The Violent Youth - Tsvety

The Violent Youth’s new album, tsvety, continues the German-based Belarussian duo’s exploration of modern new wave and post-punk, cementing their sound within the darkwave and synth-pop revival popularized by bands like Molchat Doma. Following the darker direction of their previous work, tsvety is a blend of danceable rhythms and vulnerable, emotive lyrics that tackle universal themes of distance, loss, and hope, all while maintaining the band’s signature 80s-inspired synthetic atmosphere and compelling vocals.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on May 26th, 2026 under Releases, ,

Artoffact Records 2025 Sampler

From synthpop to shoegaze.

Digital Album [free download]

Posted on February 3rd, 2026 under Releases,

Corbeau Hangs -  Archive State

Tragic hope, hauntings, and the cult search into the unknown. Corbeau Hangs is an X-Files-esque look into the anomalies of the nature of 80s darkness. Blending post-punk grittiness, driven industrial tones and the atmospheric dilemma of darkwave and coldwave to garnish a wave of familiar and nostalgic hints while being something totally of its own electronic persona.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on November 24th, 2025 under Releases, ,

The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator

The Tear Garden, the legendary experimental project of Edward Ka-Spel (The Legendary Pink Dots) and cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy), is set to release their highly anticipated new album, Astral Elevator. This record marks a significant return for the duo, delivering a soundscape that is both familiar and refreshingly new. As with their past work, the album is a journey through surreal, often haunting electronic textures and Ka-Spel’s distinct, poetic lyricism and mysticism.

2 x LP / Digital Album

Posted on November 22nd, 2025 under Releases, ,

Dancing Plague - Domain

Dancing Plague’s Domain is a searing dive into the emotional wreckage of identity, loss, and existential disillusionment. Unflinchingly raw and brimming with industrial power, the album traces the descent into emotional numbness and self-alienation with an unrelenting intensity. From the haunting plea of “With You I Am Nothing” to the crushing collapse of “I Turn to Dust,” each track pulses with distorted synths, mechanized beats, and vocals that tremble between vulnerability and rage. The album bleeds despair and beauty in equal measure, exposing the frayed nerves of a mind unraveling in real time.

While its sonic palette draws from darkwave, EBM, and post-industrial textures, Domain is more than a genre exercise—it’s a personal exorcism. Tracks like “Bitter Taste” and “Impostor” speak to inner torment and the inability to reconcile one’s outward self with the chaos within. Lyrically introspective yet sonically confrontational, the album is steeped in duality: desire and detachment, memory and void, numbness and pain. Released on Artoffact Records, Domain solidifies Dancing Plague’s evolution into a singular voice in modern dark electronic music, finding strange comfort in the bleakest corners of the psyche.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on September 21st, 2025 under Releases, ,