Our favourite Berlin-based dark electro duo, NNHMN, have a message for Trmp, Ptn, Blr, Bsh, Bdn, and all the other instigators of wars. We agree. Humanity needs to disarm the murderous and make the world safe for dancing.
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Dave “The Keys” Baker returns with another track from his lonelyklown project. “It’s just another love song,” intones the vocodered voice, but when Baker creates one it doesn’t just end up on the pile. Classic electronic sounds layer with intent, while the minor key lines stroke your nerves like melodic AMSR.
The Swedish songstress releases a remix from Agent Side Grinder to trail the forthcoming album, ICONMIXED. EMMON and ASG have some history together, including a vocal appearance on “Relics” by lead singer, Emanuel Åström.
This version moves the faders and dials up the resonance. It’s a bedazzled remix with acid bites for emphasis.
“Too Much” opens on a tight, mechanical bassline that immediately sets a brisk tempo. Crisp drum sequencing drives the rhythm forward, framed by cold synth textures and sharp electronic accents. Pavar delivers a composed vocal character, gliding over shimmering waveforms while maintaining a subtle dark edge beneath the polished surface.
The arrangement stays strictly pared down to maintain momentum from start to finish. Every synth lead and rhythmic layer serves the melodic contour without unnecessary ornamentation. It is direct, self-contained electro-pop that delivers solid entertainment with a disciplined pulse.
Some songs pick a side and stay there. “Bats in Paris” sides with the darkness and never blinks.
Opening with Dina Summer’s spoken verses laid flat over a drum machine that doesn’t so much build as insist, the track channels the electroclash of The Hacker with hints of Italo and EBM. Local Suicide and Kalipo have spent a few years refining this particular contradiction, and here it locks into place with unusual precision.
The first track to get an outing from Waterflower’s forthcoming album, Digiplantcore, “Honesty” comes with a smashing video.
Aaron Funk made a name for himself with glitches and dreads. Sabine Moore has outdone him with thunderous crashes and mushrooms. Sometimes, what the dancefloor needs is a reason to fuse with phyto-rhythms and dabble in chlorophyll.
Sweden’s Ankomst return with a statement about AI-generated music. “AI Disillusion” leaves no doubt about their position on the subject, but there is some room for discussion about whether “art” is art when made with machines.
We don’t have all the answers, but there is clearly something wrong about people using these tools to harvest the cultural heritage of humanity to create new products without crediting or rewarding the original artists
Join the debate.
“We Come Alive” starts with acid movement and a beat built for hard surfaces. The Hacker keeps the arrangement stripped down: rigid drums, a bass line with physical weight and synth details that flash rather than linger. Nothing interrupts the forward pull.
REIN enters with a different kind of force. Her vocal is clear and controlled, bringing melody to the machinery without softening it. The title becomes a statement of nocturnal purpose. This is music about the point when a room stops being a collection of people and begins to move as one.
The pairing was signalled in 2025, when The Hacker remixed REIN’s “Power & Passion”. Here, the exchange is more direct. His production gives her voice a severe frame; she gives the track its nerve.
Released by Rekids, “We Come Alive” is available in original, extended and instrumental versions. The extended mix allows the acid line more room, but the concise original already does the necessary work.
ARMOURS is a three piece electronic act formed late 2025 in Stockholm by designer Håkan Ängquist, coder Thomas Isberg and artist Bengt Rahm. The latter will be known to readers as the author of Den svenska synthen [EN: The Swedish Synth], the bible of Swedish electronic music, and the man behind the Labrador Records label.
This track is lifted from the act’s first EP, which draws on their pop and EBM influences to create an edge as sharp as your haircut.
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