Members: Mark Pritchard, Tom Middleton. Genre: Techno, Ambient, Industrial. Biography: Originally a solo venture for the highly prolific Mark Pritchard, Reload truly found its voice when Tom Middleton joined the project for the “Autoreload” EP. As Tom became more heavily involved, the duo produced their now legendary “A Collection of Short Stories” album–which due a limited pressing, remains highly sought after to this day. The…
Members: Pavlo Storonsky. Genre: Dark Ambient, IDM, Downtempo, Electronica, Industrial, Glitch, Drone. Biography: Tineidae is a Warsaw-based project of Ukrainian composer Pavlo Storonskyi. As Tineidae draws from an array of genres and styles to produce a unique blend of beat-heavy industrial IDM, ambient electronica, and atmospheric soundscapes. Influenced by science fiction, especially cyberpunk , Storonskyi’s works tells aural stories of dark futurist wastelands, dystopian megacities,…
Members: Daniel Kiley, Raymond Lewis. Genre: Dark Ambient, IDM, Downtempo.. Biography: Sense Sense is an experimental electronic project from Ashford, Kent, UK. They describe their sound as, “Futuristic, sophisticated, hi-tech soundscapes that wouldn’t sound out of place with some mech anime playing. Immersive mood music to match the world of tomorrow.” Albums: • Tomorrow’s World (2012) • Perfect Symmetry (2015) EPs: • After Dark EP (2010) •…
Members: David Russo. Genre: Ambient, Downtempo, Dreampunk. Biography: Hong Kong Express was a vaporwave project created in 2014 by experimental electronic artist HKE, founder of music labels Dream Catalogue, TKX, PYRAMIDS, Nirvana Port, Vault EVE, and Vault XYO. Originally used as the main alias for the artist, Hong Kong Express was put to an end after the 2018 release of the album, “Hong Kong Express.”…
Members: Barrett Busch. Genre: Dark Ambient, Drone, Soundscapes, IDM. Biography: Haloed is a dark ambient IDM project by Barrett Busch. The project is best know for its “Off-World” album which is a re-imagined soundtrack of the film Blade Runner. From the band’s bio: Frequencies from another place. Recommended uses: meditation, dreaming, focus, catharsis, transcendence. Albums: • Off-World (2017) • Paradox Lost (2019) • Suspended Annihilation (2019) EPs: •The…
Members: Colin Fraser. Guest Vocals: Nicky Cairney, MC G Real, Allie Moodie. Genre: Techstep, IDM, glitch, industrial. Biography: Biomechanoid is an experimental D&B/IDM band from Scotland. Biomechanoid describes itself as, “Political dissatisfaction expressed via brutal electronic noise experiments. May contain undercurrents of hope and beauty.” Albums: Systematik (1999) Unknown Entity (2001) Shapeshifter (2002) Arkhive01 (2006) Arkhive02 (2006) Control Systems (2016) Machine Code (2020) EPs: Codes EP…
Members: Tim Eliot. Genre: Drum & bass, Neurofunk, Darkstep, Techstep, Dubstep. Biography: Tim Eliot, better known by his stage name Current Value, is a German D&B artist, producer, and DJ, Tim Eliot (aka Current Value ) is at the forefront of Berlin’s underground D&B scene, as well as the rapidly emerging Dubstep movement. His forward thinking production combined with a highly technical approach to music…
Core Members: JP Anderson, Jennifer “Sum Grrl” Bernert. Members Past / Present: Amelia Arsenic, Coleman Thornburg, Dan Gardner, Kent Ames. Genre: Digital Hardcore, Industrial Metal. Biography: Rabbit Junk is a Seattle based band, formed in 2004 by former The Shizit frontman JP Anderson and his wife Jennifer “Sum Grrl” Berner. Taking influences from diverse music genres such as hip hop, black metal and new wave, JP…
Members: Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom™) Genre: EBM, Techno, Glitch, Biography: Atom™ (real name Uwe Schmidt) is a German composer, musician, and the mind behind Lassigue Bendthaus. He began making music in the early 1980’s, first playing drums, then switching to programming a drum computer after he had heard a Linn Drum on the radio. In 1986 he debuted Lassigue Bendthaus’ first single, “The Engineer’s Love,”…
Members: Eric Hull. Genre: Drum & Bass, Techstep, Neurofunk. Biography: Eric Hull, a.k.a. E-Sassin, is a native of Los Angeles with a far-reaching background in many different styles of music. He began his musical journey in the late ‘70s as a drummer in progressive rock and jazz/fusion bands. After moving through the heavy metal scene of the ‘80s, E-Sassin was introduced to the electronic dance music…
Core Members: Alec Empire, Nic Endo, Rowdy Superstar. Members Past / Present: Carl Crack, CX Kidtronik, Hanin Elias. Genre: Digital Hardcore, Breakcore, Techno, Experimental. Biography: Berlin hardcore dissenters Atari Teenage Riot were among a new generation of German techno artists (EC8OR, Speed Freak, DJ Bleed, etc.) who sought to reconnect music with political radicalism through ever more challenging, experimental hybrids, engaging everything from speed metal and…
Members: Stef, Mazu, Wintermute. Genre: Cyber Metal. Biography: Fukushima is a cyber metal band from Monpellier, France. Their music is a harsh blend of thrash metal and gabber techno with a touch of industrial. Their sound could be best described as akin to early Slayer with the addition of driving gabber basslines and distortion heavy vocals. On the group’s Bandcamp account they offer this single…
Members: Amnesy, Arnaud Coeffic, Sylvain Coeffic. Genre: Dark Trance, Electro, EBM. Biography: Chrysalide are an aggressive and highly erratic electronic/industrial trio from France. Founded 2002 by brothers Arco and Syco Trauma, they created Chrysalide with the intention of creating extremely heavy electronic music by merging elements of dance EBM with raw edge of digital hardcore and the power of industrial noise. Pushing aside any connotation…
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…
Members: Alec Empire. Genre: Digital Hardcore, Breakcore, Techno, Experimental. Biography: Alec Empire is a German experimental electronic musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot, as well as a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ. He has released many albums, EPs and singles, some under aliases, and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk. He…
Members: Unknown. Genre: Ambient, Downtempo. Biography: Central Industrial is a shadowy collective of seasoned producers who cut their teeth with breaks, IDM, ambient and all other late 90’s forms of UK underground music. Inspired by the works of William Gibson and Mamoru Oshii, Central Industrial‘s music flow in an almost narrative fashion, weaving an aural stories without words. The band’s first album, “Tuned To A Dead…
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 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…
Members: Tommy Mnemonic. Genre: Digital Hardcore. Biography: Coming straight from the near-future-next-Sunday-AD, FLATLINER, who stars some lunatic called Tommy Mnemonic, is a pure love letter to the old school 90’s Big Beat flavored Digital Hardcore. If you dig mindfucking breaks and thrashing guitar riffs, then this Cyberpunk themed sonic havoc is for YOU. Now that the dark future is actually the Dark Present, why not jump…