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Die Sektor is a electro / EBM projecto from Atlanta, US, formed in 2004. Thei 1st sign of life was their 5-track demo 'Scraping The Flesh' in 2005. The following year saw the release of the debut 'To Be Fed Upon'. Last February Die Sektor launched their second cd 'Applied Structure In A Void'. Here is a remembrance of their 1st record.
Tactical Sekt is an American electro-industrial band formed in 2002. So far they’ve released 3 full albums : Geneticide (2003), Burn Process (2004), Syncope (2006). Currently Tactical Sekt are working on a new (and long awaited) album.
KaS Product is a French electronic duo. Their music has been considered part of the French coldwave and electro punk movements. Formed in 1980 (disbanded in 1990), the duo consists of Spatsz on electronics and rhythm machines with Mona Soyoc on guitar, vocals and piano. Their music is done in a similar minimal electronics and vocal style akin to Suicide and Soft Cell.
Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. During their most active period (effectively ending in 1993 with the albums 06:21:03:11 Up Evil and 05:22:09:12 Off) they influenced many electro-industrial and electronic artists. Front 242 was (still is and will be always) one of my major influences in the electronic music, and this Geography album one of the best and remarkable records of the 80’s.
yelworC is an electro band from Germany. The group was formed in 1987 by Peter Devin and Oliver Büttner. Their name is derived from the name of Aleister Crowley, and their music reflects themes of dark magic, religious rituals, death, and violence.
Centhron is a superb electro/industrial band from Bremen, Germany who caught my attention by the Gottwerk release. Since the very first listening turned to be one of my fine and favourite acts.
Alien Vampires is an electro-industrial/psy-trance band formed in 2000. The band has recorded half a dozen studio releases, and has collaborated with numerous other groups, including Suicide Commando, In Slaughter Natives, and Noisuf-X.
ReaXioN GueRRillA is an electro/industrial act from Lima, Peru, and they were formed in 2005. The Revoluxion Demo was one of their early public releases and ‘’Sacrifice’’ immediately caught dancefloors’ attention. Their last release is from 2010 and it was called ‘’I Hate You’’.
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay. The Church was responsible, in my opinion for some of the most delicious and brilliant indie songs in the 80s, such as Under The Milky Way, Destination, Columbus, Myrrh, among others.
The House of Love is an English alternative rock band. Formed in 1986, the band rose to prominence in the UK as a leading indie rock band in 1988 and split up in 1993, eventually reforming a decade later in 2003. The band is best known for its detailed psychedelic guitar sound and for the successful singles "Shine On", "Christine" and "Destroy the Heart". The best-known members of The House of Love are singer/songwriter/guitarist Guy Chadwick and lead guitarist/backing singer Terry Bickers, who were the creative core of the original band until an acrimonious split in 1989 and who reformed the band together in 2003.
Cenobita is an aggrotech/cyberpunk band based in Mexico City, created in 1994. Altough not releasing anything since 2002, the project is still active. Cenobita was a reference to me at the end of 90’s.
Grendel is a Dutch music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf. Later in 2000 German record label NoiTekk signed the band and released the debut album Inhumane Amusement. In 2003, Grendel recorded their second full-length release, Prescription: Medicide, and in 2007, the third album, Harsh Generation.
Nocturnal Emissions is a sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles ranging from electro-acoustic, musique concrète, hybridised beats, sound collage, post-industrial music, ambient and noise music. The sound art has been part of an ongoing multimedia campaign of guerrilla sign ontology utilising video art, film, hypertext and other documents. The project was initiated in London in or around 1980 by Nigel Ayers together with collaborators Danny Ayers and Caroline K. Since 1984 Nocturnal Emissions has continued mainly as Nigel Ayers' solo project, and they ran their own record label, Sterile Records.
Chrome was an experimental rock group founded in San Francisco, California in 1976. Chrome took part of their inspiration for their rough and sometimes chaotic music from proto punk pioneers like The Stooges. The sound of the group was often coarse and featured heavy elements of feedback and distortion. Their experiments in mixing synthesized noise with rock instrumentation have been cited as a forerunner of industrial rock music.
After the 1st album (The Visitation, 1976), and some line-up changes, Damon Edge (founder) and Helios Creed (guitars from 77 on) established a successful line-up basis. The Edge/Creed period was the most remarkable to me (78/82), and with some very good releases amidst. Damon Edge then moved to Europe and kept recording under Chrome’s name alone until his death (1996), when Helios Creed, then, turned the Chrome’s name into himself in order to keep releasing under Chrome’s also. Into The Eyes Of The Zombie King was the Damon Edge 1st release after the break with Helios Creed.
Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining elements of electronic body music (EBM). The band's membership has rotated through several members over the years, including Rhys Fulber and Michael Balch who are both associated with several other successful artists. FLA was one of the first, and one of the most influence bands which made to turn my heart to the industrial/electronica genre from then forward.
Dulce Liquido is a Mexican aggrotech and power noise group. The band is a side project from Hocico member Racso Agroyam. They’ve released two albums so far : Disolucion (2000) and Shock Therapy (2003).
Cyborg Attack is a musical group formed in 1995 inGermany near Leipzig. The music style are generally categorized as a symbiosis of EBM and Electropunk. Their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of influences, notably the musical symbiosis of EBM with influences of punk, creating a more accessible and inventive output but remaining reasonably under the umbrella of industrial music. So far they released an EP Toxic (1997), and two albums :Blutgeld (2001) and Stoerf***tor (2006).
