not edm

Sonic Shadows in the endless Dystopia

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

SynthPop - Electronic January 2025

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Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon DATE GOES HERE: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch558

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

Full Inbox: Batch 558

Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

Listening Post: Batch 558

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out Listening Post 558 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's John Michie - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves558

Fresh Faves: Batch 558

This is a previously unheard track that was the B-side to the single 'I Don't Want To Dance' that was due to be released just weeks after the band split up back in 2008.... We Are Back!

Beautiful Inside

Beautiful Day - Duncan Disorderly & the Scallywags - Smile 2014

This is a sneak preview of some studio work Jay is doing for an upcoming CD with Firepit Collective. This is a rough demo mix.

Ridgeway Downs - Summer Solstice - Jay Terrestrial

buy at Scotch Bonnet 

Mungo's HI FI - Bike Rider Ft Pupajim

Not My Leader

Mandi: Friulian farewell; attributed variously as a diminution of “m'arcomandi” (“I recommend”), or the Latin “manus dei” (“hand of God”), or the Italian mani di deo (roughly, “may you stay in the hands of God”).

Mandi is the debut album from UK-based Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi, which explores a collection of reel-to-reels recorded by his father’s family in 1959 on a Geloso G. 255 recording device. Elaborations on and reconstructions of the words, songs, and music of these tapes, along with the glitches inherent in the recording process and the deterioration of the reels form the basis of the musical material.

Full album available here - https://peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mandi

Salve Regina

“Beneath the chilly moonglow one ponders the delicious conundrum of the Forbidden. The thrill of diving into the depths of desire to satiate an unnamable yearning. In the grand opera of life, some find their hearts drawn to the most enigmatic of duets. A dance shrouded in secrecy, away from the prying eyes of the world’s chorus. In the covert corners of existence, Forbidden romances bloom like exotic flowers, their allure only heightened by their veiled nature. “I know you’re craving; we were outcasts all along,” whispers the siren song of the heart, a tune as old as time yet ever fresh to those who dare to listen. Perhaps it’s not about right and wrong but the irresistible pull of the tantalizing Forbidden. The eerie video delves into this mystery realm with gusto, taking us on a strange sojourn into the twilight. The haunting voice of Pete Mills serves as a guiding light through this shadowy adventure, cutting through the darkness with the intensity and warmth of a candle’s flame. His earnest croon adds a layer of depth and sincerity. The protagonists, outcasts by nature, grapple with their desires in the shadows. Amidst secrets and whispers, their passion is intense yet prohibited, leading them to a paradise where they are exiled, consumed by a dark and irresistible love.” 
– Alex Baker for post-punk.com

Moonlight through my window
The world around us sleeps
Lamp lights the darkness
From the shadows that we keep

I know your waiting
In the twilight until dawn				
I know you’re craving
We were outcasts all along
Maybe we were wrong to do it
Or just sick for what we need 

Forbidden Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden
We fall into the waves of paradise 
Exiled for life
Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden 

Secrets, cut like scissors
Through the truth, down below
Poisonous whispers
How much do they know?

Forbidden Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden
We fall into the waves of paradise 
Exiled for life
Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden 

Every night the sun sets slowly
My darkened heart so controls me 
Beneath the silver moon I can’t wait to taste you
I’m sucked into the black hole of your arms 

Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden 

Fall into the waves of paradise 
Exiled for life
Forbidden Forbidden 
Forbidden Forbidden 
Couldn’t keep myself away although I tried 
Burned by your fire
Forbidden Forbidden
Forbidden Forbidden 

Written by: Pete Mills, Donal Finn, Danielle Parente
Vocals, bass, guitar, synth, drums: Pete Mills
Engineered, produced, mixed, mastered: Pete Mills
Additional production: Ellen Hawk
Mix consultant: Anthony “FU” Valcic
Recorded, mixed, mastered: Shadow Zone Sound
Label: Young & Cold Records, Shadow Zone Records

Nowhere

Forbidden

As we’re only human, of course we let ourselves be shaped. In our younger years, we soak up beliefs and ideas just like a sponge and some of these later turn into personal values. They lead us in several directions, but ultimately, it’s up to us to follow our internal compass. Or to put it simply: “Do what feels right.”

THYMIAN has taken this idea to heart, creating only the music that truly resonates with his adult self. On “Sentimental”, pop structures meet a refreshingly familiar sonic aesthetic. His baritone vocals float over strummed guitars, that harmonize beautifully with gentle synthesizer melodies. The saxophone solo by Ferran Gorrea transports listeners back to the 80s with a dash of goosebumps.

Sentimental

Boys Will Be Boys

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2h3u3wJ0xRr93FoibwB3hd

painintheyeahs.bandcamp.com

Petrified

The most radically altered song on the album. Fittingly in last place, it has it's own sound. The original song was guitar-based and had lyrics about stumbling around on Eglwysilan Common up in the valley above Treforest, chasing your mind's eye.

