The starting point of the year 2021 is magnified by the publication of this wonderful album by the Italian solo-act TourdeForce, impersonated by the brilliant and eclectic mastermind Christian Ryder. The new full-length “Vargtimmar” represents a further advancement in the technological style of the project, which since its distant beginnings has been characterized by a […]

by Inferno Sound Diaries | Nov. 30, 2020 | Paolo Chemnitz (vocals, lyrics, samples) and Saffio (music, programming, mixing) have been active under the Klonavenus moniker since 2005. They mainly self-released an impressive number of EP’s. A first official album was released in 2012 on EK Product. They next released “Angst” on Space Race Records […]

by Inferno Sound Diaries | Dec. 3, 2019 | “Friedensfahrt” is the third official album for the German duo Robert Grolms – Niko Kötzsch. I noticed they release a new work every two years, delivering on this opus fourteen new cuts. Gimme Shelter moves on where their previous work (cf. “Kosmodrom”) had left off; a […]

By Bent-Erik Scholz | September 15, 2019 |  Seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr 2009 stehen Gimme Shelter schon für feinsten modernen Electrosound, der ganz eigene Wege geht und sich in keine Schublade pressen lässt. Auch live können die beiden Musiker Robert Grolms und Niko Kötzsch mit einfühlsamen Texten und harten Beats ihr Publikum immer wieder aufs Neue überzeugen. Nach ihrem Debütalbum […]

3rd album for German Electro heroes Gimme Shelter – the ‘technological platform’ founded by the Duo of Robert Grolms and Niko Kötzsch. Also on their latest effort, the two managed to create a highly attractive sound, full of immense potential. Stylistically oriented towards advanced electro / synthpop shapes, Gimme Shelters return with an album, that […]

By Roberto Alessandro Filippozzi | 31 Gennaio 2019 |  La italo-svedese Space Race mette sul mercato uno split EP di qualità che rinsalda questa sua precisa dualità logistica, coinvolgendo da un lato una realtà consolidata della scena italiana come i TourdeForce di Christian Ryder, e dall’altro un nome emergente del sempre rigoglioso panorama svedese come […]

by Randy | January 17, 2019 Italian post-modern pop outfit NODe (Not Ordinary, Dead) recently unveiled the music video for “S.O.D.A.” Formed in 2011, NODe released Tuning the Untunable, followed by Tragic Technology Inc. (2014), Human Machine (2016), and their latest album, Rcade. NODe’s sound blends a variety of styles, including indie, pop, punk, darkwave, […]

By Lindsey | January 29, 2019 The formal definition of “node” is a “point at which pathways intersect, creating a central connecting point.” That definition alone would be enough for the music group NODe (“Not Ordinary, Dead”), but by the band’s outlook and their fans, they are so much more. The Italian group blend a […]

The almost casual artistic meeting of two brilliant musicians gave rise to something simply spectacular in the electro hyperspace. A special partnership based on mutual esteem and admiration, that between the Italian Christian Ryder from TourdeForce and the Swedish Johan Hansson, protagonist of the projects We The North and Unitary, represents today an event of […]

by Stephan Wolf | Mar. 2018 | Auch auf seinem vierten Longplayer beliebt der Norditaliener Christian Ryder allenfalls vordergründig zu scherzen. So auch der Albumtitel sowie das Artwork auf den ersten Blick ironisierend oder gar spöttisch intendiert erscheinen mögen, verbaut er auf „Very Industrial People“ jede Menge gesellschaftskritisch seriösen Zündstoff. Dabei rührt er einen jederzeit […]

Inventiveness and refinement strongly characterize the sound of Italians NODe. The music created by this project goes beyond the ordinary stereotypes to which the listener is accustomed, ensuring him an uninterrupted flow of active entertainment and sonic spectacularity. The main element that makes this ensemble so unique is the ability to unify and perfectly balance […]

by Catrin Nordwig | April 2018 | Your sound is, indeed, quite a unique mixture of oldschool and newschool electronics/goth stuff, it even has some synthpop moments. How do you bring these styles together? Must be quite challenging to throw all these – seemingly – generic borders over board, mustn’t it? It’s quite funny, when […]

di Alessandro Filippozzi | 19 Aprile 2018 | A poco meno di tre anni dall’apprezzato “SixYears”, il duo bergamasco composto da Ugo Crescini (voce) e Pietro Oliveri (macchine) torna col terzo lavoro sulla lunga distanza, pubblicato in un essenziale digipack da quella Space Race Records che ha accompagnato l’act sin dall’esordio. I due navigati protagonisti […]

