Podcasts about EBM

Its going to be another crazy hot weekend inn Toronto, so I'm hunkering down and working on projects indoors at least today. Hopefully everyone has a great weekend at Infest, I'm probably going to finish re-cabling my server closet and spend some time on the balcony just listening to new music! Glis - Crush (2025) Core In Motion - Lost (Ruined Conflict) Super Dragon Punch!! - Split (Grendel) Terence Fixmer - Evolve (Marcel Dettmann) Silicodisco - Look Back Without Me Scheuber - Ashes Rotersand - Watch Me Vanguard - Unz! http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

The second of our interviews stemming from Terminus is here, with rising synthpop/EBM act Sleek Teeth joining us. The band's use of harmonies, threading of the needle between pop and aggression, and flair for the uncanny and occluded have made them one of the new bands we're most impressed by these days, and they were happy to speak with us about all that and more. We're also offering some thoughts on the Vancouver stop of the ongoing Nine Inch Nails tour.

One of the enduring powerhouses of our era returns for RA.1000 with a riotous mix. When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in seclusion from industry tumultt. (Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.) Her calling card continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to over-choreographed modern DJing. Her outsider approach is on show once again for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set raises the bar once again. In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for electro. You'll also hear "Riot" by Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for a world ablaze. This is musical anarchism, executed to the highest degree. Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1017. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at 1000.ra.co

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Das Ich, Ultra Sunn, Suicide Commando, Dead Lights, Dead Cool, and many more artists from around the world.

I got a lot of great feedback about last weeks extra long theme show! I'm really glad you folks liked it, I haven't gotten that many emails about a show in years. We'll have to have another one. Probably closer to the 2026 membership drive! But we're back to our normal format of new music, and we've got a great show for everyone this week! Fictional - Embrace The Silence (Vanguard) Fractal Age - The Silence Of A Fading Age Ceraph - The Power Within Basszilla - Life Is HARD Aesthetic Perfection - Sacrifice (XP8 2005) Chrom - Agony Echodead - Lost (Larcon) UCNX - You Know What You Are (dOGstep) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - Featuring Daniel Graves from Aesthetic Perfection - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Psyche, Covenant, Unter Null, BlackBook, and many more artists worldwide. 

A few weeks ago I promised a theme show, I like to do extra long shows when I come back from one of my two "breaks" every year. It would appear that I've used up all of my RSA vacation time, so its smooth sailing from here to the end of the year. This week we're going 2 hours into the period of time from the late 90s to the early 2000s. I've tried to pick bands that were of that era, and are now defunct, but you'll probably notice a few bands that are going strong all these years later. I hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane! Boole - Sasquatch (2008) Tristesse de la Lune - Time Is Moving (Negative Format) (2005) Culture Kultur - Lost Ideals (2001) In Strict Confidence - Zauberschloss (Extended) (2001) Six Sigma - Cinco July-o (1997) Fiction 8 - Let Go (2000) Full frequency - Drop Down (1996) Stromkern - Re-align (Seabound) (2002) Velvet Acid Christ - Decypher (Force = Authority) (1999) Individual Totem - Paradoxon (1998) Moulin Noir - Spellbound (Run Level Zero) (2001) Revolution By Night - Faithless (VNV) (2003) Wideband Network - Orbit (Club) (2003) Aiboforcen - Twilight World (A23) (2001) Syntec - Talk To The Other World (Club) (1995) S.V.D. - Big Bad City (Singapore) (2003) Mechanical Horizon - New Horizons (2001) Contruggle Test - Shop (2000) Access Zero - Years Of Wasted Time (2010) State Of The Union - Black City Lights (2002) Sero Overdose - For You (2005) Gridlock - Enzyme (Dryft) (1998) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Der populäre Hämato-Onkologe Vinay Prasad ist von seinem Amt bei der US-Arzneibehörde FDA zurückgetreten.

Playlist: Dead Lights - break outagent synner - siren's lamentgothminister - we come aliveDawn of Ashes - blood of the titans (tactical sech)suicide commando - bind, torture, killmortiis - perfectly defectdie form - nature destructionLahar - estate saleHello Moth - nothing comes between usodonis odonis - moreshallow waves - hallow clonesskulkpartition root - my mind is goneManifestistiV - leave no traceblood stain child - neolaunter null - you made a monstercurse mackey - blood like lovewithin temptation - fasterxandria - you will never be our godafter forever - de-energizedmechina - godspeed vanguardsKOSM - space meedNECHT - the night that knows no dawnVortex - hunting the abyssrani chatoorgoon - hello

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Front 242, Suicide Commando, The Tear Garden, Ruined Conflict, Tyske Ludder, and many more artists from around the world. 

