FRAGRANCE - Salt Water (CD / Vinyl / Digital) (Synth Religion) Fragrance, the solo project of Matthieu Roche from Paris is back.After his great debut album NowThat I'm Real from 2019,he returns with the follow-up album Salt Water. His catchy,melancholic dream-pop-synth-sound, often supported by pounding bass thumps and his sensual vocals... It's still all there. He is one of the musicians of Hélène De Thoury's (aka Hante) Synth Religion label. Fragrance balances on the edges between synth-wave,dream-pop,minimal and synth-wave. For all I care, he can fall off that edge, because it doesn't matter a damn thing. He keeps mesmerizing us,whatever he does.This SaltWater is a veryworthy successor to his debut.He is in the purebred stable of the Synth Religion label, so let him work out his devils.This is a top notch musician who has a lot to offer which he just proved here with verve. [JB] THE PULSEBEATS - LOOKIN’OUT (CD / Digital) The newest release,Lookin’Out, is not a major step forward for The Pulsebeats, rather, just a damn good record. The quartet does a brilliant job of not only uniting energy with punk-rock (which can sometimes be a difficult task) but bringing a rockabilly feel to the songs. Comparing life to a movie, The Pulsebeats bring a certain cinematic element to their songwriting.Our life does not always resemble a movie. Either good or bad. But if some artists tend to create the feeling of euphoria, The Pulsebeats are like your good friends - they're around with a hand on your shoulder.They almost tell you: Don’t worry, sit down, relax, enjoy the picture, no matter what happens the story will end positively. Just like the quartet finishing the record with the closing track ( and the brilliant one! ) “Coma State”. [DV] ANALFABETISM - Rotvälta (CD / Digital) Stockholm’s centipede Fredrik Djurfeldt is a musician of multiple talents.Besides being the front man of EBM act Severe Illusion, and being part of the fantastic ALVAR, this Swedish artist also has a much darker and more obscure side/project; Analfabetism. With this alter ego he fully exposes and exploits the world's dark-ambient and noisey soundscapes.This particular album he dedicated to Sten... Sten being Fredrik's cat that has sadly passed away... On this album, Rotvälta (Swedish for a turned over tree root - hence the cover artwork),Herr Djurfel, as he calls himself,used sounds which somehow seemed to move Sten.So we can say, together, they created six lengthy dark and doomy sound tapestry tracks, almost all exceeding an equal amount of minutes. Take your favourite drink in hand, sit or lay down on your most comfortable couch, switch off the light, turn on this album... and shiver! If you are a fan of dark, ominous, industrial ambient soundscapes you should definitely check this out! (Self-released) [HH] ARMAGEDDON DILDOS - Desctruction (EP (Digital) ‘Destruction’ is the second single / EP taken from German EBM bands’ album Dystopia which was released in 2020 and features 6 previously unreleased songs and mixes.This ‘Destruction’ EP represents, once again, the album’s ambiguous sound hanging between hard and aggressive Electro industrial andmoremelodic danceable 80s influences synth music. Next to the album version this EP also features a “darkroom” mix, with different vocals and a fully revamped instrumentations. Then Alfa-Matrix label mates Aiboforcen and Alien Vampires have a go on, respectively,‘Ohne Dich’ and ‘Burn Baby Burn’ and turn them into genuine dance floor fillers. Also Lights Of Euphoria did a great job giving www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be ‘Dance On Dead Bodies’ a nice sort of Nitzer Ebb's ‘Lightning Man’ touch.The EP ends in beauty with a rather mellowmelodic interpretation of‘Ohne Dich’byMessiaen Noir.One might like the beauty, but we certainly adore the beast on this EP,‘Colder’! - 12 - [HH] Read full reviews on http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/ (Alfa-Matrix)
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