Le Cliché is the electronic music project of Gerard Ryan , professor of marketing at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili . The music takes a critical view of the malaise of marketing and its effect on our postmodern consumer society. It deals with serious issues as diverse as consumer privacy, identity,...

La Düsseldorf , of the legendary band from Düsseldorf, begins with a recording of cheering football fans, perhaps from the local stadium that is home to Fortuna Düsseldorf . The sampled fan choruses seem to echo the euphoric excitement with which listeners and critics well beyond Germanys borders received...

División Avanzada Independiente (D.A.I.) was a collective of musicians that was formed in the early 1980s in Valencia and could compare with similar movements such as the B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) , its Member initial were Jose Luis Macias (Glamour, Tomates Electricos, Europa and Ultima Emación),...

" In 2012 Claus Fovea Self Released A Cassette Containing 10 Tracks, He Was At His Swedish Beginnings. 9 Years Later Lux Rec Re-Discovered His Tape And It Still Sounded So True And Relevant To Them That They Decided To Release It On Vinyl. Claus Then Reworked Some Tracks, Scrap Some, And Made Few New....

At last, the long mooted, hotly anticipated DETOX TWINS debut full length finally hits the racks this November. Following a slew of instant sell out, hugely acclaimed 45s, the first LP is utterly wonderful despite the apparent silence during its preparation, the wait is more than worth the while. Comprising...

In 1981 the Düsseldorf band Die Krupps (Jürgen Engler, Bernward Malaka, Ralf Dörper) released a seminal album which wrote its own chapter in the history of music: the "Stahlwerksinfonie" (Steelworks Symphony) was a near thirty-minute musical monolith of metal and guitar sounds with scattergun saxophone...

Konstruktivists create their own brand of Industrial, using electronics as a base and tape loops, percussion, lurching rhythms and droning melodic arches on top. Check Konstruktivists are a UK Industrial group formed by Glenn Michael Wallis in 1982 out of the ashes of Heute . In the late 70's/early 80's...

The second of October s brace of ace new Polytechnic Youth LPs sees the Crouch End based micro label team up with Morecambe s Horror Pop Sounds imprint. (A previous collaboration brought the world the wonderful Tisch Tennis by XAM Duo in 2017). Both labels are incredibly excited to release -for the first...

Here is the long-awaited fifth volume of the well received electronic compilation series from the 1980's color tapes label. As with the other volumes you can find great examples of cold wave, minimal wave and synth electronics made by obscure British bands such as: Berserk In A Hayfield, Disintegrators,...

Polaroid were an Italian post-punk/new wave band, formed in Turin in 1981. The original lineup of the band consisted of Marcello Zavatto (voice, guitar), Massimo Vagnarelli (bass, drum-machine), Evandro Fornasier (guitar), Claudio Vagnarelli (synthersizer) and Marco Farano (Drums). Polaroid made their...

"Black Truffle is honoured to present the first vinyl reissue of the classic debut album from AMM , AMMMusic . Coinciding with the 50 th anniversary of its recording in 1966, this reissue makes one of the cornerstones of the experimental music tradition available again in its original form, replete with...

A mere 18 months after the release of 2017's " Chroma" , Buzz Kull real name Marc Dwyer , has returned with his sophomore album. Traversing EBM, darkwave and goth sounds with ease, " New Kind Of Cross" traverses much darker waters than Dwyers last effort. "New Kind Of Cross" speaks to the rapid change...