Out now via Bandcamp as a free download is DJ Shane Aungst’s “Electronic Bodies – Nightside Sessions” mega-mix. The Seattle (United States) based DJ produced this 2-part megamix including 23 tracks (and 2 intros) from “Electronic Bodies” during long evening sessions in October 2023. Note that the intros were created by Viscera Drip.

As you will know the original “Electronic Bodies” compilation (available here on Bandcamp) focused on EBM and its offspring. The proceedings of this mega-mix will equally go to charity.

Shane’s mixes mainly deal in the EBM/Aggrotech/Industrial genres, and come with heavy layers of sampling and edits. He has been doing studio work, working on sampling, mixes, edits, remixes, as well as putting together some original material. We will soon also publish an interview with Shane on his current and future work. Check his Instagram page for more info.

The tracklist is as follows:

Part 1

1. Night side sessions – Intro 00:00
2. Diffuzion – Ain’t Gonna Fuck With My Brain 00:49
3. Rabbits Wear Boots – Cyborg 04:54
4. Him+He – Dr Jones (Ocult Mix) 09:42
5. ELM – Vessel Of Violence (Weaponized Cardio Mix) 14:06
6. Ars – Thanatophobia 17:18
7. UCNX – Burning Slowly Down 21:54
8. Llumen – You Can Have It All (Matrix Edit) 25:41
9. The Psychic Force – Lockdown Lovers 29:50
10. Kant Kino – Frontline (Edit) 34:22
11. Raudadler – Sexual Deviants 37:15
12. First Aid 4 Souls – Anger 41:58
13. Miseria Ultima – Yet Shivering Profound 46:30

Part 2

1. Viscera Drip – Night side sessions Intro 00:00
2. Human Vault – Flesh And Bone (Void You Are Edit By Nadragea – Side-Line Cut) 00:52
3. Digital Factor – What 05:18
4. Aiboforcen – Cycle Of Life (Short Edit) 08:35
5. Aesthetische – Boiling Over (Celsius Version) 12:30
6. Diverje – Numb (EBM Remix By Psychosomatik) 16:50
7. Venus In Disgrace – Generation Commodore 20:25
8. Kreign – Don’t Force The Hand 23:13
9. Fuckware – Combat 27:22
10. Stahlgeist – Infected Colony (Alternate Version) 31:10
11. Sinthetik Messiah – Know Your Enemy 35:39
12. Töt – Mon Nom Est Personne 39:14

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Genre/Influences: Dark-electro.

Background/Info: Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ and Marco ‘Katatronik’ (vocals) better known as the Italian formation Synapsyche joined Alfa Matrix last year to unleash the EP “Mirror Terror” as an appetizer to this new album. It’s the band’s third full length, which has been released as a limited edition as well.

Content: Synapsyche remains faithful to their sound exposed at the previous album “The Abyss Effect” released in 2016 on SkyQode. The songs are driven by pumping dance kicks, harsh vocals and the unavoidable cold-trance like leads. It’s an ultra danceable piece of music, which however contains a few ‘softer’ cuts such as “Diva Paranoia” sung in Italian and featuring guest vocals by ‘Noemi Aurora’ (Helalyn Flowers).

The second disc is the remix section. We get 13 remixes by Venal Flesh, Nano Infect, Complex Mind, Technoid, Neikka RPM, Pax Sono, Marcoda, H.O.W., Aiboforcen, Shades Of Hell, UCNX, Tolchock and Avarice In Audio.

+ + + : If you like ‘dark’ dance music Synapsyche will be a perfect company to get you on the dancefloor. Hard and pumping, but still elevating and well-produced. This is the perfect dark-electro cliché without any pretension to innovate, but just to give people fun on the dancefloor. I’ve been impressed by the list of remixers featured on the bonus disc. I here especially like the somewhat surprising remix of “Mirror Terror” by Venal Flesh, which has something psy-trance driven. Last, but not least, I also have to say a word about the cool, artistic digipak.

– – – : Alfa Matrix definitely pushes Synapsyche to the forefront, releasing a double disc for their debut album on the label. I’m sure this is the perfect ‘dancefloor’-album, but the songs all sound pretty similar and are just as on their previous album dominated by the same kind of easy-trance leads. The work becomes rapidly predictable and that’s why I definitely prefer the bonus disc.

Conclusion: “In Praise Of Folly” would have been a possible class-act 10 years ago, but ano 2019 I’ve heard too much similar albums.

Best songs: “Mirror Terror”, “Paraphiliac”, “Diva Paranoia feat. Noemi Aurora” + “Mirror Terror – Venal Flesh Remix”, “Who The Fuck Are You? – Complex Mind Remix”.

