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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips – NOVEMBER / / DECEMBER #48-23

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Glasgow, Scotland-based Synthpop /Coldwave /Dark Wave artist Propter Hoc “Love in a Void” single

A buzzing, crispy and glittering dancing strobe light intoxication of relentless knocking urgent drum patterns, punchy menacing bassline pulsations, and glowing synth spirals, sway and quiver to build icy anticipation around dramatic baritone broods, delivering the angsty message, “Love In A Void”, it’s dumb. Another electrifying single from the Glaswegian artist.

  • Santiago, Chile minimal /coldwave /darkwave solo act SATIS “Vernum” single

Chilean Dark Electronics producer is back more cold, powerful and atmospheric than ever buzzing and pounding ceaselessly over the murky drones of a spectral dance, to rouse weary vigilant moods where dim sad synth flows and insistent piercing icy bright stabs provide glows of hope through the misty shadows of the May rain.

  • Mexican EBM /techno /dark electro music electronic project by Iván Zamudio, aka SUNNES – “Plan de Invierno” debut single

Debut instrumental single from the EBM-infused Dark Electronics solo act from Mexico, Sunnes, that warmups with recorded welcoming London airport voices fading in muffled, disconnected pilot communications, to drop cryptic coordinates into urgent mechanical snaps bristling with gritty buzzing bassline undulations, punching and bouncy kick-snare patterns, along with angst-edged swirling and glowing synth drama, bringing old-school vibes into vibrant, twitching dancing grooves.

