Blackjack Illuminist

Eerie upbeat darkgaze comprising of menacing claustrophobia, washed out darkwave nostalgia, rolling EBM beats, distorted post-punk bass, and yearning wave vocals. Taken from upcoming 6th Vlimmer LP Blackjack Illuminist Records

Taken from the upcoming LP, "Our Only Fault Is Existing" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from the upcoming LP, "Our Only Fault Is Existing" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

From upcoming album, "Our Only Fault Is Existing" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records

Waiter Without Guests by Blackjack Illuminist

Special version of the original song which can be found on Fir Cone Children's new album, "Vs. The Real World" (CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records)

Taken from FCC's new album "Vs. The Real World" CD/Tape out now on Blackjack Illuminist Records.

From the upcoming album "Vs. The Real World" (CD/Tape) 8th May on Blackjack Illuminist Records

2nd single from upcoming album "Vs. The Real World" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records

Taken from Fir Cone Children's upcoming LP, "Vs. The Real World" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Between sadness and hope after losing a loved one: "Forever" is floating alt-folk with acoustic guitars embedded in shoegaze fuzz clouds.

Taken from upcoming "Sail & Wreck EP" CD/Cassette on Blackjack Illuminist Rec

First single from upcoming 3rd album of the Berlin post-punk/synthpop duo 3-track "Air Vent" CD single out 20th Feb: www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com Lyrics: sparkling and delicious drinks the princess raises bots in her castle murderous and human-like turn 'em off air vent way in trachea of this home we will blend in then we will find a way out you've become small you have become conspicuously small don't sleep, don't wake. don't evaluate and you may slip through the door enter the hall beat the machines air vent way in we will blend in and then we' Il find a way out analyse patronize you deceive your own will idolize phantasize you believe you want trachea of this home then we will find a way out through the trachea of this home WHOLE live: 20.02.26 Stereowerk, Braunschweig (w/ DUCTAPE) 05.04.26 Dark East Festival, Bautzen (w/ KIRLIN CAMERA, IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, TRAITRS u.a.) 19.09.26 Bunte Welt, Cottbus (w/ GULVØSS und KY)

2-track CD single out 6th February via Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Don’t you see how the sun deceives us? With ‘Sommergesicht’, Berlin’s Vlimmer unveils a darkly shimmering post-punk track, balancing between hazy shoegaze textures and brooding darkwave shadows. Taken from the new album, "Hintersommer" (Vinyl, Box Set, CD, Cassette)

Taken from upcoming album, "Hintersommer" Vinyl/CD/Tape www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Vlimmer - Cystacanca by Blackjack Illuminist

Cheering on authoritarian regimes? The inevitable decline of humanity is here. Berlin synthpunk ASSASSUN's part of the soundtrack

Berlin synthpunk ASSASSUN mixes postpunk and IDM influences into a heavy blend of hectic claustrophobia

Berlin synthpunk ASSASSUN mixes postpunk and IDM influences into a heavy blend of hectic claustrophobia

Berlin synthpunk ASSASSUN mixes postpunk and IDM influences into a heavy blend of hectic claustrophobia

Shit In The '80s by Blackjack Illuminist

From upcoming album, "Retrofate" Cassette/CD - 29/Aug www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from "Swamps of Sadness" CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/swamps-of-sadness

2nd single from upcoming album, "Swamps of Sadness" CD/Cassette www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

First single from upcoming 4th album, "Retrofate" Blackjack Illuminist Records Lyrics: I've been meaning to ask: "Is this the new normal in these parts?" Your jacket may be gone Your facial expression's still no fun Still no fun Is it 1995 that is invading? 'Cause it looks like my old life anticipating There's this Nazi bloke looking behind the fence Grim-faced, bald I take a glance He comes up to me Supposedly sees me as his prey And it's too late to bail How come I appear as bait? How come I appear as bait to him? I'm barely a teenager with a football on a rocky pitch shooting on an empty goal Is it 1995 that is invading? 'Cause it looks like my old life anticipating My brother's friend Quick-witted, mind attend He makes off like a sorcerer Finds his way home It's not far Sends his parents instead To the pitch on which we shake Afraid to receive a beating And she said: "Hey, how're you feeling, what's up, huh?" And it looks like she's just dealing with an average punter Is it 1995 that is invading? 'Cause it looks like my old life anticipating She gets us out of this maze To this day I remember her face We got away We got away And I ask myself these days: "How come we're back on this ground?" "How come, we're back on this ground, mate?"

