+ JANUARY 2025 PART I

January 2025

https://www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/category/playlist/postpunk-darkwave-darksynth/

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

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 20th January 2025: 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/batch555

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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.

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Best new indie rock under the radar from the UK (2025) • England, Wales & Northern Ireland💥Cover: INDIGO • Updated regulary. Submissions welcome: www.blackmarketplaylists.de

NEW BRITISH ROCK [Rising Bands from UK]

I Need Your Love Tonight - Thái Hoàng Remix

Lawn Song

So I Heard

i’m in love...

i'm in love...

Creases

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

SO MANY DAYS HAVE GONE
(words and music by The Ox Prison)

So many days have gone
with sunshine and with rain.
So many friends have died alone.
So many broken hearts
have sung the same old song
of loneliness and tears and pain.

But when I see you smile,
I know you smile at me.
I long for your embrace.
That’s where I wanna be.

I love you night and day.
I love your sparkling eyes.
You fill my life with rays of light.

I never knew how much
my soul cried for your love.
And when I touch your hand,
there’s nothing I’m frightened of.

And when I see you smile,
I know you smile at me.
I long for your embrace,
That’s where I wanna be.

So many days have gone
with sunshine and with rain.
So many friends have said goodbye.
So many places have been
run into the sand
of distant dreams of broken minds.

Mikey P – guitars, vocal
Tora – bass guitar

Special warm thanks to John Simm - drums
Please visit TheDrumTamer.co.uk

So Many Days Have Gone

LYRICS

[The Crime]
In the velvet wavelength
I don’t feel so blue
Let the ocean take you
You don’t have to choose

Sleeping through the daytime
Wake up to the moon
Nothings gonna hurt you 
They’re just passing through


[spacedout]
I can feel the colors breathe
Seeping in my skin I feel alive
Feeling lost I think I'm dead, dead
Grim reaper took away my life
I can feel it now baby 
The world is in my hands
I know, I know I can't look back 
I can't stop now

Eyes fill my room 
They whisper their song
They stare back at me
We dance all night long
Crystal demon in my room 
The scythe has my name
It tells me “It’s okay, be not afraid”

[The Crime]
In the velvet wavelength
I don’t feel so blue
Let the ocean take you
You don’t have to choose

Sleeping through the daytime
Wake up to the moon
Nothings gonna hurt you 
They’re just passing through

[spacedout]
Eyes fill my room 
They whisper their song
They stare back at me
We dance all night long
Crystal demon in my room 
The scythe has my name
It tells me “It’s okay, be not afraid”

Cybershot

looking around ,look in the mound
listen the sound roam in the town
walk like a cat in a old trap
knees scratched by the ancient game

then climbed the wall throwing the stones
against an enemy now ghost

the fleeting figures wandering 
in togas among the broke ruins
like millions spirits ,kindred flee
now insist their saga in us so weak

but only stone and stories speak
only unknown portraits now still .
a dream that hovers like a fog
between us and the modern world

a love observe the inanimate
already takes a sacrifice,

looking a the fight looking that  fly
I see a monster in the sky

The empire in a nameless closet

Trust in me

I don’t know if I’m human  
I don’t even know what it means to be 
Human anymore  
Falling off the world 
I don’t think I can do it  
I just really can’t believe 
That we’re still fighting a war 
Same shit as before 

I know it’s something special 
Just part of the plan 
If we’re going somewhere 
Then I’d like to understand  
It’s nothing special  
Just part of the show 
If we’re going nowhere  
Then I’d really like to know 
I get impatient 
It’s part of the ride 
In the many places 
Where the fear often resides 
I’ve got so much running through my head 

I don’t know if I’m human  
I can only know what it means to be 
Helpless and afraid 
Of the world we made 
What the hell are we doin? 
I just really can’t believe 
That we fucked it up so bad 
Only chance we had  

