“Raw, claustrophobic, and teetering on an edge, “Insomnia” is the sound of the night fight against the thousand micro-demons of anxiety that crawl and claw around the edges of peace and sanity.”
From the shadows of the underground: Strict Tempo: Volume One (Part 1) launches a bold retro-futuristic imprint spanning darkwave, industrial, EBM, and post-punk — exclusive tracks from well-known and up-and-coming dark alternative artists looking toward the future. Arcane Synthetic's Awaken The Androids arrives as a cinematic industrial debut — an "architectural system" channeling Nine Inch Nails and Chelsea Wolfe as artificial consciousness confronts its creators. Rare Kreature's Noises Beyond offers '80s horror-drenched darkwave that flits between morose and campy, while The Penal Colony's Decadence channels electro-industrial self-indulgence born from sociocultural decay. The Darts' Nailguns and Daggers rounds things out with something bleaker, darker, and more desolate.
“Raw, claustrophobic, and teetering on an edge, “Insomnia” is the sound of the night fight against the thousand micro-demons of anxiety that crawl and claw around the edges of peace and sanity.”