Die in the Disco hosted by Yami Spechie presents via YouTube its first free online festival for which it has summoned the best talents of Darkwave, New Wave, Post-Punk, Synthpop and where you can enjoy exclusive videos and unreleased songs live. The transmission will simulate a virtual party where you can enter a zoom link and be able to see… Read more →
Electronic musician, synthesist, producer, composer, and guitarist Jeff Burchett wrote and recorded Ashes & Equilibrium for the 2021 RPM Challenge (www.rpmchallenge.com), between February 1, 2021 and February 10, 2021 and the resulting 10-track album was mixed and mastered by him at The Cat Mansion in Clifton, VA. The album is influenced by current events as well as fantasy and fiction… Read more →
Independent alternative music label Wave Records has released The End Is The Beginning – the debut album from Norwegian post-punk band Mirror of Haze. The band was formed in 2020 by Vadym Markov who also produced and mixed the album in Oslo – the release represents the mood of the months of living in a pandemic-world with musical influences reminiscent… Read more →
Post-punk / darkwave artists Twin Tribes have a new release due April 9th, 2021 of their remix album Altars, featuring work by Ash Code, She Past Away, Bootblacks, Wingtips, and others. Altars will be released through Negative Gain (North America), Manic Depression Records (France), and Young & Cold Records (Germany) on CD, Vinyl, and digitally. Preview and pre-order via Bandcamp. MD138 – TWIN TRIBES “Altars”… Read more →
Vancouver-based synth-punk solo project Total Chroma by R.Katerwol of Wire Spine and Weird Candle has put together Body Relics, a new album that fuses the rhythms and melodies inspired by late 80s synth-pop and EBM. Inspired by the sci-fi writing of Philip K. Dick and recorded in a dark basement reminiscent of being in nuclear submarine, the album delivers tracks… Read more →
William Maybelline (also known as the other half of Lebanon Hanover) has created a new label Operation Qual Records to release Tenebris In Lux – his latest album of solo project Qual. The album was written during the first covid lockdown and captures the feeling of dystopian dread and cataclysmic doom. Tenebris In Lux is due March 1st, 2021 and… Read more →
BMG will reissue Quiet Life by Japan on March 5th 2021 featuring a brand new Abbey Road half-speed remaster of the original album, alt mixes, b-sides, singles, rarities and live material – including the sought after ‘lost’ Live at Budokan show from March 1980 previously only available as the 4 track EP Live in Japan. The album is available for… Read more →
Antipole, the post-punk/coldwave moniker for the music of Karl Morten Dahl based in Trondheim, Norway has announced the Marble EP release featuring a remix by Belarusian “Russian doomer” post-punk band Molchat Doma (Russian: Молчат Дома) from Minsk. The Marble EP also features production and mastering by long time collaborator UK artist Paris Alexander. Molchat Doma (Russian: Молчат Дома) is a… Read more →
Paris-based Manic Depression Records has assembled Bipolar Sounds 2020 – a free (pay-as-you-like) compilation that gathers one song of each of its 2020 releases. The 15-track Bipolar Sounds 2020 is available via Bandcamp. Bipolar Sounds 2020 by Manic Depression Records Tracklist: 01 Selfishadows “Time to Change” Taken from MD130 Again 02 Velvet Kills “Bitch Face” Taken from MD120 Bodhi Labyrinth… Read more →
Nein Records has announced Leather & Lasers – a new release by Latvian DJ / musician Max Lomov’s solo project East Cho. Check out the first track “Suzy, Do You Copy?” from the 4-track EP due February 19, 2021 and available for pre-order via Bandcamp. Leather & Lasers by East Cho Read more →
