The Queen continues her evolution with a dark electro track, remixed here by The Hacker. Lieber Hammer als Amboss.
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to hit the alternative dancefloor to the new release from Mango in Euphoria and Princess Stephen (Arch Femmesis).
The collaboration brings together their rock and roll trash and electropunk influences. The surprising result of this game of genetic roulette is the love-child of Giorgio Moroder and Françoise Hardy. Pleasingly electronic, it is a queer anthem that burns like the summer heat. Melt into the Gallic vibes and European synth lines.
Mango in Euphoria is preparing her new EP, Lethal Lust, which is likely to take a different turn. The press release describes it as “a darker, cinematic work set in an apocalyptic world, blending goth rock, futuristic textures, and stories of toxic love and resilience.” In the meantime, your hips are invited to move to this Eurodance groove.
(Photo: Stefan Atkin, @badfridaypictures)
The late Swedish musician, Andreas Catjar-Danielsson, left behind a legacy of creative and sensitive material. One year after his passing from cancer, Abu Nein have released the last song they worked on with Catjar-Danielsson’s participation.
Another band that Catjar-Danielsson was known for, Covenant, have also announced an EP on his memory. The ANDREAS EP is available on pre-order.
(Photo: Abu Nein by Krichan Wihlborg)
No, this is not a report from the Northern Line. It is a Dostoyevsky reference and the new single from Fragile Self – released ahead of their new album, OCD.
The duo of Anil Aykan and Jonathan Barnbrook have day jobs as graphic designers and typographers; among other assignments, bringing to life books and record covers for artists as wide-ranging as David Bowie and Amy Winehouse. As Fragile Self, they combine modular electronics and bass guitar to create complex, intellectually-charged, dark pop.
The groove of “Notes from Underground” will get heads nodding, but this very cool video should keep your attention for longer than the trip between Archway and Angel.
Propaganda’s return in 2024 made our year-end chart as the Album of the Year. The Germans have now teamed up with Moby, Tangerine Dream, and others for a reimagining of their current album. Remix Encounters is due in September through Bureau B.
Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly and Delerium is first out of the gates with this stylish and dark retooling of “They Call Me Nocebo.” “Dream within a Dream” this is not – welcome to 2025.
“The decade that made me,” sings Ivan Doroschuk, whistfully. The 1980s were the beginning of his career as an international pop star. His band, Men Without Hats, had mega-success with a song about pogo dancing, accompanied by a video shot on an English farm. Fast forward forty years, and “The Safety Dance” has been repurposed with another Hats hit, “Pop Goes the World,” for a notalgic romp.
On the back of last month’s stunning “Cataclysm,” Zanias reveals the next single from her forthcoming album and an entrancing new video.
With a desert backdrop, “Dawn” gives Dune or Wheel of Time vibes. The material surges and flows like the shifting of the sands, while Zanias’ voice has the ethereal quality of a mirage.