With the addition of 85 new live acts, The Roskilde Festival program is now complete. Among the newly added bands, Einstürzende Neubauten and Die Antwoord stand out.

For the 8^th time the annual Record Store Day is coming up. On April 18, a vast number of special and limited editions will be released. [more...]

One of the biggest bands in our “scene”, VNV Nation is now ready to switch gear and enter uncharted territory. On May 15 they’ll release “Resonance”, a purely acoustic and vocal album featuring many of the band’s biggest hits played with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra.

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The French analogue electronic music mastermind Jean-Michel Jarre has just posted a snippet from the song “Glory” online. It’s a track he made together with fellow French dreampop experts M83, and it will be on Jarre’s as yet untitled new album. [more...]

Vince Clarke will release a series of musical equipment in his newly started company Clarke (Serious About Circuits). [more...]

Well, this is a pretty interesting combo. A rather unexpected duo have formed between Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk) and Jack Dangers from Meat Beat Manifesto. They have joined forces for a one-off single release in April. [more...]

A new maxi single called “In the Name of Violence”  from Mexican hard hitters Hocico will be out on Out Of Line on March 27.  [more...]

The annual Record Store Day is fast approaching (April 18) and for this year Johnny Marr from The Smiths, Electronic and others have decided to release a 7″ single with a cover of Depeche Mode’s “I Feel You”.  [more...]

Don’t miss our new album reviews: Marsheaux, Hecq, Camouflage, Qntal, 2kilos &More and Blipp.

The old Swedish label Eternity Records is sort of in the spotlight again. First by the news that the synthpop band Saft (their debut album, “Paranoia Erotica” got a 10/10 review by Release back in 1998) will play live again in May, first time in ten years. Then the news that Electronic Summer will honor the “Circuit One” collection, being 20 years old this year. [more...]