this genre has been given many different names such as ebm, industrial or darkwave, but the song ‘death disco’ from public image ltd probably sums it up best. poetic, dark and moody synthesizer gothics with touches of punk, new wave and disco inbetween.. you have to be in the mood for this.
the bonus track of this styleguides compilation not available on amazon is throbbing gristle’s ebm classic ‘hot on the heels of love’ from 1979:
