TOP 3 :
Sacred Skin – Born In Fire
80s influenced, cinematic synthpop new wave.
Twin Tribes - Pendulum
Jangly gothy postpunk.
Flint Glass & Ah Cama Sotz – Wakan Tanka
Trippy electronic; core sound is tribal/ritualistic, but with idm/ambient/dub/noise elements.
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BEST OF THE REST :
Dermabrasion – Pain Behaviour
Somewhere at the intersection of postpunk, goth rock and deathrock.
Kanka & Bodewell – Stroboscope
Collabaration between members of Armageddon Dildos and Orange Sector; EBM meets synthpop.
Mvtant – Electronic Body Horror
Industrial beats, glitchy cut-up samples, early 80s Cabaret Voltaire influences.
Architrav – Welk
Dark ambient, industrial soundscapes, neo-classical.
Feyleux – Midnight Hearts
Debut album for an American female duo; the year’s quintessential darkwave release.
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PLAYLIST :
1-3 : synthpop darkwave
4-9 : dancefloor electro/darkwave (industrial lite)
10-16 : postpunk gothrock deathrock
17-20 : (dark) ambient, IDM
21-31: industrial
(21-22 classic; 23-25 techno body music; 26-29 electro-industrial; 30-31 other noisy stuff)