MUSICUNEED welcomes Agustin Loyola to the MuNcast series — a Chilean-born selector now based in Miami, whose sound navigates the darker edges of the electronic spectrum. Blending new wave, dark wave, and EBM, Agustin's sets unfold with a cinematic pulse: moody, textured, and deeply intentional. Guided by a long-time reverence for Depeche Mode, his music doesn't just move bodies — it lingers, creating space for reflection beneath the rhythm. His creative world extends beyond music. A passionate photographer, Agustin brings a sharp eye for tone and composition to every frame — whether behind a lens or behind the decks. This MuNcast captures a personal side of his evolving journey — weaving emotion, atmosphere, and influence into a cohesive and immersive session, shaped with a minimalist touch and deep, low-end grooves. Step into a story told in shadows and synths. This is Agustin Loyola. Follow & Support: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/agustin-forthe-masses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agustin_dm

A much better week than last, so I'm here with a show for you! I've made some progress on the upcoming theme show, the list of tracks has made it from my phone to my computer. The tracks picked came out to an even number, so I can use everything without making any cuts. The one hint I'll give away is we're looking at a timeframe from the late 90s to the early aughts. This week we've got a great show for everyone as I put a few discs to bed and play some more new stuff! Massiv In Mensch - Around My Heart (Autoexec.bat) Terence Fixmer - Another End (Oliver Rosemann) Rotoskop - Body Spirit Soul (Rob Dust) Beborn Beton - Anorexic World (Oren Amram) Phaser One - Identify (feat. LARCON) TC75 - Motion (DSTRTD SGNL) Culture Kultur - War Is Over (Redux) Zanias - Dawn http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Playlist: actors - end of the worlderik ekholm - outcastdope stars inc. - band your headpsy 'aviah - sunbirdghosttwin - pinky's bubble eggtraitrs - magdalenevelvet acid christ - caustic discodead when I found her - stainlessHello Moth - arms lengthdivine promise - wantsLahar - controlunit 187 - eyes openpersefone - no faced mindlesselysion - killingvale of pnath - shadowsirenia - deliriumneurotech - below these scares (teenth anniversary edition)the great dischord - tell-tale heartNECHT - dread is the consort of the darkVortex - ripping the threads of realityDeafheaven - revelatorSin of God - blood boundministry - supernaut

EPISODE 107"Portals of Iron and Blood: EBM and Metal Collide"From the decaying alleys of post-industrial cities to the ancient woods where black fire still burns, La Araña FM presents a sonic confrontation between two seemingly distant worlds: Electronic Body Music and Black Metal.In this explosive episode, Daniel Schifter explores the raw mechanical rhythms of Portion Control, pioneers of EBM whose gritty, analog chaos paved the way for Skinny Puppy and Nine Inch Nails. We dive deep into their track “The Great Divide”, a modern anthem of emotional disconnection in a digital age.On the other side of the ritual fire stands Witching Hour, a Polish trio invoking the primal power of blackened thrash with their track “Black Countess” — a fierce tribute to feminine vengeance and infernal mysticism.More than genres, this episode is about collision and communion: two sounds that, despite their differences, pulse with rebellion, honesty, and an unwavering devotion to darkness.

The 2017 NEJM study, ALPS, compared amiodarone, lidocaine, and placebo for refractory shockable rhythms in adults with out of hospital cardiac arrest. They found no significant difference in survival to hospital discharge or functional survival between any of the arms. If that study has left you confused, you're not alone. And you're in luck. Tanner Smida joins us again to discuss his latest paper using something called target trial emulation to assess the difference in ROSC and survival to discharge between amiodarone and lidocaine. This is a great discussion of his paper, the methodology, and how we can put his results into the context of ALPS.Citations:1.Smida T, Crowe R, Price BS, Scheidler J, Martin PS, Shukis M, Bardes J: A retrospective ‘target trial emulation' comparing amiodarone and lidocaine for adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Resuscitation. 2025;March;208:110515.2. Kudenchuk PJ, Brown SP, Daya M, Rea T, Nichol G, Morrison LJ, Leroux B, Vaillancourt C, Wittwer L, Callaway CW, et al.: Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. 2016;May 5;374(18):1711–22.3.Hernán MA, Robins JM: Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available: Table 1. Am J Epidemiol. 2016;April 15;183(8):758–64.

