved into a design and management role. The band’s 1984 album “No Comment” was among the first releases to use the term “electronic body music” in its liner notes. Front 242 signed to Wax Trax! in the US in 1984, then released “Official Version” (1987) and “Front by Front” (1988) via Red Rhino Europe/PIAS, and “Tyranny (For You)” (1991) via Epic, its highest-charting album in the US.

Drummer Tim Kroker joined for live performances in 2008. The band’s most recent studio album, “Pulse,” was released via XIII Bis/Metropolis in 2003. In 2023, Front 242 co-headlined the “Join The Forces” tour of Europe with fellow EBM group Nitzer Ebb, alternating headline sets across dates including Berlin, Amsterdam, Oslo and Munich.

Front 242 announced its farewell “Black Out” tour in March 2024 and played its final three shows at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on 23-25 January 2025. The live album “Black Out,” drawn from more than forty farewell-tour shows, was released via Alfa Matrix on 19 June 2026. The band’s final lineup was Bressanutti, De Meyer, Codenys, Richard 23 and Kroker. The 2023 tour paired Front 242 with fellow EBM pioneers Nitzer Ebb across European dates, with onstage crossovers between the two bands.

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Prior to the Nitzer Ebb concert at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach in November 2021, the band’s frontman Douglas McCarthy suffered complications from a pre-existing, non Covid related medical condition. He was admitted to hospital and was declared stable and undergoing continued treatment and observation so the band’s management informed.

Despite the illness of Douglas McCarthy, the tour continued with Bon Harris stepping in to perform lead vocals. This was a temporary lineup, yet a special one for those who were at the concerned shows. The band was at that moment on tour including the original band members David Gooday and Simon Granger.

Since then McCarthy has been working on his health and comeback. In a 2022 video he announced he was indeed coming back to the stage.

But he is back now, and we have seen him perform across Europe, including last night in Oslo together with Front 242. He is not the old one yet, but he’s clearly enjoying the shows. And that is what counts after all.

Welcome back Douglas!

About Douglas McCarthy

Douglas (John) McCarthy (born 1 September 1966) is the vocalist of the English EBM band Nitzer Ebb. Apart from Nitzer Ebb he has appeared on multiple recordings by Recoil (Alan Wilder) and has released material in collaboration with DJ Terence Fixmer as Fixmer/McCarthy. He also contributed vocals to tracks by Die Krupps, Motor, KLOQ (band), Client, and Kenneth James Gibson’s Reverse Commuter project.

After Nitzer Ebb originally split, McCarthy began his work with Recoil, then left the music business and focused on film studies and design in Cambridge. He moved to London in 2000 to work in the advertising field.

McCarthy’s first solo album was originally titled “Life Is Sucking the Life Out of Me”. The album was written, recorded and mixed at Easier with songwriter/musician/producer Stephen Papke and British house DJ/producer Mark “Blakkat” Bell. All songs were co-written by McCarthy, Papke and Bell. Performing as Douglas J. McCarthy, his first solo album, “Kill Your Friends”, was released in November 2012 on the Los Angeles-based label Pylon Records followed by the EP “Move On” in 2013.

McCarthy then collaborated with Headman and producer Scott Fraser on the “Noise” EP, and with Cyrus Rex on the “DJMREX” EP.

You can read a long interview with Douglas McCarthy here on Side-Line.

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(Photo by Richard Drumas) Out September 15, 2023 via mute is Yann Tiersen’s “Kerber Complete” boxset with newly recorded solo piano version of his 2021 album “Kerber”. In total the box set collates four very different versions of “Kerber”.

You’ll get Yann Tiersen’s 2021 album built on modular synthesis and sampling, “11 5 18 2 5 18”, the modular recomposition of Kerber, a brand new solo piano recording of Kerber and an album of remixes and reworkings from the likes of Terence Fixmer, Beatrice Dillon and Laurel Halo, as well as remixes by Tiersen of NEU!, Keeley Forsyth, Michael Price and Simon Fisher Turner & Edmund de Waal.

