Athenian label FERMA announces the first Vinyl release coming in the form of a VA compilation. “Rites of Passage” is hitting the dancefloors with a variety of different tools and club styles combining deep grooves, electro sounds, rolling basslines and sinister synths. On the A side we see Jack Roland and Serge Geyzel, while on the flip side we have Vilnius based 5ZYL and synth-lover Extase Urbaine.
Label hencho LBEEZE returns to his label for the 10th release, linking up with one of his newest signed Up North members, Datura Inoxia. Techno EBM on side A and lofi slow EBM on side B.
The Hanged Man is a nihilistic noise doom electronics project from Athens, Greece. “Body Mind Control” his tape release via Spanish label Soil Records, includes collaborations with CTPAX and Extensive Infarction and remixes by Damaged Clock, Endless Nothing and Terror Cognitive Dissonance.
“The Brutality Of Rhythm” is a compilation series focused to rescue EBM-electro-industrial jewels from the 90’s. On the first installment have been included some hits, remixes and rare tracks by Sigbefia Five (Germany), Institute For The Criminally Insane (Denmark), Lights of Euphoria (Germany), Birmingham 6 (Denmark), Kevorkian Death Cycle (USA), Fiction 8 (USA), Sleepwalk (Germany) and Brigade Werther (Germany).
The Spy debuts on Mechatronica with a dark, cosmic and hypnotising collection of tracks. On Snakeskin, the Dutch DJ and producer dips into electro, wave, techno, industrial and UK bass to mold an album that distinctly showcases his variety of styles and musical output, from gloomy slo-rollers to futuristic floor anthems and beyond.
Third compilation of tracks originally released on V.A. albums. Tracks by Filmmaker released on Comme Des Larmes, Pildoras Tapes, Idlestates, Flagelante, Clan Destine Records, Homemort, Kontralamakina, Bombtrap, Khoinix and Osare Editions.
Body Musick presents ‘Abductions’ split EP by Antonio Barbetta & Filmmaker. Frankfurt-based Antonio a.k.a Raw Ambassador, who previously released on labels like Natural Sciences & Mannequin Records, unleashes four tracks with his signature rawness and minimal synth approach that has been sounding with plenty elements that Filmmaker also resonates with. Like two brothers from different but close worlds, they finally meet in this electro junction that resembles some of the classic sounds from Detroit type beats in their own analogue vision and interpretation.
‘Enter My Lair’ is an ode to cinematic aesthetics. Whether through slomo doom techno or raw EBM, it recounts tales of blood-drenched dungeons haunted by evil spirits, over-the-top police chases, and epic battles from the Viking and Roman eras.
Itako hails from Strasbourg , France. His music creation speciality is blending an array of consciousness-expanding sounds over slower electro and technoid beats. His debut album “Broken Material” on SonicGroove splashes acid, dashes Body music basslines , and sprinkles Belgian New Beat over a ten song album creating a perfect concoction of sci fiction cyber psychodelia that will you drive you into unexplored dimensions.
Banshees Records presents a tribute for The Arch with ten fine remixes.
The Aussie master of the dark synth arts is back in full force as Buzz Kull with the third album Fascination. Early days of minimal wave seem far away now that Marc Dwyer has gone full Body Music with new full-length, but there is a thread that binds Buzz Kull hits from the past with these ten new cuts: a thread of darkness proper to the most handsome man in the game and that’s here to stay. Cause this record is not just about music subgenres we all know and love, it’s about a feeling that comes alive only with the dark and drives you through the small hours just to leave you drained and filled at once.
J. Mono twists our sense of time again, coming up with the third installment of his ‘Redate’ series: an elegant selection of uncut tracks, roaming in the fields of electro, acid, IDM and EBM. Redate III in its digital format presents tracks that were written and recorded between 2014 and 2015. As the cassette version, it includes not only Redate III (as side A), but a collection of J. Mono’s various other tracks created between 2017 and 2021, that appeared beforehand on various compilation albums (as side B). In other words, with this fresh new tape you’re all set with 8 years of J. Mono experience.
Shaknis with a new 4 tracks solo cassette release on Soil Records.
Greek-born DJ and producer Alex π is the founder of Pi Electronics label and event series, as well as co-founder of record label Modal Analysis. In the post pandemic era, he releases his archive of productions from the years 2016 – 2021 : a blend of Techno/EBM influences, with processed vocals and noisy textures, in a ’song’ like structure. Aiming to crossover the 80s aesthetic to a techno type of production using machines of the ’10s, the concept here is to avoid the sounding of a tool track while still staying within the boarders of dance-floor minded music. The archives will be released in two instalments: Part I on Tripalium Corp and Part II on Soil records.
The new Syberian release release is fully occupied by dark-disco champion Disco Morato. Here you find two expressive electo-shaped hits together with two straightforward synth poems.
A dream collaboration with Dario Argento for the soundtrack of his new film ”Occhiali Neri”, Maestro Arnaud Rebotini is back on Mannequin Records with a brand new 4-tracks ep ”I Drive East”. For this new ep, Arnaud started working more on a song form, deeply inspired by his rock’n’roll roots. Having heroes like Suicide or Alien Sex Fiend in mind, he was able to create the perfect link between EBM and Industrial Rock. The final production was orchestrated diving deep into percussive drums and digital synthesizers, a mega hybrid of analog and digital, recalling back our favourite mid-80’s productions.
Plague Pits is a collective from Bern, Switzerland. Inspired by the D.I.Y. electronic tape underground of yore, they play disco dirges for the Anthropocene – cold wave for a heating planet.
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