Drug Machine - Ecstasy EP

Drug Machine is one of countless side projects from Cosmotropia de Xam. Originally created in 2012 as a faux-Japanese neo-industrial/cyberpunk take on witch house, DM quickly became one of my favourite projects of his. I was pleasantly surprised to see a notification in my mailbox that a new EP had been released under this banner, 11 years after his last album. It's worth appreciating that de Xam is trying to do something new here, taking the Machine into acid territories of dance music, with the help of his latest muse, Violette de Lestrange, on vocals. However, the songs sound quite flat - the bass in particular feels deflated and not loud enough. My favourite cut, "Mon Corps Ton Paradis", takes me back to 2010 and the Hype Williams reign with its wonky synth, but is slightly let down by the lifeless drums. I think the idea to push the boundaries was great, but the final product is lacking the soul of 90s rave.

Buy the EP here and stream it down below.

Voodoo Crystals - Chaos

Voodoo Crystals returns with a new solo album after the excellent collab with The Implicit Order last year. "Chaos" was released last month via Phantasma Disques and, following D&D guidance, can be classified as "chaotic good." I swear, no one makes music like Adam; the album is loaded with delirious electro and no-wave witch house, building a universe of possessed hyperpop. Listening to this project feels like stepping through the mirror into Wonderland and jumping on the wildest ride in the theme park while high on sugar and adrenaline. Amazing stuff.

You can download the album here, and buy the CD version here. Stream the whole LP below.

Madame O und Ihre Kopffilm Bande - Rauch des Äthers

Mater Suspiria Vision - Kabaret Absinthe // video

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From Kabaret Absinthe EP and forthcoming album SIAMNESIA

Madame O und Ihre Kopffilm Bande - Rauch Des Äthers // video

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Mater Suspiria Vision's side-project Madame O released this fantastic video single "Rauch Des Äthers", as part of the two-track EP under the same name. It has this dubby, esoteric undertone that Little Annie and Night Foundation achieved on their "Inertia" collab. Buy the EP here.

\\\^◊^/// - Bird Of Prey EP

The moment I saw that Cosmotropia de Xam's side project \\\^◊^/// released a new EP, I was hyped - his two Hoüse Öv Drüg mixtapes are incredible and still hold up, but I'm not fully sold on "Bird Of Prey". While there's a thin veil of cohesion somewhere in there, the EP ultimately sounds like a bunch of random tracks thrown together. Each one is interesting on its own, but when listened to together, they just come off as an odd mix. The opening track felt like it dragged on forever. The dragged ballad "∂ ∏ ∑ ƒ" sounds like something taken from a zombie rave mixtape, yet here it's wedged between two spooky ambient soundscapes. I like all the creepy elements of the EP (with "Δ Ω" being my favourite track), but the deconstructed industrial/nu-metal elements feel a bit off for this particular project. Personally, I think they'd make more sense under a different alias. My last moan will be the AI cover artwork - in 2023 this could pass as novelty, now it just looks bad.

Digital version is available here. There are CD copies here. Stream below.

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Zombie rave is back for the Halloween season! The video promotes the upcoming album "Zombie Rave H25 - Zombie City", which should be up for pre-order on October 27th. Peep it here.

Mater Suspiria Vision - Cinemagnitism (She Came in Static) (Sister Faith Remix) // video

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Sister Faith is most probably yet another alias of CDX. Here, he remixes one of my favourite tracks of 2025, lifted from MSV's "Cinemagoria" album, giving it a psychedelic italo spin. This track, along with six other edits, can be now found on the remix album "Cinemagoria - The Vogue Witch Remixes", which you can download here.

Mater Suspiria Vision - La Rose du Diable feat. Violette de Lestrange // video

Due to NSFW content, Youtube declines to play this on my blog. You can stream the video here. Visualizer promoting the upcoming album "∞ [Infinity]" from Mater Suspiria Vision. Featuring Violette de Lestrange on vocals. The album will be out on February 3rd via Phantasma Disques. Pre-order here.

Blue Rita - The Electronic Mind Of Blue Rita (The Mater Suspiria Vision Ghost Drone Remixes)

There's a warp in the current timeline, and Mater Suspiria Vision has managed to use it to channel the 2010 witch house era with this record. Blue Rita's "The Electronic Mind Of Blue Rita" gets a classic ghost drone treatment from this haunted house OG act, who bends, distorts, drags, and delays all the originals to their liking. This one is a proper treat for people like me who remember the early months of 2010 and what followed. I absolutely love this neo-nostalgic album.

Get the digital here. There's some CD copies left here too. Stream all down below.

