Golden Apes - The Highest Point

2025-04-03 / khocico / Reads: 315

From the resonant heart of their unique sonic landscape, Golden Apes gift us "The Highest Point" — a single that feels less like a mere track and more like a profound statement etched in velvet shadow and shimmering light. This is not just music; it is an atmosphere, an ascent,...

Synaptic Defect - Lost

2025-03-31 / khocico / Reads: 384

The new EP by Synaptic Defect, titled Lost, is a raw, dark electro mini-odyssey — where distorted vocals meet noise-infused, metallic textures that pierce like sharpened steel. It's a collision of chaos and control, where pulsing beats soften the jagged edges just enough to let the tracks breathe, but never...

Rokas Zubovas & Phil Von – Live at Kotryna

2025-03-30 / khocico / Reads: 494

I was handed this album by someone I admire deeply — not only as a musician and performer, but also as an actor. We met in Warsaw, during a festival of post-punk and electronic music, of all places. That alone makes this gift more special. It felt unexpected, intimate. Before...

Rina Pavar - six

2025-03-26 / khocico / Reads: 487

There’s a special kind of thrill when an album begins in a way that makes you sit up and whisper to yourself, "This is going to be something extraordinary." Six, the second full-length release by Rina Pavar, opens exactly like that — with a subtle jolt to the senses, with...

Manic P – God’s Laughter

2025-03-25 / khocico / Reads: 643

The first thing that came to mind when I saw the title God’s Laughter was that old saying: "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." Somehow, it fits—because this EP by Manic P is full of contradictions: elevated and sensual, catchy and cerebral, steeped in nostalgia...

Platronic - How To Ride The Wave

2025-03-23 / khocico / Reads: 664

With every release, Platronic – the German-Finnish duo composed of vocalist and lyricist Kay Burden and sound designer Sami Jumppanen – continues to solidify their place in the ever-evolving landscape of dark electronic music. Without rushing or forcing anything, they are steadily building their own world: thoughtful, emotionally grounded, and sonically intelligent....