One For Jude – Anne Liese (CD EP – One For Jude)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, ballad-rock. Background/Info: One for Jude is a French band set up right before the new millennium. They have...
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.
Ayria – Paper Dolls (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, EBM, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Jennifer Parkin became one of the truly veteran artists of the Alfa Matrix roster, and...
Microchip Junky – Analog Punk (CD Album – Microship Junky)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro, electro-experimental, electro-punk. Background/Info: John Peacey is Microchip Junky, an English born musician who set up this project...
Bionulor – Stary Pisarz (CD Album – Oniron)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Sebastian Banaszczyk is back on track unleashing his 4th studio album, which is based on...
Bionulor – Trois Versions De La Vie (Digital EP – Oniron)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Bionulor is a Polish solo-project set up in 2006 by Sebastian Banaszczyk. He defines his...
Michal Wolski – The Root (Digital Album – International Day Off Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, experimental-techno, techno-ambient. Background/Info: Michal Wolski is a man of many talents and involvements. He has been active as...
Less – Rosmarie (Digital album – Broque, Broque)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-techno, experimental-techno, ambient. Background/Info: Stefan Leßner is A German DJ and producer active under the Less moniker. Several...
Intersound – _Aural Architecture (CD Album – Kinetik Records/In Fact Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Behind Intersound is hiding Greek artist Damianos Georgiadis. The name of this musician doesn’t...
‘Click Interview’ with FoxxyNewport: ‘There’s two things I know very well: Sex and Sadness’
I never heard of FoxxyNewport before the recently released “Neutral”-album. Operating from San Francisco (USA) Jess James has been active...
Monolith – Time Running Out (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Eric van Wonterghem is one of those Belgian electro veterans who can look back on a...
Red Storm – Alert (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop. Background/Info: Behind Red Storm is hiding Desdemona singer Agnieszka Leśna. An American journalist who saw Desdemona...
‘Click Interview’ with Rhesus Factor featuring Leæther Strip: ‘I don’t like to work for the profit of labels’
Stefan Rukavina is a pure ‘DIY’ (‘Do It Yourself’) artist, but still a real prolific creative mind who got some...
The Opposer Divine – Reverse//Human (CD Album – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient. Background/Info: Boris Mutina aka The Opposer Divine (TOD) is back on track unleashing the 4th album (and 2nd...
Noisy Deafness – Silent Remembrance Extended (CD Album – Electro Arc)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Electro Arc last year released the digital format of the Noisy Deafness debut album “Silent Remembrance”. The...
Rotersand – Torn Realities (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Rotersand is one of those bands we all know and respect for their sound and...
Project Pitchfork – Second Anthology (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, dark-electro & gothic. Background/Info: There are bands that simply belong to the history of a music genre. Project...
L’Âme Immortelle – Unsterblich (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, gothic-pop. Background/Info: The complete title of this album is “Unsterblich – 20 Jahre L’Âme Immortelle”. The title...
Welle: Erdball – 1000 Engel (CD EP – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “1000 Engel” was originally released as a box including the EP “1000 Engel” plus a 7” vinyl....
Trench Run – Truth Love Battle (Digital Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock. Background/Info: Andrew Hunter is hailing from Toronto (Canada) and is already involved in music for several years now....
FoxxyNewport – Neutral / International Edition (Digital Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: San Francisco (USA) based Jesse James Alexander has been introduced as ‘a self-styled anti-pop star for...
Karl Bartos – Communication (CD Album – Trocadero)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Karl Bartos entered into history as a Kraftwerk-member, but also as the one who left the band...
Metroland – Things Will Never Sound The Same Again (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: electro-pop. Background/Info: The third album by Belgian duo of Metroland is for sure the most special one, which is...
Karnnos – Dream Continent (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: There’s been a hiatus of 10 years between the previous album of Karnnos and the...
The Joy Of Nature – A Roda Do Tempo (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, folk, ritual, mystic. Background/Info: Set up by Luís Couto who’s originally from the beautiful Azores archipelago, The Joy...
Electrosexual – Art Support Remix (Digital EP – Rock Machine Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, technoid. Background/Info: Romain Frequency aka ‘Electrosexual’ strikes back with a new EP featuring 13 remixes. The work is...
Glass Apple Bonzai – Night Maze (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We here welcome a Canadian solo-project set up by Daniel X. Belasco. You might have heard of...
Giant Waves – Solidarnosc (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, wave-rock, rock-pop. Background/Info: Giant Waves is a Russian trio, which released their debut album “Solidarnosc” during 2015. “Solidarnosc”...
Full Contact 69 – Man Machine Version.2015 (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Full Contact 69 is a German duo operating from Erfurt. After having self-released 2 albums they got...
Rhesus Factor featuring Leæther Strip – Mann Der Arbeit (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rhesus Factor is a German solo-project set up by Stefan Rukavina. This artist was previously involved in...
Electro Spectre – Beautiful Lies (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: The duo Isak Rypdal (producer) and Alexander Björneboe definitely belong to the most significant and successful electro-pop...
‘Click Interview’ with AD:KeY: ‘EBM is missing fresh blood’
AD:KeY is driven by Rene and Andrea Nowotny. The 4th album “Anthropozän” released on Emmo.biz at the end of 2015...
Sophia – Unclean (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drones. Background/Info: Set up by Peter Bjärgö –as a side-project of Arcana, Sophia was mainly active and prolific...
Deep Imagination – Dancing With Ghosts (CD EP – BSC Music)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic. Background/Info: Deep Imagination is the solo-work of Art Of Infinity member Thorsten Sudler-Mainz. This EP is meant...