  • ’80s Berlin-based dark electro /synthpop /minimal wave duo Vono “Der Zauberer (Wunschmaschine Edit)” [1982]
  • UK post-punk /coldwave project of ‘gloom maker’ producer Calam Wright, aka Earth Surrender “I Wanna Be Adored” (The Stone Roses cover)
  • UK two-piece Post-punk /Psychedelic /Garage Noir band West Wickhams “The Maddening Crowd” from the CD EP “Vivre Sa Vie”                                                                                                                                                                     
  • Leeds, UK ephemeral wave project by Iris Voss, aka Rites of sin “Edward” single
  • Glasgow-based, Brazilian/English-based ethereal /post-punk /synthgaze /cold wave /ambient pop /experimental synth electronic duo HANGING FREUD “Come” from the new CD/Vinyl 7th album “Nowhere” via Spleen+ and their label Tiny Box
  • Californian lo-fi /hauntology /hypnagogic /ghostwave /noise /dream pop /synth-pop act Marble Fields “Out Of Focus” from the cassette self-titled album [Reapo Records]
  • Montreal, Québec dark wave /minimal wave /coldwave solo project Void Republic “Burning Truth” from “Skies Collapse” EP
  • Offenbach, Germany industrial /minimal wave /synthpop /coldwave duo Recht Auf Rausch – “Das Ende dieser Welt” from “Keiner kommt hier lebend raus” EP 
  • Berna, Switzerland Italo disco synthpop hardware producer Narco Marco “Bald Tag” 7″ single [Pace In Stereo]
  • French enigmatic post-punk / coldwave project of Orson Wald (a.k.a Arthur Aether), AKA Villa Vide “Haulover Road” single off upcoming debut 2024 album
  • Vienna-based experimental /kraut /post-punk /synthpop /new wave /electro duo of Turkish origin, Zack Zack Zack “Luftballon (Shad Shadows Remix)” from upcoming remix LP “Album 2.5”.
  • Bielefeld, German electro /wave /synthpop project of Philipp R. Münch, aka The Rorschach Garden “Absolution (mirror on the wall)” from the new LP “All from new”
  • South of France new wave /coldwave /minimal wave raw analog project of MP-57 and Roxane, aka Roxane Barrow – “Dance W: Me” from “Grand Hôtel” EP [META MOTO]
  • Bogotá-based new wave /post-punk band Nuclear Digital Transistor “DarkMode” from “Ghost Pain” EP [Kaputt.wav]
  • Seattle-based techno /house /dark wave band led by Chicago-bred Latina artist DJ Gold Chisme, aka Dark Chisme “Cold” from “Yo Puedo Vivir Sin Ti” EP [Chismosa Records]
  • Disco synth wave band from Berlin, She Lies “My Heart Is A Mess” title track from the new EP “I Am Out” [exlove records]
  • Italian darkwave /synth-pop /minimal wave duo of Nicola Buono & Lino Monaco, aka The NE-21 “High Rise (Years Of Denial Remix)” from “In the Realm of Electricity Remixed” EP [She Lost Control]
  • Amsterdam/Toronto New Wave /Post-Punk /Funk-Punk-Disco band, Baby’s Berserk “Glassy Towers (Kris Baha Remix)” off upcoming “remix” EP [Toy Tonics]
  • Brussels-based EBM /electro /coldwave duo FIGURE SECTION “gata S dismembered (Front 242 P. Codenys remix)” 2-track remix single [Antibody label]
  • Canadian industrial /dark electro /EBM-techno act Front Line Assembly “Mechvirus (Remix) feat. ULTRA SUNN” [Artoffact]
  • Seminal 1996 founded, French experimental minimal synth project by Alaxis Andreas G. (Bruta Non Calculant), LE SYNDICAT ELECTRONIQUE “RAPES ON TV” title track of the upcoming ltd. 2024 vinyl album “RAPES ON TV” []
  • US industrial /EBM /experimental /synth /dark electronics four-piece, aka Domestic Exile “Disziplin Und Kraft” from self-titled EP cassette [DKA Records]
  • Zurich, Switzerland techno /wave /EBM trio of Kleio Thomaides, Daniele Cosmo and Florin Büchel, aka SAVAGE GROUNDS “Distress” off “Separation Shock” EP 12″ [Oráculo Records]
  • Chicago, IL industrial /experimental /post-punk /noise /no wave /body horror /electronic duo JULIA “The Outside Harms” title track of the second LP “The Outside Harms”
  • San Jose, Costa Rica‘s darkwave /dark electro /synth pop artist MAVROSKELETO – “Darker Sadness Cycles” from the upcoming 2024 EP “Retro Horror TV”
  • Russian electronic /darkwave /EBM /synth-pop duo NIIKTO “Neizvestnost” single
  • Barcelona-based synthpop /electronic post-punk duo CATASTROFE CLUB – “The World is Ending” single
  • Melbourne, Australia wave /dream pop /post-punk duo Adored “House on Fire” sophomore single
  • California-based alt /darkwave /post-punk solo project GIANT CATS! “If These Walls Could Weep” single
  • UK eclectic post-punk /darkwave project from Kendal, Claustraphobia “Dreaming of Fire” from the album “It Burns”
