Electrozombies Magazine #01

Electrozombies Magazine #01
Release date:
108 pages
English
ISBN: 979-8261713890
US Letter (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
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Contents of this issue

Synth pop, dark­wave and EBM on paper.
The first print issue of Electrozombies brings the inter­na­tion­al online magazine (since 2010) into your hands: 108 pages of long-form album reviews, in-depth inter­views and exclus­ive fea­tures you won’t find online in this form. No advert­ising clut­ter and no algorithm chas­ing, just cur­ated qual­ity, large-format pho­to­graphy and a com­fort­ably large typeface.

Track-by-track album reviews

Every album is reviewed song by song, with a rat­ing for each track and an over­all score:

  • Mesh: The Truth Doesn’t Matter
    (Dependent Records). The long-awaited new album, includ­ing the duet with Mari Kattman on “Polygraph”
  • Blackbook: Different
    (darkTunes Music Group). The third album from the German synth pop duo
  • Ladytron: Paradises
    (Nettwerk). Surreal under­wa­ter worlds and met­ro­pol­it­an melancholy
  • Depeche Mode: M
    (Columbia). The con­cert film by Fernando Frías and the Memento Mori live audio, and wheth­er it’s worth buying
  • Assemblage 23: Null
    (Metropolis Records). Tom Shear’s first album in five years
  • Emmon: Icon
    (Icons Creating Evil Art). Arguably the Swedish artist’s strongest work to date
  • Fictional: Some Great Constructions
    (Repo Records). A homage to early Depeche Mode with guest vocals from Christian Schottstädt (Forced To Mode), P.O. Svensson (Colony 5), Patrik Hansson, David Erdmann, Rocco Schulschenk, Nicky Schulschenk and Nils Upahl
  • Classic album review: Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward
    (1984). A look back at the record that changed everything

Exclusive interviews

  • Jason Grishkoff (founder of SubmitHub):
    why “inbox hygiene” led to SubmitHub, the pay­ola debate, approv­al rates and hon­est cur­at­or feedback
  • Raphael Beck (darkTunes Music Group):
    run­ning an inde­pend­ent label today, the end of the pure DIY era and the future of the black scene
  • Gerrit Thomas (Fictional):
    why he woke the pro­ject after 22 years, how he recruited his guest sing­ers, and why Alan Wilder has to come along to the desert island

Special: Best Synth Pop Songs 2025

A cur­ated, unranked selec­tion of the strongest new tracks from the Electrozombies Discover sec­tion, each with a Spotify code you can scan to listen straight away. Featuring Testcard F, Hatif, Disco Lizard, ColdApollo, Red Cell, Freaky Mind, Sir Winston, Fotorama, eXcubitors, Fractal Age, Georgi, Before After Again, Optic, Comasoft, M/A/T, Mark Velvet, Raf Duran, Split Vision, Mourning Candle, Clean Beast, Miss FD, Starsign, Mutual Shock, Penthouse Plants, Flight To London, Nyiko, Glass Spells, Madeline Goldstein, Dead Lights, Northern Lite x Wanderer, Death Drive, Romantic Thriller, More Ephemerol, Seelennacht, Agnis, Isaac Howlett, Avro, Nèbla and Sebastian Clarin.

The Source Code: albums that shaped the scene makers

Musicians and scene insiders name the five albums that shaped them:

  • Thomas Frenken (Electrozombies):
    Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Camouflage, And One
  • John von Ahlen (Parralox):
    Propaganda, Depeche Mode, Randy Crawford, Heaven 17, Eurythmics
  • Chris Brandon (Synthpop Fanatic):
    The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, VNV Nation, Fever Ray, Kite

Also inside

  • Editorial: “Why We Need Something Real Again”, on AI slop, slow media and why print is mak­ing a comeback
  • QR codes link­ing to the offi­cial music videos on YouTube, and Spotify codes for every fea­tured track