di Mrs.Lovett | 13 Aprile 2018 | AntiGravity è il terzo full length del duo bergamasco Public Domain Resource, formato da Ugo Crescini e Pietro Oliveri nel 2012, che, nel corso di questi anni, si è conquistato visibilità e un pubblico interessato. Lo stile del combo, pur mantenedosi rigorosamente elettronico nell’impostazione, si è evoluto verso soluzioni più […]

by Torsten Pape | 16.03.2018 | Ein Engel mit nur einem Flügel, der andere wurde ihm entfernt und an dessen Stelle erkennt man eine gewaltige Narbe. Was war der Grund für diese Verstümmelung? Ist sie eine göttliche Strafe, ein hartes Schicksal oder schlicht Ungerechtigkeit? Alle Möglichkeiten lassen es zu, dass man einen Monstergod für sie verantwortlich […]

di Alessandro Filippozzi | 4 Aprile 2018 | Tre anni e mezzo dopo l’ultima fatica in studio “Jedem Das Seine” ed a circa un paio dalla riuscita collaborazione con Sköll per “Antologia Elettronica”, l’act guidato da Christian Ryder torna col sesto lavoro sulla lunga distanza in 14 anni di attività. Ormai stabilmente solo al comando […]

by ClouDy | Apr. 1, 2018 | If something tells us please about your last work… It’s our third and the most mature longplay. It took us few years to finish it. At the time we’ve composed much more than 12 songs. However, we wanted to share something extraordinary with our audience and decided to […]

Electro-dark and industrial rock at its best: here is the most suitable definition to describe the music of the Polish project Monstergod. Their ardently desired reappearance represents an unmissable opportunity to know how fervent is the creativity of this power-duo, through the twelve songs included in the new album Invictus. All track-list is a miracle of sonic technology, […]

Synthipop in seiner ganz eigenen Note. Das war unser erster Gedanke, als wir dem Album “Kosmodrom” von Gimme-Shelter gelauscht haben. Man glaubt es im ersten Augenblick kaum, doch die emotionale und tragende Atmosphäre der Songs wird von nur zwei Musikern erzeugt. Ein besonderes Merkmal fällt sofort auf und ist sicher nicht nur in diesem Album […]

di Giovanni Rossi | 10 Marzo 2018 | Chi sono i Very Industrial People? Molto semplice: l’antitesi dei Very Important People. Sono coloro che hanno preso coscienza del declino della società, decretato dal dilagante vuoto di valori, dalla spersonalizzazione dell’essere, dall’edonismo solipsistico perpetrato a colpi di social, dalla fuga verso paradisi di plastica in cui […]

5th album by the Italian solo-act. The project not only combines the best electro-synthpop ingredients, but also possesses a big talent for highly catchy melodies, always enhanced by intelligent and evocative lyrics. Christian Ryder once again manages to transport you into an incredibly vivid sonic journey. The intrinsic beauty of this release is already imaginable […]

The long, expected return of the Public Domain Resource is finally today a reality. The Italian duo surpasses itself with this new album, conceived with technical rigor and with an extraordinary inventiveness, which demonstrates once again how remarkable are the compositional skills of these two artists. “AntiGravity” is sonic rationalization combined with melodicity, an intriguing, […]

di Alberto Tosi | 24 Febbraio 2018 | Very Industrial People, “V.I.P.”, la sesta fatica in studio dei TourdeForce è in dirittura d’arrivo. Il video del singolo è già disponibile online, mentre l’uscita del disco è prevista per il 2 di Marzo. Christian Ryder, frontman del gruppo, ci racconta in anteprima cosa aspettarci dai suoi V.I.P. […]

Melodic freshness, elegance and a remarkable polarizing ability, are the peculiarities that have always distinguished the synthpopish / EBM songwriting of the Swedish duo-project Mechatronic, who, after further compositive refinements, have now reached their fourth album, “Still Life”, a release full of preciosity that included fourteen prospectively impeccable songs. Music for the new generations, clean, […]

by Jens Atterstrand | Jan. 17, 2018 | A competent collection of electronic pop songs. Stockholm-based Johan Hansson, who is probably best known for his future pop project Unitary, have released “Unhealing”, the sequel to “Dayblind” the album that back in 2016 introduced us to his latest creation We the North. However melancholic music works best during the year’s darker and […]

by Inferno Sound Diaries | Jan. 15, 2018 | Johan Hansson (previously involved with Unitary and Cyanide) unleashed the second full length of his newest project We The North. The in 2016 released debut work “Dayblind” revealed an interesting mix between electro-pop and EBM. “Unhealing” moves on there where the previous album stopped. You get […]

