Within just one year afmusic got off to a lightning start. The most innovative netlabel in Germany for Darkwave, Gothic and Independent Music celebrates on the label founder Falk Merten’s birthday their release-anniversary and distributes big presents to their fans – and that are 16 in number on this fiftieth publication.

All are on this Anniversary-Compilation “AFMUSIC #50″. Exactly one dozen of it are previously unreleased or recorded exclusively for this release. Beside many known afmusic-acts the sampler also presents an absolutely new band. Therefore, it is less a retrospective, than even more a look in the future of the label.

“AFMUSIC #50″ indicates not only the variety and versatility of the present releases, but also their high musical and artistic quality. LATRISTE – the newest member of the label family – immediately deliver with her first song a potential hit single. SMOKE FISH and EMERALD PARK contribute dark-coloured pop pearls of the grade 1A and CONFUSION IS NEXT are represented, just like LIGHT IN YOUR LIFE with a dreadfully nice ballad. Thereby the music ranges from Shoegaze to the sturdy Alternative rock.

SPINEFISH, (((S))) and ART NOIR provide for the dark sound-collage which hold together “AFMUSIC #50″ and lend a breathtaking atmosphere to the album.

In between the big potential of a lot of afmusic-bands flashes: The label-draught-horses ALL:MY:FAULTS cement with a never been there mixture of 8-bit Postmetal and spoken words their exceptional position as the most innovative German band of the scene. STROMBLE FIX’s “Dispirited” is more progressively Hybrid from Grunge and Deathrock, “Enjoy” of REPTILE71 is more sombre than the legendary “Drowning one” and CAMP Z present a modern version of the Sisters Of Mercy.

Crowning end of the completely successful afmusic-show is the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” cover, which is the most stretching cover with wide distance of this decade.

From the 7th of August “AFMUSIC #50″ is ready to download for free on www.af-music.de.

Tracklist:

1. Emerald Park – Obscured By Lies (4:12)*
2. Smoke Fish – Hey!Talk! (3:23)
3. Stromble Fix – Dispirited (4:29)*
4. Confusion Is Next – Shooting at the Sun (Orchestra Mix) (5:00)*
5. all:my:faults – Es wird ein Regen kommen (5:00)
6. Spinefish – Memory (3:30)*
7. Plastique Noir – Genebra (Harry Tribute) (3:15)
8. Light in Your Life – It Would Be Fine (4:12)
9. Diskoteket – Untitled (4:53)*
10. Reptile71 – Enjoy (Demo 2000) (3:23)*
11. Camp Z – W.Hell.Come II (afmusic edit) (3:50)*
12. (((S))) – Mesmerized (remix by Angele Phase/Pete Salmang) (4:45)*
13. Art Noir – Silent Green (Chuck Mellow Groove Remix) (7:05)*
14. Rebentisch – Die Suche [Als Godzilla Japan Aß - RMX] (3:08)*
15. Latriste – Love Is the Number of Keys (3:40)*
16. Notes from Underground – Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:10)*
    *exclusive / previously unreleased

Sometimes it seems like you stand alone with a vision in your life. And sometimes two have the same without knowing each other. In case of afmusic and Zorch Factory Records it is the promotion of talented newcomer bands basically from the Gothic-, Post-Punk and New Wave genre.

The more both got to know and estimate each other the clearer it became a logical consequence to work together. The consequence of this collaboration is the now available compilation ‘Howly Night’, which is much influenced by the name of x-mas and offered as free download.

23 more or less known bands with mainly previously unreleased tracks are on ‘Howly Night’. With the first track ‘Dead End’ from Dorcel the listener gets trapped into a wonderful melancholic world, which is mainly the undertone on all tracks of this compilation.

Besides already well known acts like The Search, Curious or Camp Z especially the new names are setting the highlights on this compilation. An example for this are ‘Ghost In The Snow’ from (((S))) and ‘Game’ from Notes From The Underground. Everybody who likes the styles of music pointed in the beginning should see ‘Howly Night’ as a commendation. Music for cold winter days that warms heart and soul.

Tracklisting:

1. Dorcel – Dead End
2. (((S))) – Ghost In The Snow*
3. Curious – Days (single version)
4. Les Modules Etranges – Shelter II
5. Camp Z – Schizophrénie*
6. The SlimP – A Hundred Thousand Faces*
7. Plastique Noir – Phantom In My Stereo (Transcommunication)
8. Place 4 Tears – Septembers Breath
9. The Search – We Fell Asleep In Eachothers Arms*
10. Sleazy Romance – Song About Love
11. Monozid – Lets Shake Hands And Wonder*
12. Emerald Park – For Tomorrow
13. Noctiflora – Drone01*
14. Reptyle – Black Snow
15. The Forced Oscillations – Ice (live)*
16. Spinefish – Daydream Diary
17. The Transisters – Ultraviolet On You
18. The Red Crayon Aristocrat Club – Another One*
19. Peibol – Sectarios
20. Unfactory – Change The Fairy Tales
21. The Trespass – Just Can’t Save Myself*
22. Notes From Underground – Game*
23. On Wave – Promoted And Sold*

    *previously unreleased

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