On Future Primitive, New Zealand cyborg punks Data Animal rise and grind with a cybernetic techno-rock manifesto from the encrypted recesses of the metaverse—a fuzzy, retrofuturistic stream of crunchy cyberpunk electro-scuzz a la Suicide, Spacemen 3, Merzbow and Les Rallizes Dénudés. 

Bouncy synths and mutilated fuzz basslines embed themselves like malware across 13 post-apocalyptic rave-ups raging against the attention economy’s algorithmic death cult and the infantilizing futility of digital clout-seeking.

Singles “Bad MF”, “Queen of the Cyborg Age” and “Death Racer” address the decay and breakdown of modern life (plus the pending apocalyptic fallout of human behavior) with a wink and a nod towards classic NYC no-wave, British post-punk, and Detroit techno to give a long overdue facelift to rock and roll. 

The future is simultaneously technological and primordial. Future Primitive is a full-blown sonic weapon from the streets—the soundtrack to a species with no future.

Mastered to be loud af by Oliver Ackermann (APTBS, Death By Audio, Dedstrange). 

Future Primitive, the debut album by Auckland underground electro-rock overlords Data Animal enters the collective consciousness on DSPs and vinyl on March 18, 2022—only on Dedstrange.

Data Animal - Future Primitive

Surprise—psychedelic Brooklyn, NY quintet GIFT unwrap what Rolling Stone calls “a portal to another dimension” on their debut album, Momentary Presence, out October 14, 2022.
 
On GIFT’S kaleidoscopic first long-player, bandleader TJ Freda & co. uncap the lens to project their vibrant spectrum of psych, krautrock, dream pop, post-punk, noise rock and electronica upon the vacant surfaces of the mind—inviting listeners to, in the words of countercultural guru Ram Dass, “be here now.”

“[It’s about] being with yourself, not by yourself,” says Freda. “You are never alone. You are always with yourself.” 
 
Momentary Presence exists, and that’s enough. There is no beginning and no end. From the percolating, in medias res intro of album opener “When You Feel It Come Around” through the swirling, gliding and expansive conclusion of “Here And Now (Time Floats By),” GIFT retains the element of cosmic surprise.
 
Lead single “Gumball Garden” opens the gate to a technicolor shoegazing fantasy island dipped in syrupy synths and topped with powdered fuzz riffs to deliver a delectable confection of neo-psychedelic euphoria fueled by dank strains of effervescent psych-prog.
 
On “Share the Present,” crisp drum machines and airy ‘80s synthesizers make space for Freda’s refrain, delivered in a pillow-soft voice that “feels like a caress.” “Lost For You” is a rolling, bittersweet psych-folk breakup song driven by jangly acoustic strumming and Freda’s vivid palette of synthesizer and organ.
 
And on the droning, slow burning “Feather,” Freda sings of “psychic destabilization and the quest for balance” from a patchwork nest of indie electronica held together by Fripp- and Beatlesque lead guitar, plus Freda’s hallucinatory bedroom production work.
 
Treat yourself to Momentary Presence, the debut album from GIFT at finer record stores and streaming apps on October 14, 2022—only on Dedstrange.

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GIFT - Momentary Presence

The Critics seminal album 'Put The Oeuvre In The Box' recorded over Xmas Break in the summer of 1991.

The Critics - Put The Oeuvre In The Box

Ring ring!
AGITPROP HOTLINE!!, this is Goblin Daycare speaking from Istanbul, Turkey. How may we radicalize you?

Up-and-coming egg punk rascals Goblin Daycare’s long-awaited second release is here and it’s ready to overload your brain with its lo-fi alien soundwaves. Self-recorded and produced by Mama Goblin, AGITPROP HOTLINE!! is the perfect follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Q: EP? A: EP!!. But this time around, everything is turned up to 11 and somehow, even more over the top. 

