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"Crash & Burn" was the knell and a promise, so "Future Tense" is the act: The seventh studio album by Solitary Experiments shows the Electro Institition from Berlin in a freshness that is really rare for acts of this age ...

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Inkubus Sukkubus - Sabrina–Goddess of the Severn

Sabrina – Goddess of the Severn" is the final part of the Inkubus Sukkubus musical Triptych "Tales of Witchcraft & Wonder" which has seen the release of "Barrow Wake" and "Belas Knap" albums interwoven within the regular Inkubus Sukkubus release ...

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Euringer - Euringer

Euringer is a counter-culture, surreal, psychedelic, art house, avant-garde, possibly posthumous concept project from Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence fame. Featuring guest vocals from Grimes, Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and Chantal Claret ...

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Rave The Reqviem - FVNERAL [sic] (News)
Architect - Deconvolution (News)
Grausame Töchter - Engel im Rausch (News)
Empirion - I Am Electronic/Red Noise (News)
I:Scintilla - Swayed (News)

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Castle Party 2018

Dearest, Castle Party 2018 is already a part of history and honestly I don’t know how it happened. It seems like every year it goes faster. We’ve just arrived and here we are sharing our memories. This year’s edition was a bit different than previous ones. There were some changes made. On the other hand it is still our celebration and Bolków remains a place with friendly atmosphere where everybody ...

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Vanguard - Retribution

Synthpop is a genre represented in large number in Sweden, inter alia by Hjärta, Melody Club, Page, SPOCK and many others. VANGURAD in another band from this country, that fits very well to the '80 atmosphere of electronics. The last day of February 2014 brought us a new album from Gothenburg duo, Jonas Olofsson (synthesizers) and Patrik Hansson (vocal). Released by Conzoom Records "RETRIBUTION" refers to the previous projects of ...

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Einstürzende Neubauten - Lament

And so it happened!. After 7 years of waiting, gentlemen's from Einstürzende Neubauten released a new album. Is it on the same level as the previous ones? Yes and no ….... Why? Avant-grade works has always been difficult to review. They try to overcome certain adopted conventions and for this reason, their reception is always mixed - some hate it and some love. The difficulty of rating was, so to speak, directly ...

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Job Karma - Society Suicide (Music reviews)
Interview with Schnittmuskel (Interviews)
Angelspit - The Product (Music reviews)
Castle Party 2017 (Live reports)
Golden Apes - The Langsyne Litanies (Music reviews)

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Kalisz Ambient Festiwal

Kalisz Ambient Festiwal is an event held in Poland for all ambient, electronic and experimental music fans. 7-th edition will be in third time at Arts and Culture Center in Kalisz, Poland. Line up: Kriistal Ann [GR] Paradox ...

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Roni Size in Poznań!

Go Ahead agency invates You to live show of the Roni Size! A well known artists, one of co-founders of the Full Cycle Records, also known from cooperation with DJ Krust, which have begun already in 1992.

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Algiers in Poznań!

On 8 November Go Ahead agency invites you to autumn's concert of the Algiers band in Poznań in Meskalina club! Algiers is a band that cannot be labelled by one specific music genre. Drawing inspirations from rock, post-punk, industrial ...

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AnimeCon Halloween in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers (Events)
Dotan Solo Tour (Events)
Stu Larsen (Events)
I Am Giant - Playing With Fire Tour (Events)

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Recent publishing

2018-11-30

Radioaktivists
Radioakt One
(CD)
2018-11-16

Merciful Nuns
Nekrolog
(2LP + DVD + Biography)
2018-11-09

Eisbrecher
Ewiges Eis - 15 Jahre Eisbrecher
(2CD)
2018-11-09

VNV Nation
Noire
(CD)
2018-11-09

Ash Code
Perspektive
(CD)
2018-11-09

Your Life On Hold
My name is Legion for we are many
(CD)
2018-11-02

Subskan
Drawback
(CD)
2018-11-02

Aeon Sable
Aether
(CD)
2018-10-26

Solitary Experiments
Future Tense
(2CD)
2018-10-26

Sirus
Apocrypha
(CD)
2018-10-26

Inkubus Sukkubus
Sabrina–Goddess of the Severn
(CD)
2018-10-26

Grausame Töchter
Engel im Rausch
(CD)
2018-10-19

Euringer
Euringer
(CD)
2018-10-19

Rave The Reqviem
FVNERAL [sic]
(CD)

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