First single from upcoming 6th album of the French synth/post-punk project www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

2-track CD single out 13th June on Blackjack Illuminist Records

Taken from Vlimmer's 4th album, "Bodenhex" Vinyl/CD/Tape https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bodenhex

"Sell With Confidence" is AIMING revealing their darker, slower, almost grungy side https://aiming.bandcamp.com/track/sell-with-confidence

Can a bike be haunted? New single from Berlin dream punks confronts facts with fiction. "Ghost in the Frame" is taken from Fir Cone Children's new album, "Gearshifting". CD/Cassette/Download: https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gearshifting

New album out on CD/tape 18th April

From the upcoming Fir Cone Children album, "Gearshifting" Out 18 April - CD/Tape/DL www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

From upcoming 11th album, "Gearshifting" CD/tape 18th April on Blackjack Illuminist Records

Where shoegaze meets darkwave in the ethereal haziness of haunting zithers and floating vocals: "Firmament" by Vlimmer is taken from the new 6-track EP "Diskomfort". Cassette/CD on Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from the upcoming "Diskomfort EP", out 31/Jan CD/Tape on Blackjack Illuminist Records

AIMING is the work of York-based trio David, Jordan and Laurie. Formed in late 2023, they draw on a love of shoegaze, post-punk and ambient music to create songs filled with driving bass lines, fuzzy electronic soundscapes and ethereal guitars. Their debut single, Calculations (February 2024), was featured on Tom Robinson's 6 Music Introducing mixtape. 2024 saw them play a series of shows in York, Leeds, Middlesbrough and London, including two BBC Introducing York & North Yorkshire live sessions. Brainiac is the first single from the band’s debut EP, The Legend. The song combines wall-of-sound guitars with fuzzy lo-fi synths and harmony-rich vocals, underpinned by a driving bass line and heavily saturated 80s-inspired snares. Lyrically, Brainiac explores the anxiety of growing up in a small town and feeling like you don’t quite fit in. The song was recorded, produced and mixed by the band in David’s home studio in York, using a combination of analog and modular synths, drum machines, bass, guitar and far too many pedals.

Taken from the upcoming "Ten Commandments Remix EP" Out 6/Dec on Blackjack Illuminist Records www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from the "Bodenhex Outtakes" EP of Vlimmer's new album, "Bodenhex" Vinyl/Box set/CD/Tape https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bodenhex

Taken from the "Ten Commandments Remix EP" 6-track CD out 6th December on Blackjack Illuminist Records

3rd single from Vlimmer's upcoming album, "Bodenhex", out 25th October Vinyl/Box set/CD/Cassette www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jig-of-glee

Taken from the new album, "Jig Of Glee" CD/Cassette tape/Download Blackjack Illuminist Records https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jig-of-glee

Taken from the "Jig of Glee" LP Out 12th July /// CD, Cassette, DL www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.

Taken from Fir Cone Children's upcoming 10th album, "Jig of Glee" CD/Cassette out in July www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from Fir Cone Children's 10th album, "Jig of Glee" Out 12th July - CD/Cassette/DL www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

3rd single from upcoming 2nd album, "HYDRA" Out 21st June on Blackjack Illuminist Records CD/Cassette/DL www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

2nd single from upcoming 4th Vlimmer album Limited edition 2-track CD single out 24th May: www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

"Jig of Glee" is Fir Cone Children's 10th album. Out July on CD/Cassette www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com

Taken from the upcoming album, "HYDRA", out in June. CD/Cassette www.blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com