Irklis – Aus Dem Ruder (CD Album – Sleepless Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, minimal-electronics, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Before Irklis there was Forma Anonym and next Audioscope, which was a German formation...
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.
Droid Sector Decay – Posesión Satánica (Digital EP – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, experimental, EBM. Background/Info: The Greek-American Droid Sector Decay is a pretty prolific formation, which has released numerous releases...
Droid Sector Decay – National Union Of World Murder (Digital EP – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro. Background/Info: Droid Sector Decay once started as a solo-project and became a trio throughout the years. They...
Artica – Panacea (CD Album – Ein Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Italian act Artica was set up in the late 80s and was mainly active during the...
‘Click Interview’ with Xenturion Prime: ‘We’re More Interested In Evolving As A Band Than To Stay ‘Pure’
Bjørn Marius Borg and Hasse Mattsson were previously involved with Code 64. They in 2013 set up a new formation...
Aris Kindt – Swann And Odette (Digital Album – Kingdoms)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, lounge, experimental. Background/Info: Aris Kindt was set up by American duo Francis Harris and Gabe Hedrick. This second...
V/A Pop Ambient 2018 (CD Album – Kompakt)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: The German Kompakt label has reassembled 12 tracks composed by artists dealing with progressive electronics,...
Super Dragon Punch!! – Shatter (CD EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-punk, punk-pop. Background/Info: Super Dragon Punch!! Is a Belgian project set up and driven by Jérémie Venganza. This artist...
Instant Lake – Refractory (CD Album – Wave Records / Danse Macabre Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Instant Lake is an Italian formation active since 2015. After some online releases “Refractory” is the...
Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – What Makes You Pray (CD Album – WKN)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, apocalyptic new-wave, ritual, psychedelic. Background/Info: Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand, which resurrected from...
Bvdub – Heartless (CD Album – n5MD)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: American artist Brock Van Wey has already been active for numerous years now and has released...
Vague Scare – Classified (CD Album – Scarsquare Recordings)
Genre/Influences: New-Wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Vague Scare is a French duo set up in 2014 and having achieved their debut work...
Thee Flanders – The Electro Remixes (CD Album – Halb-7-Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, new-wave, electro-punk, metal-rock. Background/Info: Thee Flanders is a German psychobilly formation, which has already released several albums...
Nice Cold Nation – Crossroads (CD EP – Nice Cold Nation)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: French formation Nice Cold Nation strikes back after two previously released albums. The albums “Sunless” and...
Melodie Des Vergessens – Palustre Genesis (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Russian artist Igor Tumanniy started making music in 2012. His music is based on ‘post-processing...
Uhushuhu / Ogni Videniy / Lunar Abyss (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This untitled album is a split release between 3 dark-ambient & experimental formations from the magic...
V/A The Owls Are Not what They Seem: David Lynch Tribute Remixes (DCD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, experimental, dark-ambient, electro-minimal. Background/Info: David Lynch fans and especially the “Twin Peaks”-ones will directly recognize the legendary...
Miyamoto Takashi – Polarization (CD Album – Kyou Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Japanese artist and producer Miyamoto Takashi is already involved with music since the 80s. He...
‘Click Interview’ with 11Grams: ‘A Futuristic Album About Transhumanism’
11Grams saw the daylight thanks to the internet. This project is the meeting between American Rob Early (Retrogramme) and Australian...
Elma – A Dream Not To Be Able To Remember (CD Album – Kyou Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Ueda Hideo aka Elma is a Japanese noise maker who’s already active for numerous years...
Dao De Noize – Spiral World Notes (CD Album – Kyou Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Dao De Noize is a Ukrainian project set up and driven by Artem Pismenetskii. This...
Kazuya Ishigami – Canceller X (CD Album – Kyou Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: I discovered the Japanese ‘sound maker’ Kazuya Ishigami by his “Cleaner 583”-album. This artist already released...
Red This Ever – Fringe (CD EP – Nevitable Records/RTE)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Baltimore based Red This Ever has released this EP as a kind of bonus to their...
Red This Ever – Attack! (CD Album – Nevitable Records/RTE)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Red This ever is an electro-pop driven formation hailing from Baltimore (USA). “Attack” is their sixth...
Plague Called Humanity – Disconnection (CD EP – Plague Called Humanity)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-metal, crossover. Background/Info: Plague Called Humanity is a band from the Czech Republic which after a few line-up...
The Process Void – Dreams Of Departure (CD EP – Green Mutant Recordings)
Genre/Influences: New-wave. Background/Info: Alex J Wise is an Australian artist operating from Sydney and who started composing music during the...
Click Interview’ with Noyce™: ‘Music Has Lost Its Value Through Spotify And Others’
Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Florian Schäfer and Oliver Goetz, German formation Noyce™ is already active...
Low.Poly.Exception – Nodal Point Gang (CD Album – Low.Poly.Exception)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, rhythmic-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Nodal Point Gang” is the debut album of Philadelphia (USA) producer ‘jhm’ who got previously...
Anemone Tube – In The Vortex Of Dionysian Reality (Vinyl Album – The Epicurean/Blossoming Fern)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Stefan Hanser, Anemone Tube has already released an impressive number of...
Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate – World Adapter (CD Album – DiN)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, minimal-electronics, IDM. Background/Info: “World Adapter” resulted from the common efforts of Greek artist Bakis Sirros (Parallel Worlds)...
Hexas – Liberty Nest (CD Album – HagKenHex1)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-rock, ritual. Background/Info: Patrick Leragas (6Comm) and Gaya Donagio (AntiChildLleague) joined hands to release this album –which rather...
‘Click Interview’ with FÄR: ‘Where It Means Colour, We Only Use Black And White’
FÄR is a Belgian duo set up by producer - engineer Tim De Gieter and singer An-Sofie De Meyer. Their...
Ethan Fawkes – Zen With Attitude (Digital EP – Survival Alliance Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, techno-body music. Background/Info: “Zen With Attitude” is one of the numerous EP’s Ethan Fawkes released during the second...