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1/ we have a massive update in this newsletter with new albums from AENGELDUST, ACYLUM (digital only), NÖVÖ, PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE and XMH !
All physical releases can be bought FOR A VERY LIMITED time only in one big combi pack. What does this mean? Well, you can buy the 4 new titles for 72.99 EUR only (instead of 88,96 EUR) one one go including AENGELDUST - 'Freakshow' CD, NÖVÖ - 'Zeitgeist' 2CD box, PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE - 'Therapy' 3CD box and the XMH - 'In Your Face' 2CD box. Each order includes a FREE sounds from the matrix 14 CD.
You can also buy these releases separately - see the info below.
2/ Next, we can announce you that the new releases from PSY'AVIAH ('Our Common Future' EP), JUNKSISTA ('Life is unfair (and love is a bitch)' EP) and CYNICAL EXISTENCE ('Erase Me' EP) are out now. All pre-orders have been sent out via our Bandcamp page and the releases are also up for grabs on iTunes and Spotify.
XMH - "In Your Face" CD/2CD/MP3/FLAC
 Their recent strong 4-track EP "The Business" absolutely made us want to hear more from XMH's new chemistry of sounds! Well, they now throw their 4th studio release "In Your Face"! While opening songs like "The Business" and "Product" strongly confirm the Dutch band's characteristic aggrotech assaults of uptempo harsh elektro, this new album quickly reveals that XMH has reached the next level with a more mature and polished production work thanks also to the helping experienced pair of ears of producer Len Lemeire (IMPLANT, 32CRASH, UNTER NULL, DUNKELWERK, ANNE CLARK, etc.), but also with the intelligent addition of carrying refined virulent melodies reinforced by female backing vocals from Isa Garcia perfectly matching with Benjamin Samson's powerful growls. "In Your Face" adds diversity and grandeur to the successful repertoire of XMH. While remaining faithful to their characteristic trademark sound, they also show they can shine on more downtempo trance and future-pop influenced songs like "Great And Unfortunate Things" or the poignant and almost orchestral and menacing "Falling Technology". This said, XMH's growing songwriting maturity will surely not deceive the harsh elektro crowds since their sonic mission remains unchanged: inflicting angry hours to defenseless dancefloors! And they are armed with a bunch of potential new club hits full of strong ripping basslines and hammering beats: check songs like "The Blind", "Snakes", "Product" or yet "The Business" which all attest that XMH have overrun the barricades to grab you by the throat…
This new album also comes a deluxe edition featuring an impressive diverse collection of radical remix reinterpretations of the album songs by famous scene artists including LEAETHER STRIP, GRENDEL,HEIMATAERDE, ASHBURY HEIGHTS, THE DREAMSIDE, IMPLANT, HELALYN FLOWERS, DECODED FEEDBACK, TYSKE LUDDER, JUNKSISTA and many more…
PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE - "Therapy" CD/3CD/MP3/FLAC
 Spring 2014 will see the full blast release of the 8th studio album from German cult-act PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE. A much anticipated release since last year’s ass-kicking “Control” EP and video clip. Claus Kruse clearly confirms with this new release that PNE returns to its basic harsh EBM roots (anno “Transmission”). With “Therapy” he brings you to the edge of sonic violence and aggression. The ripping basslines, hammering beats, fast dark electro sequences, powerful angry male vocals and carrying electronic melodies become the therapy and the sonic torture that eventually makes your day! When played at maximum level, the harsh distortion and rage attacks turn torture into addiction. “There is no wrong, there is no right: just me, my hate and I…” shouts Claus Kruse high and loud. Veteran PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE is absolutely back in electro-land for the ultimate pleasure of his faithful hardcore fanbase who will celebrate with him his 25 years of existence! Claus Kruse also enjoyed underlining the old school retro-approach concept of this new album in the judicious and precise selection of remix collaborations being from AD:KEY, SUICIDE COMMANDO, ARMAGEDDON DILDOS and SERPENTS on the main disc.
In addition, the astounding bonus disc of the deluxe carton box limited edition of "Therapy" offers a true festival of remixes from figures who played an important role in PNE’s career or have been closely following his steps: NO MORE, PANKOW, VOMITO NEGRO, PSYCHE, NOTSTANDSKOMITEE, PSYCHIC FORCE, TYSKE LUDDER, TECHNOIR, CYBER, etc.
ATTENTION: Under the urging pressure of all PNE fans, we also decided to offer an exclusive carton sleeve physical version of the "Control" EP to all fans buying the limited edition box of "Therapy" via the Alfa Matrix e-shop or via the band's merchandising stand! Grab it before it's too late!
NÖVÖ - "Zeitgeist" CD/2CD/MP3/FLAC
 Veteran electronic artist Laurent Boudic returns with his unparalleled NÖVÖ project on Alfa Matrix! After several releases on labels like Anthony Rother's label PSI49net or yet Black Montanas Records on which the band explored the electronic music spectrum ranging from Kraftwerkian dark sounds to cold industrial.