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Lebanon Hanover, Til Lindemann, Massive Ego, Rotersand, Curse Mackey, and many more artists worldwide. 

So my vacation didn't come off as I expected. I had a very, very large flare up of my anxiety disorder so I made the smart decision and stayed home rather be in distress while visiting friends. Its not the first time its happened, so I'm going to put a pause on overnight flights and multiple time zones. William Gibson once wrote that flying allowed us to travel faster than our souls, and it usually takes ~18 hours for them to catch up. But I'm much better now, almost back to normal, so what better way to celebrate than put out... Evo-Lution - Angst Und Liebe DSTRTD_SGNL - Untold Story TeknoVore - Liminal Space (Slighter) Core In Motion - Keep me Alive (Club) Vogon Poetry & SCALA - Immortals (Oren Amram) Aesthetic Perfection - Coward UCNX - Complicit Silence (Stoneburner) Faderhead - This Is Not The End (Cyberpunk) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Playlist: 3TEETH - civil war (Guns and Roses Cover)twin tribes - monolithhocico - coward as a slavementallo and the fixer - sacrilegethe razer skyline - hanged manmortiis - perfectly defectdandi wind - balloon factoryNoise Unit - strapdownFront Line Assembly - glass and leatherHello Moth - how dareLahar - troopwish whip - i'm tough nowarcturus - hibernation sickness completedeadlock - the final stormworm alert - still jorkincarcariass - star implosioncypecore - signsThreat Signal - rational eyesrise to fall - the refugeVortex - where wonders dwellderev - buried voiceSin of God - diabolical agitationKaleidoscope - controlled oppositioneternal idol - krystal

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from The Cure, Perturbator, Extize, Chrom, ESA, and music from many more artists worldwide 

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Faderhead, Aesthetic Perfection, Elektrostaub, Tyske Ludder, Chainreactor, and music from many more artists worldwide

Feeling more than a little under the weather today, so I'm pushing through and getting RSA posted before I head back to the couch. Lots of great stuff for everyone this week as I contemplate packing for my trip next weekend. After another nap. Owls - Fev2 LPV - Quantum Leap Elektrostaub - Too Far From The Pack (Salva Maine) Kontrast - Maschinenstadt Phaser_One - God Is Poison Blut Reaktor - Wired (Futurepop-Synthpop) Inline Sex Terror - Electronic Warfare Lights Of Euphoria - My Escape (Beborn Beton) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Terminens sista avsnitt tar vi upp ogiltiga avtal om spel när ena parten är spelmissbrukare. Avsnittet spelades in innan HD tog ställning i saken - så nu kan alla utvärdera hur fel vi hade. Vi tar upp prövningstillstånd i Swedbankfallet. Och så småskvallrar vi om gräddtårtor på justitiedepartementet och varför inte EBM kan läggas ned.   

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from X-Marks The Pedwalk, Aesthetic Perfection, Ultra Sunn, Culture Kultur, Beyond obsession, and music from many more artists worldwide

Synth-Heavy music! Futurepop, Synthpop, EBM, Industrial, Darkwave, Synthwave, and so much more! Give the bands a listen and if you like what you hear then support the bands! Buy their music! Like their social media pages! Go see them on tour!

Getting psyched to get the heck outta here for a few days, crossing my T's and dotting my I's, and while doing so I was listening to stuff and the outlines of an idea for a theme show were formed. I'm still in the planning stages, but I think we'll have something special when I come back for the 21st. But until then we've got a great show for everyone and I've been bopping around to it for a few days, so I think you'll like it too! X Marks The Pedwalk - Light Your Mind Velvet Velour - Caribbean Sea Chainreactor - Go Exsequor - We Are Never Alone Fictional - Embrace The Silence f. Patrik Hansson (Club) Culture Kultur - Forever (Redux) DSTRTD SGNL - You Synpasyche - Anti Manifesto (Statik Sekt) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Aesthetic Perfection, Apoptygma Berzerk, Pixel Grip, ESA, Culture Kultur, and music from many more artists worldwide

