Baroque - Force (FRK004)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere "Force" by Japanese artist Baroque. Brazilian label Forkha returns with a massive body techno release including 6 tracks from Baroque and Notausgang.

"Body Resistance is about the force that prevents you from following the masses, that resists, that rebels. Your rigid, untouchable body is in a test, an experiment. Your mind is analyzed, your actions are discarded. Some want to dismember your body, invade your mind to settle their flags. It's the race to possess your life. They will implode."

The release is out digitally + cassette January 11th on Bandcamp.

-Melanie Havens

Electrorites - NoName 03 (HWR013)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track by Italian artist Electrorites. "NoName 03" comes off Hardwork Records' upcoming release, a 4-tracker massive EP of energetic techno with stomping kicks.

The release is out digitally on January 11h on Beatport.

-Melanie Havens

LIEBCHEN - Embrace My Blood Video Premiere

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new video from LIEBCHEN. “Embrace My Blood” is the final single off the Daemon EP, a collaboration with Vasilis Angelopoulos. The Athens-based project of vocalist/performer Hawk Stigmata, LIEBCHEN is a dark electronics hybrid that infuses sounds from across the post-punk, body, wave and industrial spectrums to create a menacing tracks and high intensity performances. We premiered the artist’s debut video back in March and now we are thrilled to present this excellent clip filmed at Temple Athens.

Currently LIEBCHEN is working with a new team of electronic musicians on his debut album release and we are very much looking forward to that.

-JRS

Music by Vasilis Angelopoulos
Directed by Maria Damkalidi
Art Direction by Koma_Divine (Dimitris Tsapelis)
Styling by Elena Psalti
Clothes by 240791 / by Eleni Kavvada
Accessories by CryssPi

Special thanks to Temple Club Athens

New Brvtalism No. 261 - DRIADA

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from DRIADA. The composer and singer-songwriter from Moscow, also runs the label and event series Routine Records. Starting as a live multi-instrument and singer under the name Alexandra Pride, soon the artist started to produce electronic music under the new name DRIADA, releasing her debut album «Obolochka» which attracted the attention of numerous filmmakers and TV producers. Now, Alexandra films bizarre music videos and creates sound-design for Russian museums of contemporary art. In her music, folk fairy tales meets heavy beats and cyberpunk ambience.

For her New Brvtalism submission, DRIADA recorded her favorite music that she listens to on daily basis, moving away a bit from what is known as her style. At the beginning though, DRIADA records a little sample of her own voice as she always does in mixes. We are thrilled to host this hour of body, wave and techno explorations from one of our favorite artists.

Thanks to everyone who supported New Brvtalism this year. It is our 6th straight year of doing mixes and we are excited for what 2021 will bring!

-JRS

Konstantin Unwohl - In Rom Video Premiere

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new video from Konstantin Unwohl. “In Rom” comes off the artist’s debut on Aufnahme + Wiedergabe, an LP titled Im Institut Für Strömungstechnik. The Hamburg-based artist and ORDEN affiliate delivers another powerful entry into his discography of minimal synth, cold wave and post-punk sounds. Directed by Christopher Gorski, today we present the video for “In Rom”, a cold yet intimate work beautifully capturing the track.

Im Institut Für Strömungstechnik is out on vinyl + digital January 15th. Pre-order yours now on Bandcamp.

-JRS

New Brvtalism No. 260 - The Dag

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from The Dag. The Berlin based DJ and producer, via the Philippines, makes intense and explosive music using elements of techno, industrial, noise, and, occasionally, trance. While she doesn’t restrict herself to a specific BPM or genre, she hopes to invoke cathartic feelings in her listeners with her powerful sound. We are ecstatic to host this absolutely punishing mix of her crushing sound.

-JRS

Annika Wolfe - Force (AKELA RECS)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere "Force" by Annika Wolfe. California based Akela Recs closes 2020 with the killer EP "Cold.Cruel.Force" from the label's boss. A three-track EP that shifts between Electro and Techno with deliberate percussion, assertive basslines and synths that tease you with traces of sensuality.

The release is out on December 28th.

-Melanie Havens

PC World - Order (Physical Wash Remix) (SLK014)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track by PC World. The South London duo comes through with a haunting EP on She Lost Kontrol to distort the view and warp the vision of industrial addicts and mutant punks with their second release “Order”, a discursive counterattack on four distinct forms of command.

B-side remixes of the title track “Order” come from Physical Wash (former member of High-Functioning Flesh) and Aktion Mutante (featuring members of Violent Poison and Unhuman), two additional perversions of protocol from synth-punk veterans on both sides of the Atlantic. So initiate these six cries of havoc in solidarity with this wasted world, a world of precarious necessity and incessant definition. A world whose shape and conscience will forever be satisfied by order.

The release is out digitally + vinyl February 8th on Bandcamp.

Velvet Velour - Join The Ride (Swiss Dark Nights)

The Brvtalist is pleased to present the new music video for “Join The Ride” by Velvet Velour . The solo project of Russian synthwave diva Valeria Valuyskaya who has been at the edge of Moscow underground music scene for last 8 years as the deejay, founder of Dark Matter nights, long-time Powerhouse Moscow club & studio producer and the singer with college degree in jazz vocals.

Her debut EP «Pleiades» which was released at Swiss Dark Nights label, finds analog synths devotee Valeria following through in the blueprint of dark electropop and coldwave, offering a set of retro-futuristic middle tempo, gloomy and occasionally seductive danceable songs created with a tangible focus on the vocal melody. Velvet Velour isn’t as complex and narcissistic as Grimes and has a more traditionally pretty voice than Emika, which helps distinguish the artist from the legions of noir-pop and retrowave acts. It’s an intriguing listen from a promising singer – and a perfect soundtrack for dark and weird future we are already blade-running in.

The release is out now on Bandcamp.

-Melanie Havens

The Brvtalist Premieres: Adrian Marth - Evolution (Official Video)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new music video for "Evolution" by Adrian Marth. This trippy track comes off Soil Records massive upcoming release "Tears For Fears Compilation Vol.3", a V.A that features 22 artists, presenting a mix of E.B.M, Electro and Industrial music.

The release is out digitally + cassette December 25th on Bandcamp.

-Melanie Havens