Crashing doom-laden piano chords, synth bass, end of the world trumpets, a guitar sound like Johnny Marr joined The Cure, a coda leaning into 90's rave. What's not to like?

Apprentice Green

Butterfly Brain

Take the Bait

The third record from Oxford's BarrelHaus.

Tracks 1, 3 & 5 written by Marc Challans
Tracks 2 & 4 written by Ian Mitchell

Guitars, bass, drums, percussion, vocals, backing vocals, and production by Marc Challans.

Guitars, bass, vocals, and backing vocals by Ian Mitchell.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Marc Challans. Recorded at Glass House Studios, Cumnor, and BH Studios in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

All tracks performed by BarrelHaus.

Special thanks to Grace and Alice.

All rights reserved.

Black Tar

A dark but glorious tale of the emotional dangers of seeking new love too soon.

LYRICS

You should see the lights this evening
But you won’t know what I mean
I’m not stopping at the crossroad
Signals my side they all on green
Getting over you was so hard
Maybe it’s all a little soon
City moves in tighter spaces
This is what I gotta do

I’m wasting my time
If I can’t get you
Out of my mind

I’m here to dance with a beautiful stranger
Here to dance in a beautiful world
I’m here to dance with a beautiful stranger
Here to dance in beautiful world

Hear the sound get in closer
Fantasies are kicking in
Bass is up and shaking the body
Join the crowd’s adrenaline

And these are the signs
That I will get you
Out of my mind

I’m here to dance with a beautiful stranger
Here to dance in a beautiful world
I’m here to dance with a beautiful stranger
Here to dance in a beautiful world

I’m here to dance with a beautiful stranger 
Here to dance in a beautiful world
I'm well aware of the emotional danger
Here’s to dance in a beautiful world


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Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful World)

Third summary compilation Cultro Sub Costa released by Prague based industrial/noise/techno crew Wrong follows up the first two tapes Suspicion of Doubt (2017) and Occasions to Sin (2018) and now represents the 2019-2024 timeframe. Old tracks meet new ones, foreign names meet local artists and genres clash on this double tape. 

A side starting with dreamlike intro nervousness of Bernardino Femminielli setting up the tone, followed by feverish ASMR trap-trip of Okitap, Oil Thief’s groovy synth-noise, dirty punk-electro cuts of Kabal and HANGMAN, Swordsmith’s heavy cyber dancefloor mover and closing with Vein Data and his overdrive guitar electro ballad.

Side B is filled with abstraction and weirdness and opening with cinematic industrial ambient of Amethyst, then turning tides into more rhythmic territory with occult vibe of Espectra Negra, lo-fi hypnotic synth drama of Christophe Clébard, screwed rhythmic madness of Carrageenan and ambient melancholy of Kult Masek.

Side C starts by No Nation dealing power electronic blow, with following tight electro rumble of JNKR, Blush Response with his sharp and hasty broken techno, Filmmaker’s dirty grind, Ireen Amnes with her synth driven coldness, trancy tragic of Destruction Derby and EBM goes trance track by HKKPTR.

Compilation is closing on side D with last two guests: STATIQBLOOM and his apocalyptic techno monster and Zuzana Hakl with speed electro dizzyness. And apart from them the last side belongs to Wrong crew: HYΛEN, Trauma, C4AT and The Undertaker’s Tapes. 

This collection represents what is Wrong



A1 Bernardino Femminielli - Johnny's Blues
A2 Okitap – Tamam
A3 Oil Thief – Wayward Sentiment
A4 Kabal - I Paid 1000 To Play This On Your Showcase Festival
A5 HANGMAN – Hunger
A6 Swordsmith – Ramping
A7 Vein Data – Pantomime

B1 Amethyst – 5002.20141538
B2 Espectra Negra – Rubber Rituals For Industrial People
B3 Christophe Clébard - L'Enfer Est Mon Voisin
B4 Carrageenan – Disambiguation
B5 Kult Masek – Ornament

C1 No Nation – Mercy Blow (Version)
C2 JNKR – Tunnel
C3 Blush Response – Compulsion
C4 Filmmaker – Singularity
C5 Ireen Amnes – Daydream
C6 Destruction Derby – Sun Scream Vapors
C7 HKKPTR – Individuum

D1 HYΛEN – Paincake Catapult
D2 STATIQBLOOM – The Serpent's Tail
D3 Trauma – Bag Of Bones
D4 C4AT – Occupation
D5 The Undertaker's Tapes – W4EVA
D6 Zuzana Hakl – Wrong


Mastered by Wim Dehaen 
Pro-dubbed by Headless Duplicated Tapes 
Cover by KudlaWerkstatt & C4AT 
Print by KudlaWerkstatt 
Released by Wrong 
2024

Christophe Clébard - L'Enfer Est Mon Voisin

Pre-Release track (+Zozi Vox in final release )
Dec24 
Recorded and mixed in
Weird Sounds Studio
Athens

Μάτριξ

Dedicated to my beautiful wife, may we grow old and die together 🙏🙌 . She is happy and that’s what matters to me! Hope others find enjoyment from it too…
I love her dearly and she for some weird reasons loves me! So this for her. She didn’t want a cliche love song. So I wrote a letter to her and out came this song. Enjoy!

