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Asmodaeus :: Lies and Logic (Walhalla)

Reviews 08/31/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Asmodaeus’ bleak and weary style immediately gaining praise from the faithful. Gasps and guitar strings, sighs and cheap synths, drum machines and dirge; a superb record […]

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Kline Coma Xero :: Kline Coma Xero (Medical)

Reviews 08/23/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Brief and bright minded, grief stricken and unresolved, a troubled tension given voice and sound. Simply a superb first album. I always enjoy to see […]

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Verslo Rizikos Rezervas :: Nebelipk (Bordello A Parigi)

Reviews 07/16/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

New Wave retrospection is at the core, Modern Romantics with an Eastern European tongue. My knowledge of Lithuania is pretty limited. I know the capital, […]

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Jennifer Touch :: Jennifer Touch EP (Lunatic)

Reviews 07/10/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

New Wave and Synth Pop are immediate influences, but there’s a cold Electro seam running through the 12”. Leipzig’s Lunatic opened its vinyl doors last […]

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V/A :: Sie Hat Schenkel Wie Godzilla – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Kernkrach)

Reviews 06/19/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Clever, diverse and totally absorbing—bringing together new names in Synth Wave while corralling some old favorites. One strength of Kernkrach, and its myriad sublabels, has […]

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LUX REC :: Under the spotlight

Profiles 06/19/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Back four years ago the DJ partnership of Cosmo and Faber decided to set up the Lux Rec imprint, and the rest (as the cliché […]

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Les Invalides :: Au Revoir 1978-81 (Kernkrach)

Reviews 06/04/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

I was struck by the earthiness of the sound, a pastiche slant set in a rich analogue formula that lacked contemporary pretension. The mini-album of […]

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