The news comes alongside the first details of a Summer tour that Tiersen is embarking on with Quinquis, aka Emilie Tiersen who recently released “SEIM”, an electronic album. The two artists will depart from their home on the Ushant, an island off the Breton coast, to set sail for a tour of Celtic lands and the Faroe Islands.

And you can take that ‘set sail’ literally as the duo will be traveling on their sailboat, Ninnog, named after a medieval mother superior who traveled from Wales to Brittany, becoming a protector of women and a champion of sustainability and forestry, to a series of performances in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England and the Faroe Islands.

Here’s the Ninnog summer tour short film.

Also available now is Yann Tiersen’s “Live in Passengers”, an ARTE Concert recorded live at Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport, now a public park.

Tourdates

• 6/16/2023 Cork, Connolly’s of Leap (Yann Tiersen)
• 6/18/2023 – Cork, Live at St Luke’s (Yann Tiersen)
• 6/24/2023 – Dublin, Whelans (Yann Tiersen)
• 6/29/2023 – Belfast, Empire (Yann Tiersen)
• 7/15/2023 – Faroe Islands, G Fest (Yann Tiersen & QUINQUIS)
• 8/8/2023 – Edinburgh, Liquid Room (Yann Tiersen)
• 8/22/2023 – Liverpool, 24 Kitchen St (Yann Tiersen)
• 8/25/2023 – Wales, Ara Deg (Yann Tiersen)
• 8/26/2023 – Wales, Ara Deg (QUINQUIS)

More dates to be added.

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Alfa Matrix and Front 242 have decided to do a new pressing for the “Rewind” 12″ vinyl in a different colour after the initial pressing (in blue colour) sold out in just a few hours. The label hopes to have the pressing in stock by early December although they add that “manufacturing delays are very unstable (and) we will let you all know as soon as an availability date gets confirmed.”

You can order the new pressing on yellow vinyl right here from Alfa Matrix.

The release was initially bound to be an exclusive double-celebration anniversary release for the Alfa Matrix label’s 20th birthday and Front 242’s 40th anniversary but history decided otherwise as we all know by now.

The 4-track 12-inch solid yellow color vinyl again features the flashy yellow / blue artwork design of Etienne Auger featuring 4 remixes by Terence Fixmer, The Hacker, Radical G and Kant Kino revisiting the tracks “No Shuffle”, “Don’t Crash” and “Take One”.

The 50 (fifty!) first orders from the official Alfa Matrix e-shop which also include at least one additional release from the list of CD’s/Vinyls below will receive 2 exclusive numbered vintage Front 242 band pix printed in A4 size on 170 gr silk coated paper (only one per package shipped ).

Below are the CDs to choose from:

• Psy’aviah – Bittersweet 2CD Box
• Imjudas – Yrjudas 2CD Box
• First Aid 4 Souls – I Am The Night CD
• Entrzelle – Dust On A Razorblade CD
• Reichsfeind – Darken CD
• Metroland – 4 (Transparent Crystal) 12″ Colour Vinyl
• Metroland – 4 (Solid Red) 12″ Colour Vinyl
• Alien Vampires – Kinky To Hell Lp Vinyl
• Pouppee Fabrikk – The Dirt Lp Vinyl
• Avarice In Audio – Our Idols Are Filth CD

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Terence Fixmer has shared his brand new single, “Synthetic Mind”, the latest to be taken from his forthcoming album, “Shifting Signals” – set for release on double vinyl, CD and digitally on 2 December 2022.

Talking about the single, Fixmer, who cites John Carpenter’s scores as a source of inspiration for the track, explains: “I wanted give people a direct movie image in their head when they listen to it.”

Talking about “Shifting Signals”, the follow up to 2018’s album “Through the Cortex”, he says: “On each album I aim for something different but I retain the core sound, which is always there and often dark and melancholic. Sometimes the balance tips slightly and on this album, I’m striving to be freer and open myself up more to melody.”

Listen to “Synthetic Mind” below.

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(Photo by Katja Ruge) Terence Fixmer has announced details of his debut album for Mute, “Shifting Signals”, out 2 December 2022. Out already is the first single, “Corne de Brume”. For Fixmer it’s a dream coming true as he has always been a big fan of the UK label which housed and still houses a lot of his favorite electronic acts.

