electraumatisme

Electraumatisme du 13/05/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:36:24 +0000

Cette semaine, entre autres curiosités de cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme, nous découvrons comment sonnait Project Pitchfork avant Project Pitchfork.

Prochaine édition le 27 mai.

AkMD - In Delirium
Nuklear Kontrol - Unleash the fury
Absolute Form - CollapseFlash Zero - Doble Personalidad
Bent - Siren's call
Synthetische Lebensform - ReCreator
Digital Blood - Molecule
Demoniac Puppets - The Silence
Construggle Test - Cannibal
Crimes AM - There Is No Resurrection
Allied Vision - Flooded in blood
Terror Punk Syndicate - I Wish I Was Retarded (Edit)

Release of the week

AkMD - Fragments Of Illusions

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260513.mp3

Kitchen Notes : bent on Renascence

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Nous n'avons pas perdu de temps. A peine l'album tant attendu de bent présenté dans le podcast que Niko Martens a bien voulu répondre avec une rapidité et une précision surprenante à toutes nos questions habituelles des kitchen notes. En route pour de passionantes explications sur la production d'une des meilleure sortie de ces derniers mois dans les domaines musicaux qui nous sont chers. Nostalgiques de l'école texane de la Dark Electro, le graal est à portée de clic.

We didn't waste time. The long awaited and desired album barely introduced in the podcast, Niko Marten has been keen enough to answer with a surprising quickness and precision to all our usual Kitchen Notes questions. Let's go for a captivating explanation session on the production of one of the best release of these last months in the scope of our cherished musical domains.Nostalgic for the Texan school of Dark-Electro, Graal is just one click away.

Gears and software

What gears/softwares did you use for Beat that Body ?

Hardware: Yamaha HS7, DT1990 Pro, Rode NT 1-A, Focusrite Interface

DAW: Ableton Live Suite

The album was created entirely “in the box.” I do have quite a bit of hardware synths around, but I haven’t really managed to integrate it into my workflow in a meaningful way so far. The thing is, modern emulations have become incredibly good and are much more flexible — beyond that, there are also many excellent sample-based VST instruments.
These days, you can convert almost anything, and more and more emulations even offer SysEx compatibility. There are also some great open-source projects built on original hardware firmware.
When it comes to mixing tools, the gap between software and hardware keeps getting smaller. Even compressors have improved a lot, with increasingly sophisticated ways of modeling nonlinear behavior. At this point, the differences are barely audible — especially in a full mix.
For “Renascence” I mainly used vintage hardware emulations — both modeled and sample-based. That includes tools like the emulations from Arturia, Korg Legacy, Roland Cloud, GForce, Falcon, as well as some freeware. I think the freeware Kawai K1 emulation, which also reads SysEx banks, is actually one of the most-used synths on the album.

Your favorite gear(s)/software(s) ?

That’s a difficult question to answer. I’m drawn to pretty much all emulations that sound very analog, authentic, and alive — anything with real character.
The signature “bent” choir sounds you hear throughout Renascence were mostly done with the Triton Extreme, Emulator or the K1. The crystal-clear, liquid pluck sounds — for example in the chorus of At This Place — are usually a combination of the DX7 and the Casio CZ. In some cases, I also used the SQ80 from Arturia, mainly with SysEx banks from the ESQ-1.
A large portion of the bass sounds comes from the MiniMoog emulation by Universal Audio, as well as FM synths like the DX7 or the Yamaha SY-99.
I usually build my drum kits myself using Ableton’s Drum Rack.

Any evolution in your setup ?

Yes, my setup evolves quite a lot — but not in the sense of a fixed system that gradually expands. I usually start each project from scratch, building new chains for every track, including mix bus chains, depending entirely on what the song needs.
I’m very interested in audio tools in general and regularly check out what’s new. I test a lot of trial versions and, whenever something feels genuinely useful — especially if it adds a new dimension to my existing toolkit or pushes my sound forward — I’ll integrate it into my workflow.

