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»Most people really hate our music«

Ponyclub Tartiflette is a Dutch provo punk band consisting of guitarist Annelies and drummer Anatole.

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07.11.2025

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»The urge to make music never goes away«

Dimitri Van Elsen is a Belgian electronic musician who was mainly active in the 1990s, both solo, in a duo with his brother Stefan and in a trio.

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06.11.2025

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Purity, innovation, and constant improvement

»Hyperfake« by Swagger Life is the second single in the »Songs From The Gutter« series from Brussel-based label Montage.

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07.07.2025

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Between tradition and innovation

Dutch guitar player Michiel Klein started his own experimental folk label Minorie, which he wants to use to make limited edition tape releases.

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30.06.2025

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Complete focus on exploration, discovery, and creation

Eric Arn is a Vienna-based American guitar player. His new album »fixe Idee« is a solo fingerstyle steel-string acoustic guitar album out on Feeding Tube and Carbon Records.

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25.05.2025

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»What happens when it’s the hand that bites?«

Wallonia-based quartet Dögmën released their debut »Bitten By The Hand« in 2024, a raw but catchy hardcore-punk album.

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23.05.2025

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»Doing things offline is a form of resistance«

Rotterdam-based The Hobknobs are Arie van Vliet (Lewsberg) and Yaël Dekker (The Klittens). The limited mini-tape »Gather No Moss« is their first release, containing three minimal and poppy indie-songs.

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22.05.2025

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Fear, realization, and acceptance

Staraya Derevnya is a British Israeli kraut-folk collective playing psychedelic improvisations. Their latest record is called »Garden Window Escape« and contains seven heavily loaded cut-up jams. 

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Joeri Bruyninckx
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15.04.2025

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»Do your thing«

»It’s Been a While« is the come-back single of Belgian EBM pioneer Luc Van Acker, remixed by Dirk Da Davo of Neon Judgement and Neon Electronics.

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19.03.2025

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Finding energy in exploration 

Canadian downbeat jazz musician Jarius Sharif released his second solo album »Basis Of Unity« as a follow-up to his 2022 debut.

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10.03.2025

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Songs that got lost along the way

Kroppskännedom is the solo act of Andreas Malm, key figure in the Swedish free rock / experimental scene. His self-titled debut LP blends elements of fourth world music, drone, library synth music and loner psych in a very natural way.

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10.02.2025

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Stress-free, respectful and enjoyable

»Tidawt« is a tape made by Australian drummer Will Guthrie and Malien Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedy. All profits from the album go to Ag Kaedy, who is in a particularly difficult financial situation, having been displaced from his Northern town of Kidal to the Southern capital of Mali, Bamako.

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08.02.2025

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Meditative and motoric

Bacht’n De Vulle Moane is the black metal duo A.A.K. and Scum. Their synth and drum computer-based debut »Klaagrituelen« was released at the end of 2024.

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09.01.2025

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Stoned immaculate

734smg is the moniker 37-year old Michigan-based Alex Yeager uses for his hiphop / trap music. He made more than 35 releases since 2015.

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08.01.2025

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Aggressive and cheeky

Primitive Call is a punk band from Turkey which formed at the beginning of 2024. They just released their first song called »I’m Sweet Enough«.

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26.12.2024

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Quiet and sparse

So Sner is the duo of bass clarinettist Susanna Gartmayer and electronic musician Stefan Schneider. »The Well« is their second collaborative album, out on Schneiders TAL label.

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22.11.2024

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Silver metal

Hexenhammer is a self-called Gen X metal band from Columbia, Tennessee. They started out in 1984, took a hiatus and returned in 2023 with »Hyberacula«.

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21.11.2024

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Cuteness and hard kicks

Droomwolkje is a trancecore DJ from Brussels, living in Ghent. She effortlessly incorporates J-core, hard trance melodies, hyperpop, hardtek grooves, ambient and bass into her DJ sets.

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21.11.2024

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»Nature can be insanely violent«

Furgur et Morte is the new moniker of prolific black metal veteran Déhà. With two albums in one month, he confirms his quantitative and qualitative output.

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12.11.2024

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»I aim to achieve a sense of open-endedness«

David Roeder makes head-scratching and otherworldly sound explorations as Nein Rodere. He also plays in bands such as CD3 and Primitive Structures.

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31.10.2024

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»It’s supposed to be chaotic and disturbing«

Aerdryk is the brainchild of Belgian black metal artist Corvus. His debut LP »Met De Driertand Op Mijn Huid« is a gritty and bass-heavy album based on the folklore of the Flanders region. A new release is on its way.

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28.10.2024

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Letting things unfold organically

After knowing each other for 20 years and trying to put together a tour for over a decade, Marcia Bassett and Ignatz finally made it happen and played several shows together. The result of that effort is archived as a tape, which is out now.

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17.10.2024

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»I blow in at the top, and noise comes out at the bottom«

Vienna-based saxophone player Michael Masen blows his horn mostly straight and hard, sometimes more nuanced. He’s no bullshit, in attitude and deliverance. You might know him from bands such as Mozo Mozo and FS Massaker, and collaborations with Linda Sharrock and Virginia Genta.

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16.10.2024

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»The noise holds secrets«

Joeri Cooremans solo black metal project Zwarte Dood delivers some of the dirtiest sounds around. In our interview, he talks about how sound, noise and music can evoke deeply personal, spiritual and ritualistic experiences.

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15.10.2024

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An ancient force

Oerheks is a Belgian Black Metal act whose music is based around the folklore of his hometown Kaggevinne.

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03.10.2024

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A kind of choreography

»iiinox« is a solo drum album by French out-of-the-box thinking percussionist Charles Dubois. In our interview, he talks about the intentions behind his work.

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02.10.2024

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»You have to let the music beat you down«

Syöttökäärme is a psychrock-band from Finland who just released their self-titled debut album, which is full of kosmische musik-based endless boogie.

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01.10.2024

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Black and white, good and evil, light and dark

»Piffiverse« is the debut EP by Antwep-based pop artist Piffy. It contains contrasting and vulnerable pop tunes.

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25.09.2024

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Get undressed, get dressed again

»Delayed for Repetitive Reasons« is an LP by Italian drummer Valentina Magaletti and the trio Jeugdbrand – Dennis Tyfus, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson and Jeroen Stevens. It’s the first release on Neo Müller’s Stoma Street Verlag.

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23.09.2024

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A soft spot for anti-capitalism

Bruges-based psych folk veteran Edgar Wappenhalter aka Steve Marreyt made an album inspired by Dutch non-conformist and communist poet Sonja Prins. 

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Joeri Bruyninckx
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20.09.2024

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