CLAN OF XYMOX

Clan Of Xymox have announced the releasedate of their highly anticipated album "Blood Of Christ"

The titlesong "Blood Of Christ" from the album is so far the only track you can buy and listen to on their Bandcamp and Spotify, the upcoming album are set to be released in December 6, and you can pre-order the album now. 

About Clan Of Xymox: 

Formed in Amsterdam in 1984, Clan of Xymox became one of the mainstays of the 4AD label. The Clan's dark electro-gothic approach to music quickly became the benchmark by which all other bands to follow were judged. In it´s long and storied history, Clan Of Xymox has developed a signature dark electro-gothic sound that has made the act adored around the world. 

Clan Of Xymox @ FACEBOOK 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

PROGRESS PRODUCTIONS 2004-2024

Progress Productions celebrate 20 years of Progress with the album: Progress Productions 2004-2024 - 20th Year Anniversary Compilation, that is out now on Bandcamp and Spotify. 

About Progress Production: 

Founded in Sweden 2004. Progress Productions with a base in Gothenburg is the leading label for alternative/industrial/electronic music in the Nordics. Behind the label stand Torny Gottberg and through the 20 years of existing many big names like, Kite, Henric de la Cour and Cosmic Overdose formerly known as Twice A Man have released tracks and their first steps through the label. 

The compilation is a dream for the alternate and industrial lover of electronic music, many different subgenres are together on the album, big names like CRYO, Johan Baeckström, Spark!, ABU NEIN, Agent Side Grinder and Xenturion Prime are in a mixture with less famous bands and constellations.

Progress Productions - 20 Years Festival on Saturday 16 November had an incredible line-up, and after a few years with a pandemic the festival finally was back. 

The lineup on stage was: 

SPARK! 

Portion Control 

ME THE TIGER 

ABU NEIN 

Cosmic Overdose 

Unroyal 

Your Enemy 

Anadyr 

The album is available now digital on Progress Productions BANDCAMP 

Progress Productions @ BANDCAMP 

Progress Productions @ FACEBOOK 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

KLANGWALD-CHART WEEK 47

Yesterday we handled GEWC and today I am checking out the other important chart for our electronic artists in the synthgenres, Klangwald-Chart. 

Klangwald-Chart have a limit of maximum 8 week for a track to be on the list and next week is the last week for The Cure to be on the chart, will Robert Smith and the rest stay on place number 1 next week?

If you look at the chart for this week we have 5 newcomers on the chart: 

The highest newcomer is: 

Piston Damp - On My Knees on place number 3

 

Beborn Beton have a new single out and the follower to their succesful "American Girls" in "Ticket To The Moon" and that one is a newcomer on place number 5 this week.

 

Torul is a challenger for GEWC this week, but this week one of the newcomers on the chart at place number 10 with "Just Go" The new EP contains 3 awesome remixes so check them out aswell.

 

The amazing Solar Fake remix on Future Lied To Us and their single "Code" is one of my big favourites right now, the only problem is that I can´t find it on any digital stores, so not possible to buy it, sure, we have it on Spotify and Tidal but it isn´t helping me as a dj. 

This masterpiece goes in to place 11 at the chart.

   

The last newcomer on place 15 is from Norway and the genius musical mind of Kim Lunner ft Lars Ludwig Sörensen with "Wings Of Silver"

 

That was the newcomers on Klangwald-Chart week 47. The big question is when The Cure leaving the top and the chart after next week, who will take over the throne? 

Beside the top 15 tracks we have challengers or neuverstellungen and we have 9 tracks that want to get into the chart this week: 

Stars Crusaders - "Hidden In My Memory"

 

Uncreated - "We Will Attack"

 

deZeption - "A New World Is Rising"

 

thefricolix - "Chopper"

 

Into The Blood - "Deserts Of Flames"

 

Lights Of Euphoria - "Surrender"

 

Dicepeople - "Elemental"

 

Destroy Me Again - "Dopamin"

 

Social Order - "Miss You"

   

You can influence the list/chart by voting on the website, you must vote for at least two of your favorites. You must register on the website with your email in order to participate and vote.

KLANGWALD-CHART 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

GEWC WEEK 47

We have entered a new week and today/tonights first post is about one of the biggest and most important list for artists in electronic music, I am talking about German Electronic Web Chart or GEWC and top 15 tracks. 

This is a chart I am following strictly every Monday when it is released and I am also one of them voting on top 15 tracks. Once again, Beborn Beton and "American Girls" is on number one spot, closely followed by Gulvöss - "Running With The Light" and on third place this week, we have Sono - Like Glass. Especially Beborn Beton´s song have been on the top now for a while. 