Sound Design

Do you use/tweak presets ?

Once you dive deeper into synthesizers, you realize that most bands use presets — and that’s completely fine. For example, if you go through the patch libraries of the Emulator, Emax, ESQ-1, or Ensoniq VFX, you’ll stumble across quite a few sounds that appeared on major hits.
I use presets as well, but I always modify them in some way — either with the synth’s built-in options or through effects processing. I’ve never really counted, but on every track I tend to have long FX chains, sometimes pushing the projects close to the CPU limit.
For tweaking sounds, I especially like the effects from Soundtoys, Eventide, Universal Audio, and McDSP. I also love tape saturation and reverb — for example Phoenix, Taupe, or the UAD stuff in general. There are so many fantastic reverb plugins out there, but the ones I used the most on the album, and that remain my favorites, are from Strymon, Eventide, and Relab.

Do you design you own sound ? On which synth/plugin in particular ?

Yes, I design my own sounds — either by creating patches completely from scratch or by heavily reshaping existing sounds with long effect chains. In the end, the result often has very little to do with the original patch.
Some of my favorite tools for sound design are preamps, saturation, filters, distortion, creative delays, and convolution reverbs. Over the years I’ve built up a huge collection of my own impulse response libraries, which I use extensively.
A good example is the track Dogma, which is driven almost entirely by FX like the QuantX.

Any particular synth history ?

Many of the trademark sounds on the album actually come from very old 32-bit VSTs. Getting them to run was often a real challenge — the whole bridging process is pretty clunky and unstable at times.
For example, Iridium Flare is built largely around synths that have completely disappeared from the radar today and only still exist as 32-bit plugins. I’ve always loved digging up forgotten software like that, because those old instruments often have a very unique character that’s hard to recreate with modern synths.

Writing/composing method

What would be your main writing/composing method ? Do you start classical rythm/bassline then arrange around it ? Do you already have structure in mind ? Do you improvise, record sessions then select ? ...

It’s very different from track to track. Sometimes I already have a clear idea in my head, other times I’m inspired by experiences or even by hearing something on the radio. Quite often, songs also emerge while I’m simply testing gear.
What’s usually consistent, though, is that the biggest part of a song happens during the very first session — most of the arrangement, structure, melodies, and ideas for vocals are already there. After the first evening, the demo is often around two or three minutes long and already feels quite complete.
After that, the tracks usually sit on my hard drive for months, sometimes even years, until I find the right way back into them and continue working on them.
Most of the time I start with bass or atmospheric layers rather than drums. Stonehenge is actually a good example of a track where I started with the drums first.

Producing/mixing method

Do you produce/mix in the box or do you use mainly external gears (effect/comp/eq...) ?

I produce, mix, and master all Bent tracks myself entirely in the box. I’m especially drawn to tools that have a very analog character and sound.
The plugins I use most are from Softube, UAD, Schwabe Digital, Metric Halo, Apogee, and Plugin Alliance. I also think the stuff from Acustica Audio is fantastic, and I really love the compressors from MixWave.
For mastering, I especially love the native Weiss tools, the Sontec EQ from Metric Halo, the Maselec emulations by Relab, and the plugins from Massenburg.

What is your most painful / enjoyable step in track production ? Sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering ?

The biggest challenge with Renascence was that many of the songs and projects were very old, from a time when I basically had no real mixing skills or technical understanding yet. The workflow back then was sometimes pretty adventurous, and a lot of the tracks contain wildly improvised plugin chains that make me shake my head today.
Completely rebuilding everything from scratch was never really an option, because a lot of the character and vibe would have been lost in the process. At the same time, I didn’t want to go through every single track one by one and fix everything directly in the sessions — even if that probably would have been the “correct” approach from a traditional mixing perspective. It simply would have been far too much work.

