This Swedish male-female duo released a debut album in 2003, which didn’t get in the collective mind. Picked up by EK Product the band strikes back with 9 new songs and 2 remixes. The main influences of Mechatronic clearly are synth-pop and EBM-minded. There’s a well-crafted balance between their influences, the harder songs moving into…
The Endless Shame were born in the 90’s in Kristianstad, Sweden, following the technologic music trend that raged on the European alternative scene: the line-up consists of three elements: Mika Rossi (sounds/live keys/live percussions), Mattias Levin (Vox/guitar) and Anders Olsson (keys / backing vox). The beginnings of the band were directed essentially to the research…
After their comeback on the EP “My Needs” released in 2012 on EK Product we now welcome the new full length album from Spektralized. The album features 10 new songs plus 2 remixes by Sebastian Komor. The link with Komor has been often very explicit for the typical Icon Of Coil inspiration. But Spektralized has…
Catalog#: SRRCD003 Format: CD, Album : Digipak Released: 2013, May 24 Genre: Electronic Style: Electro, Synthpop
Richard Bjørklund, founder of the Norwegian electronic pop band called Spektralized, is today with us in the interview space. Richard, Vox Empirea is honored to have you as a guest: welcome! > Thank you for having me. Let’s start with a first question about the past: after the dissolution of the old band happened back…
Nine Seconds are ex-Sleepwalk-singer Oliver Spring and the No Comment founders Rene Ebner and Thomas Kowa. The synergy between these protagonists generates high-graded electro/synthpop emissions that found their structures on the enthralling and obscure vitality created by the variable drum-programming scans and poisonous vocals: the techno-sound that comes out from the equipment surpasses each stop…
Two and a half year have passed since the latest studio album from Norwegian act Spektralized. “In Between The Opposite” is the 4th studio album from the band and this time the have found a new label in Italian EK Product on their newly created sub-label Space Race Records. Richard Björklund and company continue with…
Pubblicato a fine 2012, Reformation riconferma il ritorno dell’ormai rodatissimo duo del veterano Gianluca Becuzzi e dell’ormai sempre più intraprendente Elena De Angeli, con la piacevolissima aggiunta all’organico, di Fabrizio Biscontri a chitarre e bassi. Dopo il dinamitardo “Post Post Post”, con la sua irriverenza post-punk, con le sue ritmiche post-rave, con la sua attitudine…
Spektralized is back with a brand spankin’ new album called In Between The Opposite. It is signed under the popular Italian industrial label EK Product. This is the same label as well known artists (Vomito Negro, Impakt! and one of my favorites, Darkmen.). In Between The Opposite, is making quite a splash already. In just…
Bygger en vacker helhet De har tagit god tid på sig, minst sagt. Men efter mycket om och men (och ett skivkontrakt via det hårdsatsande italienska skivbolaget EKProducts nya dotterlabel Space Race Records), så återvänder nu Uppsaladuon Mechatronic, som består av Wilhelm Äretun och Emma Hortlund, med bandets andra album “Dreams”. Detta nästan tio år…
L’ascolto di “Heaven”, primo singolo estratto da Delta Machine, l’album di prossima uscita dei Depeche Mode, vi ha spiazzato con la sua deriva blues? Rimpiangete l’elettronica anni ’80 pre – Songs of Faith and Devotion? Se la risposta ad entrambe le domande è affermativa, Recoding, lavoro degli Halo Effect uscito tre mesi fa, è l’album…
Attivi con la medesima line-up a due (Paolo Chemnitz alla voce e Saffio alle musiche) sin dalla genesi nel 2005, i romani Klonavenus giungono al sospirato debutto ufficiale su CD dopo cinque uscite nell’ambito dei CDr autoprodotti (eccezion fatta per “Metropolights”, pubblicato nel medesimo formato ma supportato dalla Fossil Dungeon), grazie all’interesse dell’attivissima connazionale EK…
You can feel it right from the start. We’re taking off for a luxurious flight to Synthpop/EBM heaven. “Cold Front”, the fierce and fiery “Recoding _”-kickoff, promises sixty beat infested minutes of pure Fun & Future. “Burning Chrome” continues in strict EBM-tempo, marching through cyber reality with the greatest of ease. Time for the BIG…
Italienska Halo Effect bildades redan 2001, men det är först nu när kvartetten från Rom släpper sitt tredje album – Recoding – som jag får upp ögonen på dem. Recoding innehåller fjorton spår synthpop/bodypop som går lite i samma anda som And One och De/Vision. I dagens läge är det kanske inte så svårt att…
