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German Electro-superstars [:SITD:] are back with their eagerly expected all new album. Expect nothing less than bone-crunching beats, catchy hymns, electro purity and apocalyptic atmospheres from one of the most respected German Electro outfits, active and successful in the scene for now 15 years.

Their 14th album, hanDover, centers not only on the unbridled greed of the world's financial organizations and the governments that enable them, but the climate of political impotence which makes people resign their fate, no matter how insidious the situation gets. In typical Puppy form, hanDover finds the duo moving forward while still maintaining that sense of aural discovery that has been a hallmark of their 26-year career. Aided by longtime associates Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall and Mark Walk, Ogre and Key have delivered an album that mirrors today's cultural uncertainty.

Super limited CD-Single edition of 407 copies and super limited vinyl edition of 307 copies for ‘regular’ sales. Accompanied by the monotonous rhythm of a ritual drum, two old funerary violinist are pacing slowly through the darkness towards the black hole of a freshly opened grave… With the single "Imhotep" (originally a special bonustrack only available for fans) Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows are attending to a chapter from their 2004 album La Chambre d'Echo and use this radical revision to transform an almost entirely electronic song into a dramatic, chamber-music danse macabre. Reduced to the bare bones, only accompanied by percussion, a death-bell and two string-players, the fabulously eerie Saint-Varney-of-the-Dead is singing a sad lament of suffering and pain, and demonstrates once again that Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows are still entirely beyond comparison. The vinyl edition is made in classy black 160g vinyl with elaborate laser-engraved etching on the B-side. Printed inner sleeves, and is hand-numbered by Anna-Varney Cantodea.

Some bands believe, that they are extremely ‘original’ and ‘interesting’, if they talk about anything, but their sound… So read, what Straftanz wrote about their album: We are Straftanz. We scream freedom, yet we are unfree. We are people without morale and discipline, yet you adore us when we sagaciously state the wrong. We are the soft concrete that offers good rest for your weary brains. We piss on graves to show you that parables are sometimes parabolic. We do not care for the cave paintings on the faces of the elitists. We set words to march in rows and hide explosives in between them. We know that hand that held the chisel, but that does not mean that those words engraved in stone still have meaning for us. We steal from the strong, because we know: It is not about where you take it but about where you take it to. We feel part of a culture that is not "sub", but we do not feel rotten enough to drop any dogma without second thoughts. The elite tremble in fear, even though they still have no idea what we hung up above their heads. We are not crazy, not wise, not original, not ironic and we are not abstract. But we will drown your Hierarchies in sweat. Get ready. Mainstream. Sellout. Overground.

All Seasons Pass is unlike any previous System Syn album. The album tells the true story of the final tragic days of a young woman as seen through her eyes and through the eyes of those around her. From the opening electronic hum of “God Damn”, the haunting opening lyrics of “Mercy”, the echoing pain of “Homecoming” and the sorrowful, danceable “Confession”, All Seasons Pass stands as a masterful work of art from one of the genre’s most unique and inspiring talents.

Our favorite Belgian time-travelers Len Lemeire, Jan D'Hooghe and Jean-Luc De Meyer just returned from their last intergalactic mission. 32 Crash are back on Earth. Front 242's lead-vocalist and his gang lead us through this 20-track album, depicting a detailed state of the World, in the year 2112. With this new 'Y2112Y' full length album, 32 Crash opens the door to a parallel 'music' universe where upbeat futuristic electronic tunes led by the unmatchable vocal talent of Jean-Luc De Meyer crash into electric wave vibes with a fresh minimal retro punk touch. One can always expect the unexpected with 32 Crash, thus we also get served a limited edition box containing, in addition to the album Y2112Y, an impressive remix album 'AD MMCXII' with 18 complete reinterpretations of Y2112Y tracks, all arranged and remixed by 32 Crash themselves, on which the Belgian boys reiterate their madness for a new "retro" sonic experience at full blast.