So for the album, I ended up doing a lot of quick-and-dirty corrections on the stereo bus and mix bus instead. In some cases I used pretty drastic EQ moves just to bring the songs back into balance and make the mixes work as a whole.
The part I enjoy the most is definitely the magic and creativity of the very first ideas during the initial session — those moments when I’m completely in the flow, everything starts connecting naturally, and ideas slowly turn into actual songs.
The mixing stage is also a lot of fun, especially when working with disruptive tools that can suddenly push a song or sound onto a completely new level.

Niko's tips

Basically, it all comes down to the fundamentals of mixing. If you follow the basic rules, not much can really go wrong.
Keep your projects clean and well organized, focus on proper balancing, and pay attention to gain staging, panning, sidechaining, and the core principles of bus processing. I also think it’s important to work with sends whenever possible — not only because it creates a more cohesive sound, but also because it helps save a lot of CPU power.
A personal bent production tip: in almost every project, I use plugins as send FX that emulate the degradation and artifacts of early digital audio/16 bit. It really helps to push the sound into a more analog-feeling, harsher, more retro and gritty territory — and at the same time it can actually make things feel more defined and focused.
As a default, I also always have a Vulture Culture-style saturation emulation on a send in every project. Especially for drums, it’s a great tool, because you can blend it in subtly or more aggressively depending on taste, and it instantly adds character and edge without destroying the original signal.

Contact info

Bandcamp : https://bent8.bandcamp.com/

Playlist Electraumatisme du 06/05/2026 - First class Electropop

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:11:00 +0000

Passée la découverte de la fantastique nouveauté que l'on attendait depuis si longtemps, la seconde partie de cette édition d'Electraumatisme explore les différents visages de l'électropop, les plus sombres étant les meilleurs. N'hésitez pas à vous manifester si vous connaissez le projet à l'origine d'Until U say U r.

Bent - Lucid Dream
Institute for the Criminaly Insane vs ee:man - The Fabric of You
System22 - Until U say U r (Iris Mix 2)
Mechanical Cabaret - Nothing special
Michigan - Karma Shines
Mind.area - Destiny
My Love Kills - We don´t want you with us
Mind.area - Faces
My Love Kills - Silent scream
EGOamp – The Carnival (Radio Edit)
Auto-Auto - Backstabber (Plain remix)
E-Gens – The Song Of Sky Gears

Release of the week

Bent - Renascence

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260506.mp3

Top 10 avril 2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:01:00 +0000

01 - Port Authority - The Mind's Abstract
02 - TC75 - 4S (Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome)
03 - Planetdamage - KILLCAPS
04 - Trilogy - Forced Perspective
05 - Absolute Form - Form & Function
06 - CK 37 - Inget Hat
07 - NER\OGRIS - Silenci
08 - Fractal - Hide in the light
09 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Octagram
10 - ee:man - Evolving Dome of Madness

Electraumatisme du 29/04/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0000

En quoi l'IDM est supposée être dansable ? C'est une question que l'on se pose à un moment donné dans cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme.

Absolute Form - Shame System
Replicant - Depresing fate of humanity
Subverge - Medusa (Maris Anguis Remix)
TC75 - Against A Wall
ee:man - Dark Patterns
Pail - Infected
Trilogy - Different World
Kryotronic – Mortified Things (Studio)
Flash Zero - Reflejo Azul
Sølve - what remains
Mastertune - Emotions
DE!FUNCT - Waiting For You To Come
Signal Aout 42 - Freundschaft

Release of the week

Absolute Form - Form & Function

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260429.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 22/04/2026 - Spéciale Amérique latine

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:53:00 +0000

Un petit tour en Amérique latine cette semaine dans la seconde partie de cette édition d'Electraumatisme où nous n'évitons pas les éternels classiques mais n'hésitons pas non plus à descendre dans la cave pour y déterrer des productions un peu plus obscures.

