Megaptera – Disease (CD Album – Ur-Muzik)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Disease” was originally released in 1996 on Art Konkret. Driven by Peter Nyström (also involved with other...
Inferno Sound Diaries
I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.
Digitalis – Hold On To Me (CD EP – Digitalis)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Digitalis has been set up in the 80s and can be seen as one of the...
Spookshow Inc. – Visions Of The Blinded World Pt. I&II (DCD Album – Thunder At The Distant Planet Records)
Genre/Influences: Breakbeats, industrial-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2003 Norwegian formation Spookshow Inc. released the debut album “Visions Of The Blinded...
Robert Scott Thompson – Summer Idyll (CD Album – Aucourant Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundtrack, ambient. Background/Info: Robert Scott Thompson is a real prolific artist who has released an impressive number of...
‘Click Interview’ with Studio-X: ‘ Cd’s Are Not Exactly Great For The Environment’
Based in Adelaide (Australia) Studio-X has been set up in December 2008 by Matthew Martin and Lawrie Bayldon. They got...
Robert Scott Thompson – Phonotopological (CD Album – Acousmatique)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Robert Scott Thompson is an American composer of mainly instrumental and electro-acoustique music. He also runs...
Bow Gamelan Ensemble – Great Noises That Fill The Air (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: We’re used to Cold Spring re-releasing ‘old’ and sometimes ‘legendary’ albums on CD format. Bow Gamelan...
Yes To All – Yes To All (Digital EP – Yes To All)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: Yes To All is a duo from The Netherlands. I didn’t find that much info about them,...
Whole – Bias (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro/rock-pop. Background/Info: Alexander Leonard Donat and Thomas Schernikau met a few years ago now. They’re based in Berlin and released...
Apanorama – Momentum (CD Album – Apanorama)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop. Background/Info: Nora Maul and Michael Eppelein are operating from Nürnberg (Germany). “Momentum” was released late 2018 and features 8...
Arian 1 – Spend The Night (Digital EP – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Peruvian duo Arian 1 strikes back with a new EP featuring the title song plus 5...
Ohota – Russian Tape (CD Album – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Ivan Borisov is a Russian artist who has been involved with several projects. He once...
Hardlab – Standard For The Cursed (CD Album – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-EBM, techno-body, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Hardlab is a new French duo dealing with minimal electronics inspired by techno, industrial...
‘Click Interview’ with Ah-Cama Sotz: ‘Believing In Yourself Is A Must’
Belgian Herman Klapholz is mainly known and recognized for his involvement with Ah Cama-Sotz. He released an impressive number of...
Diagnostic – Repercussions (CD Album – Jezgro)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, noise Background/Info: Behind Diagnostic is hiding Jan Robbe, who you maybe know from his involvement with Frame...
V/A Earthen (DCD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, death-industrial, ritual, experimental, drone. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records is one of the ‘oldest’ and most recognized labels...
Christopher Kah – Second Nature (Vinyl Album – Highwav Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: French producer Christopher Kah has already been busy for quite a long time now. I discovered his...
Black Nail Cabaret – Pseudopop (CD Album – Dichronaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 the Hungarian duo Black Nail Cabaret aka Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) and Krisztian Arvai...
HΣRMΣS – An-Archon (Vinyl 12” – Coum Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much information about HΣRMΣS, which seems to be a new project. ...
Church Of Trees – The Dark & The Light (CD Album – Church Of Trees)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Church Of Trees hails from Canada. They previously released the EP “Primitive Creatures” (2017) and struck...
Zoloft Evra – Wounds Of No Return (CD Album – Liquid Death Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Italian project Zoloft Evra has been active since 2014. They previously released 2 full lengths on CD...
The Space Where She Was – How To Play Dead (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Jason J. Snell got some recognition for his involvement with Bombardier, The 13th Hour and...
Wilhelm Bras – Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances (Vinyl 12” – Wilhelm Bras)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, IDM. Background/Info: Wilhelm Bras (aka Paweł Kulczyński) is a Polish artist who’s also active as Lautbild. This...
Salt – Invisible (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, cinematographic, electro-ambient. Background/Info: We all know Stefan Alt aka ‘Salt’ as the owner of Ant-Zen. The label...
Nigh/T\mare – Hypnagogia (Digital EP – Thrènes Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Italian artist Giuseppe Sciretti aka Nigh/T\mare is a new name active in the wider fields of...
Jensen Interceptor – Mother (Vinyl 2×12” – Lone Romantic)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, IDM. Background/Info: Based in Sydney, Australia, producer Mikey Melas has released an impressive number of 12”/EP’s in a...
‘Click Interview’ with Neuroticfish: ‘If You Only Recognize Neuroticfish For What You Can Dance To, Then You Do Not Understand Us At All’
Set up in the 90s by Sascha Mario Klein, Neuroticfish became one of the ‘hottest’ formations active during the so-called...
Datapop – Pop (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish duo Mikael Larsson - Anders Wilhelm have been active for a couple of years and don’t...
Sturqen – Survivalismo (CD Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Portuguese duoDavid Arantes - César Rodrigues have already released a few number of albums on Kvitnu....
Zavoloka – Promeni (CD Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, rhythmic-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Kateryna Zavoloka is based in Vienna (Austria). She’s already active for several years...
Robert Lippok – Applied Autonomy (CD Album – Raster)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Berlin based producer Robert Lippok has already been active in the music business for quite...
Oscar Mulero – Perfect Peace (CD Album – Semantica)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, techno. Background/Info: Oscar Mulero is a kind of living legend in the Spanish techno scene. He became...
Antigone – Rising (CD Album – Token Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Antonin Jeanson aka Antigonez is a French techno producer. After multiple EP’s released over the past 7-8...