  • Finnish post-punk /darkwave /gothic rock collaboration Distant Stares & Timeless Citizen – “14 Days” single
  • UK Electronica /Post-punk /Darkwave solo project KILL SHELTER “Bodies ft Buzz Kull [V]” from “Damage [V]” Special 5th Anniversary CD Reissue [UNKNOWN PLEASURES RECORDS]
  • Bogotà, Columbia‘s Post-Punk /Death Rock band, OKVLTA “Último aliento” from the second EP “Oráculo”
  • Greece/Germany darkwave /gothic rock duo of polystrumentist Babis Nikou (Opened Paradise, Angel’s Arcana, Hada) and vocalist Nino Sable, Unwished “Nightmares And Dreams” off the LP “Antichthon” on SwissDarkNights Label
  • Yekaterinburg, Russia Occult Wave \ Goth Rock duo Raven Said “Showtime” single
  • Gelsenkirchen, Germany goth darkwave act Die Tödin “Im Schatten” single
  • Moncton, Canada-based Doom Metal /Gothic Rock solo project of Jason Schatsle (aka Wardruid), Gothnetic – “The Call” single
  • Mexico City-based darkwave /post-punk duo Disociados “Vampiros Depresivos” single
  • Richmond, Virginia enigmatic gothic dark electronics brainchild of Tony Gloom, AKA Petrified Entity “Feeling” second single off the upcoming album ”The Beyond”
  • US coldwave /post-punk /synth-wave act Soft Glass “Smoke” from the album “Lost Songs Volume II” on Dark Entry Records
  • California-based darkwave /gothic rock /post-punk project of Eduardo Mora, aka EDO – “Dismay” from “Without An End” EP
  • Parisian post-punk /froide wave one-girl band Lila Ehjä “Rust” from the upcoming vinyl 12″ album “Clivota” via Croux Records & Toutdoux Records
  • Madrid, Spain Darkwave /EBM /Post-Punk duo Espiritu Escalera “Ideas suicidas” debut 2-track single
  • Florida‘s gothic rock /darkwave / post-punk /gothwave band led by Matthew DeFeis, aka Last Grasp “Never Rend” single
  • Russian post-punk /darkwave band based in St. Petersburg, Blind Dreams “Сон Во Сне” from upcoming EP “Shadows in Paradise”
  • Tashkent, Uzbekistan darkwave /coldwave /post-punk solo project Dionnysuss “See You Dance” single
  •  Athens, Greece new wave /post-punk /darkwave solo project REFLECTION BLACK “A Silver Dagger to Our Throats” single
  • Zurich, Switzerland Post-Apocalyptic-Punk band Mono Void “Epiphany” from the upcoming LP “Zeitgeist” on SwissDarkNights Label
  • Washington D.C./New York post-punk /dark synthpop collaboration, Hex Formes x Postlooperish “Minus Touch” single
  • Peruvian darkwave /post-punk one man band based in Lima, Something Obscura “Luna Impaciente” from “Arder” EP
  • Saint Petersburg, Russia new wave /post-punk solo project Чайки улетают с моря [smorya] “Что мне здесь делать ещё?” from “Грустно” EP
  • North Carolina goth /post-punk solo project Saiph “The Pyre” single
  • Barcelona, Spain post-punk /indie rock band Primer Infant “Estats desfigurats” 2-track single via Flexidiscos
  • London, UK synth /post-punk band Alaska Airlines “Untitled Feel” from the debut S/T EP
  • Madrid, Spain post-punk /coldwave act Redimere Salvare “At Me?”
  • San Francisco-based darkwave / post-punk trio Steilacoom “Subliminal Soundtrack” single
  • North East of England‘s early 80s mod punk /post-punk band Model Workers “My Winter of Discontent” from ltd. 7″ EP “Cry” first time Sealed Records‘ reissue (plus 2 unreleased demos and booklet) of the lone 7” originally released in 1981 on their own Make it Yourself label
  • Madrid, Spain shoegaze /post-punk band SÝN “El Miedo, la Sombra y Yo” single
  • London, UK Post-punk 4-piece Coeval “Poreless Life” from the self-titled debut album via Le Turc Mecanique
  • Leeds, UK post-punk trio Avacet “Far” single
  • US post-punk /indie rock /darkwave solo project Balduvian Bears “Shadow” single
  • Phoenix, AZ goth /new wave /dream-pop /post-punk duo Secret Attraction “Dream Again” first single off new EP out soon via Funeral Party Records
  • Los Angeles-based Post-Punk /Shoegaze duo OCCULTS “Depeche Mode” single
  • Baltimore, MD new wave /post-punk band TWINGS “The Moment” new single
  • US darkwave solo experimental electronic composer [mortal.experiment] “Wax Candles (ft. Lemna M. Grey)” from “Wax Candles / Evanescent Memories” single
  • Dutch dark folk baroque lute player and avant-garde composer Jozef Van Wissem “THE CALL OF THE DEATHBIRD (feat. Hilary Woods)” off the forthcoming album “The Night Dwells in the Day”
  • Croatian dark ambient /vampiric soundtrack /dungeon synth solo act Talog “Od Svjetla Sakriveni” from the cassette reissue of the Ltd. 2018 tape album “Vladavina Vampira” [Cosmic Brood / Olden Sonorities]