“Shifting Signals” is the follow up to 2018’s album “Through the Cortex” and is conceptually based around a vivid sci-fi world where deep space stretches out infinitely and was sparked by a formative childhood viewing of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien. “I was totally traumatized but at the same time fascinated by it,” he recalls. “I kept thinking about the images from the film while I was making this album.”

You can listen to “Corne de Brume” right below.

Fixmer has a few live dates coming up as well.

• 16 Sept – KM 25, Paris, FR
• 17 Sept – La Case á Chocs, Neuchâtel, CH
• 23 Sept – Hive, Zurich, CH
• 24 Sept – Futur, Paris, FR
• 10 Nov – C12, Brussels, BE

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UPDATE: Alfa Matrix is already sold out, merely hours after announcing it.

Fresh news from the Front 242 camp. Originally planned to be an exclusive double-celebration anniversary release for the Alfa Matrix label’s 20th birthday and Front 242’s 40th anniversary, and to be revealed as a surprise at the band’s planned concerts in Brussels, Belgium (Ancienne Belgique) in 2021, is the 4-track 12-inch solid blue color vinyl “Rewind”. Next to the vinyl release, available right here from Alfa Matrix, there is an exclusive download version on Bandcamp holding 2 extra tracks.

The delay was caused by the long-casted shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The release, holding a design by Etienne Augier, holds remixes by Terence Fixmer, The Hacker, Radical G and Kant Kino of the tracks “No Shuffle”, “Don’t Crash” and “Take One”.

The digital version of this EP holds a bonus dynamic live version of Terence Fixmer’s remix of “No Shuffle” and the Bandcamp version also includes the exclusive “Rewind Medley” by Terence Fixmer. This extra bonus track will not be available on any other digital platform.

The vinyl is strictly limited to 666 units worldwide and the first 242 units sold via Alfa Matrix directly receive an exclusive ‘Front 242 page marker‘.

You can check out the medley right below.

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(Photo by Rosie Alice Foster) Sylph, the solo project of former S.C.U.M founder and vocalist Thomas Cohen, returns with a new 4-track single “Ancient Hole”. For this release Cohen has worked with Terence Fixmer, Regis and Nicolas Bougaïeff as well as composer and singer Anni Hogan.

A short film by director Victor Gutierrez, accompanies the release featuring performances of two tracks from the new EP, “Scripture of Love” with Karl O’Connor aka Regis and “Ancient Hole” alongside “Tears Fall From The Sun” with Rrose.

Watch the film below.

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After some compilation appearances, including our very own “Face The Beat 6”, and a collaboration with 808 Dot Pop on the upbeat “Cubic Temperature” album plus a first EP (“Alphabet Hymn”), the Belgian dark electronics act Cubic has released its debut album: “The Cubic Alphabet”. The debut album features 13 tracks.

Behind Cubic we find Franky Deblomme (ex-Darkmen) who in Cubic makes a dark mix of melodic techno and 808 electro. Add to this touches of underground body music in the background and you know what to expect. If we have to name two artists that could act as a sonic reference it would be Gesaffelstein and Terence Fixmer.

The album “The Cubic Alphabet” is out now via Alfa Matrix in 2 formats: CD via the Alfa Matrix webstore and download via Bandcamp (and of course all the other digital services). We were quite impressed!

You can listen listen to the album right below. Read the review of ‘The Cubic Alphabet’.

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Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-EBM.

Format: Digital.

Background/Info: Nasdrowie is a French project driven by Xavier Malleret. I noticed he released a few digital singles while the EP “Protocol 1” features four new songs.

Content: The main influence of this musician is not far to find; he releases a kind of minimal-EBM driven by repetitive loops and solid bass lines. There are no vocals featured, but you’ll notice spoken samplings. The work sounds like the perfect offspring between classical EBM and contemporary minimalism reminding me of bigger names such as Terence Fixmer and co.

