While Punk Rock looked rebellious, and its followers loudly proclaimed themselves rebels, by the time the dust had settled a lot of it had become uptight and boring. If there was any genuine rebellion left in Punk Rock, it had largely died sometime in the late 80s. Fizzled out. Expired. Continue Reading
Techno
Fatal Casualties – Guest EP II
Fatal Casualties is an electronic body music (EBM)-style band out of Sweden. They are actually one of the much better bands working in the genre, offering something rather subdued, yet retaining that old EBM sound which will appeal to fans of Front 242 and the Cassandra Complex.
Foa Hoka – Вовків не їдять
Foa Hoka are Ukraine’s experimental music legends. After all these years, they are still active, making vital abstract techno. Always worth a follow!
Kotra – Rust
Dmytro Fedorenko has been at the forefront of Ukraine’s experimental music scene almost since the beginning, yet his work under his many guises remains fresh. Kotra is his alias for extremely hard techno. I’m not sure you can dance to this, as it’s deeply aggressive, bordering on noise, yet it’s Continue Reading
Wahn – Re: Echo Mist Light
From our friends at Mahorka Records: “To celebrate a monumental historic milestone, Mahorka brings together a curated constellation of producers from its immediate family and close inner galaxy for its 500th release, dropping officially on Netlabel Day 2026. “Re: Echo Mist Light” is a collective reinterpretation of Wahn’s acclaimed full-length Continue Reading
Michal Wolski – Unfolding
From Michal Wolski’s Bandcamp site: “Michal Wolski is known for his esoteric, tripped-out and planetary style of techno and the Unfolding EP on Naarm-based label Southern Lights does not disappoint, with ‘Unfolding’ and ‘Elastic’ delivering a heady blend of modular synth reverberations and striking drum patterns. Remix collaborators Polygonia and Continue Reading
Jawhinge – WeirdWired
Our dear friend and noise colleague Ivo from Mahorka Records introduces us to the project Jawhinge from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The sound is post-industrial, but the jungle and ragga elements, along with tape samples that remind me of 1980s EBM, make this an absolute keeper. Sadly, I’m on the road, but once I’m home, Continue Reading
Len Faki – Zera
For me, techno has to have a point. Dance music is generally dance music, but if it allows me to recall memories of big beats, timely samples and a great groove, I will show interest. Len Faki’s sound is good, deep techno, and the samples mentioned would have fit well Continue Reading
Nina Kraviz – Treats 001
From Nina Kraviz’s Bandcamp site: “treats is the younger, bratty sister label to trip, specialised in cool music for the dance floor that seems to ignore the idea of genres. To prove this point the first release brings together two tracks that have been roasted in Nina’s sets for months Continue Reading
Stimming – Alpe Lusia
Stimming is a German artist who has composed some of the best minimal dance music I’ve heard in some time. This is precisely what would drag me onto the dancefloor these days.