Supercharged guitars, over programmed drum machines, earworm synth melodies, growly basslines, shrieking vocals, stupid-yet-fun samples… Made up of 10 short-but-not-so-sweet bursts of unadulterated lunacy, this album clocks in at a whopping 15 minutes. Like all good things, it ends in the blink of an eye. So don't blink. Instead, dial in and let AGITPROP HOTLINE!! mesmerize you. AGITPROP HOTLINE!! is out on Dedstrange May 17th digitally and on cassette & June 21st on vinyl!

Goblin Daycare - AGITPROP HOTLINE!!

Future Primitive is the debut album from Auckland Techno Punks, Data Animal, on Oliver Ackermann’s newly formed label, Dedstrange. Future Primitive follows highly regarded early singles, Bad M.F & Death Racer, and is a full-blown sonic weapon from the streets. Songs address the decay and breakdown of modern life and the approaching apocalyptic fall out of human behavior. Taking influence from NYC no-wave, British post-punk, and Detroit techno, Future Primitive gives rock n roll a much-needed facelift. The future is simultaneously technological and primordial and Future Primitive is the soundtrack to a species with no future. Mastered by Oliver Ackermann, Future Primitive is out November 12th on Dedstrange.

Future Primitive

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“Tutan|<hamun” is the 3rd single off Plattenabau’s upcoming album Shape / Shifting, out February 11, 2022 on Dedstrange. Sounding like early The Cure on a bad acid trip, 'Tutan|<hamun” explores ideas of worship and monument building in the era of false idols and broken dreams. A tight rockabilly drum beat and commanding bassline lock horns in a conversation that is pierced and tossed in every angle as synths and delayed vocals crash and burn over the top. “Tutan|<hamun” is the anthem for post idealogical worship and for forgotten monuments that were never built.

Shape / Shifting

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Plattenbau - Tutan|<hamun

Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers twists Wah Together’s “Sayonara” into a brutalist metaphysical pretzel of melody and noise with a new remix out Friday, December 31.
 
“Sayonara (APTBS Remix)” casts Wah Together in a foundation of concrete and wrought iron with unrelenting industrial rhythms and brain-busting time-lapse fuzz guitar. And although Ackermann pushes Wah Together to the brink of collapse in a cacophony of post-punk power electronics, Jaiko Suzuki’s voice emerges unscathed, its sweetly skewed melody intact.
 
Wah Together’s debut LP Let’s Wah Together arrives March 4, 2022—only on Dedstrange.

Lets Wah Together

Sayonara (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix)

Wah Together - Sayonara (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix)

Lunacy continues its program of subliminal aural annihilation with “Glyph,” the second single from the upcoming Echo in the Memory LP— due April 1, 2022,

“Glyph” rides a framework of crunchy Berlin School synthesizers across the Uncanny Valley to post-industrial oblivion: a metaverse of hallucinatory psychoacoustic vocals embedded within genre-bending electronics and wisps of reverberated guitars. Like the salvaged equipment used in its construction, “Glyph” scours the scrapyards of industrial, shoegaze, post-punk and noise music to erect a patchwork obelisk of electronic circuitry and magnetic tape.


“Glyph” hits DSPs January 11, 2022. Echo in the Memory comes out April 1, 2022—only on Oliver Ackermann’s (Death By Audio/A Place To Bury Strangers) label Dedstrange.

Echo In The Memory

Glyph

Lunacy - Glyph

A Place to Bury Strangers dive headfirst into suffering on the dark and explosive “I’m Hurt,” the third single from the upcoming See Through You LP. Stark electronic kick drums and mangled guitars serge over a tense bassline that pulses throughout this anguished industrial dirge. Ackermann lays his bones out bare and invites us all to come to inspect the wounds. “I’m Hurt” is an anthem to the malnourished and disenfranchised children of rock n roll whose hurt is in need of healing.   

“I’m Hurt” is out January 18, 2022. See Through You LP to follow on February 4, 2022—only on Dedstrange.

