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Belly Hatcher – Late Heavy Bombardment

Monomane — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:00:10 +0000

Solo EBM project from Montreal, Québec.

Digital Album

Age O.P.F – A Trail Of Blood

Monomane — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:00:20 +0000

Both minimalist. Once in the face and once a little more gently in the face : )

7″ / Digital Album

WLDV – Lost Faith

Monomane — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:00:12 +0000

Synthwave project from Bilbao, Spain.

Digital Album [free download]

Blokkontroll – Blok 4

Monomane — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:00:29 +0000

EMB project from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Digital Album

Mannequin Records: L.F.T. – Hell Was Boring

Monomane — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:00:33 +0000

Between 2023 and 2025, L.F.T. split his time between Hamburg and Berlin, slowly piecing together what would become his most ambitious work to date. The result is Hell Was Boring – a double album that plays like a fever dream, unfolding as a dark, mythical tale about life, death, and the strange spaces in between.

L.F.T. – the alias of German producer and multi-instrumentalist Johannes Haas – has always thrived on tension: between punk urgency and electronic precision, between raw emotion and mechanical repetition. On Hell Was Boring, those tensions are amplified. Drawing on the spectral drama of Bauhaus, the melancholic minimalism of Linear Movement, the futuristic romanticism of Gary Numan, and even the sly swagger of Falco, the album feels at once deeply personal and part of a much older musical lineage.

The sound is stripped down to its bones: drums snap and rattle from a Roland TR-808, TR-707 and Korg KR-55; basslines growl from a Roland SH-101 and Korg MS-20; shards of guitar cut through clouds of tape hiss. Everything was tracked to a Teac Tascam 80-8 reel-to-reel, giving each track a lived-in, imperfect warmth. Nothing is overpolished – L.F.T. wanted the listener to hear the edges, the grit, the moments when the music almost comes apart.

2xLP / Digital Album

Electronic Emergencies: Michael Zodorozny – Test Pilot

Monomane — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:00:30 +0000

Test Pilot is the second solo album by Michael Zodorozny, post-punk icon and founding member of Crash Course in Science. On Test Pilot, he continues to explore his personal and poetic interpretation of the post-punk, new wave and no wave sound. Homemade and self-invented instruments complete his specific, extraordinary style that leans towards EBM and thrusting electro.

LP / Digital Album

Astro-Chicken: Hyboid – The Pervert’s Guide to Space Travel

Monomane — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:02 +0000

Hyboid is back with another banger straight outta NGC891!

Digital Album

Cold Transmission Music: Selected Works 2025

Monomane — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:00:05 +0000

This compilation features songs released in 2025 from some of our amazing artists on the Cold Transmission Music roster.

Digital Album [free download]

Icy Cold Records: Vikowski – Consistency

Monomane — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:00:14 +0000

Vikowski began as the solo project of Milan-based musician Vincenzo Coppeta, but has now solidified into a full three-piece line-up. While the solo releases are influenced by pop and synth pop, the music of the band is now influenced by new wave and post-punk. [Discogs]

LP / CD / Digital Album

Falco Invernale Records: Makina Girgir – Illusions

Monomane — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:00:42 +0000

A Retro-Lektro-Wave project combining electro and 80s wave/synth influences.

12″ EP / Digital Album