The cosmic EBM/synth band Staatseinde has its headquarters in the hilly landscape of Utrecht. From there, the frequency controllers fly all over Europe and beyond to conquer the hearts of earthlings.
These gentlemen do not limit themselves to one genre, but the nostalgia of the 80s is unmistakable. From wave to EBM, from NDW to punk and beyond, everything you can imagine. They call it Robo-Punk, Bumper Car Techno, Disco-Punk, they themselves call it New Dutch Wave.
It's like entering a stuffy nightclub where Kraftwerk are jamming on speed with the Sex Pistols on acid. So, put on your dancing shoes and let's go - absolutely recommended!

The Viennese duo Zack Zack Zack are Yiğit Bakkalbaşi and Cemgil Demirtaş.
The band formed in 2019 as an art project for a performance at the Vienna School of Art. On February 12, 2021, they released their first music video for the song "Bütün" and immediately attracted international attention; the debut album "Album 1" was released on November 5, 2021. On May 26, 2023, the "Album 2" followed, which was released via Trost Records,
Vienna/AT, was released.
Zack Zack Zack brings fresh music beyond borders and labels inspired by classical synthesizer sounds as well as traditional oriental musical instruments reminiscent of their Turkish roots.
They have already performed at Popfest 2021, ORF Radiokulturhaus or Waves Vienna Festival 2022, and during their album 2 tour in 2023-24 they have played for their fans in Japan, Turkey, Austria, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania as well as Switzerland.
In 2024, Zack Zack Zack presented the remix album "Album 2,5" with nine influential international acts from the dark-wave and post-punk scene.

When punk, dark electronics and EBM create a new sound framework and inner rage along with personal experiences form powerful statements, this is the result... dark electronic sounds for the dance floor with German lyrics and a tremendous party energy!

The Reutlingen band PLASTIKSTROM entered the musical stage at the beginning of the new millennium with a self-distributed mini-album and various sampler contributions. However, the two band members Jürgen Schips and Matthias Günzler were not newcomers to the scene, but had already left their mark in the 90s with their band Darc Entries. While Darc Entries was still a classic goth rock band, they switched to purely electronic sounds with PLASTIKSTROM. After a longer break, the debut album "Beton Gegen Angst" was released by Young & Cold Records in 2019, followed by the successor "Eskalation" in 2023 and the third longplayer "inTakt" will also be released by Young & Cold Records in 2026.