WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany synth-pop /electro-noire duo ULTRANOIRE “Circles” first single from the upcoming third album “Subtraum”
  

 A sleek, brooding and sensual exploration of lush, cold electronic sounds and profound tormented emotions, define the duo’s distinctive electro noir style, to envelope the listener in a penetrating and evocative synthetic aura that tightens and clads dangerously like a soft black leather glove, to suddenly jolt and moan with buzzing low-end throbs and glowing swirls to coalesce with intensely haunted melancholic vocals struggling, without much hope, to be set free from a deadly loop of mental obsessions.

• Berlin-based coldwave /post-punk /dark wave artist CULT NOIR “The Night The Moon & Me” single
  

A fine return as a two-piece after a 6-year hiatus with melodic synth-driven takes on tragic and romantic archetypal Dark Wave patterns, laced with brooding heartfelt emotional depths. Palpitating drum programming and hypnotic basslines pulse with relentless dancefloor energy, while atmospheric shivering arpeggiated synths of poignant melancholy, swell with an urgent rousing intensity, heightened by solemn yet enthralled baritone vocals, giving devotion to the spiritual essence of “The Night The Moon & Me.”

• Rochester, UK Electronic Concrete Cold Wave / Synth-Pop duo, Brutalist Architecture in the Sun “Drive by Suicide” second single from the new album “Desolation Street”
  

Dystopic Cold Electro-Wave shrouded in the late 80s/early 90s uplifting rave vibes, unleashes clattering and turbulent rush of urgent punchy kick drums, undulating rumbling basslines and bouncy and piercing trance-infused bright synths, obsessively swirling atop reckless, manic vocals throw all care to the wind in an attempt to connect to their physical body.

• Ohio electronic /new wave /synth-pop solo project (Our Unseen Guest), Ideal/Image – “Another Life” off debut 2-track single “Hallucination/Another Life”
  
• Paris-based industrial /post-punk /psych /minimal /dance electronic duo of Caroline Chapsoul & Eduardo Henriquez, aka Nova Materia “Invisible Flows” from “CURRENT MUTATIONS” EP
  
• French post-punk /psych /experimental /leftfield electronic pop duo of Olivier Demeaux (Cheveu, Accident du Travail) and Armelle Oberlé (The Dreams, Badaboom), aka HEIMAT “Bremen” from the third album “Iti Eta No” [Teenage Menopause]
• UK dark minimal synth /coldwave /primitive electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “Now You Begin To Sink Below” from the cassette album “Vanishing Point” [TONN Recordings]
• Thessaloniki, Greece synth-punk /dark minimal wave /dark electro solo project of poet, lyrics writer and musical composer (1/2 of Kama Muta), Tristixia “To allo miso tou misoadeiasmenou (ft. Elisavet Tsamtsi)” single
  
• Biel, Switzerland-based Minimal Synth duo of Sadie La Chèvre and Nora Düster AKA Extra Bleu Ciel “I Won’t Take That Pill” from the cassette album “Hypersensible” [META MOTO]
• Moscow-based coldwave /synthwave trio Ruble Gang “One Life” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia minimal coldwave /darkwave /synthwave act Spiritual Slum “The Mystery” single
  
• Minsk, Belarus new wave /post-punk /darkwave /dark electronic solo project Dusken Harmony “Overtaken” single
  
• Geneva-based Franco-Swiss cold wave /synthpop producer Orphia “Secrets” from upcoming EP “Beau Discours” [Les Disques Magnétiques]
• Rome, Italy retrofuturistic /post-punk /kraut /kosmische music /analogue synth solo project of The Hand and Mat 101‘s founding member, Ekranoplan “Tried To Believe It” single
  
• Perth, Australia-based DIY psych wave/new wave /space synth-heavy duo TRUXTOPALIEN “Inscriptions On Jets” lead single from the new EP “Contour Avoid State”
  
• Long Beach, California-based minimal synth /cold wave /post-punk outfit Nights Templar “Anastasia” from the album “IV”
  
