TIJ – Gig Economy (Album – Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, dark-rock, experimental, krautrock, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TIJ (The Inconsistent Jukebox) is a project driven by Barry...
Krautrock
Mandivula – Nonsense (CD Album – Dal Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, krautrock. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of information available about Mandivula. The solo-project likes certain anonymity, but seems...
Motor!k – Motor!k (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, psychedelic-rock, experimental. Background/Info: Motor!k is one of the newest signings from Out Of Line and definitely one of...
‘Click Interview’ with Onsturicheit: ‘It’s Like A Splinter In Our Soul Cause What Kind Of Future Do We Give To Our Children’
Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist born in 1965. He started playing acoustic guitar and got later on interested by...
Onsturicheit – Splinter (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: The creativity of Onsturicheit has no limits. This is album number three for Peter Moorkens...
Onsturicheit – Angstzweet (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Krautorck, experimental. Background/Info: “Angstzweet” is the 16th chapter of the “Belgian NeuMusik”-series created by Belgian label Wool-E Discs. It...
Onsturicheit – Waan (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, krautrock. Background/Info: Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist who is involved with music for numerous years now....
Feverdreamt – Melantant (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, experimental, krautrock. Background/Info: Feverdreamt is one of the numerous projects set up by Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s mainly...
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...
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...
Katie Kruel – The Rise And Fall Of Cannibal Planet (CD Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, doom-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: Set up by Nathalie Houtermans (vocals) and Hans Dirksden-Smits (guitar) they later on were joined...
Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Wish I Weren’t Here (CD Album – WKN)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, psychedelic, industrial-rock, krautrock. . Background/Info: Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Album Julius (formerly involved...
Daniel.B.Prothese – HöllEKtroKraut / HellEctroKraut (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti (Daniel B) became a real prolific artist during the past few years. He...
House Of Blondes – Time Trip (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: John Blonde and Chris Pace are operating from N.Y (USA). So far they released 2 albums...
White Hills & Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Desire (CD EP – Ván)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-rock, rock-wave, krautrock. Background/Info: Albin Julius got some fame with Der Blutharsch. This neo-folk driven project got renamed into...
Interview with Daniel B / Prothese: ‘I Don’t Want To Be Confined In A Genre That Creates Expectations And Borders’
Daniel B will be forever linked to Front 242, but in the meantime we all know he also releases music...
Daniel B. Prothèse interview: ‘I reused and pirated the EBM thing’
Out now under the Daniel.B.Prothese moniker is the (self-released) double CD "HollEKtroKraut/HellEctroKraut" (you can get it here on Bandcamp). As...
White Hills & Der Blutharsch launches ‘Desire’ vinyl – check the video for the title track
Eight years after their 7" single "Today I want to catch Clouds", the two spacerock/prog/krautrock bands White Hills and Der...
#BRSTKRN feat. Sofie Verdoodt & Jeroen Jacobs – #BRSTKRN (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, krautrock, cinematographic. Background/Info: This Belgian project is the meeting between Bart Desmet better known as Barst (BRST)...
CAN gets immortalized in 2 new books: ‘All Gates Open’ and ‘Can Kiosk’
Faber & Faber have announced the publication (later on in April) of 2 books, "All Gates Open" and "Can Kiosk"....
Essay: History of Electronic Music
(By James T) Electronic music first became widely popular in the mid-1970s, but experiments with electronic musical instruments began as...
Annie & The Station Orchestra – Bingo Halls (CD Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, psychedelic. Background/Info: Annie & The Station Orchestra is a Scottish formation. They already released a split album...
Holygram – Holygram (CD EP – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dreamy wave-pop. Background/Info: Holygram is a German formation, which wants to compose a sonic bridge between new-wave, post-punk...
Reissue for Dieter Moebius’ 2011 album ‘Ding’ on vinyl for the very first time!
Out this summer is a vinyl reissue of Dieter Moebius’ 2011 album "Ding". It's the first time that "Ding" (together...
Can (and Depeche Mode) drummer Jaki Liebezeit dead aged 78
Again bad news from the music business. Jaki Liebezeit, the founding member of the iconic Krautrock Can, is no more....
Side-Line introduces Feeding Fingers – listen now to ‘Where All of These Towns & Choices End’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 32nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the dark...
TwoMonkeys – Whatt? (CD Album – Villa Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: A few years ago now the brothers Simone and Michele Bornati set up TwoMonkeys. “Whatt?”...
Apoptygma Berzerk: Exit Popularity Contest – reinvention by going back to the roots
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange, w/inputs from John-Erik Bye Johansen. Photos by Tarjei Krogh and Jan Ronald Stange)...
Apoptygma Berzerk drops video teaser ‘Exit popularity contest’ and it fucking sounds awesome! Order your copy on cassette, vinyl and CD right here.
As we reported a few weeks ago, Apoptygma Berzerk's Stephan Groth is reinventing his sound on the new 10-track album...
Apoptygma Berzerk pays tribute to his roots on ‘Exit popularity contest’ – to be released on vinyl, cassette and CD – you can order your copy here
Apoptygma Berzerk is reinventing its sound which is different from, but complementary to, the electro rock future pop stylings of...
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...
Rodney Cromwell – Age Of Anxiety (CD Album – Happy Robots)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Rodney Cromwell is a new solo-project set up by Adam Cresswell. This artist was formerly involved in...
Imagine a map featuring the history of electronic music… it exists!
(All pictures by Dorothy) A map featuring the history of electronic music (albeit without dates), who could ever have imagined...
