WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – OCTOBER 2026 – #38-26
It’s the 9th consecutive season for Mike D (longtime editor of the WL//WH team) on-air, with Wave After Wave radio program this year relocated to the internet station DarkwaveRadio.Net Every Tuesday, Live at 22.00 (EET) / 21.00 (CET)
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- UK electro-punk /coldwave /minimal synthwave duo Devi von Teufel and Mark Vorderhaus, aka The Detox Twins “Parasite” from “Parasite” | “Can Computer?” red wax lathe cut 7″ single [Feralchild]
‘At 158 bpm this is war driven by analogue machines to penetrate human foe – let the merciless frequencies take your enemy down!’, states the analog Synth duo whose new single, one of the two dropped this weekend, zips its way through a bouncing high energy of buzzy oscillating bass drones and tight, urgent programmed beats, punctuated by obsessive tinkly synth stabs and skewed eerie, space-out spirals atop straightforward, irritated female vocals stuttering and echoing about a hungry, nocturnal parasite who feeds on the light.
- Massachusetts-based electronic /minimal /new wave /synth-pop musician and producer André Obin “Rebuild My Mouth” single [Isolation Reel]
A dark, club-laced immersion from the eclectic musician, rich in a morbid atmosphere and underlying tension, yet restrained and mystifying. “Rebuild My Mouth” unravels dry, crisp electro snare beats to relentlessly keep the hypnotic pace alongside moody, rolling bass tones, layered with sharp, tinkly synth punctuations and deeply poignant, dismal string-like melodies over harsh, shadowy male whispers, lusting to be rebuilt after being knocked out.
- Italo-French darkgaze /coldwave /post-punk project featuring Bologna composer Gianni Lee and Cherbourg keyboardist/vocalist Simona Binescu, I Woke Up Chinese “Time Over” single
Tense, wiry 80s-tinged Post-punk from the Franco-Italian outfit. Icy, distorted, pain-filled layers of oppressive guitars shiver obsessively over urgent tinny drum patterns and a sonorous, doomy bass line, laced with liquid atmospheric, turning nagging, synth washes, throbbing with increasingly whining hopeless intensity around anxious, choppy vocals that airily smooth into ominous gloom, whilst struggling to untie from an overwhelming traumatic memory.
- Dark ambient /dark wave /neoclassical pioneer music project of Swedish musician Peter Bjärgö (Pettersson) since 1996, Arcana “The Adversity Bell” from the new LP “Magna Silentia” [Cold Meat Industry]
- Legendary psychedelic experimental electronic project formed by Canadian musician cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and British singer-songwriter Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots, aka The Tear Garden “On With The Show” from the 8th album “The Brown Acid Caveat” [Metropolis]
- US gothic /industrial rock /experimental heavy electronics artist Lana Del Rabies “Annihilate” single
- British electronic /post-punk veteran 3-piece band formed in 1983, The Wolfgang Press “Who Makes Rivers” from the new album “Asylum Variations” [Downwards Records]
- Nashville, TN shoegaze /goth-tinged post-punk /dark dream pop duo Magic Wands “Cascades” single [Metropolis Records]
- Chicago-based goth /darkwave /post-punk brainchild of Tobias Francis, Soft Kill “Columbine” from “Rap & Bullshit” LP
- Stockholm-based goth /post-punk band (former members of T.G.T.B. and Satellitstat), Fashion Cult “Misled” from the cassette album “Into Seamless Lies” [Detriti Records]
- New York City dark post-punk /coldwave /electronic duo of musicians Matthew Hord and Ian Campbell, Content Blocks “Hard Out” title track of the debut album “Hard Out”
- Detroit-based techno punk band Decliner “Lighter Than A Breath” from the debut LP “Cut Rate” [Texture Records]
- South of France lo-fi /industrial /minimal / wave /techno /raw analog synth duo MP-57 and Roxane, aka Roxane Barrow “Tu Vis Je Sombre” from “The Last Dance” EP [Tutamen]
- Bologna, Italy noise /post-punk /industrial wave duo (ex Buzz Aldrin, and Bromance), Obsexed “Colder” from “Night reverbs” EP [Detriti Records]
