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ReGen Magazine @regenmag.bsky.social · 3h

The problem with vacations and major events - by definition, they can derail a regular schedule. As such, Album ReViews for the month of September will not be posting tomorrow, but will instead be added to the next month. They will be posting on Devil's Night (October 30) and Halloween (October 31).

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 13h

Home sweet home! 14 hour drive without any major hiccups. Good sleep once we got back, snuggling the cats… Now for the unpack/laundry/catchup/cleanup. Thank you @coldwaves.bsky.social, @cracknovak.bsky.social, @gmantavern.com, @metrochicago.com, and all the family. 🌊💙🖖🏼🤘🏼🙏🏼💪🏼🤗 Love you all!

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@coldwaves.bsky.social Night 3 - 09/27 The final night took yet another swift turn toward heavier, more bass-heavy electronics, further proving the careful planning that goes into the event and its purpose. This scene has so much variety that coldwave encompasses a state of mind more than a genre.

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Goku Missile Crisis @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Your festival friends will be sooooo mad at you if you do anything crazy" is a shockingly effective deterrent by the way, Cold Waves as anti kill yourself aktion remains undefeated

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@coldwaves.bsky.social Night 2 - 09/26 There was a perceptibly slower, less urgent atmosphere; the hall of @metrochicago.com felt a little more somber, appropriate to the darker, moodier sounds of tonight’s lineup vs. the angry machines of Friday. This wouldn’t last, as the night was soon to erupt.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s still so much more to ColdWaves that will be fleshed out more fully in the articles coming to ReGen. I didn’t even go into the raffles, which are always a highlight. I’m making these threaded posts as a sort of preamble / laying down my notes, as it were. 🖖🏼🤘🏼

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@coldwaves.bsky.social Night 1 - 09/25 After Party What? There’s more? You bet, for after the main event, the neighboring @gmantavern.com hosted a set by Cyanotic, the bad delivering those signature “Angry Robot Noises” to a packed house. Oh, there were some… uh… shall we call them…

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

@coldwaves.bsky.social Night 1 - Fri, 09/25 The line to @metrochicago.com extends to the end of the block, and the vibe is one of joyful anticipation. The family reunion has begun. Stories of personal successes and tragedies are traded, hugs abounding… this is why we are here. The music is bonus.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The only real downside to these yearly trips to Chicago… I miss muh baaaabies. 🖤🥰

Lord Crybaby von SquishyButt in his standard pose, waiting for his daddy to snuzzle that floofy belly… oh yeah, he lets me. He muh babyboy.

Bam Bam in a rare moment of quiet calm. He’s adorable, but filled to the brim with anxiety… but goddamn, is he a cutie.

Pebbles… my forever kitten; she usually has her tongue sticking out, looking adorably derpy. She’s a perfect angel.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@coldwaves.bsky.social Kick-off Party - Thu, 09/24 @carrellee.bsky.social started the night off beautifully with an ethereal and haunted set of dimly lit electro/gothic pop. Lithely delicate vocals reminiscent of Alison Shaw (The Cranes) or Julee Cruise…

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A good friend once said to me, “You don’t seem poly.” I still laugh about it, but am still curious as to how one “seems” poly. Granted, I’m only in the one relationship (with my wife), while she has her boyfriend. Still, I wonder if there is some poly behavioral standard that I’m not following? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Goals for the next year: 1. Get my health more on track… get the circulation/lymphedema in my leg better taken care of, get more exercise (I do, but not enough), cut back on sugar, and just try to be a little better than I’ve been.

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Swimming In Sound @swimminginsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

totallyradio.com/shows/swimmi... Live @slackcityradio.bsky.social 1.00pm catchup @totallyradio.bsky.social - @swimhq.bsky.social & @malkaspigel.bsky.social with cool tunes. Includes @wirehq.bsky.social @immersionhq.bsky.social + tons of new stuff & our live dates. See alt for info & playlist

Yes, it's Wednesday, time to take a weekly Swim in Sound with Malka & Colin!

Upcoming Dates & events - tickets at https://immersionhq.uk

A LIFE WITHOUT PUNK
25-Sep-26 Markthalle, Hamburg
26-Sep-26 Columbia Theater, Berlin
28-Sep-26 Felsenkeller, Leipzig

03-Oct-26 MArteLive, Rome
09-Oct-26 Pit Dog Lorient, France Sono-Tones BZH
04-Nov-26 Artisan Tap, Stoke
05-Nov-26 The New Adelphi Club, Hull
06-Nov-26 Firebug, Leicester

14-Nov-26 Patronaat Haarlem, NL
15-Nov-26 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL
16-Nov-26 PAARD, Den Haag, NL

Presented by KCRW
12-Jan-27 Casbah, San Diego, CA
13-Jan-27 Zebulon, Los Angeles CA

14-Jan-27 Gray Area, San Francisco CA
16-Jan-27 Missisipi Studios, Portland OR
17-Jan-27 Sunset Tavern, Seattle WA

songkick & bandsintown are great ways to search for dates, even if we don’t announce them!

