Genre
Coldwave
Post-punk filtered through cold minimalism. Sparse arrangements, detached vocals, and a stark emotional palette. Rooted in late-70s France and Belgium, still actively mutating.
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Boy Harsher – Jeans A hypnotic, driving fan-favorite from Boy Harsher. Nostalgic synths, a bass arp that sticks, and Jae Matthews doing what she does best. -
Mortes – Darkwalker Gothic post-punk from Mortes. Exquisite guitar work, haunting keys, and an energy that demands to be heard live. -
2DCAT – Frames (Blue Rose Edit) Johan took a self-built sampler to a landfill and recorded the percussion. The result is the same song, rebuilt from wreckage. A must listen. -
Vioflesh – Intuition A powerful coldwave anthem from Santiago. Strong arp, filter work, and vocals as constant as ever. A slight departure in sound design that works. -
NNHMN – Strange Love The Berlin duo's latest single arrives as part of Opera of Lust and the Art of Sorrow, and it arrives fully formed. -
Balduvian Bears – Fernweh The latest from Salt Lake City's Balduvian Bears. Lo-fi darkwave textures, haunting vocals, and that unmistakable sound design that makes the project instantly recognizable. -
hinfort – of letting go Another high-quality release from the Cologne solo project. hinfort's deep voice sits effortlessly alongside synthesized pads in a track that feels genuinely timeless. -
2DCAT – Eat the Rich Six tracks of dark synthpop from Washington D.C., tracing a complete emotional arc from dissociation to fury to silence. -
Hallows – This Love Los Angeles dark electronic duo preview their upcoming Artoffact debut with a standout single. -
NNHMN – Cold Like Steel The Berlin duo opens a new chapter with a hypnotic coldwave single built for nocturnal roads and late night dancefloors. -
Paradox Obscur – Tundra Voices A 2017 live studio session surfaces on CD - six tracks of dark ambient coldwave from the Athens duo. -
Balduvian Bears – Sonder Lo-fi darkwave textures and post-punk rhythms from Salt Lake City. A late-night drive under violet skies. -
SDH – Rider Barcelona duo SDH deliver their most focused and physical record yet on Artoffact. -
Ductape – Obscure The Ankara duo preview their upcoming album Faded Flowers with their strongest single yet. The guitars come in at thirty seconds and everything clicks. -
Balduvian Bears – Hill (Past Dream) A melancholic post-punk ballad from Salt Lake City about the moment childhood dreams collapse. Detuned synths and buried vocals that pull you under. -
Vioflesh – The Spell A seductive club-driven darkwave anthem from Santiago. Piercing synths, driving bass, and vocals built for strobe lights. - hinfort – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out A Cologne solo project takes on one of the Smiths most untouchable songs and doesn't flinch. The weight transfers.
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Vioflesh – Abstraction Cold, reverbed vocals and a driving drumkit from the Santiago darkwave project. Another dancefloor entry that delivers. -
Vioflesh – Sweet Poison A slow-burning darkwave ballad from the Santiago project. Haunting, sensual, and built for an album context. -
hinfort – alive A Cologne solo project adds haunting synth lines to its post-punk foundation. The addition earns its place. -
Antipole & Paris Alexander – Winter Solstice EP Six tracks of cold darkwave from a decade-deep collaboration. -
2DCAT – Never Enough Hypnotic percussion, powerful vocals, and a chorus that shifts everything. Washington D.C. dark synthpop at its best. -
Balduvian Bears – Ursine A six-track EP from the Salt Lake City project. Stripped synths, minimal percussion, and that unmistakable voice across some of the most intimate Balduvian Bears material yet. -
NIGHTSISTER – In Your Eyes A bewitching post-punk single from the Portland outfit. Mournful vocals, cold electronic propulsion, and a dark dancefloor pulse that pulls you under. -
2DCAT – Touch In The Night The DC duo takes on a West German Eurodisco classic and makes it meaner. Warm analog synthesizers and a vocal that fits the song like it was always hers. -
Vioflesh – Tonight A nocturnal darkwave hymn from Santiago. Strong bassline, hard-hitting drums, and Vio's dreamlike vocals make this one hypnotic. -
AGNIS – Halloween Night (Vioflesh Remix) Two of darkTunes' finest collide on a Halloween anthem. The Vioflesh remix treatment suits AGNIS perfectly. -
Paradox Obscur – IKONA Nine tracks of coldwave and dark pop from one of the scene's most commanding voices.