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Rector Scanner returns with new material after 15 years – brand new EP ‘Der...
The Berlin based Record Scanner electropop act is finally back after 15 long years of new studio silence. Founded in 1997, Rector Scanner is the first electropop project of Berlin-based artist Rene...
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‘Click Interview’ with SIAMGDA: ‘Cultural Boundaries, Fear Of Contact Or Just...
Marc Fischer is a German musician who started composing music during the 90s as STÖRFREQUENZ. During a vacation in Nepal he got in touch with new instruments, which inspired him to explore new sonic...
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‘Click Interview’ with KLONAVENUS: ‘Cinema Is Probably The Main Influence On...
KLONAVENUS is an Italian duo set up in 2005 by Paolo Chemnitz (vocals, lyrics, samples) and Saffio (music, programming, mixing). During the early years of the band they self-released an impressive...
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New Order release ‘Be A Rebel (Arthur Baker remix)’
New Order just released “Be a Rebel (Arthur Baker Remix)”, the latest in the series of versions of their single. For this new remix, the band is rejoined by Arthur Baker (Afrika Bambaataa, Soulsonic)....
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Electro industrial sounds from Lukavac (Bosnia Herzegovina) with S.P.O.J.’s...
S.P.O.J., an audio-visual collective from Lukavac, Bosnia Herzegovina, present their newest audio-visual work “Sjeme” (Seeds) which you can view below. The music and lyrics were already created in...
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Croc Shop launch ‘Midnight’ video for song from new album ‘Perpetual Sequence’
“Perpetual Sequence” is the ninth full-length album by Croc Shop, the electronic based act featuring long time members Mick Hale and vMarkus. From that new album the band now presents a brand new...
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Erasure announce ‘The Neon Remixed’– Listen to a brand new track ‘Secrets’
(Photo by Phil Sharp) Erasure have announced details of “The Neon Remixed”, an album collating new remixes from their latest album, “The Neon”, alongside a brand new track, “Secrets”. “The Neon...
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Swedish producer Helax releases new dark ambient EP ‘But it wasn’t a dream....
Out now via Warsaw Recordings / AWAL is the new Helax EP, “But it wasn´t a dream. It was real”, a 6-track dark ambient release recorded in Autumn/Winter this year in a studio in Berlin. Coming from...
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‘Click Interview’ with Digital Factor: ‘Many Releases Today Are Unfortunately...
Hailing from the former Eastern part of Germany, DIGITAL FACTOR rapidly became a renowned and successful EBM formation during the 90s and early Millennium years. The band released multiple noticeable...
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Yann Tiersen shares video for ‘Poull Bojer’, taken from his most electronic...
(Photo by Richard Dumas) Electronica wizzard Yann Tiersen has shared a new video for the latest track to be taken from his forthcoming album, “Kerber” – out on Mute on 27 August 2021. He has also...
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Erasure announce a North American tour
UK’s synthpop act Erasure have announced a North American tour earlier today set to launch January 14, 2022 in Miami before wrapping up in late February at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Bag Raiders will...
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Pole returns with new 2-track 12 inch on Mute records in August – check out...
(Photo by Ben de Biel) Pole (aka Stefan Betke) has shared “Rost”, a brand new track and the first to be shared from “Tanzboden”, a 2-track 12” due out on Mute on 13 August 2021 on vinyl and digitally....
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Marc Houle releases his new 2-track EP ‘Gratiot’ via Sound of Berlin
Marc Houle generally releases his material on his imprint Items & Things, but for the “Gratiot ” EP he is working together with the Sound of Berlin imprint. The EP is according to Marc Houle his...
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Gulvøss releases 3rd video single ahead of debut album ‘Sinners vs. Saints’
Gulvøss is a brand new one-person electropop act based in the Nordics and in Berlin. Pushed by Nik Page (Blind Passenger) to release the first material, a first album by Gulvøss aka Sven Wittmiß will...