Trilogy - Alienized
Dulce Liquido - Disolución
Hocico - Born To Be (Hated) (Original Odium)
Cenobita - Scabious Snout
In Auroram - Song of the Century
Hocico - Untold Blasphemies (Gate Mix)
Rabia Sorda – Breaking Through
Left Cross – All Path Leads To Chaos
NeKrodamus - Nosferatu (Lamia - Mix)
Kutna Hora - Our lady of Sedlec
A Industrya – Temporary Loss

Release of the week

Trilogy - Forced Perspective

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260422.mp3

Electraumatisme du 15/04/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:40:00 +0000

On retrouve un Tino Claus en grande forme dans cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme. Par ailleurs, si quelqu'un en sait plus ou a des anecdotes au sujet du projet Fatal Tantra, n'hésitez pas à commenter.

TC75 - Motion
ee:man - Master of Madness
Mind Wired Shut - Death.kill.Suicide
Танцы На Воле - Откровение
RTFXX feat. Marty Rawkman - Incendiary
Agony & the Middle Class - Honored & Grateful
Pail - Process
File 9 - Torture - A Version
Bigod 20 - On the run
Fatal Tantra - Virus
Rein - Off the grid
Ulterior - The Locus of control

Releases of the week

TC75 - 4S (Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome)

ee:man - Evolving Dome of Madness

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260415.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 08/04/2026 - Oldschool EBM

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:29:00 +0000

Même si le Famillientreffen est encore loin, je sais pertinemment que vous êtes en train de préparer votre summer body à l'approche de la saison des festivals. A l'exception d'un remix douteux de Nitzer Ebb et de choses un peu plus expérimentales, la seconde partie de cette édition d'Electraumatisme devrait vous filer un coup de pouce. Vous me ferez 20 pompes sur le Menticide.

Planetdamage - Renaissance (Mimicry) v2
Nuklear Kontrol - Abyss
Mao Tse Tung Experience - Irregular times
Mastertune - Forget the rest (live)
Mekanik Disorder - Disorder On My Mind
Menticide - Wrong
Mind Teardawn - Going Down
MRDTC - When the World Is Gone
Sebastian Komor - Let Your Body Learn
Nattskiftet - Gnissel och brus
Necrophilistic Anodyne - Raping facts
Negant - Blast

Release of the week

Planetdamage - KILLCAPS

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260408.mp3

Top 10 mars 2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:28:00 +0000

01 - Port Authority - The Mind's Abstract
02 - Fractal - Hide in the light
03 - CK 37 - Inget Hat
04 - This Morn'Omina - Insha
05 - NER\OGRIS - Silenci
06 - V/A - Document III
07 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Octagram
08 - Virtual Space Industrial - Virus of Darkness
09 - Outpost 11 - Broken Mirror
10 - MIND WIRED SHUT - Survival Horror

Electraumatisme du 25/03/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:25:00 +0000

A peine redémarré, le podcast casse à nouveau son rythme de diffusion. En attendant, vous pouvez quand même profiter de cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme entre fraîcheur et poussière.
Prochain rendez-vous le 8 avril.

MIND WIRED SHUT - Darkness
The Witch Said No - Call the dead (Novakill Rmx)
Port Authority - Little suns
Fractal - The line of fire
Primary Target - Overdose
Outpost 11 - Quantized Emptiness
This Morn'Omina - Body of light
Танцы На Воле - День
PC World - Strategy Beat
Smothered Hope - Synaptic Circle
Fostercare - Cold arms
Metamatik - Act now

Release of the week

MIND WIRED SHUT - Survival Horror

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260325.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 18/03/2026 - Spéciale Eurodance ?

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:57:00 +0000

Une édition spéciale d'Electraumatisme qui évoque les sombres heures du début des années 2000 où l'on nous vendait comme renouveau de la scène Dark Electro/Indus/EBM la plus mièvre des Euro-Dance. Un coup à croire qu'on s'est planté et qu'on a mis un CD de la frangine dans le lecteur.

