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Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – JANUARY 2025 – #03-25

Every Tuesday EXHYDRIA Radio // poster by Nassia Var

It is the 8th consecutive season for Mike D (longtime editor of the team WL//WH) on-air, and some things have changed. There is no more Loud Cities radio show, but Wave After Wave radio program on the amazing new internet station ExhȳdriaRadio“embrace the extraordinaire.”

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Southern California industrial /goth /synth-punk /darkwave solo artist Cruelties – “Make us bleed” single

Industrial Synth-Punk brainchild of Southern California-based Justin Cola delivers a new single left on file since 2020, channeling the Darkwave sounds from the 80s with a modern twist. “Make Us Bleed” deploys industrial rhythmic grit, droning, pulsing low ends, enveloping evocative synth drama and pain-filled, echoing vocals, mixing haunted baritone broods with agonized cries and aloof melancholia, to express what it feels like to share kindness in a cruel world.

  • Chicago based Post Punk /Art Rock /No Wave project by Nadia Garofalo (Heavy Feelings, formerly of Ganser), producer and engineer Brian Fox (Electrical Audio), and featuring M. Sord on drums, KAPUT “Sucker” single

Through fuzzy echoes of early Iceage charge, Liars neurosis and Girls Against Boys bass boost, Kaput‘s third single “Sucker” blasts off at breakneck speed on incessant high-energy off-tempo drum beats alongside droning and grimy smouldering low-end foundations and shrilling synths jutting and squeezing out louder over confrontational spoken words, rising into breathy agitated screams amid racing thought echoes to explore the feeling of being overwhelmed by another’s needs.

  • Texas EBM /goth /dark wave /dark dance artist Vera Gloom “Hollow Mind” maxi single [Mother Solitude Records]

Already vocal guest in the latest Fluid Ghost (Adriano Iacoangeli of Echoberyl) EP, the Texas artist makes her real solo debut under the distinctive co-production of Adriano himself. The title track deals with a cursed woman who compromises with evil and ends up drifting into the abyss. Echoberyl lovers will find something to suit and grip their taste, as driving drum programming, throbbing rumbling bass lines and swirling bright synths flash atop gloomy, and penetratingly hypnotic vocals, radiating haunted melancholy. Two dancefloor-ready remixes, imbued with Trance and EBM tints, buzz on the flip.

  • Danish cosmic horror /dungeon synth /Berlin school /electronic /kosmische duo Offermose & Angst, aka Den Sorte Død “Hemmeligheden bag Den Sorte Slanges Konstellation” title track of the upcoming LP “Hemmeligheden bag Den Sorte Slanges Konstellation (The Secret of the Constellation of the Black Serpent)” [Crying Cosmos]
  • Sydney-based witch-house /drag /goth /electronic trio Gift Exchange “Against your wing” from s/t EP [DERO Arcade]
  • York, UK ambient /folk /classical /gothic rock band Papillon de Nuit “Scarlet” third single
  • Neofolk /dark cabaret band from Italy, ROMA AMOR “Una Torbida Estate” from the new album “Estemporanea” CD [Klanggalerie]
  • Paris-based gothic folk /rock noir project by Sébastyén D. & Yome J. (both ex-Opium Dream Estate) and Vincent B., aka Kiss Me Black “Dazzled” from the single “Dazzled / River” [Seventh Crow Records]
  • Norwegian goth /post-punk /darkwave artist, BRIDES – “Love With Teeth” single
  • Chicago, Illinois post-punk /shoegaze side project from Jordan Lieb (aka Black Light Smoke), With Ghosts “House In The Sea” from “Drowning In Yesterdays” EP [Ancient Spells]
  • Seattle, WA post-punk /darkwave solo project Only Monsters “The Nightmare or the Dream” from “TWO” EP
  • Vilnius, Lithuanian electronic /wave /post-punk quartet Solo Ansamblis “Šermuk​š​nis” second single of the upcoming “Scenos” album []
  • Berlin-based dark minimal wave /neo-folk /suicide pop project of Jean Christophe Lon, aka Corpse d’Alsace “Die Beschissenheit (PMT Escitalopram Edit)” first track from the upcoming EP „Tote Vögel: The PMT Edits“
  • Astana, Kazakhstan Post-punk / Gothic Rock / Darkwave solo project moonvampire “Shadows” single
  • Gelsenkirchen, Germany goth darkwave act Die Tödin “La Bruja / Die Geister, die ich rief” single
  • US dark wave /post-punk band La Tourmente “Ghost Dance” from ​”These Heavens” EP [Dark Entry Records]
  • Berlin-based kraut /noise /post-punk /cold punk trio ELEKTROKOHLE “Il Passato” from “Il Passato” from the debut LP “Kalt Wie Du Bist” 12” [Oraculo Records]
  • Poznań, Poland post-punk /cold wave duo Ostatnia Klatka “Proszę zamykać” single
  • Colorado post-punk /synthwave project LIQUID MODERN “Horrorshow” single
  • Valencia, Spain post-punk band Declive – “Encuentro” from cassette EP “Nuestro abrazo” [Polze De La Mort]
  • London-based post-punk /synth-pop solo project Analog Dance “Retrospect” single
  • Philadelphia, PA gothic rock /synthpop /post-punk solo project of Fredrick Dotchel, aka TRAGIC AGE “Last Romance” single
  • London-based electronic /noise /post-punk duo Aphrodite Goulioumi & Pablo Casadey, aka Venus In Noise “Deep End” single
  • New Jersey wave /post-punk /synth-pop trio The Shape “Ich Brauche” from the split album “Rose Chamber / The Shape”
  • Italian Darkwave /Post-Punk trio from Turin, ANGST/JOY “Sell me your dreams” single
  • Washington, D.C. post-punk /dark wave band Social Station “Pink Turns Blue” first single from an upcoming album [Young and Cold Records]
  • Chicago‘s coldwave /synthpop /minimal wave project of Kill Memory Crash‘s Adam Killing, aka CIRCA TAPES “LoEven” (demo)
  • Toronto, Canadian gothic rock /post-punk /coldwave duo, TRAITRS “Thin Flesh” off “Thin Flesh / Factory Father” EP 12″ [Icy Cold Records]
  • Belarus brut-pop /dark wave /post-punk trio from Minsk, Dlina Volny “Dance Me Away” single [Italians Do It Better]
  • California goth /industrial /electronic/dark wave artist Soft Vein “Through Blinds” title track of the sophomore album “Through Blinds” [Artoffact Records]
  • Montreal, Canada post-punk /minimal synth /synthwave solo project NO “DESIRE KILLS DESIRE” single from the upcoming record on TONN RECORDINGS
           