Helen MacDonald and Juan Franco are back to examine the newest in evidence based medicine.   In this episode: gabapentinoids are medications routinely prescribed for treating epilepsy and nerve pain. But, they come with side effects; among them - dizziness, cognitive impairment, and a dent to motor coordination - as well as an increase in suicidal ideation for the patient. Seena Fazel is professor of forensic psychiatry at University of Oxford and joins Juan to discuss a new paper tracking the association of self-harm and gabapentinoids use in Sweden.   Meanwhile, GRADE is a fundamental tool for clinicians to assess the quality of evidence for medical interventions. But, the sheer number of recommendations in the GRADE series can be overwhelming. Gordon Guyatt is a distinguished professor of medicine at McMaster University in Canada, and an early figure in the rise of evidence based medicine. He joins Helen to reflect on the future of EBM, and how the new Core GRADE system can cut through the noise.   Reading list:   1. Associations between gabapentinoids and suicidal behaviour, unintentional overdoses, injuries, road traffic incidents, and violent crime: population based cohort study in Sweden 2. Why Core GRADE is needed: introduction to a new series in The BMJ  

I'm actually getting everything posted nice and early this week because I got up for my club Bike ride, and while I was in the shower it was cancelled due to the impending first heatwave of the year. While this is kids stuff compared to some places, I'm going to agree that cycling in temperatures including humidity reaching 43c (thats 110 in Freedom Units) is not a good idea. Discretion is the better part of valour and all that. But since I'm up nice and early I figured I'd get the show posted and have a cup of tea as I contemplate breakfast. Elektrostaub - Falling f. Echo Image (Implant) Fermion - Of What Remains Excubitors - Worn But Awake Kris Baha - Kiss Of Life Black.N - Una Realidad Aparte Adam Ra - Cold Steel Cold Sequence - Resurrection Volkoff - Thousand Voices http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Christopher & Jobst im Gespräch mit Micky. Wir reden über Christophers Zeit im Tennisclub, sich ein Loch ins Bein freuen, sich eine neue Art von Leben vorstellen und knochenhart durchziehen, Stress mit Nazis, beeinflusst von Andy Warhol & MC5, alles lieben was hart & rauh war, vor 15.000 Leuten gespielt, das unfassbare Glück Leuten helfen zu können, sich eigentlich immer scheiße gefunden zu haben, eine Zeit der Katharsis in Deutschland, das Buch "Fool on the Hill", das Lied "Stranglehold" von Ted Nugent, alles war so uncool geworden, "New Rose" hat den Tritt in den Hintern gemacht, die Pariser Bourgoisie, Unterwasser-Konstruktionen mit Tauchglocken, nie für einen Deutschen gehalten werden, die Glückburger Strasse in Oberkassel, zufällig vom Tod des Vaters gehört, alte Nazi-Lehrer, beidhändig sein, Holzlineal auf die Finger, die Rheinwiesenlager, der megatalentierte Ferdi Mackenthun, der legendäre Auftritt beim Zick Zack Festival, geborenes Opfer sein, heute noch surfen gewesen, irgendwann mal aus Prinzip n Porsche gekauft, der Künstler Jörg Immendorf, drei Typen am Flipper umgehauen, die erotische Spannung von Tommi Stumpff, eine extrem gute Frage von Jobst, kein Widerspruch zwischen Punk & Buddhismus, Selbstreflexion an die erste Stelle stellen, es gibt kein absolutes Gut & Böse, auch eine sehr gute Frage von Christopher, EBM, das erste Mal "Wie lange noch" im Okie Dokie, Tommi Stumpff ins Gesicht spucken, sich bei Nichts endlich komplett austoben können, die Punk-Zeit hat auch viel mit einem neuen Frauenbild zu tun, der großartige "Die neue Tanzmusik ist Da Da Da"-Sampler, alles was ich anfasste ging durch die Decke, Nichts war die Hoffnung aller Moneymaker, depressiv & extrem selbstmordgefährdet, schwere Hepatitis in Marokko, "Rauch doch mal n Joint", das neue Nichts-Album, die Agentur Billig People, "Maschine oder Mensch" liegt am Herzen, ein gekündigter Dispo-Kredit, nicht so viel Zukunftsängste haben, das unfassbar gute letzte Konzert in Berlin, gern in Hamburg spielen wollen, uvm.3 Songs für die Playlist1) Ein Lieblingssong vom 15jährigen Micky: CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Party of Special Things To Do2) Der beste deutsche Pop-Song aus den 80ern ist: DAF - Der Mussolini3) Ein aktueller Song, den Micky liebt: KODDER - Da! So seid Ihr!

