The nominees for the Swedish independent Manifest awards 2017 have been announced. There are numerous categories, but we’ll focus on “synth/electronic” as it’s probably most fitting for Release readers.  [more...]

Daniel Graves and his project Aesthetic Perfection is going on a headline tour of the US for the first time in three year. In a video message on Facebook Graves talks about the reality that bands have to face these days.

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Swedish Rein entered the hard electronics scene as a breath of fresh air last year, and after an EP and single, she’s been working away on new material. [more...]

Paris based solo electronic artist James Kent (Perturbator) was victim to a music gear theft mid-tour. [more...]

Peter Marchione (Release) lists his 2016 favorites. And as a bonus at the end: a Spotify playlist.
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A few days ago a poster appeared spurring rumors of the return of the JAMS. This is one of numerous aliases used by masterminds and tricksters James Cauty and Bill Drummond, perhaps most known as the KLF.

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Fredrik “Schlatta” Wik (Release) lists his 2016 favorites.
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After creating the absolutely superb music video for “Turbo Killer” by Carpenter Brut, the filmmaker Seth Ickerman is now doing a kickstarter to create a sequel in the form of a short film.

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Swedish outrun electro musician Mitch Murder has just put up a compilation on Bandcamp of unreleased songs, as well as some tracks he’s only put on Soundcloud.  [more...]

Leipzig’s Wave Gotik Treffen (June 2-5) has just announced Skinny Puppy as the main headliner for 2017. This will be their only show in Germany. [more...]