Photo taken in Brighton

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Tracklist

Vanishing Twin // Oral Tradition
F.F.F. // Future Is Made
North Boundary Dispatch // Sunrise on the Cumberlands
The Sick Man Of Europe // Negative Stimuli (Edit)
Chinless Wonder // Creatures
Getdown Services // Stop Living
Paahto & The Bull // Nellie, Your Favour, I'm Afraid, I Will Not Gain/Tom Moylan's Frolic
Anadol & Marie Klock // La supériorité du nombre
Coffee Shop Jungle // Room 10
Rajery & Raul Rodriguez // Afindrafindrao
Dummy // Alluvial Fan
Henrik Lindstrand // (Naked)Trees
Sailor Honeymoon // Paperwork
Milan93, Sable Blanc & philocalie // Neptune
Wire // A Mutual Friend
Minimal Compact // Kyoto
BUNKR // Construct Collapse
Winter // infinito mar
Napes, Visages & Scratchy // Steppin On Toes
Michael Chapman // Untitled #3
The Monkees // I'm A Believer
Josh Wink // NGF
Immersion // Breaking Free, Diversity, Evolution
Solset & Chris Bartels // Rolling Gardens
Bonobo & Nilufer Yanya // Youth’s Fountain
Steven R. Smith // Nolina
Fiction (ZA) // Beneath the Surface (Alvaro Hylander Remix)

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seeing Lol Tolhurst speak at the Post-Punk and Industrial Museum last night was a real treat. Huge thanks to Roger Ebner for inviting us with his extra tickets, and to Martin Atkins and the PPIM team for all that they do to preserve and honor the history and people of this musical community.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 22/09/2026

This book needs funding! I’m honored to be included in “Industrial Music/Graphics: A Visual History of a Movement," which looks to be a phenomenal & long-overdue collection. If you're a music and/or design nerd, check it out and let's see if we can make it happen: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sig...

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Mod Eschar @modeschar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join me tonight for my yearly Cold Waves Festival kickoff stream! Yours truly will be spinning music videos from artists who have played the festival over the years, as well as artists playing this year! TONIGHT 9PM-11PM! 👉👉👉 twitch.tv/djeschar

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Jiz Lee @jizlee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Week! Here's one way to celebrate the observance... wink, wink. @huntersjohnson.com @thebishopblack3000.bsky.social @charleexchaste.com @jizlee.bsky.social 🎥 Watch pinklabel.tv/on-demand/fi...

Four queer and bisexual friends touch and make out wearing thongs of different colors.
Text: Jiz Lee, Hunter S. Johnson, Bishop Black, Charlee Chaste Four Bi Four

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CausticMF @causticmf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cold Waves starts THURSDAY!!! coldwaves.net for ticket links! Don't miss the party in the Industrial Mecca of Chicago!

Line up for Cold Waves, TEAR GARDEN headlining Thurs, STABBING WESTWARD on Fri, TR/ST on Sat, and KING WOMAN on Sun.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Several people have told me over the years that I should write a book. I’ve tended to dismiss the notion - partially due to my own admittedly silly insecurities, and partially because running and writing for ReGen takes a tremendous effort that I struggle to take whatever free time I get to relax.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m glad someone with a pedigree like Greg Nicotero was tapped for the Crypt Keeper in whatever this Tales From the Crypt reboot will be… but I question the logic of calling it a “brand new design.” Updated, maybe, but it just looks like the Crypt Keeper t’me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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CausticMF @causticmf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cold Waves is THIS WEEK, PEOPLE!!!!! coldwaves.net for ticket links. This lineup is AMAZING!!!!

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Before I ditched Meta, I used to regularly post my unpopular opinions… not to be edgy or to be a troll, but because I needed to process my own inability to share in their tastes vs. my own, why my liking or not liking something made me so strange… in the end, it never really worked.

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Ilker Yücel @ilker81x.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My wife and I will be going to Chicago from 09/20-09/28. During that time, communication and postings to ReGen will be sporadic at best. Regular updates will resume on 09/29 upon our return. Thanks!

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