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Tricky joins up with Lonely Guest for their newest single ‘Pre War Tension’
Here’s something nice that ended up in our mailbox and which should be interesting to those into Tricky and related acts. Lonely Guest is releasing a debut single on the newly relaunched Berlin based...
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Laura Carbone launches ‘Nightride’ single & video shot live at the Rockpalast...
Out now is Laura Carbone’s newest single “Nightride” which was recorded live at the Rockpalast in 2019. This live single version of “Nightride” celebrates the official North American physical release...
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Erasure postpones european leg of ‘The Neon Tour’ until May 2022
(Photo by Phil Sharp) Erasure have just announced that they have made the decision to move the shows from October 2021 to May 2022 on the advice of the promoters of their upcoming shows in Ireland,...
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Marc Houle launches video for ‘Gratiot’
Last month, Canadian techno producer Marc Houle released his latest EP “Gratiot” via Sound of Berlin, between experimental house and minimal techno. Note that Marc Houle generally releases his...
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Einstürzende Neubauten / Crime & the City Solution members announce new...
(Photo by Sven Marquardt) Hackedepicciotto, the project of Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten / Crime & the City Solution) and Danielle de Picciotto (co-founder of Love Parade / Crime &...
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German electro rock act Gulvøss releases debut album ‘Sinners vs. Saints’,...
The debut album “Sinners vs. Saints” by the Berlin based soloact Gulvøss, aka Sven Wittmiß, is out now. It coincides with the release of the 2nd single taken from the album, ‘Breathe’. The longplayer...
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Berlin based post-punk act Vlimmer releases 2nd single prior to debut album
Out now is the 2nd single for Berlin-based artist Vlimmer. The 2-track single comes prior to Vlimmer’s debut album “Nebenkörper” which is coming out on september 24 and features the the atmospherical...
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Combichrist launch new single ‘Compliance’, check out the video
Combichrist have revealed a new single and music video for the track “Compliance”. This is their second new single since 2019’s “One Fire” album. The first single “Not my enemy” was released earlier...
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NNHMN – Deception Island (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Berliner based Polish duo of NNHMN last year released two EPs entitled “Deception Island 1” and “Deception...
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Autopsia – Reconstructed Vol.5 (EP – Autopsia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Autopsia was assisted by Dämmerung Orchestra to ‘reconstruct’ two of their songs. This is the fifth...
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Oliver Deutschmann & La Fraicheur / Léonard De Léonard – Split EP (EP – Gegen...
Genre/Influences: Techno, Dark-Techno, Hard-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This split EP is the second release from the Berlin based Gegen Records. The A-side features two tracks by...
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Beyond The Ghost – The Last Resort (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third full length by French project Beyond The Ghost. Another album was released in collaboration with Dead...
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Triode – Into The Deep (EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Triode is a brand new project driven by Aliens Production owner Peter ‘Ryby’ Rybar. He’s also involved with...
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Rhyw – Slithering (EP – Avian)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Techno, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Welsh/Greek Techno DJ & producer Alex Tsiridis is based in Berlin and has already released different EP’s. He...
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Templər – Myths And Consequences (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Chalandon is a French musician based in Berlin and still involved with Imperial Black Unit while running the...
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Vlimmer releases debut album, and it’s full electronics
Out now is the Vlimmer release “Nebenkörper”, the debut album by the Berlin based act Vlimmer. You might kn ow Vlimmer from our Face The Beat 6 compilation on which the project was featured with the...
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Erasure announce details of a surprise EP, marking the start of their UK tour...
Erasure (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have announced details of a surprise EP, celebrating the first night of their UK tour. Out on CD, limited edition purple cassette and digitally tomorrow, Friday 1...
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Oscar and the Wolf releases new video/single ‘Livestream’ ahead of new studio...
Oscar and the Wolf, the the alter ego of Max Colombie, has released a brand new single “Livestream”. This is the third track to be released from the third OATW album “The Shimmer” which is due 22nd...
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The late Anita Lane sees 20th anniversary reissue of ‘Sex O’Clock’, available...
