"The song is asleep in the machine." These lines from a song by Einstürzende Neubauten could also be the subtitle of the album "Long-distance side trip" by mind.area – behind which HUMAN DECAY member maikko A. is hiding.

Modern urban myths, set to music in an electronic sound universe in which the machines create the sound for humans. In a fascinating new way electronic Club-rhythms are melting with atmospheric Trance-elements. Connecting to the deep vortex of the dark-ambient industrial with distorted, ominous vocals and machine sounds. Thus creating the soundtrack for the dirty, gray cities of the modern era, in which just a few gleams of hope still flash. The labyrinthine lyrics reinforce this concept again, they are nevertheless created by "Caseee", a mysterious mind.machine.

Where other acts just build snub-aggressive rhythms, mind.area set primarily on atmosphere and thus create a fascinating kaleidoscope of dark, electronic music, but absolutely danceable. Modern, unique and incredibly captivating. Still an insider tip! But not for long!??

Fans of Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, and intelligent, danceable atmospheric Electro-Industrial should give this one a try for sure!

mind.area - being suffering – HUMAN DECAY rmx

Hardly a more appropriate title could Maikko, the creative force behind mind.area, have chosen for his latest work. Stagnation means death. Movement on the other hand is progress. The constant evolution, change, reshaping its dark, urban soundtrack, the exploration of musical possibilities, just not to be persisting.

After the album “long-distance side trip”, which received rave reviews, mind.area published within a short time the EP “stagnation // death”, which proves as impressive that the creativity of the machine sounds is far from being over. Atmospheric trance rhythms mixes with electro, dark ambient sound art with distorted industrial sounds – and creates a modern and unique sound universe.

Still on the pulse of the time, on the equally fascinating and menacing heartbeat of modern cities, mind.area consistently proceed with what they started on “long-distance side trip” away. In addition to three new tracks on “stagnation // death”, there are three remixes of well-known colleagues, that makes just as clear as the new tracks, what is important to mind.area. Modification, revision, interpretation and expansion of ideas, without lapsing into meaningless repetitions, no copies. mind.area are almost art … if there was no compatibility to clubs and dancefloors.

But exactly this balancing act makes “stagnation // death” to a real highlight. Dance is movement!

mind.area - the call (EGOamp remix)

Fans of Cephalgy and older stuff of Blutengel and Apoptygma Berzerk and the Dark-Electro sound in general should give this project a try!

Schwarzes Fragment - Seelenkiller

Dancing to LPF12 is like eating lobster with mayonnaise in a snack-bar. Yeah, you could do that, but it’s no delight!

“Individual Suffering”, the new album by LPF12, is an experience. Just calling this music wouldn’t be appropriate, it would be an understatement. LPF12 is music for the mind. Music that evokes pictures. Music that evokes emotions. Music for gourmets of sound.

Read More: http://www.ionium-records.info/en/headline/lpf12-individual-suffering/

LPF12 - Benchmark

S-Talker - Die Schwarze Meute

Flatline - Enjoy the Noise

Taken from the full-length debut "Alles ist gesagt".

PitchBlack Inc. - Erschiessen

Cybozz - Kill the Killer

Halo Effect - Deeper Than You

CyBozz is a Berlin-based electro – industrial - Band, founded by Andreas Steckmann (Manipulation). The name already suggests harsh sounding material. The Cybozz sound is a mixture of rhythmic sequences and noise elements, atmospheric sounds and strange samples, supported by distorted vocals from time to time. The song range covers “to-the-floor” electro-songs and harsh, rhythmic industrial music.

Cybozz songs have already been released on 3 electronic-music compilations, the 1. Fear Section Sampler (2003) featured their version of Human League’s “Being Boiled”(rank 6th at DAC), the song “Drug” appeared on a limited Solitary Experiments birthday sampler and “Geburt einer Nation” have been released just recently on “Chrom de la Chrom II”.

The debut album "Horrorscope" will be released on 07th of December at Ionium Records.

Cybozz - Industrial Revolution

Taken from "The Cabinet EP" which will be released as free download at Ionium Records.

EGOamp - The Cabinet (Edit Version)

Ionium Records was founded 2004 by Sandra Knorr and Thomas Teehaa to publish works of the dark culture’s drawing card T.H. Industry. During the following years, Ionium Records inspirited the dark-electro-scene and the dancefloor with self-contained electro-tunes. The unification with XenoBiotic Records enhance the back-catalogue by further exceptional artists, such as e:o:nity, Neon Insect or Decence.

Henceforth, Ionium Records founder Thomas Teehaa and Falk Merten, the founder of afmusic, will be responsible for A&amp;R, promotion and the artist’s support service. Disributions as well as arrangements of Ionium Records will be managed by afmusic. Thus, a long-lasting cooperation becomes a commercial partnership and Germany’s most innovative subcultural record labels will be unified under one umbrella of Danse Macabre Records. afmusic remains Germany’s leading address for newcomer’s net-releases regarding the music genres Wave, Gothic and Independent.

Ionium Records offers a wide and increasing range of EBM, Industrial, Ambient and Synthpop. Together, both record labels use the advantages of the World Wide Web, which bands as well as fans can benefit from: bands have the chance to promote and distribute their music professionally and contemporary – fans have the free choice between a wide range of more than 50 releases and are able to listen to all offered songs in complete length for free.

From 1st September 2009, the entire back-catalogue can be found on the new Ionium Records website. Moreover, a lot of new releases foreshadow the dark culture. The upcoming releases are already quite promising. In addition to the reissue of the successful debut “Strangled Voices” by In Vein (side-project of Gothminister’s keyboarder Tom Kalstad) and a new album from EGOamp published by Ionium Records, 3 single-releases of Halo Effect at once are in their starting blocks. By this year’s end, numerous new releases will be available on both labels. The net-labels of the Danse Macabre Group offer new bands and fresh sounds via home delivery. It is worth throwing a glance at and bookmark: www.ionium-records.info

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