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

• Bogota, Colombia Darkwave/Post-Punk/Synthwave duo NOROMAKINA “Vacio” off “Visceral” EP on COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC
  

In their first release for Cold Transmission, the duo, showing brazen personality and driving intensity, bang out unmistakable obscure and magnetic dance-inducing darkwave, made of bouncing propelling rhythms intersected through ominously tense blazing synth flows amid treacherous crawling bassline and alluringly lost, tortured male vocals, spiralling into an unforgiving grinding cold and shimmering darkness.

• Baltimore goth/electronic/industrial/darkwave solo project SISTER SARIN “There’s Nothing Left” from new 2-track single “As The Sky Falls”
  

Skinny Puppy synthetic reverberations infuse the new single from Sister Sarin, fresh from a record deal with Steve Archer’s Wolfcore Records. Cinematic moods build tension and fear through ominous industrialized electronic anticipation, soaked in oscillating bassline menace, shuttering scattered beats and spoken word theatrics of whispered confessions revealing an isolated existence spent cowering in pain from an apocalyptic evil about to be unleashed.

• Erfurt, Germany new wave/darkwave solo project DROPPED “Hold The Faith”                                                   

A mysterious musician from East Germany under the Dropped moniker just on Soundcloud looking for his own sound, and he does it rather well with the gripping and sharply emotional 80s tinged classic darkwave number through relentless pounding rhythms and deep rumbling bleak bassline, pierced by mournful, lost sparkling guitar chords lingering into tragic, poignant melodies set against cold, dispassionate vocals’ dreaded emptiness and fear. Let’s ‘hold the faith’ for more morose goodness like this…

• Kyiv, Ukraine experimental/dark ambient/ritual drone/neo-folk project of Arthur Mogilevski, ВОЛОК ‘Блаженный’ from the album ‘Душенька’ on VOLOK Records
  
• Dark Electro / Electro-Industrial band from Poland, COLD THERAPY “Beyond The Veil” new single
  
• French experimental/minimal synth/post-punk/dark electronics project VIOLENT QUAND ON AIME “Untitled” from the cassette album “Movie Star” on Simple Music Experience
  
• Rennes, France post-punk solo project TABLERAZ “Mad” from the debut album “LOVE” due November 27, 2020.
  
• Belgian post wave/electronic wave band WE ARE OOH PEOPLE “Cigarette Favorite” off the new S/T album
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina darkwave/minimal wave/post-punk/synthwave/synthpop band LAS ERAS ‘La Esclava (Vol. 1)” from the EP “La Esclava Mix”
  
• Hamburg, Germany darkwave/synth/postpunk music producer DARK “Gothic Love” off “Nightmare” Mini-Album collection of the first 5 singles on tape. 
  
• Greek dark electronics /analogue synth project of Toxic Razor (Beatbox Machinery, Eerie Sopor, Paradox Obscur), METAL DISCO – “Rotten To The Core” new single on his own Werkstatt Recordings
  
• Franco–Russian ‘coldrave’ duo of Justine Neulat (Bagarre Perdue, Deux Control) and Anton Berezin (Wolfstream, Otchim, Seven Knives), Justine & Berezin ‘Déjà Vu’ from their upcoming LP “Trance de France” on Diffuse Reality sub-label, Periphylla Records
  
• French post-punk/coldwave trio Force 10 – “Orbiter ( 7 7 Reshape )” [originally from 2013]                                 
• Italian coldwave/synth-punk-disco/EBM duo Kokeshi Milk ”RUN!”                                                                       
• Sweden-based Polish DIY Punk/Electro/EBM producer SUKABURA “Strach” new single
  
• German dark industrial/techno/rhythmic noise producer and former Ars Moriendi founder (also half of Synapscape), Philipp Münch “I want to tease you” from “plays Ars Moriendi” cassette album (originally written by Ars Moriendi, 1990 – 1994) on Ant-Zen
  
• Gävle, Sweden two-piece minimalistic dark electronic/EBM music act produced with vintage synthesizers and the Atari 1040ST since 2001, Sturm Café “Discolied (First Edit)” from the upcoming album “Fernes Land”
  
• Moscow‘s experimental/industrial/post-punk/dub/synth/avant pop electronic duo Marzahn “Погода”           
• Montreal, Canada dark synth/minimal synth/synthwave project NO “Couper le Cercle” from the new cassette album “Permanent Wound” on TONN Recordings.
  
