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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #18

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Los Angeles-based post-punk/new wave/coldwave solo project, The Sea At Midnight “Edge Of The World” new single

Whilst continuing to hang out 80s Mancunian wintry post-punk realms with increasing confidence, L.A. based singer/songwriter adds this time a sweeping pathos consistently alight in vibrant energy and passion, fueled by glassy winding synth swells, heart-wrenching glowing guitar melodies, and an ominously pulsing bass undertow of perpetual motion around an anxiously, excited male vocals brimming with a dreamlike glistening romantic release of fear and loneliness, “standing at the of the edge of the world.”

  • Mexico minimal electronics/minimal synth project of Rogelio Serrano, EQUINOXIOUS “Unidad” new single

In an enticing minimal synth number infused with a melancholic and spiritual edge, through hectic pulsing rhythms and lush and evocative synth flourishes, amidst somber brooding quivering underneath, Mexican synthesist deftly crafts angsty obscure energy with uplifting dark melodic sensibilities.

  • Belgian darkwave/dark pop/minimal wave music & visual project by former The Hermetic Electric’s duo, O.C.D [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder] “Dark Dance” off of the ‘Lockdown Tape’ EP

The Belgian duo knows the mechanics of building an atmosphere, how to adjust it to your pulse, whilst keep you hypnotically in, building a peculiar blend of analogue and minimal electronica, rippled with subduing glitches, hisses and acidic undertones, amidst synthwave and darkwave rhythmic inflexions, over sparse haunting vocals, that wraps you in an unreal, at the same time comforting yet disturbing, abduction, wriggling with anxiety and relaxation, doom and dream, ecstasy and fear… arrhythmic emissions for the lockdown.

  • Sheffield-based legendary 80’s goth post-punk/darkwave/”filmic music” musical project centred around the nucleus of twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone aka IN THE NURSERY “Rainhall” (unreleased) from the album “Miscellanea” a selection of ITN instrumentals, remixes and rarities.
  • New project of Copenhagen‘s ethereal dark folk artist Kikimora, aka SPIRACLE “Soma” debut single
  • Rhode Island-based experimental industrial artist, composer, and performer Kristin Hayter aka LINGUA IGNOTA “Jolene” (Dolly Parton cover) on Sargent House
  • Los Angeles‘ industrial/dark synth electronic one-woman project of Shikhee aka ANDROID LUST “The Dancer” (PJ Harvey cover)
  • Paris-based ambient/psych/electronic/’luminescent wave’ duo of Madrid native Rocío Ortiz and French artist Sophia Hamadi, aka OPALE “NewMoon))))” from V/A “Compile Des Souvenirs Brisés” compilation on Intervision
  • Berlin-based Romanian born industrial electronic/dark disco/darkwave DJ and producer Miruna Boruzescu aka Borusiade “Never Once Again” from V/A “International Waters Vol. 1” compilation Berlin’s Ombra International label                                                                                                                                                       
  • Vermont‘s coldwave/minimal wave/synthpop solo project Triumphant Race “The New Isolation” title track from the album “The New Isolation [A Compilation of Unreleased Triumphant Race Tracks 2017-2020]
  • Australian EBM/darkwave/postpunk project based between Melbourne and Sydney of Marc Dwyer (Buzz Kull) and Morgan Wright (Burning Rose Records, Pelvis Records), aka DSM-V “Into Nothing” from the upcoming debut single “Into Nothing/Function” on Third Coming Records
  • London, UK-based EBM/synthwave/synth-pop/coldwave project of Dominique Cologne (previously of duo Sato Sato), VOGUE.NOIR “To End” off new 7″ single on TONN Recordings
  • Mexico City/Berlin dark electro/minimal synth/synth-punk project 89s† & Petra Flurr “Time Off” off of V/A “Meta Moto IV” cassette compilation
  • Montreal, Québec electronic /new wave /synth-pop producer and songwriter Xavier Paradis, aka AUTOMELODI “Couloir néant” recorded in 2009, only included on the 2012’s DEATH # DISCO (Compilation Volume II)
  • UK shoegaze/kraut/minimal electronics/psychedelic/post-punk duo The KVB “White Walls” off of “Live at La Cigale” album, recorded on the 29th January 2020 live at La Cigale in Paris.
  • Los Angeles, CA goth dream pop/new wave/post-punk/synthpop project of Deb DeMure and collaborator Mona D, DRAB MAJESTY “No Rain” [Blind Melon cover] a bedroom recording from 2013 on Dais Records
  • German-based Japanese minimal synth / synth-pop / synth electronic producer NAO KATAFUCHI “Living In My Own World (Clubmix V.2.0)” from the upcoming VUZ Records CD reissue of 2015 album “Émergence” (originally on Nadanna / Anna Logue Records)
  • Croatian cold/noir electronica producer/DJ (aka Honored Matres, Fiume), Le Chocolat Noir – ”Écrasez l’Infâme” from the cassette album “Impureté” (compilation of five songs already released as vinyl only on the label Gooiland Elektro plus five new and previously unreleased)
  • Mexican coldwave/minimal synth duo of Dan Shamble (guitar) and Werner Karloff (synth, voice), Neue Strassen “War Front” (Unreleased single from 2019)
  • Chilean electronic cosmic/alien/darkwave solo project from Santiago, Warloc “Dark Energy” new single
  • Paris, France synthwave/coldwave/electronic producer Rose Sfin, aka DYSNOMIA “Violence”                     
  • Italian synth-wave duo of Daniele Iannacone (keyboards, programming) and Livio Caenazzo (guitars, vocals, programming) based in Udine, Sun’s Spectrum “Fade To Grey” (Visage cover)
  • Chicago‘s dystopian dark synth/darkwave/coldwave/synthwave trio, REPLICANT “Isolation” off 2-track single “REGRESSION” Part II of the Pandemic Series, an ongoing series of releases created in isolation in support of Chicago venues and their staff.
  • Belgium based cold analogue synth project CryptoChroma “The Orient Express ft Violet Candide” from the upcoming debut album “Numb”
  • Philadelphia, PN darkwave/synthpop/synthwave solo project of producer & multi-instrumentalist Christopher Schackerman, aka VIDEO CULT “searching” from the debut single “searching // different from the days”
  • Costa Rica‘s gothic rock/darkwave project of Eva Red, aka RED APPLE CULT “The Last Supper (Antiflvx Remix)” from the re-edition of “Immaculate” EP + Rare Tracks
  • Italian darkwave/post-punk band from Caserta, Instant Lake “Trauma” from new album “Dystodream” on Wave Records
  • Munich, Germany post-punk/minimal synth/coldwave trio Rue Oberkampf “Es Versucht (90s Industrial Metal Remix by Patty J. of Soulimage)
       
