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Playlist August 2025

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WL//WH - JULY 2025 \\ Post-Punk/ Coldwave/ Darkwave/ Synth-Pop/

Actual darkwave. Not TikTok sounds. Music you’ll hear at a goth club.           last updated: 7/19/25

Actual Darkwave Music

Past Lives

Like What - Out Alive

https://rechtaufrausch.bandcamp.com/releases

Recht Auf Rausch EP

Hikikomori

TUTTI

Tutti

Lovers From The Past

Killer

Desolation and Radiation

Lonely Night

Lords Of The Wire

Acid Youth is a project started in 2016 by Davide Nicosia, an electronic music producer based in Bologna.

Under the influence of Chicago House, krautrock and EBM, Acid Youth is a blend of troubled basslines, guitars, modular freakness, frozen pads, analogic distortions and overdriven drum machines.

After the previous releases on MFZ Records and Land of Dance Records, Acid Youth comes to Elephant Gait with "My Acid", a 4 tracks EP that is a psychedelic clash between acid and space rock. Saturated drum machine, 303, organ and guitar are the main elements of these tracks.
"Polyptych" pays tribute to motorik drum rhythms; "My Acid" and its tense west-coast synth line drive you in a dark territory; "Regrets" is a flux of sounds with a 303 bassline as a mantra; "Despite" and its major scale close the EP and resolve the tension.
@acid-youth
Written, produced and mastered by Acid Youth.
Cover Artwork by Acid Youth.

Released by:
Elephant Gait Music
release date December 1, 2023

PREMIERE: ACID YOUTH - Polyptych (Elephant Gait Music)

Vinyl available on Bandcamp and Young & Cold Webshop

Sower wie Du

Unreleased track from the working sessions for the 'Loneliness ep', june 2012.
No mastering. This is a pretty raw version of this track.

Soon out ! 7" vinyl on Peripheral Minimal Records (2025)

Tristesse (feat. Xiu)

Tristesse

Altar

https://essential-part.com/ Punts Connectats marks a turning point in Upercent’s path. A moment where the dots of his inner world begin to connect. Memories, inherited cues, sonic instincts. Nothing is forced. Just alignment.

Dulzaina opens the release with clarity. A return to origin. The presence of the dolçaina (as spelled in his native language) isn’t symbolic. It’s transport. One tone and he’s home, back to the streets where form and rhythm first collided, where sound meant presence and movement. That ancestral voice is placed right at the center, wrapped in pressure and groove. Never ornamental. Always essential.

Arrels carries a different kind of weight. It looks back too, but not to tradition. To impact. It echoes the raw energy of Valencia’s night scene, where Upercent took his first steps. A siren clears the way, and from there, the structure mutates. Acidic. Tight. Physical. It doesn’t follow the usual arc or chase a peak. The tension holds, built to persist, not to break.

Punts Connectats doesn’t follow a story. It reveals one. Two tracks. One direction. Forward. Rooted.

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Upercent - Dulzaina

Calm In Violence

https://soundcloud.com/dinasummer https://soundcloud.com/moderna https://soundcloud.com/iptamenosdiscos
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Berlin-based synth-wave band Dina Summer released their highly anticipated second album 'Girls Gang' earlier this year via Iptamenos Discos. After recently releasing a bunch of remixes by DJ Hell, Damon Jee, Phunkadelica & The Populists the trio is now back with even more reworks by befriended artists Karassimeon, Boys’ Shorts, Karla Lynch, Moderna, The World Domination, and Etane!

Berlin-based artist and Brave New Rave label founder Moderna - also known for her former radio show of the same name and acclaimed productions including a remix for The Matrix soundtrack - delivers a stunning rework of Dina Summer’s dark wave anthem “Nothing To Hide”. She opens with a cinematic, orchestral atmosphere that builds tension and drama before erupting into full dance floor power.

PREMIERE: Dina Summer - Nothing To Hide (Moderna Remix) [Iptamenos Discos]


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Emerging from the foggy thresholds between Lille and Berlin via LBJ Records, ‘Spookie’ marks a nocturnal alliance between French duo You Man and the restless dark disco outfit Local Suicide...With a heavy-footed kick and a convoy of metallic synth layers, ‘Spookie’ opens like an engine coughing to life beneath dim-lit lights. As the momentum thickens, the track shifts into a slow-motion cyclone of haunted vocal loops, operated by Vamparela’s spectral intuition. By the midpoint, the mood subtly morphs into quasi-Eurohouse chords beaming through the haze like the first hint of sunrise.

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You Man & Local Suicide - Spookie [LBJ]

limited edition of cassettes is available to purchase at
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all played live and line recorded at Pattern event, July 2020

Красный Террор (Red Terror) live

---------------- ( English )------------------------

In his quest for peace,
the knight never ceased to fight for it.
But after countless battles,
a question pierced his armor:
Why am I here?
What is good?
What is evil?

Thus began his descent into a deep duality
and so he fell.
After striving so long to reach the light,
he found only shadow.

His battles led him to defeat many ennemies
in the name of peace,
and yet, to some,
he was nothing but a bloodthirsty monster.

So be it.
He surrendered his heart,
and abandoned his soul to the darkness.

But remember this:
where there is shadow,
there is always light.
And where there is light,
shadow is never far behind.

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En quête de paix,
le chevalier ne cessa jamais de livrer bataille pour l’atteindre.
Mais à force de combats,
une question finit par transpercer son armure :
Pourquoi suis-je arrivé là ?
Qu’est-ce que le bien ?
Qu’est-ce que le mal ?

Alors, il sombra dans une profonde dualité,
perdit pied,
et malgré tous ses efforts pour atteindre la lumière,
il ne trouva que l’ombre.

Ses luttes l’avaient conduit à vaincre d’innombrables ennemis
au nom de la paix.
Et pourtant, pour certains,
il n’était rien de plus qu’un monstre assoiffé de sang.

Ainsi soit-il.
Il abandonna son cœur,
et laissa son âme glisser dans les ténèbres.

Mais souvenez-vous :
là où réside l’ombre,
la lumière n’est jamais loin.
Et là où brille la lumière,
l’ombre veille toujours.

Cardinal & Nun - Vampire Celebration

Army Now (Futurisk)

Digital Drvgs - Crash Out (Qual Remix)

Recorded, written and performed by Wesley Eisold at home in Los Angeles CA in February 2012.

Cold Cave - A Little Death to Laugh

Digital Drvgs is a new dark wave post-punk project formed by Manuel Luquin, a seasoned Producer who has made a name for himself in the electronic dance music scene. Manuel is best known for his work with Cold Blank, where he honed his skills as a producer and remixer, Remixing artists like Zedd, Steve Aoki and Cypress Hill. 

With Digital Drvgs, Manuel has turned his attention to a different genre, embracing the sounds of Darkwave/ Post-punk. Joining him in this project are his brother Alvaro Luquin and cousin Alex Luquin (Moon Visions), both of whom bring a wealth of musical talent and creativity to the table.

Together, the trio has crafted a sound that is both nostalgic and fresh, drawing inspiration from classic post-punk bands like Bauhaus and Joy Division while incorporating electronic elements.