Bring The Synthesiser Rhythms With Electronic Vocals And Tolerate By Assemblage 23

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Bring The Synthesiser Rhythms With Electronic Vocals And Tolerate By Assemblage 23

30/9/2025

Assemblage 23
Tolerate
Metropolis Records

The maverick electronic and industrial music maker Assemblage 23 is preparing to release a new album with a far-reaching tour. He’s been a mainstay artist for darkwave and EBM fans for two decades and more, with records and performances making a mark at regular intervals. There’s a new single out now that precedes the album release. Null is out on the 7th of November and Tolerate makes its way to the front for a preliminary offering. In a realm where European artists make most of the headlines, Assemblage 23 brings a welcome breath of the USA to the market. His own repertoire and style resonate with the genre while remaining true to his heritage.

It opens with a fizzing synth tune that blips and crackles as a wave of tension ripples across the surface. The drums arrive in force, crashing in with kick, snare, and cymbal as the harmonies of tone invent new dimensions just for us. It settles for a verse, lyrical and pacey, the music tones out and reveals a sparkling dance energy that wants to build right back up again. And that it does, with a break on the digital drums, the synths roar back into full colour and sing in abstract renditions of complex binary. A mix of gothic gloom and an entertaining party atmosphere meet in the middle and pivot on fulcrums of great sounding electro riffs.

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Catch Assemblage 23 on the UK leg of his tour

UK TOUR | OCTOBER 2025
15th October  BRISTOL Exchange
16th October  MANCHESTER Rebellion
17th October  GLASGOW Ivory Blacks
18th October  SHEFFIELD Corporation
19th October  LONDON The Dome
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20th October  OBERHAUSEN Kulttempel

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