M​!​R​!​M - Luvenis

4 years after the release of debut album Heaven via Fabrika Records, M!R!M is back with “Iuvenis”, a dark/pop LP with 14 new tracks smoothly sewn by the young London based Italian Jack Milwaukee.

“Iuvenis is the result of two years of writing in my bedroom” Jack says. Entirely written with analog and digital synths, vintage drum machines, blurry vocals and dark bass lines, Iuvenis is once again a DIY work.

The album is clearly influenced by the 80′s post-punk / synth pop scene (New Order, The Wake, Killing Joke); yet it differs from the previous album and follows the last work released such as the 7” Matilde / Velvet Dress and the dream pop experience matured with Leave The Planet.

The “StoryTelling” in Iuvenis is more obvious than before, the album takes the listener to a deep nostalgic obscurity where laying down and being cuddled gently by the solitude is a must, while the sealing gets pierced by soft dreams and impossible hopes to reach. “Iuvenis is a Latin Word which means young man, which I am” Jack says.

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on June 1st, 2017 under Releases, ,

None - Vacuum

In between circles of monotony we will find peace and freedom. None releases a beautiful dynamic equilibrium that lives up to its name – Vacuum.

Digital Album

Posted on May 30th, 2017 under Releases, ,

Meat Injection - Hang Me Love Me

Here’s the second EP from Meat Injection, a dark wave duo from Athens, Greece.

Digital Album

Posted on May 28th, 2017 under Releases,

Schonwald - Night Idyll

With the artistic promise to make a step forward from the gloomy shades, “Night Idyll” transforms dark into psychedelic drone made of shimmering ethereal movements strongly inspired by a brighter nocturnal dance in particular making “Love Collides” an ideal new start.

Significantly, the songs favour imagery of love-passion lasting over time and massive melodies replacing the claustrophobic, smothering mood of previous SCHONWALD work is new-found appreciation of space and the actual melody itself, infused with a kind of vainglorious mix of shoegaze, darkwave and dream pop.

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on May 26th, 2017 under Releases, ,

Die Selektion -  Deine Stimme Ist Der Ursprung Jeglicher Gewalt

“The new innocence”, DIE SELEKTION’s self description, is the first of many enthralling contradictions raised by the young band. Fast beats, cutting bass lines, bleak and subcooled synth layers, and then – the most unusual instrument for this genre: The trumpet. The plain brilliancy of how this works out leads to one question only: Why has no one done this before?

It doesn’t happen often that a new, young act finds such a good reception like these fledging boys from Southern Germany. Already their very first demos caused a lot of attention and euphoria – a rare achievement in nowadays “dark scene”. Ever since “Du Rennst”, their first dancefloor hit in the clubs, DIE SELEKTION is a breath of fresh air in the dusty and often narrow minded world of dark electronic music. Maybe their youth is the secret to their self confidence and fearless approach, they overcame their idols easily and present the best possible emancipation from giant groups like DAF, NITZER EBB or DIE KRUPPS.

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on May 24th, 2017 under Releases, ,