• Rochester, UK Electronic Concrete Synth-Pop duo, Brutalist Architecture in the Sun “City Long Gone” from the upcoming debut album “The Sadness Between Cities”
  
• Russian electronic/coldwave/minimal/new wave/synth duo from Moscow, EOZDIS “Rift” from the upcoming debut S/T EP
  
• Brooklyn, NY Post-Punk/New Wave/Synthpop 3-piece NATION OF LANGUAGE “A Different Kind of Life” new single
  
• Florida‘s minimal wave / synth-pop / darkwave duo (ex-members of Ars Phoenix, Kilborough, (the) Failsafe), PASS/AGES “Shiver” from new album “New Grave” on Diffuse Reality Records
  
• New York-based San Fernando Valley‘s experimental /vaporwave /darkwave /coldwave duo Empathic Assessment Module “Last Goodbye” from the third “Transmission” cassette EP on OasisLtd.
  
• Danish darkwave/coldwave trio from Aarhus, TORCH “Towers of fire” from debut S/T EP
  
• Belarus new wave/synth-pop/post-punk outfit from Minsk, Molchat Doma / Молчат Дома “Ленинградский Блюз / Leningradskiy Blues” from the third album “Monument” on Sacred Bones
  
• Fayetteville, Arkansas darkwave/post-punk/synth-pop band WHITE MANSION “Alone” new single on COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC
  
• Russian new wave/post-punk duo from Saint-Petersburg, Едешь [Edesh] “На последних трамваях” from “triple single” EP on Русский пост-панк
  
• Melbourne based feminist bratwave punk band of Kalindy Williams and Kurt Eckardt, aka Hearts and Rockets “Dead As Disco” from “Workout / Dead As Disco” 7″ vinyl single on their own Psychic Hysteria
  
• Melbourne industrial/post-punk/electro-pop moniker of Nicolaas Oogjes, frontman of cult “Heat Beat” band, NO ZU, aka Cong Josie “Leather Whip” off double A-side debut single “Leather Whip / Maxine” on it Records
  
• Paris based post-punk/coldwave project of Leonid Diaghilev, aka TOUT DEBORD “Jugement Dernier” from the EP “Le Dernier Voyage” on Sierpien Records
  
• French post-punk /coldwave /minimal synth solo project, Bela Goosy “Stay Wild” from the new LP “Encaged Love”
  
• Stockholm, Sweden synthpop/dark pop duo The Brides of the Black Room feat. Ginger Khan – “Ambulance” new single
  
• Swedish future pop/electro-pop duo Ashbury Heights “Wild Eyes” new single on Out Of Line
  
• Dallas, TX synthwave/synthpop trio Pleasure Crisis “Can’t You See” (Vicious Pink Cover) off the compilation “Numbers Covered – A Benefit Album For Numbers Night Club”
  
• Berlin-based new wave/synthpop artist Earth Space Object / E.S.O – “Fifth Wave” debut single
  
• Berlin-based German future pop/synthpop trio SOLAR FAKE “This pretty life (Single Version)” new maxi single on Out Of Line
  
• Swedish synthwave project Android Fornication – “A Dream of X” from debut EP “Faulty Innards”
  
• French Electro Cold Synthpop duo RETROSECT “Avortement” from the debut EP “Le Desir Et L’Ennui”
  
• Mexican future pop/synthpop act NÓRDIKA “True Love” new single on Aquo Rec Records
  
• Russian synth-rock trio from St Petersburg, Disciplina Medicina “НОВИНКА” new single
  
• L.A. leftfield synthpop by Choadus, BOWL CUTS “Degeneration M (feat. Part Human)” new single
  
• Swiss synthpop/new wave duo Martha’s Laundry “The Legacy” new single
  
• Los Angeles based synthpop duo since 1989, Mind Machine “Saying Sorry” from the new “Saying Sorry” EP
  
• UK synthpop/electropop music project of Mark Kendrick, aka FUSED “Passion and Control” new single
  
• Irish synth-pop trio from Dublin, TINY MAGNETIC PETS “Drowning In Indigo” from the upcoming new LP ‘Blue Wave’
  
• French new dark ambient/ethereal/darkwave solo project of former singer of Dark Sanctuary and The Wishing Machine, Iris Capricorn “Haiku” new single
  
• Russian Lo-Fi /Post-Punk /Coldwave act from Tver, горе луковое “потом переименовать” from the new album “последнее солнце октября” on Русский пост-панк
  