- Athens, Greece industrial /modular synth collective Mechanimal “Χωρίς Συνδρομή (Horis Sindromi)” from the upcoming album “15” [Inner Ear Records]
- Oregon-based industrial /experimental electronic /minimal synth DIY solo project by musician and composer D Haddon, aka High Marks “Distell” from “Factory Conditioned” LP
- Ohio electronic /minimal synth music project by modular synth musician Jeff Deane, Our Unseen Guest “Overfed” single
- French post-punk /coldwave /minimal synth solo project of Northern Brittany‘s experimental dark electronic musician Boris Völt, aka Mode in Gliany “Les corps perdus” title track of the new EP “LES CORPS PERDUS”
- Albuquerque, New Mexico lo-fi minimal synth project Unknown Body “Nothing There” off the first “Demo” EP
- Greek EBM /minimal synth /electronic music duo formed in Athens in 1988 by Alex Machairas and Nik Veliotis, In Trance 95 – “Warm Nights Driving on Wet Streets (Airdawn Session)” from V/A “From Minimal Wave With Love 2” LP [Minimal Wave]
- Lilith – “Day for Night” from “Het Vreemd – Dutch Underground Synth & Wave (1982-1987)” compiled by filmmaker and DJ Rutger Nijkamp [World Of Paint]
- London-based, Greek-born dark electro /minimal synth /coldwave /analog dark electronic solo project of Tina Boleti, aka Night in Athens “Requiem Mécanique” single [Artoffact Records]
- Paris-based, French EBM /synth wave /synth-pop /coldwave producer and composer, Sydney Valette “Chaos & Order” from “I Fucking Love You” LP [Artoffact Records]
- Buenos Aires, Argentina EBM /darkwave /coldwave /electronic /dark synth duo Balvanera “Salvaje” from the LP “Hasta tocar el fondo vacío del lenguaje” [Avant! Records / DKA Records]
- Tours, France post-punk /coldwave /darkwave solo project ALIEN TEARS “I Know It’s Hard To Understand” 2nd single from debut LP “Landmines” [Icy Cold Records / Manic Depression Records]
- Italian industrial /darkwave /synth-pop trio from Rome, This Eternal Decay “Violate” new single from the upcoming album “Amigdala” [Swiss Dark Nights]
- Olympia, WA post-punk /synth-pop /synthwave solo project Ugly Eyes “Waiting” from the 2-track single “Patient Spectator”
- Santiago, Chile darkwave /neo-coldwave duo Vioflesh “Ice” from the album “Dark Bellow” [darkTunes]
- Dallas, Texas-based darkwave /post-punk band fronted by Leah Lane, Rosegarden Funeral Party “Void” single
- Brighton, UK-based dark wave /post-punk /death pop band Corlyx “The Holy Vampire” single
- Medellín, Colombia-based collaboration between electro-clash /dark-wave /synth-pop duo The Virginia Valley and electronic producer Malov, The Virginia Valley & Melov “Dōmo Arigatō” single [Inner Shah Recordings]
- French minimal dreamy synthpop solo music project by Parisian producer Matthieu Roche, Fragrance. “Sharon’s Dive (feat. R. Missing)” single
- North Carolina ethereal wave /dark synthpop /darkwave duo Feyleux “Remote Control” from the upcoming second LP “Shadeweaver” [SwissDarkNights Label]
- Tours, France post-punk /coldwave /darkwave solo project ALIEN TEARS “I Know It’s Hard To Understand” 2nd single from debut LP “Landmines” [Icy Cold Records / Manic Depression Records]
- Almere, The Netherlands Goth /New Wave /Post-Punk /”Guitar-Wave” band The Medicines “Social Anxiety (Dirk Wiertz Remix)”
- Athens/Paris no wave /post-punk /dark wave duo of Manos Tzavolakis and Alexandre Moreau, aka Sensitive Content “Tu Veux Un Sac” from the debut LP “Romantic Asthmatic” [Manic Depression Records]
- Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based darkwave /EBM artist Cameron Findlay, aka Kontravoid “Returning” off the new album “Sound Of The Void” [Artoffact Records]
- Los Angeles electroclash /minimal /new wave /synth-wave duo More Ephemerol “Angelenophobe” single [Ephemerol Night Terrors]
- Paris-based French-Italian cinematic /synth-pop /coldwave /darkwave duo Echoberyl “Your Poison” Maxi-Single [Mother Solitude Records]
- London-based indie dance /synth-wave /synth-pop /dark disco DJ-producer VELVET VELOUR “CHINATOWN GIRL” single [Blush Signal]
