Sham Recordings: Deadbeat – Lost Your Marbles / Playing The Game

Deadbeat - Lost Your Marbles- Playing The Game

Deadbeat aka Manus Norr comes from small town Nora in Sweden. Since the 80´s many projects have seen the light of the day because of the creative mind of Deadbeat. Most well-known might be the short lived project The Girl and The Robot together with Frl Plastique known for her work with Welle: Erdball who released an album in 2010.

For the first time, you can now listen to Deadbeat on good old vinyl. On the title track “Lost Your Marbles” Deadbeat collaborates with both Compute and Frl Plastique as lead singers. On the opposite side, you can find the previous unreleased track Playing the Game sung beautifully by Frl Plastique.

7″ / Digital Album

Posted on December 2nd, 2017 under Releases, ,

Young And Cold Records: Paradox Obscur – Artifact

Paradox Obscur - Artifact

Paradox Obscur are a category on their own. This time they return to offer us a mix of electronic beats that form a new order of things in the so-called modern minimal scene. With melodies that are capable of uplifting you while simultaneously preserving the epic element of the analog form, a steady value in the recording that comes from real-time engagement. Ten songs with rich sound for all the whimsical dark romantic minds. “Artifact” here is not a term, it is the way to turn it into a journey that otherwise begins and ends, making the 40 minutes of listening, in an oasis free of the usual boredom that prevails in today’s releases.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on December 1st, 2017 under Releases, ,

Dark Entries Records: Group Rhoda – Wilderless

Group Rhoda - Wilderless

Group Rhoda is the solo electronic music project of Mara Barenbaum, based out of Oakland, California. The project started around 2009 with a debut album ‘Out of Time, Out of Touch’ in 2012 on Night School Records and ‘12th House’ in 2013 on Not Not Fun. She is also one half of Max and Mara who released the album ‘Less Ness’ in 2013 on Dark Entries Records. She is committed to live performance, situated within the analog synthesizer and drum machine medium.

‘Wilderless’ is Group Rhoda’s third full length and first for Dark Entries Records. Each of the these 7 songs draw forth tones of tropical darkwave and soft industrial; while negating the sound of conformity and control. The album explore themes of societal and spiritual displacement, contemporary serfdom, the depths of empathy, regeneration through destruction, and the tyranny of claiming recognition and power. Lyrics are poetically expressed through allegory and explore archetypes rooted more in abstract observation rather than hard line experience. Through transgression and imagination, Group Rhoda explores the arc of songwriting interwoven into stark electronic environments; and creates a bridge between the corporeal and the dream worlds.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on November 1st, 2017 under Releases, ,

Oraculo Records: Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges

Velvet Kills - Mischievous Urges

Velvet Kills is a thoroughly modern and urban endeavour, speaking directly to today’s society – with all its anxieties, addictions, destructiveness as well as exhilaration. You’ll find in their driving beats raw emotion, and a terrific darkness. The sound is complex, almost abstract – a combination of cinematic textures, gritty guitars, and potent vocals.

The group’s music and attitude, both have been shaped by the influences of bands and artists like Alan Vega, Malaria!, Kas Product, Iggy Pop, The Clash, and Lou Reed.

12″ EP

Posted on October 31st, 2017 under Releases, ,

Black Verb Records: Velvet Coat – Niemand

Velvet Coat - Niemand

Like a rainy, gray autumn day, Velvet Coat brings a melancholic and gloomy mood. With accentuated drums and rough guitar sounds, the trio still provides enough scope for movement. Distorted sounds with a decent dose of delay complete the sound of Velvet Coat.

12″ EP / Digital Album

Posted on October 29th, 2017 under Releases, ,