• Ljubljana, Slovenia post-pop-punk band BALANS “Koprive” from the album “Sam Pravm” on KAPA Records
  
• French experimental /coldwave /synthpop /dark folk duo of Victor-Yann (part of the duo Bruta Non Calculant) and Yule, SWESOR BHRATER “Young Swesor” from the new album “Sick Rose” on IDIO[T]PHONE RECORDS
  
• Nottingham, UK 4-piece Post-Punk/New Wave/Synth-Rock band I AM LONO “(Just A) Number” from new EP “Hollow Ghosts (demos)”
  
• Scottsdale, AZ new electronic-based solo project from Shawn Helton (ex-singer of The Opposite Sex) with elements of darkwave, synthwave and post-punk revival, Memory Mask “Days Of Zero (Nighttime Reboot)” from the new EP “Empire Land Rebooted” produced by NYC’s post-rock/post-punk act Black Rose Burning
  
• Californian darkwave/goth rock project based out of Los Angeles, QYBURN “Wax Mask” final single off the upcoming album of the same name, ‘Wax Mask.’
  
• San Francisco-based steampunk/gothic/classical/doom pop cellist-singer-songwriter Erica Mulkey, aka Unwoman “I Run” (A Flock Of Seagulls Cover) from the cover album “The Love Apocalypse; or, Uncovered Volume 6”
  
• Russian Shoegaze /Electro /Post-Punk one-man-project from Reutov, SENEPTIKA “Изоляция в ночи” from the album “^_~”
  
• Russian indie/new wave/post-punk solo project from Ivanovo, THE SADNESS “Заточка” from “Грех” EP
  
• Dallas, TX post-punk/darkwave 3-piece SEVIT “As Animals” from the new album “On The Edge Of A Darker Place”
  
• Louisiana | Houston, TX nobody post-punk project EMPTY “Lost In This World” from the new single “Four”
  
• Chilean dark punk /deathrock band from Santiago, DGA 95 “Vacío” from “Fase” EP
  
• Oakland, CA esoteric/goth/darkwave/post-punk 5-piece, BASTET “Reign of Chaos” new single
  
• Saint Petersburg, Russia new wave/post-punk solo project Чайки улетают с моря [smorya] “Что мне здесь делать?” new single
  
• Leeds-based early 80s UK goth/darkwave/post-punk band Skeletal Family “State” (Demo)
  
• Russian post-punk band from Voronezh, ИМПАЛА КИТАЙ – “УПАЛ” from second LP “Земля” on Русский пост-панк
  
• Prague, Czechia doom-pop /post-punk band PRIS ◤ Ostrov – from the sophomore LP “Kopřivy” on Divnosti
  
• Monterrey, Mexico synthwave/post-punk/darkwave 4-piece ACID FADER “Romanov” first single from our upcoming album “LESSER EVIL”                                                                                                                               
• Brazilian deathrock/post-punk 4-piece from São Paolo, Tempos de Morte “Sadismo” from “Flégias” EP
  
• Italian deathrock /goth-punk band from Frosinone, Sacred Legion “Dig Me No Grave” from “The Silent Lineage” on Bat-Cave Productions
  
• Las Vegas, NV post-punk/gothic rock duo Pitch After Dark “Room That Consumes” from “Wicked Takes” EP
  
• Zagreb, Croatia punk/post-punk band DDR “Limited Liability” from the debut album “The Morning Grey”
  
• Russian post-punk/coldwave/synthpop solo project from Moscow, Холодный звонок (Holodniy Zvonok) “Наваждение / Obsession (only on MC)” from cassette album “Holodniy Zvonok ” (compilation of all releases from 2019–2020, all except material released on “Наваждение” CDr in 2019 on CDr version of release) on Sierpien Records
  
• Australian experimental electronics/noise rock 4-piece from Melbourne, VOICE IMITATOR “Adult Performer” from the upcoming debut LP “Plaza” on 12XU
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine industrial/post-punk/darkwave/gothic project of Stan Przhegodsky, aka Black Light District “Time Limit” new single
  
• Brooklyn, NYC dark electronic krautrock/trip-hop/synth-pop project of Robert Toher (former Brooklyn’s Areas), Public Memory “Dracula A.D.” from the upcoming LP “Ripped Apparition” on Felte Records
  
• UK darkwave/electronic/witch house solo project of Jake Lee from Bradford, SIDEWALKS AND SKELETONS “Eternal Rest (Feat. CASHFORGOLD)” from “Eternal Rest” EP on Re:Mission Entertainment