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...
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.
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...
V/A Flowers From The Ashes (CD Album – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-electro, experimental, techno, tribal-techno, ambient. Background/Info: This sampler featuring 10 artists is meant as an ‘Contemporary Italian Electronic Music’-feature....
Shiv-R – Requiem For The Hyperreal (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Australian duo Pete Crane and Ben Bulig better known under the Shiv-R moniker originally released their...
Reptilicus|Senking – Unison (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, IDM. Background/Info: Icelandic Reptilicus and German Senking joined hands for the realization of a documentary about analogue/modular...
Blutengel – Vampire (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Background/Info: “Vampire” is the second single taken from the upcoming new full length “Un:Gott” by Blutengel. The new...
Apoptygma Berzerk – Soli Deo Gloria / 25th Anniversary Edition (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Apoptygma Berzerk was founded in 1989 by Stephan Groth and Jon Erik Martinsen. Stephan Groth remained...
Metroland – Reframed (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland ‘passengers’ are back on track unleashing a new and exclusive EP, which is taken from...
The Caramel Exile – The Caramel Exile (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, pop-punk. Background/Info: The Caramel Exile was set up in 2014 and is based in Bratislava (Slovakia). This is...
Pecadores – Macumbaria / 13 Anos… De Azar (CD EP – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Brazilian dark-electro formation Pecadores released their debut-EP “Macumbaria” in 2005. The title song also got featured at...
‘Click Interview’ with Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg: ‘Listen To Stuff Outside The Box Instead Of The Clichés You Usually Like’
We all know Krischan Eric-Jan Wesenberg as the creative force behind Rotersand. We also know him from his recent involvement...
Markus Midnight – Fifteen Midnight Rituals (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, cold-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Edmonton, Canada, Markus Midnight has already been busy composing music for several years now....
Kriistal Ann – Touched On The Raw (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, jazz-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Greek artist Anna Michailidou strikes back as Kriistal Ann. She’s also involved with other electro...
Opera Multi Steel – Apparences De L’Invisible + Au Fief Des Rémanences (DCD Album – Meidosem Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: This double album features a re-edition of the album “Apparences De L’Invisible” originally released in 2014...
Opera Multi Steel – Stella Obscura (Vinyl Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: “Stella Obscura” was the fourth full length released by the French ‘cult’ band Opera Multi Steel....
Studio-X – Wrong (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, trance-pop, techno-pop. Background/Info: Australian Studio-X strikes back with the fifth full length album in the project’s history. After...
Mental Exile – Exile Nights (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Mental Exile is a new solo-project set up and driven by Damasius Venysthe (singer of Mondträume). This...
Circuito Cerrado – Furious Basslines (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-electro, industrial-rave, dark-electro. Background/Info: Marrko B. (mainly known from C-Lekktor) and ‘Psyklon’ are back on track unleashing the third...
Borghesia – Proti Kapitulaciji (CD Album – Moonlee Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-pop, industrial-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 1982, Slovenian formation Borghesia became one of the EBM pioneers. The band became...
‘Click Interview’ with Indarra: ‘Why Bother Creating Something That Is Derivative, That’s Already Been Done Before’
© Gordon Hawkins Does the name Sue Hutton make ring a bell? If not you might remember Rhea’s Obsession, the...
Cellar Graves – Omen (Digital Album – Cellar Graves)
Genre/Influences: Dark rhythmic-ambient, electro-cinematographic. Background/Info: Cellar Graves is Chase Dobson, an American artist you maybe remember from C.DB.SN, which released...
VV303 – Cocaine Blues (Digital EP – Nu Body Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: Belgian artist Steve Deconinck has already been active for a couple of years now under the...
‘Click Interview’ with Solitary Experiments: ‘The Feedback From The Audience Is The Biggest Thank You We Can Think Of’
Solitary Experiments is a band I’m following from their very early debut. The German formation was set up in 1994...