This new 4th album "Zeitgeist" reveals a radical return to the roots for Laurent Boudic and the period when he was active in the Belgian Electronic Body Music scene back in the good old 80's… Sharp and precise electronic sequencers, vintage analogue synths and straightforward more prominent vocals along with some vocoder backings give an overall more structured and elaborated dimension to these new songs.“Zeitgeist” is a conceptual album reflecting NÖVÖ's vision of the “spirit of our time” from various chaotic perspectives let it be politics, social structures, the rise of extremism or yet mass psychology techniques. Just like announced by the "I Flee" single which wet our appetite for more, Paris-based Belgian artist serves us here a brilliant album that will plunge us back in to the good old classic EBM / New Wave league evoking FRONT 242's "Geography", TRISOMIE 21's "The Last Dance" or yet FAD GADGET's "Collapsing New People"… Electronic music to consume without moderation.
And the fans will be happy to hear that Alfa Matrix also re-released most of NÖVÖ's back catalogue on all digital platforms for your ultimate listening pleasure.
"Zeitgesit" comes here as a deluxe double-CD carton box edition with a bonus disc featuring a collection of rare and unreleased songs, collaborations and live recordings perfectly bridging NÖVÖ's past, present and future...! Lush pure electronics you rapidly become addicted to…
AENGELDUST - "Freakshow" CD/MP3/FLAC
 Mostly known so far for being the female voice behind TOTEM OBSCURA and some ACYLUM tracks, Nadine "Cooraz" Engel presents to us, "Freakshow", the debut album of her solo-project AENGELDUST which has been highly anticipated since the release of the previous successful "Dancefloor Killer" teaser EP. Armed with brutal beats and loud electronic noise sequences, the German artist fights on the side of the power noise pioneers in the likes of SONAR and later KIEW or yet WINTERKÄLTE, against the more current techno industrial modern trends... "Freakshow" is definitely a back to the roots assault straight into the face of the stagnant dark industrial scene from an angry woman who is not afraid of launching devastating walls of sound into your speakers, injecting tortured German vocal samples and harsh manipulated vocals into an extreme hard industrial hammering sonic attack. A resonating and disturbing noise cocktail enriched with numerous collaborations with artists in the likes of :WUMPSCUT:, ASSEPTIC ROOM, TOTEM OBSCURA, NANO INFECT, DIRTY K, SVE and Ethan Fawkes. The underworld bitch is back to blow up your industrial standards at full blast... Enjoy the kick!
ACYLUM - "Mental disorder v.2" MP3/FLAC
 It's been 7 years since their first sonic missile took the German bunker clubs by surprise with the dancefloor fillers titled "Rape", "Glock 17" or yet"Alone". Since then, ACYLUM never stopped shaking the dark elektro scene with multiple album releases, astounding remix works for an impressive list of artists and other side-project involvements ( TOTEM OBSCURA, AENGELDUST, HAUSHETAERE...). Today in 2014, Pedro Engel makes this long time deleted debut album available again in a remastered version with some 14 bonus tracks for his ever growing fanbase who were not there for the first steps of the band which was back then formed together with WYNARDTAGE's frontman on lead vocals... Extra material including rare and unreleased remix work from bands like ALIENPRODUKT, WYNARDTAGE, LA MAGRA, ASSEPTIC ROOM, ICE AGES, STIN SCATZOR and many more. Complete your ACYLUM music collection now before the new album comes out...
Matrix Revelations 5 + free PNE jingle OUT NOW
You can get this 5th issue together with a free custom-made & exclusive jingle by Plastic Noise Experience on our Bandcamp page!
 In this issue (with Jennifer Parkin from Ayria on the frontcover) you'll be able reading plenty on our new (upcoming) releases plus lots of other exclusive news.
Enjoy the interviews we made with Aengeldust, Aesthetische, Alien Vampires, Bruderschaft, Cynical Existence, Diffuzion, Essence Of Mind, Freakangel, Halo In Reverse, Helalyn Flowers, Implant, Junksista, Kant Kino, Komor Kommando, Krystal System, Lovelorn Dolls, Metroland, Mondträume, Növö, Plastic Noise Experience, Pouppée Fabrikk, Psy'Aviah, Schwarzblut, Siva Six, Star Industry, Studio-X vs. Simon Carter, Tamtrum, Technoir, Totem Obscura vs. Acylum, Virgins O.R Pigeons, XMH.
We also want to thank those who send us their questions over the past few weeks for our bands to answer. Some of them were truly inspiring and have been included in our interviews of course!
You get the magazine as PDF bonus by downloading the Plastic Noise Experience jingle right here.
2/ We also have 3 new download Eps ready for you on Bandcamp from JUNKSISTA, PSY'AVIAH (feat. Kyoko Baertsoen) and CYNICAL EXISTENCE. To be be released on February 7th, every release comes with an immediate download of 1 or 2 tracks in the high-quality format of your choice! Below is more info!
