Machinekit

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST PRODUCER

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Producer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Josh Barber- Idle Heirs
02) Jade Puget- AFI
03) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross- Nine Inch Nails
04) Sanford Parker and James Hammontree- Black Magnet
05) John Rojas- Machinekit
06) Steve Evetts- Deadguy
07) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
08) McKeever and GOSTEFFECTS- Heavy Halo
09) Sonny DiPerri- Blackwater Holylight
10) Pete/Sam Loeffler and Kemble Walters- Chevelle

BANDCAMP FRIDAY: SEPTEMBER 2025 EDITION

Today is Bandcamp Friday (when they wave their fee for 24 hours) and why not showcase some great bands and their albums/singles that are out now! Check out these bands and show them some support! There’s a ton of great bands and albums on this list. Take some time and discover something new! Enjoy! If I missed your band, let me know and I’ll add it to the list!

Idle Heirs:

https://idleheirs.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-violence

Heavy Halo:

Machinekit:

https://machinekit.bandcamp.com/album/goddamnvanity

Guiltless:

https://guiltless.bandcamp.com/album/teeth-to-sky

Reba Meyers:

Melted Bodies:

https://meltedbodies.bandcamp.com/album/the-inevitable-fork-lp

Witkin:

https://witkin.bandcamp.com/album/things-i-mightve-said


Blood Vulture:

Iress:

https://weareiress.bandcamp.com/

Filth Is Eternal:

https://filthiseternal.bandcamp.com/



A Light Within:

https://alightwithin.bandcamp.com/

Nine Necks:

https://ninenecks.bandcamp.com/music

Arc Angles:

https://arcanglesla.bandcamp.com/

Greg Puciato:

https://gregpuciato.bandcamp.com/

Spirit In The Room:

https://spiritintheroom.bandcamp.com/

Black Magnet:

https://blckmgnt.bandcamp.com/

Contranistas:

https://contranistas.bandcamp.com/

SOM:

https://somtheband.bandcamp.com/

Fact Pattern:

https://factpattern.bandcamp.com/

Haunted Horses:

https://hauntedhorses.bandcamp.com/

Common Wounds:

https://protagonistmusic.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-11

Powder Pink & Sweet:

https://powderpinkandsweet.bandcamp.com/

Boneflower:

https://boneflower.bandcamp.com/album/reveries-2

In Parallel:

https://inparallelband.bandcamp.com/


In Transmission:

https://intransmissionca.bandcamp.com/album/betterment



Album Of The Week: Machinekit- GODDAMNVANITY

Well, I can officially say I have a favorite album of 2025 so far. I’ve been completely enthralled with the new album, GODDAMNVANITY by Los Angeles based industrial-techno punks, Machinekit. The ten song album is one hell of a gut punch in a totally great way. Inspired by a recurring dream of a woman singing, “Come home, Honeycomb,” Machinekit has put together an album that plays out partly like an internal breakdown that summons all the anger, hate, despair, and inspired pain into a cocoon that develops into a beautifully yet brutal show of force that on the other side comes a sense of self acceptance and growth.

GODDAMNVANITY is an album that not only strikes hard at the times we live in but, also shows the imperfections of each person. When you take that and add an abrasive yet powerful sound that is dynamic in its influences and inspirations. The way the electronic components mix with the aggressive guitars and rhythms along with tinges of ambience, noise and cinematic moments makes this for one hell of a listening experience. It’s one of those ear candy albums for you audiophiles out there.

Machinekit have drilled in on exactly their sound on this album. This album has quite a few twists and turns on it as well that leaves you wanting to keep listening again and again. Frontman, multi-instrumentalist and producer John Rojas, along with drummer Ryan Janke, guitarist Alexander Gillen, bassist Jeremey Trujeque and multi-instrumentalist, Aj Fructuoso bring the chaos needed to usher in 2025!

Overall Rating: 9/10

Machinekit- GODDAMNVANITY:

Band Of The Week: Machinekit

I’m always on the look for new and exciting music. Thankfully the other day, I got a message from a band that absolutely knocked my socks off! Allow me to introduce you to Machinekit! This techno-punk band is really grabbing my attention with their new single “Antipathy.” The song itself is an electro-techno punch to the gut with a punk mentality and tinges of metal that really drives the groove. Another thing that I really dig about Machinekit is their willingness to experiment within their songs to make something intriguing. Even with all the electronics going on, Machinekit likes to keep certain aspects raw. As you listen you hear the instruments and vocals in a way that harks back to a little bit of a Nine Inch Nails Broken era. Machinekit are a band that I am really looking forward to hearing what else they do and see live. Do yourself a favor and listen to Machinekit!

Machinekit- Antipathy:

Antipathy (Matt Miller Remix):

Antipathy (Demo):

MACHINEKIT ONLINE:

http://wearemachinekit.com/

https://machinekit.bandcamp.com