KRYSTAL SYSTEM doesn’t come back – they strike!

With “Da Punch”, Bonnie (vocals, guitars) and N°7 (vocals, synth, sampler, guitars) confirm the new line-up featuring φ (Phi) on bass. The French trio returns sharper and more dangerous than ever, delivering a full-force statement driven by urgency, instinct, and raw authenticity. This is not just an album – it’s impact. A collision of punk-electro-metal energy, fearless inventiveness, and a distinctly French touch that refuses compromise.

Carried by Bonnie’s voice – at once youthful, fierce, and emotionally exposed – every track hits with immediate intensity. She doesn’t just sing, she inhabits each moment, shifting from fragile tension to explosive outbursts, giving flesh and blood to words that cut deep. Around her, the band operates like a live wire: real instruments slicing through electronic pressure, guitars clashing with synth layers, rhythms bending and breaking through asymmetric structures that constantly destabilize the listener. This is not programmed safety – this is musicianship on the edge.

“Da Punch” thrives on contrast and movement. At times, guitars dictate the pulse with sharp, driving force; at others, immersive synth textures pull you into darker, elevated spaces before addictive melodies tighten their grip. Elsewhere, massive electronic sequences flirt with EBM and martial industrial, pushing the intensity even further, while subtle male/female vocal interplay amplifies the band’s inhabited, almost feverish identity. Switching effortlessly between French and English, KRYSTAL SYSTEM uses language as a weapon – every word aimed, every line hitting its target.

Somewhere between FRONT 242’s militant pulse, THE PRODIGY’s explosive crossover energy and the crushing guitar force of GOJIRA or yet LINKIN PARK, KRYSTAL SYSTEM forges a sound that is both confrontational and unmistakably their own.

Lyrically, the album stands as a series of confrontations with the present. The title track “Da Punch” lands like a brutal wake-up call, exposing a collapsing world we passively witness. “Iryna’s Song” delivers a devastating tribute to innocence destroyed by both violence and indifference, echoing far beyond the personal. “Someday” and “Soleil Noir” explore solitude as strength – a conscious, combative withdrawal from external noise – while “Nouvel Age” tears into the invisible force of social conditioning with striking clarity. “Neon Cage” channels discipline and self-construction through a modern, electrified vision of the warrior’s path, “A World That Is Yours” embraces absolute, uncompromising love, and “Wonder Who” dives into the unsettling mechanics of the unconscious, questioning who truly acts when we act.

Building on the explosive return initiated by the previous EP, “Da Punch” incorporates the already hard-hitting “Éclats Rouges” and the biting “Skippy Bop,” now fully embedded within a broader, more ambitious sonic and thematic landscape. And when KRYSTAL SYSTEM takes on FRONT 242’s classic “Headhunter”, they don’t pay tribute – they seize it, reshape it, and inject it with their own volatile DNA.

This is not a comeback. This is a transformation.

No rules. No filters. No retreat.

“Da Punch” hits where it hurts – and leaves a mark.

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On “Alfa Matrix Re:covered – a tribute to Depeche Mode” the Alfa Matrix label united the electronic sounds from the Alfa Matrix label artists with some of the best songs pop history has ever heard from one single band. All electronic music genres have their very own ambassadors on this double CD compilation including interpretations by Sebastian Komor (Zombie Girl, Komor Kommando, …), Jean-Luc Demeyer (Front 242), Claus larsen (Leaether Strip) and many more. 32 tracks in total !

This 2CD comes with a Free extra EP!

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The October 2012 “4.4U” bundle gathers the following bands:
– New German signing JUNKSISTA offers catchy electro-cunt-rock with sensual half-sung half-spoken female vocals and sexually explicit lyrics, announcing a very strong and eclectic label debut soon.

– Italy’s most alluring duo HELALYN FLOWERS offer here an exclusive preview of their forthcoming 3rd full length album announcing a strong return to the band’s upbeat electronic pop-rock roots.

