The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Alex Glass. The Saint-Petersburg based DJ and owner of Northern Techno Alliance is an adherent of hard sounds and cold electronics. His mix represents his affinity for the darkest shades of techno, uncompromising EBM and the most crushing industrial.
-JRS
The Brvtalist is proud to present a new video from Raum. Berlin label Aufnahme + Wiedergabe has recently released a EP by Belgian musician Raum (Orphan Swords, Figure section, Antibody). The artist has just issued a new homemade music video for the track, "Systemic, Malignant, Global" featuring maverick Australian fashion designer and drag performer Shayli Harrison. The video is "a metaphor about the moral turmoil and utter decadence of our times, a world that's been taken in hostage by the world of finance, economic slavery, absurd consumerism, shallowness, mandatory technological advancement and a lethal obsession for security. It was great shooting the video with my insanely creative friend Shayli. Moments with her are always dirt fun, genuine and intense. Some kind of antidote to our sell out times if you want." says Raum.
Pick up the EP now on BANDCAMP.
-JRS
Raum - Conjurer
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new video from MERVH. The Turkish-born, Warsaw-based producer comes forth for her debut EP, Selem, on Poland’s Behind The Stage (BTS). The release includes three originals and three remixes from from Violent, HATELOVE, and Sekulahr which traverse moods, emotions and more for six tracks of powerful industrial and techno fit for the floor or a mind trip at home. The EP was inspired by loss and you can feel the tension, anger and grief throughout the record. Today we premiere the video for the excellent “The Death Was Near” by Vitia Aberamok. To mark the release, we also present an interview with MERVH about her inspiration, the EP and more (see below).
Selem is out March 18th and you can pick it up on the label’s BANDCAMP.
-JRS
The Brvtalist: Before we get to the EP, tell us a little about your music/creative background?
MERVH: I think music has always been in my life. My aunt is music teacher and she bought to me my first guitar when I was 10. Until I started to collage I was performing with alternative bands. Than I met with Electronic music and my real career started as a DJ in 2018 in Warsaw. I had no idea what type of genre was fitting on me. I just knew I was feeling so powerful when I was playing higher bpms. As my career progressed I completely focused on industrial, dark sounds. Got inspiration from Paula Temple,SNTS,Rebekah and it helped me to find my own style. When I started to producing my own music I still prefer to use same sounds but I wanna add to my music my emotions and feelings and sometimes I like trying to produce different genres as well.
TB: Tell us a bit about the inspiration behind your debut EP.
M: Definitely inspiration was my Mother. She died nearly end of 2020. It was the worst day of my life and I decided to do my EP project the day I lost her. I think I wanted to do something permanent on her behalf and make her proud because she was my biggest supporter during my career.
TB: Was making the EP therapeutic in some ways?
M: For my situation it was therapeutic. I think I was throwing my sadness,pain and anger that my loss brought to me with my music. I wanted to produce related tracks and show my emotions somehow with this project. And I had a purpose so whole this EP progress definitely worthed!
TB: You're originally from Turkey but now live in Warsaw. How do you find the techno scene/community there and do you think it will come back strong after the pandemic?
MERVH - Selem (BTS, 2021)
M: As I said my career started in Warsaw and it was a luck for me. Warsaw has really good and old techno scenes and audience is quite a lot too. I had a chance to be part of very good parties before pandemic and I hope everything will be fine asap! And yes I'm sure Warsaw will come back stronger after this whole thing.
TB: What's coming up next?
M: I completed to my first important goal and now I feel very proud and refreshed. My plan from now on is to reach a good audience with this project and of course sign few more succesful EP in the future.
MERVH
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from X23. “Inner Circle (nktrnl Remix)” comes off the new EP, Dull Blank Faces, on Techno Normative. Hailing from West Wicklow, X23 has proved to be a relentless force to be reckoned with and after releases with labels like Occult Rhythms, Crusade and Insane Industry, he delivers a blistering new EP which finds two originals and two remixes with nktrnl and the might Vendex. Today we bring you nktrnl’s harsh, blistering take on the original track. I had the privilege of playing with nktrnl is his home town of Dublin and he always bring a crushing, intense sound that you can’t quite shake off.
Dull Blank Faces is out March 27th and you can get yours on Bandcamp.
-JRS
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Vulkanski. The Tbilisi-based artist delivers another excellent industrialized piece of electronics for the forthcoming various artist on KHIDI's in-house label. The second edition from the iconic club features a great array of international and local talent. Featuring tracks from the legendary Orhpx and Oscar Mulero and two more from club residents Yanamaste and Vulkanski.
Out on 12" vinyl + digital on April 6th. Get yours on BANDCAMP.
-JRS
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new music video for "Curta" by Sheefit. The Brazilian artist launches her new label Feetish Sonoro, where she debuts with a great 3-track EP of dark, enigmatic techno & electro, exploring her perceptions about time, seeking to make peace with it.