Den polska duon bestående av Schnitter och Smola är aktuella med nytt album – Resurrected. Ett album bestående av tolv låtar plus fyra bonus spår. Duons musik kan beskrivas som en blandning av industri, EBM och goth i mestadels medelfart. I några låtar har duon valt att ta in gitarr för att lägga till en…
La musica EBM ha un suo preciso circuito musicale che nutre cultori a livello internazionale con nomi di grido che magari non saranno noti ai più, ma che nello stesso tempo, dal vivo, registrano numerosi sold-out. I casi più eclatanti sono quelli di And One, VNV Nation e Covenant, band che sono di sicuro tra…
Mechatronic was formed 2002 in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. The members are Wilhelm Äretun (singing and programming) and Emma Hortlund (lyrics and synthesizers). In that time they’ve gone from strength to strength, becoming bolder with their songwriting and not being afraid to mix things around a bit. Together they make music in the Synthpop/Futurepop…
Standard composition at the highest levels, immediately capturing melodies and a strong dose of danceability are the driving forces of this album. “In Between The Opposite”, the fourth one of a discography qualitatively in continuing ascent as manifestation of a creative talent that knows no limits. The electropopish atmospheres built by the Norwegian Spektralized speaks…
Bislang war Italien nicht dafür bekannt, die elektronische Musikszene mit krass-geilen Neuveröffentlichungen im Bereich des EBM-Synthpop-Genres zu beglücken. Doch seitdem das Label EK Produkt in schöner Regelmäßigkeit sowohl den einheimischen „musicista“, als auch internationalen Acts durch aufwendige Werbeaktivitäten nachdrücklichen Schwung verleiht, kommen europäische Club-DJs nicht mehr um talentierte EK-Eigengewächse wie „Impakt!“, „Klonavenus“ und nicht zuletzt…
En rymddoftande mix av olika stilar Italienska Halo Effect bildades 2001 och efter två tidigar demo-EP’s – “Past Continuous” och “Days of Silence” debuterade man på egen hand med EP’n “Schwarz” under 2006. Efter detta plockades man upp av det vitryska (digitala)skivbolaget Haze, där man två år senare (2008) gjorde sin albumdebut med “New Romantic…
Catalog#: SRRCD002 Format: CD, Album : Digipak Released: 2013, March 22 Genre: Electronic Style: Synthpop, Futurepop
Initially, the fourth album by synthpop Swedes Endless Shame sounds like a futuristic Pet Shop Boys. From the softly sung lyrics to the chorused backing vocals and keyboard punctuation Elevator is Tennant and Lowe in Scandinavian form. After ‘Hear Me Now’ (practically an electro homage to the 80s duo) the trio from Sweden make more…
Halo Effect is an Italian combo that mainly released EP’s and their 2nd full length on Ionium Records. “Recoding” is their 3rd album for which they’ve released on the Italian electro label EK Product.I have to admit that I’m not familiar with Halo Effect, which sounds clearly inspired by the body-pop style of And One.…
Catalog#: SRRCD001 Format: CD, Album : Digipak Released: 2013, March 1 Genre: Electronic Style: Synthpop
Lost Reality is a project which dates back to 1996 and has undergone a radical evolution over time. The style of music performed by the group nowadays is an Electro / Darkwave / alternative genre. In 1999, the group was contacted by an American record label based in Rome and proposed that the group put…
The Donamorte project (Italy) came into being in 2011 from an idea by Armando “Donamorte” Ammerata, (vocalist) along with the brilliant collaboration of Garmo on programming and Kaos K on guitars. Our sound is an explosive mix of Gothic, Industrial and Darkwave. We always endeavour to give our best during the drafting of our songs,the…
2nd Civilization started off in the late 80’s as a hobby project: a couple of guys jamming together on their first drum computers and synthesizers. Influenced by Kraftwerk, DAF, Front 242 and others, some demo tapes were released, to great (local) critical acclaim. In 1991, a full album was recorded in a professional 32-track studio.…
Retrogramme is a Washington DC-based electronic music act that has cultivated a strong underground buzz with their wide-range of sophisticated electronic styles and influences. Rob Early, the principal synthesist and programmer, Nikk Allen, the primary songwriter, and Dmitry Pavlovsky, the lead vocalist weave IDM, synthpop, darkwave, and ambient sounds into their own distinctive style which…
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