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Nitzer Ebb, Rotersand, Suicide Commando, A Spell Inside, The New Division, and music from many more artists worldwide

A beautiful weekend, so I made myself go for a walk and enjoy the sunshine before I posted the show this week. A small reminder that I'll be taking my last week of "vacation" from RSA shortly. So we'll be missing the July 14th episode as I bask in the sun in Scotland. Unlike a couple of years ago I'm not being an idiot and bringing my computer with me. I'm allowed to take a break, and I have to leave you wanting more! Rotersand - Private Firmament (I Fell For You) Autodafeh - Under The Blood Red Sky Core In Motion - Fire In My Eyes (Sonic Sound Factory) FrontAngel - Addiction A Spell Inside - Faces (Chainreactor) Cylix - Spent Devoid - Disillusioned Fictional - Your Whisper f. Chistian Schottstadt (Amp) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from VNV Nation, Centhron, Echoberyl, Rhys Fulber, Beborn Beton, and music from many more artists worldwide

I actually made it out and got some sun this weekend. This of course left me crashed out on the couch for a bit, and then a little bird whispered in my ear "Oi! Dork! You have a radio show to post!" So before I go and hunt down some food lets get RSA up for everyone to enjoy! This week while doing my "proof-listening" session I scrapped and re-did a bit of the show. I swear I do quality control, and I haven't accidentally left a Coke Zero belch in a show since 2012! Synapsyche - The Last Dying Flame Uncreated - Pipedreams (Code 64) DSTRTD_SGNL - Hochhausdach f. Mangelexemplar (Rob Dust) BlakLight - Buried Alive Missing In Stars - The Tides (Single) Aesthetische - Selling Fear (Nvrlsfth) Chainreactor - Vibrant Consciousness VNV Nation - On Other Oceans http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Faderhead, Hocico, Priest, Lord of the Lost, and music from many more artists worldwide

Ontario weather struck again, and while its nice and sunny, its downright cold in the small town I grew up in. So the weekend trip of nostalgia and family duties will have to wait until the end of the summer. But that just means that I have extra time this weekend, so RSA is out at the usual time! I doubt we'll be going back to the old "Summer Hours" where I'd post the show on Mondays. I don't live in the saddle anymore, so I have time for all of my various hobbies! Now who wants to import a Jonsbo N5 computer case or two into Canada so I can save some space! Great show this week with some new and some returning names! Modulo One - The Cliffs (Olming) Adam Ra - The Poisoned Chalice Core In Motion - Not A Game (Sonic Sound Factory) Beborn Beton - American Girls (Agent Side Grinder) Fictional - Your Whisper f. Christian Schottstadt (Club) Cold Sequence - Echoes In The Dark Velvet Velour - Spoiled Devoid - Memories http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from VNV Nation, Faderhead, Aesthetic Perfection, Aesthetische, Bootbacks, and new music from many more artists worldwide

A quick heads up that I'm already hard at work on next weeks show. I'm going to be away most of next weekend, so I'm trying to get everything done ahead of time. Fingers crossed that I can get everything done on time (and its looking good) and I can just get home on Sunday evening and hit "Publish". Its been a good week though, having the extra time to myself meant I could listen to more music. While I can do that while working, I'll "lose" time where my attention is 100% on work, and then have to figure out how far back to go to restart. I just wish the weather had been better. I quite enjoy sitting on my balcony with my headphones. Still too windy. Still too rainy. Lucifer's Aid - Coming Back Aesthetische - Selling Fear KY - Off My Meds Exsequor - Forged In Fire eXcubitors - Burning Bridges Aesthetic Perfection - Architecht Die Sexual - Pulse (Hexmaschine) Formato Negativo - Judgement Day (Eleven-FX) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from VNV Nation, Peter Murphy, Fictional, Stars Crusaders, My Love Kills, and new music from many more artists worldwide. 

A gray overcast day makes sense while we in Canada celebrate our ever increasingly anarchonistic holiday "Victoria Day". Traditionally this is known as the May two four weekend. Two four being common slang for a case of beer. While I don't really drink anymore, I'll be going out to resupply my stock of Root Beer, as I seem to have slightly regressed a bit back into childhood. Sex Code - Your Silent Face Studio-X - Clouds & Trees (Elektrostaub) Retrojunkies - Unterwelt (Massiv In Mensch) Exsequor - The Fallen Digital Energy - Addicted To You MONO_XYD - Lessons II (Monya) Core In Motion - Fire In My Eyes (Sonic Sound Factory) VNV Nation - Station 21 http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

With Bruce off to the highlands and Alex recovering under a pile of coats in a hall closet somewhere, this week's episode is a hastily recorded recap of this year's Verboden Festival from right here in Vancouver. You can hear the strain in the quality of our voices at the time of this recording, as we did plenty of chatting with artists, attendees and assorted friends and well-wishers while taking in an excellent lineup of artists across two venues, representing for the past, present and future of darkwave, EBM, industrial and several related genres.