Curve was an english alternative-rock / dream-pop group formed in 1990, chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia (bassist/guitarist/programmer). As Curve, Halliday and Garcia released three acclaimed and increasingly successful EPs throughout 1991 on Anxious Records, and made an impact on the UK album charts in 1992 with their debut LP Doppelgänger. The group also toured extensively during this period. Curve's second LP, the harder-edged Cuckoo (1993), did not repeat the UK Top 20 success of the band's debut. That coupled with the stressfulness of the tour in support of the record, may have contributed to Halliday and Garcia's decision, in 1994, to disband the group. ‘’Doppelgänger’’ remains to me one the best musical references from that period.
VNV Nation are a British/Irish electronic music band originally from Wexford, Ireland and London, United Kingdom and now based in Hamburg, Germany. They combine elements of electro-industrial, trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM). The "VNV" in the name stands for Victory, not Vengeance, in keeping with the group's motto, "One should strive to achieve, not sit in bitter regret." The group's first album, Advance and Follow, was released in 1995. This was a mixture of danceable synthesizer melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, 1998's Praise the Fallen, continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success. For a long time VNV has a place on my primary choices, and stands among my favourite acts.
London After Midnight (sometimes abbreviated as LAM) is a project formed in the 1990s. by songwriter and instrumentalist Sean Brennan. It is active to the present day. The project is considered by many as a prominent act of the second generation gothic rock movement, some critics have credited the band with reviving the gothic music scene in the early 90s. London After Midnight has a following worldwide, with a large fanbase in the goth subculture.
Accessory is a German synthpop/electro-industrial group consisting of Dirk Steyer and Ivo Lottig. They have toured with other groups including Hocico, And One, Terminal Choice. The group began in 1995 when Dirk and Kay formed a band under the name of "Voices of Darkness", later becoming Accessory in 1996. Accessory turned to be one of my favourite german acts since their very debut album ''Jukka2147.de'' (2001). ‘’Titan’’ was their second album.
Solitary Experiments (between 1992/94 under the name of Plague) is an electro / industrial / EBM band from Franfurt, Germany. Due the good reviews of their debut Approach (1999), Solitary Experiments released an even more interesting in 2000, called Paradox. Here i recall that album.
Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself. Assemblage 23 is one of the most respectable and successful acts in the last decade, with remarkable releases. Today I bring here the 2001 ‘’Failure’’, one of my favourite ones.
Current 93 is the ongoing work of David Tibet, once a member of Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo and also the founder of Dogs Blood Order. Dogs Blood Order was David's project which preceeded Current 93. David Tibet began in 1982, with an extensive discography, and an astonishing releasing regularity. One of my favourite acts.
Absolute Body Control is an electronic / synthpop band from Belgium and they were an important alternative act between 1979/1984 aside their alikes Suicide and DAF at the time. To our intusiasm Absolute Body Control project was ressurected in 2006, and since then they released ''Wind[Re]Wind'' (2007), ''Shattered Illusion'' (2010), and now they've just issued a remixed work plus unreleased stuff on their new work ''Mindless Intrusion'' with amazing remixes by Trisomie 21, Monolith, Covenant among others. A must.
Psyborg Corp is a colombian aggro-tech band, from Bogota, formed in 2008. In 2010 they released their smash debut ''The Mechanical Renaissance'', and their official site already announced the production of the follow-up to the end of this year, which will be called ''The Frozen Shrines Of Obsydyana''. Til then, i recall here one of the dancefloor hits from the first album ''Technocracy''.
Artrosis is a gothic-metal band from Poland, formed in 1995. Their last release was ''Con Trust'' (2006), and it seems they're in a hiatus since then. But between 1997 and 2001 they were regular guests in my playlists, and i used to listen then a lot. One of my favourite in the genre.
And One is a synth-pop band formed in late 80's in Berlin. In the course of time And One turned to be one of the most proficient and popular synthpop bands around the world. Also they were regular guests on my playlists for years. ''Metalhammer'', ''Techno Man'', ''Life Isn't Easy In Germany'' and ''Deutschmaschine'' are just a sample of their outstanding repertoire.
The Azoic is an american electronic/EBM project active since 1996, and they caught my attention around the ''Forward...'' release, with their appeal melodies and delightful beats. Although originally based in Columbus, Ohio, The Azoic would eventually draw attention to the german labem Infacted Recordings. The ''Forward'' album would be reissued in Europe, a release which sold out in six months, in 2004. The Azoic would keep underground and underrated in his own land however.
In Strict Confidence is an industrial/electro german band, formed in late 80's, under the name of Seal Of Secrecy until 1992. Since then In Strict Confidence have been releasing a number of very interesting and good albums through out the years. Here i recall one of those albums that thrilled me most, ''Mistrust The Angels'', from 2002.
Imperative Reaction is an electro/industrial band from Los Angeles, California, founded in 1996. ''Eulogy For The Sick Child'', was a brilliant debut i got thrilled from the start, and played it on and on countless times. It's really a great album.
Cephalgy is a dark-electro band from Dresden, formed in 1998. Currently they're in studio preparing their new work (to be released in a month or two). Meanwhile i leave here a sample of the last one ''Herzschlag'', from 2008.
Country : Germany
Genre : Dark-Electro
Official Site : Cephalgy
Other Links : MySpaceDiscogs
:wumpscut: is an electro/industrial project headed by Rudolf Ratzinger. Featuring an extensive and diverse discography, he started to release in 1991 and covers 18 full albums so far. According to Ratzinger his main influence comes from Leæther Strip.
Unheilig is a german industrial electro-rock band, formed in 1999. Although somehow underrated in my country, they have been very active all over the years, releasing seven albuns (currently in a production of a 8th), supporting very well known acts such as L' Âme Immortelle, remixing bands like Terminal Choice, Absurd Minds, and playing in the most important festivals (Wave Gotik Treffen, Doomsday Festival, M'era Luna, Wacken, Castel Rock, Summer Breeze Open Air, etc).