– From Paris, KRYSTAL SYSTEM are also busy preparing their 3rd studio album “Rage” on which they will once again storm the base with their futuristic indie rock sound.

– Last but not least, the Brussels-based combo LOVELORN DOLLS announce with “After Dark” a very promising debut album that will please all fans of gothic metal rock with female voices…

Enjoy… and rendez-vous soon for our next “4.4U” encounter on Alfa Matrix’s official bandpage..

This EP is only available as a download via Bandcamp (see player below).

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These special and exclusive “VooDoo Night Sessions” resulted on this panel of heavy electronics, catchy filtered female vocals, dynamic guitar riffs, and melodic synth sequences. Dark elektro, cold wave, indie pop rock and metal industrial : all in one.

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Once again produced in the prestigious Parisian “Studios d’Or” and mastered by the highly-skilled Swift team in London, “Rage” reveals such intense songwriting effort that result in a relentless sonic assault of so many potential hit songs that it kind of makes your head spin… This is a radical chef d’oeuvre full to the brim with dynamics, grooves, sound experiments, anger and melodies which breathes and transpires a forceful creativity and astounding songwriting maturity that will undoubtedly receive a resonating echo from music journalists and DJ’s worldwide and will certainly be a contender for the best album made in France in 2013!

“Rage” is the uncompromising soundtrack of urban warriors on a holy quest for their roots, fighting for the truth in a suffocating post-modern world contaminated by mental disease. Loud and rough indie rock guitars filtered through artisan fx and mutated into a wall of noise combined with straight ripping electronic bass lines and radical synth arrangements. Electric versus electronic. “Rage” is dominated by seducing contrasting harsh male and filtered female vocals. A unique blend of styles confirming that KRYSTAL SYSTEM creates their unique and characteristic sound design.

On this 3rd album, Paris-based duo KRYSTAL SYSTEM shout their “Rage” loud and proud, and focus their fight on the self-destructive human race suffering from mental weakness and living an artificial life instead of fighting their inner war… This is an anti-fake propaganda campaign! Consume at full blast without moderation – your neighbors will love it!

Cherry on the cake, the visual aesthetic signed by French designer Valdor turns the physical release of “Rage” into a true collector item! 

This deluxe double-disc carton box edition comes with 10 exclusive tracks: bonus songs, full remakes of the songs by KRYSTAL SYSTEM themselves with different instruments, different lyrics, etc.

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Once again produced in the prestigious Parisian “Studios d’Or” and mastered by the highly-skilled Swift team in London, “Rage” reveals such intense songwriting effort that result in a relentless sonic assault of so many potential hit songs that it kind of makes your head spin… This is a radical chef d’oeuvre full to the brim with dynamics, grooves, sound experiments, anger and melodies which breathes and transpires a forceful creativity and astounding songwriting maturity that will undoubtedly receive a resonating echo from music journalists and DJ’s worldwide and will certainly be a contender for the best album made in France in 2013!

“Rage” is the uncompromising soundtrack of urban warriors on a holy quest for their roots, fighting for the truth in a suffocating post-modern world contaminated by mental disease. Loud and rough indie rock guitars filtered through artisan fx and mutated into a wall of noise combined with straight ripping electronic bass lines and radical synth arrangements. Electric versus electronic. “Rage” is dominated by seducing contrasting harsh male and filtered female vocals. A unique blend of styles confirming that KRYSTAL SYSTEM creates their unique and characteristic sound design.

On this 3rd album, Paris-based duo KRYSTAL SYSTEM shout their “Rage” loud and proud, and focus their fight on the self-destructive human race suffering from mental weakness and living an artificial life instead of fighting their inner war… This is an anti-fake propaganda campaign! Consume at full blast without moderation – your neighbors will love it!

Cherry on the cake, the visual aesthetic signed by French designer Valdor turns the physical release of “Rage” into a true collector item! 

