There's a lot of reissues and/or first time on vinyl releases coming, and here's a little list for you of things to check out!
Emmo.biz Records will be releasing the APOP side-project, Fairlight Children - "808bit" from 2004 on picture disc vinyl on the 17th. May 2025. On the very same day, the Chinese Detectives - "Are Kisses Out Of Fashion?" album from 1999 by old-school APOP-member Per Aksel Lundgreen is being released on vinyl for the very first time, also on Emmo.biz Records.
On the same label, the latest Piston Damp (Jonas Groth and Truls Sønsterud) album, "Mastermind Vol. 1..." is out already on both CD and LP, so if you're placing an order there, and you need this too, there's money to be saved on shipping by ordering two, or even all three, releases at the same time! :)
Here's a link to order them all at Emmo.Biz Records: Emmo.biz Mailorder Shop
Here's a link to order them at POPoNAUT: POPoNAUT Mailorder Fairlight Children
There's an interview with kinGeorg, Apoptygma Berzerk and Beranek now to be found in Side-Line Magazine here: Side-Line INTERVIEW
And a review in Swedish in Zero Magazine that can be found here: Zero Magazine REVIEW
To listen at Bandcamp, go here: HELTER P.T.2 Bandcamp
To listen at YouTube, go here: HELTER P.T.2 YouTube
To listen at Spotify, go here: HELTER P.T.2 Spotify
On the 24th. January there's a brand new Apoptygma Berzerk remix out in collaboration with kinGeorg, and it is a Norwegian remake of the David Bowie classic "Heroes" in Norwegian, "Helter".
On the single there's also a remix from Norwegian legendary electro- and new-wave genious, Beranek, included.
Check it out on our Bandcamp page here: Pitch Black Drive Bandcamp Page
and on Spotify here: Apoptygma Berzerk Spotify Page
The Danish wünderkind, Nattefrost, have released a new single, "Westhofen", and it is remixed by Apoptygma Berzerk!
Check it out on YouTube Here: Westhofen on YouTube
Check it out on Spotify here: Westhofen on Spotify
More on the Nattefrost Bandcamp page here: Westhofen on Bandcamp
Piston Damp are set to release their 4th single from their coming sophomore album on 1st August, and it is entitled "Hard To Love You".
The track has been co-produced by Stephan Groth, and Ted Skogmann (APOP's drummer) has been helping out with percussion parts and beat production on the single as well!
It is a very 80's track, looking back to the songwriting of Vince Clarke and ABBA, and is bound to give a lot of electropopfans nostalgic feelings about their youth!
The 4-track single downloads can be pre-ordered via:
Bandcamp here: https://pistondamp.bandcamp.com/album/hard-to-love-you
Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D81M4PV8/ref=sr_1_3
And it will be available on all digital platforms and streaming services 1st August 2024!
Jonas Groth, keyboarder in Apoptygma Berzerk and Stephan's younger brother, is going to Leipzig to play at E-Only Festival 16th. March, together with his Piston Damp partner, Truls Sønsterud.
Other bands in the line-up are: Torul, Emmon, Terence Fixmer, Sono, Strikkland, Placebo Effect, Mildreda, Tyske Ludder and Autodafeh among others, and there's also a Friday night pre-party!
If you're an APOP fan, seeing Piston Damp live should be right up your alley, and we hope that you show up to give the guys some support!
Festival info and tickets here: E-ONLY FESTIVAL INFO
Norwegian electronic band Apoptygma Berzerk (“APOP” or "APB" for short), founded by Stephan Groth in 1989, has enjoyed a successful recording career since the early '90s. With seven studio albums, three live albums, numerous singles and EPs, and an impressive catalog of remixes for other well-known artists, APOP has demonstrated a vast and varied musical palette inspired by all eras of alternative music history.
A purposefully adventurous and ambitious project, APOP has explored, expanded, and reconstructed all styles within the electronic genre utilizing an always evolving crew and assortment of musical partners. The only constant is that there is no constant, and any APOP fan knows to expect the unexpected by now! APOP marches on, and all you'll ever know is that it will be electronica, but not as we usually know it...