See Through You

I'm Hurt

A Place To Bury Strangers - I'm Hurt

Wah Together— “You Got the Blues” 

Wah Together send a “love letter to people who suffer from depression and frustration and those around them” on January 25, 2022 with “You Got the Blues,” the second single and music video from the upcoming LP, Let’s Wah Together.

“You Got the Blues” shakes it off with a revolving kosmische groove that distills the best parts of the Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat and Jim O’ Roukre-era Sonic Youth into a wound-up post-punk tour dé force tearing itself apart at the seams. Before the last stitch is pulled, you could knit a sweater from the threads of loneliness and isolation woven into this cathartic kraut-noise-rock yawp. 

“You Got the Blues” hits DSPs on January 25, 2022.

Let’s Wah Together is out March 4, 2022 on Dedstrange

You Got The Blues

Wah Together - You Got The Blues

GIFT, NYC’s newest psych rock sensation, and the latest signing to Dedstrange, unwrap a Recurring-era Spacemen 3 treat with a dreamy reimagining of “Love Reaches Out” by A Place to Bury Strangers for digital release on June 3.
 
Percolating synthesizers and new vocal harmonies from GIFT guide this lucid deconstruction of the See Through You finale through the pearly gates of new age 4AD heaven, floating across the speakers on delicate, softly filtered tufts of reverb.
 
“’Love Reaches Out’ is the hope at the end of the tunnel concluding the album,” says Oliver Ackermann. “I went through such a traumatic experience writing this record—and yet there were people there to help me through. So, this song is about appreciating and thanking them.”
 
A Place to Bury Strangers—“Love Reaches Out (GIFT Remix)” is out on streaming platforms on June 3, 2022—only on Dedstrange. 

See Through You, the critically heralded sixth album of futuristic punk music by A Place to Bury Strangers, is now available digitally and on vinyl at finer record shops worldwide.

A Place To Bury Strangers - Love Reaches Out (GIFT Remix)

Lost For You

Share The Present

New York City’s GIFT open the gates to a technicolor shoegazing fantasy island on “Gumball Garden,” the first single from their debut LP, Momentary Presence, due out later this fall.
 
The psychedelic Brooklyn quintet splice together dank strains of psych, krautrock and dream pop to grow their own hybrid—one that according to Rolling Stone, is heady enough to “[open] a portal to another dimension.”
 
Dipped in syrupy synths and topped with powdered fuzz riffs, “Gumball Garden” is a delectable confection of heavy neo-psychedelic euphoria.
 
GIFT unwrap the present, future and past on August 3 when “Gumball Garden” arrives on streaming platforms.
 
Treat yourself to Momentary Presence, the debut album from GIFT at finer record stores and streaming apps on October 14, 2022—only on Dedstrange.

Momentary Presence

Gumball Garden

When You Feel It Come Around

Berlin techno punks Data Animal go stark raving mad on their new single “Human Resource.”

There’s gold out there in them hills and on “Human Resource,” Data Animal stake a claim in this lawless austerity-stricken frontier armed to the teeth with serrated drum machine beats sharper than a bullwhip’s crack cut with acidic fuzzed-out power chords more electrifying than a tongue across the terminals of a 9v battery. It’s Data Animal’s world—we’re just trying to survive in it.
 
Catch Data Animal on the run in Berlin w/ APTBS on Feb 8 and on Feb 25 w/ The Brian Jonestown Massacre. East coast cyber freaks can jack into the program in NYC when Data Animal disrupts The New Colossus Festival March 8-12.
 
Implant “Human Resource” by Data Animal directly into your consciousness via streaming on February 28, 2023—only on Dedstrange

Data Animal - Human Resource

“Coral King” is a deluge of froth-mouthed mayhem. The studio debut from the Brooklyn upstarts takes no prisoners as it writhes through manic passages of brooding noise rock. Jagged guitars poke and prod over a cracked, industrial howl. Cavernous basslines slink through a sea of tense dynamic changes, seamlessly intertwining with the slippery stomp of Pons’ dual drummers—a collage of sound that spews its dissonant sludge all over the floor, only to coagulate and reform as a grotesque, briny machine. 

