Normotone - Hiraeth

Normotone is the solo project of Bruno Laborde. Over the past 20 years, Bruno has formed part of Axonal Warfare (1994-1997) and Neon Cage Experiment (2003-2006), he worked with Architect on “Consume Adapt Create” as well as producing remixes for such artists as Black Egg, Polygon, HIV+, Ex_Tension, and signed on Tympanik Audio for his first solo album. A deeply personal new album of Normotone‘s sounds like a mixture of Ben Frost, Coil, Autechre, Death In June, Einsturzende Neubauten or Mondkopf.

Normotone now joins the Unknown Pleasures Records family to present his second album ‘Hiraeth‘. Each track featured on this album has its own story, while remaining an integral part of a cohesive album. Under the predominantly raw layers of cold electronica, apocalyptic folk, rhythmic noise, heavy glitchy rhythms and contemporary dark ambient music with a sonic edge. A collaborative effort among well-renowned artists including Black Egg, Sonic Area, Corina Nenuphar and Thomas ‘Lysis’ Brunaux.

Edition of 300 CD’s.

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Posted on October 1st, 2015 under Releases, ,

Neo Romantix Years

The death of Steve Strange gave us the urge to work on covers of Neo-Romantics/New Wave bands of the early 1980s. We have selected great covers of this period of great creativity with analogue synth wave / minimal wave gems. No remixes and no cheap dance music.

Comes in a lovely digipak 3 panels deluxe with artwork by Yannick Rault based on original picture by Graham Smith glossy imprint with selective varnish laquer.

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Posted on September 28th, 2015 under Releases,

Follow Me Not - Where's Your Heart

Here’s the 7th release from Follow Me Not, a shoegaze, post punk and cold wave type of solo project from France.

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Posted on August 22nd, 2015 under Releases, ,

Love in Prague - Fallen Angels

Ambient guitar, minimalist rhythms and new wave voice, Love in Prague is an UFO somewhere between Interpol, And Also The Trees, Slowdive or Little Nemo. Since 2009, the band has given concerts in France in clubs and bigger halls, they have especially made the first part of the UK band Lebanon Hanover in 2015.Their new songs, still drawing on cold wave, dream pop + post-punk genre, moved on on a more electronic approach with the use of synthesizers creating an ethereal and gloomy atmosphere.

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Posted on July 15th, 2015 under Releases, ,

Zarkoff - Sweet Obsolete

It’s called ZARKOFF aka Saša Rajković!

In the last few years this great electro / minimal wave / techno producer from Croatia released some stuff on Dark Entries, Creme Organization, Kraftjerkz, JAM Traxx, Half Releases, Enfant Terrible / Gooiland Elektro etc. with various projects, such as Sumerian Fleet (with Mr Pauli & Alden Tyrell), FFFC, collabs with Popsimonova and Iva Vis.

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Posted on July 7th, 2015 under Releases, ,