The avant-electronic and experimental Irish music festival Open Ear returns to Sherkin Island on the June Bank Holiday weekend. Open Ear is known for its preoccupation with illuminating music operating on the fringes, and the remote island setting of Sherkin Island off the coast of Baltimore in West Cork reflects this outsider ethos. The varied programme is drawn from electronic, techno, experimental folk and trad, jazz EBM, bass music and art rock, and this year features the likes of Irish techno legend Sunil Sharpe, Scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul, Cork sean nos rockers I Dreamed I Dream, Belfast Sound Advice record shop owner Marion Hawkes, Limerick rap and production duo Citrus Fresh and 40Hurtz, Catalan/Italian EBM duo Dame Area, Autechre collaborator Rob Hall, and lots more. The programme features one artist at a time across various stages on Sherkin including the infamous Banger Cliff. I spoke to Open Ear head of programming Dion Doherty aka Belacqua about the challenges and uniqueness of putting on an experimentally-minded festival on an island and as it approaches its 10th year, how its planning to grow its European partnerships and unearths Irish music of the underground.   * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple | Android  | Patreon | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed | Pod.Link      

Communion After Dark—Featuring Mari Kattman—features the latest and best in Dark alternative electronic music. This week's show features music from VNV Nation, Mono Inc., Mari Kattman, Astari Nite, Vioflrsh, and many more artists worldwide. 

On this episode, holding company co-founder Philip Kulishov shares his experience with growing EBM, Inc. and helping the company's seven co-owners stay onboard with its Christ-centered mission.

Managed to get some cycling in this weekend, so I get to spend Sunday morning lamenting the lack of exercise I've done in the past few months and get RSA complete! I'm going to take another week off some time in July as I take a vacation of some sort, but we'll burn that bridge when we get to it. A happy Mother's day to those that celebrate at this time of year. I always make sure to call my Mom if I can't visit. I mean, she's on the membership Friends of RSA! Have a great week and enjoy this weeks show! Rotoskop - Old White Men Future Trail - Panic (People Theatre) Monody - Gaslight Sine - Control (Leaetherstrip) Synapsyche - Deafness Nordstaat - Sympathetic Detonation Fractal Age - Tremors (Audiocall) Skren - STROM http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Centhron, Rhys Fulber, Protokoll 19, Fractal Age, Autodafeh, and new music from many more artists worldwide. 

Took a week off last week to get some stuff sorted out. Should called it a vacation weekend, but the fact is when your folks are gone for half the year that when they come back we make a point of visiting. I tried to sit down and finish the show last week, but I was burnt out. *I* sounded like hell, so I scrapped it and took a week off. Its better to recharge the batteries a bit than put out something substandard. I tried to let everyone know, but with the enshittification of social media, its hard to get the word out. I await the day people stop using Facebook as their primary way of communicating to the world! Core In Motion - Lost (Sonic Sound Factory) Volkoff - Shine One Studio-X - Clouds & Trees (Kyoko Baertsoen) Deviant UK - Access Denied! (Nature Of Wires) Uncreated - Diktator Antibody - My Enemy (Binary Division, Czarina) All The Ashes - Inkompatibel (MissSuicide) Aiboforcen - Dead End (EP Mix) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio

Mixing the spirit and energy of punk with synths. electronic body music (or EBM) took off in the early 80s in Germany, Belgium, and the UK – with bands like DAF, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb. In their new book - Electronic Body Music (published by Mionaetti) - Yuma Hampejs and Marcel Schulze chronicle how this hybrid of heavy beats and basslines, shouted vocals, and militaristic imagery developed. They talked to me in late April at a live event at Tropicall Records in Brussels. I'm Simon Taylor and this is a podcast for the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from Massive Ego, Centhron, Bill Leeb, Matte Blvck, Dawn of Ashes, and new music from many more artists worldwide. 

A landmark for minimal, aggressive EBM for decades to come, the debut LP from Swedish legends Pouppée Fabrikk is the subject of this month's commentary podcast. A deceptively varied listen, Rage infused EBM with a unique punk ethos, and as we discuss here, hinted at the voluminous discography frontman Henrik Nordvargr Björkk was to embark upon. 

 Communion After Dark - features the latest and best in Dark Alternative-Electronic Music. This week's show features music from The Birthday Massacre, VNV Nation, Ruined Conflict, Aesthetic Perfection, and new music from many more artists worldwide.