Rate: (6½).

Artist: www.facebook.com/synapsyche

Label: www.alfa–matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix

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Italian duo Synapsyche has signed with the Belgian electronic label Alfa Matrix. And the label immediately also announced the release of the band’s 3rd full length studio album: “In Praise Of Folly”, for which pre-orders are accepted now.

The new album will hold 13 new songs and a special 2CD limited edition (which is available here) will come with a bonus disc featuring a diverse selection of some 13 remixes by bands in the likes of Aiboforcen, Tolchock, Avarice In Audio, Venal Flesh, H.O.W., Neikka RPM, UCNX, Nano Infect and many more.

Here’s what the label says about the concept album “It brings us on a freaky journey through the somber corridors of a psychiatric hospital, allowing us room after room to penetrate into the weirdest corners of the human sick minds of the psychiatric patients. Each track brings us step by step to the alarming but obvious conclusion that we are all a bit mad in some way or another…”

You can already listen to 2 tracks below!

Check also the following videos on YouTube:

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Genre/Influences: Dark-electro.

Background/Info: Set up in 2008 Italian duo Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ (machines) and Marco ‘Katatronik’ Mantovani (vox) joined hands with Alfa Matrix to unleash their third full length album. After a first self-released opus and a second album (cf. “The Abyss Effect”) released in 2016 on SkyQode, this EP serves as teaser to the announced “In Praise Of Folly”.

Content: The EP features 2 new songs plus 7 remixes. Synapsyche moves on dealing with dark and bouncing dancefloor electronics. Hard kicks, cold trance leads and harsh vocals remain the main ingredients of their sound. The rough and unpolished approach reminds me once again of early Combichrist.

Remixes have been accomplished by Neikka RPM, Avarice In Audion Eggvn, UCNX, H.O.W., Tolchock and Vested Serpent.

+ + + : Synapsyche has released the right EP to introduce their next album, but also their sound to all of those who never heard of them before. It’s a dark, aggressive and I should say ‘classical’ dark-electro format made for the dancefloors. The main song “Mirror Terror” is an accomplished piece of music, which will incite you to dance. Among the remixes I would recommend Neikka RPM (for their very unique sound DNA), Eggvn (an interesting and unfamiliar name to discover) and H.O.W. (another less familiar band) for their ultra-hard remix. The remixes bring a little extra and I especially like the diversity of the bands and also the less famous names featured here.

– – – : I can’t get away from the idea that there numerous bands in the Synapsyche-style. They don’t bring anything new –except dealing with cool and clubby ‘endzeit-electronics’, but they’ve been the lucky ones to become one of Alfa Matrix newest signings.

Conclusion: Let’s wait for the announced album to really get an idea about this band’s maturity and evolution in sound. This EP is an interesting production, which will easily finds its way to dancefloors.

Best songs: “Mirror Terror”, “Mirror Terror – Neikka RPM Remix”, “Mirror Terror – Remix & featuring by H.O.W.”, “The Ghost DNA – Eggvn Remix”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.facebook.com/synapsyche

Label: www.alfa–matrix.com / www.facebook.com/Alfa.Matrix

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The electro industrial Italian band Synapsyche has joined the Belgian electro industrial label Alfa Matrix. The band’s label debut is the single “Mirror Terror” – out now as download via Bandcamp – which announces the duo’s forthcoming 3rd full length album “In Praise Of Folly”. “In Praise Of Folly” will deal with the difficult but intriguing themes of psychological and mental diseases.

You can listen to the single/EP below and download it from Bandcamp.

On the single/EP the duo Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ and Marco ‘Katatronik’ Mantovani offer two new songs which hold a perfect balance between melodic synths and massive heavy beats, between addictive catchy pop choruses and harsher vocal outbursts. The two new songs are called “Mirror Terror” and “The Ghost DNA” and they come backed by remixes from Neikka RPM, Vested Serpent, Avarice In Audio, UCNX, EGGVN, the cult Swedish act Tolchock and the Polish dark elektro wave act H.O.W. with additional backing vocals by their female singer.

The band also released 3 video’s, an official music video for “Mirror Terror”, a teaser for the EP and a making of. You can watch them below.

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Hybrid-industrial act UCNX return to end your summer with their brand new full-length LP “Rebellion Ruin Redemption”. The album is a follow-up to last year’s digital preview “Servant”. You can get the CD right now on DSBP records.

The album also features collaborations with David Collings (The Fourth Man/NUMB), Some Kinda Nobody, and 2 exclusive bonus remixes by Out Out and Produkt. You can already listen to “Tasteless Killing Spree” (feat. The Fourth Man) below.

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