Wave Tension Records – W10.20, Cosmic Brood Records – CBR010 (2024) Minimal Synth / Synth Punk artist from Croatia. Neon Lies started as a synth wave bedroom solo adventure in late 2015 by Goran Lautar while he was still singing and playing guitar in Modern Delusion and The Celetoids, prominent bands from Zagreb's fertile D.I.Y. scene gathered around Doomtown Records. Demons” is the 4th album and the logical progression from minimalistic lo-fi darkwave sound crafted on highly praised previous last effort “Loveless Adventures”, but from this one you can expect even more dwelling into the darker dystopian side of up-to-date electronic sounds from European underground clubs and sweaty stroboscopic flash dance floors. Both restless and intimate, “Bridges” brings eleven personal hymns full of icy synth lines, rubbery bass punches along with minimal wave drum beats that are all accompanied by desperate and warm vocal manoeuvres. The whole album works like initiation to lose yourself into the peak of the night while repetitively moving your feet, body and your mind for the sake of tricking the everlasting loneliness! Music and lyrics by Neon Lies Recorded and produced by Neon Lies Post production by Studio Rattus Rattus Vinyl mastering by Ruud Lekx Artwork by Sven Sorić Co-release with Wave Tension Records Limited edition of 500 copies Comes with lyrics insert. Bandcamp 試聴 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demons

Wave Tension Records – W10.10 (2024) After 2021’s critically acclaimed album “Afraid To Leave”, Berlin based post-punkers Bleib Modern invited artist friends to take an outside perspectives on their tracks, resulting in the “2 Afraid 2 Leave” compilation, featuring remixes and reworks from several esteemed names within the darkwave, post-punk and EBM music scenes. From club bangers like IV Horsemen's version of "Bitter Smile" and M!R!M's synthpop take on "Into The Night" to Danish deviant pop artist Dune Messiah's crooner “Loony Voices”. With "2 Afraid 2 Leave" you can enjoy Bleib Modern's music from a different perspective while the band is working/writing brand new material. Tracklist A1 The KVB - Glow A2 Dune Messiah - Loony Voices A3 IV Horsemen - Bitter Smile B1 Grotto Terrazza - Your Skin B2 X!it Klaus - Sleep B3 Bring Her - Portrait B4 Promille Grazie - Soaked Bandcamp 試聴 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2-afraid-2-leave-ep1

Wave Tension Records – W10.10 (2024) After 2021’s critically acclaimed album “Afraid To Leave”, Berlin based post-punkers Bleib Modern invited artist friends to take an outside perspectives on their tracks, resulting in the “2 Afraid 2 Leave” compilation, featuring remixes and reworks from several esteemed names within the darkwave, post-punk and EBM music scenes. From club bangers like IV Horsemen's version of "Bitter Smile" and M!R!M's synthpop take on "Into The Night" to Danish deviant pop artist Dune Messiah's crooner “Loony Voices”. With "2 Afraid 2 Leave" you can enjoy Bleib Modern's music from a different perspective while the band is working/writing brand new material. Tracklist　 A1 The Underground Youth - Around Your Arms A2 Shad Shadows - Walls Remix – Shad Shadows A3 M!R!M - Into The Night B1 Das Beat - Glow B2 Blind Delon - Loony Voices B3 Nox -Sleep Bandcamp 試聴 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2-afraid-2-leave-ep2

Wave Tension Records – W10.19 (2023) Raderkraft takes you on an introspective journey to the darkest corners of the human mind with his 4th release called "Politiestaat?!" The icy synthesizers, hypnotic rhythms and piercing vocals weave a story with the central themes of fear, misunderstanding and rejection. Raderkraft brings his signature sound, a unique mix of raw energy and refined minimalism, back to life. This time only up-tempo songs, partly in Dutch and also including a remix plus a French cover. It also -finally- marks the release of the crowd favorite "De Witte Streep" (in remastered version) on vinyl! The lavish lyrics reflect a sense of rejection in an indifferent polarizing society. This mini album will make you think, feel and finally realize that we live in turbulent times Bandcamp 試聴 https://raderkraft.bandcamp.com/album/politiestaat https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/politiestaat