  • Chilean post punk/darkwave/coldwave duo, Diavol Strâin “Destino Destrucción”
  • Huston, TX coldwave/shoegaze/darkwave/post-punk project ▲Delphine Coma▲’Secondary Eyes’ upcoming new single EP on SwissDarkNights Label
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi dream pop/new wave/post-punk/synthpop duo CONTROL ROOM “Black & Blue Flowers” from the debut LP “Scenery” on Cold Transmission Music
  • Lyon, France coldwave/post-punk trio The Midnight Computers “Blinding Necessities” from the new album “Anxious” on SwissDarkNights Label
  • Stamford, Connecticut electronic minimal synthwave solo project, EISHA “Cold Reflections (Minimal version)”
  • Montreal, Canada post-punk/coldwave/darkwave duo Stolen Cosmetics “Productivity is a Distraction from the Decay of Mortality” from ‘slcp demo’ EP
  • São Paulo, Brasil electronic/darkwave/coldwave/post-punk trio FAKTURA “Vestigio” from the debut EP “Danos” on DARQ Distro
  • Mexico City electronic/darkwave/post-punk solo project of Ulysses Soto, FE “Todos tienen miedo” from debut EP “Edén” (Demos)
  • Brooklyn, NY based goth/post-punk/minimal synth solo project ROSE HIP XXX “Enough” new single
  • San Fernando Valley, Ca post-punk/darkwave one-man-band BLACKRABIT “Obsidian Crystal” single off the new album “Obsidian Crystal”
  • Synth Coldwave/Darkwave/Post-Punk duo from Colombia, Das Kelzer “All2 from the EP “Das Fenster” on Nevel Records
  • Hungarian gothic rock duo from Budapest and Miskolc, Sóvárgás “Mégis megtalált az ősz”
  • Mexico City coldwave/post-punk band Grey Skies “Automaton” off of new single “Insomnia” on Faktores Kotidianos Records                                                                                                                                                             
  • Leon, Mexican shoegaze/darkwave/post-punk outfit, Inhabitants “Espinas” from the sophomore EP “Oniria”
  • French experimental/post-punk/coldwave project of Yannick Rault (Triple Sun), Closed Mouth “Soon” new single                                                                                                                                                                           
  • Auckland, New Zealand experimental noise post-punk band (former members of Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing), Horror in Clay “Burnt Hands” new single on Leeds based MUZAI Records
  • San Francisco-based goth darkwave/post-punk all-girl band MANE “Burn” from “Burn The Pink Shell” EP
  • Brownsville, TX new wave/coldwave/post-punk duo TWIN TRIBES “Shadows (feat. Vincent from WINGTIPS)” off of the upcoming album “Live at Fascination Street” (Recorded live by HeathSoSpooky at The East Room in Nashville, TN on December 23, 2019).
  • Berlin‘s electronic/darkwave/post-punk/shoegaze project of Alexander Leonard Donat, aka VLIMMER “Sonnenspeer” off the new ltd. cassette EP “Pulmo” (from the sessions of the forthcoming “XIIIIII/XIIIIIII” double EP) on his own label Blackjack Illuminist
  • Brighton, UK goth-wave/post-punk 4-piece Grasshopper “Obsession / Repetition” from forthcoming debut LP “SCUTTLE”
  • Edinburgh, UK post-punk 4-piece Bikini Body – “Hands Off Special” from V/A “CHARITY COMPILATION VOL 1” a selection of recordings from Artsy Vice Live at Chime sessions
  • Kansas City psych/post-punk/art-rock band Monta At Odds “I Count the Steps to a New Sunrise” from the new EP “Zen Diagram”
  • French ethereal wave /coldwave /post-punk duo from Paris, Saigon Blue Rain “Lady Bird (Return to the Asylum)” from the new single “Song For The Boys”
  • Asheville, North Carolina darkwave /post-punk 5-piece SECRET SHAME “Dissolve” from 7″ single “Dissolve b/w Pure”
  • London based lo-fi/coldwave/synth-punk project of Ukrainian musician Theo Krivosheyev, POWERPLANT “Good Time” off upcoming 7″/cassette single “A Spine / Evidence” via Static Shock Records and Dreamland Syndicate
  • Italian electropunk/psych-pop /synth-punk duo from Benevento, UNRULY GIRLS “Black Love” from the second LP “Epidemic” on Dirty Beach Recs.
  • London, UK post-punk trio POZI “Whitewashing” from the upcoming “176” EP on Prah Recordings
        
