Three years after the first album "Redeemer", Janosch Moldau is back with MOTEL SONGS. Highly anticipated one year before by the singles "Not with the son" and "Follow me", MOTEL SONGS is revealing itself as a very solid album. It contains eleven songs melodically catching that are able to balance melancholy and sensuality. Using mostly electronic instruments with a bit of guitar arpeggios/riffs (see also how distorted guitars are used to create a background humming sound on many tracks) and piano, the songs paint an intimate picture of Janosch. The Depeche Mode fans will be pleased to listen to this album as Janosch is able to create an atmosphere similar to their most anguished tunes. MOTEL SONGS contains all mid tempo ballads which tend to create a certain mournful atmosphere. Probably the personal themes of the songs convinced Janosch to focus the album on that sound but this doesn't invalidate the album because it sounds great anyway. You can check all the songs at this CD baby page http://cdbaby.com/cd/moldau2.

Two years and half after his debut album Datafreq is back with a limited four tracks 10" E.P. titled MONUMENTAL. This vinyl, released under the moniker of Datafreq Vs Danellatron, sees on vocals Danella Hocevar. She's been a vocalist since the end of the '80s with An April March and then with Redhotred until 2001. Recently she started to collaborate with Roger Lavallee (vocalist/guitarist for The Curtain Society). The E.P. contains two original tracks (the cool upbeat synth electro main track and the mid tempo nice "Love's tainted love") plus a Minimal Dansepop Remix of "The Only Place I Go" (already contained on the double vinyl compilation "Rückwärts Im Uhrzeigersinn" released by Das Drehmoment Records and here sung by Danella) and a cover version of Trooper`s classic canadian rock anthem "Boys In The bright White Sportscar" (here it has been reworked as a cool synthpop dancey tune). Check some of the at Datafreq's myspace. For orders you can check the Das Drehmoment shop at www.das-drehmoment.net/Shop.

Germany’s female EBM-chansoneuse EISSCHOCK alias Amortalia S. returns with a new Web-only EP and likes to invite to "Play The Game". Her rules of the game are still comparable with her efforts known from her debut, mostly minimal fast-forward moving EBM rhythm patterns combined with Madame EISSCHOCK’s diverse kind to perform vocals. Her emotion in the vocals ranging from bedroom-sweet to sick and mentally disturbed offer her tracks a very own kind and listening experience. Musically it seems that some tracks have experienced an improvement, an increase of equipment seems to be happened too. But this also burdens a bit the aggressive outfit of the new EISSCHOCK stuff, "Far, Far Away" comes out musically never-heard-before ingratiating and catchy. Not sure also, if the title track is THE composition of the year, that one, also featured in a short video edit, lacks definitely of compositional depth. But a track like the nasty "Hass Mich" works excellent to varnish all of those weaker moments, this one also shows the whole dimension the hell-angel EISSCHOCK is able to awake. With the help and support of the German Sonic-X label and the specialized studio which hides behind it, I’m quite sure that this EP is only a sort of intermediate result. There’s more to come.

The new release by Clogsontronics is a particular one, because sees ADN' Crystall recording three new tracks and the label printing new material after the reissue of two of their '80s releases (the Ensemble Pittoresque and the Storung albums). As for the other releases Clogsontronics decided to present COD-ADN in a vinyl plus CD format. This time for a 15' total we have a 33 rmp 7" and a 3" CD containing "Just a Coda", "Mini Romance" and "Rhino". The deluxe package contains also an A1 poster that celebrates the 30 years of ADN' Crystall. The art of the huge poster has been drawn by Erick Moncollin himself and it represents a good visive counterpart to his particular synth analogue with no midi use music. If you had the chance to check his old stuff like the "Jazz' mad" album, I can say that these three tracks are less dreamy and kinda more energetic and more "pop" but a kind of dark weird one. The songs paint particular hallucinogenic situations on the normal day life: a guy who see a face of a rhino instead of his wife's or like the two lovers relationship, on "Mini romance", where he loves her only because everything is gonna change. Limited to 450 copies the E.P. is on sale now! Check some excerpt at the label's website.

Fans of this ex-DSBP-recording artist had to wait quite too long, until Xon, the mastermind behind BOUNDLESS, could decide to return with a new full-length album after his glorious debut "Perpetual", out in 2003. Since the years have gone by, also musically and production-wise there has been some improvements. The compositions of Xon have reached definitely a higher quality. He also provides his voice lesser distorted and with a "real" singing attitude, which sounds to the same time emotional and charismatic. Musically, "Mentis Vici Omnis" is a lighter, but also a drastically developed version to "Perpetual". The arrangements are turning into a more smooth sound outfit, the harsh EBM-like outraging tunes of Xon’s too early gone project SYMBIONT or the energetic pieces of "Perpetual" like "Sordid Trooper" or "Club Trash" seem to be relics of the past. The new BOUNDLESS tracks are concentrating to impress with thick layers, some piano drops, diverse programming kinds and a more or less moderate speed. Seldom, quite seldom Xon’s new compositions are fitting well with some dancefloor movements ("Shadow Reaper" featuring FUNKER VOGT), and if they fit, they are musically more based to provide a refreshing sort of a Techno-/Trance-driven outfit ("Vitals Interrupt"). This all doesn’t mean that this has to be seen as a flaw – it’s rather the opposite, since Xon tries hard to deliver a special album, which drifts a bit away from your usual Electro/Futurepop-listening procedure. Also the invitation to several guest musicians with some prominent names like above mentioned FUNKER VOGT, GASR, ARZT & PFUSCH (what a spooky outro entitled "Crepesculum") or the demanding collaborative track "Seduction" featuring LOST SIGNAL and Frank M. Spinath of SEABOUND helps a lot to fill in diversity, but it also documents the new BOUNDLESS-style. This album is pending between Synth-/Electropop to EBM, but it is musically always tasteful and demanding arranged. Quite well-done with a crystal-clear recording quality, but especially the integration of some global players should help to reach a higher level of attention of the international audience. Let’s finally hope, that we don’t have to wait another 5 years for the next BOUNDLESS-album.