Orange Sector – Alarm (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: The twelfth Orange Sector full length album has been introduced as the band’s most ‘political’ production history....
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.
Frame Of Mind – Nothing Else To Do (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s and split in the 90s, Frame Of Mind got reactivated in...
ES23 – Taking Me Down (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 by Daniel Pad, ES23 self-released its debut work and released 3 official...
Ruined Conflict – Sequencer (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: There’s no better way to introduce a new album than releasing an EP as an appetizer....
Form – Defiance + Entropy (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Keith Trigwell, Mark Bebb (Shelter) and producer Rob Dust, Form last year...
Orange Sector – Die Fahne (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1992 the German duo Orange Sector brings us a second teaser from their forthcoming...
Vidna Obmana – The Surreal Sanctuary / The Contemporary Nocturne (DCD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Zoharum takes us back in time. Both albums were originally released in 2000 on Hypnos....
Genetic Transmission – Spójrzcie Пожалуйста, Jakie Piękne Macie Gęby (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract. Background/Info: Polish experimentalist Tomasz Twardawa has been releasing ‘music’ for more than 20 years now. Zoharum...
Machinefabriek With Anne Bakker – Short Scenes (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundtrack, neo-classic. Background/Info: “Short Scenes” resulted from the common efforts of experimentalist Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) and professional violinist...
Tańce Snu – Meander (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ethereal, ambient. Background/Info: This project group was set up by the Polish duo India Czajkowska and Sebastian Madejski....
Rapoon – Darker By Light (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, rhythmic-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Robin Storey (ex Zoviet France) started composing music under the Rapoon moniker since the early...
Nymphya – Dream Dance (CD Album – Woohooya Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, soundtrack, experimental-pop. Background/Info: Nymphya is an American female project driven by Valentina O. I found out that she...
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...
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...