+ + + : I like the minimalism of the compositions. The old-styled spoken samplings still have their impact, but I also enjoyed the chilling synth lines. The retro-like sound treatments –like dry, cutting snare drums and synth lines, will for sure bring some good-old memories back to life. “Carne” and “Contention” both are pretty cool songs revealing the potential of Nasdrowie.

– – – : The global production can still be improved; I’m thinking of a bit more elaboration and eventually a few vocal lines.

Conclusion: “Protocol 1” is an interesting debut from a band we better keep an eye on.

Best songs: “Carne”, “Contention”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/nasdrowiemusic Read the news on ‘Protocol 1’.

About Nasdrowie

Nasdrowie is the one-man electronic project of Xavier Malleret, based in Le Mans, France, according to his Discogs profile. Side-Line first covered the act with the debut EP “Protocol 1” in August 2020, then followed up with the “Feed New Hope” EP in May 2021. That 2021 headline described Nasdrowie as a Belgian act, though Discogs lists the project as French. Nasdrowie has since released the albums “Flesh World” (2021) and “Versus” (2023), plus remixes for Cyborg (2022), Faciem Abyssi (2023) and the “Militia” remix compilation (2024). “Protocol 1”, reviewed here, remains the project’s debut release.

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Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-techno, minimal-electro.

Format: Digital, Vinyl.

Background/Info: French producer Terence Fixmer is back on track. This truly work addict has released an endless number of EP’s plus a few full length albums, but “Invasion” is the first production ever released by Phase Fatale’s label Bite.

Content: If you know the work of Fixmer you’ll rapidly recognize his typical sound mixing EBM and dark-techno into a rough and somewhat unpolished sound production. The EP features 3 songs, which are characterized by their repetitive loops, solid EBM bass lines and heavy techno-industrial kicks. The song “Invasion” is a bit more elaborated with minimal sound treatments while you’ll also notice ghost-like spoken words.

+ + + : Terence Fixmer has developed his own sound and style throughout the years. He remains one of the first producers to have constructed a sonic bridge between techno- and EBM. And this new work is just a continuum of this approach. I like the rough and unpolished production work while I’ve a preference for the more accomplished “Invasion”-cut.

– – – : Terence Fixmer is no longer taking his audience by surprise as they’re all familiar with his sound, but at the other side he never stops composing cool songs!

Conclusion: If you like dark-techno dancefloors I’m sure “Invasion” will get you into dance!

Best songs: “Invasion”, “Vicious”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.terencefixmer.com / www.facebook.com/terencefixmerofficial

Label: https://biterecords.bandcamp.com

About Terence Fixmer

Terence Fixmer is a French EBM and techno producer and the founder of Planete Rouge Records, according to Discogs. He has also recorded as Fixmer/McCarthy with Nitzer Ebb’s Douglas McCarthy. “Invasion” was the first release on Phase Fatale‘s label Bite; Fixmer went on to sign with Mute for the albums “Through The Cortex” (2018) and “Shifting Signals” (2022).

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(Photo: Sven Marquardt) Terence Fixmer returns to NovaMute with a new EP, “The Swarm”, out on vinyl May 24 and available via digital platforms June 21.

“The Swarm” is one of a series of EPs that NovaMute are set to release in 2019. Forthcoming releases include a new EP from Nicolas Bougaïeff and new signing Fidelity Kastrow’s debut EP.

The Swarm EP Tracklisting:

• A1. The Swarm
• A2. FRF2
• B1. No Dreams
• B2. The Dawn

You can listen to a new track “FRF2” below.

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Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-EBM.

Background/Info: German artist Bert Lehmann is the creative spirit behind Mortaja while he’s also involved with Torn From Beyond. Mortaja strikes back with its third opus, which saw the light of day four years after “Bone Chamber”.

Content: “Combined Minds” is a solid and ultra-danceable fusion between minimal-EBM (especially for the bass lines) and industrial-techno music. It sounds a bit as the sonic hybrid between Terence Fixmer, Nitzer Ebb and Monolith. The tracks are instrumentals although you’ll hear male growls running through a very few tracks.

Both last cuts are remixes by Greyhound and Suki.

