Ash Code return with a new LP, Posthuman – it is their second album via the Swiss Dark Nights label and will be released February 27, 2016. Band members Adriano Belluccio, Alessandro Belluccio, and Claudia SchöneNacht follow-up their 2014 album Oblivion with a new collage of darkwave, noise, and electronic music, along with dark ballads and obsessive beats, deep and melancholic… Read more →
New Order have announce a March 2016 US Tour in support of their latest album, Music Complete. The new tour follows an overwhelmingly successful set of dates in 2015 in the UK and Europe. The band have also launched a website called Singularity: The Influence of New Order with written tributes, images, and curated mix tapes — contributions include The Cure’s Robert Smith, Inspiral Carpets,… Read more →
A new Cititrax sampler is being prepared with a limited edition vinyl release due in April and a digital release to follow. Cititrax: Tracks Volume 2 will feature the fearless and ultra-talented Chinese producer Tzusing, the raw avant-garde electronics of London based producer L/F/D/M, creative West Coast powerhouse Silent Servant, and prolific underground French producer Maelstrom. Artwork is designed by Veronica Vasicka… Read more →
Swiss Dark Nights has released VHS, the debut album by Dade City Days. Formed in Bologna, Italy in 2013, the darkwave band of Andy Harsh (vocals, guitar, synth), Gea Birkin (bass, vocals), and Michele Testi (drums, drum machine) have shared the stage with artists including The Raveonettes, Modern English, The Soft Moon, Fluon, Vanity. Working with Luca Urbani (Soerba, Fluon), they have recorded an original cover… Read more →
Alfa Matrix has released a new EP from Front 242 exclusively via Bandcamp that can be downloaded for free. The Detox Static EP features a remastered version of “Take One,” plus the remix work by the top 3 winners of the remix competition held last year as well as an additional 3 mixes. Overwhelmed by the success of the competition and the… Read more →
Electronic musicians Andrea Bellucci and Andrew Lagowski have joined creative forces to release a new album via Space Race Records titled Specular Mirrors – it becomes available February 5th and generates an instrumental futuristic sound. Belluci and Lagowski through their electronic music project DioXide seek to find a balance between compositional perfection and an effective autonomous music dynamism. Specular Mirrors contains eight tracks which are fully instrumental and integrate… Read more →
120 Volts #002 – New and classic tracks by Hante., Cervello Elettronico, Machine Rox, The KVB, Autodafeh, Eco, Pankow, Die Sektor, FLESH, Angel Theory, Root4, and Final Cut. Your browser does not support the audio element. My Destruction- Hante. Degenerate – Cervello Elettronico One – Machine Rox Obsession – The KVB High On Pain – Autodafeh Entfeselt – Eco Das… Read more →
The Italian webzine and online community Darkitalia has prepared a new alternative music compilation, Sparkles In The Dark Volume 2. This latest collection features 18-tracks of excellent darkwave and post-punk selections from bands including, Der Himmel über Berlin, The Black Veils, Dade City Days, Double Echo, European Ghost, Ex-Rz, and Golden Apes, as well as several demos and B-sides. A special Limited Edition USB Square and… Read more →
Bleib Modern from Bamberg, Germany begin 2016 with a new album, Vale of Tears. The latest creation by Philipp Läufer and his band Bleib Modern is the follow-up to last year’s All Is Fair In Love And War, recalling their post-punk 80’s alternative style with a dark and somber mood. A vinyl edition of the album will be shipped in February. Vale Of Tears by BLEIB MODERN Read more →
French synth artist Hante. (Hélène de Thoury) latest project This Fog That Never Ends is now available via Bandcamp. After her noteworthy projects Phosphor and Minuit Machine, Hélène de Thoury offers through her solo ventures a cold and synthetic music mixing nagging cold wave and striking electronics released by the French label Stellar Kinematics. Her music depicts the moments in life when you swing between… Read more →