Possession Records (2) – PSSN10, Wave Tension Records – W10.18 (2023) No. is the tenth Soft Riot album by Glasgow-based Canadian synth auteur Jack Duckworth (also known as JJD). With origins from the mid-nineties in the vibrant art-punk/hardcore dominating the West Coast American/Canadian underground at the time, he has clocked in over twenty five years of musical output in various bands and projects, including first-wave post-punk revivalists Radio Berlin (1998-2005) and industrial synth-punk collective A Luna Red (Gold Standard Labs, 1999-2003). No. is the logical follow-up to When Push Comes To Shove, released in November 2019 on the Glasgow UK-based label Possession Records, which saw some critical acclaim in the increasingly diverse synthwave scene — a crystallization of the artist’s signature “SynthLord” sound. With No. things have been shaken up and pushed into new directions. Many different factors came into play, including the conditions of the pandemic lockdowns and an urge for listening to music favourites from beyond his own scene informed developments on this new record. One key feature of these tracks is that under these conditions they were developed as individual pieces — a constrasting approach from previous albums where tracks were written with an album in mind. An evaluation of all of these individual tracks in the summer of 2022 unveiled a common pattern going through these new compositions. One can still hear any number of echoes of the spirits of original synth artists in his sound, such as Images in Vogue, The Box, Section 25, Thomas Dolby, Skinny Puppy, Chrome, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Japan and Bill Nelson. However, some of Jack’s halcyon punk influences surface as well, taking inspiration from legendary punk/hardcore labels such as Dischord and Gravity, as listening habits over pandemic steered back towards more guitar-based styles. The introduction of expanded production techniques, experiments with vocal styles and tones, and stylistic shifts mark a progression of Soft Riot’s sound. The result is a snarkier, urgent and more playful, with a focus on pure synthpop, new wave, art-punk, proto-EBM as well as grittier synth-punk and post-punk tones. Bandcamp 試聴 https://softriot.bandcamp.com/album/no https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no

Wave Tension Records – W10.17 (2023) Colombian producer Faunes Efe known under his moniker Filmmaker, is one of the most productive and vital producers in the EBM, Industrial, Synth-wave and Electro community. He has quickly build a cult following amongst those with an affinity for dystopian electronics drenched in seductive darkness. After more than 20 records within a 5 year span, Filmmaker keeps running engines with “Machinations”, a mini-album containing 7 cuts that blast a mechanical blend of Electroclash and Minimal Synth. This ride of prominent square waves, robotic beats and detuned atmospheres is born from mainly two instruments: a Syntakt & a processed guitar. Bandcamp 試聴 https://filmmaker.bandcamp.com/album/machinations https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/machinations

Wave Tension Records – W10.16 (2023) The interstellar cosmonauts of Staatseinde create a theatrical mix of pulsing electro with nostalgic hopeful synthlines, all performed live with synthesizers, a sequencer and tantalizing vocals. From Wave to EBM, from NDW to Punk and everything else in and out of the box. It is like walking into a club meeting Kraftwerk on speed and The Sex Pistols on acid. Their new release “De Nieuwe Golf” is characterized by dystopian prospects and hopeful sounds, confirming Staatseinde's name as the founder of the “Neue Niederländische Welle”, in other words the New Dutch Wave. The uplifting italo rifs in opening track “Grauw” take you on a journey through a gray world in which color cannot be taken for granted. Minimal wave track “Einzelganger” makes you feel like an outsider who can't keep up with society. “Geef Me De Tijd” sounds like a schizophrenic dreamer swinging casually, but ending as a hard hitting track. Dystopian doom and pessimism is captured in EBM/techno floor filler “Doembeelden”. The raw West Coast Sound of Holland infused “La Haya” is a tribute to the city of The Hague which calls out on everybody to get wasted. The epic ode to space travel “Ruimtevaart Vooruit (2022 Refix)” is back in a rendition inspired by Rude66’s 2010 remix version. “Isla Inutile” is a dark and tropical delirium. In the hopeful “Alles is Weg”, Staatseinde takes you from the downfall on the way to...? Staatseinde’s "De Nieuwe Golf" holds up a mirror to humanity…progress has not helped us any further. There is hope…but will this new wave be on time? Or is it already too late? Bandcamp 試聴 https://staatseinde.bandcamp.com/album/de-nieuwe-golf https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/de-nieuwe-golf

The Ultimate Dreamers are a Belgian post-punk / cold wave band. Active in the mid-80’s and heavily influenced by the British post-punk dissonant style and the Belgian cold-wave melancholic atmosphere, the band resurrected during the COVID lock-down, releasing a selection of good old songs on the “Live Happily While Waiting For Death” CD and vinyl in 2021. A dynamic impulse that brought The Ultimate Dreamers not only back on stage but also into the studio to work on new material. The magic is back! The Ultimate Dreamers feel stronger than ever and enjoy uniting past, present and future on this exciting “Echoing Reverie” EP In their new line-up, The Ultimate Dreamers reach a subtle balance between light and darkness: a poignant cold wave fusion of futuristic danceable dream pop with a retro noisy post-punk attitude with surrealistic introspective cynical lyrics dealing with fleeting life, melancholic solitude and other inner demons.. Produced by Len Lemeire (Implant, 32crash, Anne Clark…), the new songs intelligently merge nostalgic cold wave chills and alluring poignant vocals with carrying basslines and irresistible danceable beats to become “less is more” addictive tunes that capture you in no time. If you like bands such as New Order, The Cure, Minimal Compact, Trisomie 21 or yet Section 25, “Echoing Reverie” comes highly recommended for a timeless dusk sonic experience at the crossroads of darkness and brightness. Let us also notice their lingering electric interpretation of AC/DC’s classic “Hell’s Bells”. See the magic operate and let The Ultimate Dreamers carry you in their echoing reverie… Bandcamp 試聴 https://theultimatedreamers.bandcamp.com/album/echoing-reverie-vinyl-ep https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/echoing-reverie

