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.
With their upcoming album 'New Spirit' set to drop on February 17th, Sydney group PVT unveil a new video for their song titled 'Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend'. Directed by Mclean Stephenson, the 9 minute vid features a guy who heads off into the forest to be one with nature, escaping his normal life. In the process, he literally adapts to his surrounding by dressing like a bush and doing things to now completely fit into this new habitat.
Known for their punchy sound of industrial, post-punk and dark-electro sound, Athens band Mechanimal now unveil their third LP 'Delta Pi Delta', which is out via Inner Ear Records. Adding vocalist Eleni Tzavara to the group, the new recording reflects the inspiration drawn from the band's journey into the outskirts of Athens, absorbing the aesthetics of Greece's magical landscape. Brilliantly delivering moody traces of new wave, indie and dance, while still driving their industrial signatures, 'Delta Pi Delta' is the Mechanimal at their most streamlined and entertaining.
Preview 'Delta Pi Delta' via Bandcamp.
After unveiling their EP entitled Enter_ back in December of 2014, Bucharest’s Temple Invisible now …
Over the past couple of years Bucharest, Romania has been a hot bed of cutting edge electronic acts. Temple Invisible are a part of the new wave of maverick artists who are blurring the lines of genre, mixing a stew of musical influences to create a particular sound of dark electronica. Consisting of Irina Bucescu, Costas Ivanov and Daniel Olteanu, their track "Disappearance" was an introduction of the trio to the world with the song hauntingly springing elements of trip-hop, industrial and goth. Their recently unveiled tracks "Collide" and "Sudden Acts" incorporated post-punk, as well as synth-wave, adding guitars amidst the dreamy vocals of Irina Bucescu to spawn a nocturnal, yet sensual feel.
