‘Click Interview’ with Kaibun: ‘Kaibun Is A Cure For My Chronic Depression And Black Ideas’
‘Kaibun’ is a Japanese word, which means ‘palindrome’. The word or phrase can be read in both directions as ‘lepers...
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.
Rlyeh1 – Memories (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, dubstep, experimental, IDM. Background/Info: Born in Italy, but operating from Vienna (Austria) you might have discovered Samuele Daccò...
Khost – Governance (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-doom, death-industrial, industrial-metal. Background/Info: Hailing from Birmingham (UK), Khost has gained a serious reputation in a rather short lapse...
Kaos! – Never Ever Me (CD Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Stockholm based duo Eva Kaxe - Kristian Oscarsson are back on track unleashing a new single. The...
Deison / Mingle – Innersurface (CD Album – St.An.Da)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, ambient. Background/Info: “Innersurface” is a new collaboration between Italian composers Cristiano Deison (Deison) and Andrea Gastaldello (Mingle)....
Noisuf-X – Banzai (CD Album – ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, industrial-rave. Background/Info: Jan Loamfield is back on track, unleashing the ninth full length album of his Noisuf-X...
Mechanical Moth – Neverything (CD Album – Scanner)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Mechanical Moth became an established formation from active on the wide roster of Scanner/Dark Dimensions. The German...
Bloody Dead And Sexy – Crucifixion, Please! / An Incomplete Guide To Psychedelic Deathrock (CD Album – Alice In…)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: To celebrate their 20th anniversary Bloody Dead And Sexy together with their label Alice In… has...
Scheuber – Changes (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop, electro-rock. Background/Info: Dirk Scheuber (Project Pitchfork) last year took numerous music lovers by surprise unleashing his solo-debut...
Rome – Hansa Studios Session (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, folk, chanson, ballad. Background/Info: When Rome finished their last tour in Berlin they got the opportunity to visit...
Die Form – Baroque Equinox (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract-electronics, dark electro-pop. Background/Info: Philippe Fichot and Éliane P are back on track unleashing their newest full length...
Headless Horseman – 47009 (Digital EP – 47)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, experimental, techno. Background/Info: William J. Youngman is already active for numerous years in the most sophisticated and...
Marco Shuttle – Systhema (CD Album – Spazio Disponibile)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, techno-ambient, mystic-electronics. Background/Info: Marco Sartorelli aka Marcho Shuttle is born in Italy, but based in London (or Berlin)....
Les Anges De La Nuit – Darkness Looms (CD & Digital Album – Static Cold Media)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Richard Abdeni and Anthony Stuart set up Les Anges De La Nuit in 2003. This American...
Hand In Waves – Hover In Remedy (Digital EP – Hands In Waves)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Hand In Waves is a German electronic music project mainly inspired and driven through electro-pop music. A...
Controlled Collapse – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CD Album – Alchera Visions/Machineries)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2003 Polish formation Controlled Collapse got some instant recognition releasing their debut album...
Bio-Dread – Parasite War (Digital EP – Pakapi Records/Industria Tropical Series)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-ambient, industrial-dub, experimental. Background/Info: “Parasite War” is the ninth and final chapter of the Industria Tropical series of...
Adam Probert – The Battle For Tomorrow (CD Album – Sonic Entrails Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial/punk poetry, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: I never heard of Adam Probert before. I found out that the artist is...
Glenn Main – Tribute To Jean Michel Jarre (CD Album – AD Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, space-electronics, synthesizer music. Background/Info: Norwegian artist Glenn Main has been inspired by the greatest and most legendary synthesizer...
Svartsinn – Collected Obscurities (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hailing from Norway Svartsinn is back on track unleashing an album filled with tracks that were originally...
S.K.E.T. – Capitalism-Continuing Crisis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: It took 8 years to S.K.E.T. to accomplish their fourth full length album. The German project...
Frame Of Mind – Resurrected (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by German duo Michael Friedrich - Marko Hein, Frame Of Mind...
Ruined Conflict – Triumphant (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: American artist Xavier Morales, better known as Ruined Conflict, is already back on track. This is...
New Frames – Resistance Through Rituals (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: New Frames is one of the latest signings on Hands although featuring an old servant from the...
Last Days Of S.E.X. – Sabotage Normality (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, noise, electro-industrial. Background/Info: It took 8 years for Manos Chrisovergis to kick back with the third full length...
Tomohiko Sagae – Sensory Deprivation (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, techno-noise. Background/Info: Japanese producer Tomohiko Sagae is one of the newest artists who have joined the Hands roster....
SaturmZlide – Human Art Engines (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM. Background/Info: German artist Alexander Marco strikes back with the fourth full length album of his SaturmZlide project....
kETvECTOR – Fig. 23 (CD Album – Rustblade)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Fig. 23” is the return after a long hibernation of kETvECTOR. Set up and driven by...
Delectro – Mueve Tu Cuerpo (Digital EP – I-Traxx Red Edition)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Colombian DJ and producer Diego Diaz claims to be inspired by 80s electronics, EBM bass...
‘Click Interview’ with ES23: ‘Maybe Music Is The Way I Get Along With My Life’
Set up in Bochum in 2004, it took a few years to ES23 to break through. The band got the...
Antibody – Opera Of Death (Digital Album – Antibody)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Jan Laustroer has now been active for a couple of years under the Antibody moniker....
Adriano Canzian – Dangerous Mind (Vinyl 12″ – I-Traxx Red Edition)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body. Background/Info: Italian producer Adriano Canzian is a recognized and praised artist active in the wider fields of techno-body...
Kaibun – Gloomy Alice And Sinister Jack (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, minimal-industrial. Background/Info: Kaibun is a Belgian project set up by Laurent Delogne (Le Moderniste) aka ‘Jack’ joined...