+ + + : This new opus by Mortaya is a pure masterpiece! The EBM minimalism emerging from the terrific bass lines is the work of a genius. Lehmann’s bass lines can be linked to some masters in the genre like Nitzer Ebb, Terence Fixmer, Juno Reactor, Thomas P. Heckmann. And when you think you’ve heard the best bass line and the best song you’ll have to admit that the next cut blows everything away. This work moves to a crescendo reaching unique highlights. But the global sound treatments reflect intelligence and knowledge. It features great vintage sounds and icy sweeps.

– – – : Both remixes are the only cuts, which can’t totally convince me.

Conclusion: “Combined Minds” is one of the major albums from 2018! It’s a genius composition, which clearly creates a sonic bridge between EBM, techno- and industrial music. Absolutely recommended!

Best songs: “Strong Conviction”, “Underground Movements”, “Paint My Face – Body Paint Mix”, “Non-Compliance”, “Combined Minds”, “Haunted”, “Banquet House”.

Rate: (9).

Artist: www.facebook.com/Mortaja.de

Label: www.audiophob.de / www.facebook.com/audiophob  

About Mortaja

Mortaja is the industrial-techno and minimal-EBM project of German artist Bert Lehmann, who is also involved with Torn From Beyond.

Mortaja debuted with “Drown In Blood” in 2011, followed by “Afterlife” in 2012 and “Bone Chamber” in 2014. “Combined Minds”, reviewed here, arrived on Audiophob in 2018, four years after “Bone Chamber”, and closes with remixes by Greyhound and Suki.

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Genre/Influences: EBM.

Background/Info: While the Canadian EBM veterans have announced their upcoming album “Wake Up The Coma” for early 2019 they here and now strike back with this particular EP/single. “Eye On You”’ is featuring Robert Görl (DAF).

Content: The title song reveals the usual FLA-complexity. It also sounds a bit bombastic, but remains very EBM-minded with Bill Leeb’s vocals on top.

Remixes have been made by Orphx and Terence Fixmer.

+ + + : FLA meeting Robert Görl is something unique and “Eye On You” also is a cool new song (that will be featured on the upcoming album). When  EBM masters are working together you can only, but expect a great song. But I also have to say that the best surprise maybe comes from Orphx. They remixed the song into their own style resulting in an intelligent and still sophisticated piece of music, which is mainly instrumental (except during the last part of the song). This is pure industrial-dance music, which will ravish the DJ’s.

– – – : This song is not exactly my favorite FLA-composition, but if you’re familiar with their impressive discography you for sure will get my point. I also expected a bit more from the Terence Fixmer-remix, which is pretty unusual for the Frenchman.

Conclusion: This single is first of all a great collaboration between EBM legends so in the end there’s no better way to announce the new full length.

Best songs: “Eye On You – Orphx Remix”, “Eye On You – Album Mix”.

Rate: (8).

Artist: www.facebook.com/frontlineassembly

Label: www.metropolis-records.com / www.facebook.com/MetropolisRecords

About Front Line Assembly

Front Line Assembly is the Vancouver, Canada industrial project founded by Bill Leeb in 1986 after he left Skinny Puppy, with Rhys Fulber as his long-time key collaborator. “Eye On You” previews the album “Wake Up The Coma”, released by Metropolis Records on 8 February 2019 and reviewed separately by Side-Line, with guest contributions from Robert Görl of DAF, Nick Holmes, Chris Connelly and Jimmy Urine. The band returned in 2020 with “Mechanical Soul“.

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Front Line Assembly returns with the release of their new single “Eye On You”, taken from the forthcoming album “Wake Up The Coma” coming in early 2019. The single will feature Robert Görl of the pioneering German band D.A.F. along with remixes from Terence Fixmer and Orphx. The single will be released by Metropolis on November 16th.

Here’s how the song sounds like. The video below was filmed in Gothenburg on August 24 at Sticky Fingers.

Side-Line also covered Front Line Assembly’s ‘Wake Up The Coma’.

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About Ethan Fawkes

Ethan Fawkes is a Belgian DJ and producer who started working on electronic tracks in 2001 and began releasing records in 2014, mixing minimal EBM, techno, acid and rave influences. In a 2018 interview, Fawkes described his second full-length album, “I Will Dance On Your Grave” (I-Traxx Red Edition), as a continuation of that eclectic approach.