Outpost 11 - Come and see
This Morn'Omina - Sannyasin
Stoneburner - Daughter
Assemglage 23 - I Am The Rain
Glis - High Dreamer
Black Heaven - Agony
Intra-Venus - Resurrection
Synaesthesia - Living in photographs
Massiv In Mensch Feat. Mind.In.A.Box – Supermassive Gravity
Lights of Euphoria - One nation
La Vogue – Somebody New (Version)
Metal Disco - Harsh EBM Nights
T.D.D. - Klaus K (Jesus Christus der erloser)

Releases of the week

Outpost 11 - Broken Mirror

This Morn'Omina - Insha

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260318.mp3

Electraumatisme du 11/03/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:09:00 +0000

Et voilà il suffit que l'on s'absente un mois pour se retrouver à produire une nouvelle édition régulière d'Electraumatisme (on commence doucement) depuis un pays où la gouvernance est ouvertement fasciste. Sans déconner, il ne faut jamais avoir le dos tourné....allez musique !

Port Authority - Still water
Fractal - Darkly born
First Aid 4 Souls - Poison feat. Celina
Frontal Boundary - Hate (Fact Pattern remix)
In Absentia - Not Human
CK 37 - Gammal Är Äldst
Ancient Step - Terminate
Virtual Space Industrial - At The Gate Of Hapiness (Interpretate F.Ch.No 48.Op 1)
Primary Target - Same old thing
Necro Facility - Reversed
Mannix System - Metal Passion (Live at HBG, Helsingborg, Sweden 20.08.1993)
Fatal Casualties - Skrik tyst
Tekhnotron - Forgotten Incident
Schwefelgelb - Bis Zum Nächsten Tag
Radar 02 - Salvation

Releases of the week

Port Authority - The Mind's Abstract

Fractal - Hide in the light

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260311.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 11/02/2026 - Dark Ambiant de la fin des temps

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 22:46:00 +0000

Dernière édition d'Electraumatisme avant une durée indéterminée (que j'espère la plus courte possible), il était nécessaire de lui donner la couleur de la période traversée. Donc cette semaine on la joue à fond Dark Ambiant de la mort histoire de se mettre du baume au cœur tiens, si c'est pas une idée à la con çà aussi. Allez, bonne déprime, et à je sais pas quand !

Virtual Space Industrial - Eden Misery (Virus Of Darkness)
Subverge - Phantoms
ManMindMachine - Voice of Freedom (Freedom Is Chaotic)
Her blood in my veins - Naebmare
Deutsch Nepal – Tender Love
Krate - Out of the corridor, into the fields
Raison d'étre – Of Dying Relics
Encomiast - Without fear of winter or vertigo
Monkmort - Menga Benedictus
Mortaja – Procesador
Na-Hag - Lost cities
Nameless City – Civilized
Effective Force – Reality Labyrinth

Release of the week

Virtual Space Industrial - Virus of Darkness

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260211.mp3

Electraumatisme du 04/02/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:59:00 +0000

Une lueur d'espoir et d'intérêt dans cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme après avoir passé un bon bout de 2025 à bougonner sur l'EBM qui s'enterre (mais pas sur scène, heureusement).

CK 37 - 8 Bitars Ren Extas
Inspira - Break The Crowd
NER\OGRIS - Silenci
Genocide - Eyes Of Fear
Deflect - Internal paranoia
Covert Forces - Pyramid
Ancient Step - Bloody Death
Ionic Vision - Maschinenezukunft (transmission edition)
Bio-Mechanical Degeneration - Virus
Sleepwalk - Angels
Wet Skin - I Hate What You Like (SARIN Remix)
Velodrome - Glasfabrik

Release of the week

CK 37 - Inget Hat

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260204.mp3

Top 10 janvier 2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:31:00 +0000

01 - NER\OGRIS - Silenci
02 - V/A - Document III
03 - The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator
04 - OMEN:CODE - Alpha State
05 - Qual - Love Zone
06 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Octagram
07 - KIFOTH - Lost Territory
08 - Insect Skin - True Tenderness Is Silent
09 - Covert Forces - Reckoning
10 - Ana Iesu - La chair et l’idéal

Playlist Electraumatisme du 21/01/2026 - Produits locaux

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:43:00 +0000

Une charretée de projets français dans la seconde partie de cette édition d'Electraumatisme, avec un titre à identifier (probablement récupéré sur le site d'AxessCode à l'époque)
Prochain podcast le 4 février.

