Bryan Black of Haloblack and H3LLB3NT has been a long-time collaborator with the likes of Prince and Chemlab. It should be no wonder that he is the first 'industrial' producer to craft a truly spot-on sexy and fresh sounding electropunk crossover. His latest project, XLover has released a small handful of 7"s and 12"s, including a remix of Daniel Diamond's Champu and a remake of Prince's Controversy on City Rockers Records - home of Felix Da Houscat and Tiga+Zyntherius. Watch for the Trash Me EP in early September. Also in the works is a new Haloblack LP titled Throb, described by the band as "deep, hard and bleepy".

On an unrelated note, as all things in the fickle New York City nightlife scene do, electroclash mogul Larry Tee's Berliniamsburg night at Luxx will be coming to an end this month. Many an entertaining Saturday night was spent there, where I've seen some of the best and some of the worst live electro acts ever. Ta ta.