The “You Believe In” remixes were handled by Dave Inox and Son Of Chaos.

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Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body.

Background/Info: Belgian producer and DJ Ethan Fawkes has released an impressive number of EP’s over the past few years. “Dance On Your Grave” is a title, which sounds clearly inspired from the famous French poet Charles Beaudelaire, reveals 15 songs. It’s a mix between new songs and tracks that have been previously released on 5 EP’s released on I-Traxx Red Edition.

Content: Ethan Fawkes remains pretty faithful to his EBM minimalism carried by solid bass lines and a dark-technoid approach, which comes more through during the final part of the album. There’s a mix between instrumental cuts and sung ones revealing the growling timbre of voice of the artist.

One of the main characteristics of this album is that there are no remixes featured. That’s a noticeable element as Ethan Fawkes likes remixes and sometimes abuses a bit of this formula.

+ + + : Ethan Fawkes is something special; this artist is moving in between two different genres, which are however related with each other. It’s the kind of sound that will maybe more appeal for EBM lovers instead of techno freaks. Sound-wise I like this minimalism while I also enjoyed some tracks featuring analogue-like treatments. The already familiar “Cruel And Alone” is a noticeable cut in the genre. Ethan Fawkes constructed a kind of sonic bridge bringing retro elements together with contemporary influences. There’s an excellent twist between already familiar cuts and new songs. The final part of the album is absolutely remarkable revealing multiple cool tracks.

– – – : I think it remains a challenge to mix different music genres, each appealing for a different audience. Ethan Fawkes is regularly switching from more techno-driven releases and other acid-inspired EP’s towards minimal EBM. It might be a little less confusing for the listeners.

Conclusion: Ethan Fawkes sounds to me like the Belgian Terence Fixmer. It’s not exactly about a comparable sounds, but clearly the same influences. This album is an opportunity to get more familiar with the work of this artist.

Best songs: “Future Of Disillusion”, “Cruel And Alone”, “One Night – Album Mix”, “Riot”, “Last Dream”.

Rate: (8).

Band: www.facebook.com/ethan.fawkes

Label: www.facebook.com/I–Traxx–Recordings-581744748516067

Read the news on ‘Dance On Your Grave’.

About Ethan Fawkes

Ethan Fawkes is a Belgian DJ and producer who started releasing music in 2014, working across techno, acid, EBM and rave styles. “Dance On Your Grave” was his second full-length album, released on I-Traxx Red Edition and discussed in a Side-Line Click Interview with the artist. A run of 2018 singles, including “Belgium Is Back”, “James Brown’s Return” and “Let’s Go James”, fed into “Hoovers & Stabs” the following year, an album built as a tribute to 90s techno-rave sound.

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Terence Fixmer and Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) are back on track unleashing one of their hardest and most industrial cuts ever. The new EP “Chemicals” released on Sonic Groove is a must have for all fans of minimal-techno & EBM. I got the opportunity to ask a few questions to both protagonists.

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Q: After a hiatus of several years, “Chemicals” is your second single in less than 2 years. How does it feel to be back again in studio? 

Douglas: Actually, we haven’t really been in the studio together much. A lot of the new material has been worked on remotely – me in LA and Terence in Europe. We have worked on songs whenever we’re playing shows, so a lot of ideas have literally been tried for the first time in front of an audience.

Terence: Strangely, the years have passed by fast, but in my head we have never really stopped, we are always in contact for one thing and other – to start to do the “So Many Lies”-EP and now “Chemcials” are just a normal flow without any strange feeling to ‘re-work’ on music.

Q: Do you notice some changes/evolution in the global writing and approach compared to the earlier work of F/M?

Douglas: We made a very conscious decision to return to a more aggressive and minimal approach similar to “Between The Devil…”, but I think there is a progression in terms of the sound and production that Terence now has.

