T_error 404 – Vajrabhairava GO (Digital Album – Cyberbuddhism.com)
Genre/Influences: Tribal-techno, industrial-trance, IDM. Background/Info: Vladimir Cherepanov aka ‘Denoizer’ is back on track with a new album featuring 18 (!)...
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.
State Of Being – The Misinformation Age (CD Album – State Of Being)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: This album marks the return of State Of Being. Set up and driven by Christopher Foldi, this...
Nhova – Eponymous (Digital Album – Nhova)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: French artist Jerome Lagueyte has already been in the music business for a couple of years...
Mondkopf – They Fall, But You Don’t (CD Album – In Paradisum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, electronics, cinematographic. Background/Info: French musician Paul Régimbeau has now been active for many years under the Mondkopf moniker....
Matt Sprinfgield – Erase All Data (CD Album – AKA Music)
Genre/Influences: Rock-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Matt Springfield is a French artist inspired by different artists from the 90s. It’s not that...
Kentin Jivek – No Age (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, neo-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Parisian based artist Kentin Jivek has already been active for a couple of years now...
Kangding Ray – Hyper Opal Mantis (CD Album – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: IDM, techno. Background/Info: French producer David Letellier aka Kangding Ray is operating from Berlin, which is the right town...
V/A Synthétique: A French Synthwave Compilation 1982-2016 (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: “Synthétique” is a kind of sonic ‘documentary’ featuring 13 French formations dealing and/or inspired by electro-pop....
Im Namen Des Volkes – Aus Des Anti-Imperialistischen Tagebüchern (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Im Namen Des Volkes is a German solo-project set up by Matthias Schuster (also known from...
Sweet William – Organic Shades (CD Album – Datakill Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, folk-wave. Background/Info: Sweet William has already been active since the 80s and can look back at a serious...
Orphx – Archive 1993-1994 (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Noise, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Orphx was set up in 1993 by Richard Oddie, Christina Sealey and Aron West (Tropism)....
Click Interview’ with Mono Inc.: ‘Variety Is Everything!’
Mono Inc. became quite famous in their homeland (Germany) while the band still has to gain popularity abroad. They’re already...
Level 2.0 – Moonlit (Digital EP – Level 2.0)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Based in Florida (USA) Level 2.0 was set by Mike Hoffman (vocals & lyrics) and Matt Clennan...
Grebenstein – Gloss (Vinyl 12” – Horo)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, techno. Background/Info: German artist and producer Jan Grebenstein has already been in the music business for numerous...
Cats Soiled – Weird Bestiary (Vinyl 12” – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, techno, experimental, EBM. Background/Info: Cats Soiled is a French duo from Rennes driven by ‘Little’ and ‘Steve Alibi’....
Blush Response – Human Augmentation (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Joey Blush is an American producer who became ‘ein Berliner’. He released his work on different labels...
Architectural – Metropolitan Opera (Vinyl Mini-Album – Architectural)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona, Juna Rico has released an impressive number of productions in a...
Zos Kia/Coil – Transparent (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: The “Transparent”-album is more than simply history. It brings artists and friends with a common passion...
Trepaneringsritualen – Deathward To The Womb (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ritual. Background/Info: Behind this obscure Swedish project is hiding Thomas Martin Ekelund (aka Th. Tot). Trepaneringsritualen became a...
Alec Empire – Volt (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, electronics. Background/Info: Alec Empire will be always linked to Atari Teenage Riot, but this German artist has been...
‘Click Interview’ with K.I.F.O.T.H.: ‘The Album Is Written In Journalistic Style And With A View To Processing The Summary Report On The State Of The World’
Kneel In Front Of The Hangman, later on renamed into Kneel In Front Of The Executioner is already active since...
Solarrio – Solarrio (Digital EP – Solarrio)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Solarrio is a new solo-project from a French artist living in Berlin (Germany). This self-titled debut EP...
Roman Leykam – The Eternal Cycle (CD Album – Frank Mark Arts)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract music, ambient. Background/Info: Roman Leykam is one of the most familiar artists from the Frank Mark Arts...
Phenotract – It’s All We Feel Every Day (Digital Album – Phenotract)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the fourth full length released by Eric Shans. Phenotract does not release new work...
Filth Pig – Youthful Nihilism (Digital Album – Filth Pig)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Background/Info: Filth Pig is a German solo-project dealing with industrial-metal. The name of the band sounds clearly...
Echostep – Pictures In The Sky (CD EP – Echostep)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Echostep has been introduced as ‘the alternative music adventure of Cleveland, Ohio based songwriter James Patrick Young’....
Anti-Terror – Humanterror.com (CD Album – Anti-Terror Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Anti-Terror is a Polish duo dealing with a dark-electro & EBM format, which was previously active...
‘Click Interview’ with Golden Apes: ‘We Never Cared About Stylistic Drawers And Templates’
Berliner formation Golden Apes saw the daylight in 1998. Nearly 20 years after their creation the band has released an...
Sine Silex – Schachmatt (CD Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave & pop. Background/Info: Sine Silex is the meeting between Greek artist Kriistal Ann (also active under her own...
Kongo – Blubber (CD Album – Ur Muzik)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, glitch, industrial. Background/Info: Kongo is a new project featuring Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (Pouppée Fabrikk, Nordvargr, MZ.412, Folkstrom...
Daniel Hall – Together Again (CD + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Last year I discovered Daniel Hall who is based in Sydney (Australia). This musician is a prolific...
Bestial Mouths – Heartless (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, electronic. Background/Info: Bestial Mouths is a formation driven by the charismatic female singer Lynette Cerezo assisted by Christopher...
‘Click Interview’ with Tragic Impulse: ‘I Really Just Wanted To Make An Album That Had Good Dancefloor Appeal’
Tragic Impulse is a rather new EBM-minded solo-project set up and driven by Paul M. Graham. The second album “Devil...