JK Flesh – Rise Above (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Justin Karl Broadrick aka JK Flesh is one of those artists who doesn’t really need an...
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.
Jesse Osborne Lanthier & Grischa Lichtenberger – CSLM (Digital EP – Cosmo Rhythmatic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, glitch, abstract-techno. Background/Info: “CSLM” (cf. “Conversations Sur Lettres Mortes”) is a project by Jesse OsborneLanthier and Grischa Lichtenberger....
Hymnambulae – Orgelhuset (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hymnambulae is a Swedish project created by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcastand) and Åsa Boström....
Headdreamer – Sonic Poetry (Digital EP – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Robert Gajdos is a Slovakian artist who has already released a respectable number of productions on...
‘Click Interview’ with Olaf Wollschläger Vs. Mesh: ‘I think it is really important to understand the artist in what they want to achieve’
Less bands are working with a producer today, but great bands know a producer can add this little extra to...
DrakenWerks – No Prisoners (CD Album – DrakenWerks)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM. Background/Info: DrakenWerks is a band based in South Wales and driven by S.P. Draken and assisted...
Monica Jeffries – Into Temptation (CD Album – Monica Jeffries)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, wave-rock, power-pop. Background/Info: Monica Jeffries is a Polish born artist who has already released a few EP’s. You...
‘Click Interview’ with Mesh: ‘The idea of using the latest synth preset or some popular soft synth has never really appealed to us’
1996: a ‘new’ band from Bristol (UK) took the electro-pop community by surprise! Twenty years have passed since Mesh’s official...
Scheerling/Thaumaturgist – Vertoeven LVI/Mysteries Van De Droom (Cassette EP – Oggy Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Oggy Records is a small underground label devoted to experimental electronic formats. This split-tape features Bert...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock & new-wave. Background/Info: I never heard of The Raudive before. The band is driven by a 3-membered combo...
Non-Bio – The Death Chillout Sessions (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic, industrial, ambient. Background/Info: I refer to the background info I found on the “Alpha Micro Revival 8000...
Non-Bio – Alpha Micro Revival 8000 Ultra (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Non-Bio is a project operating from London and driven by the creative mind of Howard...
The Birthday Massacre – Imagica (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-cyber-pop. Background/Info: The title of this new album has been named after the original band name Imagica. Imagica...
Naagauk – Naagauk (Cassette EP – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Black-metal, industrial-punk. Background/Info: Naagauk has been set up as a duo and is hailing from The Netherlands. They’ve been...
Mesh – Looking Skyward (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Three years have passed since the “Automation Baby”-album (2013) to see the Bristol based duo of...
Dawn Of Ashes – Theophany (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-black-metal. Background/Info: Dawn Of Ashes is a band I discovered during the glorious days of the now gone NoiTekk...
Atiq – Sonorous (Digital EP – Onset Audio)
Genre/Influences: IDM, ambient, d’n’b. Background/Info: Guido Van Den Brink aka Atiq also is the owner of Mindtrick Records. This label...
Arnwald – Primal Expurgation (CD Album – Abstruse Eerie Radiance)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ambient-noise, industrial. Background/Info: I’m really glad to discover a new Belgian project and a new Belgian label as...
Angelspit – Cult Of Fake (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-punk, electro-rock. Background/Info: It’s now 10 years ago that Angelspit released their debut-album “Krankhaus”, which became an instant hit...
Sieben – The Old Magic (CD Album – Redroom Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classical, soundtrack, ritual-folk. Background/Info: Matt Howden aka Sieben is an artist who gained a respectable reputation as violinist. Based...
Philippe Petit – You Only Live Ice (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Philippe Petit is a familiar and recognized artist at the wider fields of experimental- and...
Mythos – Jules Verne / Around The World In 80 Minutes (CD Album – Groove Unlimited)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, synthesizer music, experimental. Background/Info: Electro-veteran Stephan Kaske is back on track with a new –and logical, opus inspired...
Honeymoon Cowboys – Liberating The West / Still! (CD Album – Tracks And Traces/Starman Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave, ballad-rock. Background/Info: Honeymoon Cowboys is a five-headed Belgian formation featuring ex-Siglo XX members Antonio Palermo (guitar) and...
‘Click Interview’ with Kriistal Ann: ‘Art Is A Soul Retreat; It Is An Instrument That Ennobles People
Kriistal Ann refers to the word ‘crystal’ and the real forename Anna of this Greek artist. The name was invented...
Hedera Helix – Pastiche (CD Album – 3RIOART)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-electronics, EBM, gothic. Background/Info: They call their music ‘intellectro’ and definitely remain one of the most atypical bands from...
Harold Nono – Ideeit (CD Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental, ambient, neo-classic. Background/Info: Harold Nono is a formation that doesn’t release album on regular basis. “Ideeit” is...
Dronny Darko & Utu Lautturi – Rites Lost (CD Album – Sparkwood Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This album brings two artists together. Dronny Darko is a Ukrainian artist who released a rather...
The Birthday Massacre – Imagica (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-cyber-pop. Background/Info: The title of this new album has been named after the original band name Imagica. Imagica...
Lahka Muza – Performance (DVD – eXcentriX Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave, ritual-wave. Background/Info: Lahka Muza is a Slovakian formation that was set up in 1984 in the now...
Kloq – Behind The Screams (CD Album – Kloq)
Genre/Influences: Breakbeats, electro-rock, technoid-rock. Background/Info: The 3rd full length album of Kloq is a fact. The band driven by producer...
Until Ben – The Ray (CD Album – Until Ben)
Genre/Influences: Electro-experimental, electro-jazz, electro-pop. Background/Info: Until Ben is a French producer who has compiled 8 songs on one album. It...
‘Click Interview’ with Chiron: ‘Art Is Supposed To Be A Struggle’
Chiron was set up by ex-Ikon singer Michael Aliani in 1997. The band got completed by by Ikon bass player...
Roman Leykam & Frank Mark – The Detection Of Slowness (DVD – Frank Mark Arts)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, abstract, soundtrack, experimental. Background/Info: Roman Leykam and Frank Mark both are familiar artists active on the Frank Mark...