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Dark Electro

Baby Tap possessed the hardstyle genre with the maniacal aggression in DEMONS

Posted on 6 June 2023

Hardstyle got infinitely harder with the latest release from one of the most versatile Electronica artists and producers in any scene. Baby Tap’s latest feat of synthesised obscurity, DEMONS, is enough to rival the most visceral hits in $uicideboy$ and Wage War’s respective discographies.

The adrenalized aggression of the flawlessly finished released effortlessly resonates as galvanizingly chaotic energy, which won’t fail to leave you psyched by the UK-based experimental artist’s possession of the hot and heavy domain of electronica.

It may be different from what we have heard from Baby Tap before, but the cornerstones of subversion, darkness and cyberpunk harsh techno remain, and we stand firm on our position that asserts Baby Tap as one of the most seminally superlative acts in the UK right now.

DEMONS will officially release on June 6th; bastardise your ear canals with it by heading to YouTube.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Lucretia Death forged her industrial vampcore metal signature in blood in LIKE BATHORY

Posted on 27 January 2023
https://on.soundcloud.com/ah3bL

As scintillatingly seductive as Angelspit and Zombie Girl and with all the attitude as My Ruin, Lucretia Death’s latest single, LIKE BATHORY is a dark electro hit that you won’t dare to forget.

As murderous as God is a Girl with a Butcher Knife, LIKE BATHORY pays homage to a Hungarian serial killer Countess who shed the blood of up to 650 victims before history enveloped her with vampiric lore. The hypnotically caustic downtempo industrial beats effortlessly gel with her scathing declarations of monstrous affinity and narrations of evil by the hand of one of history’s most bloodthirsty.

The Phoenix, Arizona-residing solo artist brings the night to life through her sonic signature of industrial vampcore metal. This project began in April 2022, after the artist darkened the airwaves in various solo and collaborative conquests. Her most notable performances include performing at the Denver Vampire Ball and several other Vampire/BDSM events in Denver, Colorado.

LIKE BATHORY will be available to stream from January 27th via SoundCloud.

Follow Lucretia Death for updates and live performances via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Paul Edward Yu – T Montana: Cinematically Harsh Alt Electronica

Posted on 17 January 2021
https://soundcloud.com/pauledwardyu/t-montana-1?in=pauledwardyu/sets/the-shape-of-sound

With their latest release, songwriter, session guitarist and electronic producer, Paul Edward Yu, proved himself to be in the tragically small minority of artists with the ability to squeeze emotion from electronic sequencing alone.

Their 2020 album, ‘the shape of sound’, is home to a plethora of electrifyingly evocative instrumental tracks, but the perfect introduction to the Boston MA-based artist’s psychedelic stance on electronica is the single, ‘T Montana’.

It’s a progressive minefield of aural curveballs, the cold ambience the prelude serves is soon stripped-back and replaced with harsh cinematically caustic industrial elements contrasted by strikingly bright tonal textures. But discernibly, Paul Edward Yu saved the best for last. After the dub-laden tremulous breakdowns, the guitars tear through to the front of the mix in a way not easily forgotten.

T Montana is available to stream and download via Bandcamp or you can check it out via SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

JJ Mickey delivers adrenalizing Techno ingenuity with “Razor Elegant”

Posted on 17 November 2020

Canadian artist and producer JJ Mickey has dropped their most mesmerising release to date, Razor Elegant. From carnivalesque kaleidoscopic whirlwinds to build-ups which will leave you tense with anticipation, you can expect all of that and more.

The excitement I usually reserve for bands such as Nekrogoblikon started to manifest as soon as Razor Elegant hit it’s momentously entrancing peak. With the artist’s proclivity to play around with 8-bit and 16-bit Chiptune along with their affinity for Trance, Industrial and Classical, JJ Mickey delivered an insanely (quite literally) immersive drop with Razor Elegant.

If you have a penchant for experimental producers, you’ll definitely want JJ Mickey on your radar.

You can check out the adrenalizing mix for yourselves by heading over to SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Illegal NoiZe – Keep it Trill: Darkly Phantasmal Electronic Hip Hop

Posted on 14 November 2019

When it comes to dark Electronic Instrumental Hip Hop, no one quite beats the ominously captivating tones of Illegal NoiZe. Their recently released single “Keep it Trill” is just one of the hauntedly fresh singles which you will find on their debut album “The Black Album 2”.

Instead of producing a lucid Dreamwave soundscape, they’ve used their experimentalism to take you on a journey of chillingly atmospheric aural alchemy in Keep it Trill. Spooky season is over for this year but Keep it Trill is a chilling mix which will keep on giving. It may be a downtempo track, but there’s little chance your attention will falter from the dystopian single.

You can check out Illegal NoiZe’s single Keep it Trill along with the rest of their album via Spotify

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Long Earth Trading Company – The Long World: Darkly Dystopian Tech House

Posted on 14 November 2019

If you’re looking for darkly dystopian soundscapes to delve into, look no further than the tracks found on up and coming Electronica artist Long Earth Trading Company’s debut album “Sifting Through the Wreckage”.

While each of the singles offers their own doom-laden mise en scenes using aural atmospherics alone, the best introduction to Long Earth Trading Company’s sound is “The Long World”. The futuristic Tech House mix always keeps you within a grip of curious disconcertment as you anticipate how the mostly instrumental mix will evolve next. There’s a spacey Sci-Fi vibe behind the beats while the vocal samples will make you feel as though you’ve ended up in a darker old school Doctor Who episode.

You can check out Long Earth Trading Company’s single The Long World for yourselves by heading over to Spotify now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

MAR1 – Thunderstorms: Accessibly Sweet R&B Dark Electro

Posted on 7 January 2019

Even for those who find exploring the EDM scene a little daunting, music fans of all persuasions are bound to find accessibility in MAR1’s latest single “Thunderstorms”. With his latest single the up and coming artist created an Alternative Electronic R&B track which progresses with a moody tonality and crystal-clear vocals which allow you to form a real connection to the vocals as the emotively-steeped lyrics to Thunderstorms are versed.

Alongside the strikingly pensive vocals, the beat constantly switches up in momentum, lacing the single with viscerally raw anthemics. The choice to end the melancholically-mused single on a tentative piano melody was nothing short of genius after the lashings of bass which you are treated to throughout Thunderstorms.

You can check out MAR1’s latest single Thunderstorms for yourselves by heading over to SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast