Red Maze Records: No Time To Wax V​.​01

No Time To Wax V​.​01

No Time To Wax is a compilation presented by Fernando wax & the bands, to support and promote the WAVES radio show, and released by Red Maze Records, both based in Brussels, Belgium. The curator, Fernando Wax selected released gems from favourite bands and artists in the wave / post-punk / synth / electro / ambient styles.

WAVES is a radio show broadcast on Radio Vibration in Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to new-wave, minimal synth, electro-wave, EBM, post-punk, etc. It is hosted by Fernando Wax, Phil Blackmarquis and Pierre Sensurround.

Digital Album

Posted on February 7th, 2020 under Releases,

Possession Records: Soft Riot – Taking Off The Edge

Soft Riot – Taking Off The Edge

Taking Off The Edge is a digital single from 2019′s When Push Comes To Shove LP, which also contains two exclusive tracks from the album recording and mixing session. These tracks are “There Just Isn’t Enough Time II” and “You’ve Got The Brains To Figure It Out Yourself”.

Resonating with references from all corners of the synthpop’s origins, Soft Riot’s latest release nonetheless manages to retain its own individual voice, melding and reinterpreting its antecedents with a personal twist and an impressive demonstration of synth-craft and programming. Following on from 2018’s The Outsider in the Mirrors, these ten tracks represent a change in themes and an evolution in production and sound.

Digital Album

Posted on February 5th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Possession Records: Hausfrau – Trivial Pursuits

Hausfrau – Trivial Pursuits

The eagerly awaited follow up to Hausfrau’s 2014 debut album ‘Night Tides’.

Recorded and mixed at Glasgow’s famous Green Door studio (Optimo, Golden Teacher etc), the Trivial Pursuits EP signals a shift towards a harsher yet more playful sound whilst maintaining the characteristic seductive melancholy of Hausfrau’s earlier work.

This release is the first by new Glasgow-based label Possession Records, founded by members of Hausfrau, Soft Riot, and Kaspar Hauser.

Cassette / Digital Album

Posted on February 3rd, 2020 under Releases, ,

0​.​5: This Is The Bridge – Interpolation

This Is The Bridge – Interpolation

This is a collection of exclusive and reworked material, some of it from the previously released mostly digital editions. THIS IS THE BRIDGE debuted to great effect on 0.5 in 2012 with the eponymous mini-album which also marked a collaboration between Richard Anderson and Iv/An (at the time performing under the moniker I/II). Richard’s everlasting passion for recording results in a continuous run of collections of material, rich with cinematic quality.

CD / Digital Album

Posted on February 1st, 2020 under Releases, ,

Other Voices Records: No New Dawn – Double Dream

No New Dawn – Double Dream

No New Dawn is a manifestation of creative force informed by the perspectives and understanding gained through the path to void consciousness by J. Czarn. The artistic work and exploration of NND is primarily done through the utilization of electronics, however all forms of media are infinitely within consideration. No New Dawn is an ideological reference to universal oneness and present action.

No New Dawn is a post-industrial minimal synth project with Black Metal background based in Detroit by J. Czarn. Beginning in 2016, the first full-length album “Double Dream” was finished in 2018. No New Dawn’s illumination of modern bleakness and struggle contrasted with intervals of meditative and reflective clarity provide a fitting backdrop to the cold soundscape captured on this album. The project’s music uses a mix of analog, midi, sampling and live recording methods to achieve an often cavernous electronic and vocal sound. “Double Dream” also exhibits a shift in focus throughout the album from conventional song structures to loose and ambient instrumental compositions. J. Czarn is a multi-instrumentalist and artist affiliated with the One void art collective.

Absolutely must have for fans of early 80s synth scene (Gary Numan, The Human League, Clock DVA, John Foxx or Second Decay), Cold Cave, early Lust For Youth, November Növelet, late Haus Arafna, Martial Canterel.

CD / Cassette / Digital Album

Posted on January 30th, 2020 under Releases, ,