Peter Hook, bassist of New Order describes how “Blue Monday” the best-selling 12-inch single in music history managed to lose $100,000. The single was released 40 years ago, on March 7, 1983 and to this day it holds the record as the top-selling 12-inch single in recording history. Peter Hook explains that it all came down to indie label Factory… Read more →
German synthpop band Beborn Beton have just released their new single “Dancer in the Dark” with an accompanying new music video, which serves as a mere taste of their long-awaited forthcoming album Darkness Falls Again slated for release in March on Dependent Records. This new album will be Beborn Beton’s first since they returned to the limelight with their most successful… Read more →
Anchor and Adjust out October 14th on it Records is the debut album from Australian synth-pop duo Syzygy; Rebecca Maher and Gus Kenny both formerly of beloved Melbourne synth-punk band Spotting. This new project explores a more unadulterated electronic aesthetic combined with an unabashed pop sensibility. “Gus was listening to a lot of 80s synth music and minimal wave, while… Read more →
The Red Dots announce their new EP Collapse consisting of four original tracks plus a remixed version of the title-track that comes in at over 8 minutes. The Red Dots, the project of Leandro Gámez and Núria Estúñiga from Madrid, show in this new work after 5 years, their love for synthpop sounds as in “Nothing Stays” or the aspiring… Read more →
Avant! Records is now accepting pre-orders for a limited-edition vinyl version of the new 10-track album Time Traitor by M!R!M. In this 4th LP by soloist Jack Milwaukee, he digs even deeper into a very personal work, drawing the outlines of a fantasy world lost within the foggy memories of a collective childhood. The first single off the album is… Read more →
Dark synthpop band SYZYGX have a new album out December 3rd — (Im)mortal features 15-tracks composed and produced by Luna Blanc who describes the work, “Since I was a kid, I always struggled with the concept of mortality, not as a body, but as a person, as an artist. Once I started studying the lives of long gone artists I… Read more →
Artoffact Records has launched Pay What You Want on all of their pre-2021 digital releases. Hurry and take advantage of this offer, there is no word on how long this offer will last. Now is the time to build up your collection on great albums from bands that include Noise Unit, Controlled Bleeding, Cyberaktif, Bootblacks, Ötzi, and Psyche. Below is… Read more →
Mute Bank has announced a newly upgraded Depeche Mode 101 documentary concert film and live album chronicling the 101st and final performance of the band’s Music For The Masses world tour, recorded live at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on June 18, 1988. This new HD edition due December 3, 2021 has been meticulously upgraded using 4k scans of the original… Read more →
Ahead of their new album due this fall, Sacramento post-punk / wave pop band Creux Lies previews the lead track ‘Misunderstanding’ with a new music video. Creux Lies is Ean Clevenger (vocals, programming), Barry Crider (guitars, vocals), Kyle Vorst (bass), and David Wright (synth, drum programming), and their reverb-laden guitar work, creative synth structures, and dynamic vocals recall the best… Read more →
Electronic music label and publisher of books about electronic music State of the Bass UK is set to release Generation Blitz compilation featuring thirty-four tracks from the frontline of today’s 1979 – 81 electronic post punk/ synthpop inspired global underground including previously unreleased tracks by BlakLight, Birmingham Electric, Ditsea Yella and Wavewulf with a Nostalgia Deathstar. Generation Blitz will be… Read more →
