Lassigue Bendthaus was the work of German electronic music producer Uwe Schmidt. The first work under the name Lassigue Bendthaus came on a cassette album The Engineers Love released in 1988 via the label he co-founded with Roman Rütten – N.G. Medien. This was followed by Matter in 1991 on the German industrial label Parade Amoureuse. In 1992 Lassigue Bendthaus… Read more →
Belgium’s Alfa Matrix label is celebrating its 14th birthday with the 4th edition of the new Matrix Downloaded series: Matrix Downloaded 004 compilation. This FREE (or pay as you wish) compilation is available in downloadable MP3/FLAC quality on the label’s Bandcamp page that also includes the three previous editions of the Matrix Downloaded albums. The Matrix Downloaded 004 compilation features… Read more →
Storm The Studio by Meat Beat Manifesto released in 1989 on Wax Trax! Records was then and is still today a masterpiece of electronic sound. In it you find an unbelievable combination of funk, industrial rhythms, break beats, hip-hop, noise and rap that to this day sounds as groundbreaking as when it debuted. Four tracks “God O.D.,” “Re-Animator,” “Strap Down,”… Read more →
Side-Line Magazine has received a huge number of emails from people interested to download the first volume of the industrial, electro and darkwave compilation Face The Beat: Session 1 in addition to the recently released Face The Beat: Session 2. Side-Line traced back the masters of the first volume and uploaded this today. You can download the first volume –… Read more →
UPDATE 08/13/2015: An album review of A Worthy Compensation by Beborn Beton is now available. Beborn Beton release a new album this September on German label Dependent. “SO HERE WE ARE, FINALLY, PRESENTING YOU WITH THE BEST ALBUM WE WILL PROBABLY EVER MAKE.” The liner notes of A Worthy Compensation, Beborn Beton’s first album since 1999, speak volumes. Such… Read more →
Established in August 2011, Aesthetische is the electronic music project from São Paulo, Brazil music pioneers of Aghast View and Biopsy – Fabricio Viscardi and Guilherme Pires. Debuting on Belgian label Alfa Matrix in 2012 with the album Powerswitch and after their follow-up in 2014 of HybridCore, Aesthetische now bring back their unique blend of electronics on a new 9-track EP,… Read more →
Bodykomplex, formed in 2012 when two guys from Northern Finland decided to make a few oldschool style EBM songs just for fun, have joined the EK Product roster. When Bodykomplex noticed that people were listening, they decided to make more songs. The stories behind the lyrics come from the tales of everyday life, told in somewhat humorous way. Lyrics are… Read more →
Side-Line Magazine is offering a FREE 52-track compilation of industrial, electro and darkwave music titled: Face The Beat: Session 2. The compilation features new talents, and several familiar ‘faces’ from the electro, wave, industrial scene including John Fryer, Acylum, NoyceTM, Desireles, Dario Seraval (Borghesia) and many more! The free compilation, counting 52 tracks, is available now via Bandcamp. The compilation album… Read more →
NOISUF-X the dark electronic side-project of X-Fusion’s Jan Lehmkämper, has reached its 10th anniversary. To commemorate the event Pro Noize has released a compilation album filled with an excellent assortment of past tracks covering 2005’s Antipode through 2014’s Invasion. The album “10 Years of Riot” also includes an extensive collection of unreleased tracks and unfinished demos. NOISUF-X “10 Years of… Read more →
The debut full length Primitive Race album is scheduled for an August 7th release via Metropolis Records. Rising forth from the primordial sonic stew of intensive collaboration, industrial supergroup PRIMITIVE RACE stands ready to take their place as the pure evolution of Industrial Music – past, present and future. Evoking the intensity, fury and excitement of Industrial First Wave, PRIMITIVE… Read more →
