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Light Asylum | Empathy Test | Priest | Nuovo Testamento | WINGTIPS | Night Sins | Sydney Valette | Astari Nite | KANGA | Panic Priest | Helix | Aeon Rings | Black Rose Burning | Visceral Anatomy | BlakLight | Double Eyelid | NITE | Last Grasp
Light Asylum - Brooklyn (US)
LIGHT ASYLUM is the internationally celebrated dark, electronic project of founder, vocalist, producer and multi-disciplinary artist Shannon Funchess.
Empathy Test - London, UK
Independent electronic pop group from London (UK), formed in 2013 by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf. Their sound is beautiful, emotional synth mood.
Priest - Stockholm, Sweden
The mysterious band Priest from Sweden will throw you into the neon lights of 80´s sci-fi mixed with gothic soundscapes.
Since their first single in 2017, Priest have gained millions of streams, an ever growing fanbase and worldwide praise for releases such as ’New Flesh’ and ’Cyberhead´
Nuovo Testamento - Los Angeles (US)
Nuovo Testamento is a trio out of California blending avant-garde sound seamlessly with darkwave, italo-disco, and synthpop.
Violet Silhouette - West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Haunting your dream pop nights. All the reverb in the world can't save you come morning.
Night Sins - Philadelphia (US)
Night Sins is the post-punk / goth rock / synthpop brainchild of singer-songwriter Kyle Kimball. Able to effortlessly shift from droning bass to shining synths, Kimball is a brilliant songwriter.
MATTE BLVCK - San Diego, CA (US)
Astari Nite - Miami (US)
Astari Nite channels an obscure beauty in the crossfire between gothic rock and post-punk.
The trio consisting of Mychael (lead vocals), lllia Tulloch (drums), and Howard Melnick (guitar), explores the themes of love, magic and melancholy through their dense and quasi-cinematic productions.
KANGA - Los Angeles (US)
KANGA is an electronic musician, producer and remixer from Los Angeles, CA. Championed by electronica icon Gary Numan and widely considered one of the finest darkwave purveyors, KANGA fuses post-apocalyptic pop sensibilities with body-shaking rhythms and sinuous melodies.
Panic Priest - Chicago (US)
Death. Sex. Doomed Romance. These three simple phrases define the sound and thematic presence of Panic Priest. The musical project of singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jack Armondo (of “dark pop” duo My Gold Mask), Panic Priest is centered around Armondoʼs deep, crooning vocals while weaving together electronic beats, dreamy guitars and synths. Panic Priest creates midnight melodies that wonʼt soon leave your memory as dawn breaks.
Helix - Franklin, Massachusetts (US)
A collaboration between musician Tom Shear (Assemblage 23) & vocalist Mari Kattman (Day Twelve, Mari & The Ghost), Helix is a genre-defying sonic tapestry of electronics, organic elements & haunting vocal harmonies. Trip-hop, dub, dream pop, synth-pop, & lofi combine into a mélange of seductive beats, found sounds, eerie textures, & distant melodies. Sonic cinema for sleepwalkers & insomniacs.
Aeon Rings - Tampa (US)
With menacing and soaring synth work, Davey Partains long love affair with dynamic palates delivers an array of dark electronic music for the dance floor and cinema. Lovers of dark wave, hard hitting EBM grooves and cinematic soundscapes will notice they are seamlessly woven together. ÆON RINGS infectious and emotive songs are intense and breathe life into the underground in electronic music.
Black Rose Burning - New York (US)
Created by instrumentalist, producer and engineer George Grant in 2018, Black Rose Burning is a very unique combination of Goth, Postpunk, Synthwave, Rock and Shoegaze.
Tenderlash - North Carolina (US)
Tenderlash is a solo electronic project based in North Carolina. The project draws influence from 80s darkwave, synthpop, coldwave, and vintage horror soundtracks.
BlakLight - Los Angeles (US)
Los Angeles based dark electronic pop duo Brian Belknap (Mind Machine, SilverScene) & Adam Collier (Beautiful Crisis, SilverScene).
Double Eyelid - Toronto, Canada
Glam - goth - gutter - Double Eyelid features singer Ian Revell and guitarist Sky Shaver.
NITE - Dallas (US)
NITE are Canadian-born twin brothers, Kyle and Myles Mendes, based in Dallas, TX. The duo create a unique hybrid of electronic-tinged rock with a nod to 80’s-influenced dream-pop. Kyle and Myles’ powerful dueling vocals might remind oneself of Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, with a delivery of tasteful guitar hooks amidst bright synthesizers and throbbing drum machines.
Last Grasp - Gainesville (US)
Last Grasp is a post-punk/goth rock duo of Matthew DeFeis and Epiphania Anthony, dragging the sultriest guitar driven music out of the Florida swamps.