LPF12 – Foreign Pulses Pt. 1 (Digital EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Sascha Lemon better known under the LPF12 moniker remains a very prolific artist. He...
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.
Klutæ – Black Piranha (CD Album – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, cross-over. Background/Info: Claus Larsen strikes back with a new full length under the Klutæ moniker. I always...
Nothing But Noise – eXistence Oscilla+ion <> prEsen+ (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: The original members of Front 242, Daniel B and Dirk Bergen are back on track...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Space Between Worlds (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: Jean-Marc Lederman is one of those Belgian electronic pioneers belonging to the collective memory....
‘Click Interview’ with Les Anges De La Nuit: ‘We Would Rather Be Ourselves Than Pretend To Be Something We Are Not’
Richard Abdeni and Anthony Stuart set up Les Anges De La Nuit in 2003. This American duo got some recognition...
Club Mayz – Loneliness (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: Matthias Yzebaert is a Belgian artist active under the Club Mayz moniker. After a debut album...
V/A Wave Earplug No.1 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronics, electro-wave, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: 4mg Records is a Slovakian label set up by Imiafan and devoted to promote...
V/A Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (Digital Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, minimal-electronics, cinematographic, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group is a small, but fascinating Italian label releasing...
TenHornedBeast – Death Has No Companion (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Drone, doom, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In a previous life Christopher Walton was involved in the ritual project Endvra. He later...
I Tpame I Tvrame – I Tpame I Tvrame (Cassette Album – Distag)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: This formation is a duo consisting of Franc Kurti (Albania) and Dina Hajrullahu (Kosovo). It’s not that...
Fabrizio Lapiana & Amotik – Figure Jams 001 (Vinyl 12” – Figure Jams)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal electronics. Background/Info: This vinyl is a split release featuring Italian DJ, producer and label owner Fabrizio Lapiana...
The Vomit Arsonist – Meditations On Giving Up Completely (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: The Vomit Arsonist is Andy Grant. This is the fifth full length of this death-industrial project,...
Anima Nostra – Atraments (CD Album – Tumor)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ritual, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Anima Nostra” was originally released as an album featuring a collaboration between Henrik Nordvarggr...
Admx-71 – Melted Fuel (Vinyl 12” – L.I.E.S.)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, techno, EBM, minimal electronics. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is a man of many talents. We know him as label...
Douglas J. McCarthy (Black Line / Nitzer Ebb) interview: ‘It was something we never planned to do’
Black Line is fascinating concept, which was originally set up in 2016 as a continuation of DJM|REX, a project by...
Wora Wora Washington – Mirror (CD Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, indie, electro-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Marco De Rossi and Giorgio Trez, Italian duo Wora Wora...
Stars Crusaders – Welcome To Hydra (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Three years after their debut album “New Horizons” the Italian electro-pop formation Stars crusaders takes away on...
Rubbish T.C – Nova Express (Digital Album – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental, acid. Background/Info: French artist Francis Ferguson set up Rubbish T.C (Rubbish Techno Consortium) in 2015. “Nova Express”...
Petit Singe – Akash Ganga (Vinyl 12” – Haunter Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, electro, ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Hazina Francia is an Italian artist who already released a few productions on Haunter...
Mod21 – Chapter 1 (Digital EP – Mod21)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Mod21 is a solo project set up and driven by Manuele Chiaravalloti. He already released...
‘Click Interview’ with New Frames: ‘No Tricks! Just Knowledge And Hard Work’
New Frames is the meeting between Mathis Mootz (The Panacea, M²…) and David Frisch. The debut full length “Resistance Through...
Minitel – Abîmes (CD Album – Facthedral’s Hall)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drone, cinematographic, soundscape, industrial. Background/Info: Minitel is a French solo-project set up by Raphaël Henry. This artist has...
Matrixxman & Setaoc Mass – Pitch Black (Vinyl 12” – Figure)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: “Pitch Black” is the meeting between American techno producer Charles McCloud Duff aka Matrixxman and UK techno...
400PPM – Fit For Purpose (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: American producer Shawn O'Sullivan has already been active under different monikers, but now strikes back...
The Birthday Massacre – Under Your Spell (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark cyber-pop. Background/Info: Canadian formation The Birthday Massacre became an instant revelation after their very first full length....
‘Click Interview’ with Gimme Shelter: ‘ I Do Not Know What Is So Funny About Being Named After A Title Of The Rolling Stones’
German duo Robert Grolms - Niko Kötzsch are active under the Gimme Shelter moniker for a couple of years now....
Schema Factor – Plasmavore (CD Album – Schemafactor)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Leif Bloomquist has already active since the 90s, but I have to admit I wasn’t that...
Introspect Void – Behind The Fallen Monuments Of Time (CD Album – Latex Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electronics, ambient-electro. Background/Info: I can’t remember to have ever heard of Introspect Void. This work also is a...
Joy Shannon And The Beauty Marks – Aes Sidhe (CD Album – Joy Shannon And The Beauty Marks)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, pagan-folk. Background/Info: Joy Shannon is an Irish artist based in the US. I got the opportunity to discover...
Schwarzschild – Radius (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Schwarzschild is a German duo, which was founded in 2016. It didn’t take them that much...
An Erotic End Of Times – Chapter One (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock, goth-metal. Background/Info: Behind this new formation is hiding Porn singer Philippe Deschemin and ex-Porn member Erwan Frugier....
Sturm Café – Es Geht (CD Mini-Album – SCR)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Swedish duo Jonatan Löfstedt - Gustav Jansson have been into music since 2001. They released several productions...
Juno Reactor And The Mutant Theatre – Our World (Digital Single – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Psy-trance, tribal-trance. Background/Info: Juno Reactor is the creative brainchild of Ben Watkins. He became one of the pioneers and...