Coming in 6-panel Digipak. The new album "Into Nothing" is a well produced masterpiece with both dark electronics and remindable lyrics. On the opening track "The Worm" Svegsjö takes his dark rhythms and frenetic strength in vocals at a new level. On "Life Eraser" the vocals get even more brutal and frustration becomes real. Play it loud! "My Legacy" follows with a slower beat just to get back on agony level with up-tempo classic "Pain Receiver". Choirs which encourage to scream out the daily rage. In "A perfect World" cinematic hypnotized arranged bombastic soundscapes are accomponied with vocals as crying for help. Thirteenth Exile also pays a tribute to one of their favourites acts; Portishead with the excellent cover version of "Wandering Star". With monolithic details and massive beat - the album "Into Nohing" is nothing but pure electronic love.

Genre: Minimal, Synth, Retro, Flexi Pop, Robotic, New Wave, 80's Electro. Volume 4 of the successful ‘Minimal Electronics’-series, continues the concept of the first 3 volumes and features mostly fresh and promising new Electronic acts. Feat. a total of 24 bands for 77+ minutes. The CD comes with info-booklet. Again all material on the CD is exclusive, recorded for this compilation only. Limited and handnumbered to 500 copies! A great compilation, nice artwork and with a very ‘varied’ and fresh Electro sound. An amazing concept that works! Artists/Tracks: 01 Any Leave - We do recall 02 Pio d'Orco - Ho un problema 03 Echo West - Dark Space 04 Charles Lindbergh n.e.V. - Ich hab gedacht ich könnte (Hypermix) 05 Massendefect - Fokushima Mon Amour 06 Solitude FX - Illusions 07 Le' Ausgang - Rostike Liebe 08 Alien Skull Paint - Happy Suicide 09 Lower Synth Department - No Jelly Babies (Extended) 10 goJa moon ROCKAH - 3 Uhr 10 11 LinearF - Influenzia 12 Bube+Dame - Die Macht der Kleidung 13 Nejet Nok - Mutter Kind Maus 14 One Mad World Order - TOMSK-7 15 A² - Schwarze Begleiter 16 COLD-BIT - Happy Clown 17 Second Planet - Abyss 18 Anti Thrust - Ravings 19 Shift69 - Information Desire 20 Ungifted - Hell-O-Caligary VI 21 Svetski Bol - Weltschmerz 22 Christian Zander - Funkstörung 23 Thee Void Ov Rz19.84 - Rectifier (ESX Live Mix) 24 Radio Vril - Visions Throught The Mirror Gate.

