SOFT RIOT
post-punk / indie / alternative / new wave / industrial / 80s / minimal wave / ebm / synth-pop / postpunk
Soft Riot’s Jack Duckworth (JJD) has clocked in a few decades of musical output in various bands and projects while being continually active in the musical underground, including first-wave post-punk revivalists Radio Berlin (1998-2005) and industrial synth-punk collective A Luna Red (Gold Standard Labs, 1999-2003) and a myriad of others.
On the surface Crux is a continuation of Soft Riot‘s evolution — a singular and intriguing take on elements of classic synthesizer music that seems familiar on the surface, pulling in elements of synth pop, minimal wave, darkwave, new wave, Italo, EBM and post-punk by an artist who has been active in many different guises of the ongoing “post-punk revival” since the eve of the turn of the millenium. With that much time involved in an overarching sub-genre and seeing many trends and styles come and go, it has allowed the artist to fine-tune his craft.
