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The online music publication Brutal Resonance got in conversation with Ben Bloodygrave of Transhuman Rebirth, asking questions about his debut album Preparing Singularity.

It’s been a while but we’re back on track and happy to announce these two new releases on the label: the debut album Preparing Singularity by Transhuman Rebirth and a 3-song remix single of Windows To The Wild (Versions) by Soft Riot.

Tomorrow another BandCamp Friday sale springs into action and we’re offering a bit of a summer sale. 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.

We recently did a mix for Glasgow’s community radio station, Radio Buena Vida which aired on 30 July 2021. that is now up and archived on their SoundCloud channel. Along with a couple of Soft Riot tracks, this mix includes selections by artists old and new, covering synth and post-punk moods that range from summery and hazy vibes, icy dirges and moments of soundtrack-inspired ambience.

The new Soft Riot 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.

Here’s a interview with Soft Riot that was done for the Canadian music newsletter Gut Feeling that talks to artists about how they found their sound. They got in touch to talk about the gear used most for the Soft Riot sound, the economy of size and weight and some other Canadian things.

It was around ten years ago now that the Soft Riot wheels started turning into motion. And with that we feel good to announce the release of a new compilation album, Second Lives, out 28 June 2021! It’s a limited release out in digital, Digipak CD, Cassette and streaming formats and contains 8 tracks.

After a bit of a break, this new mix is an extended one, starting with some mood-lifting synthpop from around the office, then a mix of synth and dance-y, dark and dirgy and to atmospheric pieces. Includes tracks of the recent Forbidden Figures compilation as well as from the Glasgow artist compilation album Votive Offerings.

Available now, Master Tape : A Video Collection: 2010-2020 is a limited edition collection of most of the Soft Riot videos released over the last ten years, in a choice of either DVD or VHS format.

After a bit of a break Readymix Cement is back with a third instalment; the first as we go into the autumn of 2020.

With the recent passing of Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey, this mix starts with a more unique post-hardcore introduction of that band’s track “Corpse Pose” from their seminal album Repetition (1996). This is the second installment of Readymix Cement.

This is the first of a series of curated mixes as Possession Records, featuring an array of favourite tracks by new and old artists in the postpunk, synth, minimal, darkwave and other eclectic genres.