Covert Forces - Paralysis
Auralion - Infinity
Meta Meat - Shudder
DeVermis Mysteris - ???
Minuit Machine - To Control
Mlada Fronta - NO
Moaan Exis – Breathe
Muckrackers - Death Show On 2.pm
Trisomie 21 - Relapse
My Love Kills - The Dark Thrown
Myselfson - Ashland
Näo - uusi (v3.0)

Releases of the week

Covert Forces - Reckoning

V/A - Document III

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260121.mp3

Electraumatisme du 15/01/2026

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:52:00 +0000

Edition régulière express d'Electraumatisme cette semaine où l'on continue de déterrer des choses, des projets Etats-Uniens proches de l'école texane ou bien encore le proto-The Eternal Afflict.

NER\OGRIS - Fiebre oscura [palabras]
Omen:Code - Brutal + Pure
Noirphesia - In Der Dunkelheit Der Nacht
Human Vault - Sovereign Arbiter Of Life
Severed Skies - Disciples (Feat. The Star Of Ishtar)
Insect Skin - Sing Of Love
Genocide - Rape
Blue Eyed Christ - The slow reverse
L.I.N. - Black Garden
Vociferous Mutes - Faith&Fear
Romantic Affliction - Romantic Affliction

Release of the week

NER\OGRIS - Silenci

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260115.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 07/01/2026 - Top 10 2025

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:23:00 +0000

Une année un peu morose marquée par une grosse période de vide dans l'intérêt porté aux sorties d'albums en 2025, un certain éloignement de la chose EBM en écoute domestique, peut-être un ramollissement des goûts de votre serviteur sauvé par un dernier trimestre flamboyant. Il reste des valeurs sûres quoi qu'il en soit, gloire à Martin Sane (puisque j'ai retrouvé son nom :D )

Prochain podcast jeudi 15 janvier si j'ai le courage.

Insect Skin - Neither Love Nor Peace
In Absentia - Soldier

Top 10 (in reverse)

10 - OMEN:CODE - Paralyze (Alpha State)
09 - V▲LH▲LL - Yuki-Onna (Skymningsdjur)
08 - Fermion - Glass Spires (Conflicted)
07 - Rhys Fulber - The Abyss (feat. Qual) (Memory Impulse Autonomy)
06 - Kreign - Iniquity (III)
05 - Synthetische Lebensform - Shutdown (Current Profile)
04 - Curse Mackey - Imaginary Enemy (Imaginary Enemies)
03 - My Love Kills - Les Portes (Mors Nobis)
02 - The Tear Garden - A Return (Astral Elevator)
01 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Tyrants (Octagram)

Mentions spéciales :

Agony & the Middle Class - Pig Cheese
Youth Code - Yours, With Malice
Qual - Love Zone

Release of the week

Insect Skin - True Tenderness Is Silent

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20260107.mp3

Top 10 décembre 2025

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:03:00 +0000

01 - OMEN:CODE - Alpha State
02 - Qual - Love Zone
03 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Octagram
04 - The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator
05 - Human Vault - The Null State Of Not
06 - Blokkontroll - Blok 4
07 - KIFOTH - Lost Territory
08 - Rhys Fulber - Memory Impulse Autonomy
09 - Severed Skies - Oblivion
10 - Spammerheads - The Mire Chronicles

Playlist Electraumatisme du 30/12/2025 - La boum de fin d'année

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:35:00 +0000

La traditionnelle édition rougnesque de fin d'année l'Electraumatisme se révèle un peu bruyante dans ses 20 dernières minutes. C'est qu'on a un peu perdu l'habitude ma bonne dame mais si çà pouvait galvaniser les foules pour qu'elles aillent botter le train des bourgeois dans et au-delà de nos frontières, çà serait tout le mal qu'on pourrait se souhaiter pour l'année à venir.