  • New York‘s shoegaze/post-punk/coldwave solo project Sara Stuttgart “Sick Thirst” new single
  • Indianapolis‘ shoegaze/new wave/avant-pop/post-punk multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Jackson VanHorn “Saturnine” new single on Icy Cold Records/Manic Depression Records
  • Mexican darkwave/post-punk project of Javi Maldonado, aka NACROMATIC “Selfless” from new single “Arcadia I”
  • Russian post-punk/goth rock duo from Chelyabinsk, Witch Will Die Tomorrow “L. O. V. E.” (originally bonus track on CD version of Violet of Twilight) from the collection of rarities “Lost Ones” EP
  • Minimal darkwave/industrial/ minimal synth project of Israel native Oren Filosof Cohen, Rawmouth “Another Demonstration Of Faith (demo)” from “Dance Of Separation” album ( collection of all Rawmouth’s official singles plus 3 demos)
  • French ghost wave/dark rock band from Nancy, -ii- “Crowns”
  • Mid-80s Irish darkwave band from Dublin, THIS ETERNAL WAITING “Darkness-1” from the upcoming never commercially released 1987 album “In This Morbid Ecstasy A Release Is Needed” remastered vinyl 12″ on Dead Wax Records
  • Brazilian post-punk/darkwave duo from São Paulo, Wonder Dark “The Man at Birth” preview from album 5
  • UK post-punk/darkwave splinter project by Klaus Devore from Nottingham, CLAUSTRAPHOBIA “Lights (KD Remix)” from the anthology of remixes “The Demise Remixes” album
  • Brooklyn, NY punk freaks SURFBORT “Wave” from “Apocalypse Care Package – DEMOS” EP
  • L.A. psychedelic/post-punk rock project from Laura Pleasants of the long time alternative heavy band KYLESA, THE DISCUSSION “Like Rain” from the EP “Movement Towards A New Beginning” remastered vinyl version of the originally known as the “European Tour” EP (originally recorded in 2017)
  • Belarus new wave/synth-pop/post-punk outfit from Minsk, Molchat Doma / Молчат Дома – ”Небеса и Ад (Heaven and Hell)” [Black Sabbath cover’] off of V/A “What Is This That Stands Before Me?” Black Sabbath cover compilation on Sacred Bones
  • Canadian gothic darkwave /synthwave from Edmonton, Markus Midnight “Rhythm of Our Work” new single on Wave Records
  • London/Nottingham, UK retrowave /synthwave act Wolfclub “All We Live For” from the new LP “Runaways” on NewRetroWave
  • Toronto‘s industrial synthpop project of Robert Alfons aka TR/ST “The Stain”                                                     
  • Berlin-based Serbian dark electro-synth duo of Laslo Antal and Lidija Andonov, SIXTH JUNE “How it makes you feel? ( instrumental version)”
  • German dark folk entity Herr K., aka PRAG 83 “the Dance I” from the album “The Dance” a compilation of the previous Prag 83’s three EP’s on Nordwis
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina experimental/darkwave/coldwave/witch house/electronic solo project †Я▲СΣS ❍F GΗ❍5†5 – when spring is dead –
         

photo by Philippe Pache