Author: hypno5ive

Glitch Black - Death Spiral

Dark Synthwave: Glitch Black – Death Spiral

Dark synthwave musician Glitch Black from Baton Rouge, Louisiana is set to release his third album, Death Spiral. The dark synth, 80s inspired, 14-track album will be available Friday the 13th, November 2015. Glitch Black’s music has been featured on Drive Radio, Synthetix Sundays, and Outscape by Radio Pure Gently. Prior work can also be heard on Soundcloud and Bandcamp.… Read more →

Rogue Six - Distress Signals, A Halloween Space Adventure

Rogue Six – Distress Signals: A Halloween Space Adventure

Rogue Six creates retro-inspired synthesizer music. The musician from Adelaide, Australia, has produced a new four track EP released via Bandcamp. Dark synth electronic sounds generate the right atmosphere for a space adventure: A strange beacon has begun broadcasting a distress signal from the Antin system. It is a system that has been desolate for two hundred years. The moon… Read more →

Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace cover

The Beauty and Creativity of 80s Postpunk Culture

Author Andi Harriman celebrates the one-year anniversary since the release of Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: The Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980’s. In early 2012, The Postpunk Project was simply an idea—Andi Harriman and Marloes Bontje had a dream to document and reveal the historic and creative aspect of the influential 1980s alternative scene that… Read more →

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Drvg Cvltvre – AMOK002

Dutch electronic music producer Drvg Cvltvre has released AMOK002, a collection of four blistering industrial-techno tracks via AMOK Tapes. Having been extremely prolific for 5+ years with just this project, Drvg Cvltvre has released several full length records and 12”s. Beyond that artist Vincent Koreman has cut his teeth in different projects (Ra-X, Hidden Rulers, Vince Destructo + more) through… Read more →

Maoupa Mazzocchetti - Untitled

Experimental Electro: Maoupa Mazzocchetti – Untitled EP

From Brussels, Belgium, electronic musician Maoupa Mazzocchetti debuts on Mannequin Records with three great tracks featuring a proto electro / industrial experimental sound on his Untitled EP. Deep, dark, and stripped-down, Mazzocchetti’s tracks regurgitate the lesson of the 80’s Belgian ebm/minimal synth legends in a new and fresh nervous musical urgency. Mazzocchetti’s has been busy performing in Europe and has… Read more →

VHS Glitch - Halloween Strangers

VHS Glitch – Halloween Strangers

Just in time for All Hallows’ Eve, music composer and synthwave artist VHS Glitch has released Halloween Strangers via Bandcamp. The dark synth and electronic album sets the mood for the story of the Bundy triplets: Since the age of six, they wanted to have normal lives, just like other children their age. Every Halloween, the three brothers ventured from… Read more →

Eyes In Black - My Gift To You (EP)

Dark Electro Sound: Eyes In Black – My Gift To You

Eyes In Black has released its debut creation, My Gift To You, a five-track EP that blends electronic, industrial and dark electro sounds. The one-man project of James Underwood, Eyes In Black, has been inspired by electronic and metal music, as well as sci-fi, cyber punk, and horror films. Eyes in Black stems from the concept of the “nothingness” in… Read more →

The Totality Of Death - Trepaneringsritualen

The Totality of Death – Trepaneringsritualen

From Göteborg, Sweden comes the latest album by Trepaneringsritualen, The Totality of Death. Influenced by Zero Kama, Current 93, Korpses Katatonik, Brighter Death Now, Anenzephalia, and Psychic TV, Trepaneringsritualen explore themes of religion, magick and the occult realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with… Read more →

Digital Infaction Strike 2

New Compilation: Digital Infaction – Strike Two

Infacted Recordings has released its second compilation, Digital Infaction Strike Two, showcasing the great electronic talent representing the label. The first compilation in the Infacted Recordings series, Digital Infaction Strike One, was released in July 2015 and presented tracks from its roster of talent; among them were Shiv-R, Reaper, Unitary, Orange Sector, Mordacious, E-Craft, Modulate, Menschdefekt, Ien Oblique, and Skyla… Read more →