Wave Tension Records – W10.13, Possession Records – PSSN09 (2023) "Preparing Singularity" is the debut album by Berlin-based EBM act Transhuman Rebirth, currently a one-man side project of renowned German synth-punk artist Ben Bloodygrave. Already instantly recognizable on the European synth/wave scene and touring circuit with his high octane aggressive minimal synth, Bloodygrave started this new project over the past few years focusing more on classic, first-wave EBM, moulding the nine tracks on "Preparing Singularity" into a sound thats recognizable to fans of the starting foundations of the genre. While retaining a sound thats unique and solely its own, elements of minimal wave and synth-punk are fused in these propulsive tracks, with nods to old idols such as Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Front 242 and Absolute Body Control. Transhuman Rebirth is subjectually futuristic to dystopian, interspersed with political statements. The lyrics focus on topics that are current and modern, including science, technology, surveillance and artificial intelligence - all delivered through Bloodygraves well-known vocal style with a sound that is much rougher and with compositions and sound designs that are more complex than his main Ben Bloodygrave persona. Bandcamp 試聴 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/preparing-singularity

Wave Tension Records – W10.08 (2021) Wires & Lights - 4-piece English/German Post Punk band from Berlin 2019年にリリースされたデビューアルバムのCDに4曲のボーナストラックを含む 限定版 (300枚) ゲートフォールドダブルLPとしてリリース Bandcamp https://wireslights.bandcamp.com/album/a-chasm-here-and-now

Wave Tension Records – W10.05T (2020) イタリアのDark Electronic Duoの3枚目のアルバム “Toxic Behaviours” 現代の儀式の探究における 技術的な征服、死んだ世代、都市の暴力、表面性、虚栄心の背後にある象徴性を検証 表現している 暗黒社会への探求 全10曲 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/toxic-behaviours

Wave Tension Records – W10.03 (2021) Gary Numan's 40th anniversary Tribute album 参加アーティスト Agent Side Grinder / Ash Code / Shad Shadows / Box & The Twins / SUIR / Synths Versus Me / Then Comes Silence https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-electric-gary-numan-revisited

Wave Tension Records – W10.06 (2021) SUIR - Denis WanicとLucia Seissのバンドプロジェクト (ドイツ / ケルン) Shoegaze / Cold Wave / Dark Wave / Post Punkがミックスされ今日の時代精神を完璧に満たした独自のサウンド Recorded live August 18th 2020 at TooSoon Studios in Cologne The session also includes the previously unreleased track “Not Accustomed To Be Hurt” https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/studio-session

Wave Tension Records – W10.02 (2017) French / Swiss Band (early 80s Cold Wave / Minimal Wave / Post Punk ) 2017年リリースの3枚目のアルバム 80s Cold Waveの精神を受け継ぐ 憂鬱と陰鬱さが混在する 独特な雰囲気のノスタルジックサウンド 全9曲 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lines-parallels-12-lp

Wave Tension Records – W10.04, Cosmic Brood Records – CBR004, Cut Surface – CS027, Black Verb Records – none (2020) Minimal Synth / Synth Punk artist from Croatia 2020年リリースの3枚目のアルバム 孤独、喪失、幸福、悲しみ、その他多くの感情を深く掘り下げた作品 lo-fi minimal darkwave sound 全9曲 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/loveless-adventures

Wave Tension Records – W10.07T (2021) Glaring is the Experimental Cold Wave / Dark Wave Post Punk solo project of German based musician Anna Nin. It was formed in 2018 when she decided to continue her previous solo project called None under its new name Glaring. "Nebula"は静寂に包まれた悲しげな歌声, 鼓動するドラムマシン, 反響するギター そしてミニマリストのシンセティック構造が織りなす不気味で美しいアルバム しかし暗闇からは光と強さ,喜びの瞬間色と希望が見え, 不安と混乱の時期には誰も考えもしなかったでしょう。これはAnna Ninの心の中を通る素晴らしい旅 Early 4AD meets Tropic of Cancer, Boards of Canada and the dreampop veneration of the Cocteau Twins https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nebula

Wave Tension Records – W10.09 (2021) Somewhere between minimal synth, electro and wave is the irresistible sound of Raderkraft, aka musician /producer Willem Stinissen from Amsterdam https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dust-debris

Wave Tension Records – W10.06 (2021) SUIR - Denis WanicとLucia Seissのバンドプロジェクト (ドイツ / ケルン) Shoegaze / Cold Wave / Dark Wave / Post Punkがミックスされ今日の時代精神を完璧に満たした独自のサウンド Recorded live August 18th 2020 at TooSoon Studios in Cologne The session also includes the previously unreleased track “Not Accustomed To Be Hurt” https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/studio-session

Wave Tension Records – W10.01 (2017) Electro New Wave indie Pop Band (Hamburg Germany) 2013年2月にNight-People Recordsからカセットテープとしてリリース 2017年に12"VinylとしてWave Tension Recordsからこれまでリリースされていなかった2曲とLiz Pavlovicによる新しいアートワークでリマスターリリース 洗練されたポップさと 退廃的な雰囲気の美しさが融合するどこか懐かしい音 魅惑的なメランコリー サウンド 全7曲 https://wavetensionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kraken-12-ep