Artificial Renaissance by Wave Tension Records

Welcome to the era of "Artificial Renaissance". Humanity and technology stand at a crucial and fundamental intersection. Echoing past cultural revolutions in a modern, technologically advanced world, everything is set to be redefined—our lives, our thoughts, and the way we move forward.

Dutch EBM/synth duo Staatseinde returns with “Artificial Renaissance”, an electrifying new mini-album set for a vinyl release on May 20th via Wave Tension Records. Fusing the urgency of classic EBM with the boldness of futuristic synth-punk, the band crafts an interstellar sonic journey fueled by pulsating rhythms and dystopian narratives.

Album opener "Space Scream", a bombastic witch house-inspired space punk anthem, paints a cinematic picture of cosmic warfare, self-destruction, and rebellion. Inspired by a cancelled show experience during Good Friday’s dancing ban, "Tanzverbot" pulses with rebellious energy and explores the struggle between restriction and liberation, reflecting on feeling trapped before finally breaking free: on the dancefloor. Euphoria fades into "Suicide Tuesday", a haunting dive into post-club despair, channeling dark 80s nostalgia through shimmering synths in a dreamlike limbo between ecstasy and emptiness. Creeping under the skin with its hypnotic, ominous drive, "The Trip" unravels themes of environmental collapse and silent control, as humanity drifts toward an inevitable end, unable to turn the looming disaster.

The album continues with "Freight", an epic voyage with a cinematic Italo-Disco pulse, wrapped in a space-travel narrative. Hinting at themes of exploitation, migration, neo-colonization and the relentless push for 'progress' at any cost. The band's first French track, "Une Mémoire Sans Fin", is a sleek and euphoric dancefloor banger exploring the seductive grip of artificial intelligence revealing a world where algorithms manipulate human emotions. The fast-paced electro banger "Mutant Whispers" with its 90s drum-n-bass pulse, celebrates diversity and gender fluidity and transforms the dancefloor into a space of unity, resistance, and unapologetic self-expression.
The journey is closed by "The Mansion", a hypnotic synth-porn track, built on analogue machines, blending dadaist mumbling with danceable grooves where words are lost in interference, leaving an eerie sense of miscommunication.

With “Artificial Renaissance”, Staatseinde ventures into unexplored sonic territory, using AI, expanding the boundaries of their lyrics, balancing artificial futuristic aesthetics with raw human emotions. As the lines between past and future blur, their pulsating music reminds us: the new age is already here.

Tracklist

1.	Space Scream	3:09

2.	Tanzverbot	4:02

3.	Suicide Tuesday	3:23

4.	The Trip	3:57

5.	Freight	3:43

6.	Une Mémoire Sans Fin	3:41

7.	Mutant Whispers	4:05

8.	The Mansion	4:53

Credits

released May 22, 2025

All music & lyrics written and produced by Staatseinde at studio De Krim,
Mixed by Staatseinde and Patrick Bossink
Mastered by Ruud Lekx
Artwork layout design by Laurens Uilenbroek and projekt NEO

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