“Coral King” drops May, 30th 2023 — only on Dedstrange.

Pons - Coral King

The club is open. Trentemøller reimagines A Place to Bury Strangers’ “I’m Hurt” as the swinging big-beat power-goth pop dancefloor anthem it was always written to be in a rough-and-tumble new remix that’s breaking hearts on the streaming apps May 31, 2023.
 
Under the influence of Trentemøller’s drunken distorted bassline and a battalion of robo-tripping drum machines, “I’m Hurt (Trentemøller Remix)” twists APTBS songwriter Oliver Ackermann’s pained vocals into a pleasure pretzel baking beneath the heat lamp of success. Psychotic strings and an infinitely danceable procession of electronic percussion keep the party going for eternity at this disco of the damned.
 
Add “I’m Hurt (Trentemøller Remix)” to your dance party playlist on May 31, 2023. The new APTBS remix 2LP See Through You: Rerealized is out now and digitally this June 2, 2023—only on Dedstrange.

A Place To Bury Strangers - I'm Hurt (Trentemøller Remix)

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Get ready to embark on a vibrant trip down memory lane with “Chasing Colors”, the 3rd single from A Place To Bury Strangers latest series of four 7” records:  The Sevens. This track effortlessly captures the essence of carefree days & youthful exuberance with infectious melodies, catchy hooks; a kaleidoscope of sonic textures, weaving a tapestry of sound that feels like a delightful blast from the past. “Chasing Colors” is out 3/22 - only on Dedstrange.

A Place To Bury Strangers - Chasing Colors - Side A

“It IsTime” is the second single  from A Place To Bury Strangers latest series of four 7” records: ‘The Sevens’. With an atmosphere as chilling as a midnight fog and lyrics that cut through the darkness like a sharp blade, this song takes you on a reverb propelled journey into the unknown. The band's signature blend of ethereal melodies and relentless, pulsating rhythms creates a sense of foreboding that grips you from the very first note. It Is Time”  is out 3/8 - only on Dedstrange.

A Place To Bury Strangers - It Is Time - Side B

A Place To Bury Strangers - Change Your God

New Data Animal album 

Mastered by Oliver Ackermann

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5. Business Is Business

4. Liar, Liar

3. Boss Man

2. Antenna Brain

1. Doing My Part

'Spirited' is the first single from Eazyhead's 'Personal Echo Chamber'.
Haunting chasms, catacombs, and barren landscapes create the sound of what you might call, the road to spiritualization.  In contrast to the sunny side up egg you make yourself for breakfast, Light can never exist without darkness.  Eazyhead (Manila) depict the ghost in the shells of our own egos, through death, and having the spirit to continue the LP we call, life.
In the wise words of legendary OPM rockstar Karl Roy, “Don’t Let Them Kill Your Spirit.”  - EAZYHEAD ™

Eazyhead - Spirited

EAZYHEAD - NARCISSIST - Dedstrange's latest signing, Eazyhead, extends his hand out for you in their latest single, Narcissist. Narcissist is a song about, well, narcissists. The idea, the term, and the narcissism we all see now in this new age. Is narcissism bad? Is it good? There must be an in between. If you are scared to talk about it, maybe, just maybe, you can talk to Eazyhead.
"Narcissist" is out July 23, 2024, only on Dedstrange.

Eazyhead - Narcissist

Every A Place To Bury Strangers album has some sad love songs on it and “You Got Me” is one of the ones from the forthcoming album Synthesizer. This earworm is a track of a photograph from the perfect summer of love, lust, breaking out from the pack and getting lost in the night. In the middle of the track is a field recording from one of those days on the beach as a 747 barrels through the sky overhead. “You Got Me” is out August 13 everywhere you listen to music.Play it loud and play it now.

