Voltage and venom: Strict Tempo: Volume One (Part 1) and Part 2 arrive as the imprint's debut compilations — retro-futuristic blends of EBM, darkwave, industrial, Italo disco, and post-punk from well-known and up-and-coming dark alternative artists. SOFT RIOT's Crux channels early '80s DIY synth spirit into synthesizer post-punk that cruises with minimalism, mild psychedelia, and utter machine soul. Austin's Dread Risks push their bleak electro-industrial formula further with "Invertebrate," while Cathode Ray Tube's Canciones en la clave de Pelea pulses with jagged braindance, scorched industrial IDM, and utter machine soul. Pneumagnosis closes with dark dance emotion courtesy of Cat Hall of Dissonance.
Ebm releases
“Pygmy Children return with Coincidental Strategies, their first album since 1998, pushing their raw, percussive unease into its sharpest form yet.”