Exactly 5 months after Vol.5, here now the Sixth Volume in the incredibly successful so80s [so eighties] series! Also this time blank & jones take you on a journey with some of their favorite 80ies hits. Many 12" mixes on CD for the first time plus the fantastic non-stop dj mix on the first cd make this 3CD deluxe box a true must have for every record collector. Now, to round up this fantastic year, "so8os [so eighties] Vol.6" hits the streets and presents once again an exclusive mix of legendes like Frankie Goes To Hollywood, New Order or ABC, but also brings you hidden gems which you haven't heard in a long time. The main focus is on the joy and fun that this music still provides today. No rules, no borders! This great diversification of these ten years can also be heard on the non-stop DJ mix which Blank & Jones present on the first disc of this triple cd box. Kept in the authentic vinyl mix style for the real 80s feeling, but using todays finest technolgy for the best sound improvement. Tracks CD1 | 80:26 minutes Mixed by Blank & Jones: 01 When Smokey Sings (Detroit Mix) - ABC 02 You Came (Shep Pettibone Remix) - Kim Wilde 03 The Great Commandment (Extended Dance Mix) - Camouflage 04 Blind Vision (Long Version) - Blancmange 05 Change Your Mind (Razormaid Version) - Sharpe & Numan 06 Shellshock (Extended Version) - New Order 07 Jerusalem (The Palace Version) - Alphaville 08 When Love Is The Missing Word (Extended Version) - Cretu & Thiers 09 I Just Can't Wait (Extended Version) - Mandy Smith 10 Change Of Heart (12" Club Remix) - Cyndi Lauper feat. The Bangles 11 No Promises (Dance Mix) - Icehouse 12 Junge Roemer (Specially Remixed Version) - Falco 13 Love Changes (Everything) (Love mix) - Climie Fisher 14 Rage Hard (Broad Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 15 Turn Back The Clock (12'' Extended Mix) - Johnny Hates Jazz 16 Koo Koo (Remix) - Sheila E. 17 All Around The World (Long Version) - Lisa Stansfield 18 Hanging On A Heart Attack (Dance Mix) - Device 19 Sweet Surrender (Extended Version) - Wet Wet Wet 20 Heaven Help Me (Full Lenght Version) - Deon Estus with George Michael. Tracks CD 02 | 89:26 minutes UnMixed compiled by Blank & Jones: 01 More Than I Can Bear (Remix) - Matt Bianco 04:41 02 Down To Earth (Extended Mix) - Curiosity Killed The Cat 06:00 03 Rage Hard (Broad Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 08:37 04 Junge Roemer (Specially Remixed Version) - Falco 07:33 05 When Smokey Sings (Detroit Mix) - ABC 06:45 06 Jerusalem (The Palace Version) - Alphaville 06:10 07 You Came (Shep Pettibone Remix) - Kim Wilde 07:33 08 I Just Can't Wait (Extended Version) - Mandy Smith 07:16 09 Koo Koo (Remix) - Sheila E. 05:10 10 When Love Is The Missing Word (Extended) - Cretu & Thiers 05:28 11 Heaven Help Me (Full Version) - Deon Estus with George Michael 04:39 12 Sweet Surrender (Extended Version) - Wet Wet Wet 06:47 13 Turn Back The Clock (12'' Extended Mix) - Johnny Hates Jazz 07:01 14 Sehnsucht (Maxi Version) - Purple Schulz & Die Neue Heimat 05:12. Tracks CD 03 | 89:48 minutes UnMixed compiled by Blank & Jones: 1 The Damned Don't Cry (Dance Mix) - Visage 05:40 2 The Great Commandment (Extended Dance Mix) - Camouflage 05:58 3 Still Smiling (Extended Version) - I Start Counting 07:49 4 Shellshock (Extended Version) - New Order 09:43 5 Blind Vision (Long Version) - Blancmange 09:37 6 Change Your Mind (Razormaid Version) - Sharpe & Numan 07:46 7 Change Of Heart (12" Club Remix) - Cyndi Lauper feat. The Bangles 07:53 8 Hanging On A Heart Attack (Dance Mix) - Device 07:30 9 Love Changes (Everything) (LOVE Mix) - Climie Fisher 07:42 10 No Promises (Dance Mix) - Icehouse 08:48 11 Voyeur (Full Lenght Version) - Kim Carnes 03:55 12 All Around The World (Long Version) - Lisa Stansfield 07:04.

On their widely-anticipated new studio album, Irish/English bandmates Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson have been hard at work crafting the new album into something far more conceptualized and thematic than previous releases. Calling the new album an "Opus of Retro-futurism", Ronan has been streamlining the music, artwork, and imaging of this album into a concept that encompasses the industrialization and technology of late 30s America while embracing the technology of today.

After fabricating the time machine with their last album/DVD ‘Operation: Zeitsturm’, the imaginary radio station now invites you to a test drive into the past… …and the time machine works. Originally announced as an EP, this W:E release comes now as full-length album, and it’s first limited edition contains a full-length DVD as well. The CD features totally 9 cover versions in typical W:E retro-future sound, two remakes of classic W:E songs (by Hertzinfarkt and The Girl & the Robot), two all new songs (Der Kalte Krieg + Deutsche Liebe), two short radio-plays and a top secret vintage track (hidden track)… The DVD (strictly with the first edition only) features the best of the best of past Welle: Erdball shows.

Psychedelic and gaudy, messy and robotic, X-Ray Pop’s music has never been from it’s era: it missed the great whirls of the 60/70s, from Zappa to Kraftwerk. But it was also too early in it’s own era to be able to cope with dandies of the acid and fluo generations. It even could try, in the 80’s, to pick a quarrel with Rita Mitsouko, but hits, Didier and his hallucinated mates always preferred to torn, to torture more than to turn them into gold. Indies by mission, pain in the ass by taste, on the edge by means, libertarians by insolence, girls and boys from X-Ray Pop didn’t make their life’s easy: The price for an uncompromising attitude.