In the grayness by concrete of the Amsterdam suburbs we find Pascal Pinkert Dollkraut working on his darker wave salvation, going by the moniker of De Ambassade . DIY in sound and design, the arrangement of De Ambassade catalogue blend perfectly on Knekelhuis Records ! This debut EP forming an alliance...

Amsterdam, 1982. Smoke fills the streets, squatters clash violently with the police, uprising is in the air. In this disorderly mess, the worlds of activism, art, fashion, and nightlife converged into an explosion of creativity. Amidst all of this Electric Party , the brainchild of René van Rijn, released...

" Verloren " is like a late night pink Dutch sky after a long day of heavy rain, a sign that a warm summer s day is just ahead. It will make you sweat tonight. This long awaited follow up 7", will be released in the same form as the first: a beautifully designed disco sleeve with cardboard artwork. The...

Two years after the successful Synthetic Soundscapes of Modern Urban Morality compilation, Geheimnis Records is happy to announce its follow-up, by releasing Synthetic Soundscapes of Modern Urban Morality / Chapter 2 . The spirit remains the same. New bands, artists, projects that are for the most part,...

The first full length LP for this collaborative project between Jon Brooks (The Advisory Circle) and Jim Jupp (Belbury Poly). John Foxx features on vocals and synth on two tracks, Trees and Forgotten Towns, reprising his appearance on The Belbury Circles debut EP, Empty Avenues in 2013. Brooks and Jupp...

Winter is coming, with " Archive Tracks 2005-2009 " by Newclear Waves as its soundtrack. For the album, Berlin-based and Italian-born producer, DJ and label owner Alessandro Adriani let us dive into the vast archives of his Newclear Waves project. The resulting collection of 8 tracks can be described...

Discostan Records is proud to launch its label with the release of Disco Se Aagay a rediscovered synth-pop masterpiece from 1984. Rescued from obscurity, Disco Se Aagay literally Beyond Disco is an unexpectedly perfect storm of two unlikely sources: the visionary sound of British new wave seamlessly...

The second release on Artefakt 's De Stijl expands the sound of the imprint introducing three new names to the catalog. The record ascends into a subterranean rave with Aphelions ' " Temple 7 " depicting a ritualistic gathering carved out in distorted analog transients, shimmering melodies and modulated...

2021 Official 12" release featuring two big anthems by 80's german synth-pop band The Twins . German Synth-Pop band from Berlin, founded 1980 by Sven Dohrow and Ronnie Schreinzer the guitarist and drummer from the late-1970's Mythos line-up . For fans of Kraftwerk , Rheingold and L iaisons Dangereuses....

Edition of 300 numbered copies. Hand silkscreened cover. It includes an insert (26,5x26,5 cm) and free download code. Mastered by Xavier Alarcón, 2015 . Doric is the alternate persona of the multitalented Stathis Leontiadis , mostly known as the one half of the Greek purists, Human Puppets . He is, without...

Mekanik Kommando was a post punk / New Wave band from Nijmegen , the Netherlands founded in 1979 by Peter van Vliet and Laszlo Panyigay . The duo became a quartet with the addition of Simon van Vliet and Mirjam van Hout . The name Mekanik Kommando comes from the album " Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh"...

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...