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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips – November #45-21

PICKS OF THE WEEK:
  • Bogotá, Colombia minimal synth/post-punk /dark wave project Climas Interiores “Tardes sombrías” from the new 2-track single “Tardes Sombrías”                           

New two-track EP from Bogotà‘s one-man band that leaves aside the chime of the guitars for a shadowy minimal synth that borders on the darkwave, to shape lonely physical discomfort through mysterious and dangerous moods of bass-driven droning doom, sad, sinister icy bright synth airs, and cold hollow male vocals, delivering oppressive shouts to invoke relentless heart-pounding dancing rhythms of remote pain.

  • Toronto, Ontario coldwave /synth wave /minimal synth musician ALAN HARMAN “Touch of Gray” new single.

Toronto‘s synthesist makes us taste a bitter chilly “Touch of Gray” over a one-take recording of the coldest, most hypnotic and languorous minimal synth bringing to its most oppressive degree, like being trapped in a spaceship in dark sidereal space apparently with no-way-out, through a macabre, nihilistic, and anxious search for the end of a dark frozen tunnel travelling through ominous aural clouds cut in harsh sinister strains, buzzing bass syncopations and dead serious vocals to conjure sterile isolation and lonely fear.

  • Albuquerque, New Mexico lo-fi /goth /post-punk /darkwave /coldwave solo project (formerly The Endless), Slow Danse With The Dead “Black and Blue” new single

New Mexico‘s DIY goth darkwaver drives us into an isolated dim pool of enveloping hopeless melancholy and cold conflicted mental pain, through excruciating claustrophobic tinkling auras of syncopated rhythms, dismal basslines, and tragic synths, slowly swelling and pulsing dread and relentless ambition embodied by stoic, lost baritone vocals of numb disassociation through a tightening burden of introverted shame.

  • France dark ambient /electronic /darkwave producer Alison Flora (Abyssal, Sun Dogs, AFB, Blind Delon), SOPOORIFIC “Auras Around Humans” title track from the cassette album “Auras Around Humans” [Grande Rousse Disques]
  • Copenhagen, Denmark ethereal dark folk artist Solveig Roseth, aka Kikimora “Pygmalion” single off upcoming 2022 EP on Virkelighedsfjern
  • Bristol, UK Dark Neoclassical group Dead Space Chamber Music “Mari Lwyd / Morfa’r Frenhines (Grey Mare / Queen’s Marsh)” from upcoming second LP “The Black Hours”
  • California synthwave /darkwave /coldwave solo female project THE NEW ARCTIC “The Princess Sleeps” from collection EP “Stray Tracks”
  • Michigan ambient /industrial /darkwave /dark electronic artist AERMA “Neglection” single
  • Quimper bred/Paris based experimental electronic artist CLARA LE MEUR – “Arrêter Ce Carnage” from upcoming cassette « Hier à la plage » on le Syndicat des Scorpions                                                                    
  • 6-Piece Post-Punk from Brooklyn, NY, CATCHER “The Skin (Uninformed Version)” from “Yesterday’s Favorite / The Skin (Uninformed Versions)” single
  • Saarbrücken, Germany gothic rock /post-punk /darkwave solo project Chronic Mirror Blues – “My Sins” from the new EP “My Sins”
  • France/Romania darkwave /coldwave /electropop collaboration Under A Dark Light & Ramone – “The Past And The Future (do not exist)” new single.
  • Wilmington, North Carolina Darkwave duo DEAD COOL “Until Death” (Single)
  • French experimental /ambient /noise /colwave singer, songwriter and producer, 7V – “À qui je manque, tes mots niais” (Single)
  • Spanish coldwave /post-punk 4-piece from Madrid, Somos La Herencia “Revisión de la materia” from the upcoming cassette album “Dolo en Madrid” on humo internacional
  • Barcelona based post-punk /synthwave project of DJ /Musician Jaime El Energúmeno, aka ALQA “Why Risk Your Life” from “Oscuras Influencias” EP on Infravox Records
  • Dark electronic project by Lisbon‘s artist Pedro Code (AKA IAMTHESHADOW), The Ending Nights “No Light” from the upcoming LP “A Landscape to Die” on Cold Transmission Music
  • Swedish dark synth /synth wave /hauntwave artist from Stockholm, AUX ANIMAUX “Haunted” (Single)
  • Berlin/Stuttgart, German disco /kraut /synth-pop /new wave /electronic duo, Pola Women “Walking Home” from “Disco Disco” EP on Rework’s Exlove label
  • Swiss synthpop collaboration Karl Kave & Blanche Biau “Tornero” (I Santo California cover 1975) from “Best of Tornero” (Single)
  • Paris-based French experimental dark electronic punk project (Simple Music Experience, Violent Quand On Aime), TRIGGER MORAL “Une Myriade De Mirages” from “Intimate Luv Complaints” EP
  • Tokyo, Japan darkwave /gothic rock band They Might Drown “All of My Own” (Single)
  • Dutch electro/synth-wave/’Neue-Niederländische-Welle’ duo from Utrecht, STAATSEINDE “You En Mich (feat. Tilly Electronics)” from the album “Crazy Earthlings Collab Tape – Episode II” on Ende der Zukunft Recordings
  • French industrial /new beat /post-punk /dark electronics solo project Urinoir Desir – “Dias cortos (Liaisons Dangereuses cover)” from V/A “Dance or Die” Compilation on Kalamine Records
  • Los Angeles based electro darkwave /synth-punk project from Darrack Des Roche (AKA Walls of Poland), Secret Mutiilator – “This Time It’s War” from the forthcoming V/A Compilation “Upperwave Selections Vol. 1” on Carlos Grabstein’s Miseria label
  • Hamburg, Germany industrial /EBM /minimal synth /electro wave producer Johannes Haas, aka (Love, Fist, Tears) L.F.T. “Don’t Try” from [MNQ 149] “Salz” LP on Mannequin Records
  • French EBM /Post-punk /Synth Wave /Electronic duo Fontaine SMC – “Computer Lies” off of upcoming “I Was A Soldier” EP 12″ [Raw Culture].                                                                                                                                
  • UK based electro /rave /industrial /post-punk project of French musician/DJ and producer Jerome Tcherneyan and Czech performance artist and DJ, Barkosina Hanusova, aka Years Of Denial – “Done and Dusted” from “Utopia Vanished: From Enslavement to Reiteration” on VEYL
  • Belfast based cold minimal synth electronic musician, Crystalline Stricture, aka RIVAL – “Designed Waste” 
             
