Strict Tempo is pleased to present the Fire EP from Bella Eterna, featuring three new tracks of dark synthpop and ’80s gothic inspiration, and a dancefloor-oriented remix from Alpha Sect.
Bella Eterna is the new project of Spanish producer JG Outsider and vocalist Gerd Van Geel of Belgian goth/industrial band The Arch. Includes a remix of “Me and the Desert” from Strasbourg, France-based EBM producer Alpha Sect prepped to take on international goth clubs.
The Fire EP is now available for pre-order with the first single “Mysterious Beauty” streaming. The full release is out digitally April 25, 2025.
Tracklisting:
1) Mysterious Beauty
2) Fire
3) Me and the Desert
4) Me and the Desert (Alpha Sect Remix)
About Bella Eterna
Bella Eterna links: Facebook | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
During 2020, Murcia-based Spanish producer JG Outsider officially remixed the song “Phantom Chase” by Belgian ’80s band The Arch, led by vocalist Gerd Van Geel. In the process, JG Outsider created a version of the masterful “Ribdancer” (’90s Antler-Subway) for a tribute compilation in 2023. The two experienced musicians then decided to embark on the composition of Pornographic Shadows, an extraordinary album with a dark synth and new wave spirit, carried by Gerd’s extraordinary vocals.
The result is a brilliant partnership between the legendary singer of The Arch and JG Outsider, a producer with more than thirty years of experience who also carried an important weight in the Spanish scene of the ’90s. JG Outsider is an artist in constant evolution, and after so much time, he returns to his roots to the style that influenced him in the ’80s so much to start as a musician and producer.
“Mysterious Beauty” single
The first single, “Mysterious Beauty,” is out now. The stunning music video is directed by vocalist Gerd Van Geel, who also directs videos for music festivals such as Tomorrowland. The haunting aesthetic features an ethereal figure in gold embellishments, contrasted with a romantic forest setting that enchants in a gothic fantasy realm.
The song is an ode to dark romanticism with a distinct ‘80s alternative sound modernized with JG Outsider’s electronic production. With charged post-punk guitars, pulsing synths, and powerful vocals that soar into stratospheric dimensions, this duo’s embrace of genres past fuses with fresh inspiration for future sounds.
About Strict Tempo
Strict Tempo is a dark alternative electronic event series, video podcast, and record label currently based in Los Angeles, founded by acclaimed dark scene DJ Vox Sinistra.
Inspired by dark ‘80s scenes while looking to the future with electronic and cross-genre innovation, Strict Tempo represents a unique retro-futuristic blend of sounds within electronic body music, darkwave/coldwave, industrial, dark techno, post-punk, Italo disco, and more.
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