  • London-based goth /post-punk /darkwave solo artist blood.twin “Not Sure” single
  • Richmond, VA dark electronics /darkwave solo act Petrified Entity “Facade” single
  • San Antonio, Texas-based goth /post-punk /darkwave /synthwave solo project, Night Ritualz “Vida feat. Vick Vapors” from upcoming s/t LP [Metropolis Records]
  • Frankfurt, Germany wave /synth-post-punk duo der Gang 350 “Garten” off upcoming fourth EP “ZU” [George Korea]
  • Leipzig, Germany electronic /synthpop new project of Mona (former singer of the band Kita Zorn) and нат. awa, aka Kalydrom “foreveryoung” second single
  • Vienna, Austria coldwave /synthpop /synthwave producer BLANK PICTURE “Why” single
  • Minsk, Belarus post-punk /coldwave side project of the band Nürnberg, фарфоровые коты “Licemjerje” single
  • Berlin-based experimental electronic musician Chris Imler “Agoraphobie (ft. Naomie Klaus)” from upcoming LP “The Internet Will Break My Heart” [Fun in the church / Moli Del Tro]
  • Bern, Switzerland minimal /synth wave duo Sadie La Chèvre & Nora Düster, Extra Bleu Ciel “Wounds Rule”
  • Belgian late ’70s/early ’80s electro-punk /minimal wave cassette scene pioneer Claude Perwez (Polyphonic Size, Kreuners, Red Zebra, The misters, de Lama’s, Lavvi Ebbel, The Employees collaborator), Kloot Per W “Relations” single from forthcoming compilation  “ANX TO NOBODY FOR NOTHING: The 1981 Kloot Per W Tapes” 2xCassette+Book [Gazer Tapes]
  • French electro /minimal wave duo of Bordeaux based, Guillaume Laidain (The Garçon) and Berlin-based, Andrew Claristidge (Acid Washed), aka H​.​L​.​M. – “M” off the upcoming LP “Ruines, B​é​ton & Industrie” [L P S]
  • Turin, Italy one-man Electro Wave Synth act Zoltan Freitag “Moonless Night” from the 2-track single “Dreams of a Moonless Night”
  • Parisian post-punk /darkwave /dark electro artist Ezekiel Gauthier – “Beautiful Violence” single series [Ghost To Host Records]
  • Stockholm, Sweden-based New Wave /Synth-Pop /Dark Electronic duo Markus Majdalani & Johan Eckerström, a.k.a. HATIF “Take The Bait” single [Town And Towers Records]
  • Melbourne, Australia electronic /post-punk /dark wave /synthpop project of George Pappas (former keyboardist of 80s band ‘Real Life‘), aka ALIEN SKIN “I Love You My Dark” single
  • Athens, Greece electronic /new wave /coldwave /dark wave duo Ethereal Movement “Μ​ά​τ​ρ​ι​ξ” pre-release track featuring Zozi (ethereal mix by Gene B.)
  • Richmond, Virginia synth-pop /synth /dark wave solo project ACITYASLEEP “Dance On Your Grave” from “FLUFF” EP
  • Turin, Italy EBM /futurepop /synthpop band Stars Crusaders “Eternal Dance” 2nd single from the band’s forthcoming, yet-untitled album [skyQode]
  • Santiago, Chile EBM /post-punk /dark electro /darkwave /electronic Voodoo Rage “Utopia” single
  • Paris synthwave /electro /darkwave solo project of Amandine Stioui, aka Minuit Machine “Cent Fois” single [Synth Religion]
  • California EBM /body music /wave /dark disco /darkwave duo Felicia Marie & Memory Clap Acid, aka Wound Care “Dead To Me” from the debut “Existing Without You Hurts Me” EP [BODY MUSICK]
  • Sweden‘s darkwave /synthpop duo The Skepsis “A Murder of Crows” single
