Carretta & Workerpoor – Acid 90 (Digital EP – Mille Feuilles)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, minimal-electro, acid. Background/Info: French artists David Carretta and Workerpoor have already released previous EP’s together. They’re back on...
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.
PJ22 feat. Nico – The End/Swan Lake (CD Single – PJ22)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro. Background/Info: Behind this Swiss solo-project is hiding PJ22 who was previously active in HLM and I Scream...
Richard H. Kirk – Dasein (CD Album – Intone)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics. Background/Info: Sheffield based Richard H. Kirk entered into history as founding member and creative spirit behind the...
Red Mecca – Set In Motion (Vinyl 7” – Massproduktion)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, dream-pop. Background/Info: Swedish formation Red Mecca is a band I’m keeping an eye on. They released a...
Principe Valiente – Oceans (CD Album – Principe Valiente/AF-Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: “Oceans” is the third full length album released by the Stockholm-based Principe Valiente. The opus...
Ferrochrome – Medusawater (CD Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Medusawater” is the third full length released on Meshwork Music (label set up by Seven Ni-Arb/X Marks...
Damage Control – Ultranoia (CD Album – Rarefraction Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Ultranoia” is the debut album of Damage Control. Set up by Australian artists Bill Barsby and Damian...
And Then You Die – Lord Of The Flies (CD Album – Skithund Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychdelic, rock, electronics, industrial. Background/Info: “Lord Of The Flies” is the seventh album by Finnish formation And Then You...
DekaLog – March Of Freedom (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 1996 and hailing from the Republic Of Crimea, DekaLog has been introduced as being...
Nórdika – Ecstasy (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Mexico became a prolific ground for dark-electronic formations, but is maybe a bit less familiar for electro-pop...
After The Rain – The Other Side Of The Crown + Kings Without A Crown (DCD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: After The Rain is a Spanish electro-pop trio hailing from Madrid. I discovered the band by the...
Tröika – Tirania De Lo Doméstico (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: “Tirania De Lo Doméstico” is the official debut album of the Spanish trio Tröika. After a...
ManOK – Dies Irae (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, goth-pop. Background/Info: ManOK is a Ukrainian duo, which already released a first album in 2012 on Scentair Records....
2Methyl – Etched (CD Album – Agnost1k Recordings)
Genre/Influences: IDM, dubstep, electro-industrial, industrial-jazz, d’n’b. Background/Info: French solo-artist Nicolas Druoton is back on track unleashing his second official opus....
Ultranoire – Intronaut (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Ultranoire is Hungarian-German duo unleashing their second opus on Scentair Records. They define their music as ‘synth-noir’-music....
Bio + Pavlov & Computers – SynthieScheme (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Bio (written БИО) is a Russian synth-pop formation set up in 1990 by Alexander Yakovlev. From...
‘Click Interview’ with 2methyl: ‘I’m Not Stuck In A Kind Of Genre’
2Methyl was previously known as 2methylbulbe1ol. Set up in 2008 by French artist Nicolas Druoton the project developed an intricate,...
Transponder – Hammer And Anvil (DCD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Transponder is ‘Freund 242’ aka Stefan Rukavina (also known from Rhesus Factor and the industrial formation Bleiburg)...
Kasper Hate – A Hunter Must Hunt (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: This is the third album from the German formation Kasper Hate. “A Hunter Must Hunt” was already...
Crisis Actor – Slave New World (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, technoid, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Crisis Actor is the meeting between David Thrussell (Snog, Black Lung…) and Tony D’Oporto (mainly...
Daniel Hall – Maelstrom (CD Album + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Sydney (Australia) based artist Daniel Hall is already back on track unleashing his ninth studio album! “Maelstrom”...
Pyrroline – In The Dawn Of Freedom (CD Album – Electro Aggression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Pyrroline has released their second official album. Four years after “Ruins Outlast”, Arnte & Schmoun are...
Akalotz – Confront (CD Album – Electro Aggression Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: German duo Akalotz is back on track unleashing their second full length. The band deals with ‘pure’...
Sobranie 8 18 – Demons, The Angel And Dark Thoughts (Cassette Album – Perfect Aesthetics)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-ambient. Background/Info: Sobranie 8 18 is a Russian duo, which I discovered by this album released on cassette...
Chrome – Techromancy (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock. Background/Info: More than 40 (!) years after their original set up the legendary punk formation Chrome unleashed...
Bvdub – Epilogues For The End Of The Sky (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Ambient Background/Info: Brock Van Wey aka Bvdub is back on track unleashing a new opus in addition to his...
Borg Queen – Sex, Drugs & Shiny Bass Poles (CD Album – Borg Queen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-gothic, goth-pop. Background/Info: Borg Queen is Vancouver (Canada) female artist Jenny Kirby. She introduced Borg Queen as ‘an alcoholic...
Black Wine Order – VVVVV (Digital Album – Black Wine Order)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, industrial new-wave & rock, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t get any relevant information from this French formation. “VVVVV” seems...
Antipole – Getting Frequent Now feat. Paris Alexander & Mats Davidsen (Digital Album – Antipole)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, guitar-wave. Background/Info: Norwegian artist Karl Morten Dahl is the creative spirit behind Antipole. This is the second self-released...
Alphamay – The Simulation Hypothesis (CD Album – Timezone Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: German duo Cris Frickenschmidt - Henning Hammoor is a German duo, which last year released the...
Atonalist feat. Gavin Friday – Atonalism (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, free-jazz. Background/Info: Atonalist is a French duo consisting of multi-instrumentalists Renaud-Gabriel Pion (collaborator of John Cale, Dead Can...
Horskh – Gate (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-EBM, cyber-industrial music. Background/Info: I discovered the French Horskh- duo (Bass and Briou) by the extended version of the...
Bronski Beat – The Age Of Reason (DCD Album – Cherry Red Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “The Age Of Reason” is the first ‘new’ Bronski Beat album in 22 years. It all started...