Media Monarchy plays Die Warzau, Soft Cell, Harold Faltermeyer and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for October 21, 2025. ♬
Die Warzau – “Jack Hammer” (Vinyl)
‘Disco Rigido’
Fiction Records/PolyGram – Nov. 3, 1989
*Die Warzau – “Jack Hammer” (Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3RKt3rdiVM // https://www.discogs.com/release/55707-Die-Warzau-Disco-Rigido // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Rigido // Die Warzau (originally Die Warzau Synfony) was an American industrial music band formed in 1987 by Jim Marcus and Van Christie. ‘Disco Rigido’ is the debut studio album, released on October 3, 1989 by Fiction and PolyGram. Van Christie claimed that the band wanted to integrate music that breaks racial barriers into compositions their audience could listen to us as much as dance. From the late, great Everyday Music on NE Sandy in PDX with a tag that says “FINE 76 $8.00,” which means they put it in the used bin July 2016.*
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Ruby My Dear – “Mini Poney”
‘Confiture à la plage’ (‘Jam At The Beach’)
PRSPCT Recordings – October 3, 2025
*Ruby My Dear – “Mini Poney” https://rubymydear.bandcamp.com/track/mini-poney // From ‘Confiture à la plage’ (‘Jam At The Beach’), the just-released album of electronic music built on breakcore, and extending into multiple genres, by French producer Ruby My Dear. Available now via PRSPCT Recordings.*
Paula Tape – “Acid Latino (Sonido Real)” (Hercules & Love Affair & Orion Agassi Remix)
Digital Single
Future Classic – September 26, 2025
*Paula Tape – “Acid Latino (Sonido Real)” (Hercules & Love Affair & Orion Agassi Remix) https://paulatape.bandcamp.com/track/acid-latino-sonido-real-hercules-love-affair-orion-agassi-remix // We need everybody right now to report to the dancefloor for this eclectic mix of sounds by Chilean artist, Paula Tape, available now via Future Classic.*
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Ghost Elektron – “Just Notice That” (Inst.)
‘The Romance of Modern Mechanism’
State Of Bass UK – October 3, 2025
*ghost elektron – “Just Notice That” (Inst.) https://ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com/track/just-notice-that // From ‘The Romance of Modern Mechanism’, the just-released album of experimental electronic music by ghost elektron, the project of UK artist Sean Albiez. Available now via State Of Bass UK.*
We.Amps – “Breaky Break” (Inst.)
‘U’re Guay Vol. 93’
U’re Guay Records – October 9, 2025
*We.Amps – “Breaky Break” (Inst.) https://ureguay.bandcamp.com/track/breaky-break // From ‘U’re Guay Vol. 93,’ by we.amps, aka Weird Amplifiers, aka Italian duo Andrea Cavani and Fabio Dall’oglio. Available now via U’re Guay Records.*
Dressel Amorosi – “Starlight” (Inst.)
‘House of Dolls’
Library Of The Occult – October 31, 2025
*Dressel Amorosi – “Starlight” (Inst.) https://libraryoftheoccult.bandcamp.com/track/starlight-2 // From ‘House of Dolls,’ the upcoming 8-song album by Italian duo, Dressel Amorosi. Due on October 31st via Library Of The Occult.*
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MOY – “Ghostware” (Inst.)
‘Ghostware’ (EP)
Analogical Force – October 31, 2025
*MOY – “Ghostware” (Inst.) https://analogicalforce.bandcamp.com/track/ghostware // The title track of the upcoming four-song EP by UK producer, MOY, due on October 31st via Madrid-based label Analogical Force.*
Saloop – “For Those That Go Ahead Of Us” (Inst.)
‘The Shadows Of Ghosts’
Neotantra – October 3, 2025
*Saloop – “For Those That Go Ahead Of Us” (Inst.) https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/for-those-that-go-ahead-of-us // From ‘The Shadows Of Ghosts’, the just-released seven-song album by UK electronic / ambient music producer Saloop. Available now via Neotantra.*
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Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (Nathaniel Knows & Jameston Thieves Remix // Gloria Jones Cover)
Digital Single
Cleopatra Records – September 22, 2025
*Soft Cell – “Tainted Love” (Nathaniel Knows & Jameston Thieves Remix // Gloria Jones Cover) https://youtu.be/5OqV-pgPtR0 // https://orcd.co/ebb4yk6 // Here’s a 21st century remix of the 1980’s hit by Soft Cell, available now via Cleopatra Records.*
Harold Faltermeyer – “Fight/Escape” (Inst. 2020 Remaster)
‘The Running Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’
Varèse Sarabande – 2020
*Harold Faltermeyer – “Fight/Escape” (Inst. 2020 Remaster) https://open.spotify.com/track/6rL0yZe0Cv4gd804NCSRbo // https://www.discogs.com/release/15652044-Harold-Faltermeyer-The-Running-Man-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/ // From the 2020 remastered reissue of ‘The Running Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack),’ originally released back in 1987 by Varèse Sarabande.*