HIV+ & Friends – Spanish Electronic Body Music (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: French-Spanish Pedro Peñas Robles is a renowned artist who has been involved with...
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Kill Shelter announces special 5th anniversary reissue of ‘Damage’ and video
Ahead of the forthcoming limited edition 5th anniversary release of "Damage", Kill Shelter has launched an official video for "In...
Click Interview with Kill Shelter: ‘I Am Undoubtedly My Harshest Critic’
Pete Burns started playing guitar when he was nine years old and has always retained a passion for creating music....
Phil Von lands new album ‘Von Magnet’ on Unknown Pleasures Records – check out the first tracks
The Avignon, France based label Unknown Pleasures Records announces that Phil Von will release his all new album "Von Magnet"...
Kill Shelter & Antipole – A Haunted Place (Album – Manic Depression)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between Pete Burns (Scotland) and...
HIV+ – Theatre Of Cruelty (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Industrial-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Pedro Peñas y Robles became a renowned artist throughout the...
Chemical Waves – Stories From The World Before (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released last year albums on Unknown Pleasures Records and ScentAir Records,...
Selfishadows – Again (Album – Manic Depression)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Dark-Rock & Pop, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: After a self-released debut album (cf. “Step On) and the...
‘Click Interview’ with Chris Shape: ‘Living In Lockdown Is Essentially My Way Of Life’
Cristian Camporesi is an Italian musician/producer/live performer/sound designer who has been involved with an endless list of projects. His latest...
La Main – La Mélodie Du Sombre (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the debut album “L’Heure De Salir”, the French solo-project...
IceSun – Iceworks (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Cold-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: IceSun is a French band from Paris. The album “Iceworks” features a selection...
Chris Shape – Shaped To Deform (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-Electro, Techno-Body. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Chris Shape is an Italian solo-project driven by Cristian Camporesi. This artist...
Blind Delon – Chimères (Album – Manic Depression Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: French project Blind Delon strikes back with a new album, which comes...
Chemical Waves – Lasting Forever (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: 2020 has been a prolific year for this Italian project driven by Marco...
Maman Küsters – L’Extase Et La Terreur (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The French duo Maman Küsters is back on track and has released...
‘Click Interview’ with Larme Blanche: ‘Do The Pop Stars, Starlets, Actors And TV Reality People Deserves To Be Our Heroes?’
Larme Blanche (which can be translated as ‘knife’ or ‘rudimentary weapon’) is a brand-new project driven by an artist wearing...
French label Unknown Pleasures Records (HIV+, Adan & Ilse, Melanoboy, Alek Drive, …) calls it quits after 7 years
The French label Unknown Pleasures Records, run by Pedro Peñas y Roble aka HIV+, stops its activities this summer. They...
Velvet Kills – Bodhi Labyrinth (Album – Manic Depression Records, Icy Cold Records, Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, cold-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Three years after the remarkable debut album “Mischievous Urges”, Portuguese formation Velvet Kills...
Larme Blanche – Demain Est Mort (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Larme Blanche is a brand-new project driven by an unknown musician. He’s hiding himself...
Follow Me Not – Vanishing Smile (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having self-released several early albums, the French duo Nicolas Guerroué...
Chemical Waves – Even When We Fall Apart (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Chemical Waves is a project driven by Marco Cattani (Halo Effect, The...
Julia Bondar – I Want Forbidden (EP – Endorphin.es Production)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, technoid. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Born in Ukraine, but based in Barcelona (Spain) Julia Bondar has already released a...
Antipole – Radial Glare (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Format: Digital, CD, vinyl. Background/Info: “Radial Glare” is the second album by project Antipole. I discovered the...
Blind Delon – Discipline (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, cinematic-EBM. Background/Info: Blind Delon is a French solo-project set up and driven by Mathis Kolkoz. After having...
Chris Shape + Dave Inox – Fake Truths (Digital EP – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body music. Background/Info: This EP is the meeting between Italian producer Cristian Camporesi aka Chris Shape and Spanish...
Kill Shelter – Damage (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Pete Burns is a multi-instrumentalist and producer operating from Edinburgh (Scotland). “Damage” is the first album...
Hardlab – Standard For The Cursed (CD Album – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-EBM, techno-body, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Hardlab is a new French duo dealing with minimal electronics inspired by techno, industrial...
European Ghost – Collection Of Shadows (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: “Collection Of Shadows” is the second album released by the Bologna (Italy) based trio European Ghost....
Vogue.Noir – Strange Days (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, dream-pop. Background/Info: Two years ago now I discovered the self-titled debut-EP from London based Vogue.Noir. Driven by Dominique...
Dave Inox – The Computer And The Brain (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona, David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox, has launched his debut full length album. After...
Love In Prague – Two (CD Album – Off World Music)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Benoît Gerard and Chloé Praha have been active under the Love In Prague moniker since 2007....
Antipole – Northern Flux (CD Albuml – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave. Background/Info: Antipole is a Norwegian duo consisting of Karl Morten Dahl assisted by Anne-Christel Gullikstad. This album...
Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Velvet Kills is a Portuguese duo consisting of Susana Santos and Harris Iveson. They previously released...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: Last year The Raudive released a digital mini-album featuring 7 songs. The trio Marc Atkinson (guitar,...
Secret Sight – Shared Loneliness (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Secret Sight is an Italian trio. They released their debut album (cf. “Day.Night.Life”) now three years...
Ono Scream – Ono Scream (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, new-wave. Background/Info: Ono Scream is a Belgian solo-project driven by Bart Willems (also known from Apparaat). This...
Follow Me Not – If The Sky Remains (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: French duo Follow Me Not is already active for a couple of years now. “If...
European Ghost – Pale And Sick (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: European Ghost is a new/cold-wave inspired band from Italy. The debut album “Pale And Sick” was...
Der Himmel Über Berlin – Amnesia (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: “Amnesia” is the second official album by the Italian formation Der Himmel Über Berlin. For this new...
The Shyness Of Strangers – Time (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: The Shyness Of Strangers is a solo-project set up by Vadim Kristopher who’s a Polish...
Antipole – Getting Frequent Now feat. Paris Alexander & Mats Davidsen (Digital Album – Antipole)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, guitar-wave. Background/Info: Norwegian artist Karl Morten Dahl is the creative spirit behind Antipole. This is the second self-released...
La Main – L’Heure De Salir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: After a few self-released production French formation La Main (translated ‘The Hand’) joined hands together with...
Dave Inox feat. HIV+ – Danger Signal/MissConceptual (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This work has been introduced as Spanish EBM and features David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox (who...
Click Interview’ with Grandchaos: ‘I Don’t Find Digital Synths Appealing At All’
Tcheleskov Ivanovitch is already into music since the late 80s. He together with his brother set up the Belgian project...
Grand((Ø))Signal – Aktivation (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-body-music, electroclash, new-beat. Background/Info: One year after their debut album “Aktivation” the Belgian duo consisting of Jacky Meurisse...
Vogue Noir – Vogue Noir (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, nu-disco. Background/Info: Vogue Noir is a new project set up by Dominique Cologne who’s operating from London....
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock & new-wave. Background/Info: I never heard of The Raudive before. The band is driven by a 3-membered combo...
A★I – Le Chant Du Cygne Noir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: My first feeling was that this band was the logical new project of Pedro Peñas Robles after...
‘Click Interview’ with David Carretta: Marseille Kicks Ass!
I first heard of David Carretta when discovering the EBM-driven BAND Art Kinder Industrie. I couldn’t believe it was the...
