Elezoria – Astray (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Dmitry Nordman, Russian project Elezoria was originally meant to deal...
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.
Black Needle Noise – Lost In Reflections (Digital Album – Black Needle Noise)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Black Needle Noise has been introduced as ‘music for the movies you haven’t dream of yet…’...
Apsürde – See Me Coming (CD EP – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Budapest (Hungary), Gábor Csontos, Ádám Szakács and Ákos Szénási set up Apsürde in 2006. “See...
Lie Detector – ..To Fly! (DCD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Lie Detector is a Russian duo led by a charismatic singer who’s also a film actor....
TB Frank & Baustein – Tock (Vinyl Album – Track&Traces/Starman Records)
Genre/Influences: Alternative-rock, electro & rock, dub, funky. Background/Info: TB Frank known as one of the legendary Neon Judgement members and...
‘Click Interview’ with Schyzzo.com: ‘I’m Fed Up With The Endless List Of Boring Productions Released Over The Past Few Years’
Hungarian duo Karl Zack and Victor Miller set up Schyzzo.Com in 2004. ‘Schyzzo’ stands for musical schizophrenia; the band wants...
Stars Crusaders – Gemini (Digital EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Italian electro-pop formation Stars Crusaders last year released the successful album “Welcome To Hydra”. “Gemini” is the...
Forces Of Light – Darklights (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Forces Of Light is a ‘new’ Italian trio featuring both members of Stars Crusaders plus an extra...
Autoclav1.1 / Displacer – Spacetime (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Released in 2017, this split-album brings two masters in their genre together. UK artist Tony...
Am.Psych – Cold Wars (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Crossover, industrial, electro-pop. Background/Info: Am.Psych is an American formation, which debuted by the “Side Effects“ (2010)-EP. The band went...
Cid Project – Cid Project (CD EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-ambient, technoid. Background/Info: Gustavo Cid is already busy composing electronic music since the early 90s. He played live...
Dimitri Berzerk – Remixes Collection Vol.02 (Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Dimitri (DMT) Berzerk is a Mexican DJ and producer you for sure already discovered by one...
Daniel B. Prothèse vs. Edwin Vanvinckenroye – 99.9 (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, abstract-electronics. Background/Info: Daniel B. went through a very prolific process. He last year released new stuff with...
Daniel B. Prothèse – CHZWaaR+ZMe+aaL (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract-electronics. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. is a kind of living legend from the electronic scene....
URUK – I Leave A Silver Trail Through Blackness (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: URUK is the artistic meeting between Massimo Pupillo (who’s also involved with numerous projects) and Thighpaulsandra...
Iconoclast Messiah – Praesagium (CD Album – Iconoclast Messiah)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial, electro-rock. Background/Info: Hailing from Albany (USA) I never heard of Iconoclast Messiah before. I found out that...
Brandon Wolcott & Emil Abramyan – Music Of The Record (Vinyl Album – Kingdoms)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, neo-classic, jazzy. Background/Info: Brandon Wolcott & Emil Abramyan both are American artists. Brandon Wolcott is a composer...
Bianca Stücker – The Glass Coffin (CD Album – Equinoxe Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-pop, trip-pop, jazzy, folk, ethereal. Background/Info: German Bianca Stücker is what we can easily call a ‘total artist’....
‘Click Interview’ with Rome: ‘I Was A Huge Cave Fan As A Teenager’
Jérôme Reuter is a real phenomenon; not only because he’s one of the single renown artists from Luxembourg, but because...
Vlimmer – IIIIIIII & IIIIIIIII (2 CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, shoegaze, minimal-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Alexander Leonard Donat is a Berlin based artist who’s involved with numerous and very...
Torul – Explain (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: After having released 5 full length albums and an impressive list of EP’s, Slovenian electro-pop formation Torul...
Stoppenberg – Ultimate Power (CD Album – X-Beats)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, EBM. Background/Info: We all Jan Loamfield for his involvement with Noisuf-X and X-Fusion, which both are real successful-...
V/A Under What Flag – A Tribute To Fad Gadget (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, body-pop, cabaret, IDM. Background/Info: Frank Tovey (1956 – 2002) better known under the Fad Gadget moniker has...
Leæther Strip – Æppreciation II (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: If you’re familiar with the work of Claus Larsen, you already knew the Danish master of...
Cosmic Armchair – Valentine (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Welcome to Singapore! ‘Cosmic Ben’ and ‘Cosmic Jane’ are back on track unleashing the second EP/single...
Palais Ideal – No Signal (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, rock-wave, rock-pop. Background/Info: Palais Ideal is a ‘new’ formation set up by an experienced duo. John Edwards (guitars,...
Miazma – Miazma (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Swedish band Miazma was set up in 1997 by Kristian Olofsson and Tomas Tornevall. The duo...
White Birches – When The Street Calls (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, cinematographic-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2013 by the Swedish duo Fredrik Jonasson (synths, drum machines, samplers) - Jenny Gabrielsson...
Tommi Stumpff – Terror II (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, cinematographic. Background/Info: German artist Tommi Stumpff (real name Thomas Peters) got some fame in the 80s. His...
Pro Patria – Back To Basics (CD Album – PVC Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Belgian EBM formation Pro Patria gained some recognition during the 90s. The consecration of their Front 242-inspired...
Funker Vogt – Aviator / Collector’s Edition (DCD Album + DVD – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Repo Records goes on re-releasing some albums from Funker Vogt’s back catalogue. The so-called ‘collector’s Edition’ is...
Ugasanie – Ice Breath Of Antarctica (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-soundscape. Background/Info: Pavel Malyshkin is an artist hailing from Belarus and who next to Ugasanie –which can be...
Silent Universe – The Infinity Coordinates (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This Belarus project driven by Pavel Malyshkin (still involved in other projects such as Ugasanie, Polterngeist ao)...
