Members: Mark Rydyger. Genre: Ambient, Electro, EBM, Synthwave. Biography: Started sometime around the 2000, Holon is the solo vision of musician Mark Rydyger. Know for his tight programming style of sharp rhythms and fluid medolies, Mark describes his methods as being “half human and half Artificial Intelligence. Heavily inspired by cyberpunk and 90s-era electronica, Holon takes techno-EBM techniques flood it with a spacy, ambient fullness.…
Core Members: JD Tucker, Erik Gustafson, Neal Reed, Ben Tourkantonis. Members Past / Present: Anita Drost, Floris Noordman, Marco Visconti, Marc Martinez, Adam Milner, Paul James, Mel Allezbleu, David Chapman, Sascha Pnio. Genre: EBM, Electro-Industrial, Aggrotech. Biography: Formed in 2000 by JD Tucker, Grendel was quickly picked up by the legendary German label NoiTekk upon hearing the club hit “Strangers.” After two years of touring…
Members: Claude Charnier, Christian Pomerleau. Genre: Dark Trance, Electro, EBM. Biography: A collaborative work and a multidisciplinary project, Headscan is a shared vision of Claude Charnier and Christian Pomerleau. Intended as a synthesis of styles that embody observations and reflections of human behavior, cultural evolution and the impact of information technologies on modern society. Fusing futuristic dancefloor music with dark cinematographic soundscapes, Headscan’s sound meshes…
Founding Members: Doug “dOGulas” Sudia, John “Xe” Monette. Members Past/Present: Greg Sirfer, Kurt Samuels. Genre: Electro-Industrial, Rock, IDM. Biography: UCNX is an audio assault project based out of NJ/Philly. Founded by Doug Sudia and John Monette, the duo experimenting with election music in high school, dabbling in everything from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. As UCNX this experimentation has bloomed into a unique fusion of…
Founding Member: Sami Mark Yahya. Biography: Professionally known by his stage name, Faderhead, Sami Mark Yahya is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany. Musically, his work tends toward heavy EBM club tracks and futurepop with elements of big beat and techno. Lyrically, Faderhead is known for his witty tongue-in-cheek, self-aggrandizing humor, that occasionally delves into more serious, melancholy themes. In 2020, Faderhead released…
Founding Members: Daniel Myer, Dejan Samardzic, Björn Jünemann. Biography: Founded in 1993 in, Haujobb began life as a Germany EBM band skill for generating driving dance music with dark, experimental edge. Taking their name from the slag term for replicant in the film Blade Runner, Haujobb loosely translates to mean “skinjob” in German.* After the release of a cassette-only album named Drift Wheeler, Haujobb signed…
Founding Member: Kevin Gould. Past/Present Members: Richard McKinlay, Ian Taylor. Genre: Electro, Industrial, EBM. Biography: Emerging in 1990 from the wreckage of Johnson Engineering Company, Electro Assassin were one of several bands that helped define England’s EBM movement during the early nineties. Founded by Kevin Gould in 1990 as an outlet for his solo compositions, he soon brought Ian Taylor aboard as the band’s vocalist. Jamming…
Founding Members: Karl Learmont, Amelia Tan. Line-up Past/Present: Kitsu Noir, Valerie Gentile, Chris Kling, The Liar, Nick Delavega, AJ Gapsevic, Lorelei, George Bikos. Genre: Industrial, Electro, Electropunk. Biography: Always pushing the cyberpunk envelope, Angelspit’s music throws the listener in the middle of a sonic war zone. Their live shows ARE a war zone. Their design and fashion is fierce. Their photography is visually arresting. Their artwork…
Founding Members: Bill Leeb, cEvin Key, Dwayne R. Goettel. Line-up Past/Present: Blixa Bargeld, Amy Sinner. Genre: Industrial. Biography: Cyberaktif is a one-time collaboration between Frontline Assembly’s Bill Leeb and Skinny Puppy’s cEvin Key and Dwayne R. Goettel. The project produced one alblum, two EPs, and a track features Blixa Bargeld of Einstürzende Neubauten. According to cEvin Key, Cyberaktif is reminiscent of tape trading in the industrial…