‘Click Interview’ with OHMelectronic: ‘I Don’t Want To Put Out Music That I Feel Has Already Been Done’
Craig Huxtable (Landscape Body Machine) and Chris Peterson (Decree, Left Spine Down, Damage Control, FLA…) started a common project Öhm...
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.
Bückle / Vogt – Before We Rise (CD EP – Editions Furioso)
Genre/Influences: Trip-pop. Background/Info: Phillipp Bückle (owner of Tarkovsky Green Records) and Karen Vogt (still involved with Heligoland) met in Paris...
DeepDark / Paranoia Inducta – Mind Games (CD Album Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: DeepDark (Dmitry Vologdin) and Paranoia Inducta (Anthony ‘Armageddon Destroyer’)both have already released several split releases with other...
Mind Machine – Return To The Machine (CD Album – Mind Machine)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Originally set up in 1989 and split up in 1995, the American synth-pop formation got back to...
Metatron Omega – Evangelikon (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Serbian artist Scorpio V is back on track unleashing his fourth full length album since 2015....
Alphaxone – Chronosphere (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Iranian composer Mehdi Saleh is already back with a new opus. He released an impressive number...
Ager Sonus – Mithra (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Thomas Langewehr became a very prolific artist since he set up Ager Sonus. One year after...
Aesthetic Perfection – Into The Black (CD Album – Close To Human Music)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Daniel Graves and his creative exposure Aesthetic Perfection are back on track unleashing a new...
‘Click Interview’ with Beinhaus: ‘Electronic-Punk With Industrial Drums’
Did you ever heard of Beinhaus? I didn’t it! Set up in 1994 by core members Robert Glück and Marko...
Uncarnate – Reality Breakdown (CD Mini-Album – Uncarnate)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Adam Radziszewski and Wojciech Jarzębak is the Polish duo hiding behind Uncarnate. Nearly four years after their...
Rapoon – Sol Laude / Mercury Rising 3 (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: “Sol Laude” is the final chapter from the “Mercury Rising”-trilogy, which started in 2017 to celebrate...
Closed Mouth – [One] (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop, gothic. Background/Info: Closed Mouth is a French project set up by busy bee Yannick Rault (Triple...
Rune Clausen – Tones Jul (CD Album – Forwind)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Rune Clausen is a Norwegian artist who already released a few previous productions. This album is for...
Tropic Of Coldness – Maps Of Reason (CD Album – Krysalisound)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Tropic Of Coldness is an Italian -American duo who met in Brussels. They already released...
‘Click Interview’ with Novocibirsk: ‘The Approach That Was Mine, Was Not To Compose Music’
Electro-pop lovers know the French label BOREDOMproduct. This label is the host of bands such as Celluloide, Dekad, Foretaste… but...
Seetyca – Trances (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: German project Seetyca has released an endless number of productions since 2002. “Trances” is the newest...
Nahja Mora – Final Realization Of Failure (CD Album – Nahja Mora)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Hailing from Baltimore (USA) Nahja Mora is the sonic brainchild of Josef Saint. Nahja Mora already...
Nothing But Noise – Formations Magnétiques Et Phénomènes D’incertitude (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Old Front 242 mates Daniel B. (Prothese) and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this...
Kompromat – Traum Und Existenz (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, electroclash, electro-punk. Background/Info: Kompromat is a new project featuring Vitalic and Rebeka Warrior. The sound is inspired by...
Karabine – Octobre Rouge (Digital EP – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Karabine is a new French project, which has been introduced as a ‘seasoned French producer,...
Heathens – Love Songs for Insensitive People (CD Album – Shyrec / Ricco Label)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Heathens is an Italian formation operating from Venetia. Set up in 2012 by the brothers Mattia...
‘Click Interview’ with Mark Burghgraeve: ‘We Were Multicultural Anarchists With A Rainbow Of Tastes And Opinions’
Does the name Mark Burghraeve make ring a bell? No doubt about it, ‘older’ electro heads know this Belgian artist...
Cubanate – Kolossus (Digital EP – Armalyte Industries)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Background/Info: Twenty one years after their last studio work under the Cubanate moniker, core members Marc Heal...
Tomohiko Sagae – Entrainment (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: After having released his debut full length “Sensory Deprivation” on Hands (2017) this Japanese producer joined hands...
Click Interview with The Overlookers: ‘We Wanted To Break The Rock‘N’roll Codes’
The French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct doesn’t often sign new bands. So I was really wondering who was hiding behind this...
New Frames – Schweres Wasser (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: When Mathis Mootz (Panacea, M² ao) and David Frisch unleashed their debut album “Resistance Through Rituals” in...
Monographic – Structures (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2014 the Hamburger (Germany) based Monographic joined hands together with Cold Transmission Music...
The Bluebeard’s Castle – Beyond The Door (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: The Bluebeard’s Castle is a French duo set up in 2017 by Yannick Rault (Triple Sun,...
La Mécanique – Dernier Voyage (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: La Mécanique is the sonic brainchild of Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater. He set up this project in...
Interview with Test Dept.: ‘The 80s Were An Amazing Time For Musical Development’
Back in the early 80s I’d the opportunity to see ‘new’ musical styles and bands emerging at the surface. One...
V/A Zeitgeist Vol.9 (Digital Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave, cold-wave. Background/Info: German label Cold Transmission Music moves on with the “Zeitgeist”-series unleashing the ninth volume. This...
Palais Ideal – Pressure Points (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Last year I discovered the German duo John Edwards (guitars, vocals, synths, programming) - Richard van...
Rosi – Grey City Life (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Sven Rosenkötter and Mirco Rappsilber set up Rosi in 2014. A first album “Grey City Life”...