Metroland presents 2nd EP in a four-part series: ‘Cooperation’ – Out now
"Cooperation" is the second EP in a four-part series ("Industry" being the first) from the Belgian electronic act Metroland. The...
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Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) presents new track of deluxe edition Will Gregory Moog Ensemble album ‘Heat Ray: The Archimedes Project’
(Photo by Paul Heartfield) Goldfrapp co-creator Will Gregory has shared another track, "Parabolic Sleuth", from the upcoming deluxe edition of...
Cubic – Back To Basic (Album – Digital/CD – Alfa Matrix)
Three years after his promising debut album “The Cubic Alphabet”, Franky Deblomme returns with a compelling follow-up album, “Back To...
Metroland – Forum (Album – Digital/CD – Alfa Matrix)
The Belgian Metroland has been highly active in recent years. Their latest album -"Forum," directly inspired by the economic forum...
Metroland interview: ‘Every new release is a fresh new audio canvas’
The Belgian electro-pop duo Metroland released “Forum” a few months ago, an electrifying conceptual hymn to the industrial revolution of...
Everything Goes Cold offers new single and video: ‘Nadir’
Ten years after the release of "Black Out the Sun" (Metropolis Records, 2014) the San Francisco, California-based act Everything Goes...
Plastikman debut ‘Sheet One’ out now on vinyl in a 30th anniversary edition
Richie Hawtin and Mute have announced the 30th anniversary edition of the Plastikman debut album, "Sheet One", set for release...
The legendary Belgian label Antler is coming back to life and immediately announces new releases
The legendary Belgian label Antler returns. Pioneering in the 80s and 90s and an absolute vanguard in the world of...
Mike Erkau (The_Empath) click interview: ‘My Master Is The Universe’
German musician Mike Erkau started making music forty years ago now! He got involved with multiple projects like Trackologists, Cosmic...
Working with Fad Gadget and Daniel Miller was an exciting treat says Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photos from the personal archives of Jean-Marc Lederman) This article draws from various updates posted by Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen,...
Inkubus Sukkubus conquers Brexit bureaucracy and sees last 2 albums distributed again in the EU
When Brexit struck in 2020 it meant a lot of problems for UK labels to keep their activity up and...
Tears for Fears announce North American tour for this summer
Roland Orzabal (60) and Curt Smith (60), also known as Tears for Fears, have announced a North American tour set...
Krate – It’s The Hope That Kills You (EP – Krate)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Ambient, Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Chris Shortt (Verin) and Roland Zwaga (Acidrodent, Construct)...
Click Interview with Akustikkoppler: ‘Our Music Is Timeless And Follows No Trends’
Akustikkoppler is the sonic symbiosis between two, legendary, German, Electronic, artists. Matthias Schuster (Das Institut, Bal Paré, Geisterfahrer, Im Namen...
Electro-industrial act Krate returns with new EP: ‘It’s The Hope That Kills You’
The Dutch electro-industrial band Krate (Chris Shortt from VERIN and Roland Zwaga from Acidrodent and Construct) is back with their...
Click Interview with Skren: ‘I Like The Idea Of Destruction And The Search For A Fresh Start’
Skren is a German duo driven by ‘Bias’ and ‘Poisa’. Hailing from Düsseldorf they this year self-released their second album...
Legendary Belgian post-punk Soviet War comes with new and old work
Out on October 7th is "Psychopuppets", the new album by the legendary Leuven based post-punk band Soviet War. The release...
Dave Smith, founder of synthesizer company Sequential and ‘father’ of MIDI, has died aged 72
(Photo via Sequential) This news got in our spam folder unfortunately, but the synthesizer company Sequential has informed that Dave...
Swedish gothic-rock band De Arma exclusively premieres new EP on Side-Line
(Photo by Nicklas Lundqvist) Out via Silent Future Recordings, but already exclusively streaming on Side-Line is the newest release by...
Tears For Fears dump ‘hit album’ and record all new album ‘The Tipping Point’
Eighteen years after their last release, "Everybody Loves A Happy Ending", Tears For Fears - the duo consisting of Roland...
Interview with Trial: ‘Quality Will Stand The Measure Of Time’
Set up in 1991 by Torsten Schröder (vocals, drums) and Erick Miotke (keyboards), Trial gained instant success in the early...
‘Det er ikke hos meg det brenner’: dystopian EP from Norwegian duo EL/NeUe
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / EL/NeUe press release) The Norwegian duo EL/NeUe just released a new EP,...
‘Click Interview’ with Reality’s Despair: ‘Music Is An Art, Created By Your Brain And Shaped By Your Heart!’
Reality’s Despair is a Belgian solo-project, which was set up more than 20 years ago now. The project self-released numerous...
Live album for Steve Roach, ‘Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021’
Out via Timeroom Editions later next month is a live album by Steve Roach: "Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021". The...
Pioneering electronic act 808 State remixes Trance Wax’s ‘Eve’
Trance Wax is an alias of Belfast-born producer Garry McCartney, also known as Ejeca. His Trance Wax project began as...
EL/NeUe: ‘KRANK’ – an album 34 years in the making
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Kampenkontor press release) EL/NeUe from Norway released their album 'KRANK' June 1st...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘Click Interview’ with Paradox Obscur: ‘We Never Use Software Synths, Something That Sounds Too Sterile And Clinic’
Paradox Obscur is a Greek duo driven by ‘Toxic Razor’ and ‘Kriistal Ann’. They’re composing a kind of Electro/Wave-Pop characterized...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando): ‘I Probably Will Continue Writing Music Till I Drop Dead’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘Click Interview’ with LivingTotem: ‘A Ritual Cyber-Punk Dystopia In Industrial Technology’
LIVINGTOTEM is a Hungarian solo-project driven by András Gulyás. He released his first official album “40K” in 2014 on Advoxya...
Opera Multi Steel reissues ‘Cathédrale’ in a 35th anniversary edition
"Cathédrale" was the very first studio album of Opéra Multi Steel, originally released in 1985. Based on sounds of nowadays...
‘Click Interview’ with Tineidae: ‘I Love Telling Stories With Melodies’
TINEIDAE is a project I discovered back in 2012 by the “Lights”-album released on the now defunct Tympanik Audio. The...
Shopping for Synthesizers: A Beginner’s Guide
Without synthesizers, would industrial music exist? Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip bought his first Moog in 1982; once he learned...
