Expected on 7/7/17 the Violent Starlight EP will be the debut release from darkwave / synthop conceptual audio-visual artist Faith Lucille. The EP will showcase her love of dark imagery and fantasy. The independent musician local to the Central Coast of California has developed her skills in music as well as in experimental film and photography under the name of Ferocity Kills, she has… Read more →
120 Volts #011 – a selection of 20 new and classic dark electronic tracks including Synths Versus Me, Trevor Something, Welt In Scherben, Violet Poison, Dessau, Principe Valiente, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wide Boy Awake, Verset Zero, Björk, Oberer Totpunkt, Buzz Kull, Night Sins, Death In June, Ministry, Kriistal Ann, Schallfaktor, Lagowski, Laurapalmer, and Geometric Vision. Your browser does not support… Read more →
Schonwald have announced their new album Night Idyll will be out June 1st via Manic Depression Records. The Italian duo of Alessandra Gismondi and Luca Bandini focus on a darkwave atmospheric sound that is minimalist, synthetic and hypnotic drawing inspiration from New Order, The Cure, Suicide with guitars echoing My Bloody Valentine and Curve. A first album Amplified Nature was released in 2009 (Pocket… Read more →
Principe Valiante, the Swedish post punk/shoegaze band lead by Fernando Honorato delivers a new album this Friday – true to their vision, Oceans continues to carve out its own unique musical path. The first single off the new album “Strangers in The Night” was released on March 10th. The song is produced and mixed by Jimmy Ottosson & PV and its video was… Read more →
Synth Religion will be releasing “Icy Cold” – a brand new Ash Code single on 7″ white vinyl. The limited edition single will only be printed in 500 hand-numbered copies and will also feature the b-side “Rivers”. Both a digital and vinyl version will be available for purchase on June 6th. For those who will be at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen music festival there will be an opportunity to… Read more →
French synth artist Hante. (Hélène de Thoury) is set to release the follow-up to last year’s electro / darkwave striking album This Fog That Never Ends. The new 10-track work, Between Hope & Danger will be out May 24th via Synth Religion and is available from Bandcamp. Hante. has also released a new video – the first single from the album – “Le… Read more →
The 2017 edition of the dark music festival in Leipzig, Germany is set for June 2nd – 5th with an extensive lineup of 145 performances already confirmed. Visit the official Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2017 site for ticket and venue information. Confirmed acts: 13th Monkey (D) Aeon Sable (D) Ah CamaSotz (B) Ah! Kosmos (TR) Alcest (F) Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) & Edward… Read more →
Retroactivity 2017 – 2009 by Club Obscure is a cd and download compilation of 17 tracks by 17 bands which played live in the last 8 years of Retroactivity events hosted at Druckluft in Oberhausen, Germany. Included in this collection are tracks by The House of Usher, La Scaltra, Then Comes Silence, Love’s Labour’s Cost, Løwentsåhn Hølunder, Sweet Ermengarde, Ghosts of Dawn, Leaves… Read more →
120 Volts #010 – a selection of 18 new and classic dark electronic tracks including Principe Valiente, Bleib Modern, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Clan of Xymox, This Cold Night, The Dust of Basement, Tanks and Tears, Schwefelgelb, The Agnes Circle, Xmal Deutschland, The Rorschach Garden, Vandal Moon, Poésie Noire, KiEw, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Sisters of Mercy, [:SITD:], and Final… Read more →
LA-based Bestial Mouths latest remix album (STILL) Heartless has been released on Cleopatra Records and is available via Bandcamp – the album includes remixes by Ludovico Technique, The Horrorist, Die Krupps, Zanias, and more. The band is currently touring North America and plays its second show tonight in NYC at The Bowery Electric hosted by Arkham Gothic Club. (STILL) Heartless by Bestial Mouths Read more →
