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After releasing their latest regular studio album 'Hardware' in early 2012, Agent Side Grinder headed out on tour throughout western Europe. One of the dates was at Péniche le Sonic, a converted barge moored along a quay in Lyon, France, where this live recording was made on 17 May. Agent Side Grinder prefers using analogue equipment and eschews the use of backing tapes when playing live. Consequently this live album was recorded on a 1978-vintage cassette recorder, using no post processing except for some very basic mastering. This disc catches ASG at their raw hypnotic best, right at the crossroads between post-punk, bleak industrial electronics and psychedelia.

Infacted presents another super limited (strictly 333, numbered copies) EP, this time by EBM pioneers Aircrash Bureau. The EP features a total of 8 hardest clubtracks, including great interpretations of the title-song by Skyla Vertex, Detroit Diesel, Brigade Werther as well as the completely new, previously unreleased song 'Ein Tag ist ein Jahr ist ein Leben' plus an exclusive ZdW Mix of 'Kalt' and the demo-version of 'Seventy/Nine'.

Mika Rossi, Anders Olsson and Jesper Nilsson are the three men behind the EBM/Electro band Autodafeh from the South of Sweden. All of their previous albums have found a remarkable success in the EBM scene and they are now back with a brand new 14 track studio album. Autodafeh focus on creating electronic tunes with a powerful beat, massive baselines and a great sing-a-long melody.

Limited first editions comes with massive booklets (44 pages for the CD, 20 pages for the vinyl). Karl Bartos' new album is an audio-visual sensation. Lost for many years, some of his early music has been reconceived and re-contextualised in a thrilling modern setting. For Off the Record, Karl Bartos has opened up his music archive for the very first time. He rediscovered and analysed hundreds of tapes, piles of sheet music, and years of digital media. Inspired by his acoustic diary and adding his experience as a composer and producer, he has created twelve brand new songs - written and performed with masterly skill. It took him two years to accomplish this original Bartos album: iron crystal music, vocoder newspeak, robot sounds, digital glitch, techno pop, catchy melodies, electronic avant-garde, roaring silence, futurism, and, of course, those rhythms!

With 'Monument', their most opulent album production to date, Blutengel are popularizing Gothic lifestyle in an addictively catchy way. Chris Pohl and his band play out all facets of their one and a half decades spanning career, embarking on an aural journey that manages to keep the listener mesmerized with dark, minimalist club sounds, monumental dark Pop anthems and deep, emotional ballads. 'Monument' is also released as a deluxe 2CD version in beautiful Digipak and containing a bonus disc with 8 more all-new and exclusive tracks.

Code 64 is one of the leading bands within the dance/clubfloor scene of electronic music. Their fantastic mixture of hard and driving beats with strong melodies and a fantastic vocal performance has filled the floors all over the world. ''Accelerate EP'' is the first teaser of their upcoming album ''Game Over'' and is a phenomenal dancefloor filler rarely seen (or heard) nowadays. The EP also includes remixes from electro superstars Apoptygma Berzerk and Henrik Backstrom (Necro Facility) and the brand new track ''SD Sequence'' plus a stunning cover of the old U96 classic ''Love sees no Colour'' which for sure will be a favourite among the crowd. Code 64 is finally back...