out now: Man + Machine - Birthmarks [Crave Tapes]

Artist:
Man + Machine

Title:
Birthmarks

Label:
Crave Tapes

Cat#:
CRAVE013

Release Date:
06th March 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Tangled Hearts

02.
Dream Machine
[feat. Zaphomet]

03.
Regrets

04.
Hope

05.
Tangled Hearts
(Sugar Rody Remix)

06.
Dream Machine
[feat. Zaphomet]
(Munsinger Remix)

Press Info:
Birthmarks is the latest EP by the Hungarian producer and DJ, Man + Machine, released by the Berlin-based label Crave Tapes. The record is a dense, unsettling sound collage: a cacophony built from EBM, post-punk, industrial, and darkwave elements, sketching the contours of a dystopian future.

This vision of the future is not unambiguously hopeless on the material, rather, it is conflicted. Resigned and worn down, yet stubbornly clinging to a primal instinct for survival. The tracks on Birthmarks carry both the exhaustion of an inevitable outcome and the paradoxical presence of hope: that state where it’s no longer clear whether there is a way out, but the search itself refuses to stop.

The release features four original tracks and two remixes. Among the originals, Dream Machine stands out, featuring Zaphomet, vocalist of the Hungarian band Hellfreaks—her voice at once deeply human and eerily alien, perfectly attuned to the record’s dark, mechanized world.

On Tangled Hearts, Man + Machine himself takes on vocal duties (just as the writer of the lyrics), adding a more personal and vulnerable layer to the material.

The remixes were crafted by Estonian producer Sugar Rody and French producer Munsinger, each pushing the tension and perspective of the original compositions further in their own distinct way.

Birthmarks is Man + Machine’s most personal release to date. Its title carries a double meaning: the marks life leaves on us, and a quiet dedication to his daughter. Born into a world shaped by a turbulent past and an increasingly unsettling present, the record doesn’t surrender to despair. Instead, it insists on looking toward a chaotic future with fragile but deliberate hope.

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