Nice Cold Nation – Sunless (CD Album – Nice Cold Nation)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, new-wave. Content: I didn’t find relevant background history about this new French band called Nice Cold Nation. They...
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.
Leykam . Mark . Meyer – Hex (CD Album – Frank Mark Arts)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, psychedelic. Content: If you’re familiar with the Frank Mark Arts roster you for sure have already heard...
Horror Vacui – Return Of The Empire (CD Album – Horror Pain Gore Death/Avant!)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Content: Horror Vacui gained some international recognition with their debut album “In Darkness You Will Feel Alright”....
Ghost Again Ghost – Checkpoint Charlie (CD EP – Our Silent Canvas)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Content: There’s not much information available about Ghost Against Ghost, but this EP clearly appears to...
Dancing With Ruby – In The Interest Of Beats (CD Album – Sexy Units)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: Dancing With Ruby is a very interesting discovery in the wider fields of electro-pop music. The duo...
Conjecture – Nunavut (CD Album – Raumklang Music Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electornics, IDM, ambient. Content: Last year I discovered this Greek solo-project set up by Vasilis Angelopoulos by the debut-album...
Pas Musique – Inside The Spectrum (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Experimental- & abstract music. Content: Pas Musique started 20 years ago resulting from the creative brain of Robert L....
Inner8 – Inner8 (CD Album – Undogmatisch)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-ambient, IDM, ambient-dub. Content: Danielle Antezza is an artist who earned some fame as one half of Dadub, but...
Big Brother On Acid – Big Brother On Acid (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, glitch, abstract. Content: Big Brother On Acid is a project set up by Brooklyn (USA) based producer...
Flint Glass & Collapsar – Deus Irae (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, soundscape, Indus-ambient, tribal. Content: “Deus Irae” resulted from the common efforts of Gwenn Trémorin (Flint Glass) and Thibaud...
Xsodect – Electric Waste (Digital EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, minimal-electro, experimental, glitch. Content: Aliens Production invites us to join in for a visit to one of the...
Chant – Brave New Apocalypse (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal infused industrial-rock. Content: This is already the 3rd full album of Chant, written and produced by Bradley Bills...
Stars Crusaders – Mothership (Digital EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, electro-dance-wave, body-pop. Content: Last year Stars Crusaders unleashed their official debut album “New Horizons” revealing a strong potential...
Deviant UK – Cracks Start To Show (Digital EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, electro-goth & new-wave. Content: A new full length album by Deviant UK is in the pipeline and we...
Deathproof – Set To Smash (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Cross-over, breakbeats Content: Deathproof is duo formed by producer/singer Chris DeMarcus (FLOA, Stiff Valentine, Dismantled) and drummer/singer Jason Bazinet...
Autoclav1.1 – Werewolf Country (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, cinematographic, experimental, electro-ambient. Content: Autoclav1.1 became one of Side-Line favorite’s when it comes to speak about IDM and...
Inertia – Existential (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-rock. Content: Inertia strikes back with their 12th full length album in 23 years. The line-up for this opus...
Velvet Acid Christ – Dire Land (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial EBM. Content: The new album by Velvet Acid Christ is something different and yet still familiar. “Dire...
Sara Noxx & Goethes Erben – Sie Wusste Mehr / Falling (CD EP – Prussia Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-pop, electro-pop. Content: This new EP by Sara Noxx is her second collaboration with German gothic legend Goethes Erben....
Kloq – The Gun (Digital EP – Kloq)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-rock, electro-punk. Content: Nowadays Kloq consists of singer Dean Goodwin, bass player Tim Jackson, drummer Alex Baker (the last...
V/A Atrocity Exhibition – Year One (CD Album – Atrocity Exhibition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dream-pop, shoegaze, electro. Bands: Cat Dowling, Be Forest, Arc Waves, Tiers, Painted Zeros, Sex Scheme ao. Content: Atrocity...
Polygon – Sein Lernen (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, glitch. Content: Behind Polygon hides Ingo Lindmeier. Maybe the name of this artist doesn’t ring a bell,...
Electric)Noise(Machine – Pardon (Vinyl Album – Black Basset Records/ I For Us Records)
Genre/Influences: Dead-pop, industrial-hard-core, metal-punk. Content: Ladies and gentlemen get ready to endure a severe sonic earthquake called Electric)Noise(Machine. This trio...
Amandas Nadel – Sticht (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, rock-metal. Content: Amandas Nadel seems to be a recognized guitarist in Germany and his homeland Austria. He has...
Garçons Coiffeurs – The Early Years 2005 – 2010 (CD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, electro-punk. Content: Garçons Coiffeurs is a French formation operating from Nice. They’re clearly inspired by the good-old new-wave...
Begin Says… – Printed & Lost 1983-1991 (DCD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, funky-wave. Content: Begin Says… is a French combo that was active in between 1983 and 1991. The story...
X-Beliebig – 1980-1982 Complete Works (DCD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk. Content: Infrastition releases sometimes feel like searching for hidden treasures on the granary of your grandparents. Did...
Salome’s Dance – Salome’s Dance (CD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk. Content: Salome’s Dance is a Russian band from the great city of St. Petersburg. I’d swear that...
Neuroticfish – A Sign Of Life (CD Album – NOR)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop, intelligent power-pop. Content: Neuroticfish and its front man Sascha Mario Klein both belong to the collective memory...
Dekad – Poladroid Extended (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Content: Dekad is back on track and will soon launch their new album “A Perfect Picture”. The...
V/A Galactic Creatures (Digital Album – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Electro-clash, techno, minimal-electro. Bands: Workerpoor, Commuter, Automat, AleK Stark, Umwelt, Radioactive Man, Scape One, Anthony Rother, Djedjotronic, Voiron ao....
Ah Cama-Sotz – State Of Mind (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-dub, industrial-lounge, tribal & ethical. Content: Herman Klapholz strikes back with a new opus of his long-time fetish project...
Synth-Etik – Function (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, minimal electro-industrial-trance. Content: It took 6 years for Frank Mokros (mainly known from Totakeke) to get back to...