Curses Presents ‘Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX’ with Buzz Kull and More!

Buzz Kull is the moniker for Sydney musician Marc Dwyer (Marcel Whyler), whose sound is described as a cinematic blaze of industrial darkwave, minimal synth and post-punk.

Buzz Kull has been a prominent figure on the darkwave and minimal synth scene for over a decade now, with acclaimed albums on labels such as Italy’s Avant! For Curses’ new compilation, Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX, Dwyer has offered up an exclusive unreleased cut, “A Place That’s Meant To Be,” that perfectly captures the spectral landscape his music inhabits where distanced vocals glide over ice-cold synth pads, oscillating arpeggios and a metronomic beat to deadly effect.

Buzz Kull says:

“For what felt like the longest time, writing and recording music was an immense struggle. I was living in a remote coastal town, far removed from nearly everyone I knew, and was grappling with a broken relationship. This all took place during the thick of pandemic lockdowns, and the uncertainty of ever performing live again loomed over me, leaving me creatively adrift.

“In an attempt to numb my emotions and distance myself from the world around me, I moved back to Sydney and threw myself completely into working in film and television.

“Around this crucial juncture, Ellen Allien was creating club mixes of my music, and we were talking often. Ellen was pushing me to make new music. I was on the verge of stepping away from it all, but Ellen reeled me back in and made me feel like I had something worth holding on to. For that, I will forever be thankful.

“A Place (That’s Meant To Be)” was the first song I wrote during that period. It encapsulates the year I spent living in seclusion, though the specifics are too intimate to share. Writing this song ignited my inspiration, it gave me the drive I needed to lock myself away for a week and write the album that would eventually become Fascination. ”

Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX is the second compilation for Eskimo Recordings compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses, to explore the darker side of club music. Spread across 3CDs and three 2LPs Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX features a mammoth 49 tracks that join the dots between early industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends like Nitzer Ebb and the post-punk experiments of people like Malcolm McLaren and Big Audio Dynamite with some of the most exciting artists around today, such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento and Years of Denial.

Where the first Next Wave Acid Punx compilation was a personal journey for Luca, a lockdown inspired exploration of his record collection to find the thread that ran through the music that had soundtracked much of his life, DEUX is a celebration of that music let loose on the world, the thrill of music performed live, the smoke and strobe filled clubs you’ll hear it in and the artists you’ll find on those stages.

Track Listing:

Chapter 1

1. Throbbing Gristle – Distant Dreams, Pt. 2
2. Mary Möör – Pretty Day
3. Sad Lovers & Giants – Things We Never Did
4. Malcolm McLaren – Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
5. Big Audio Dynamite – The Big V
6. Cabaret Voltaire – Blue Heat (12″ Mix)
7. Nitzer Ebb – Hearts and Minds (Mix Hypersonic)
8. Clan Of Xymox – Obsession
9. In Sotto Voce – In Sotto Voce
10. Psyche – Prisoner To Desire (Single Mix)
11. Propaganda – The Murder Of Love
12. DAF – Brothers (Gabi Mix)
13. Vicious Pink – Cccan’t You See
14. Book Of Love – Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes) (I Dream Of Jeanne Mix)
15. Absolute Body Control – Total Control

Chapter 2

1. Boytronic – Voloczny *
2. The KVB – Still Warm (2023 version)
3. Cardinal & Nun – Freak And Weak *
4. Jennifer Touch – Altars *
5. Matrixxman – Assembly Line *
6. Years Of Denial – It Sucks *
7. Silver Tears – Always Shine (Wait For The Rain) *
8. Essaie Pas – Retox
9. Aili x Transistorcake – Dansu
10. Dina Summer – Darkness *
11. Patriarchy – Suffer
12. Maelstrom & Louisahhh – Hate Machine *
13. Dame Area – Buon Cittadino *
14. Kris Baha – Into The Dark
15. Desire – Love Races On *
16. Blind Delon feat. I Hate Models – Flashback *
17. Poison Point – Altered Beats *
18. Roe Deers – Muscles *

Chapter 3

1. Boy Harsher – Machina (feat. Mariana Saldaña) (Dark Remix) *
2. Silent Servant – Non Fiction *
3. J.W.B. Hits The Beat – Body On Body (Curses Revamp) *
4. Hungry Boys – Toi *
5. Autumns – Repeat Prescription *
6. Nuovo Testamento – Heartbeat (Curses Remix – Edit) *
7. Buzz Kull – A Place (That’s Meant To Be) *
8. Soft Crash – Dolce Morte *
9. Dame Bonnet & Mufti – Pleasure Dreams *
10. Ultra Sunn – Night Is Mine
11. Neu-Romancer – Burning Eyes *
12. EVA – Industrial Hope *
13. Andi vs Randolph & Mortimer – Formidable Truths *
14. Zanias – Tryptamine Palace *
15. The Hacker – Monopoly *
16. Paradox Obscur – Evo-Devo

*Previously Unreleased