Out March 22nd on Beatport, pre-order starts on March 15th.
-Melanie Havens
The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Ivan Halyha. The Ukrainian born, Poland-based promoter, DJ and producer brings a wealth of musical background to the table. Deeply-rooted in a black metal culture, as drummer in bands such as Dementria or Mord'A'Stigmata, Halyha has taken these elements and infused them into his electronic realms, combining the darkest techno merged with heavy post-punk, spiced up with some solid EBM and altogether embedded on a black metal foundations, with many atmospheric sounds. He is also an organizer of the well known Chaotic Cult event series, which The Brvtalist is set to play to celebrate the project’s two year anniversary. His set for New Brvtalism has is an excellent variety of his sounds, ranging from SUNN O))) to Broken English Club and lots of new talent as well.
-JRS
Track list:
1. SUNN O))) - Big Church [ [ megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért ] ]
2. SWANS - Blind Love // Stellamara - Prelude
3. IV Horseman - Zhivago
4. Harsh Mentor - Majin
5. Nørbak - Rune Value
6. Cervello Elettronico vs. Veldt - Tank
7. Salem Unsigned - Blessed Be The Defiant Death // Zero Kama - Prayer Of Zos
8. Crystal Geometry - Senestre
9. Ćyan ID - Velvet Blade
10. Sharplines - Burnie Cinder
11. SLEAZY - Lost Patterns
12. Blac Kolor - New Leader (Rendered Remix)
13. AEIT - Wretched Aura // Tomasz Sikorski - Diario 87
14. Siamgda - Conquer This World // DOŁY ŚMIERCI - UNRELEASED
15. Elias the Prophet - Atiras (Exium remix)
16. Trepaneringsritualen - Serpent Seed (Ancient Methods Remix)
17. Konstruktivists - Torture in Black
18. Organik Fanatik - If You Risk [KTLH Remix]
19. DRG24 - UNRELEASED
20. Downwell - Undercover Buddies
21. Monolith - God is Your Shield (FOH Mix)
22. Ah Cama-Sotz - Ne Prekrashchay Tantsevat'
23. Impure Secretion - Fall Of Illusions
24. Broken English club - Lord of The Flies
25. IVAN HALYHA - UNRELEASED
26. December - A Hundred Years Without You // Arcana - The Fading Shadow
27. Malachit - Glass // Dariusz Jackowski - Jeleń w Jadalni
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from French artist NZM 99. We premiere today "Walkiryes Walk", which comes off his upcoming release on his own imprint Tjalk Records. The label celebrates its first anniversary with a great album of body techno music featuring 4 remixes by Templer, Minuit Machine, Mr Nô and IV Horsemen.
The release is out on digital format + cassette March 16th. Pre-order here.
-Melanie Havens
Following the runaway success of their debut outing “Raise the Skies”, Kill Shelter and Antipole have just launched a second single from the forthcoming album, A Haunted Place, entitled “Burn Bright”. The track is a powerful fusion of both artists’ sound and weaves seamlessly through post-punk, cold wave and beyond for a work that is as haunting as it is infectious. The collaboration between Kill Shelter (UK) and Antipole (Norway) explores the theme of addiction and its impact on the human psyche and “Burn Bright” is as equally at home on the dance floor as it is on a domestic turntable.
“Lyrically, Burn Bright is full of layers for something so deceptively simple. It deals with themes of addiction in all its forms but it also has a strong element of salvation. Like all the tracks on “A Haunted Place”, the lyrics come from a very personal place and hopefully it’s something that some people can identify with along the way.” Pete Burns - Kill Shelter
“Burn Bright is another one of our more upfront songs taken from the album. It has a dark energy but there are also elements of melancholic fragility caught within the music itself. I think you can really hear the interplay between our guitar styles - there is a natural tension as they interweave throughout the track which I really like.” Karl Morten Dahl - Antipole
A Haunted Place will be released March 26th on Manic Depression Records and is available to pre-order on vinyl and CD via Manic Depression Records.
The Limited Edition vinyl variants sold out in a matter of days on the artists’ Bandcamp pages.
To support the single release, the Burn Bright video, again with post-production by Pete Burns, is premiering on Yami Spechie’s YouTube channel today on 4 pm (CET) and can be seen by clicking ont he image below...
The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Félicie. “Self Sabotage” comes off the all new v/a compmilation from Parisian label and Brvtalist favorite Maison Close. MCVA003 is loaded with some of today’s best names across the spectrums of techno, industrial, rave and beyond. From Charlie Sparks’ rocket fueled banger to OCD’s signature crushing sound, this has something for everything. Today we are thrilled to host “Self Sabotage”, which comes from Parisian artist Félicie who has been setting everything on fire lately with a string of great tracks and podcasts.
MSCVA003 is out March 19th and you can pre-order now on Bandcamp.
-JRS