  • Swedish electronic /synthpop solo project of Brotherhood‘s singer Micke Lönngren, Lønnkrog “Lorenzinis ampuller” (Single)
  • Belgian neo-romantic /synth-pop /new wave multi-instrumentalist Ignace De Lamper, aka Mystic Echo “Home” (Single)
  • Tel Aviv based synthpop solo project FOE “Smile and Move Along” single
  • Brooklyn, NY horrorsynth /synthwave /dark synth producer DESTRYUR “Blood and Lace (feat. Hunter Norton)” single
  • Miami’s original Purveyors of Electronic /Dark SynthWave /Synth-Pop, Element 104 “Forever International (ft. Rux Vendetta)” from “Element / Vendetta” EP
  • Melbourne‘s wave /synth-punk /minimal synth one-man project, mnttaB “Alison” from upcoming EP “This Friction” on Detonic Recordings
  • Belfast based cold minimal synth electronic musician, Crystalline Stricture “Diversionary Tactics”                 
  • Paris-based Synth Wave vocalist composer & performer MADMOIZEL “Resurrection” from the new album “Blue” on TONN RECORDINGS
  • Brighton UK based EBM /Darkwave /Coldwave duo Massive Luxury Overdose – “Huntress” from “Prey” EP
        
  • Post-punk /Synthwave band from Hungary, Empty Story – “Ködös Zaszlok”
  • Fayetteville, Arkansas darkwave /post-punk /synth-pop band WHITE MANSION “Cancel the Sky” second single off the upcoming album “Ruin of Dreams” on COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC
  • German darkwave /synthwave duo Caput Medusae “Deus Ex Machina” new single
  • German coldwave /postpunk /new wave /electronic duo Blaues Einhorn “Pariser Nacht” new single off of upcoming debut EP ”Nicht Essenziel” on Her Majesty’s Ship                                                                                         
  • Augsburg, Germany experimental /NDW /new wave /dance /post-punk collective DR.DREXLER project “Leistungsbilanzüberschüsse” (Single) on play loud! productions
  • Leipzig based post-punk band Double Job “Yes” from upcoming album “Ohne Tanzen Planen” on Mangel /RedWig /Coolax /Arvo Disques /rds rec hh.
  • Berlin-based post-punk band LIIEK “Object” from the upcoming “Deep Pore” LP on Adagio 830 (vinyl) and RDS. REC. HH (tape)
  • Sidney, Australia no-wave /dance /post-punk band Loose Fit “Exhale” single on Fatcat Records
  • Sydney, Australia post-punk 3-piece GYRATE “Insufficient” from the debut EP Den of Vice”
  • Lucerne-based Swiss synth wave /new-wave /post-punk duo Visions in Clouds “Runaway” first single from VIC’ upcoming album due April 2022 via Icy Cold Records
  • Manchester UK-based Goth /Darkwave /Post-punk band SPIRE CIRCLE “Whispers” new single
  • New York goth /post-punk project of Shas Michelé (Stereo Julia), Cemetery Dolls “La Rêverie” new single
  • Seattle, Wa electronic /darkwave DIY solo project Festering Wound “protestpigs.acab” from “Downward Trajectory” EP
  • Sydney based darkwave /coldwave collaboration project between Ant Banister (Sounds Like Winter/Lunar Module/Def FX AU), Bruce Wells (Orcus Nullify US) and Colin Gallagher (Burnt Souls AU) with live member Adrian Leppard, Sequential Zero “The Banishing Spell” from the second single “Second Sequence”
  • Post-punk /deathrock /darkwave outfit from The Netherlands, Lifeless Past – ”Going nowhere” from the Split EP Nass Zuruck // Lifeless Past
  • Portland, Or based four piece post-punk /goth /rock n roll band Nyx Division “Reckless Dark” debut single
  • Italian gothic rock /post-punk /darkwave band NOTKVA “In Deep” first single from the debut album “Like Seven Forgotten Tales” on Bat-Cave Productions
  • Serbian Gothic Rock solo project 7 Rainbows in Exile “Demon With The Boys Eyes” from the LP “Twilight Gymnastics” on Wave Records
