Detonic Recordings: UIU – The Wild And Innocent / Like A Doll

UIU - The Wild And Innocent / Like A Doll

Buried underground in the cool comfort of the shadows, UIU is a new force channeling inspiration from Dark Wave/New Wave/Cold Wave/Goth/Synthpunk/Synthpop. Influenced by 1980’s acts such as Futurisk, Suicide, Gary Numan and The Human League, the UIU universe encompasses a wide palette of dark, yet melodic sounds – warped into a retro soundtrack for an unknown future…

“Minimum Viable Product” (MVP) is an incremental Compilation to be built over the year by Detonic Recordings. Each Month an on-line single will be published with an “A” and “B” side from each of the international artists participating in the project. At the end of the year the complete compilation (Vinyl and CD) will be released featuring the exclusive tracks from each contributor.

Digital Album

Posted on August 7th, 2018 under Releases, , ,

Pinkman: Dollkraut – Fetish

Dollkraut - Fetish

Charlois welcomes back label inaugurator Dollkraut, this time in company with De Ambassade. The label grants permission for them to share this 10” and create their own world, so they can coexist and share stories about lost love, condolence and isolation. On the A-side they come together in a dark room anthem about sex, lust and worship. It oozes with cold, heart-stabbing melancholia, yet carries the artists idiosyncratic warm and crunchy sound. The flip side scratches open the wounds left by the first song and sees Dollkraut drop his soft touch. What follows is a hypnotic voodoo track, summoning dark spirits with unsettling synths, shamanic vocals and tribal Jewish harp.

EP / Digital Album

Posted on August 5th, 2018 under Releases, ,

Knekelhuis: Violent Quand On Aime – Self-titled

Violent Quand On Aime

Coming from different regions in France, Violent Quand On Aime’s members have joined forces to canalize their energies into something truly essential. Far away from hype and expectation they have created their own peculiar world. Expect a certain electronic griminess with hints of 90’s hiphop, postpunk alienation and an affinity for Musique Concrète. The overall experience is similar to the excitement one feels when hearing something genuinely original. This mini-album is the follow-up to their very impressive 7” on Le Syndicat Des Scorpions.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on August 3rd, 2018 under Releases, ,

Manic Depression Records: DEAD – Voices

DEAD - Voices

What more can you say about a band called DEAD that hasn’t already been made abundantly clear at first glance? The fact that these French mercenaries of noise can conjure up such a powerfully dark aesthetic before even hitting a note is impressive, but when they finally do, they unleash a far more potent beast entirely. If DEAD aren’t already mapping out the future destruction of the planet, they’ve sure as hell written the soundtrack.

Bleak, confrontational, but with a firm command of rhythm and deep grooves, this might be the dancefloor antidote we’ve been waiting for. (Electric Company UK)

12″ / CD / Digital Album

Posted on August 1st, 2018 under Releases, ,

Unknown Pleasures Records: Wendy Bevan – Falling

Wendy Bevan - Falling

Wendy Bevan is a British Photographer, Musician & Singer, who combines a surreal and theatrical approach to her work. She has developed a unique cinematic world and style of her own making. Wendy’s free spirit and personality as an artist in the most authentic sense enables her to freewheel between genres. She believes in creating a universal language and balance in the crossover of disciplines. Her vivid and dramatic imagination reveals her immense creative, surreal energy as a story teller, conjuring an alternative, ethereal universe.

Digital Album

Posted on July 30th, 2018 under Releases, ,