The Tear Garden - A Developing World
Spammerheads - Shocking days
Mildreda - Devil's Gaze
General Dynamics - Welcome to Slavery
Monolith - Crashed
Rhys Fulber - Only Love Will Save Us (feat. Barkosina)
DJ_Harder - BE-XI-L-I
Curse Mackey - Six Ghosts of Fear
And One - Tanz der arroganz
Franco Colombo - Out There
Faktor 239 - Reinkarnation
Oldschool Union - Kehojuna (Body mix)
I hate Models - Shiny Razor Blades
Syndikazero - Ashen
Frame of Mind - Braindead
First aid 4 Souls - I Am The Night
Xotox - Stammzellenforschung
Fraction Disco - We shall overcome
Nova State Machine - Do Or Die
Plack Blague - Body Talk

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20251230.mp3

Kitchen Notes : Severed Skies on Oblivion

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:51:00 +0000

Profitons du ralentissement d'activité de cette fin d'année pour publier une dernière Kitchen Notes. Cette fois, Bryan Sage, le cerveau derrière Severed Skies nous raconte comment, toujours fidèle aux synthétiseurs matériels, il produit sa Dark Electro dans la lignée de l'école classique.

Let's take advange of this end of the year activity slowdown to publish a last Kitchen Notes. This time, Bryan Sage, the brain behind Sereved Skies tell us how, always faithfull to hardware synths, he produces his Dark Electro done in the path of the classic lineage.

Gears and software

What gears/softwares did you use for Oblivion ?

I used a few actually, my Arturia Polybrute, Korg Minilogue XD, DSI Prophet Rev 2, Yamaha Mox 6, and Sequential Take 5

Your favorite gear(s)/software(s) ?

Pretty much the ones I already listed above, but the Prophet Rev 2 has a special place in my heart.

Any evolution in your setup ?

Everything I have done in this music project was evolved greatly since the start... from software to hardware, to learning, to knowledge, to skill, to experience and it keeps expanding.

Sound Design

Do you use/tweak presets ?

Sometimes I use presets but I like to tweak and make my own presets.

Do you design you own sound ? On which synth/plugin in particular ?

Yes I love to make my own sound instead of presets, that's the fun of creating music, I explore the effects and tweak the sounds to what I hear is amazing to me and go from there.

Any particular synth history ?

The Yamaha Mox 6 was my first official synth over almost 13 years ago, since then I have gotten quite a few more synths and it keeps expanding.

Writing/composing method

What would be your main writing/composing method ? Do you start classical rythm/bassline then arrange around it ? Do you already have structure in mind ? Do you improvise, record sessions then select ? ...

I have changed my format or method over the years... now I mostly start with the drums or the bassline... then I build up off of those.....but sometimes I have an idea in my mind of a sound or lead or pad sound... then I will try to create that first and go from there.... sometimes I'll have ideas of songs in my head that are fragments of things I heard from other songs I hear... and they all combine or intertwine in my mind then I hear something in my head I want to bring to life.

Producing/mixing method

Do you produce/mix in the box or do you use mainly external gears (effect/comp/eq...)

I do mixing within my DAW which is Ableton live. Then I send it off for mastering to someone I know.

What is your most painful / enjoyable step in track production ? Sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering ?

I would say my most enjoyable part of track production is creating the song itself and what I come up with.... it's like a journey that my mind takes me on and I will never know where it will take me...songwriting is exciting.
Mixing the album is the most tedious, frustrating part of the process I think... I am a perfectionist and it takes a few weeks for me to master....I make sure that everything is leveled and balanced perfectly to how I want it to sound which takes time.

