Released by Mute Records in 1989 The Phantom (It’s In There) b/w Ozone Breakdown 12″ from Renegade Soundwave became instant club classics. Back-to-back these extended tracks with their blistering techno/industrial/electronic sound provided the raw energy needed to cross-over onto 1989 dance floors including Save the Robots (NYC), Florentine Gardens (LA), Hippopotamus (Buenos Aires), and Kitchen Club (Miami Beach). The Phantom (It’s In There)… Read more →
Dark, gritty, and noisy – Harsh Manifesto from Hungary present their new EP’s Technoise and Rhythm of Fury via Bandcamp. Each EP features raw, powerful, hellbent electronic noise with pulsating beats. This is high voltage! Technoise by Harsh Manifesto Rhythm of Fury by Harsh Manifesto Read more →
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 →