Exploring the musical universe of the Scandinavian solo-act We The North means diving into a technologically advanced and extraordinarily interactive sound, able to arouse emotions and to dialogue with the senses. The EP “Endemic” and the album “Dayblind”, both dating back to 2016, have demonstrated the great technical and executive ability of Johan Hansson, gaining […]

by Inferno Sound Diaries | September 26, 2017 | German duo Robert Grolms – Niko Kötzsch are active under the Gimme Shelter moniker for a couple of years now. They signed to Space Race Records and have released 2 albums so far. The band doesn’t label their sound as any particular genre, but their audience […]

by Inferno Sound Diaries | Sep 14, 2017 Two years after their successful debut album “Warnemünde” the German Gimme Shelter strikes back with a new opus. This band remains driven by the creative force of electro-pop music with some extra, powerful EBM elements on top. The solid bass lines have been joined by danceable kicks […]

by Sandra M. Heinzelmann | 5 September 2017 | SSM – How did you work on “panic in slow motion”? Could you describe the process? It’s been a long process making the album. It’s pretty easy for me to write songs, but the production part took some time. I couldn’t figure out how the established […]

Dead Man Recovering’s style has the rare ability to adapt perfectly and effortlessly to both easy and demanding listening. The Danish solo-act played by Kenneth Steen Larsen offers an unique musicality that is unequivocally inspired by the classic 80’s electro-synthpopish reminiscences modernized by a personal avant-garde touch, with charming and suggestive melodies, always planned to […]

To all electro fans of the planet Earth: very attention please! The sound of the German duo act Gimme Shelter is a perfect, balanced combination of the best synthpop / electropop sonorities of Camouflage and Elegant Machinery, distinguished by a touch of strong personality. The result of this style is imprinted in every song of […]

Stéphane Froidcoeur  Feb 21, 2017 | Behind We The North is hiding a solo-project set up and driven by Johan Hansson who you should know from his involvement in Unitary (signed on Infacted) and Cyanide (mainly active during the early millennium years). After the promising debut EP “Endemic” we now welcome the official debut album. […]

by Jens Atterstrand | 4 november 2016 | Sharp and neat synthpop opens strongly Unitary-acquaintance Johan Hansson, who previously also has released music under the moniker Cyanide, now sets his sights on modern synthpop with the new project We the North’s first full length album “Dayblind”. The album follows up the EP “Endemic” which was […]

by Uwe Marx | November 2016 | SSM – So, We The North, is your only (main) band right now? First of all – thank you for giving the opportunity to answer some questions of yours, sir! The releases of Dayblind and Endemic keep me busy lately but I actually have some new material in […]

Cold emotions, melodic perfection, electronic flows of high-class: these are the main elements that characterize the style of We The North, the Swedish solo-act of Johan Hansson, aka Unitary and Cyanide. After the recent success of the EP “Endemic” the artist returns with his debut-album “Dayblind” to conquer definitively us with its electro-noir modulations aesthetically […]

Stéphane Froidcoeur Oct 7, 2016 | Space Race Records again seems to have found a new promising band active in the wider electro-pop fields. Hailing from Scandinavia and set up as a solo-project by Johan Hansson, the artist describes his music as ‘Nordic Noir’. “Endemic” is the first official release featuring 4 songs and 4 […]

Benjamin Kristiansen   2016-09-18 | We The North är ett nytt projekt där Johan Hansson från Unitary är inblandad. Projektet benämner sin musik som ”nordic noir” och blandar nytt och gammalt till något hoppfullt melankoliskt inspirerat av de mörka klimatet i Skandinavien. Musiken är riktigt bra på Endemic, och visst andas det något Skandinaviskt över den. […]

19.07.2016 | Markus Schmitz We The North sind ein junges Projekt von Johan Hansson, und wurden vom Label ziemlich überschwänglich angekündigt. In Stockholm beheimatet, macht sich Herr Hansson daran, seine Version von modernem, kühlem Electropop zu verbreiten. Beim Opener „Lost Inside“ stockt mir kurz der Atem. Was ist das bitte für eine Gesangsstimme? Die ersten […]

Something truly exceptional is finally happening in the global electro scene: We The North has arrived, a qualitatively superior project that represents one of the best synthpopish revelations of this year. Their refinement is discernable from the first listen, thanks to electronically geometric structures, so emotionally intense, played with extreme technical accuracy and attention for […]

by Stéphane Froidcoeur | April 25, 2016 | Dio<X>ide is a brand-new Italian project set up by 2 veterans of the scene. This is the meeting between Andrew Lagowski and Andrea Bellucci – aka Red Sector A. Lagowski got involved in numerous projects and collaboration works while Andrea Bellucci got some fame and recognition with […]

Published by Alessandro Violante on March 14, 2016 One in a thousand succeeds in doing it! Dioxide‘s debut, Specular Mirrors, is an interesting clearly IDM / braindance album and is the product of a new italian act formed by the well known musicians Andrew Lagowski and Andrea Bellucci, that here widely demonstrate how the intelligent […]