Love letter to my partner

Out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/keygenerator-ep
 
EP playlist: soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/l-f-t-keygenerator-ep-w-imogen-remix-mtron042

L.F.T. returns to Mechatronica with his unique, signature blend of new wave and breakbeat influenced electro for the mind, body and floor.

Boldly shaped by distorted drum machines, gut-wrenching grooves and haunting vocal chops, the KeyGenerator EP comes backed by an explosive IMOGEN remix and an occult collaboration with Cardinal & Nun.

A spellbinding record on its own, and another crystal clear testament to L.F.T.’s razor sharp sonic vision and ability to generate new styles from the past, present and future.

A1 Toxic Piss
A2 Cursed Ship
B1 Cursed Ship (IMOGEN Remix)
B2 Digital Drips (w/ Cardinal & Nun)
B3 Vancouver 1982

More music on Mechatronica by L.F.T.
mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/red-pyramid-ep (EP)
mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/tr-ume-von-gabriel-w-dollkraut-remix (EP)
mechatronica.bandcamp.com/track/no-indication-l-f-t-remix (Remix)
mechatronica.bandcamp.com/track/l-f-t-cut-a-hole-in-a-fence (VA)

@lfttrax
@cardinalandnun

--
instagram.com/mechatronicamusic

KeyGenerator EP

[ Buy on Bandcamp ]

L.F.T. - Digital Drips (with Cardinal & Nun) [MTRON042]

Limite

Solo DIY project from Seattle USA

Break
See me when I snap
fucking freak
I'm angry all the time
watch me shriek
at a hill i can't climb
cause i'm weak
beat myself stupid
the bruises on my wrist
the throbbing in my head
the problems i can't fix
my futures dead
ambition adrift
I live for nihil
I work for nihil

i'm a burden on my self
a burden on my friends
a burden on this earth
that's all i know
I will struggle my whole life for a roof on my head
for a stone on my grave
for food in my gullet

Self harm
self hate 
can't escape it
hyperventilating cant shake it
Black vision
faint standing
brain is ill
cant function
always crying
stagnant still
Painful body
why bother trying
world is evil
no redemption 
it all accumulates on my weak self
my brain cant stimulate
already in hell

Mood Swing

Korine - Anhedonia

you never know how fast life can change... one second everything is there and the next it can all be gone. time is fragile.

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fragile

Lay Me Down

Tonight

Deep Down (Radio Edit)

This track is for those chasing a dreams. They cannot stop your success, only you can when you quit.

Success

VA&D - Money

A song about wondering if a past love still remembers you..
Una canción sobre si ella/el todavía se acuerda de ti..

LA LEXXION

Some good news in a bad world. Like the return of a prodigal son, we're back with a new track called, rather predictably, "Prodigal Son". Hopefully this is the start on a 'single per month' strategy for 2025, but like all January gym memberships maybe we'll have run out fo steam by February. See you on the treadmill....

Prodigal Son

'Gathering Storm' is the first track to be released from Christof's forthcoming release 'Requiem For A Lost World' (String Quartet 1)

Released to mark Earth Day 2025 'Requiem For A Lost World' is Christof's first String Quartet. This non-traditional String Quartet features a live string quartet recording of the written piece that has been slowed down and routed through effects to give a haunting and mesmerising sound. 

The first three movements reflect on the catastrophic state of the climate and the environment (and the journey to get to this point) while the final movement asks whether there is still time to save our world. 

By using slowed down recordings (something which Christof has explored previously on releases 'Until I Take My Final Breath' and the score to the feature film 'Messalina's Offer') a unique sound quality is acheieved where you can hear the nuance of the performers playing, producing a very textured sound. 

Presave at: https://tinyurl.com/CDQuartet1
Find all links at: linktr.ee/christofrdavis

Gathering Storm

post punk

Tell it to my heart

Hell's Bells(AC/DC Cover)- Hayseed Dixie

So the scallywags have been busy in the goodtimes music studios recording there debut album!! This is a demo of whats to come!! A cover of Bob marleys 3 little birds!!! Please Share and enjoy!!

3 Little Birds - Duncan Disorderly & The Scallywags - Demo!!

‘ISOLATOR (IS IT TOO LATE)’ the new single is out now

https://linktr.ee/frendmusic

FREND is the solo artist project of UK songwriter Tom Woods, weaving wistful stories of friendship, love and loss, through energising synthwave, melodic alt-pop and new wave colours.

FREND songs have been commended and semi-final listed in 2024 by The UK Songwriting Contest.

‘Isolator (is it too late)’ has already been featured on BBC Introducing show.