• Jakarta, Indonesia post-punk /darkwave group formed in 2017, Ultraviolence “Pure (Revisited Version)” [originally released in late 2017 via Gerpfast Kolektif]
• Mexican Synth-Wave /Post Punk /Gothic band Schrödinger “Transgresión” (singles) [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Charlotte, NC darkwave /coldwave /synth wave artist-vocalist, Tenderlash “Alone and Still (feat. Stephen Carey)” single [SwissDarkNights]
• Berlin-based darkwave /new wave /coldwave collaborative project of Luca Venezia (Curses) and Damian Shilman (Skelesys), SILVER TEARS “Remember” from upcoming debut s/t album [AVANT! Records]
• Los Angeles-based goth /post-punk /shoegaze /synth-pop /dream-pop duo Magic Wands “Moonshadow” single [Metropolis Records]
• Ohio Ethereal /New Wave /Post Punk /Synth-Pop veteran trio of Jeffrey Tucholski (Running), Matt Hallaran (Glass Traps), and Maria Jenkins (Hollows), Gentle Leader XIV “Fawning” from the forthcoming album “Joke in the Shadow” [Feel It Records]
• Gdańsk, Poland coldwave /post-punk /noir darkwave band BŁYSKI “BRAMY” from the debut EP “REFLEKTOR”
  
• Miami, Florida alt rock /post-punk /darkwave band Astari Nite “Unisex Games” single [Negative Gain Productions]
• Stuttgart-based, German Dark Wave / Post Punk trio Vague Phonique “Chemicals” single
  
• Berlin resident, Belgrade-bred electro synth noir /post new wave duo of Lidija Andonov and Laslo Antal, SIXTH JUNE “Memories of God” from the upcoming 12″ EP “AFTER THE WAR” [Sweet Sensation]
• US East Coast-based Dark Post-punk /New Wave /Synth-pop duo Pleasure Victim “Fame” single
  
• London-based female-led EBM /cold wave /darkwave electronic project The Ghost Aura “Dominion” single
  
• Italian Darkwave /Post-Punk band Ash Code “Scar” single
  
• Seattle-based goth /techno /dark wave duo Dark Chisme “Lost in the Night” single
  
• Brussels, Belgium EBM /Electro /Coldwave /Darkwave duo Sam Hugé and Gaelle Souflet, Ultra Sunn “The Beast In You” single [Artoffact Records]
• Barcelona, Spain darkwave /industrial /techno /EBM artist and From Hell To Disco label founder, Carmilla Sioux feat. Newborn Ghost – “Shadow Symphony” from ”Lumina Obscura” EP [SOIL]
• Swedish shoegaze /post-punk /dark pop act from Stockholm, Principe Valiente “I Am You (Bootblacks Remix – Principe Valiente Edit)” [Metropolis Records]
• LA-based Synth-Pop songstress Riki “Pulser” single
  
• Chicago-based electronic /tribal /folk /dark pop experimental singer-songwriter and musician Haley Fohr, Circuit des Yeux “Truth” from the LP “Halo On The Inside” [Matador Records]
• London, UK-based Disco /Electro Noir Synthpop synth diva Valeria Valuyskaya, aka Velvet Velour “CORALS” from “THALASSA” EP [Jardin de Bliss]
• Stockholm, Sweden EBM /electro /synthpop artist Emma Nylén, aka EMMON “Blood on the Ceiling feat. Majestoluxe” [Icons Creating Evil Art]
• Moscow‘s EBM /synth-pop /electronic producer, singer-songwriter, DRIADA “Небула / Nebula” single
  
• Kansas City, Missouri goth /post-punk /new wave /synth-pop artist Redder Moon “Current Heartbeat” from upcoming LP “If You’re Falling, Dive”
  
• London, UK synthpop /electronic/ alternative duo Eckotrigger “Endless Fall” single [Town And Towers Records]
• German synth-pop artist Alex Braun “Zeitfresser” maxi single [Infacted Recordings]
• Californian industrial /techno /dark techno /darkwave /electronic producer Vick Vapors “Erase” single
  
• Ghent, Belgium electropop duo formed in 1997, Vive La Fête “Sauvage” from “Les Sauvages” EP
  
