Book+CD, A Different Drum, 2004 www.adifferentdrum.com The American Synthpop label A Different Drum has been for some years now one of the main labels keeping the Synthpop genre alive. One [ … ]
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V/A – Intercontinental Zvukoprocessing
2CD-R, Zvuko Processor, 2004 www.zvukoprocessor.com It’s not often, in these days of polished electronica and abrasive noisebeat, that you get to hear a release with tubas, oscillator abuse, accordions, computer [ … ]
V/A – Fuck
CD, Hive Records, 2004 www.hiverecords.com Being familiar with only a handful of the artists included on the “Fuck” compilation, I walked into the listening experience expecting something along the lines [ … ]
V/A – Interbreeding III: Xenophobic
[ABC] Remember about ten years ago when the US *cough* “industrial” scene was full of bands like X Marks The Pedwalk, Gracious Shades, Mentallo & The Fixer and Velvet Acid [ … ]
V/A – Forms of Hands 04
CD, Hands Productions, 2004 www.handsproductions.com Germany’s Hands Productions has been spearheading the European rhythmic noise/industrial techno scene for about a decade now; this sampler, released to coincide with the Forms [ … ]
V/A – Thiscology
CD, This.Co, 2004 www.thisco.net “Thiscology” is the third in a series of compilations by the Portuguese electronic music label This.Co, exclusively showcasing talent from the Portuguese electronic underground. Oddly enough, [ … ]
V/A – Synthétique
CD, BOREDOMproduct, 2003 www.boredomproduct.online.fr “Synthétique” showcases the work of twelve talented French bands that work in different directions of Electronic pop music. According to publicity, it is the first release [ … ]
V/A – State of Synthpop
5CD, A Different Drum, 2003 www.adifferentdrum.com The description ‘a snapshot of the underground Synthpop scene’ may not be completely accurate but it does give a good idea of what this [ … ]
V/A – Living On Video
DVD, Cohaagen, 2003 www.cohaagen.com “Living on Video” is the first incursion of American Synthpop label Cohaagen into the domain of video publishing. After a fashion, it’s a label sampler compilation [ … ]