Rue Oberkampf – Christophe-Philippe

Founded at the end of 2016 by three DJ*s, Rue Oberkampf combines 80s ecstasy with the atmosphere of fog-shrouded, strobe-lit dance temples of the techno era. The combination of urban electronic music’s gritty drive with Julia’s French-German vocals reminds some critics of a more forceful version of Deux or Kirlian Camera: yet at the same time it creates something entirely original.

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on March 6th, 2020 under Releases, ,

Ton8 - Self-titled

Here’s the first album from TON8, a NDW / post-punk project from Münster, Germany.

LP

Posted on November 3rd, 2019 under Releases, ,

SUPERNOVA 1006 - Technical Support

One of the brightest interstellar events in history was SUPERNOVA 1006. This is also the namesake of the Russian electronic music duo of Andrey Yukhovich (singer/songwriter/guitar) Elizabeth Dolgikh (drums/synthesizers), who are about to release their latest LP Technical Support.

The record, a worthy successor to SN1006’s previous outing Blackout, evolving into from Darkwave LP, into something more akin to what the crew on the BBC 4 series Skins would listen to, while maintaining a broad appeal ranging, catering to the aural tastes of Technoheads, Post-Punkers, and Industrial/EBM kids.

This, however, is a political record, exploring the looming fear of Vladimir Putin signing into law the “sovereign internet” bill, an Orwellian piece of legislation that would give the Russian government control over the internet in ways that would rival that of China’s.

Of this theme for Technical Support, Andrey, and Elizabeth explain: “The main idea of the album was to describe the boundaries of ideas we are driven by the information field. Now any information has its limits and an acceptable qualification. Maybe you’ve heard that there’s no freedom of speech in Russia. At the end of 2019 the country will begin to “separate” from the global Internet with all the consequences. One big Russian firewall will “filter” and “prohibit”. Technical support – those who build this firewall. These are the ones who will limit the development of ideas and bury the unborn ones.” [post-punk.com]

LP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on September 24th, 2019 under Releases, ,

Leere - Fragmented identity

Leere is an female wave solo project. Emptiness, loneliness and nostalgia of the postmodernism are represented in her music through the sounds of original 80s synth and drum machine, the integration of field recordings and industrial elements.

She calls her music style violent romance, balancing between tenderness and anger, expressing love through pain.

Daria Leere is a former member of dark-wave duo Monowelt, who’s haunted atmosphere stole hearts to many music lovers.

12″ / CD / Digital Album

Posted on December 9th, 2018 under Releases, ,

Detachments - Chain of Command

Detachments is a dark, futuristic post-punk quartet hailing from Archway, London.

EP / CD / Digital Album

Posted on November 25th, 2018 under Releases, ,