Artfoffact has big plans for Portion Control

Last year, Canada’s Artoffact Records signed Portion Control and plans to release new music and reissue the back catalogue as a series of remastered box sets with unreleased tracks included. This legendary British band influenced Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails and Orbital, to name but a few

Interview: How darkwave duo Red Mecca Survived chaos and relapse

On their new album Red Mecca, a duo from Northern Sweden, successfully blend darkwave, post-punk, synthpop, and cinematic electronica. But it was far from certain that this album would see the light of day. Vocalist Susanne Jonsson’s sister was murdered, her relationship crashed and Jan Strandqvist fell back into drug and alcohol abuse. Release Magazine …