Synthesizer

You Got Me

A Place To Bury Strangers - You Got Me

Get ready to unleash the chaos with Data Animal's explosive new electro punk single, "Dancing with the Devil"! With a relentless blend of searing synths, thrashing guitars, and raw, unapologetic vocals, this track is a sonic rebellion against the mundane. "Dancing with the Devil" captures the ferocity and spirit of the underground scene, delivering a blistering anthem that's destined to ignite mosh pits and set the night ablaze. Out August 27th - only on Dedstrange.

Data Animal - Dancing With The Devil

Trentemøller’s remix of A Place to Bury Strangers, "Fear of Transformation,”out 1/21 on Dedstrange, takes the original to a whole new level. He transforms the track into his own, enhancing its dark intensity with banging beats. The song becomes an even more gripping conversation with the devil within, as fear and defiance collide. The remix conjures unearthly sounds that elevate the track into an abyss of tension and release. Trentemøller has truly made it his own, improving and deepening the experience for listeners across the world!

Fear Of Transformation (Trentemøller Remix)

In a collision of shadow and static, A Place To Bury Strangers drag Data Animal’s "Dancing With The Devil" deep into the sonic underworld. This blistering remix pulses with distorted menace—layers of reverb-drenched guitars, fractured rhythms, and industrial grit warp the original into a hypnotic, post-apocalyptic rave. Equal parts chaos and catharsis, it's a noise-drenched fever dream that dances on the edge of destruction.

Data Animal - Dancing With The Devil (A Place To Bury Demonic Possession Remix)

A Place To Bury Strangers unleashes a ferocious remix of Sunset Images' "Atención Dispersa," twisting the Mexican psych-noise band's sound into a chaotic, blown-out storm of distortion and rhythm. Out October 7, 2025 on Dedstrange Records, this remix marks the official label debut of Sunset Images, who will release their mind-melting new album Oscilador later this year. Welcome to the noise—Sunset Images have arrived.

Atención Dispersa (A Place To Bury Strangers remix)

'The Crisis of Existence' crowns Lunacy’s album trilogy, a final exclamation to a shadow-soaked odyssey. The first single, "Frozen In Time", out 10/21, unveils the future self: phoenix rising, serpent shedding, sacrificing past and present in a ritual of rebirth. Machines surge with thunderous low end, hypnotic arps, and relentless pulses. Mixed by Connor Clasen and mastered by Ben Greenberg, Lunacy’s third album 'The Crisis of Existence'  is out Friday, February 13th 2026, only on Dedstrange.


Lunacy - Frozen In Time

“Crisis of Existence,” the title track and second single from Lunacy’s third and final album, out 11/18 , marks the defining moment of transformation. Mechanical abandon strikes immediately through the verses as the song surges, its second half oscillating its pulse into the ether. A metaphor for chaos and the question to exist or fade, it captures the moment viscerally. Mixed by Connor Clasen and mastered by Ben Greenberg, out Feb 13, 2026 only on Dedstrange.  


Lunacy - Crisis of Existence

In 2011, the Critics (MC Bishop, MC Christian Slater & MC Dufus)  reunited for a session at MC Dufus' apartment 20 years after the original Critics recordings and came up with this insanity.   Chorus by the late great Hilary Jane Englert.

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Dedstrange is a brand new record label built from the smoldering decay of the music industry and now supporting the new flesh of the scene to let their pure unadulterated passion hit the streets. It is formed by people who have played the game, got beaten down over and over again, but just have to go on because this music has power.

Dedstrange is Death By Audio / A Place To Bury Strangers' Oliver Ackermann, basement bongo disco freak Mitchell O' Sullivan, and the manager with the golden heart, Steven Matrick.  Music to Melt Your Earbrain!

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