De Duivelse Zusters - Symfonie Voor De Duivel

The year 2024 marked the full-scale arrival of AI in music. Curating it and tailoring it to one's needs requires time, attention, and the courage to push boundaries. Cosmotropia de Xam achieved this spectacularly with his latest side project, De Duivelse Zusters. Their debut LP "Symfonie voor de Duivel", produced by Mater Suspiria Vision and released under the New Music Order banner, is a trippy, haunted and daring expedition into the imaginary world of possessed cult music and faux-found field recordings. Imagine feeding a computer recordings with exorcisms of Emily Rose, video footage of the Jonestown massacre, and early concepts of the witch house genre, and you might get something resembling the mind-fuckery of this album. A psychedelic ride from start to finish, it's an experience that will linger with you for hours after listening.

You can purchase CDs on Big Cartel, get the digital album here, and stream it in full down below.

Blue Rita - The Electronic Mind Of Blue Rita

Blue Rita, is the first AI entity in the New Music Order series of the Phantasma Disques label. Whether the whole LP was created with AI software or not, I can't lie - "The Electronic Mind Of Blue Rita" is kinda catchy, in a guilty pleasure italo-disco way. Dubbed "a psychedelic italo disco concept album", the record is likely the most pop-focused entry in the Phantasma Disques catalogue, even though it was produced by Mater Suspiria Vision. The first half is definitely stronger, melodic and easier on the ear; once the Dan-E track comes on, I feel like the album loses its momentum. The lyrics are campy as hell, and the melodies are quite addictive; however, the whole record sounds really flat, like it was downloaded from Last.fm at 128 kbps or ripped from Myspace back in the day. I have a feeling that if the album were given a proper mix and master, it would've been way better.

Get the album on CD here, and stream it all on Bandcamp down below.

Mater Suspiria Vision - Exorcism EP

Third and final EP in a series of releases celebrating Mater Suspiria Vision's latest album "Cosmic Silver Pt. 2". This one features two remixes from the split mastermind of Cosmortropia de Xam: possessed cacophony of sounds by Anna Luisa Syversen on track one, and ghostly manifestations from De Duivelse Zusters. Both unique in their own right.

Buy the EP here, and stream both remixes below.

Mater Suspiria Vision - Die Hexe EP

Second in a trilogy of EPs promoting Mater Suspiria Vision's latest album "Cosmic Silver". The first version of "Das Haus der Hexe" appeared on group's 2011 album "Inverted Triangle I", and part two is built mostly on the stems from that version. The opening single features vocals from the Austraian cult radio personality Sammantha Leesonja aka Theway Peoplestare, hyping up in her classic fashion the original single. While being solid at what it is, it's the AI-fueled remixes that steal the show here and prove how well this technology can lift work. Death Dance remix is my fav out of the three, alluring darkwave club banger. Проклятая Реальность remix brings some of that soft spoken folk-witch polish, while Cronenberg Complex turns the original into a cross between synthwave and beat instrumental. Just wow. Don't sleep on this one.

You can purchase the EP here, and stream all the tracks below.

Pwin ▲▲ Teaks - Wrapped In Plastic

Pwin Teaks returns in style with a beautifully twisted and delirious "Wrapped In Plastic". Feels like a return to the early days of Black Lodge with Twin Peaks samples. Stylistically all over the place, with improv sax motis, ghost drone, haunted ballroom ballads, acid-soaked musique concrete, voice modifications - witch house at its finest.

Get the album on CD here, digital here, and stream it all below.

Mater Suspiria Vision - Paradise EP

First EP promoting MSV's new album "Cosmic Silver", featuring three version of the titular single. The video edit is probably my fav track here, a bit retro-futuristic take on Mater Suspiria Vision classic witch house sound. The paradise edit is a 14-minute trip trough the previous version that morphs into half gothic half dreamy hypnagogic nightmare. Blue Rita's remix adds a small dose of electro-synth-italo flava, but there's something about it that just doesn't sit right with me.

Get "Paradise" here, and stream it after the jump.

Mater Suspiria Vision - Cosmic Silver // video

Here's the first video single promoting MSV upcoming album "Cosmic Silver", featuring chops of footage from 2010 era of witch house. More info to come.

Blue Rita - Mina Harker (A Song For Dracula) // video

Italo ABBA is back with new video promoting the second Blue Rita album "The Electronic Wasteland of Blue Rita". Out now on Phantasma Disques.

Blue Rita - Vampires In The Night EP

Yet another surprise EP from Phantasma Disques, I have a strong feeling Blue Rita may be a secret side project of Cosmotropia de Xam... The original version is an upbeat pop-ish italo-disco track that's ok I guess, but it's the MSV remix that shines here, dragging the vocals down a bit and adding layers of those reverbed drumms.

You can but both tracks here and stream them after the jump.

Проклятая Реальность - Черная Магия

"Черная Магия" is a russian folk/witch EP from the depths of Phantasma Disques mind. Fans of IC3PEAK, Poleja Uvoda and Navji Cary should appreciate it. Mix of singing, rapping, bass vibes and ethereal electronic folk music.

Get the EP here, stream below.