diverting duo – Enfant Terrible

Ramplingg + homemade vinyls

Ramplingg is the solo project by Sara from Diverting Duo… this solo endeavour is a bit darker as her collaboration project… more dark wave and new wave minded and less synth pop / indie pop in mood and style… These five tracks take you on a dark trip for sure!

This debut is a super nice CD which comes in a LP style cardboard inner and outer sleeve. It is released in collaboration between Tiny Speaker ad Etch Wear. There is also a super limited 10″ version featuring one track from the CD and a remix… This vinyl is handcut / homemade at Etch Wear HQ in Norway… and is part of the recent explorations by Etch Wear in homemade vinyls… super cool and more DIY is not possible…

Below one of the tracks from the Rampling CD… and the CD is also available from the ET webshop…

Julinko

The Italian synth/dreampop band Diverting Duo have started a label of their own called Tiny Speaker. The first release is by Julinko a band formed in Prague in 2015. This duo released a cd-r before so this new release is their official debut album… which comes on cd only.

I am totally impressed by the track and video online from this album… this piece entitled “Ruins” is a pitch black song… darkwave like but without the obvious gothic cliches… it reminds me somewhat of Lycia… it makes me quite anxious to hear the complete album…

Here is the video of “Ruins” taken from the album “Sweet Demon” which is out now!

new sounds from the last few months: Brannten Schnüre and Diverting Duo

Two releases I enjoyed a lot these last weeks are the debut LP by Diverting Duo and the debut vinyl release by Brannten Schnüre .

“Desire” by Diverting Duo was released in October on Etch Wear… the Norwegian label run by one of the Europ Europ members… Diverting Duo themselves are from Italy and are indeed a duo… music wise their sound is a mix of synthpop and shoegaze… rather melanchcholy and soothing… and for sure the band is inspired by Julee Cruise… not only vocally… a really nice and even sweet record…

The other record which really caught my intention is the first vinyl release by German Brannten Schnüre… who is of course one of the two musicians behind Diamantener Oberhof and who is also known as Agnes Beil… the LP “Sommer Im Pfirschichhain” is at a few point reminiscent of the Diamanter Oberhof LP… as it features the same mix of dreamy electronic soundscapes and touches of folklore music… but most of the pieces are much more like dreamscapes… becoming ritual at some points… even to the point it reminds me a bit of the ambient pieces by The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud…

Here is one of the pieces by Brannten Schnüre…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4_hwDU7tw&w=560&h=315]

And here one song from Diverting Duo…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Trqb2Zk6U4&w=560&h=315]

Radio Resistencia with live Europ Europ and Diverting Duo

Sunday 22nd of November there will be a new Radio Resistencia session in the afternoon. This time with Europ Europ from Norway and Diverting Duo from Italy.

Europ Europ is of course no stranger to followers of Enfant Terrible and listeners of Radio Resistencia alike… Europ Europ has performed before at a radio recording session and of course quite some music from these Norwegian post-industrialists was released through ET…

Diverting Duo is a shoegaze/new wave/indie outfit from Italy… dream pop is another genre name fitting their music…

Below this post a song/video from Diverting Duo and below that one of Europ Europ…

We start as always at 15.00 hour CET and I will put on the last tune around 18.00 hour CET… entrance is free and drinks are cheap… all of this takes place at Kapitaal in the centre of Utrecht… see you there (if you are around)!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwqXavuXcjM&w=560&h=315]

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