I know it’s something special 
Just part of the plan 
If we’re going somewhere  
Then I’d like to understand 
It’s nothing special  
Just part of the show 
If we’re going nowhere  
Then I’d really like to know  
There’s nothin’ to it 
Keep living the lie 
In a broken system  
That could care less if we die 
There is so much we could do instead 

I’m through 
Playing the game to lose 
Paying the same ol’ dues 
What’s it take to be human?
Don’t know what is true 

We’ve devised 
Complicated lives, 
Enterprise, 
Convoluted lies and enemies 
Idolize, 
Comfortably blind, 
Compromised, 
Careful with your time and energy 

I know it’s something special 
Just part of the plan 
If we’re going somewhere 
Then I’d like to understand
It’s nothing special  
Just part of the show 
If we’re going nowhere 
Then I’d really like to know 
I’m not impartial 
I know where I stand 
I can’t tell if anybody 
Really gives a damn 
And I don’t know what else could be said 

I’m through 
Playing the game to lose 
Paying the same ol’ dues 
What’s it take to be human?
Don’t know what is true 

We’ve devised 
Complicated lives, 
Enterprise, 
Convoluted lies and enemies 
Idolize, 
Comfortably blind, 
Compromised, 
Careful with your time and energy


Written/Composed, Performed, Produced, & Mixed by Star Madman
Cover artwork by Star Madman
Released via Headphone Music Label

Human

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

Venus In Noise - Deep End

Written by:
Aphrodite Goulioumi
Pablo Casadey

Aphrodite Goulioumi - Vocals, Lyrics
Pablo Casadey - Guitar, Bass, Synths, Programming, Backing Vocals

Dewan-Dean Soomary - Mix and Master @ Trashy Trashy’s Moving Studio

DEEP END

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

Dead Parties - Reverie

"Behold, a forgotten relic from the digital abyss—a random, unreleased song that slumbered quietly on my hard drive since 2022. For reasons beyond my comprehension (and perhaps yours), I’ve decided to let it see the light of day and share it with all of you..."

No Need To Say (2022)

LISTEN - BUY - SHARE

R. Missing & Johan Agebjörn - Fakesnow

An ambient re-working of an old trad folk song written in 1864. Solo electric bass artist OUTRI is joined by Imogen Bose-Ward on vocals and fiddle to create an ambient landscape around this haunting melody. 

Her Bright Smile (live at Blank Studios)

OUTRI feat Imogen Bose-Ward - Her Bright Smile (live at Blank Studios)

latest single from new VSP album HOLES, which is out in April 2025

Polka King of the Midwest

Lazarus

Late to the Party

Coursing explores the shock of grief — the swirl of emotions that follow, and the choice between staying in the light or retreating into darkness. The music mirrors that emotional movement, shifting between intensity and reflection. This is a song we’re incredibly proud of, one where our influences and sound are worn right on its sleeve

Coursing

lyrics & vocal performance by Climbing PoeTree and Be Steadwell, original track produced by Be Steadwell, additional recording Produced by Toshi Reagon

How I Taste

Noise/post-punk  band

Bio:

The two-piece noise band Venus in Noise is comprised of Aphrodite Goulioumi and Pablo Casadey.Its members met back in 2019 in London at a gig in East London.Then they met again at the comeback gig of Bikini Kill -which both love -and they thought they would be perfect in  a band since their influences are so similar.They have released 5 singles so far and they have played  gigs in London and Tokyo.

‘There’s some strong Le Tigre influences …’
Get In Her Ears

‘Dream is the killer debut single by Venus in Noise’ WL//WH 
/LCM magazine
‘...it’s a debut chock full of promise.’
‘...sounds incredibly cool...tantalising...’
NONEWWAVENOFUN





https://venusinnoise.bandcamp.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1XgIYLoOrBc1QevoZ1JKtE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCCe-XCCjNnYSCNLxlAf2w

https://www.instagram.com/venusinnoise/