• Parisian dreamy synthpop project of Matthieu Roche, FRAGRANCE. “Indelible” single
  
• Liverpool, UK bedroom /synth-pop /post-punk wave artist K Ve Calma “Rushing Around” single
  
• Aberdeen, UK post-punk /coldwave solo project Not Operator “Now Or Never” from the debut EP “Blista Compact”
  
• Melbourne, Australia solo Darkwave /Post-Punk /Shoegaze project Victorian Darkwave “Distant Voices” single
  
• French post-punk /coldwave project of multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Yannick Rault, aka Closed Mouth “Rain” (Tones On Tail cover, 1984)
  
• Lisbon, Portugal 3-piece Post Punk /Dark Wave project Decline and Fall “As All Ends” from the upcoming debut LP “Scars and Ashes”
  
• Ulyanovsk, Russia coldwave /post-punk band PROSHAY “My vse chego-to jdem” single
• Rockford, Illinois goth post-punk /darkwave band The Funeral March of the Marionettes “Shadow Games” from the final EP “It All Falls Apart”
  
• Porto Alegre, Brazil post-punk band The Completers “Past Year” from the debut s/t album [Yeah You! Records]
• Diadema, Brazil goth /post-punk /darkwave act SEX IN THE GRAVE “In The Dark” single
  
• Lima, Peru darkwave /post-punk solo project BLEAKNOUS “Light and dark” single soon on Inclub Records
  
• Bremen, Germany goth rock /deathrock /post-punk /punk 4-piece Cataphiles “The Industry” from the second Cataphiles album “Shadow Self” [Sabotage Records / Bat-Cave Productions]
• Madrid-based nueva ola /punk /pop /post-punk outfit Cardenales “Sangre” from the cassette album “Antipunkpop”
  
• Leeds, UK noise rock /post-punk four-piece band The 113 “Too Awake” from the debut EP “To Combat Regret”
  
• Lleida, Spain anarcho punk /post-punk band SÖT “Volver a ser” from the album “Crema-ho tot” [Flexidiscos]
• Canadian traditional goth /post-punk band from Vancouver, H.Ä.L.T. “Forever Dead” (Video Version)
  
• London-based Post-Punk /Riot Grrrls /Horror Deathrock band The Creeping Terrors “Triumph of Death” off “Triumph of Death” EP
  
• Portland, OR dark punk / punk foursome Cleanser “Chopping Mall” from 2-track s/t single
  
• Vienna-based international peace punk /post-punk quartet Autor “Kontrolle” from the second LP “Kommen und Gehen” [Contergan Punk]
• New York post-punk /garage rock /synth-punk outfit Famous Logs in History “Static Missions” from cassette album “Mind the Bollards” [Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes]
• Auckland, NZ psych-noise-post-punk outfit Swallow the Rat “Face Unpopular” title track of “Face Unpopular” EP 7″ [Leather Jacket Records]
• Melbourne rock and roll /psychedelic rock /proto-punk power trio fronted by Graham Clise (Annihilation Time, Lecherous Gaze, Rot TV, Witch), aka Stepmother “Vacant State” single from the upcoming second LP
  
• Edinburgh, UK indie noise rock /post-punk four-piece band Shinlifter “Percolator” from “Percolator/Nandos (Injustice pt. 2-4)” 2-track single [PX4M]
• German ’80s post-punk /new wave /NDW /neue deutsche welle band FEX “(TMMS Version) (Remaster)” (1983) 2-track 7″ EP [The Outer Edge]
• Dark dungeon synth from England, Faery Ring “The Withered Stargarden” from the album “Dwine: A Century Of Dust Vol. II” [Gondolin Records]
• Swedish dark ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth /nordic folk project (Atrium Carceri/Za Frûmi), Mountain Realm “Atop the Tower” from the 4th album “Rustborn” [Cryo Crypt]
• Austin, TX ambient /fantasy /old school dungeon synth act Hollow Peasant “A sickle, a pickaxe, a torch” from the album “Siege of Tseldora”