This CD is also available as an extended bonus tracks download – see the player below.

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Two years later, the Paris-based combo is busy preparing its new frontal assault with their new CD: “Nuclear”. An album of extreme music strength, atomizing everything on its way in the quest for the ultimate light, for that burning unreachable point at the end of the infinite horizon. Thirteen powerful new tracks, each standing alone on itself and bringing its very own contribution to the album’s sound depth and concept theme.

Revolting metal guitar riffs, raging industrial beats, fast catchy synth sequences and Bonnie’s provocative juvenile filtered female vocals (both in English and French) backed by Seven’s harsher voice make the eclectic universe of KRYSTAL SYSTEM who here deliver one of the best albums ever released by Belgium’s prestigious Alfa Matrix label. “Nuclear” is an album full to the brim with dynamics, grooves, anger and melodies which breathes and transpires a forceful creativity and astounding song-writing maturity; the whole collection of songs benefits from top-notch production work in the prestigious Parisian “Studios d’Or” and is crowned by the sharp mastering work by Swift in London.

Fresh, brilliant, dark, upbeat and heavy, “Nuclear” is a splendid album performed with no compromise but in all simplicity at the crossroad of industrial metal and electro rock. 

This deluxe double-CD limited carton box edition comes with poster and a sparkling bonus CD featuring several exclusive remixes by the duo itself as well as the unreleased cyber punk cut “Dead World”, plus a selection of fruitful collaborations between KRYSTAL SYSTEM and artists like the famous Japanese DJ Taiki, their neighbors TREPONEM PAL and PUNISH YOURSELF, DJ’s Ethan Fawkes and DJ Drill/Edrive69 or yet label mates masters IMPLANT and AMGOD.

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Two years later, the Paris-based combo is busy preparing its new frontal assault with their new CD: “Nuclear”. An album of extreme music strength, atomizing everything on its way in the quest for the ultimate light, for that burning unreachable point at the end of the infinite horizon. Thirteen powerful new tracks, each standing alone on itself and bringing its very own contribution to the album’s sound depth and concept theme.

Revolting metal guitar riffs, raging industrial beats, fast catchy synth sequences and Bonnie’s provocative juvenile filtered female vocals (both in English and French) backed by Seven’s harsher voice make the eclectic universe of KRYSTAL SYSTEM who here deliver one of the best albums ever released by Belgium’s prestigious Alfa Matrix label. “Nuclear” is an album full to the brim with dynamics, grooves, anger and melodies which breathes and transpires a forceful creativity and astounding song-writing maturity; the whole collection of songs benefits from top-notch production work in the prestigious Parisian “Studios d’Or” and is crowned by the sharp mastering work by Swift in London.

Fresh, brilliant, dark, upbeat and heavy, “Nuclear” is a splendid album performed with no compromise but in all simplicity at the crossroad of industrial metal and electro rock.

This CD is also available as an extended bonus tracks download – see the player below.

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Two years further down the road and here we are with a second volume of the Alfa Matrix label roster covering what has to be the best synthpop band in pop history. Since 2008, a lot has happened in the Depeche Mode camp, tours, a new album and the band celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their first single. It’s all in the spirit of being a Depeche Mode fan, specifically reflected in the selection of the covered songs… 

Compiled by and for Depeche Mode fans, “Alfa Matrix Re:covered – a tribute to Depeche Mode vol.2” will offer you once more a very own insight in what makes the Depeche Mode songs so special. Enjoy these interpretations and re-discover the beauty of all those classic Depeche Mode songs re:covered by the Alfa Matrix stable offering a diverse sound panel going from synthpop, over old-school electro to melancholic electro rock. 

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Available here in a limited deluxe carton box edition of the album which offers a bonus 9-track CD with remixes from bands like Implant, Essence Of Mind, Leaether Strip, etc. next to some fan goodies.

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