The Swedish synthpop, industrial and alternative electronic label Progress Productions has been around for 10 years now. It’s grown into what must be the biggest Scandinavian label for these genres and most of the output with artists such as Necro Facility, Henric de la Cour, Kite and Spark has received high praise from both the record buyers and the music press such as Release. Progress has stayed true to its objectives and remained on its path for all this years, so we caught up with founder and label boss Torny Gottberg to commemorate the anniversary. [more...]
The industrial music dream-tour with Skinny Puppy and Front Line Assembly remains a dream – at least for now. Instead, Skinny Puppy join forces with 3 other respected bands for a tour of USA and Canada in November and December. [more...]
The Gothenburg festival Electronic Winter has just announced its return and as a media partner Release can reveal the first live acts. [more...]
The Knife will be back in the UK in November to play 2 shows only – one in London and one in Manchester. The Manchester show will take place at the Manchester Academy on November 5, with Brixton Academy hosting the second show the day after. [more...]
Warp Records is soon to turn 25 years old. The seminal record label will be celebrating this latest milestone with a series of events. [more...]
Richard H Kirk will perform as Cabaret Voltaire at Berlin’s Atonal Festival on August 23. According to Mute Records, this is the first Cabaret Voltaire live performance in 20 years. Only new music will be played.
We take a quick look at the 2 well-established German annual EBM and synthpop festivals Out of Line Weekender (Berlin) and E-tropolis (Ruhr) and their 2015 plans. Both will take place at the same time and are headlined by Laibach. [more...]
Swedish label Memento Materia returns with a new product from pop duo Sadman. The digital EP “Drama” was released yesterday, and contains remixes and new material. A video clip for the song “Drama” can be watched below. [more...]