Castra’s newest release is the 6 song debut cassette album by Berlin’s minimal synth-wave band Ostbahnhof.
Based in Berlin, this minimal cold wave/synth wave trio conjures an eerie magic through hypnotic analog textures and stark, pulsating rhythms. Sung in German, the vocals chant in liminal spaces, not ornamental but structural, as if holding up the softer undertones of the synths like steel beneath glass. There’s a tension throughout each song: the warmth of human presence counterbalanced by an icy, machine-like detachment. Their music doesn’t call from the void, but into it. Each track encapsulates a quiet invocation, both intimate and distant—like a transmission from a forgotten future. The effect lingers….unsettling and magnetic.
Listen here:
https://castrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ostbahnhof
Castra’s newest release is the 6 song debut cassette album by Berlin’s minimal synth-wave band Ostbahnhof.
Based in Berlin, this minimal cold wave/synth wave trio conjures an eerie magic through hypnotic analog textures and stark, pulsating rhythms. Sung in German, the vocals chant in liminal spaces, not ornamental but structural, as if holding up the softer undertones of the synths like steel beneath glass. There’s a tension throughout each song: the warmth of human presence counterbalanced by an icy, machine-like detachment. Their music doesn’t call from the void, but into it. Each track encapsulates a quiet invocation, both intimate and distant—like a transmission from a forgotten future. The effect lingers….unsettling and magnetic.
Listen here:
https://castrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ostbahnhof