Severed Skies' tips

Don't put yourself in a box.... learn as much as you can...the more you don't limit yourself the better you become.

Contact info

https://severedskies.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/severed_skies/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063544113992
Thank you from having me on!!

Playlist Electraumatisme du 23/12/2025 - Authentik Dark Electro

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:25:00 +0000

Peut-être pour la dernière fois, une édition Dark Electro blindée de mulpHia et de Mortum Exabyss pour cette semaine dans Electraumatisme, mais on célèbre surtout le retour de TÖT dans une forme olympique !

Severed Skies - Oblivion
Human Vault - Reality Drift
TÖT - WORK OUT WITH TÖT (radio edit)
mulpHia - Promise Land
My Love Kills - Silent Scream (EP Version)
mulpHia - Defeat
Zex Model – Tokyo Blitz
mulpHia - The Prophecy (Second Coming)
Nadragea - Kozelgo
mulpHia - Empty Cofin
Nahja Mora - dream dead (dream a little dream dead mix by Fun Never Starts)
Nadragea - Anyai Ero
Nahja Mora - The Very Last of Summer

Releases of the week

Severed Skies - Oblivion

Human Vault - The Null State Of Not

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20251223.mp3

Electraumatisme du 17/12/2025

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:54:00 +0000

Cette édition régulière d'Electraumatisme tape sans vergogne dans la panier de l'ami Vincent Prat car parfois, il y a des choses qu'il ne faut pas laisser passer. L'occasion de vous rappeler de ne pas rater ses sélections hebdomadaires. On parle aussi d'un projet clermontois qu'il faudrait voir à surveiller...surtout sur scène.
Les deux prochaines éditions seront en ligne le mardi.

OMEN:CODE - Tensor
Ana Iesu - Dieu, quelle tristesse
Blokkontroll - Process
Hyperlacrimae - Francesca's Weird Habits (Autumns remix)
Qual - Love Zone
Noirphesia - Scream day
Nghtly - Dimensional Strength
Proleturan - Dirty Thoughts In My Mind
Night Terrors - Date Night On Union Station -Starlight Angel, Sleepless Night
A Civil Terror - Doubt
Klack - Body2Body2Body
Dead When I Found Her - Expiring time

Release of the week

OMEN:CODE - Alpha State

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20251217.mp3

Playlist Electraumatisme du 10/12/2025 - Spéciale Black Rain & Feindflug

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:41:00 +0000

Cette semaine dans Electraumatisme, on fait une petite exploration du label Black Rain qui a cessé d’émettre depuis 2017. Entre quelques titres des patrons Feindflug et autres extraits Aggrotek insupportables, nous jetons aussi une oreille sur ce que distribuait la sous-branche IDM/Ambiant-Indus Funkwelten.

Qual - Come with me
Reptyle - Never Complain (Remix by Whispers in the Shadow)
Feindflug - Roter schnee (rmx by Davantage)
Flint Glass - Teotihuacan
Grendel - Grendel
Polyspace - Express
Feindflug ‎– Gulag
IWR - Pulsar
Killing Ophelia - Hyde
Feindflug – Einmarsch
Lamia - Prélude en Ut Majeur BWV 846 du "Clavier bien tempéré" (JS Bach)
Feindflug - AK47

Release of the week

Qual - Love Zone

Download : http://electraumatisme.info/broadcast/20251210.mp3

Top 10 novembre 2025

electraumatisme@wanadoo.fr (popman) — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:41:00 +0000

01 - The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator
02 - Fïx8:Sëd8 - Octagram
03 - KIFOTH - Lost Territory
04 - Rhys Fulber - Memory Impulse Autonomy
05 - Curse Mackey - Imaginary Enemies
06 - Compulsions Analysis - Die Revealing
07 - Pygmy Children - Coincidental Strategies
08 - Spammerheads - The Mire Chronicles
09 - Slagskygge - WE HUNT IN PACKS
10 - Fermion - Conflicted