Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
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.
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Strvngers – Strvngers (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, d’n’b & pop. Background/Info: Strvngers is a new Canadian duo featuring Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig. Their self-titled...
QDOR – I (Cassette Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ritual. Background/Info: QDOR is a mysterious Italian combo driven by ritual themes and dealing with experimental music. ‘QDOR...
Mytrip – Filament (Digital Album – Amek)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Real die-hard freaks of dark-ambient music will probably have heard of the Bulgarian formation Mytrip. This project...
Monocube – The Rituals (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Andrzew Gladushevskiy joined hands together with Malignant Records to unleash the second official album of...
Mnemonic – Mo:ral (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, EBM. Background/Info: The German duo Mnemonic is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Last year they released...
The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro (Vinyl 12” – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: British formation The Thought Criminals has already been active since 2004. They mainly released EP’s and only...
Mechanical Cabaret – Ortonesque (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop. Background/Info: “Ortonesque” is the seventh full length released by London based Mechanical Cabaret. Set up in the...
Kilner – Walk Type (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Behind this new technoid project is hiding Jamie Roberts. This is a British producer operating from...
Johannes Malfatti – Surge (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, abstract, experimental. Background/Info: Johannes Malfatti is an artist who probably doesn’t really ring a bell. He however is...
The Gathering – Blueprints (DCD Album – Psychonaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The Gathering is a band, which doesn’t really need any further introduction. Hailing from...
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito – Visitors / Projections (Double Vinyl Album – Edit Select Records)
Genre/Influences: Deep-techno, dark-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between Tony Scott (Edit Select) and Antonio Ruscito. It also...
Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Destruktionsanstalt – Swedenborg (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Danish artist Per Najbjerg Odderskov has released an impressive number of productions under different monikers...
Clavius – Nebula (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t receive any information about Clavius and there’s not much to find on the...
2nd Face – Nemesis (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: 2nd Face is a brand-new German solo-project set up by Vincent Uhlig. The debut work...
Vitalic – Voyager (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, electro-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Pascal Arbez-Nicolas better known as Vitalic gained a serious reputation in the selected and intelligent...
Parralox – Subculture (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Parralox is a prolific band animated by the creative spirit of John von Ahlen. “Subculture” is...
Parralox – Holiday ’16 (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set and driven by John Von Ahlen the Melbourner based Parralox became a familiar and recognized formation...
V/A Electropop 11 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The “Electropop”-series became one of the most exciting compilations in the electro-pop genre style, but especially...
Zeitfaktor – Signals (Digital Album – Zeitfaktor)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-electro, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Zeitfaktor is a German solo-project. Daniel’s classical music education incited him to compose his own music,...
Synoiz – The Forbidden (Digital Album – Synoiz)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Synoiz is a solo-project driven by Graeme Donaldson. The artists hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne (England)...
‘Click Interview’ with The Psychic Force: ‘We Don’t Need A Professional Production To Sound Polished And Commercial Like Tons Of Other Bands’
The Psychic Force is back alive! Twenty one years after their last album they earlier this year unleached their third...
Kazeria & Aphlar – In Bloskan (CD Album – GH Records)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two Argentinia bands. Kazeria has already...
Kaos! – Still (Digital Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Kaos! strikes back with a new single. Eva Kaxe and Kristian Oscarsson have released...
Massive Ego – Beautiful Suicide (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up during the 90s, “Beautiful Suicide” stands for the return of Massive Ego. It’s not...
Cephalgy – Gott Maschine Vaterland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the “Leid Statt Liebe”-album released by Cephalgy. This German...
Gopota – Music For Primitive (CD Album – Gopota)
Genre/Influences: Noise & dark-ambient. Background/Info: Gopota resulted from the common efforts between the projects Empty Chalice and Obozdur. I last...
Gin Devo – Electrotheque (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, cinematographic. Background/Info: Gin Devo will always be linked to Vomito Negro, which remains one of the essential dark-electro/EBM...
Absurd Minds – Tempus Fugit (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & pop, wave-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Absurd Minds strikes back after a hiatus of seven years! Stefan Grossmann, Tilo...
