Post-punk/coldwave leaders Boy Harsher have announced the release of a couple of remix singles, landing June 28th. The pair have pressed 'Come Closer' and 'Tears' MAXI 12s on black vinyl, with a clear vinyl deluxe edition limited to only 300 copies. The 'Come Closer' package includes remixes by Marcel Dettmann and Bonaventure, with the 'Tears' pack featuring reworks by Silent Servant and Minimal Violence.
Snow Ghosts are set to release their third album 'A Quiet Ritual' on May 3rd. Landing on the Houndstooth imprint, the group have also unleashed their latest single titled 'Rip'. Just when you thought Snow Ghosts couldn't get any darker, this new track is an apocalyptic blend of disoriented electronica, post rock and even dashes of industrial.
Having rapidly made her name for herself with her brand of menacing techno, Warsaw-raised, Berlin-based producer VTSS is set to release her forthcoming 'Self Control' EP on March 15th via the Haven imprint. Comprised of four tracks in total, musically VTSS weaves between dark, nocturnal techno and rumbling industrial. The record follows a batch of brilliant remix work and her impressive 'Self Will' EP which dropped in December of last year. VTSS is surely bringing an excitement and edge to electronica.
Parisian group Scratch Massive have dropped their 'Fantome X' EP. The original song is taken from their current LP 'Garden of Love', released back in 2018. The new EP features a haunting, industrial meets techno remix courtesy of French producer and label owner UMWELT. Rising Parisian producer Sentimental Rave also contributes a nocturnal techno rework that is broad, thunderous and impacting.
Andrew Weatherall steps up with a magnificent remix of The Twilight Sad's 'Videograms'. Dark and hedi, the rework is a pulsing post-punk-fused gem peppered with spices of industrial, dance and electro. A great addition to the original version, Weatherall's version creates vivid images of those warehouse club moments in the wee hours of the morning. This is a killer handing from someone who has earned legend status in the music business.
Releasing their post-punk, politically-driven self-titled LP back in 2016, followed by their 'Summer Came Early' EP last year, Exploded View are now gearing up for their second album 'Obey', scheduled to drop September 28th on Sacred Bones. Setting the mood, their lead-off single is the punching cut 'Raven Raven'. With the echoing vocals of singer Annika Henderson adding a haunting urgency to the post-punk meets upbeat industrial production, Exploded View are ready to yet again shake the music scene up a bit.
Post-punk, synth-wave, industrial, techno - Barcelona's SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronym) are some of the best to craft the sound bursting from Spain. Comprised of Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz, label owners of Cønjuntø Vacíø and members of the cutting edge band Wind Atlas, their SDH project is the ultimate rush of haunting, heavy electronica layered with a synth-pop spreading, creating the ultimate balance between light and dark. Questioning the idea of fiction, SDH's sound is a continuing ride through illusory and realism. With their new EP 'Tell Them' out March 9th on Avant! Records, Semiotics Department of Heteronym are true heroes of electronic and post-punk alchemy.
Barcelona's SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms) have announced the release of their new EP 'Tell Them', out March 9th via Avant! Records. Comprised of three tracks, the duo fuse post-punk, synth-wave, industrial and techno for one dark, hard-hitting punch.
With their new remix EP landing this month, Lea Porcelain share another rework, this time by the group's own Julien Bracht. Reconstructing their song 'Loose Life', Bracht puts together a raw and gritty version that sways between industrial and hard-stomping techno. Almost subterranean in sound, this version will be included on the 'LEA PORCELAIN REMIXED' release which features production by Scuba, Thom alt-J and more.
Venezuelan producer has announced the release of his new album 'New Cult Fear', forthcoming July 14th via Boys Noize. A roller coaster ride of acid house, experimental electro, industrial and everything in between. The 12-song record finds the now Barcelona-based artist bridging the sounds of now with the no-holds barred spirit of the late 70s post-punk period, continuing on to breakbeat and rave. The LP follows Cardopusher's 'Manipulator', released back in 2015. Below is a stream of his cut 'Mind Eraser', which is also taken from the upcoming LP.
