Barely escaping the latest ‘Treuhand’ terror of the ex-Weimar Republic, ex-Third Reich and ex-DDR territory, ‘The Exaltics’ finally comes with His fourth and heaviest piece of ‘Zwangsarbeit’ so far within the realm of the Bunker/Panzerkreuz corpus, as this is true black ritual acid and darkcore industrial techno to the max! oh, by the way, did I already mention the war?
The first release of Belgian producer Roman Hiele. This album consists of 7 electronic tracks that represent the kick off for the Ekster label. Rattling 808s, brain bend synth lines and sideways grooves.
Germany’s Robotmachine Records steps up with a gorgeous little collection of tracks by some new names in the game and delivers a fine lesson in electro-ridden foul-play. Das Muster’s “Immaterieller Export” is a noisy, Drexciyan blaster with all guns blazing, whereas “Astral Exit” by =UHU= is a spacier, more sci-fi kind of track – a glorious mashup of electro squalls and battleship sonics. Thomas Kress gives us “Fabelhafte Welt Der Anomalie”, another nasty and hard-hitting power-cut, whilst Bruno Binary’s “Binary Control” takes Kraftwerk-style robotics and adds a harder edge to create yet another floor-burner.
The Descent of Man EP is the third and last part of a trilogy on vinyl dedicated to Charles Darwin studies. This final chapter is focused on the darkest side of electronic music and his impact on human psychology. As Charles Darwin studied the evolution of physical and mental traits, we want to show how obscure, trembling and aggressive sounds generate an increasing sense of agitation and loss while mild and gloomy atmospheres can relieve the body and brain, achieving a peaceful state of mind. Don’t be afraid to move into a shady space. This is not the end even if it could be.
Italian techno artist Dario Tronchin a.k.a. Chevel making his debut on Vae Victis. “A Loveable Inciter” is a 5 tracks ep which blends elements from the last 4 yrs of Chevel’s work in the studio. “Now and Them” and “Black Forest” were recorded by Dario early this year, “Reteach” and “Basic Electricity” were written in June 2011 while Teens belongs to one of Dario’s first recordings and it’s dated 2009. All tracks were recorded on tape.
Following 12″s on The Trilogy Tapes and Kyle Hall’s Wild Oats imprint, the original dark soldier MGUN returns to Don’t Be Afraid for a second outing with this six tracker.
Adventurous electro project featuring a what might be regarded as a who’s-who in the current electro scene, reeling-in names such as DJ Stingray, DMX Krew, Ian Martin, Shemale, Elec Pt.1; with perhaps lesser known talents such as Linear Synthesis, Federico Leocata, Koova and Das Muster. A fine selection of tracks which successfully presents fresh sounds by tried-and-tested names, while simultaneously introducing upcoming and arguably lesser known, but by no means any less talented artists.
Intense electro tracks by Plant43 who delivers a worthy follow-up for his critically acclaimed release on Frustrated Funk earlier this year.
J.A.M. TRAXX presents a new release from Antoni Maiovvi with influences from the 80s italo disco, electro, horror disco. On remix duties we have Against Dave, ’88Redux and Drvg Cvltvre.
The line-up for the second remix EP after the successful and now deleted Regis / Monoton remixes 12 represents a wide catalogue of electronic beats. LA owns Tropic Of Cancer delivers a great ethereal version of Half A God. Camella Lobo provides a rare remix. Former Ike Yard member and synths wizard Fred Szymanski also reinterprets Half A God with a unique musique concrte inspired electronica piece under his Recombinant guise. On the B side its club time with a long, Detroit inspired techno version of Cherish 8 by Arnaud Rebotini, head honcho of Black Strobe.
More GB brilliance on his own label, Gifted & Blessed. Soul is always in this man’s machines. This is certainly some of his best work to date.
No introduction needed for the true new-wave/italo lovers, because what we have here are two of the most sought after holy grails: New Life and Grace. On top you’ll receive four extra unreleased Three Of You tracks retrieved from the Italian 80’s. Diamonds for tears on the beloved Bordello A Parigi label.
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Solar One Music is back with dark and eerie Electro Sound from the depths of The Netherlands. This time Ekman presents his new Album feat. 9 tracks full of darkness, frequencies and missing satellites. Nicely presented in a timber box.
UK based Emile Facey aka Plant43 contributes to the binary catalogue with some perfectly crafted electro funk.
A set of minimal synth recordings, captured live with in-studio performance. These pieces are a tribute to the golden era of electronic music that mainly emerged in Europe between 1978-1984 and is often described as minimal electronics, synthpop, synthwave etc. Sinister melodies, shadows and frost making up a haunting, dystopian sonic environment. Drum machines driving step sequencers and mono-synths, hand played polyphonic synthesisers, all enveloped by the industrial sound of the spring reverb.