  • Louisville, Kentucky post-punk /darkwave duo of former members of 9voltRevolt, Stephen Beasey and Brian Cain, aka Who Saw Her Die? “By Your Side” (Single)
  • L.A. Synth Wave /Post-Punk solo project Nass Zuruck “Burning hands” (Single)
  • Berlin-based lo-fi no-wave /noise rock /post-punk artist Güner Künier “Animal” from cassette EP “Flexel” on Mommys Mistakes.
  • Los Angeles synth-punk /post-punk 4-piece AGENDER “No Nostalgia” new single.
  • New York New Wave /Post-punk 4-piece Pageant Girls “First Runner Up” from “1st” LP
  • Gothenburg, Sweden post-punk /dreampop /indie rock band, Makthaverskan “Lova” from the album ”För Allting” via Run For Cover
  • South London post-punk 4-piece Average Life Complaints “No More Issues” from the debut “Fish & Chips” EP
  • Russian lo-fi /coldwave /post-punk one man band from St. Petersburg, Хрустальная ночь “Авангард” debut single
  • North Macedonia New Wave /Psych /Post-punk outfit from Skopje, Lufthansa – “Замислен” from the cassette EP “Demo Tape I” on stotrojka
  • Russian new wave/post-punk trio from Sevastopol, Море Ясности / More Yasnosti “Gost’ / Guest (feat. Chernaya Rechka)” from the second LP “Granit i mramor” on Sierpien Records
  • French new wave /indie rock /post-punk trio from Paris, THE FUNERAL WAREHOUSE “Long Way Out” from upcoming debut LP “Hours & Days” on Icy Cold Records
  • Russian lo-fi /post-punk /soviet-wave /coldwave one-man band from Moscow, Воздух Окраин [Vokrain] “Угас” new single
  • Mexico shoegaze /new wave /post-punk 4-piece RED ULALUME “Signs Of Weakness” second single from upcoming LP “Signs Of Weakness”                                                                                                           
  • Mississippi shoegaze /post-punk /indie rock solo project DETECTS “Dissolving” from the album “Conditions”
  • Russian post-punk/coldwave/synthpop solo project from Moscow, Холодный звонок (Holodniy Zvonok) “Огни / Lights” from the compilation “Holodniy Zvonok” [20192020] on Sierpien Records
  • Ecatepec De Morelos, Mexico coldwave /dreampop /post-punk project Conjunto Vacío “Día de muertos” from debut S/T EP                                                                                                                                                     
  • Warsaw, Poland goth post-punk act founded by singer & songwriter Maciej Billewicz, OVER HER “Disillusion I” debut single
  • São Paulo, Brazil goth /new wave /post-punk project from the bassist of post-punk bands “Gangue Morcego” and “1983”, Thiago Halleck, aka HallecӃ “Tarde Demais” new single on Paranoia Musique
  • French new wave /post-punk /coldwave duo Lunar Lock “Night Frog” debut single                                             
  • Bogota based Colombian/Venezuelan/French hardcore /post-punk /punk band (members of Muro, Dernier Futur, Exilio and Trampa), Ataque Zero “Destrucción” from the S/T 12” EP on Static Shock Records
  • Brownsville, TX indie /darkwave /post-punk solo project AVVGUST “Ragdoll” from the debut EP “PEELEDINTWO”
  • Russian post-punk / synthpunk band from Rostov-On-Don, Nauchnyy Sotrudnik [Научный Сотрудник] “Ночь (Пастернак)” from “Скоросшиватель №1” experimental analog synth EP
  • Athens, Greece ambient /punk /dungeon synth project ξόρκι “στην υπηρεσία του διαβόλου” from the EP “το σπήλαιο είναι ζωντανό”
  • Polish neofolk /martial industrial band from Tarnowskie Góry, Grave of Love “All Those Tears Ago” title track from the album “All Those Tears Ago”
  • Malmö industrial /ambient /esoteric /ethereal folk music project from 55 Cancri e & Sunwald, Somnia Liberos “Sinnerlig” from “Sår” EP on Skörd