Hypnoskull - Immer Wieder Nein

2016-06-16 (News)

Sonic explorations into the rich tapestry of electronic music aside, resistance and challenge have always been Hypnoskull's primary statements of purpose, and examining these themes in attendant texts and song lyrics has been, and always will be of the utmost importance to Patrick Stevens. This work. 'Immer Wieder Nein', is no exception! Presenting a highly explosive assemblage of aurally conveyed anger and thought-provoking impulses, a barrage of fierce and violent loops originating from harsh electronics and rhythmic noise backed up with distorted techno beats, this release moves the listener into a state of hypnosis, making them receptive to the lyrics of the closing three tracks. Well-known German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht inspired Hypnoskull to make radical re-interpretations of his works 'Gegen Verführung' (against seducement), 'Benares Song' and 'Seeräuber Jenny' - lyrics about devastation, seeking bloody revenge, and opposition which haven't lost their relevance in the last hundred years. It is important to say 'no' time after time, again and again.

Circuito Cerrado - Arrhythmia (Bonus Tracks Version)

2016-06-15 (News)

Circuito Cerrado is a hard power noise project of Markko B., mastermind and frontman of the cult dark elektro act C-Lekktor. On this 17-track second album "Arrhythmia", the Mexican act Circuito Cerrado launches a new devastating sonic assault challenging once again your ultimate body and ear resistance to his hard-style power noise torture. The relentless mixture of rhythm noise, TBM and industrial rave dance definitely reinforces and affirms the characteristic sound trademark of Circuito Cerrado. And although this new album clearly reveals a more complex sound architecture and refined production maturity, Circuito Cerrado definitely did not lose any of its rebellious and loud attitude. Potential dancefloor hits include the viral "What’s Your Emergency?", the solid "Hochspannung" and the forceful "T.N.T. (Total Noise Transmission)… With "Arrhythmia", Circuito Cerrado again sets the bar pretty high for lovers of hard-hitting distorted electro with infectious sample manipulations.

Various Artists - Forms of Hands 16

2016-06-14 (News)

The success story of "Forms Of Hands" is continued, a new chapter added. The CD compilation accompanying the festival spreads the gospel beyond the confines of the Bönen shaft tower! Filled to the brim with 14 artists, 14 tracks, all exclusive, all Hands: Wieloryb (crackling industrial rhythms), Le Moderniste (noisy and black), Morbus M. (dystopian downbeats), Trackologists (electro style remix), End.User (breakcore), Phasenmensch (vibrant technoid), Talvekoidik (tender ambient), Monolith (industrial Dub tech), 16Pad Noise Terrorist (darkstep), and rhythm'n'noise mayhems by Cacophoneuses, Ms Gentur and Mono No Aware. Proyecto Mirage contribute with a surprising odd track out, fuzzy and atmospheric with the beats tuned down, and Nullvektor really takes the biscuit with his analogue electro industrial track and a stunning vocal performance. Again, this is an encyclopaedic account of what Hands is currently up to, and as such a mirror of the post-industrial genre in general.

Marsheaux - Ath.Lon

2016-06-14 (News)

Marsheaux’s new album is called ‘Ath.Lon’; the title is derived from the first syllables of the two cities which served as the background for their new material: Athens and London. The title brings to mind the Greek word ‘athlos’ meaning the achievement. Considering the circumstances in which the ten songs on ‘Ath.Lon’ were created, observers will recognise it as an achievement, the crown of their twelve year career and a new chapter in their creativity.
‘Ath.Lon’ is crunchy, sexy and optimistic. And as every original electro pop artist should do, it looks into the horizons of the future.
From the lusty and sexy ‘Burning’, to the evocative sounds of the past on ‘Wild Heart’, with respectful bows to their influences from OMD to Saint Etienne, Marsheaux have a new found confidence. This is exemplified by the first single ‘Safe Tonight’ which features a spectacular video.

Axiome - L'avenir est un cerf teint

2016-06-13 (News)

Since it began in 1991, Axiome formed by C-drik Fermont and Olivier Moreau has passed through an unexpected evolution, journeying through most different electronic music genres. Over the years, complex industrial and breakcore elements turned into straightforward idm, electro and acid components bit by bit without losing this project's explorative trait.
'L'avenir est un cerf teint' introduces a broad range of tempers between the dark icy menace of classic Belgian EBM and the euphoria of a technoid rave. Besides the omnipresent sub-bass, saturated beats and subliminal dots of experimental electronics, the focus of these eleven compositions is also set on elaborate melodic themes which indelibly stick in the listener's mind.
An album which perfectly bridges the gap between ambitious and accessible - as coherent as an axiom, and as enigmatic as the album title.

Winter Severity Index - Human Taxonomy

2016-06-13 (News)

Winter Severity Index is a New Wave project from Rome, by Simona Ferrucci, singer, guitarist, composer and songwriter. Winter Severity Index have been praised and celebrated on highest levels for their amazing and extremely successful full length debut ‘Slanting Ray'. Their second album ‘Human Taxonomy', was presented in first preview at the Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig, receiving a warm welcoming by the audience. In their music a cold vintage drum machine rhythm section meets the liquid melancholic atmospheres of Simona's guitar and the Alessandra's ethereal synths.