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By Craig Gordon Cyberpunk music. Which tones and rhythms embody Cyberpunk? Which style defines the genre? As a Cyberpunk, which sound pulses relentlessly through your brain?...
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With soothing synths and killer beats, Kent/London DJ BEKIMACHINE brings a fresh take to the synthpop genre via her new single Saga. Synthpop isn’t something I often frequent,...
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Astral Tales’ new release, The Last Resplendent, marks the end of the Red Iris Saga. Or should I say the beginning? I have presented Astral Tales’ body of work here, but let’s...
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After a grueling night shift in a factory that seems to have more robotic employees than human, you wake coated in sweat. Has it always been this hot this time of year? Your...
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Crossing the Uncanny Valley – Perturbator, Société des Arts Technologiques (Montréal), May 13th, 2019. Music
Perturbator is without a doubt the best known synthwave artist presently active. What is less known, however, is that Perturbator is James Kent, son of Nick Kent, journalist...
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If you think about it, the histories of video game and cyberpunk culture are closely intertwined. Both began gestating in the late 1970s and began leaving their marks on pop...
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“He’s really reaching now,” you’re probably thinking. “He can’t keep reeling in synthpop bands forever. I want more industrial, fucker.” And sure, Metric, the four-piece new...
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If you’ve been on any music sites in the last five years, chances are you know about Death Grips. Hitting the music industry like a bat with nails spiked into it through a...
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Great news for synthwave fans: indie label FiXT Neon has just given Neon Dystopia the honor of showcasing the first single off Pylot’s upcoming EP. Clean our those earholes of...
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Trip hop is a tricky genre to get your head around if you’re a filthy casual listener. In more ways than one, it feels like it was beamed back to us from the future–it draws...
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Sometimes, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes certain kinds of music fall under the cyberpunk umbrella. If the scope is too broad, you risk lumping in modern music...
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In the avalanche of synthwave released in the last decade or so, artists have to be inventive to stand out. Hailing from Spain, Astral Tales had the good idea to tell a story....
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With 9 tracks of in-your-face darkwave, Varigator’s first album Ritual Debasement is here to spread some sweet electronic corruption. Ritual Debasement. The name caught me...
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Back in August, we interviewed Brandon Smith, the sole member of The Anix, about his musical inspirations and his then upcoming album Shadow_Movement. Now unleashed upon the...
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Breaking a 7 year hiatus, Zwaremachine is back with their new album Be A Light. Churning out dark ebm/industrial music reminiscent of early Nine Inch Nails and Skinny Puppy,...
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We crossed into the San Francisco Bay across a fog laden bridge and surrounded by the diffuse red lights of brakes from our large numbers of companions on this journey. Over us...
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I step into the maw of the RV that has been the home of the Glitch Mode Decode Tour for the last few weeks. It is parked in a glistening late night San Francisco street, and...
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The year is 2753, and this a story of one woman’s revenge for the loss of her girlfriend at the hands of a mega corporations president. Have you heard this plot before? I hope...
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The Anix is a band that have been walking the streets of our cyberpunk present, while creating sounds of the future, since the turn of the century, Y2K itself – the year 2000....
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Back in the year 2000, I was working in a major record store, and everybody was dancing to Madonna’s Music. Well, almost everybody. I, for one, was shaking my booty to a very...