Thymian – Self-titled

Playing a brand of New Wave/Post Punk inspired by bands like Gold Class, Drab Majesty or electro pop legends Depeche Mode, Zurich based THYMIAN features the multi-instrumentalist Josip Tijan. As several changes in his life occurred, THYMIAN used his music and creative drive as a valve to process the experiences he made during this time. It is a record of change and self-reflection.

The 4-track EP was recorded and produced by himself in a cozy corner of his bedroom in Zurich, Switzerland. The rich baritone voice, driving basslines and reverb drenched guitars are only some of THYMIAN’s distinct trademarks.

10″ EP / Digital Album

Posted on March 29th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Falle ‎– Expectations

Waking up, Staying down, overwhelmed by facts and fate. With cavernous eyes fed on unease, we have a vibrant hunger – to shape the unpredictable, to master the inevitable. And here it is, where they infect and overwhelm us like a virus, they consume us like the plague: EXPECTATIONS.

“Haunting. Stifling. Wired.” Named after a man-made construct to capture or control, Falle have been fuelling anticipation since summer 2018, and stretch from the flourishing Vienna/Graz tape-head scene as a collaboration between Tina Bauer, Markus Gönitzer and Peter Lazarus. United by a firm lo-fi mindset and a joint vein for the grim and murky, they lurk in the substantial negative space between catchy ‘80s-esque Bat Cave and a barren basement wallpapered with primal Units posters, early Holograms & Frustration or the likes. Driven by stubborn drum strokes, their biting synth patterns and bleak bass lines close around blunt, determined chants of introspection. Monotony? Repetition? Insistence! Turns out, we ‘re lured into a compelling body-gripper between grave post-punk dramatics and brittle punk temperament. Take the bait!

Cassette / Digital Album

Posted on March 28th, 2020 under Releases, ,

De Sang Froid ‎– Vox Dei

Killer french minimal / industrial / electro tunes from A// aka Le Syndicat Electronique, French precursor musician and performer, at work since 1996, and founder of the labels Hiératique and Invasion Planète Recordings.

Born in November 2018 at the same time as the French Yellow Vest Revolution, A// renews the industrial genre by his avant-gardism and his uncompromising vision of a refined music at its strict minimum, without artifices, without compromise in the sounds and words used.

Recommended to fans of Dopplereffekt, Beta Evers, I-F, Umwelt and Legowelt.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on March 27th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Black Egg + Beta Evers ‎– Secrets In Bloom

Black Egg is a musical collective and allegorically ritualistic concept based in France, made up of Usher San (Anthon Shield / Die Puppe / Norma Loy) Corina Nenuphar (Ghost Actor) Peter Render and All von Phillox. Since their inception in 2014, they have assembled several releases on respected labels aufnahme + wiedergabe and Unknown Pleasures.

Beta Evers from Southern Germany works alone, without any producers involved. Her genre-defying style is (perhaps) somewhere between electro and minimal wave. Besides her solo work, she contributes tirelessly to collaborative projects such as, Black Spider Clan, Zwischenwelt (with Heinrich Mueller), Flying Bodies, Radikale Analog Fraktion and Black Pond. Beta Evers is also known for her labels Kommando 6 (which she started in 2000) and Bodyvolt.

12″ / Digital Album

Posted on March 26th, 2020 under Releases, , ,

This Is The Bridge – The New Brutalism, Part Two

This is The Bridge is a solo and collaborative electronic music project based in the London area, but with roots in Liverpool. It began in 2013, exploring a ‘primitive electronic’ DIY sound using mainly analogue synthesizers. From 2016 onward, new material has also been released on TONN Recordings in Belfast.

‘The New Brutalism, Part Two’ is the sequel to an earlier collection of music self-released in September 2015.

Digital Album

Posted on March 25th, 2020 under Releases,