In 2010 Julie Morand-Ferron and Éric Trottier formed one of the most exciting duos in the Canadian electronic music scene. As Violence they created a distinct sound that captured all of their energy and enthusiasm for the things they held dear in the world around them. Since their relationship formed as teenagers, they went on to become creative partners in a constant exchange of musical and artistic ideas.
Sadly, last year Julie passed away. She left a rich legacy behind, both as a devoted mother and also in her work as an eminent scientist, published in prestigious scientific journals. In her work as a formidable performer, she created Violence’s last album as a duo with her partner Éric. Julie was very proud of this album and rightly so. TONN Recordings is also very proud to be able to bring it to you with the release of the LTD Edition vinyl, ‘La Somme De Mes Soifs’.
LP / Digital Album
Aarhus-based darkwave band Torch emerges from the depths, captivating audiences with their enticing, ominous, and freezing cold sound. Fusing Greenlandic and Danish influences, Torch weaves a tapestry of modern dark wave music, leaving listeners spellbound. Their arsenal consists of a cold drum machine, chorusy guitar, fretless bass, sharp synths, and distant, massive vocals, creating a sonic experience that lingers in the mind.
Drawing inspiration from gothic post-punk, melancholic cold wave, and hard hitting EBM, Torch invites you to expect distressing, longing songs, as well as bleak, hard bangers Their music immerses you in a world of haunting melodies and evocative rhythms, evoking a range of emotions with each resonating note.
LP / Digital Album
 Every Night Is A Moon Rising (2023), the fourth album by Delacave, reveals that Seb Normal (synths, drums programming, and arrangements) and Liliane Chansard (vocals, bass, lyrics, and illustrations – as she is also a visual artist) are interested in people’s connection with nature. Their message now is: “every atom of our beings is nature”. Lyrics such as, “tropical bears in the white sand”, from the album’s opener Fatherless, and, “fish rise to the surface”, from the masterpiece Crossing Times, suggest that the duo, which call themselves a ‘gloom-wave’ band, are trying to give us a bigger picture of the world in which we live, with its rich variety of species that include both humans and non-humans.
Chansard’s drawings also echo this message. The small, white, floating pieces of what looks like ice, on the front-cover artwork and on the inner sleeve, are ice glaciers that have been cut off from the land, as the earth’s temperature rises, and travel in the sea, where they melt away. The ghost-looking and snow-covered mountains in front of the large moon on the front-cover have started to melt, too.
So, are Delacave actually environmentalists? And if they are, do they address the impact of human activity on the environment employing clichéd claims about buying a reusable coffee cup and recycling waste, using pictures of cute birds and animals in danger of extinction, or do they use pictures from The Ugly Animal Preservation Society and their own individual agency, like members of leaderless grassroots environmental movements, away from mainstream politics (or no politics at all), to influence spontaneous action locally and at community level?
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EBM duo from Germany.
LP / Digital Album
The spark that ignited this collaboration came from a conversation between KOJOOHAR and FRANK URSUS – aka Te/DIS – about the kojoohar album that has just been released at the time and about angst pop and its position in the music scene. talking about new tracks kojoohar was working on, the decision was made to start a collaboration.
FROST DROUGHT is a 4-track ep that offers edgy angst pop with analog, gripping synthesizer sounds, metallic rhythms and enigmatic melodies, complementing by frank ursus’ vocals. music and lyrics of FROST DROUGHT describe a world of isolation, mistrust, alienation and the individual’s distance from itself. left alone in the dark…
7″ / Digital Album
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