Terence: The first album “Between The Devil…’ in 2003 was really instinctive and direct, and when we did the 2^nd album, “Into The Night”, we wanted to show another side of us, including more melodies, but I think we realized that the real fun for F/M is to be on stage, and when we played some melodic songs live, I feel like we wanted to be harder. It is not like we are bored but we like to deliver powerful music and to see Douglas running from left to right all the time!

Q: From a very personal point of view “Chemicals” is without a shadow of a doubt the rawest and maybe most ‘industrial’-like song you ever have written. What kind of song did you had in mind and tell us a bit more about the writing? 

Douglas: I agree. Terence sent me the baseline and I was immediately reminded of the mid 80’s when Nitzer Ebb first began doing shows in Spain, specifically in Valencia and Murcia on the South-Eastern coast. There was a club in Valencia called ‘Spook Factory’ that we’d go to after playing. It was pre acid-house but certainly an early version of what was later termed ‘Balearic Beats’. There was a penchant for having a drug capsule sticker on the back of your car, basically the same design as I did for the cover.

Terence: To me, it is just a direction or a sequence which could have been in our first album in terms of energy, and style. I don’t think it is a more industrial song but it is a really powerful sequences which maybe could become a classic F/M track such as “You Want It” or “Destroy”.

Q: The sound of F/M has been often described as EBM and techno-like, but I’m more interested to know your own perception about aspects like ‘sound creation’, ‘composition’, ‘equipment’, ‘production’ etc? 

Douglas: I think that analogy is a fair description. Terence is a prolific writer of baselines and other parts. He presents ideas to me and if I hear a vocal idea we continue with the track, if I don’t we choose another of his ideas. I record in LA if I am not able to be in Europe. Our approach to what particular style changes. After the melodic-ness of “Into The Night” we were in the mood for a change.

Terence: I work instinctively. I use some classic old analog machines coupled with some modern ones. In the end it is just about feelings and usually i really know when it will fit for F/M or for my solo work.

Also, I think with Douglas we both have  the same feelings about music with a common taste for underground music, and we both are really instinctive and direct, so actually it is never complicated with us, if it works it works for both at same time.

Q: So what makes the chemistry between Terence Fixmer and Douglas McCarthy and do you have a particular way working together?

Douglas: We are both extremely childish and have a really dumb sense of humor. We spend most of the time laughing and joking about pretty much everything. We do not take ourselves seriously at all. Fixmer/McCarthy is fun.

Terence: Totally true, we have the same level of stupidity (or maybe wisdom) so we understand each other really well.

Q: You both played at the biggest festivals and all kind of events so what makes the magic to move on playing live and what might the fans/audience expect from the next few shows? 

Douglas: We try to give a performance that inspires a reaction, even if it is one of curiosity. We’re never afraid to be ourselves and each show has differences based on how we are feeling the audience is, we seem to be able to win over a crowd.

Terence: What I like is to realize that we have an F/M fan base who really follow us and knows all our tracks. So of course we like to play those classics F/M tracks, but we always add the new ones, and unreleased ones. Sometimes we play unreleased ones, and people follow quite quickly the lyrics from Douglas and sing with him… then at this moment we know that it’s gonna be a good one to release.

Q: “Chemicals” is the first F/M production released on Sonic Groove. What incited you to join hands with Adam X and what are the further plans for F/M right now? 

Douglas: We’ve both known Adam for a long time. I first met him in New York before he moved to Berlin. He’s always a very positive guy with a lot of energy and drive. He saw us perform at Berghain last September and asked about releasing “Chemicals” and we thought it was a great idea. We definitely look forward to continuing to work together.

Terence: I know Adam for many many years, we both really understand, belong and play in the same scene. I know how deep he is into industrial, EBM and techno. Adam is one of the most true and passionate artist, he has been faithful to his sound and vision for decades so industrial, EBM and techno are his keys elements. As friend I always told him I’ll do something for him, and then I realize that he’d be really happy to have an F/M release on Sonic Groove, as he has always supported F/M and myself solo.. so it was obvious to do this release with him and it is a good match sonically.

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Background/Info:

Read the news on ‘Chemicals’.

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Read the review of ‘So Many Lies’.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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Read the review of ‘Chemicals’.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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