Andrea Bellucci and Andrew Lagowski are two inspired alchemists of electronic sound: they have developed over the years an highly sophisticated, intelligent and futuristic musical perception, constantly seeking a final balance between compositional perfection and an effective autonomous music dynamism, giving to their songs an artificial communicative energy. Through the project Dioxide the two protagonists […]

Ruben Saey | 15/01/2016 | Again Mexico sends its sons. Of course, there is Hocico, which is the big name in the electro scene, but now we are introduced to the Mexican electro trio Para Normal. After Evidence Is Everything, these guys present their second album The Cold Room. Their purpose is quite clear: to […]

Stéphane Froidcoeur Dec 29, 2015 | Content: Three years ago EK Product released the “Recoding” album by Halo Effect. The new work got released by the somewhat more pop-orientated sub-division Space Race Records. The Italian formation brings us 16 new songs, which are totally body-pop minded. I was not a huge fan of the previous […]

Verfasst am 27. Dezember  2015 von Krähenkönig Riccardo | Halo Effect, ein Vierer aus Rom, begann im Herbst 2001 dank der Vereinigung der verschiedenen musikalischen Erfahrungen. Die Atmosphäre der Musik reicht von Synthpop über EBM bis hin zum Darkwave, die musikalischen Erfahrungen hört man deutlich heraus. Die intensive Live-Aktivität hat dazu geführt, in verschiedenen Teilen […]

Luego del recientemente lanzamiento de “Life is perfect”, nueva producción de la banda italiana Halo Effects, Disturbia Magazine se puso en contacto con ellos y logró una entrevista exclusiva, donde conversamos de todo un poco. Aquí la entrevista: DIS: ¿Cómo estan chicos?. H.E: Bien gracias DIS: Una de rigor, ¿Quiénes conforman la banda?, ¿La formación sigue […]

Review by Don Waugh Esq There’s something in the water over at Space Race Records. No, seriously. Earlier this year, I reviewed Public Domain Resource’s American labelmates, Retrogramme, and noted how that band had surprised me with a wonderful album. And now, here come the Italians. Pietro Oliveri founded PDR in 2012, joined by Ugo […]

Usually, when we think about post-industrial mexican music, the first artists we think about are Hocico and Amduscia, ignoring the fact that who is in the underground, emerging on an important label such as Space Race Records, twin label of the more than just well-known italian-based EKP records, can often hide precious gems, like this […]

After having made crazy thousands international estimators of technological music scene by their previous album “Evidence Is Everything”, the Mexicans Para Normal add another sensational masterpiece to their discography with the new full-length entitled “The Cold Room“, strongly sure to get even higher awards in terms of artistic prestige, increasing the number of fans. Eleven […]

The Roman formation Halo Effect, by far among the most quotable and promising ones of the international electronic scene, it officially proclaimed as operating band since 2001 with the following line-up: John Andrew Peverieri (vox / lyrics / musics), Alessandro Polinori (second vox / keys / lyrics / musics), Federico Rosi (keys / musics) and […]

Gli Halo Effect, che i nostri lettori hanno già incontrato su queste pagine, in ultimo in occasione del loro album del 2009 “The Fourth Zone” hanno rilasciato di recente il loro nuovo lavoro Life is Perfect. La band romana non ha quindi bisogno di presentazione, dal momento che la sua attività è iniziata fin dal […]

Zwei Jahre ist es mittlerweile her, als ein wahrer Sturm an medienwirksamer Promotion die Sozialen Netzwerke überzog: Die italienische Electroformation „Halo Effect“ veröffentlichte ihr Album „Recoding“ und schaffte es wie kaum ein anderer Mitbewerber, die bis dato noch überschaubare Fanschar mit Informationen, Hörproben, Interviews, Fotos und professionellen Musikvideos („Sector Beta“) zu versorgen. Die Rezensionen nahmen […]

I romani Halo Effect tornano sulla scena con un nuovo album dopo tre anni dall’ultimo Recoding uscito per la EK Product. Life Is Perfect segna il passaggio alla label sorella Space Race Records, quest’ultima più legata a produzioni electro moderne e di impostazione melodica, con mai celati influssi synth pop. Ben sedici brani la maggior […]

Washington DC’s Retrogramme return with their latest full-length studio album and follow up to 2012’s ‘For Our Dearly Departed’. The band’s pleasing and original blend of synthpop, idm and darkwave has always had a lot of potential to offer and has developed a strong buzz that they now look to capitalise on with ‘Feed’. The […]

Considered as one of the best Italian technological-projects, Halo Effect possess the rare ability to involve listening through a portentous combination among futurepop, electropop, EBM and darkwave, characterized by increasing rhythms and ‘very-catchy’ / super-danceable harmonies. Reached by now a well-established soundness built since the year 2001, the band publish its fourth album entitled “Life […]