  • AshevilleNC-based veteran electronic /coldwave /darkwave artist ANDERS MANGA “Hollow” from the 2-track single “Crematia”
  • Boston, MA industrial /drone /noise /post-metal /dark folk /kraut /experimental collective The Infinity Ring “Elysium” from upcoming second LP “Ataraxia” [Profound Lore Records]
  • Indianapolis darkwave /post-punk band The Secrecy “Theresa” 4th single [disorder-recordings]
  • Eugene, Oregon ethereal wave /dark wave /post-punk /shoegaze band Lesser Angels “Gossamer” single upcoming EP “Heaven Sent”
  • Guaymas, Mexico coldwave /new wave /post-punk solo project Piel De Lana “Peso En El Alma” 1st single off upcoming debut LP
  • Hungary darkwave /post-punk band kékmandarin “Hamu és k​á​tr​á​ny” single
  • German Post-Punk / Dark Wave Solo-Project from Cologne, Hinfort “Deadbeat” single
  • Alternative /darkwave /shoegaze /indie rock /post-punk solo project of Los Angeles-based musician and composer Vince King, aka The Sea At Midnight “Our Brilliant Destruction” (LA fire charity) single
  • York, UK dub /no wave /post-punk trio Neon Kittens “Alexandra Bastedo” 2-track single recorded during the sessions for the split LP ”Half Man Half Kitten” via Cruel Nature Records
  • Berlin-based noise-pop /psychedelic rock /post-punk band led by Blackpool-born musician and author Craig Dyer, The Underground Youth “You (The Feral Human Thunderstorm)” from the upcoming 12th LP “Décollage” [Fuzz Club Records]
  • Cologne, Germany 3-piece krautwave band Kratzen „Hitze” off the new album „III“
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK indie rock /post-punk quintet Pit Pony “Vacancy” from upcoming debut LP “Dead Stars” [Clue Records]
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands post-punk 4-piece Global Charming “Soft Life” single [AT EASE]
  • Cologne, German dark wave /electro /post-punk duo Dinner for Deux “Kein Meer, kein Haus” from “Kehrseitenpropaganda” double-EP 12″ [mörtelsounds]
  • Italian post-punk band from Trento, ASTIO “Bianco Oblio” first single from the album “Tempio Inganno”, coming soon on vinyl via Agipunk (Italy) and on cassette via Urticaria Records (France), Gone Blind Records (Indonesia), and A World Divided (Canada)
  • Toronto, Canada four-piece post-punk /noise rock group, Gloin “controlfreak69” off upcoming sophomore LP “All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry)” [Mothland]
  • Driffield, UK Medieval Fantasy Dungeon Synth act Tannenberg 1410 “Slow March of the Holy Teutonic Knights Towards Inevitable Doom” from the cassette album “1410 [Personal Uschi Records]
  • Polish dark ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth artist Llefelys “In the Crystal Eye’s Cave” from the cassette LP “The Crystal Cave” [Fiadh Productions]
  • French dark ambient /dungeon synth act Noir Donjon “Veillée mortuaire, jadis, en la tour éventrée” off the album “Ruines”
  • French dungeon synth /winter synth /dark ambient project Grotte de Cristal “Cavern Magick” from long-form LP “Crystalline Reflection Pools”

©David Lynch

 

 

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