Synth Pop

A distorted Morricone soundtrack influenced by the Ukrainian conflict and anti - depressant side effects which bridges the gap between 20th century experimental music, nostalgia/avantgarde, ambient, film noir, neo-folk and black metal but in itself has no genre.

On the debut album Lumbar Fist, Richard van Kruysdijk?s solo project Cut Worms playfully builds compositions from scratch without any prefab beats or loops, exploring the intersection of noise, dissonance and melody.The result is highly atmospheric, cinematic, intuitive drone music.

Just over a year after their worldwide renowned debut "A Smarter Enemy" Arctic Sunrise are back again, providing prove of their unceasing creativity with the release of "When Traces End". All pieces of the album are engulfed in the contemporary-retro sound Arctic Sunrise invented, dealing with the multifaceted layers of human nature, ranging from escapism ("When Traces End") , love ("Forever Yours") to the horrible depths of a psychopathic serial killer ("Mine Forever").\nBeing a stickler for details in the creation of his analog soundscapes, sound artist and producer Steve Baltes is once more successful in providing an exceptional and impressive frame for the soulful voice and profound lyrics of Torsten Verlinden. As on their first album, Arctic Sunrise again refrained from using standard computer plugins. Due to Steve Baltes' likes for old instruments (and a true passion to collect them, too) one is able to yet again listen to rare analog instruments,\ninherited from their most fancied decade - the 80s. A great opportunity to experience this is the song "Tell The Truth" which instrumental parts mostly consist of a live played exSoviet synthesizer. With the album's first single release "Silent Tears" Arctic Sunrise take a bow before their 80s heroes without being satisfied by sounding retro, but to give skilled citations of their role models, thus developing their own signature even more. The final touch to "When Traces End" was once more\nleft to the capable hands of one of the world's most popular mastering egineers, Steffen M�ller. Arctic Sunrise is seen as the new hope in German synthpop, and with the release of the new album "When Traces End" rightly so!

When POS.:2 released their debut album "now!" last year, not only critics were enthusiastic (Side Line Magazine: "This is one of the hottest synth-pop\ndiscoveries of the past few months"), but the duo even instantly jumped to No. 1 in the German Alternative Album Charts. With hits like "Only Electropop" the\nnewcomers became a club sensation as well. Now the wait is over. And it has been worthwhile. The new album "Circuits" will be released on October 21st,\n2016 on the Echozone label. It picks up the qualities of its predecessor, but consistently enhances its strengths. POS.:2 sound more mature, but at the same time burst with playful virtuosity. The 13 new songs reflect all the different facets of electro pop: beautiful melodies, powerful, pumping beats, elaborate harmonies and\ncomplex synthesizer sounds that exude a fresh 'retro charm', allow the listener to discover whole new worlds of sound. Besides catchy club tunes ("So lonely"),\nthere are also insightful, emotional songs ("I wanna be free") and classic 'old school' electro pop songs ("Neonlicht") complemented by soulful and charismatic\nvocals. POS.:2 sing both in German and in English.

Founded in 2017, the German-Hungarian synthpop trio Analogue-X consisting of René Mußbach (vocals), Susan Mußbach (background vocals) and ALexis Voice (composer, synths) is going to release their second studio album “Imaginary” on March 27th via Echozone and in cooperation with RMP Records. The ban

The dark electronic band Nature of Wires was formed in 1986 in Herefordshire, England. After touring the UK and releasing the album “Modus Operandi” in 1993, they intended to take a “six-month” break, which lasted more than 20 years! After returning in 2014 and following the 2016 album “Cyber Rende

Following the release of the first two singles “Golden” and “Seltsam” which made it into the German Alternative Charts (DAC), nd the cover EP “Vierklangdimensionen” the German synthpop duo Loewenhertz are going to release their muchanticipated third album “Traumfaenger” (Dreamcatcher).

this album presents a summary of Projekt Ich’s conceptual work of the last two years.

With “Across The Ice” Arctic Sunrise are going to release their long awaited third album. Torsten Verlinden’s (vocals) and Steve Baltes’ (electronics & production)

Following their two successful albums "now!" and "Circuits" (with various top ten positions in the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and German Electronic Web Charts (GEWC)), POS.:2 took their time to work on their next project. The new, third studio album "Sounds Like Real Life"