JUNKSISTA - Life is unfair (and love is a bitch) EP (MP3, FLAC, ...)" OUT NOW
 "Years ago, I talked to a friend about the end of relationships, the desperation and about how nothing else seems important at all anymore. At one point I said "Life is unfair and love is a bitch" and that phrase somehow stuck with me... simply because it's just so true", says Diana about the dark lyrics of the title-song of this new EP…
While their "Bad Case Of Fabulous" album seems to have become one of the most talked about releases on Belgium's Alfa Matrix label last year, the German duo could not resist to the temptation of turning this successful and intense song and heartbreaking video clip (with famous director Fabio Soares) into a "Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch)" club invasion by arranging frontal dancefloor groovy remix collaborations with PSY'AVIAH and ESSENCE OF MIND while CANAL POP cared for an e-pop radio mix.
Always thirsty and hungry for more, the JUNKSISTA gang did not stop the sonic orgy there and lined-up some additional heavy upbeat reworks of "Fabulous" by Zulu DJ as well as by Gabor Gergacz, while Greek label mates VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS mutated "Sexpectations" into a carrying vibrating club tune. Another stunning EP from JUNKSISTA clearly aimed at the dancefloor this time and once again showing us that JUNKSISTA isn't afraid to combine elements that don't seem to fit together at first thought: the electronic beats, the synth sounds and the glam rock guitars do a perfect job at making you move your ass to these grooves…
Pre-order of "Life is unfair (and love is a bitch)" EP including immediate download of 2 tracks in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more). You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.
Tracklist:
- Life is unfair (and love is a bitch)
- Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch) (Psy'Aviah Remix)
- Sexpectations (Virgins O.R. Pigeons Remix)
- Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch) (Essence of Mind Remix)
- Fabulous (Gabor Gergacz Remix)
- Life Is Unfair (And Love Is A Bitch) (Canal Pop Remix)
- Fabulous (Zulu DJ Remix)
CYNICAL EXISTENCE - Erase Me EP (MP3, FLAC, ...) OUT NOW
 "Erase Me" quickly became the song from CYNICAL EXISTENCE's last album which had received the most club plays... and so DJ's will for sure enthusiastically welcome this new EP offering them some 4 alternative remixes of this title song including an annihilating club mix as well as remakes by IMPLANT, PSIONIC and ANGEL OF GENOCIDE.
The Swedish unstoppable machine does not stop its attack there: Fredrik Croona adds a full-frontal assault collaboration with Dräcos von Strecker on "The Lust And Despair", a remake of the album song "Your Decadence My Sins" by label mate Kai Otte as well as a darker and more oppressive bonus song aptly titled "My Private Hell" which might somehow indicates the direction of CYNICAL EXISTENCE's next tortured sonic endeavors... Harsh and loud uncompromising dark elektro the way you all like it!
Pre-order of "Erase Me" EP including immediate download of 2 tracks in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more). You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.
Tracklist:
- Erase Me
- Erase Me (Club edit)
- My Private Hell
- Erase Me (Angel of Genocide Remix)
- The Lust And Despair (feat. Dräcos von Strecker)
- Erase Me (Eraserhead mix by Implant)
- Erase me (PsioniC Remix)
- Your Decadence My Sins (Decadent Pogo remix by Kai Otte)
PSY'AVIAH feat. Kyoko Baertsoen - Our Common Future EP (MP3, FLAC, ...) OUT NOW
 What better way to start a new year with a great collaboration between Belgian electronic band Psy'Aviah and famous vocalist Kyoko Baertsoen ( LUNASCAPE, HOOVERPHONIC). "Our Common Future", a song and also a video clip with a universal message, caring for our Earth and equally important, caring for each others... After all "we are all in the same boat here, we are all on the same planet", our common future...
Just like on the previous "Future Past" EP, Psy'Aviah here further ventures on an electro pop / triphop sound and collaborates with a diversified bunch of creative artists each offering a totally different approach of the title song making it compatible for every type of club scenes and each time making Kyoko's unique emotional voice beautifully shine through the music...
This way, DIZKODUDE delivers club friendly disco house while STEREO FOR TWO crafted a pure house version. Ethereal dubstep rhythms come from SYNTHETIC EPIPHANY and hard drum and bass from the SINISTER SOULS duo. Last but not least, JUNKSISTA delivers a fine electro remix with rhythmic guitars. There's something for everyone to find in "Our Common Future"...
Pre-order of "Our Common Future" EP including immediate download of 1 track in the high-quality format of your choice (MP3, FLAC, and more). You'll also get the complete album the moment it’s released.
Tracklist:
- Our Common Future (Original Mix)
- Our Common Future (Synthetic Epiphany remix)
- Our Common Future (Dizkodude remix)
- Our Common Future (Stereo For Two remix)
- Our Common Future (Junksista remix)
- Our Common Future (Sinister Souls remix)
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