Soft Riot & Carlos Grabstein “Rebuilding It Again” Video Premiere
A collaborative track between Soft Riot and Berlin-based electronic musician and DJ Carlos GrabStein, originally from Mexico City, based on the single “A Spade Is Played Again” with accompanying video.
Post-Punk.com and Kool Rock Radio premiere the video for “Linked Between Two Minds”
Many thanks to Post-Punk.com and Kool Rock Radio for premiering this new video for this track. It’s the first single off the forthcoming album “No.” out 11 August 2023 as well as the title track off the new, extended single of the same name.
Soft Riot’s album is titled “No.” but I say yes.
Thanks to Brutal Resonance for writing their new feature and full album preview for the forthcoming “No.” album out 11 August 2023.
“A Spade Is Played Again (Breakdown Version)” video premiere on White Light // White Heat
The popular, underground music website White Light // White Heat has premiered the first video in relation to the forthcoming No. album, “A Spade Is Played Again (Breakdown Version)”.
Ubre Blanca’s “Nocturne I” featuring Soft Riot
Today is the release day for the new album Rhizome by Ubre Blanca, a Glasgow-based “dark electronic disco”, and which I collaborated with them on the album’s second track, “Nocturne I”.
Announcing the new album, “No.”
The new SOFT RIOT album — NO. Out 11 August 2023 on Possession Records (UK) and Wave Tension Records (NL). Nine new tracks available on Vinyl LP, Digipak CD and Digital.
Newem’s “Ikko (Soft Riot Remix)” Out Now
The Soft Riot remix of “Ikko” by Los Angeles-based Newem (a project of Sébastian Chenut of renowned French DJ duo Scratch Massive) is out today on various digital platforms, including Spotify.
The Year Of 2022 In The Rear View
We’re all coming to the end of yet another year, this one being 2022. I thought I’d write some thoughts here as I haven’t really been as active online lately as I have been in the past. Although I’ve been busy with music and travelling for shows this past year, my posts are less frequent […]
“Windows To The Wild (Versions)” remixes out now!
A new 3-track digital single, premiered on post-punk.com, with three remixes of the track “Windows To The Wild” contributed by Qual, Ubre Blanca and Soft Riot himself.
Gothic Pogo Festival XV Anniversary line-up announced
Announced today, and delayed over the past two years due to the pandemic, Gothic Pogo Festival XV Festival is a go for this June in Leipzig, Germany. It’s my favourite festival ever and I’m to be performing a SOFT RIOT set on the Sunday showcase as part of five days of amazing bands, DJing and dancing.
Full live set video from Ombra Festival (November 2021)
A full set of the SOFT RIOT performance at this past November’s Ombra Festival in Barcelona, Spain is now up online, courtesy of Operator Radio.
“Windows To The Wild” Video Premiere on Post-Punk.com
Many thanks to Post-Punk.com and staff writer Alice Teeple for cooking up an article the premiere of the “Windows To The Wild” video — the track from the Upperwave Selections Vol. 1 compilation out 01 December 2021 on Berlin’s Miseria Records.
Ostrofti “Sudden Vision Zones” official release and video premiere
The four 4-track, hour-long album Sudden Vision Zones by Ostrofti is now finally and officially out now, including a mind-warping, sizzling hour-long video assembled by Flustervision (JJD + Georgina Penstkart) to accompany the release.
Steven Jones & Logon Sky feat. Steve Strange “Corrupt State (Soft Riot’s Switch Version)”
Close to a year ago now I was asked by Logan Sky to do a remix for his project Steven Jones & Logan Sky. Logan was the synthesizer player and producer in the last line-up of the Blitz Club-based project Visage, featuring the legendary and dearly departed Steve Strange. The result was this remix that was an honour to work on for their Corrupt State release.
Tral Neu mini-album on Tonal Shifts out now
After over a year in the making, the release date has come for the mini-album on the Tonal Shifts label of Tral Neu, a collaborative, multi-country musical project featuring tracks by groups of musicians in the underground synth/wave scene. On this release is the track “Making The Same Mistake”, a group effort by Soft Riot, Madmoizel and Iv/An.
August BandCamp Sale – 20% Discount
Tomorrow another BandCamp Friday sale springs into action with a little Possession Records summer sale to ice that lovely cake. You can also take advantage of a discount code that gives 20% of your total purchase and is active until midnight at the end of August 15th and applies to everything in the shop.
Out now! The new compilation album Second Lives
The new compilation album Second Lives releases today! Available in digital, Digipak CD and cassette formats. Thanks to Post-Punk.com for premiering the album. Read on for more information and to buy/stream.
Second Lives feature on Coldexperiment.com
Ahead of being released at the end of this month, the fantastic Japanese electronic music website Cold Experiment published a nice feature on the upcoming Second Lives record.
Compilation album Second Lives out 28 June 2021
It was around ten years ago now that the Soft Riot wheels started turning into motion. And with that it feels somewhat good to announce the release of a new compilation album, Second Lives, out 28 June 2021 on Possession Records! It’s a limited release out in digital, Digipak CD, Cassette and streaming formats and contains 8 tracks.
Dream Baby Dream: Compilation Volume One
It feels good to announce this release, out next week on May 26th — the first compilation by the Berlin-based Dream Baby Dream label — Dream Baby Dream Compilation Volume One! The compilation features a brand new Soft Riot track entitled “A Spade Is Played Again” and features an incredible list of artists from Berlin and beyond including Phase Fatale, Halv Drøm, Front 313, Operant, Spit Mask, The Horrorist and many more.
An Upcoming Live Stream Performance for Mutant Transmissions Festival II
Soft Riot will be contributing a 4 song studio performance for the upcoming Mutant Transmissions Festival II later this month. The festival is a live stream happening 23-26 April and curated by the Mutant Transmissions Radio show out of Brugge, Belgium. It will feature studio performances and DJ sets from contributors all over the world for fans of the wave, synth, post-punk and generally weirder end of the underground synth spectrum.