I am also very happy and pleased to see my good friends in Cold Connection going in as newcomers with "Voices Of The Night" on place 8, together with legendary Rue Oberkampf and "I Won´t Surrender" as the highest newcomer on place 4 and a new name for me on place 10 in Encephalon - "Last Day At The Institute" 

I have written about some of the challengers before here on Muzik Mag Sweden, so if you follow and reading my post you will recognize some of them. 

Now my friends, it is time for the challengers or Neuvorstellungen in German. 

Neon Space Men and their amazing cover of one the best DM songs in my personal opinion "Shake The Disease" is one on my favourites among the contenders, out now through the label NSM Records

 

Torul and "Just Go" is one of the latest releases on Infacted Recordings

 

Pneumagnosis is a band from Boston, Massachusetts with "Let The Flowers Fall" feature Cat Hall of Dissonance, a dark electronic industrial, out now through the label Lukotyk Records

 

FrontAngel comes from Wiesbaden, Germany and the sound from her is electronic synthpop with nice melodies, the challenger is "Devil In My Soul" FrontAngel releases her music by herself.

 

Faderhead from Hamburg, Germany and his "Goth Rave" is very different if you compare to the other contestants. "Goth Rave" goes under Techno, Cyberpunk and EBM. "Goth Rave" is out now through

the label Not A Robot Records

 

Les Berrtas is from WÜrzburg, Germany and "Geistertanz" is happy futurepop with high energy. Another artist that release their music by themself.

 

Many German bands and constellations so far but now it is time for a band from the UK in Nature Of Wires and the single "Digital Silence", great dark electro with elements of Darkwave, taken from the album "Digital Silence", that came out back in August. This band has actually done many remixes for artists like Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Sea Of Sin and Laether Strip just to mention some.

 

Last out in my presentation is a band that needs no further introduction, Piston Damp and "To My Knees" The preview is the fantastic extended version.

 

The whole chart in full is HERE 

If YOU want to participate and vote for your favourites, get over to GEWC homepage, and register yourself for voting.

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

NORDARR

Photocredit: Alexander Jung

Up next, powerful EBM from Germany and NordarR.  

Once upon at time, member in Proceed and now with the project NordarR with the latest single "Tolerance" - Out now on Spotify. 

NordarR @ FACEBOOK 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

 

BESTIAL MOUTH + REMIXES

The EBM weekend and Sunday starts up with some Industrial Goth EBM from Bestial Mouth and the remixes on the brilliant EP "Backbone" (the remixes) out now on Negative Gains Productions 

On the EP we have remixes from Orphx, Daniel Myer, Broken English, Snowbeasts and Rebeka Warrior. 

"Backbone" is produced by Bestial Mouth and one of the leading members after Bill Leeb in Front Line Assembly, I am speaking about Rhys Fulber. 

The sounds of the remixes of the tracks is a mixture of Front Line Assembly, The Prodigy and Industrial Technoacts with elements of Dark Electronic, and Goth. 

"Slitskin" from this EP have two banging heavy industrial remixes from Orphx and Daniel Myer, that really make this old synthdude of me to hump around on my chair. 

"Vast Murmur" and the remix from Broken English follows up the Daniel Myer mix of "Slitskin" in a perfect way. 

"Hex" and the remix from Snowbeasts is more of a clubtrack, with a straight housekick and raving melodies, feels a bit more of a future/synth pop song. 

"Never Did I" is the last track in remix and also the darkest and deepest and the remix from Rebeka Warrior. Strictly darkwave, with a typical gothic sound. 

My personal favourites from the EP is without any doubts, "Slitskin" and "Vast Murmur" 

The album "Backbone" came out back in February and you can find it HERE 

Bestial Mouth @ FACEBOOK 

Bestial Mouth @ BANDCAMP 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe

G.H.T.

In Sweden we actually have a bunch of banging EBM acts, like Pouppée Fabrikk, Strikkland, C37, Sturm Cafe, Spark! and G.H.T. just to mention some.

It is time to give you G.H.T. - Swedish EBM from Alingsås and Yesterday, Friday the album "Chaos" dropped on Bandcamp and Spotify. 

We played the track "We Seek Disorder" a couple of weeks back on Electric Cafe and now the album is out.´The album contains strictly EBM all the way. 10 bangers for the lovers of EBM, it is really hard to sit still so I feel that I have to do a EBM mixtape for you that I hopefully can release around same time we have our EBM special evening on Electric Cafe on November 27 at 9 PM. 

G.H.T. @ FACEBOOK 

G.H.T. @ BANDCAMP 

DJ Thessla of Muzik Mag Sweden & Electric Cafe