Plastikstrom (D)
Electro, minimal, and new wave from Reutlingen. Powerful, undistorted vocals with German lyrics form an unmistakable symbiosis with music that stands out from the electro mainstream. This blend truly unleashes its unique power and atmosphere, especially on stage.
PLAGUE PITS (CH)
Plague Pits are a minimal synth collective from Bern and Zurich. In the spirit of the ’80s cassette underground, they play “cold wave for a heating planet”—disco music for the Anthropocene. Following a series of self-released tapes and LPs, their new album “Escalator to the Abattoir” was released in the summer of 2025 on YOUNG & COLD RECORDS —an album that combines lyrics about personal and societal decay with minimal wave steeped in early continental electronic post-punk. “A crackling, relentless, and seething cauldron of sound with an unmistakable personality, seamlessly evoking the clatter and clang of industrial wastelands, Kraftwerk-esque, clinical machine-funk rhythms, the offbeat polyrhythms of Cabaret Voltaire, and the surreal unpredictability of The Residents—all evoked by the adrenaline-fueled dancefloor New Beat of DAF, Neon Judgment, and Front 242, combined with a not insignificant wistful melodic appeal in the style of Euro-synthpop” (Fabrizio Lusso, White Light//White Heat).
Raderkraft (NL)
Nederwave / Minimal Synth / Electro Raw, hard, and danceable. Cold and harsh electro influences are combined with catchy hooks set to the rhythm of ’80s punk. Raderkraft’s sound breaks through genre boundaries with staccato drum machine beats, analog synths, and Dutch and German vocals. Somewhere between minimal synth, wave, and electro lies the distinctive sound of Raderkraft, the alias of musician, producer, and songwriter Willem Stinissen from Amsterdam. His passion for vintage synthesizers and drum machines, combined with a strong DIY ethos, has already led to several remarkable releases and performances across Europe. His sound was recently described as a modern crossover between Germany’s 1980s DAF and Belgium’s Arbeit Adelt! Armed with pulsating drum beats, driving basslines, and quirky vocals, Raderkraft takes you into an energetic mosh pit of electronics and synthesizers.
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