(Photo by Joe Dilworth) Out 10 December 2021 is the 20th anniversary reissue of “Sex O’Clock”, the second album by the late Anita Lane who has been Nick Cave’s musical muze for over a decade. Mute...
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Brian Eno produces new Sissi Rada single ‘81948 (2000 OM69)’
Toy Tonics records’ new offshoot imprint Kryptox has released the latest single from Sissi Rada, a harp virtuoso and electronic producer based in Berlin. The single, “81948 (2000 OM69)”, was produced...
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Neolithic Nation – Atavism (Album – Steinklang Industries)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Power-Electronics. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Neolithic Nation features three Russians who seem to have made field recordings in Berlin (Germany). “Atavism”,...
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New electronic project Berlin Banter to release 5-track cover EP ‘All Too...
Berlin Banter is the project of Cassis and Christian. Casis is a film music professional who had worked for director Jim Jarmusch in New York while Christian is a self-taught synth geek in the...
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Rector Scanner returns with 2 complementary twin-EP’s under the title ‘Das...
The Berlin-based vintage electronic project Rector Scanner (the retro electropop side-project of the EBM duo AD:keY) has released two complementary twin-EP’s today under the title “Das Mädchen aus dem...
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‘Click Interview’ with Red Mecca: ‘Music Gives Me Courage And Strength’
Swedish formation Red Mecca was originally set up by Jan Strandqvist (music) and Frida Madeleine (vocals). Frida Madelaine left after four albums and got replaced by Susanne Jonsson. The brand-new duo...
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Emika & Rødhåd share new dirty techno single: ‘I Knew Your Name Before You...
Out now is the newest single by Emika & Rødhåd who united for the track “I Knew Your Name Before You Were Born”. The track is taken from part two of Emika’s “Vega” trilogy, a collection that...
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Cluster Lizard – Star Corsair (Album – Prostir)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, Cinematographic, Ambient-Techno. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Star Corsair” is the third album by the Ukrainian duo –based in Berlin, Dmytro Fedorenko –...
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’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Uwe Kanka / Armageddon...
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on writing reviews and making interviews non-stop for 30 years. So 2021 is a special year to...
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Tangerine Dream announce new album/tour, share title video ‘Raum’
Tangerine Dream announce their sophomore album “Raum” – after the passing of TG founder Edgar Froese. The album is due out next February via Kscope/Eastgate Music, inaugurating the ‘From Virgin to the...
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Gdanian – Submersion (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Sergey Gdanian is a Russian artist based in Berlin (Germany). After a few releases Gdanian signed a deal with...
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Corlyx release new single & video, ‘Take Off Everything’, taken from their...
Out now is a new single and video by the darkwave post-punk duo Corlyx for the song “Take Off Everything” taken from their upcoming album “Blood In The Disco”. The music video was directed by Corlyx...
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Branntshatz’ new 5-track EP ‘Private Enemy’ follows in January 2022
Branntshatz is a dark alternative electronic music project from Berlin, Germany. They now have announced a new 5-track EP, “Private Enemy”, which will be released on January 07, 2022. “Private Enemy”...
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Beyond The Ghost – The Desolation Age (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Pierre Laplace strikes back with the second chapter of his trilogy about the “Europe Series”. He previously this year...
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ADMX-71 – The Aging Process (Album – L.I.E.S. Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Techno, Minimal-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell strikes back with a new opus of his ‘industrialized’ ADMX-71 project. We...
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Blush Response – Reconstitution (Album – Megastructure)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Electro, Techno. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: American-Cuban producer Joey Blush -based in Berlin (Germany) released its second album during the...
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Luca Draccar – Neo Noir Plaisir (EP – Lush Point)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Trance, Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Based in Berlin (Germany) with Italian roots, Luca Draccar set up his music project in 2018. He released several...
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Russian post-punk act Ploho release ‘Plattenbauten’ single
The Russian post-punk trio Ploho have release their first-ever German-language track, “Plattenbauten”, a translation and re-recording of the band’s 2015 debut song, “Новостройки” (New Buildings in...
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