Another Swedish band on my menu. This time Tolchock with their Elements of Rage album released in March 2015. It is a great pleasure to hear that not only synth pop “grows” in Sweden. This is a completely different music experience. Their Elements of Rage is a more powerful electronic sound, that is based on EBM music, but with more dance feeling to it. It is indeed very catchy, melodic and with a solid…

  Being a real Duran Duran fan since I was a child, it is really hard to choose a favourite release from these pop-gods. As they always had the ability to change throughout the years and follow trends in the music industry, these music geniuses released a true masterpiece just a few months ago. On September 11th 2015 their last album Paper Gods was out. As they did a little less than expected with the…

  Anyone who has ever listened to the legendary Australian gothic band Ikon must be familiar with the work and voice of Michael Aliani, as he was the voice of Ikon on their first two albums . As you listen to Michael’s project Chiron, which is the result of his collaboration with various artists, such as the original Ikon’s bass player Dino Molinaro or Melbourne producer and DJ Robert Anthony, we are offered a lot…

  Touching the Void, a project of Andy Oppenheimer (a songwriter and singer) and electronic music producer Mark Warner is indeed one touching music experience. Being familiar with Andy’s previous work, I was curious about his collaboration with another Mark this time. As I expected an excellence in electronic sound and recognizable vocals, I must say this album met my expectations, because this duo won’t settle for less. There are a lot of emotions here…

  As I have only discovered Machinista in 2015, and I must admit I wasn’t up to date when their first album Xenoglossy was released, I feel I must make up for it and do a review of both of their releases. Although Xenoglossy lifted a lot of dust when it appeared I decided to add my own thoughts about that piece of material. At first listening, Machinista offered me an immediate mind and heart…

  After the brilliant “The Presence of the Abnormal” album released in 2013, what can we expect from Oppenheimer Mk II? Well, just recently the lads have released “Line of Sight” EP containing 4 tracks. And this EP is offering some more electronic pleasure you just have to discover if you’ve missed these guys until now. For those already familiar with their work, they will hear the recognizable Oppenheimer Mk II minimal synth sound. As…

  Vogon Poetry came out this year with this really interesting release “The Perfect Stories”. As by now I am used to paying attention to Swedish acts, this one is surely a band to take notice of. Listening to this album, I find a lot of nostalgic moments within it. It is definitely a merge of influences, but I am glad to hear them in present time and packed up in such an interesting way;…

  This interesting German-Hungarian duo consisting of two members, Josef Stapel (singer/songwriter) and Szilard Kun (musician, keyboardist), has recently released their debut album “Disclosure”. It consists of 11 tracks that include 6 songs from their first and second EPs and four never released tracks. What “Disclosure” is all about can be heard right from the start. “In the Darkroom” is a perfectly chosen opening track for dark synth pleasure that awaits you further. It is…