- Helsinki Italo disco /80s synth-pop duo Tytti Roto and Ville Valavuo, aka Modem “Sensaatio” (previously unreleased bonus track) from “Modemism” compilation [MODEM AGE RECORDS]
- Goth /Darkwave /Post-Punk /Synthwave act started in 2011 by Seattle‘s Jared Kyle Nickerson, joined by Swiss/American producer Slade Templeton (Crying Vessel), Dead Astronauts “Who Kills Who” off the 5th studio album “Shallow Grave” [Cold Transmission Music]
- Barcelona-based EBM /new‑beat /trance /synth-pop /electro solo act A.M.Q.N – “Es Martes Y Te Vas A Liar” from “BARNA BEAT” EP [Italo Moderni]
- UK industrial /synth-pop /dark electro brainchild of solo artist Jay Taylor, j:dead “Cannibal” single
- Berlin-based post-industrial /EBM /noise /dark techno brainchild of New York‘s artist Fade Kainer, aka Statiqbloom “Erased” from the 7″ EP “Votive” [Phage Tapes]
- US influential futurepop /electronic /industrial project masterminded by veteran Boston‘s musician Tom Shear, Assemblage 23 “Believe (INHALT Remix)” [Metropolis Records]
- Berlin-based post-industrial /EBM /noise /bleak electronics /dark techno brainchild of New York‘s artist Fade Kainer, aka Statiqbloom “Cut The Vine” from the 7″ EP “Votive” [Phage Tapes]
- London-based metal /dark coldwave /trip-hop /industrial electronics project SPOILD “Evil inside You” from upcoming new album “Glass House” [SOIL]
- German electro /synth-pop project of Daniel Wagner, aka OUTSIZED – “Meet Me At Midnight” single [Deep Machinery Records]
- Stockholm, Sweden electronic /synth-pop project Alan is waiting “where you disappear – Svaj. rebuild”
- Bern, Switzerland retro-futurist darkwave /synthpop duo CØLDSTAR “Last Night On Earth” single
- Portland, OR electronic-post-punk project and outlet of Bobby Moynahan, aka BALLERINA BLACK “Open Airwaves” single
- Mannheim, Germany post-punk /coldwave band Monochrome Lights “Will You” from “Another World” EP
- Colombia post-punk/gothic rock duo Das Keltzer “Ägäisches Meer” single [Nevel Records]
- Kendal, UK eclectic darkwave solo project by Klaus Devore, Claustraphobia – “Obsession Now” from the LP “Devoured By Delusions”
- Richmond, Virginia synth-pop /darkwave solo project ACITYASLEEP “Obsidian i: I Set A Fire” from “Obsidian” EP
- Washington, D.C. glam /psych /gothic rock /post-punk band (members of Sister Ex), Winter Sect “Graveyard Girl” single
- Athens, Georgia-based deathrock/post-punk band Tears for the Dying Athens “Devour Me” single
- Santiago, Chile gothic rock /deathrock /post-punk quartet Ultrastigma “Devorador” single
- London-based goth /post-punk band SECRECY – “Knife In My Dreams” off upcoming “Winter In A&E” MiniLP [LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS]
- Wisconsin grunge /post-punk trio Whippets “Nothing New” from the second LP “No Skulls” [No Coast]
- Doncaster, UK goth /industrial /darkwave band Jan Doyle Band “Dance Down the Moon” (a collaboration with US artist Stacey Halstead aka Spacevox) from the 2-track single “Dance Down the Moon / Spiritual Cramp”
- Seattle egg punk /no wave /synthpunk act TRIPE “Party Boy” from “DEMO 2” EP
- Portland, OR dark ambient /dark folk /forest /fantasy /medieval /dark olden synth /dungeon synth project of Nick Wusz, aka Travellers Rest “The Blood of Life” from “In the Citadel of Solitude” LP [Winding Stair Records]
- French dark ambient /fantasy /medieval /dungeon synth project (aka Forge Of Nova, Baddoar), Wydraddear “Here Stand Our Walls” from “We Are All The Fortress” LP
- Rennes, France dark ambient /old school dungeon synth project Ezherbü’s Ruin “Untitled I” from “The Quest for Pure Hearts” LP [Secret Corridor Records]
- Dutch Dark Ambient /Fantasy /Old School Dungeon Synth project Loremagus – “Woodland Sorcery I” from “Woodland Sorcery” LP [Sokol Keep]
- New Hampshire dark ambient /winter synth /dungeon synth project Hoarfrost “Red Turns Blue” from “Between The Sun and The Moon on Mount Blue Job” LP
- Berlin dark ambient /dreamy /doom dungeon synth project Hedgerows “Inhalation” from “The Woods Between The Worlds” EP
- Springfield, Illinois ritual dark ambient /drone music project 72PILLARS “He Who Knows My Thoughts (featuring Argyre Planitia)” from “DANTALION” LP
